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Head Master's Commemoration Speech 2005 Lord Mayor, Dean, Chairman, Ladies and Gentleman I should like to thank the Dean for accepting the invitation to be our Prizegiver today. Nine years ago I gave the prizes away at Exeter Cathedral School when you were in your first year as Dean and Chairman of Governors of that School. It seems a neat symmetry that you are giving the prizes away on my first year as Head Master of St Peter's School, York - thank you.
We have come to the Minster today to commemorate those who have gone before us; pupils, teachers, governors, benefactors, friends of the School who, through their working lives, have brought the School to the state that it is in today. A new Head Master is very conscious of the work of his predecessors and it is an appropriate
moment to
recognise Andrew
Trotman's
contribution to St Peter's and the help that he gave me. The last academic year has been one dominated by Inspection, both internal and external. I was able to thank the ten Inspectors for their oral report at the end of their debrief to governors and senior management in February and give credit to my predecessor for such a glowing report which was a fitting tribute to his nine years as Head Master. Even before he officially left, the School was able to celebrate outstanding A-level results last August. 84% achieved A/B at A-level with 12 successful Oxbridge candidates and 90 out of 104 leavers achieved places at their first choice of course and university. This is also an opportunity to thank the Master of St
Today marks the last official engagement of Major General
Olave's for his support in my first year. Trevor Mulryne retires after
Murray Naylor as Chairman of St Peter's School. He has been a
15 years of establishing the reputation of St Olave's as the leading
Governor for 14 years, Chairman for five years and has overseen
preparatory school in the north of England. St Peter's has
what I described to the Inspection Team who came to St Peter's
benefited from his support and expertise and I thank him and wish
in February, as 'the most significant expansion in St Peter's history
him a long and healthy retirement.
since the move to Clifton in 1844'. I am, of course, referring to the acquisition of the Queen Anne site in 2000.1 have appreciated his understanding, insight and ability to lead a governing body of strong personalities. On behalf of St Peter's I thank him for his immense contribution to the School, not least his wisdom in recently selecting a Bursar, the Master-elect of St Olave's and a new Head Master of St Peter's, all with excellent judgement.
My perception before arriving at St Peter's was that academic standards were high. What surprised and delighted me, was to find this was achieved by hard work on behalf of the pupils and excellent teaching on behalf of the staff, not by a very selective entrance policy. We have 12 successful Oxbridge candidates this year as well and I have no doubt that the class of 2005 will be challenging the 2004 record. There is no secret to this success. In February the Independent Schools' Inspectorate Team described the first outstanding attribute of St Peter's as: 'the commitment of the highly qualified and dedicated staff - teaching and non-teaching - enabling pupils to achieve high academic standards as shown by the examination results at both GCSE and A-level'. Of that staff, we say goodbye today to Joanna Haynes, Claire Coeffe and Suzanne Gair and thank them for their contribution. Arthur Ellis-Davies retires after 15 years teaching Mathematics and Rowing, not necessarily in that order. A School needs a wide variety of characters on its staff and we lose a committed, insightful and highly individualistic school master who goes back to his roots in North Wales. Richard Drysdale retires after 28 years teaching History at St Peter's. Twenty one of those years have been as Head of Department, 12 years as a day housemaster and he has also been President of Common Room, author and sports coach. His scholarship, loyalty and commitment to high standards of work and behaviour have been an example to many generations of Peterites. The Inspectors thought the richness and variety of activity which enhance and extend the already broad and well-balanced curriculum was also an outstanding strength of the School. The 160 strong choir at the two cabaret concerts last week and at the Christmas Concert and Carol Service is a fine example of what St Peter's does best: It achieves excellence but it also offers music to so many of its pupils. It is always invidious to pick out individuals but Sally McLaren's violin playing at the Leavers' Concert, Lauren Walker's singing and James Woodrow's performances
in
the
Junior
Music
Competition
were
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pleasure to see 43 St Peter's crews participate in the York Regatta in June. In hockey Amelia Smalley represented England U16 girls' hockey and those who play that sport and also tennis will be excited at the possibility of playing on our own astro turfs in the near future, if planning permission is successful. Our girl swimmers won gold at the Northern meeting and silver medals at the National Independent Schools' Relay Championships at Crystal Palace where 40 of the best independent schools in Great Britain were competing. Our U15 rugby team reached the semi final of the Daily Mail Cup.
