House Notes

DRONFIELD

Christmas Term

At the start of term, John Cresswell became Head of House. The first major activity of the term was athletics, of which Graeme Gibson was our captain. Unfortunately we did not do very well as a whole, coming nearly, but not quite, bottom in both the standards and Sports Day. However, some individuals were very successful: Ashley Powell and Chris Brockbank ran well and two new members of the House, John and James Ross, showed their athletic prowess by gaining one short of maximum points each in the standards the very afternoon that they arrived!

The next event to occupy a fair number of us was the Inter-House Singing Competition, at which we sang all the verses of "Oh, my darling Clementine!" Our singers, nervous of the large audience, sang almost to themselves and the judges at the back of the hall understandably placed us fifth. Individuals in the House are doing very well with their music: Patrick Crowley and Andrew Birtle both deserve mentioning for the high grades they have achieved at the violin and the organ respectively.

In the Senior Rugby competition we just lost to the Manor in the first round, despite John Cresswell's expert coaching. We lost heavily in the Junior competition, but some of the new Juniors look promising for future years.

Inside the House, the snooker contest organised by Philip Wormald and the darts competition, for which the Smith family presented a fine shield and trophy, kept many of us busy. These coveted awards went to John Taylor, who easily won both competitions.

In the Junior Long Run, the House came last, but again the Ross twins deserve to be congratulated on both coming near the top. Although we did not gain any silverware for our efforts, it is clear that many individuals tried hard in the sporting events and performed very well. At the end of term Tim Stephenson was appointed Head of House.

Easter Term

At the beginning of term we were pleased to hear that John Cresswell had won a place at Lincoln College, Oxford. The first sporting activity of the term was the Senior Cross Country Race. It was a shame that many of our potential members were ill with 'flu, but an intrepid group of four still ran the race and Jonathan Clark did well, coming fifth.

Simon Fenwick became captain of Swimming and Water Polo. In the water polo we played the masters in the first round and lost to them. In the swimming we were placed fifth overall, although Stephen Lister and John Wrigley competed well.

Many of us were involved in the Science Exhibition in a variety of ways and the hard work of those who took part produced excellent exhibits which were clearly and enthusiastically demonstrated.

Jonathan Clark, Simon Fenwick and Tim Stephenson were awarded their Senior House Colours.

rDronfield House Play

During the Christmas term, the House play "A Tale of Two Idiots" was concocted by Simon Fenwick and Tim Stephenson from a range of material, some of it from the popular radio show, "I'm Sorry I'll Read

That Again." Hours of work were put in by a team of hard working typists to produce duplicated copies of the lines, which were learned by the cast over the holidays. Regular rehearsals—sometimes hilarious and sometimes disastrous—were held wherever and whenever they could be fitted in. The excellent programme produced by our expert printers,

Gordon Fuller and Andrew Varley, added to the impact of the play and we are grateful to them for their skill and patience.

When the night of the play came, despite our many worries, everyone performed enthusiastically and imaginatively before a huge audience who seemed to enjoy every minute. It is a shame to mention anyone in particular but I cannot resist mentioning George Bernard's "human cannonball" act, and Simon Fenwick, Brian Kay and Andrew Varley's unexpected departure from the lines which, together with Martyn Smith's "monster" act and Edmund Atha's singing made a fitting finale to the play.

It would be nice to think that in future years there will be many more house productions of this kind.

Sununer Term

Simon Fenwick and Jonathan Clark were made School Monitors at the start of term.

Senior cricket was captained by John Clark and in an exciting game against Temple we lost by 15 runs. John Ross was made captain of our Junior cricket team and Chris Brockbank was coach. Unfortunately this team just lost also—going down to the Grove by only seven runs. However. our budding cricketers at the Junior end of the House show much promise for the future.

Our chess team, with Edmund Atha as captain, lost in the quarterfinals to the Manor. The captain of tennis, David Yates, told me that the team had just beaten Temple and were "bound to win" the competition.

