The Tub Regatta
After an impartial and uncooked draw, St. Peter's Boat Club carried on tradition by having the Annual Tub Regatta once again this year. The first "knock-out" races were held on a Saturday and the semi-finals and finals on the following Wednesday. On the Saturday everybody turned up dressed in various weird costumes to compete in the races. A York City B.C. tub was borrowed, which, sad to relate, had to be bandaged up after every race, but one crew did manage to win in her. The best race of the afternoon was between Mr. Ping and Barker, and Brown A. C. and Corry, the former contriving to win by half-a-length. On the Wednesday only the best crews were left. Dodd and Ping went through into the finals, beating Mr. Ping and Barker in the old boat, but afterwards losing to Pryer and Morris. The Cox's Race was highly amusing, being won by Simpson and Gregory. We should like to thank Mrs. Ping for the prizes which she kindly presented to the winners. The Boating Dinner
The 1st Crew were extremely grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Ping for continuing the Annual Boat Club Dinner. In spite of the war all were well and truly filled, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed. During the course of the evening, Mr. Rhodes reminded us that we were not only celebrating the Annual Dinner, but also the asst anniversary of Mr. Ping's connection with St. Peter's Boat Club, and we heartily congratulate him on his "coming of age." ! At the end of term Mr. Ping was presented with an oar blade, inscribed to commemorate the occasion.
SWIMMING. It has long been felt that, though the School is generally well represented in sport, there has been a deficiency ; a school which competes for the House swimming cup with such enthusiasm should surely be able to produce a team for competition against other schools. A start was made in remedying this deficiency in the summer term of 1941 with a match against Bootham School. This summer, however, three matches were arranged and the team, under the very able coaching of Mr. A. C. Webster, for whose services we are very grateful, showed such an improvement as to win two of the matches. 46
