Senior Common Room

to play against Grove. Whilst on paper, the House seemed a much stronger team, the odds were not stacked in our favour. On the contrary — at one stage, despite Tom Reid's and Charlie Roberts bowling, and Tom's innings of thirty, the result soon seemed to be pointing towards a conclusive Grove victory. However, a captain's innings of forty-five by Simon Gildener plus the solid support of the tail-enders ensured that when the House finally submitted to defeat it was only five runs short of the required 105. The juniors were decisively beaten in the first round against The Rise. Special mention, now, must go to the senior tennis team (David Jones, Mark Davies, Stuart Berry, Andrew Buisson, James Fieldsend and Matthew Pittman) for their success in winning the Tennis Cup, proving that Temple can be counted amongst the most sporty and sporting Houses.

Four new colleagues and one familiar face joined us in September. We were delighted that Sue Watkinson increased her involvement in the School by becoming a member of the R.S. department and we also welcomed Clive Hodsdon as Head of Modern Languages, Jacquie Finney (Mathematics), Robert Jeffs (English and History) and John Shaw (Languages). Whether joining the S.C.R. is a healthy move for them must be doubted for this has been a year in which staff have been dogged by illness and injury — particularly to Bill, Andy, Clive and, most recently, Jed. To those still recovering we send our very best wishes. Equally missed (and not just because of the quiet left behind) has been Derek Paterson, off on a sabbatical to Africa (and the wilds of Durham) during the Summer Term, leaving behind him some inexperienced youth as acting HoD. Cover for absent colleagues has been provided by the temporary addition to the staff of John Chitham, Eve Smart and John Stones and we have also been very grateful for some student assistance, particularly from Ben Home (with the School for a pre-P.G.C.E. year) and Nick Stebbing. For all their efforts our thanks and best wishes for the future. Best wishes also to Neil Malherbe who spent half a term with us "on loan" from Selborne College, experiencing the joys of an English summer. His help around the School (particularly in English lessons) was much appreciated, as was his lively conversation.

At the end of term, prizes were won by Sarah Durham (for Art and Community Service), Gareth Kay (for History and Politics), Sarah Masterman (Community Service), Charlotte Graves-Tamvakis (C.D.T. and Art), Andrew Buisson (German), Vicki Gill (Drama), Andrew Collier (Music Composition), Tifanny Richards (Strings Award and Music), Graham Kershaw (Music) and Martin Kershaw (Music). We also said goodbye to eighteen members of the House, all of whom will be missed, and at this point, thanks should be given to the monitor for helping with the running of the House, the tutors and assistants, to Mr. Drysdale and to all the members of the House for their support and spirit, and I hope it shall continue under Tom Reid as next year's Head of House, to be assisted by Chris Martin. Simon Gildener and Gareth Kay

There have been two particularly happy events this year (not counting Derek's sabbatical). We celebrated both the birth of John and Tessa Shaw's son William, and also the engagement of Paddy Stephen and Liz Wymer (with envy and congratulations for one balanced by incredulity and commiseration for the other!). Rumours that this was Liz's contribution to Comic Relief were hotly denied, though plausible given all the other silly things colleagues got up to to raise money on Red Nose Day. From comedy to farce and the staff's sporting achievements. Soccer, rugby, basketball, squash, tennis, cricket, rowing (particular congratulations to Ann on her sculling achievements) and hockey (with nearly half the S.C.R. turning out against the girls) have all been attempted and, despite some truly amazing individual performances, at none have we been as successful as we were at noncompetitive wine tasting!

Finally Keith, to whom we sang farewell at the end of the Summer Term. Full details of the remarkable contribution he has made to the School appear elsewhere in this magazine: here let us merely record our gratitude for the calm, humorous, civilised common sense and courtesy he has brought to the S.C.R. over so many years. Significantly, since he gave up the role of S.C.R. secretary it has taken two of us to fail to fill his shoes.

R. H. Hubbard, I. M. K. Lowe