This term we say goodbye to all of the monitors except John Clark, who may well be staying on to take Oxford entrance scholarship examinations. Also leaving are Richard Hind, whose devotion to the "Save It" energy campaign has often left us in darkness in the House kitchen, Philip Wormald, Martyn Smith and David James from the Lower Sixth and Andrew Birtle, whose expertise at the organ we have often enjoyed in Chapel. Sadly we also say goodbye to George who has worked hard for ten years cleaning up after us and we all wish him the very best for the future. Mr Armstrong leaves the House at the end of this term and we are grateful to him for all that he has done as our Assistant Housemaster. Next term his post will be filled by Mr Hughes, who many of us have already met as a Student Master in the Easter term.

Finally I would like to thank all the Monitors for their help, the cleaning ladies who work so hard clearing up the mess we make, our 73

kind Matron, Mrs Irving, and particularly Mr and Mrs Coulthard, whose care and patience keep everyone in the House happy.

T.J.S.

P.S. We must not allow Tim to leave without publicly thanking him for his magnificent gift to the House. This is a pottery bas-relief designed, fired, assembled and mounted by him. It now graces a wall near the main entrance of the House. Throughout his five years here Tim has created much fine pottery and he has been of invaluable assistance in the Pottery Room.

GROVE

Winter

We welcomed Mr Depledge as the new Assistant Housemaster and three Lower VI Monitors were appointed: John Twizell, Clive Hodgson and Chris Dalby. In our many sporting activities the House achieved little success, but on Sports Day Jeremy Markwick-Smith won the Junior Long Jump with a new School record. The House had quite a few representatives on School teams. John Twizell represented both 1st XV and 2nd XV rugby teams, Chris Dalby and John Snowdon the 3rd XV, Geoff Brown, Philip Kilmartin, Sandy Day, James Bell and Mark Caulfield were on other School rugby teams. Chris Dalby captains the School Water Polo team and is also a prominent member of the School Swimming team. In the House Water Polo the team performed creditably and was unlucky to be knocked out in the first round by Manor, the eventual winners. The Sports Hall was available for House use on some evenings during the week and Five-a-side Football was very poular, when we normally played Manor. Orienteers are now numerous in the School and Geoff Brown and Tony Percival were often seen up early on a Sunday morning to represent the School in events that were quite some distance from the School. The House Singing Competition was keenly contested, and the House song, a Womble creation, was performed well. The members were mainly from the lower part of the House and came second equal. The term ended with Mr and Mrs Nixon giving a Christmas Party, with active participation from all years. Mike Walker was awarded his house colours.

Easter

As usual individual achievements overshadowed team events. The two long run teams, Senior and Junior, put in much pre-race training and were rewarded with two very good results. In the Senior run John Hart was placed third with a time faster than last year's winner, and the team was placed fourth. In the Junior Run David Smakman excelled himself by coming in an easy first; the team was second overall. The 1st XI hockey team had three members from the Grove, John Twizell, David Young and John Noble.

Thursday lunchtimes were dedicated to house table tennis in the Sports Hall, where anyone with the urge to play was able to do so.

In the yearly General Knowledge Test, Sandy Day came first in the Fourth Forms.

Due to a 48-hour 'flu bug, School House was turned into an extra san and boys from School moved out and were temporarily stationed at No. 8.

In the Swimming Sports, Chris Dalby won the Individual Medley and James Mayor came second in the dive.

Summer

This has been a very long term, but much has happened. At the beginning of term Mr Nixon informed us that he would be leaving the

School to work for the government and that Mr Allen would be taking over as Housemaster.

There is great interest in the House in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

Scheme. Many junior middles have taken the Bronze Award and seven candidates have gained their Silver: J. Spence, A. Robinson, J. Noble,

A. Percival, G. Brown, A. Hodgson and D. Bretherton.

Outside school hours three seniors, A. Steggall, C. Westropp and S.

Angel have taken a very active interest in Youth Action York, Andrew

Steggall having been a member for longer than anyone else in the School.

On the academic front, Jeremy Markwick-Smith won the Fourth

Form essay prize.

In House cricket, the Senior Team, captained by Jeremy Auburn, due to John Twizell's absence from the sports field on account of illness, was knocked out in the first round by School; the team did very well, managing to score 70 runs. The Junior Team got through to the semifinals and lost to Queen's.

