Athletics

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.

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 :-

1. Rise 2. Temple 3. School 15.0 (average per boy) 11.60 11.23

4. Queen's 5. Manor 6. Grove 7. Dronfield 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 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.

INTERMEDIATE AGE GROUP

100 metres N. Harnby (Manor) 200 metres N. Clayton (Rise) 12.2 secs. 26.0 secs.

400 metres G. Lomas (Manor)

55.6 secs. 800 metres G. Lomas (Manor)* 2 mins. 4.9 secs. 1500 metres T. Hills (Rise) 4 mins. 51.2 secs. 3000 metres T. Hills (Rise)* 10 mins. 5.7 secs. Long Jump R. Knocker (Temple) 5.46 metres. High Jump J. Farrow (Temple) 1.55 metres. Javelin J. Pulleyn (Manor) 39.35 metres. Relay 4 x 200 metres Manor 1 min. 45.7 secs.

JUNIOR AGE GROUP

100 metres A Stubbs (Dronfield)* 200 metres A. Stubbs (Dronfield) 400 metres A. Gorman (Rise)* 800 metres M. Abbey (Temple) 1500 metres A. Gorman (Rise) Long Jump C. D. Johnson (Temple) High Jump A. Stubbs (Dronfield) Cricket Ball D. Bough (Temple) Relay 4 x 100 metres Temple • New School Records. 12.2 secs. 26.0 secs. 58.4 secs. 2 mins. 19.5 secs. 4 mins. 53.8 secs. 4.82 metres. 1.43 metres. 60.10 metres. 53.7 secs.

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETIC SHIELD

1. Temple 100 pts. 2. Manor 641 pts. 3. Rise 55); pts. 4. School 521 pts. 5. Queen's 471 pts. 6. Grove 30k pts. 7. Dronfield 231 pts. J.A.O-B.

CROSS COUNTRY

Due to the resurgence of interest in cross country throughout the School last year a regular programme of inter-school fixtures was arranged at all levels this year.

In the inter-school matches convincing performances were recorded by both Seniors and Juniors against Pocklington, Silcoates, Ashville, Woodhouse Grove and Nunthorpe G.S. A measure of the improvement made is reflected in how well the School did against Barnard Castle and Newcastle R.G.S. in the match at Barnard Castle, however Bradford R.G.S. were in a class of their own.

After a slightly disappointing performance at Durham in the North Eastern Schools Cross Country Championships when Peter Burdass was unavailable and Jonathan Wright was well below his best, the Seniors put in their best performance the following Saturday at Ampleforth coming second to the host school in a strong field.

Peter Burdass was the outstanding Senior runner and both he and Andrew Tuck, the captain were awarded their colours. Other consistently good performers were Jonathan Wright, Greg Lomas and Paul Moayyedi all of whom will form the nucleus of a strong team next season with Doug Williamson and Ian Saville.

Amongst the Juniors Jonathan Abbey and Nick England were the most prominent. They were ably supported by several other good third and fourth formers, who providing they maintain their interest, should make their mark at cross country in future years.

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

Wednesday, 23rd January. York and District Schools Trial (at Tadcaster). Junior Race: 1st J. Abbey. Senior Race: 1st P. Burdass; 2nd J. Drinkwater; 3rd P. Moayyedi; 4th A. Tuck, 6th P. Aagaard; 9th S. Woollons; 10th A. Campbell. Saturday, 26th January. St. Peter's v. Pocklington, Silcoates and Ashville (at Pocklington). Seniors: 1st St. Peter's 35 pts. 2nd Silcoates 79 pts. 3rd Pocklington 93 pts. 4th Ashville 118 pts. Individual placings: Ist P. Burdass; 2nd A. Tuck; 5th P. Moayyedi; 7th J. Wright; 8th G. Lomas; 12th N. England.