Over 420 schools entered that competition, 470 schools
entered the U18 Daily Mail Competition and the 1st XV went one better by reaching the final at Twickenham. Over 900 St Peter's parents, pupils and Old Peterites came to support an outstanding team led by Alistair MacLeod which has played memorable Rugby through the season. Peter Wackett and James Marsden were selected for the England U18 squad with Peter playing five times for England during the Easter holidays, and seven U18 players represented Yorkshire. All of this, of course, is measurable as Johnnie Bairstow's two successive 100's for the 1st XI, the second a majestic 167 not out against Ampleforth. Our sport is strong at St Peter's but while we celebrate excellence we also insist that sport is for all. It is important that our pupils learn to be fit, to learn self discipline, team work and outstanding. We wish the Director of Music and our 100 pupils
courage. We think it is important the way that they conduct
and staff well as they set off on a Music Tour of the Eastern
themselves in sport as in other areas of school life, and
Seaboard of the United States tomorrow, performing at
demonstrate sportsmanship, generosity in defeat as well as in
prestigious venues in Washington, New York and Cape Cod.
victory. A very good example of this sportsmanship was shown by
The remarkable Annual Art and Design and Technology
the 1st XV after they were defeated at Twickenham. The Yorkshire
exhibition in the second last week of term demonstrated an
Evening Press's large photograph captured the team gallantly
impressive breadth of creativity from our pupils. A master class in life drawing has taken place at St Peter's for gifted and talented sixth formers from schools in the York area and three of our own pupils were invited to attend. I am delighted to see home grown Art adorn our newly refurbished dining hall. Our Drama continues to thrive and an increasing number of pupils are taking Theatre Studies both at GCSE and at A-level. Richard Thomas, Sarah Crompton and Jacob Smith gave powerful performances in Macbeth and budding dramatic talent was to be seen in the Middle School play 'Confusions'. In sport our reputation for excellence and sportsmanship has increased at Twickenham, Crystal Palace and Henley to name just a few venues. Kristina Stiller has been the outstanding girls' sculler in the country this year. She represented Great Britain at the Munich International Regatta in May, coming fourth in the final of the
applauding the winners going up to collect their trophy. A parent
double sculls. She and Hannah Thomas won the National Schools'
wrote to me last week after Henley: 'the boys were also
Girls' Sculls at Nottingham and reached the final of the Girls'
impeccable sportsmen, one of only a few crews which went back
Double at Henley beaten only by Sydney University. The Boys' 8
onto the landing pontoons to shake hands in commiseration and
won a bronze medal at the Ghent International Regatta, gold at
congratulation of their opposition on respective days'.
the Docklands Regatta and achieved the fourth fastest time in the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley last week.
Less easy to measure, to add up and to box tick are the
For those who
intangibles of school life. Our second major external Inspection, by
consider that we are concerned only with the elite, it was a
CSCI of our boarding looked at the relationship between staff and
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boarders. I quote: 'the young people take pride in their School; they were welcoming, confident and pleasant to be with'. The ISI Inspectors in February wrote: 'the pupils are very well behaved, courteous and very good learners'. We cannot really measure the gratitude of The Glen staff, the respite home who so appreciated the present lower sixth pupils Community Service work at the end of last summer term, in making over their garden for the disabled. The present fifth form have continued that project in the week after their GCSE's this year. The list of the Community Service and charitable work grows. Our pupils have made food for Arc Light Shelter, served in 'Mind' and Save the Children shops, visited residents at Fothergill Homes, worked with the Wilberfoss Trust to help handicapped and visibly impaired tenants, helped the Minster Lions and Rudolph launch the Christmas appeal.The 1st VIII gave up an afternoon to help at the Westland Resident Garden, support was raised for the Roma children in Serbia and York Millennium Volunteers have used a number of our pupils. The Beverley Fun Run involved over 100 pupils, staff and parents from St Peter's raising funds for charity. The list could go on. What it does show is that the young at St Peter's recognise that they have a responsibility to help those less advantaged than themselves. It is vital that they are encouraged to think that their contribution can and will make a difference. We have been examining our present provision and our own vision for the future. I should like to thank our two Vice Chairmen: Nick Shepherd led a working party looking at ways to improve our facilities. Bev Smalley has led both governors and staff to be brave enough to look into the future and determine what we consider to be the way forward for St Peter's. You will have received copies of Vision 2010 setting out that vision. That work has pointed the way forward for St Peter's. We are a boarding and day school and we wish to provide improved facilities for our boarders. We want to develop our sporting facilities and plans are being submitted to build two astro turfs for girls' hockey in the autumn term, boys' hockey in the Easter and
tennis in the summer terms. We are refurbishing our eleven changing rooms this summer and planning to build five more. Most importantly, we wish to develop our teaching and learning. We wish to encourage, nurture and challenge our pupils to think for themselves, to develop their individuality so that they are prepared for the challenges beyond St Peter's.