The Tennis team went through to the semi-finals after beating Manor in the first round, but were defeated by School. The House chess team, captained by Peter Honeyman, were drawn against Dronfield and lost 3-1. Rowing is well supported in the House and John Snowdon, Alistair

Robinson, Steve Nelson and Sandy Day have all rowed for the School.

Dennis Burton has coxed for the School.

We had some unexpected new members to the House when Mr Nixon heard noises in the roof; Rentokil was called in and the poison must have worked. There was an event which raised a few eyebrows when

Mike Walker, Clive Hodgson and Chris Dalby were seen along with girls from Queen Margaret's pushing a bed through York, dressed in pyjamas; the charity was Save the Children Fund and all enjoyed the excursion.

Mrs Richardson must be mentioned after serving in the House for 20 years as Matron and we thank her for her long years in service.

The House has some keen musicians, Chris Duckling, Andrew Steggall,

Chris Westropp, Dave Young and John Noble, who all played in a

Radio 5 concert at the end of term.

All that remains is our thank-yous and goodbyes. All M VI Monitors are leaving, together with Steve Angel, Jeremy Auburn, Tony Percival,

Steve Nelson, Adrian Hodgson and David Bretherton. I would like to thank Mr and Mrs Nixon on behalf of the Monitors for all the effort they put in to make sure the House is running smoothly, Iiii and we wish them all the best for the future. 75

Finally I would like to wish Mr Allen good fortune for his coming session as Housemaster and hope all goes well for him.

Lastly it is good luck to the new Head of House and his Monitors for the coming year.

R.M.W.

MANOR

This year has revealed the great depth of spirit and ability throughout the House. In Athletics, ably led by Martyn Day and Marcus Haw, who won the Sprint Cup, and the 1500 metre and 800 metre Cups, respectively, the House responded magnificently in both the Standards and on Sports Day, and in both competitions we were narrowly second. In the Senior rugger, after beating Dronfield, we were outplayed by Rise until the second helf, but by then it was too late. However, the Junior team, well led by Mike Parker, who was a tower of strength, beat Temple and Rise, before losing very narrowly in the final against Queen's. The same story continued in the Easter Term when we were second in both Cross Country events. This was particularly annoying in the Senior, as our two best runners were unable to compete. However, Chris Harland (4th) and Guy Nicholson (8th) ran well for us. The Swimming Sports were the most exciting for years, and the result was in the balance until the very last event, when we lost 108-104 points to Queen's, in spite of the Juniors winning all their events. At long last, however, we began to win some of the team trophies. The water polo team, magnificently led by Victor Matthews and ably supported by Peter Clare, Simon Dench and Greg Pritchard and many juniors, won its way through to the final, when Rise were convincingly beaten 8-3. This was followed in the Summer Term by a tactical victory in the Chess final against Temple, and by the Seniors winning the Cricket Cup. In this competition there was a nail-biting finish against Temple in the semi-final when, with the aid of the rain, Chris Harland and Dick Taylor hit their way to victory in the last over, and then in the final a tremendous knock of 69 by Peter Clare ensured victory against Rise. In the Junior competition, Rise were beaten by 3 wickets in the semi-final, thanks mainly to Richard Collingwood-Gittins, Richard Readman and Nicholas Sanderson. The final against Queen's was a most exciting match, and the result was in the balance until the very last ball. Queen's won by 2 wickets with three balls remaining.

Probably the highlight of the year has been the Christmas Party when we invited 40 teenagers from St John's School for the Deaf. Sixteen teams of six competed in nine events in "It's a Knockout", and for an hour and a half there was hectic activity all over the Sports Centre. This was followed by a super supper. It was a real House effort. The association with St John's was kept up in the Easter Term when 40 of us went to a party at Boston Spa; the extent of the enjoyment was shown by the number of "thank you" letters which were sent afterwards. In the Summer Term a soccer match on Paddy's Field was won convincingly by them, 4-2.

