Swimming

• 2nd VI v. Bootham 31-51; a stout game against good opponents. v. Archbishop Holgate's 7-2; a very solid victory over rather erratic opponents. v. Pocklington lost; never really getting to grips with the court.

Our weakness at the net has been the chief deficiency and must be a priority for next season. Performances at the younger end suggest that we will have a much stronger season next time and we were pleased at the performance of a rather makeshift U15 team in losing to Pocklington (3-6).

The following boys represented the School teams: 1st VI: Cresswell, Brockbank A. J., Briscoe, Neale, Elwen, Barron A. J., Yates D., Temple R. J. A., Knowles G. 2nd VI: Elwen, Temple R. J. A., Temple A. J. S., Crowther, Knowles. Gray N., Brooker, Spencer R. M.

U15 VI: Barron D. J., Village, Larcombe, Willetts, Brockbank C. J., Kerr.

A.W.R.

This has been a season where individual results have tended to overshadow team results. The team record of three wins and five defeats in school matches is not impressive, but does not reflect a true picture of the season. Against Worksop and Stonyhurst the School won all but a handful of races, indeed against Stonyhurst the U.15 team did not drop a single point. The matches against Doncaster G.S. and Leeds G.S. remained in the balance until the very last race; perhaps if we had had a full team we might have defeated Leeds. Only the matches against Bradford G.S. and Durham resulted in heavy defeats for the School.

As a team we have not been entirely without success. In the York Schools Gala we retained the Senior trophy for the fourth successive time and won the relays cup, with the help of St. Olave's. The U.15 team, our main hopes at the gala, were unlucky to be squeezed out of victory by Bootham on a disqualification decision. Three boys, N. C. Foley, C. J. Dalby and T. C. Reay, became individual champions, but the real strength of the team was represented by the fact that no one came lower than second in their final. This consistency brought us close to a clean sweep of the trophies.

At the Northern Public Schools Relays, held at Bootham this year, the senior team narrowly missed both finals, whilst the U.15 medley team reached their final but could only manage fourth place.

The Public Schools Relays in London saw us finish halfway down the field in both the freestyle and the medley events. Both teams are very young and all will be returning except for N. C. Foley.

The now annual quadrangular fixture was held at our baths, but the organisation was arranged by Barnard Castle. Barnard Castle managed to win again, as they did last year. However, the three other teams, St. Peter's, Bootham and Bolton G.S. managed to make it very close. St. Peter's managed to keep in touch until the relays, but were then out- 46

classed by the depth of talent of the other schools. Indeed many of the relays were almost re-runs of the finals of the Northern Public Schools Relays. The overall standards were very high and special mention must go to J. N. Denison, who broke the School record in winning the U.14 50 freestyle in a time of 27.7 secs. C. J. Dalby also excelled himself in winning the U.16 100 freestyle in a time of 61.7 secs. Our other winners were A. R. Turner, C. Hawkswell, M. Gray and K. W. Kerr, whilst we also had numerous second places.

D. M. B. Simpson was the only other person to set a School record this season; his time of 34.6 against Durham equalled the existing U.16 School best.

N. C. Foley and P. Green have played water polo for York this term and were in the team which won the Yorkshire senior water polo trophy this year. Also in the team were Mr. Kendrew, our swimming coach; Mr. Manning, our water polo coach; and David Spencer, our former captain.

Although we have not had an outstanding season, the hard work of many team members has been reflected in their achievements. This season should be thought of as a time when the School was rebuilding the team. Everybody returns next year except for N. C. Foley, the captain.

Colours were re-awarded to N. C. Foley, P. Green, D. A. Shepherd; and awarded to C. J. Dalby, V. V. Matthews and T. C. Reay.

Finally I should like to thank Mr. Kendrew, who has stood in so ably for Mr. Tiffany for the two terms. We hope he has enjoyed his time at St. Peter's as much as we have enjoyed his shorter training sessions (T.T. take nate!).

N.C.F.