We are
examining ways to develop a Gifted and Talented programme for individuals, to develop our Information Technology, to improve the quality of education at a price which offers best value. However, we must not become like Lord Darlington in Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde who was: 'a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing'. We must foster the moral and spiritual heart of the School. This cannot be measured or successfully inspected or box ticked, but the ethos of an institution is quickly recognised by visitors. The respect for the individual, the care for others, the worship within the School community and challenging Christian teaching are central to the growth of our pupils. On that note, our leavers of 2005 have set a high standard of personal behaviour. We look forward to following their careers with great interest. Tomorrow our choir travels to America, our cricketers have matches to play in the coming week, a World Challenge expedition goes to Venezuela, the CCF go on camp and some of our oarsmen and women compete at the National and World Championships. I wish them all success, and yourselves a very happy and restful summer holiday.
P. Brian Jelbert: Bursar at St Peter's
Brian arrived at the same time as Robin Pittman. Joining the
Brian was the Treasurer to the Schools' Information Service
school together in difficult circumstances was to lead to a special
North. He would disappear on his motorbike (on dry days of
bond between them. Brian set about balancing the books and
course) and he would be particularly happy if the meeting was at
establishing the sure financial footing that was to be his legacy,
Giggleswick, Rossall or Sedbergh so he could enjoy the ride over.
He saw us through the building of Chilman, the purchase of
The organisation really valued Brian's skill with figures and forward
Clifton Prep and the acquisition of QA.
plans.
When I think of Brian, I fondly remember a photograph of
He loved his cars. Each new one would proudly display his
him in motorcycle leathers wearing his Cornish rugby shirt: his
Advanced Motorists badge on the radiator grille. It was a symbol of
three passions in one. Once (on hearing that my father lived in
the care and attention that he gave to his driving: he was
Cornwall) he shared with me a Cornish joke. I recognised it as
impeccable and never flustered. It also enabled him to have a
being one of Jethro's: a popular comedian of the 70's and 80's. I
discount on his insurance premiums!
thus became a friend for life and when we were down in spirits for any reason, it would only take a Jethro-type joke to raise a broad smile and a belly laugh. We once went together to see the comedian on the stage at the Grand Opera House in York. It was a riot. Brian said to me that it would be really embarrassing if the Head Master and Bursar of St Peter's were to be seen laughing together at a rather risque comedian. When the lights came up,
When Don Hamilton left, Brian was in a dilemma.There would no longer be a gleaming Jaguar outside my window to pain me with envy. Not for long. Brian soon found a replacement and it had pride of place. If I wanted to see Brian move at Olympic sprint speed, all I had to do was call him and say that the school electric truck (the Yellow Peril) was struggling to get past the Lodge (and his car) and he would be out like a shot!
there at the front selling ice creams and selling programmes were two members of the Upper Sixth.
When Brian was first diagnosed with cancer, he set about his treatment with fantastic courage. He bought a bike and would
Brian had a remarkable ability to say NO. I admired that but I was also really aware of his deep concern for protecting the pockets of parents. He understood the basic rule that the
cycle the long route from Gate Helmsley in all weathers (it was only the motorbike that was not to be allowed to get wet and grimy). We were all made to feel very humble.