The House usually jumps at the chance of having an evening social "do", and this year has seen many such events. The first was on "Polling Day" when John Crossley, representing the Marx-Leninist Party, gave us a magnificently funny speech, and easily beat Steve Smith (Communist), 76

Andy Halsall (Silly Party), Marcus Haw (Liberal) and Bill Andrew (Conservative). Then Steve Smith organised an informal folk evening, ably supported by Simon Hollis (guest star) and several members of the House, and this was greatly enjoyed by all. We also had our usual pancake evening, when hundreds of pancakes were made, and eaten!

Individuals have been well to the fore in many of the sporting activities, and also in the less well-known happenings. Bill Andrew and Richard Barrett have been mainly responsible for organising Radio 5 and the end of term concert, and for the Social Services work. In the latter Bill organised a social evening in the House for the old age pensioners, whom they have visited and helped throughout the year. It was a great success, and much appreciated by the old ladies. Greg Pritchard and Victor Matthews organised and trained successfully a group of nine life savers for the Bronze Medallion, and gained for themselves the Teachers Certificate. The last week of term was highly successful; we won the Aggregate Shooting Cup; Simon Dench won the Green Howard Cup and the Donegall Badge; Richard Collingwood-Gittins won the

Junior Classification Cup, and Nigel Hawking the cup for the most improved cox. The annual House play nearly came off; we were due to

perform "New Clothes for the Emperor" with friends from Queen Anne,

but illness, lack of experience and shortage of time eventually forced us

to cancel it.

Academically we have done varying amounts of work, with John Demades, Paddy Smith, Charles Anelay, John Crossley and Neil Carmichael winning prizes.

House Colours were awarded to Martyn Day, Stephen Smith, Steven Bruce-Jones, Marcus Haw, Peter Clare, Simon Dench, Chris Harland,

Victor Matthews and Greg Pritchard, with Junior Colours to Richard

Collingwood-Gittins, Mike Parker, Stephen Halsall, Richard Readman and Nigel Hawking.

All in all it has been a happy and successful year, with grateful thanks to Mr and Mrs Shuttleworth and to Mr Orr for all their kindness and

help.

M.J.D.

I wish to thank all our leavers for all they have done, and especially Martyn Day (Head of House) and Steve Smith (School Monitor); may they have the success they deserve in the exams and do well in their future careers. In conclusion may I say how much we have enjoyed

having John Demades from Cyprus with us for two years, and we hope his future will be safe, secure and successful.

G.M.S.

QUEEN'S

Christmas Term

This term was marked by a record seven Oxbridge candidates in the

House. Of these we must congratulate Richard Long on being appointed Head of School, Christopher Smith on becoming Head of House and Tim Ward, David Chester and Jeremy Beadle on joining James Harrison as School Monitors. Neil Berry, Paul Green, Gary Barnett, Martin Black,

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Vincent Feeney, David Shepherd, Richard Spencer and John Wilson became House Monitors.

Once again the Athletics Standards Cup fell to Queen's, so highlighting the enthusiasm of the whole House. This provided a very sound base for our effort to retain the Athletics Shield this year. This was achieved through solid leadership by David Hughes, backed by outstanding performances from Richard Spencer, Robin Holden, Nigel Denison, who broke the Junior 100 metres record, and Richard Craig, who equalled the Junior High Jump record. Special mention must be made of the present Senior Relay Team which has never been beaten throughout its five years in the School.

Both of the House Rugby teams acquitted themselves well this year. The Senior team, ably led by James Harrison, had a bye in the first round and beat School House in the second round. In the final, however, the House was narrowly beaten 9-8 by the Rise after a very exciting contest.

The Junior Rugby team had better fortune and coasted through the first two rounds to reach the final. There the House beat Manor 10-4 with several outstanding individual performances as well as a competent team display.

The House have also played a large part in the cultural side of the School this term with most of the leading roles in "A Man for all Seasons" being filled from our ranks.

In the music competition the team, featuring several choristers, and led by Jeremy Beadle, finished a creditable second with a lively rendering of "Doh Ray Me". We must also congratulate Martin Black on a merit in grade 8 piano and Richard Spencer for his continued accomplishment with the oboe.

