Fencing

During the year the Tennis Club has managed to obtain coaching from Gina Huntington and this has improved the standard of tennis within the School immeasurably. She must be thanked for this and it is hoped she will continue coaching next year since without good coaching it is virtually impossible to have a high standard of tennis in the School.

In addition to the 1st VI, we also had a 2nd VI and an Under 17 team which competed in a local league. Both these teams had a lot of young players in them who showed a great deal of potential and promise for the future. The Under 17 league team after losing their first two matches went undefeated and nearly won the league. One player who played in both these teams and deserves special credit is Tony March, who put in a lot of effort and improved greatly because of this. He was awarded his Colt colours for this.

It would be impossible for me to finish this report without mentioning the work of Mr. Orr and Mr. Butler, who took over the running of tennis this year. They brought enthusiasm and sound advice to the running of the Club and there was a great increase in the numbers playing tennis in the School. The Club will miss Mr. Orr next season since he took a firm stand on the position of tennis within the School.

Although there is much promise and encouragement for the future, the advances made this year must not be lost. Having said this tennis is very much alive in the School.

A.J.B.

1975-76

Looking back, this has been our most successful season for many years. The Christmas term starts off the cycle which results in us being in the peak of condition for the National Age Group, and Public Schoolboys Championships at the end of the Easter term.

As usual the Christmas term started off our season in a quiet way, with the series of matches against the Y.F.A., Archbishop Holgate's, Queen Margaret's, Escrick, and The Mount School. These resulted in fairly convincing victories in all departments.

The start of the Easter term called for team training to begin seriously with the Yorkshire Age Group Championships just after half term and the Nationals and the Public Schools Competitions in the space of five days at the end of the Easter term.

The Yorkshire Age Group Competitions proved very successful. Alan Tait won the U.19 Foil with Stephen Winrovv-Campbell second. Gordon Tait took the U.16 title with Andrew Johnson second. Andy also finished second in the U.16 sabre, and took the U.16 epée title. Finishing in the top four in the regional competition means that we qualified for the National Age Group finals.

The National Age Group finals were held in Birmingham on the 27th March. Gordon Tait proved his worth with a superb second in the Under 16 competition—a best ever result in this competition by a member of the School.