Governors set a budget and it was his job to control expenditure. Any overspending or sharp rises in fees would harm those who
We worked together for eight years and took tough decisions
struggled to pay the fees in order to give their child the quality
together and never had a cross word. I knew that I was on a
education at St P, St O and CPS.
learning curve, of course, but he was always patient and helpful. We often disagreed, but he was too much of a gentleman to make a
During his first ten years, he ran the CCF. As a former regular officer, Brian brought the experience that he had learned as a
fight because he knew that our interests were only in the school's interests.
Green Jacket and Army Pay Corps. He enjoyed working with the pupils and staff, particularly on Field Days and at camp. I think
Andrew Trotman
that he really missed the company of pupils when he stood down. A school is always a different place when one knows and works with the pupils.
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Chairman's Report 2004-5 I write this report at the end of yet another very enjoyable,
Christmas, an ideal stocking filler!
full and busy school year. The school calendar has been full with other school projects for example The American Music Tour and the trip to Venezuela so the Friends of St Peter's Committee decided to focus on supporting school activities rather than developing their own fund raising events this year. Our continued
£400 of the money raised by the successful Reeling Ball last year was donated to Arclight and a further £400 to the school's Community Services Fund to be spent on providing meals for Arclight residents.
aim is to widen the committee base and encourage new
As my year as Chairman comes to a close I would like to
members so parents can meet other parents and become
thank everyone on the committee for their continued help and
involved in school life. We always welcome new members.
support without which FOSP would not exist. I would like to
If interested please contact FOSP via the school office.
extend a very special thank you to Marie Williamson, who was so
Friends had a busy start to the year. We started with tea and sympathy, where tea and pastries were provided along with a sympathetic ear to boarders' parents after they had settled their children into their respective houses. This was also our
supportive and efficient, to Jamie Mcleod, for his support and sound advice and Joy Robinson (treasurer) for her support and quiet efficient management of accounts. My thanks go also to Richard Smyth, Simon Marriott and Wendy Shepherd.
introduction to Richard Smyth, our new Head Master, who was
Friends also receive great help from within school. I would
himself a new parent. It was a pleasure to welcome Richard and
especially like to thank the Head Master's and school secretaries,
his family to St Peter's. On September 10th we supported the
Matthew and the catering department.
New Parents Evening, mixing and chatting. It was a wellattended and successful evening.This was followed by 'Knock em Out', on Sunday 12th September for boarders and parents where we handed out refreshments. At the Open Day in September we provided a creche for the children of parents looking around the school and again assisted with refreshments. We were also able to meet prospective parents at the second Open day in May to help promote St Peter's. In February Marie Williamson (Secretary), Jamie Mcleod (Vice Chairman) and I met informally with the school Inspectors to give them an understanding of how we operate and our role within the school community. Sports Day was a beautiful afternoon and the requirement for refreshment as high as ever with thirsty competitors and supporters. It was a great opportunity to watch pupils participate in a wide range of events. Even the deluge of rain at the end of the afternoon was not enough to dampen the spirits. For the second year running we provided bacon butties, pastries, tea, coffee and newspapers in a relaxed atmosphere before the St Olave's Sports Day and this proved to be very popular with the parents. Finally, FOSP along with The Music Tour Committee organised refreshments and raffle for the Annual Cabaret Concert on the 30th of June and 1st of July. Two popular and wonderful evenings of entertainment! The Coffee Shop continues to go from strength to strength. It is open every Saturday morning in The Stephenson Room between 8.15 and 9.30am. A good cup of coffee and homemade biscuits, courtesy of Rosy Miers, can be enjoyed in good company. The FOSP Handbook is now complete and directions to other schools will be available in September 05. Our database is up and running. The student Cookbook should be ready for
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Finally I wish Jamie Mcleod and the committee every success in 2005-6 Anne Rowlands
Senior Common Room Notes We welcomed eight new members of staff and a new Head Master. Claire Coeffe and Jo Haynes joined the modern languages department to teach French and Spanish. Christian Waters joined the Physics department, Matthew Adams became Head of Classics, David Brown joined as Head of English ably supported by three new members of that department, Lynne Pickles, Jo Lawrence and Claire Fletcher. In the Autumn, Anna Robinson gave birth to a son, Angus, and we look forward to her return, next year. This Summer term we enjoyed seeing Sue Taylor, Rachel, Ben and other family members and friends at the opening of a Computer Suite dedicated in Peter's name, ensuring his memory and the IT. development within his department and Classics teaching in particular, is appropriately recognised for future generations. J. A. Owen-Barnett
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Staff Choir singing a farewell to Arthur Ellis - Davies.
