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Old iPeterite News
from Feb 1966
by StPetersYork
1st Round:
Semi-finals:
Final:
ist Round:
Semi-finals:
Final:
SENIOR HOUSE MATCHES Manor beat Queen's, 6-5. Dronfield beat Rise, 31-3. Temple beat School House, 25—o. Dronfield beat Grove, 9—o. Temple beat Manor, I2-It. Dronfield beat Temple, 20-3.
JUNIOR HOUSE MATCHES Grove beat Rise, 48—o. Dronfield beat School House, 18-6. Queen's beat Manor, r-6. Temple beat Grove, 8-3. Queen's beat Dronfield, I r—o. Queen's beat Temple, 6—o.
SHOOTING
Shooting this term has, as usual, been devoted to .22—N.S.R.A. "tin hat" shooting for the more experienced, and pure training for the rest, mainly newcomers. A somewhat unusual pattern developed, however, as many of last year's shooters found that other calls upon their time limited the amount of practice they could do, whereas the new members found it easier to attend. The result is interesting, in that team scores have suffered little, if at all, while it is probably true to say that we have more, and more promising, new members than for some years past. Several of them wish to take up .303 in the summer.
In spite of reasonable match scores, including 779, which is, as far as
is known, a School record, we have not been very successful in winning matches. Results were :
v. Monmouth
v. Dean Close v. Repton v. Mill Hill
v. Leeds G.S.
For Against Result 765 741 Won 767 785 Lost 763 773 Lost 774 778 Lost 779 746 Won
The Stainforth Cup match score was 768, placing us 23rd out of 131 entries. For the first time a second team was entered, but it did not do very well!
The following made up the First VIII, with the averages shown: J. F. Brown (Capt.) (97.8); D. J. Mackenzie (Vice-Capt.) (96.0); P. S. Marsden (98.3); R. A. Peaker (97.2); D. S. Lockhart (96.2); N. C. P. Marsden (95.3); L. M. Creer (95.6); J. C. Dent (94.8). C. J. Sinclair also shot in the team.
As four of last year's 1st V were still at School, very little sorting needed to be done, and the team had a successful term. Four matches were played, three being won and one lost. The only defeat was at the hands of the Old ,Peterites, whose top three strings were too strong and experienced for the School. The only inter-school match, against Hymer's College, was won 5-0; the Squashbucklers and York R.I. were beaten 5-2 and 3-2 respectively. The defeat of York R.I., on the Institute courts, was a particularly fine achievement.
We were all delighted to read of Mr. Willstrop's success in the British Universities Championships, whilst from our own point of view we regret his departure. It was pleasing, however, to see the amount of coaching given by members of the 1st V; the junior squash players are certain to benefit a great deal from this help.
In the Hull and East Riding Competition held during the Christmas holidays, Harding did extremely well to get to the final, before being defeated by the holder. To reach the final he had a fine win over I. A. Nuttall of Durham University, the No. 2 seed and a member of the U.A.U. team.
RESULTS:
1st VII v. Squashbucklers at home on 26th October. Result: Won 5-2. J. J. Vooght beat Maj. A. Whitehorn, 7-9, 9-.6, 9-7, 9-4. R. D. Harding beat P. N. L. Terry, Esq., 9-5, 5-9, 9-5, 5-9, 9-8. D. R. Baxter lost to N. J. Magson, Esq., 8-10, 0-9, 10-8, 3-9. G. A. Willstrop lost to F. P. Willis, Esq., 3-9, 9-7, 2-9, 4-9. J. C. Richardson beat M. W. D. Wilson, Esq., 2-9, 4-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-1. N. G. A. Morris beat T. 0. A. Burgess, Esq., 2-9, 9-2, 9-3, 9-2. W. J. Roebuck beat D. Lethem, Esq., 9-4, 9-5, 9-6.
1st V v. Hymer's College, Hull, at home on 11th November. Result: Won 5-0.
J. J. Vooght beat P. J. Gay, 9-5, 9-5, 9-4.
R. D. Harding beat R. Harwood 9-1, 9-3, 9-1.
D. R. Baxter beat G. A. Foster, 10-8, 9-0, 9-1.
G. A. Willstrop beat J. S. Canby, 9-6, 9-4, 9-4.
1st V v. York Railway Institute, away, on 23rd November. Result : Won 3-2.
