MILE RACES RESULTS Senior Mile: 1. J. A. Bygate (Q.); 2. R. R. Baldwin (R.); 3. T. Chilman (Q.); 4. J. B. Mathews (R.). Time : 5 min. 3.4 sec. Intermediate Mile: 1. W. Mitchell (Q.); 2. J. W. S. Gale (R.); 3. W. E. Jones (G.); 4. M. G. Staveley (T.). Time: 5 min. 3.8 sec. School Record.
Preliminary heats were held and the stage was set for the grand finale-Sports Day. Alas ! the weather intervened once again and hopes were dashed. Not even a postponement helped matters. The only remaining possibility, the jumping events, were held, and not without a good measure of reward. D. G. Macpherson jumped magnificently to add no less than 18 inches onto the Senior Long Jump record, previously held by J. D. C. Wall in 1950. Both the first two Intermediate high-jumpers failed at a height which would have created a new record, and both R. R. Baldwin and T. E. Giddings did well in winning their events. All this, too, on an afternoon yet colder and damper than ever. FINAL JUMPING RESULTS Senior Long Jump: 1. D. G. Macpherson (S.H.); 2. P. J. Dronfield (R.); 3. R. M. Wheeler (G.); 4. R. Baxter (S.H.). Distance: 21 ft. 51 in. School Record. Senior High Jump: 1. R. R. Baldwin (R.); 2. P. B. Burbidge (G.); 3. T. Chilman (Q.); 4 equal. M. Precious (T.) and J. J. Rhodes (S.H.). Height : 5 ft. 3+ in. Intermediate Long Jump : 1. J. C. G. Wheeler (G.); 2. M. F. Grainger (T.); 3. P. M. B. Smith (S.H.); 4. R. A. Martin (T.). Distance: 17 ft. 7 in. Intermediate High Jump: 1. C. Hermiston (G.); 2. M. J. Bond (S.H.); 3. R. A. Hodgson (S.H.); 4. J. C. G. Wheeler (G.). Height: in. 5 ft. Junior Long Jump : 1. R. A. Spencer (Q.); 2 equal. R. G. Armstrong (M.) and T. P. Brown (G.); 4. J. M. Pattinson (R.). Distance: 15 ft. 7 in. Junior High Jump: 1. T. E. Giddings (Q.); 2. R. G. Armstrong (M.); 3. P. Stuttard (Q.); 4. R. H. Parker (R.). Height : 4 ft. 91 in.
Thus the Rise won the Athletic Shield on Standards alone, with the Grove as runners-up. Amidst the many disappointments and frustrations, our sympathies particularly must go to J. A. Bygate, Captain of School Athletics. • He, fortunately, will have a further year with us.
THE BOAT CLUB The most notable piece of news about the Boat Club must certainly be the new Boat House, but as reference is made to this in a separate note after this report, it is only necessary to say here what a pleasure it is to have a single building with room for boats, oars, work-bench, as well as changing room and washing facilities. The bad weather this term, which included the worst floods since 1947 and at least three doses of snow, made the completion of the Boat House very difficult, but it was possible to use it from the very 55