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Richard Drysdale. Richard joined St Peter's back in 1977. Then, he was a welcome addition to the under 40's who were in a single figure minority in those days. His success in the classroom, particularly in ensuring that uptake at A level for his subject increased, saw him elevated to Head of Department, 3 years later. Whilst in that position, amongst many other things, Easter trips to the battlefields of France and Belgium have been a vital learning experience for generations of Peterites and I do not just mean from the perspective of historical facts.The opportunity to understand
For many years he ran the R.A.F. section of the C.C.F. taking
fully, the sacrifice that was involved, was a
summer camps single-handed. He has helped within the Careers
salutary lesson in Life and one of the most
Department with interviews and advice. But of course his most
memorable journeys I have experienced,
significant contribution, outside the classroom, was for twelve
surrounded by young people, genuinely
years as Housemaster of Temple House. Here he ran things in his
moved to tears.
characteristically quiet but thorough way, bringing his blend of
The senior end of the School were also
reason and perception to all those Housemaster meetings where a
able to journey abroad with Richard, to Italy,
balance between entrenched positions and progress was required.
and to Florence in particular, for a mixture of
I know from personal experience, with a daughter in his House just
History, Art and Architecture. I say " senior
how successful a community he managed to develop, nurturing all
end" as I remember one school trip to
those in his charge.
Florence when we did not have room for any
So, we celebrate a varied, full commitment to almost every
pupils at all and took only Staff and their
aspect of our community here at School and that is testimony
partners. I have fond memories of a former
enough to how much he is valued and will be missed. As Chairman
colleague who despite Holy Orders managed
of the SCR his compassion and help for others was best shown as
very unholy language driving through Florence
he helped us through those difficult days of Peter Taylor's illness
in rush hour, and as to those who drifted off
just last year.
from the group "getting lost" and needed "reviving", I rather think Richard had wished he had stuck to 6th. Formers who would have
Finally, I suppose what will remain foremost in the memories of his pupils will be that excellence in the classroom and I am indebted to Avril Pedley who passed on an
been less trouble than the Staff!
interesting
correspondence from an Old Peterite, which states - " I had a quick Historical
look at the current staff list on your web site and I would
Association has also been a part of the pre-
Through
Richard,
the
appreciate if you could pass on my very best wishes to Mr
university
Drysdale. I was in the "middle sixth" History A level class when he
experience for
those
pupils
interested in the subject.
joined as our new History master. The class was completely
His own historical research has produced writing on Vietnam in print -
perhaps
alongside travel that will be a feature for the future.
demoralised at the time when he joined and we were on course to significantly underachieve. However, in the nick of time he completely transformed our motivation towards the subject, and I can honestly say if it was not for him I would not have got to any decent University. I owe his dedication and ability to teach a
Away from the classroom, Richard has
difficult subject a very great deal and I am sure generations of
been Editor of The Peterite, and only those
Peterites over the years have also benefited from his very
intimately involved in its production know just
significant teaching ability, as we did back in 1977."
how much work that can take. There aren't many of us, who could enjoy such a heartfelt Then there is Amnesty International, and that whole area of our social responsibility to
endorsement like that, quite unsolicited, after some 28 years have passed, such is the mark left by such an exceptional Teacher.
help others, that was all started, here in school, by Richard- firing and inspiring many
We will miss you, Richard, and wish you and Jean all the very
pupils to actively campaign on behalf of that
best for the future.
important organisation.