J. J. Vooght lost to B. Patterson, 1-9, 8-10, 9-7, 2-9.
R. D. Harding beat G. Martin, 6-9, 9-1, 9-5, 9-5.
D. R. Baxter beat H. Pickup, 6-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-0.
G. A. Willstrop lost to D. J. Oliver, 2-9, 5-9, 4-9.
J. C. Richardson beat D. M. Snowdon, 3-9, 10-8, 9-2, 9-5.
1st V v. Old Peterites on 12th December. Result : Lost 2-3.
J. J. Vooght lost to G. W. A. R. Alderson, 4-9, 9-6, 9-10, 10-8, 1-9.
R. D. Harding lost to W. M. Howard, 5-9, 9-10, 7-9.
D. R. Baxter lost to P. W. Shepherd, 4-9, 5-9, 10-8, 8-10.
G. A. Willstrop beat G. F. B. Mitchell, 9-1, 9-1, 9-1.
W. J. Roebuck beat P. J. Netherwood, 7-9, 9-6, 7-9, 9-1, 9-7.
FENCING
The team survived the term without defeat, despite the loss of R. W. Oliver as captain. Several of this year's juniors have proved to be keen and energetic members of the fencing club and the standard of fencing in the lower two years of the School is extremely encouraging.
The Yorkshire Schoolboy's Junior Championships were held at the School, but the final was almost monopolised by entrants from Leeds. The School's lack of success in this competition was due to the competition's definition of "Junior"—one which depends on past performances and not on age. The School team was thus excluded, and the Middle School and Junior fencers had to fight much older, stronger and more experienced opponents.
The School's matches were against Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University, both of which we won convincingly, and one against the combined Universities of Durham and Newcastle—a strong team—which resulted in a narrow victory for the School.
J. H. Reiss was awarded his Colours and C. A. Wood was re-awarded his. When the President Of the Amateur Fencing Association, C-L. De Beaumont, Esq., visited York, J. Pawson became the second York fencer to be made a provisional president of the A.F.A. 'Mr. De Beaumont also introduced us to a new system under which gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to fencers according to their proficiency. Most members of the School's Fencing Club are now concentrating on reaching the standard required for their appropriate medals.
CHESS
At the beginning of the term Mr. Mair very kindly agreed to become master in charge of chess. A complete reorganisation of chess throughout the School has taken place and we must thank Mr. Mair for devoting so much of his time to chess.
Only two school chess matches were played this term owing to the reorganisation of the School chess team. Although the School lost one match to Bootham a fair amount of good chess was played and some players obtained their first experience of school chess matches. The other match was played against the Staff; the School won by
More school matches will be played next term and we hope that the reorganised teams will do well.
The following represented the School in chess matches : J. D. Martin, I. R. D. McGrath, P. St. G. 'Stephenson, R. Pickersgill, B. S. Wallis, A. L. Kirk, R. K. Hall, P. S. Disney, P. F. Reeves, W. J. Roebuck, C. C. Russell, S. C. Sugar. P.M. 33
1st Xl 2nd XI 3rd XI 'Under 16' Colts XI
Sat. May 7 Clifton C.C. H Wed. „ 11 York C.C. H 'Under 15' Colts Xl
Bootham School
Sat. „ 14 Worksop A Worksop A Worksop H Work .op
College Wed. „ 18 1st Round Se ni
College or House Mat he
College College Sat. „ 21 Giggleswick Giggleswick A York H Giggleswick A School School Youth School Club
Wed. „ 25 Durham H Durham A School School Durham Durham School School
Sat. „ 28 Sedbergh A School Wed. June 1 Semi-finals of Se nior House Ma tch es Fri. „ 31 Denstone Sat. „ 4 f College
Wed. „ 8 The Forty H Club Sat. „ II Ampleforth A Ampleforth 1-1 College College Wed. „ 15 M.C.C. H 1st Round Junio r H ouse Matches
Manchester H
Boys XI Semi-finals of Ju nio r House Match
Ampleforth H Ampleforth A College College Bootham II School
Sat. „ 18 Bradford G.S. H Bradford G.S A lieworth H Bradford G.S. A
Wed. „ 22 Final Senior H ou se Match Sat. „ 25 Leeds G.S. A Leeds G.S. H Wed. „ 29 York Wan- derers C.C. H
C.C.
