The House had more success in the less active sport of chess, beating School House 3-2 in the final. The team was captained by D. J. Johnson and other team members were R. P. Jemmett, D. S. Rusholme, P. A. D. Critchley and P. J. Drury. The internal House competition, having reached the semi-final stage at the end of last term, slowly progressed. By half-term P. J. Drury had made the final, but D. J. Johnson and R. P. Jemmett were still locked in combat. Johnson, wisely using his captain's perogative, got through to the final. Finally, after this marathon competition, P. J. Drury beat his captain i—o. The fencing team, captained by J. E. Moore and consisting of M. S. Hall, C. J. Drury, S. H. Giddings was also successful, beating Queen's in the final. We congratulate C. J. Drury on being awarded the Paddy Power Fencing prize. The tennis team was not so successful, narrowly losing to Manor in the first round. The team was I. G. Wilson (capt.), A. B. Tuck, P. J. Drury and D. F. Bough. The Girls' team was similarly unsuccessful, losing badly to School House. At half-term we learnt that Mr. P. G. Croft was leaving us to take up his new post of Second Master. Mr. Croft's achievement can be seen in two ways. Firstly, in terms of trophies, there is only one sport in which Temple have failed to gain a major trophy, rugby. I doubt if the silver cupboard has been bare during Mr. Croft's time. Secondly, Mr. Croft has kept the House happy, relaxed and yet at the same time with the right atmosphere for working. Temple has won the Work Cup no less than seven times during Mr. Croft's 13 years. For this service to the House we thank him very much and hope he enjoys his new job. Next term Mr. Bulcock takes over as Housemaster. Finally, I would like to thank the Monitors : N. Barnes, J. Dodman, A. B. Tuck and I. G. Wilson for their help in the smooth running of the House and to wish the whole of the Middle Sixth well in the future. David Noyes.
ATHLETICS With the need to change the usual "all-in" athletics programme to one of a two day commitment each week by each boy, we reverted back to a three
point system of standards. The results were as follows :15.0 (average per boy) 1. Rise 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Temple School Queen's Manor Grove Dronfield
11.60 11.23 10.54 10.09 9.56 9.00
Special mention must go to C. D. Johnson (Temple), R. Gardner (Queen's) and N. Clayton (The Rise) who scored near maximum points and were top of their respective year groups. Sports Day took place in fair but windy conditions. The outright winners — Temple — took an early lead and managed to score in all but three of the thirty-one events. Some seven new school records were created. 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres Long Jump High Jump Shot Putt Javelin Relay 4 x 200 metres
SENIOR AGE GROUP K. Clarkson (Manor) K. Clarkson (Manor) I. Hindhaugh (School) I. Hindhaugh (School) A. Tuck (Temple) A. Tuck (Temple) G. Cole (Grove) D. Rusholme (Temple) J. Dodman (Temple) I. Hindhaugh (School). School
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11.4 secs. 24.3 secs. 52.7 secs. 2 mins. 11.5 secs. 4 mins. 30.0 secs. 9 mins. 59.2 secs. 5.34 metres. 1.60 metres. 11.16 metres. 41.80 metres. 1 min. 41.8 secs.
