HOUSE NOTES

MANOR HOUSE.

So with the writing of these notes we come to the end of our first year, a year, packed with events, which has gone extremely quickly, and which has left one little time to think.

To many in the House, perhaps the past year does not seem to have been a very successful one for us, but on looking back we see that only in the rugger and running events were we really overwhelmed, and in the other events we gave the other houses extremely hard fights, and in several only narrowly failed to achieve victory.

As for the term which has just past, the main events in it were the Inter- House cricket and shooting events. In hie 1st XI cricket we drew the Rise hi the semi-finals and here we should like to congratulate Steele heartily on his century made against us, which, coupled with the collapse of our batting, enabled the Rise to win fairly easily. In the 2nd XI cricket we achieved an outstanding victory. We drew School House in the senior finals and won easily, and in the finals we completely overwhelmed the Rise, winning by too runs. In the shooting events we gave a good account of ourselves, and we also came second in the section competition.

So much for Inter-House affairs, and now for the activities of the House itself. Indoor games, etc., have, as is usual during the summer term, an not flourished to any great extent, but the playing of cricket on the front lawn has been very popular. The Juniors themselves developed once more the craze for bug hunting and often were they seen chasing about the grounds after some elusive butterfly.

So to end these short notes, may we merely add that the spirit in the House has been very good, and remind those that remain that if the House is to be successful in the future, that spirit must not only be maintained, but must be improved upon. R.A.S.

CLIFTON RISE.

The Summer Term has provided a fitting climax to a successful year, both in sport and work. We lost the 1st IV Boating by a narrow margin to Temple, but we more than made up for this by winning the Senior Cricket. A fine century by Steele against the Manor did much to give us an easy victory over a team which, on paper, should have been unbeatable. In the finals, the accurate bowling of Wood and Duffield kept Temple's score down to 59. We retained the Tennis Cup, after a fairly close match with Temple, and again beat what should have been the winning team. Sterling work was done by the Boaters' contingent in the Junior Cricket, but though we reached the final, Manor were too good for us. Robson (J. C.) and Darley deserve special mention.

Congratulations to Steele, Wood and Murray on being awarded their 1st XI colours, and Robson (J.) and Morris on being awarded their 1st boating colours. Congratulations also to Hart on his School swimming colours, Duffield on his 2nd XI colours, and Robson (H.) on his 2nd IV colours.

In the Section Competition, the Rise section under L/Cpl. Penty came third. Unfortunately, Cpl. Thompson, who was the section commander, was absent. School House are to be congratulated on winning the Fernie Cup.

We are sorry to say good-bye to Godsmark, our Head of House, Steele, Murray and Thompson, who are all leaving to enlist in the services or go on University short courses. We are also losing several other senior boys. We would like to record our gratitude to them and our appreciation of all they have done for the House, and we hope to carry on their good work next year. 12