Timothy Newstead and Julian Hughes were awarded their Junior House Colours this term.

At the end of term Richard Long, Christopher Smith, Tim Ward, David Chester, James Harrison and Jeremy Beadle left us for Oxford and Cambridge with a creditable collection of scholarships and exhibitions. Stuart Newstead left on an exchange trip to Germany.

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The term began with the appointment of Paul Green as Head of House and Gary Barnett as a School Monitor. We also welcomed Heinrich Clements for the term from Munster.

The early part of the term was dominated by the efforts of, almost without exception, the whole House for the production of "One Way Pendulum." This ambitious play was capably produced by Vincent Feeney and soundly acted by all, but the audience were not really prepared for a play of such depth. Special thanks must go to Alan Tait for his excellent work back stage.

This term's list of sporting triumphs was opened by the Senior Cross Country team. Captained by Richard Spencer, the team made up for individual talent with a superb display of team running to finish with Paul Green fifth, David Shepherd 12th, Tim Abbey 14th, Robin Holden 15th and Richard Spencer 16th for a good run. This was followed by the Junior team winning the first Long Run in which everybody eligible had to compete, by a comfortable margin. 78

The Water Polo team again failed to reach the final of the House competition, being knocked out in the semi-finals by the eventual winners, Manor, but as last year this was an indication of our swimming strength. In what was surely the most exciting swimming sports ever, Queen's won the cup by beating Manor on the touch in the last race of the competition after a long tussle. The team, captained by Paul Green, included many good individuals, namely David Shepherd, Michael Simpson, Roddy Turner and Nigel Denison, who broke the School record for Intermediate Butterfly in the final.

Our congratulations must go to two of our fencers, Martin Black, who travelled to an international match in Warsaw this term, and to Alan Tait, who received his England badge after fencing for the Under-Sixteen side at Cranwell.

Paul Green, Gary Barnett and Richard Spencer were awarded their Senior House Colours.

Summer Term

In this term, dominated by exams, the House has been marked by an unprecedented level of good humour, high spirits and a feeling of House pride from all age groups.

In the Senior House matches the House cricket team had a narrow defeat in the first round. The House did well in the tennis, rowing and Junior cricket, in the final of which we defeated the Manor.

P.G.

THE RISE

Winter Term

At the start of the New Year the House was pleased to welcome Mr Hamilton as Assistant Housemaster. David Phillips became Head of House and the whole of the Middle VI were made Monitors.

With the addition of a new set of Juniors the House started the term on the Athletics track. With a disappointing start in the Standards due to a lack of effort on behalf of a number of boys it was pleasing to find that with some concerted effort from all we were able to finish third overall. Although the House was not very successful on Sports Day itself, finishing fourth, those who competed gave of their best and there were some creditable performances, especially from Paul Witty, who ran a courageous race to win the Intermediate 200 metres.

It was most encouraging to see almost all the House participating in the singing competition. Dale Hargreaves must be thanked for leading the tone deaf choir, who thoroughly enjoyed their interpretation of "On Illdey Moor Ba"Tat" even if the judges found it somewhat distasteful.

For the second year running the House found success on the rugby pitch when they retained the Senior rugby trophy. After a bye in the first round the House had a convincing win over Manor by 48-0 to reach the final. Again our opponents were Queen's and in a nail-biting match only one point separated the two teams at the final whistle. Under the captaincy of John Neale the team never gave up and a try from David Phillips, a conversion and penalty kick from David Potter proved to be just enough to secure victory by 9-8. The Junior XV had a good win 79

against School House, and although they were beaten by Manor in the semi-final, they were more than holding their own, until weakened by injury.

Senior House Colours were awarded to David Lister, John Neale and James Thomas, and Junior House Colours to John Ellison, Gary King and Adrian Wright.

Spring Term

Once again The Rise was very proud to congratulate its previous Head of House, David Phillips, upon his promotion to Head of School. His success was one of many individual achievements.