Wednesday, 6th February. St. Peter's v. Woodhouse Grove and Silcoates (at Silcoates). Seniors: 1st St. Peter's 35 pts. 2nd Silcoates 47 pts. 3rd Woodhouse Grove 104 pts. Individual placings: 1st P. Burdass, 4th A. Tuck; 5th G. Lomas; 7th N. England; 8th P. Moayyedi; 10th J. Wright. Juniors (U.14): fst St. Peter's 22 pts. 2nd Woodhouse Grove 66 pts. 3rd Silcoates 99 pts. Individual placings: 1st J. Abbey; 2nd C. Wombell; 3rd K. Rollo; 4th D. Gardner; 5th J. Procter; 7th R. Ellerker. Saturday, 16th February. St. Peter's v. Barnard Castle, Bradford G.S. and Newcastle R.G.S. (at Barnard Castle). Seniors: 1st Bradford G.S. 31 pts. 2nd Newcastle R.G.S. 81 pts. 3rd Barnard Castle 103 pts. 4th St. Peter's 105 pts. Individual placings: 9th P. Burdass; 12th A. Tuck; 17th G. Lomas; 20th J. Wright; 22nd P. Moayyedi; 25th N. England. Juniors (U.14): 1st Bradford G.S. 43 pts. 2nd Newcastle R.G.S. 75 pts. 3rd Barnard Castle 100 pts. 4th St. Peter's 114 pts. Individual placings: 4th J. Abbey; 13th C. Wombell; 16th D. Gardner; 26th R. Ellerker; 27th J. Frank; 28th J. Procter. Wednesday, 27th February. St. Peter's v. Silcoates, Ashville and Woodhouse Grove (at Woodhouse Grove). Seniors: ist St. Peter's 51 pts. 2nd Silcoates 61 pts. 3rd Ashville 94 pts. 4th Woodhouse Grove 99 pts. Individual placings: 1st P. Burdass; 4th A. Tuck; 7th J. Wright; 8th P. Moayyedi; 12th J. Schofield, 19th R. Jemmett. Intermediates (U.16): 1st St. Peter's 32 pts. 2nd Ashville 53 pts. 3rd Woodhouse Grove 95 pts. Individual placings: 1st G. Lomas; 2nd N. England; 3rd D. Williamson; 4th I. Saville; 10th G. Groom; 12th G. Sanders. Juniors (U.14): 1st St. Peter's 20 pts. 2nd Woodhouse Grove 441 pts. 3rd Silcoates 611 pts. Individual placings: 1st J. Procter; 3rd D. Copley; 4th R. Ellerker; 5th N. Hopton; 7th G. Robinson. Wednesday 5th March. North Eastern Schools Cross Country Championships (at Durham). 1st Newcastle R.G.S. 86 pts. 2nd St. Joseph's, Hebburn 98 pts. 3rd Barnard Castle 116 pts. 4th Durham 166 pts. 5th St. Peter's 185 pts. 6th St. Bede's 206 pts. 7th King's Tynemouth 236 pts. 8th Dame Allan's 242 pts. Individual placings: 17th A. Tuck; 20th G. Lomas; 27th P. Moayyedi; 37th J. Abbey; 40th N. England; 44th I. Saville. Saturday, 8th March. North East Regional Public Schools Championships (at Ampleforth). 1st Ampleforth 48 pts. 2nd St. Peter's 93 pts. 3rd Welbeck 121 pts. 4th Durham 130 pts. 5th Denstone 166 pts. 7th Ampleforth 2nds 190 pts. 8th Pocklington 218 pts. Individual placings: 2nd P. Burdass; 10th A. Tuck; 12th P. Moayyedi; 17th G. Lomas; 20th J. Wright; 32nd N. England. Wednesday, 12th March. St. Peter's v. Woodhouse Grove and Nunthorpe G.S. (at home). Seniors: 1st St. Peter's 33 pts. 2nd Nunthorpe G.S. 49 pts. 3rd Woodhouse Grove 105 pts. Individual placings: 2nd J. Drinkwater; 3rd G. Lomas; 4th P. Moayyedi; 6th A. Tuck; 8th J. Wright; 10th D. Williamson. Juniors (U.15): 1st St. Peter's 35 pts. 2nd Nunthorpe G.S. 54 pts. 3rd Woodhouse Grove 97 pt3. Individual placings: 1st J. Abbey; 2nd N. England; 3rd C. Wombell; 7th F. Newitt; 9th G. Groom; 11th R. Ellerker.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

The Spring term weather turned out at its best for the two age-group runs, the dry course managing to help Peter Burdass to a new school record in the Senior event.