Table Tennis

The Inter-House Chess Competition was held during the Summer erm, the results being as follows:

Dronfield Rise Manor 3 2 21 Dronfield Manor (on 5 } Dronfield 0 Grove 21 board count) Temple 3+ School House 0+ Queen's Bye Temple Queen's 3+ 1 Temple 0+ 0+ }TEMPLE

This was the second year running that Temple has won the chess competition, the team being P. W. S. De Silva, A. D. M. BarreII, P. A. D. Critchely, R. I. Hepworth, and C. P. Johnson.

R.E.C. & P.W.S. de S.

During the 1977-78 season matches involved under 19, under 16, and under 15 teams. In order to obtain a reasonable number of local fixtures, the senior team joined the York and District Table Tennis Association, and were placed in the 6th division. They acquitted themselves well and finished 5th in the league. The position would have been higher had it been possible to turn out the best team on all occasions but difficulty was experienced because of the late hour at which the matches ended.

The following have represented the school in these fixtures:

M. S. D. Blackburn (Capt.), H. R. B. Pease, S. M. Dixon, T. J. Casling, M. A. Raheem and T. J. Blackburn.

M. S. D. Blackburn is to be congratulated on winning the Bagshaw trophy, in a competition open to all members of the York and District T.T.A. but with handicaps according to the league division in which the player normally competes.

In the North Yorkshire Schools competition, the under 19 team were eventually eliminated 5-4 by Scarborough Sixth Form College.

The under 16 team had a fairly successful season, losing only 2 of its 8 matches. The following have represented the school on more than one occasion :

R. P. Jemmett (Capt.), M. J. H. Moodie, D. J. Johnson, P. Moayyedi, I T. J. Blackburn and R. J. Kirby. In the North Yorkshire Schools Competition the team had several easy victories in the preliminary rounds but were eventually eliminated 5-3 by Knavesmire School.