On the sports field several members of the House represented the School, David Phillips being captain of the Hockey XI. James Thomas and Niall Monro also played in the 1st XI, and Richard Egleton played for the 2nd XI. On the river Tony McMaster rowed in the 1st VIII and Kevin Brown in the Colts IV. In the major House event, the Senior long run, David Phillips ran exceptionally well and came a close second. Although we came fourth overall, The Rise team is to be congratulated on a display that showed great effort. In the Junior long run, John Ellison ran very well, coming a commendable seventh. More progress was made at water polo, a very young team ably led by Gary King reaching the final, only to be beaten by a strong Manor team, made up almost solely of team players. The team showed considerable promise and water polo may soon be one of our major sports.

With no House play to concentrate our energies upon, members of the House were able to spend their energies elsewhere, particularly in the Science Exhibition at the end of term.

Lastly I would like to wish Mike Ellison good luck, after leaving us at the end of this term.

Summer Term

The term began with the announcement that Peter Brooker had gained his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, after nearly two years' work; a great achievement on his part. Several others, Gary King, Nick Turnbull, Adrian Wright and Rick Teale, were also given their Bronze Award on 6th July.

As usual The Rise made its mark on all activities in the School. James Thomas played for the 1st XI and was re-awarded his colours; David Potter was captain of the 2nd XI, John Neale was captain of the Tennis 1st VI, Rick Temple captain of the 2nd VI. David Phillips and Niall Monro played for the 2nd XI, Anthony Temple and Peter Brooker played in the 2nd VI, and several juniors played in the junior cricket teams. Tony McMaster and Kevin Brown continued to row for the 1st VIII and Colts IV respectively, not without some success.

In the senior cricket, The Rise, under David Potter's captaincy, was unable to retain the cup, but nevertheless there was some very good play. Queen's and School House were defeated before we lost to Manor in the final. There was some fine bowling by James Thomas and David Phillips, who shared 28 wickets in the three matches, and good batting by David Potter, Niall Monro and David Phillips.

The Junior XI narrowly lost in the semi-final to Manor, after defea ing Temple in the 1st round. Much credit is due to this team for tw 80

excellent performances, in which several players did well, especially the captain, John Baggs.

The tennis team, whilst potentially a winner, being totally made up of team players, was unfortunately defeated by School House in the first round.

The Summer Term is always one for plenty of activity and it is encouraging to see the whole range of activities in the House, from the

Poetry-Folk evening, to visiting Hadrian's Wall, or the House of

Commons, to trekking over the North Yorkshire Moors. Some people even spent much of their time working in heat waves. k Finally I wish everyone luck with their exams. and hope the results are what they want and deserve. I would also like to say farewell to the leavers, especially to the monitors, and thank them all for the work they have put into the House.

P.M.B.

SCHOOL HOUSE

Christmas Term

We arrived back this term to find many alterations made in the House, the bathrooms had been refurnished and there were now additions to the toilet facilities, the House as a whole having been smartened up by a coating of blue paint.

This term we must welcome to the House the nine new junior boys, Tong Lop Bong in the Middle VI, and A. Islam who joins us in the Lower Sixth. A special welcome must also be made to Mr Macdonald who takes over as Vice-Housemaster from Mr Hamilton who left us for The Rise. Mr Macdonald is a keen oarsman much to the delight of many, and horror of others!

The House had some good '0' and 'A' level results, notably N. D. Briscoe who achieved four grade A 'A' levels and R. W. Parkinson who was awarded a scholarship on the strength of his '0' level results. W. J. Clappison and B. R. Terry returned for an extra term to sit Ox-bridge entrance exams.

School appointments made this term included C. A. Clegg appointed Captain of Chess, C. W. Knowlson, one of three Chapel Monitors and W. S. McIlroy Captain of Boats.

The year's sporting programme started as usual with the Athletics. The House team, captained by C. W. Maher, entered with its usual enthusiasm but only managed to come 4th overall behind strong Queen's and Manor teams. Special mention must be made of C. W. Maher who won the Senior long jump and came 3rd in the high jump. In the Inter-House Rugby competition we were drawn against Temple in the first round, and in a game in which we were 4-0 down in the opening minutes, due to a breakaway try by R. F. Pulleyn, we went on to dominate the game winning by 42-4, mainly due to our strength in the forwards with three 1st XV players: R. G. J. Sherratt (captain), C. R. Beaulah and T. F. Hudson, and also J. S. Barton (captain of 2nd XV) in the half-backs.