Leeds G.S. W
Sat. July 2 Yorkshire H Gentlemen C.C. Sat. 9 Craven Gentle- men C.C. H
Ashville A Ashville A College College
Final Junior H se Match
Sat. 16 Bootham A Bootham School School Fri. 22101d Peterites Sat. 23 Pocklington II School
A meeting of the General Committee of the O.P. Club was held at the School on Saturday, 11th December.
The Hon. Treasurer, T. H. Burdon, reported on the financial position of the Club. He informed the Committee that the number of Old Peterites in arrears with their instalments to Life Membership of the Club had risen. It was agreed that these Old 'Peterites should again be urged to pay the instalments due, and if they failed to do so they should cease to be members of the Club.
The Committee were informed that successful regional dinners had been held at Durham, Leeds and London.
Other regional dinners will be held as follows : — North West : 11th March, 1966, The Brockatt Arms Hotel, Wigan_ Birmingham : 13th May, 1966, Queen's Hotel, Birmingham. East Riding: 27th May, 1966, Highfield Country Club, Driffield.
COMMEMORATION, 1966
Old Peterites are reminded that the 1966 School Commemoration will be held on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th July, and Old Peterites are urged to support it. The Head Master has again kindly agreed that a limited number of unaccompanied O.P.s (in order of application) can be accommodated in the Junior School, charge, 12s. 6d. per night for bed and breakfast.
The official programme and pro-forma on which to apply for tickets for the O.P. Club Annual Dinner, to be held on Saturday evening, 23rd July, and the Commemoration Service in the School Chapel on Sunday morning, 24th July, will be circulated with the May issue of The Peterite.
Any Old Peterite wishing to play in the Old Boys' match against the School should apply to K. M. Ratcliff, "Fairways", Ratcliffe Lane, Sheepy Magna, Athelstone, Warwickshire.
NOTES
The next meeting of the General Committee will be held on Saturday, 5th March, and the Hon. Secretary (D. Kirby, 7a St. Peter's Grove, Clifton, York) would like to receive any items for inclusion on the agenda by the 22nd February.
The following crested neckwear is available : — All-silk crested ties Terylene crested ties All-silk bow ties All-silk batswings All-silk squares ...
All-silk cravats ... 15s. 6d. each plus postage 5d. 12s. 6d. each plus postage 5d. 1 ls. 9d. each plus postage 5d. 19s. 6d. each plus postage 5d. 60s. Od. each post free. 34s. Od. each post free. 35
The 12th Annual West Riding Dinner of the Old Peterite Club was held at the Griffin Hotel, Leeds, on Thursday, 4th November, 1965.
Present : —The President of the Club (T. J. Lewis), The Head Master, J. Ambler, S. H. Beetham, J. M. W. Bennitt, J. P. Blake, J. C. Brisby, T. H. 'Burdon, M. Butterworth, A. Dykes, A. J. D. Foster, J. Gillgrass, M. Hallas, Rev. J. C. Houghton, W. M. Hudson, J. A. Hunter, 0. Hunter, H. W. Judge, D. Lyth, A. R. Marks, G. F. B. Mitchell, M. K. Oldham, F. N. Parkin, C. J. Quickfall, K. H. Rhodes, P. J. F. Robson, M. I. H. Sproulle, A. F. Stott, R. A. B. Wood.
DURHAM DINNER
The following attended the 1965 Durham
The President of the (T. J. Lewis) The Headmaster Bradley, S. H. Brown, D. L. Brown, K. Clegg, M. Clark, R. T. Hay, J. W. Dimmey, H. Dalkin, W. R. Dees, M. Club Dronfield, P. Gardner, J. D. Graham, W. Gertside, J. F. Holmes, D. C. Harding, J. T. Jobling, R. L. Kitching, C. J. Morrison, J. D. Neasham, D. J. Pace, N. G. Pacey, F. Dinner: -
Pacey, F. J. Pickersgill, J. B. Rawley, D. R. Rhodes, K. H. Richardson, J. L. Roe, J. N. Simmons, J. N. Strike, J. W. B. Templeman, J. T. Underwood, R. Varley, E. K. Woodruff, N. W.
LONDON DINNER
The Old Peterite London Dinner was held on the 12th November, 1965, at the Great Eastern Hotel.