J.A. Owen-Barnett
E-2005
Mathematics Association and is one of the world's leading journals
Arthur Ellis-Davies
in its field. Arthur also requests that he teach some of the lower
Walking into the Small Dining Room will never be the same again. It has been a dangerous place to frequent during the last 16 years, with the risk of being greeted with many and varied insults. The prey has been all-inclusive.
sets, as he is understanding of those who find mathematical concepts difficult to grasp. Arthur is extremely well read and can often be observed
No female has been safe, no
discussing other subject areas in fine detail with members of the
English citizen (particularly during the most recent Six Nations
common room. He has a genuine love of knowledge and often
Competition), no senior or junior member of staff, no visiting
knows the answer to the most obscure of questions.
student. He has targeted all. "Look at those old gits", "don't sit here you old bag", "g'day Sheila" (to the Australian gap student), and (to the Director of Music) "what's it like to be tone deaf?"
and the list goes on.
Arthur enjoys teaching. Give him a cover lesson and he does not use it as an opportunity to catch up with marking or admin whilst the students work through an exercise. He much prefers to educate the pupils, teach them something interesting, something
I refer of course
beyond or wider than the syllabus, or to make some mathematical
Arthur
Ellis-
link with another subject area. His enthusiasm for teaching was
Davies. How he has
also demonstrated in his General Studies lessons. He would want
to
got away with all of
to teach the course, even if this was on top of a full teaching
those
remarks
timetable.
without
personal
injury
being
inflicted, I will never know.
He
has
enjoyed using any opportunity
to
throw out an insult. And how proud he is to
be
Welsh,
especially if this also allows him to have a dig at the English. Maths Department meetings have, I know, been one of the highlights of Arthur's week. "We tried that years ago Spencer and
He is unique, showing great character and individualism whilst at St. Peter's. I wonder if there is becoming an expectation for teachers to be encouraged to do things in the same way, to conform, to tick the boxes. I believe it is vitally important for a common room to be made up of different characters and for pupils to experience a broad range of styles. Arthur is certainly not your everyday teacher and it is without question that St. Peter's will be a very different place without him. Is Arthur a teacher that will be remembered? I believe the answer is no, Arthur is a teacher who will never be forgotten. David Spencer
it didn't work then!" "Have we finished yet, I need a fag." He even timed one meeting as he was convinced the allocated 40 minutes somehow stretched out into a longer period of time. So what is Arthur really like? Arthur has been the most tremendous asset to the department and to the school. The achievements that he has helped his students to make speak for themselves and it will be difficult for anyone to match up to this in the future.
One only has to walk from the Monkey Cage
towards the Hall to see photographs of Gemma Bentham and Helen Austin and lists of their outstanding rowing achievements at national and international level respectively.
More recently,
Hannah Thomas has been chosen to row for the Welsh National Team, and the exceptional performances of Kristina Stiller have been remarkable. She is currently the number one sculler in the country.
His devotion to the coaching of his rowers has been
incredible.
Almost every morning at 6am he is supervising
training, again at lunchtime and more after school. This is*as well as the many weekends and holidays he has given up for the Rowing Club.
Andrew Rogerson Andrew joined St. Peter's in 1998 following early retirement from Archbishop Holgate's School and a three-year stint as Head of Physics at York College for Girls. We have been very fortunate to have kept him for so long. First and foremost he has been an inspirational teacher of physics who has always been prepared to make extra time for his pupils and his classes have always flourished and enjoyed his lessons. Aside from the mere forty-four years of teaching experience Andrew has held just about every position that there is to hold in Education and all of us in the department have learnt from him. Andrew has an infectious enthusiasm and humour, which we have all witnessed particularly in the Science Society's Christmas lectures. He organised the Transit of Venus Day that was such a success last
Academically he is a true master of his own subject, having
year, and he has been the driving force behind the School's
had computer software and mathematical articles published, and
Einstein Week Celebration. Whatever he undertakes he likes to do
he has shared this enthusiasm with his pupils.
properly whether it be acting in the School Play or giving practice
He has really
stretched the most able, allowing them to think for themselves
interviews to potential Oxbridge entrants. He has been a great
and develop valuable research skills.