In the semi-final we played Queen's and were unfortunate to lose 12-0, in the final minutes. Queen's clinched the match with a try and conversion.

In the Junior House Rugby competition our team, captained by J. Glen, was drawn against Rise in the first round but lost to the bigger side by 13-0.

In the fencing world, our keen fencer, Tong Lop Bong, had a very creditable success when he won the Yorkshire Sabre Championship.

Another success which should be mentioned is that of C. R. Beaulah in gaining a Yorkshire Schoolboys rugby trial.

Mr Craine thought it necessary for the House to have a fire practice, so in the early hours of 10th December the fire bell went; everybody moved quickly in their drowsy states, which is encouraging in the event of a real fire.

Easter Term

Firstly we must congratulate our Ox-Bridge candidates; W. J. Clappison gained a Hastings Scholarship to the Queen's College, Oxford, and B. R. Terry gained a place at St John's College, Oxford.

This term J. S. Barton and W. S. McIlroy were appointed as School Monitors.

Two new boys entered the House this term in the Juniors; we hope they have settled down well.

In the Inter-House Water Polo competition, which we won last year, we were drawn against Rise who had many School players in their team. Unfortunately we lost after an enthusiastic performance In the InterHouse Swimming Sports our team, captained by J. S. Barton, was unable to live up to its usual very high standard, mainly due to the lack of fulltime swimmers, but we were still able to finish a good 3rd behind Queen's and ManoT.

In the Senior Cross-country we had a lack of good runners but we managed to scrape a team together. L. S. Wilson and J. H. Larcombe ran well, but their performance was unable to pull the House up further than 6th position. In the Junior running our juniors did very well amongst their own age group, but due to lack of IVth form runners we only managed 6th position. However, the team looks good for next year. R. Sharp was second overall.

In other School sports, J. S. Barton and R. W. Parkinson played well for the 1st XI Hockey team—both gaining their colours. Also W. S. McIlroy, T. F. Hudson and N. Ramsden rowed in the 1st VIII which won the Senior C section of the Yorkshire Head of the River.

The highlight of the term for the House was the House play, "French without Tears", which was produced by Mr Macdonald and directed by M. A. J. Ferguson. Much time and work was spent on the play, the scenery being as elaborate as any School production. The play succeeded in being very entertaining, the main contributing factor being the attempts at French conversation in which one may have been able to detect a slight English accent at times! Special thanks must be given to Xanthe Hall, Debbie Long and Elaine Simmonds who helped us with the more feminine characters and to all the members of the House who took part in the play either on stage or behind stage. 82

Summer Term

Although the Summer Term is academically very full, with many boys taking '0' and 'A' level exams, many members of the House still managed to lead a very active life in the sporting world. J. S. Barton, N. Radford and J. Glen all played for the 1st XI, whilst R. G. J. Sherratt and R. W. Parkinson played for the 2nd XI. With these experienced players our hopes in the Senior House Cricket competition were high. In the first round we played The Grove whom we beat with little difficulty. In the second round we played The Rise. They batted first, scoring 139. However, our-hopes were dashed by some good bowling from J. S. M. Thomas who dismissed our batsmen for very few runs. In the Junior House cricket our team was well beaten by a much more experienced Queen's team in the first round.

On the river, W. S. Mcllroy and T. F. Hudson rowed in the 1st IV and N. Ramsden in the 2nd IV. At Colts level N. Plahe rowed in the Colts 1st crew whilst the very successful Colts 2nd crew was made up entirely of School House members (except for the cox).

The Junior House IV beat Queen's in the semi-final and went on to beat Manor in the final. The Senior House IV beat Temple in the semifinal but lost by half a length to Queen's in the final.

The two finalists in the Jolyon Smith sculls were Mcllroy and Wilson, the former winning by about two lengths.