The following Old Peterites attended:— T. J. Lewis (President of the Old Peterite Club) The Headmaster K. G. Chilman C. H. Lewis A. A. Short J. H. Baines P. T. Baker W. D. Blackburn M. J. Bond R. Bower K. A. Boyes P. C. Brindley R. A. Brindley T. H. Burdon I. G. Clarkson W. H. Colley A. B. Cooper J. B. Dixon R. S. Dixon P. Dainty A. E. R. Dodds J. M. L. Dook F. H. Douglas P. J. Dronfield D. C. Drummond P. Garbett J. B. Gedge H. F. S. Gedge Dr. G. E. L. Graham B. A. C. Gray D. St. G. W. Graw J. Hanson F. H. Hillyard Dr. C. K. Hudson M. F. Hudson C. Hutchinson A. N. Johnson M. Kershaw C. W. Leach R. F. S. Mervyn F. H. Potter J. H. Rhodes P. Robson P. Roe C. E. Scholefield C. M. Shadwell R. J. Shields G. C. Smith D. Stanley R. L. Stead N. H. Sutcliffe D. H. Tate E. D. Thornton W. H. Wellburn Major R. White Dr. A. G. Wilson W. G. Yeoman Dr. Marcus Clegg F. C. Beaumont R. Burdon P. J. R. Wilson
This was a record attendance of over 6o and Charles Scholefield, Q.C. proposed the toast of the School, which was replied to by the Headmaster.
K. G. Chilman was the Guest of the London Old Peterites, and the toast of the Old Peterite Club, coupled with that of "Chilly" was proposed in admirable fashion by Harry Gedge, and duly replied to by the Guest of Honour.
BIRTH
BARRY.—On 10th November, 1965, to Gloria (nee Manzano) and Ian
Barry, at Freeport, Bahamas, a daughter (Valerie Gloria).
DEATH
B. H. PICKERING, M.C., J.P. CO2—'04), died on 11th May, 1965.
CHANGES OF ADDRESS
Old Peterite Club members are referred to the new Club address book, which is being sent out with this number, for all the Changes of Address.
The Editor gratefully acknowledges receipt of all the Peterite's contemporaries.
NEWS OF OLD PETERITES
(University letters from Cambridge and Durham have been promised for the May issue: perhaps the Oxford residents could manufacture something for next October.) DONALD BBCKITT (Temple '47-'56) is running the Outward Bound
Mountain School (P.O. Loitokitok, Kenya); he writes : "I am extremely happy out here despite the arduous and repetitive expeditions and the grind of hammering some vague sense of responsibility duty, tolerance, into a wide range of mental ability, as well as a wide range of ages— from sixteen up to a nominal thirty." The series of twenty-four-day courses left him with only three complete days' holiday last year, and the final expedition on each course always involves the climb to the 18,600 feet crater-rim of Kilimanjaro, and often the 19,340 feet Uhuru Peak, "time, altitude-sickness and general dibility permitting."
He has written for a Discipline Card, which apparently he no longer remembers. S. C. GIBSON (Grove '53-'60) has been awarded the Yorkshire Agriculture
Society Silver Medal for 1965. He was placed in the first class of honours at Leeds University. His extra-curricular activities in the
University were equally distinguished, and in addition he was secretary to the United Kingdom Agricultural Students' Association. He has now taken a post with Messrs. Nitrovit. 37
J. M. HOLT (School House '46-'53), M.D., M.R.C.P., has recently been appointed an assistant lecturer in Medicine at the University of Oxford.
He is also an Honorary Registrar at the Ratcliffe Infirmary. E. M. H. RANSON (Rise, '55-'60) has passed Part II of the Solicitor's
Qualifying Examination and is now in practice in Accrington and
Blackburn. MALCOLM WILLSTROP (School House, '48-'55), reached the final of the U.A.U. Squash Championships. R. A. WOOD (Manor, '54-'61), joined the Production Staff of the Metal
Box Co. at one of their modern aerosol-producing plants. After twc years' experience as production controller, he joined the Reed Paper
Group's Sales Force, and has been appointed East Midlands Area
Representative.
The Peterite is the magazine of St. Peter's School, York. The Editor welcomes correspondence from past and present Peterites. No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence. Contributors may, if they prefer it, send their name in a separate envelope, which will not be opened unless the contribution is accepted. Where the contributor's name is not intended for publication, his "nom-de-plume" should be enclosed as well. Members of the O.P. Club receive The Peterite free. The Peterite is published three times a year, at the beginning of each term. If any member of the O.P. Club should not receive has number of The
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School, York.
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