RESULTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
TEAM SCORES
Lomas, G. (Manor) Hills, T. (R) Copley, A. (Queen's) England, N. (Queen's) Wright, G. (Rise) Clarkson, K. (Queen's) Linton, N. (2chool) Gorman, S. (Rise) Worner, M. (Grove) Saville (Queen's)
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Queen's Rise Manor School Grove Dronfield Temple
50 70 163 163 184 206 270
J. A. 0-B.
SWIMMING The season started off well with a clean sweep from under thirteen through to Senior level in the York Schools' Championships. The Relays Rose Bowl was also kept with the School. From this Kevin Clarkson (Queen's), Kevin Clarkson (Manor) and Ian Hindhaugh (School) went on to represent the city in the District Finals with both Clarkson boys being picked for the inter-division gala. The summer term began with our quadrangular against Barnard Castle, Bolton and Bootham Schools. Apart from the illness of Charles Walker, our under sixteen team captain, the competition went well for us with Kevin Clarkson (Queen's) creating a new School record for the under fifteen too yards Freestyle. We ended up a close third behind Bolton with Barnard Castle winning with some ease. The John Parry Relays, which were held at St. Peter's this year, seemed to be a success. A special vote of thanks must go to the external officials who ran the competition, giving up their time to help us, despite a fully committed summer of officiating at other swimming competitions. The senior relays squads did not reach the finals but managed to set a new freestyle record—beating the 1971 record set then by an unbeaten team. The Colts squad manage to get into the freestyle final, which proved to be a good omen for future matches. We then went to Leeds Grammar for a most enjoyable match at all age groups in which we were able to participate at each level except the under fourteen group. We won the match overall with the under fourteen freestyle relay squad setting a new School record in the 4 x 5o yards. The match against Durham saw some very fast swimming as preparation for the Public School Relays was well under way. Durham won by some fifteen points with some very experienced individuals. Paul Greenwood (School) set a new roo yards Breast Stroke record for the senior age group and both Senior Relay squads set new records in the Medley and Freestyle 4 x 5o yards. In London at the Public Schools Relays, both teams swam well and produced the fastest times yet since winning the events in 1972. The next age group match against Pocklington saw a comfortable win in the end, by winning all but one of the relays, yet Pocklington were able to win five of the twelve individual events. In this match Mark Burdon set a new under fourteen 5o yards Breast Stroke record. We next travelled to Ampleforth for a most pleasant fixture against them and Bootham at under fifteen and Senior age group levels. A special commendation is due here to the under fifteen team, who were able to 'keep our heads above water' sufficiently to win the 80