Results

1v. Doncaster G.S.: Lost.

Water polo: Won 3-2. v. Leeds G.S.: Lost. v. Bradford G.S.: Lost.

Water polo: Won 5-4. v. Durham: Lost. v. Worksop: Won. v. Stonyhurst: Won. v. Ampleforth: Lost.

Water polo: Won 6-5. v. Welbeck: Won.

Water polo: Won 7-0.

INTER-HOUSE SWIMMING COMPETITION 1974

The finals were held this year on Friday 1st March. The competition proved to be one of the most exciting ever, and certainly the closest ever fought. During the afternoon no less than four houses, The Grove, The Manor, School House and Queen's, led at one stage or another. The result was in the balance until the very last race, the senior freestyle relay. Before this race School House led Queen's by one point. However, School House, the fastest team in practice, had been dramatically

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disqualified in the heats, whereas Queen's had qualified for the final. Queen's, realising the position, took the race slowly and sensibly to gain the necessary two points to win the trophy.

Individually there were some fine performances in the U.14 section. J. N .Denison and A. R .Tumer, both in Queen's, won all the races between them. The U.15 section was not so dominated by anyone; despite this there was some fine swimming from C. J. Dalby (G) and T. C .Reay (M) whose winning times were poor reflections of the margin and ease of their victories. In the senior section N. C. Foley (G) won three events while P. Green (Q) and P. A. Scott (SH) both won two. D. A. Shepherd (Q) deserves special mention because without his efforts Queen's would not have won the trophy. Although he had a high temperature on the day he decided to swim and managed to gain valuable points with his three second places.

Only one record was beaten in the Sports, in the U.14 medley relay where Queen's shattered the old record by some three seconds. Final Result 1. Queen's: 83 pts. 2. School House: 82 pts. 3. Manor: 74 pts. 4. Grove: 50 pts. 5. Dronfield: 35 pts. 6. Temple: 20 pts. 7. Rise: 15 pts.

N.C.F.

RESULTS OF HOUSE SWIMMING COMPETITION 1974

Under-14 Ind. Med. 1 Turner A. R. (Q), 2 Gray M. (SH), 3 Day A. (G), 4 Temple S. (R) 80.1.

Under-15 Ind. Med. 1 Dalby (G), 2 Radford (SH), 3 Crowther G (D), 4 Matthews (M) 75.8.

Senior Ind. Med. 1 Foley (G), 2 Shepherd (Q), 3 McCarter K. (M), 4 Scott P. A. (SH) 69.9.

Senior 100 F/c 1 Green P. (Q), 2 Clare (M), 3 Barton (SH), 4 Wolstencroft (G) 61.2.

Under-14 50 F/c 1 Denison (Q), 2 Gray M. (SH), 3 Morcom J. (T), 4 Baggs J. (R) 29.2.

Under-15 50 F/c 1 Radford (SH), 2 Dalby (G), 3 Matthews (M), 4 Hirst (T) 28.3.

Senior 50 Br. 1 Foley (G), 2 Shepherd (Q), 3 Gray N. (SH), 4 Clare (M) 33.0.

Under-14 Dive 1 Hawking (M), 2 Lumb (SH), 3 Mayor (G), 4 Brownill (D).

Senior 50 Bk. 1 Scott, P. A. (SH), 2 Fenwick S. (D), 3 Pritchard (M), 4 Widdicombe (T) 33.4.

Senior 100 Bk. 1 Foley (G), 2 Shepherd (Q), 3 Gray N. (SH), 75.9.

Under-15 50 Bk. 1 Simpson (Q), 2 Dell (M), 3 Yates I. (D), 35.5.

Under-14 50 Bk. 1 Turner A. R. (Q), 2 Hawkswell (T), 3 King (R), 4 Bum M. (SH), 36.0.

Senior 50 F/c 1 McCarter K. (M), 2 Green P. (Q), 3 Barton (SH), 4 Wolstencroft (G), 26.2.