House Colours were awarded to T. F. Hudson, J. S. Barton and W: S. Mcllroy.

In the House Tennis competition we were drawn against The Rise in the first round; I. D. Heddle beat J. Neale 11: 2, J. H. Larcombe beat R. J. A. Temple 10: 3 and these two as our doubles pair beat The Rise pair 7: 6, thus we convincingly moved on to the second round. We reached the final, losing to Queen's.

In the House Chess competition we were very unfortunate to lose narrowly to Temple 3: 2, therefore losing the Chess Cup which we won last year.

Prizes this year were won by R. G. J. Sherratt for his French essay and M. A. J. Ferguson who won a science prize.

Finally, I should like to thank Mr Craine, Mr Macdonald, Mrs Wilson and all the cleaning ladies who between them make the House run efficiently and smoothly.

Lastly, we say goodbye to leavers from the Middle Sixth and Fifth forms, thanking them for all they have done for the House.

T.F.H.

TEMPLE

Christmas Term

At the beginning of this term S. M. Cooper was appointed Head of House; House Monitors were J. Bannister, G. D. Gumbrell, C. F. Ringrose and J. C. Rounthwaite.

The term got off to a bad start when it was announced that we had not won the Work Cup.

The first sporting activity was the Athletics, under the fine leadership of R. F. Pulleyn. On Sports Day we were third overall, which was a particularly good effort. There were some fine individual performances. R. F. Pulleyn won the Senior 200 metres and 400 metres; C. J. Hirst won the Intermediate 800 metres and 1,500 metres; J. A. Wiseman the Intermediate high jump and C. Hawkswell the Junior cricket ball.

On the rugby field we were well represented at all levels. R. F. Pulleyn and J. M. Newdick played for the 1st XV; J. C. Rounthwaite, T. C. Moore and P. A. Newdick played for the 2nd XV; D. I. Riley and R. F. Hart played for the Under 16 Colts XV; C. Hawkswell, S. W. Humphreys, C. P. Johnson and K. W. Kerr played for the Under 15 Colts XV and J. N. W. Hare played for the Under 14 Colts XV. We congratulate R. F. Pulleyn on his 1st XV Colours and being appointed School Captain of Rugby next season.

The Senior House team lost to Manor in the first round 30--10, after leading at one stage. This in itself was quite an achievement as we have not scored in a Senior House match for four years!

The Juniors also lost the first round to Manor 14-12 in a very tense game, which was in doubt until the final whistle. The pack played extremely well, and the captain, K. W. Kerr, was outstanding.

The House entry in the Singing Competition (accompanied by the piano this year) was enthusiastic; however, we temporarily lost the Cup.

Easter Term

J. C. Rounthwaite was appointed Head of House and I. P. Heavens and J. M. Newdick House Monitors.

The sporting side this term was dominated by the Cross-Country. The Seniors came fourth, C. J. Hirst winning the individual Cup, beating the record by some four minutes. This was a just reward for hard and dedicated training. In the Junior Long Run we came fourth also; there were good individual efforts from S. W. Humphreys and M. A. Raheem.

The Juniors competed in an Inter-House ten-a-side rugby tournament. They were a very strong side and won comfortably.

Perhaps the most successful feature of the term was the House play, "Oh, What a Lovely War". The play was competently produced by P. A. Newdick and T. C. Moore, who also played a part. Other performers were: G. D. Gum brell, C. A. F. Brown, J. F. Coates-Walker, S. B. Irons, C. G. A. Morcom, P. J. Prater, and S. K. Pattie who added a more amusing dimension to an otherwise tense play, perhaps due to extravagant consumption of cider throughout the performance! J. M. Newdick was responsible for the magnificent set, made even more effective by subtle lighting and the monotony of the sounds. It was an enjoyable evening, shared by many parents and boarders.

Summer Term

House cricket was more successful this year, the Senior House team reaching the semi-final after beating Dronfield in the first round. We were knocked out by Manor (the eventual winners) in an exceptionally tense game. J. C. Rounthwaite and D. I. Riley were re-awarded School 1st XI Colours.