This was evident when
colleague and friend and the place will not be the same without
Charlie Strickland-Constable became the first ever St. Peter's
him. I hope that he will keep in touch and that he and Muriel will
student to have an article published whilst still at school. This
enjoy a very long and happy retirement together.
appeared in The Mathematical Gazette, the original journal of the
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breath?" "Is it really possible to ask that many questions in the
Susanne Gair
space of five minutes without waiting for the answers?" and "how can anyone be so incessantly cheerful?" Thus, since Spaniards are
Susanne has worked as a part-time
English
renowned for their gregarious approach to life, their frenetic
and
organisation and, most of all, their endless enthusiasm, then Jo
learning support teacher at
Haynes is a perfect example of what one would wish a Spanish
St Peter's since 1998, and is
teacher to be. It is only much later that one realises (after having
thus, after the venerable Mr
spent six months with her) that the person that you encountered
Owen-Barnett, the second
at that initial meeting was, in fact, a more timid version of the Jo
longest-serving member of
that you now know and that, as my Irish grandmother used to say,
the English Department. In
she could 'talk the hind legs off a donkey'.
recent years, she has also been teaching at Bootham,
Jo's learning curve has been very steep indeed. She came to us
and we were simultaneously
in September 2004 in order to cover a one-year maternity leave
delighted and disappointed
having previously worked with adult learners. In her role as a
when Susanne was offered,
classroom teacher of Spanish she has taught both at GCSE and
and accepted, a full-time post at our neighbours' school as Specific
Advanced Level and her humour, enthusiasm and energy have
Learning Disorders co-ordinator. She leaves with our very great
been infectious. Indeed, she has often gone beyond her expected
thanks for all her efforts and constructive support: we are
duties in order to take part more fully in the wider life of the
delighted that she has had a job created for her so close to St
school by taking part in the Christmas concert, dressing as a witch
Peter's, and wish her the very best of luck for the future.
on Red Nose Day (she alleged that his went unnoticed by the pupils) and offering her services for a school trip to Greece in the
D.C.B.Brown
Easter term.
Claire Coeffe
only part-time (part-time being six days a week in school) but in
Jo was not given any official pastoral duties, since she worked
Claire joined the
her role as a teacher she always offered good advice to the pupils
Modern Languages department in
September 2004 as an NQT. It was the first time we had had a French national (other than an
and always demanded respect and consideration for others. Outside of the classroom she had an excellent rapport with both the pupils and her work colleagues.
assistant) in the department
Jo leaves us to take up a full time post at Leeds Grammar
for many years and it was
School where she will teach Spanish with some French. She will
refreshing to hear more French
marry 'Ian the Engineer' (her words not mine) in the summer. We
spoken than normal. Claire's
all wish her luck and a bright future.
brief time with us was marked by her dedication to her pupils
M.J. Duffy
and her pains staking lesson preparation. She would spend many hours producing high quality materials to use in her classes, admiration
which
produced
from
her
colleagues and enhanced the quality of her lessons. She leaves us to go to Rossett school in Harrogate. Clive Hodsdon
Paul Hughes Paul joined the Art Department in 2001. During his time here he has provided great technical assistance in a wide variety of areas. He has a specific knowledge of photography and used it to great effect with a number of students over the years. He has also been adept at constructing stretchers and frames; this has been particularly important since the move to the Lower Campus, where space has allowed students to realise their ambitions in big and ambitious painting.
Joanne Haynes
However, Paul will be particularly remembered for his friendly banter, good rapport with staff and students alike and of course
There are some teachers who have a personality that reflects the character
his guitar playing, which he did to great effect when he thought the Art School was empty!
of the department that they work in. Upon meeting Jo Haynes for the first
He moves to Wyke College in Hull and leaves with our thanks
time the first questions you ask
and best wishes.
yourself are, "how can anyone talk so
Chris Hall
quickly for so long without taking a
The Peterite 2004-2005
Mr. DCB Brown Mr David Brown left his hometown of Belfast in order to read English Literature and Drama at the University of Hull. After finishing his degree, he made such an impression that they asked him to stay on and teach the subject he had just studied for three years. Embarking on this meant that he was able to study for his PHD (requiring him to write a 100,000 word essay) whilst also being paid and it enabled him to both direct, act and write his own sketches for the stage. At 24 he realised that after finding this teaching experience so fulfilling and thrilling that he wanted to be a schoolteacher. For seven years Mr Brown taught at the Merchant Taylor's school Northwood, North London. This was quite different to St Peter's being an all boys, five-day week school but he is enjoying a refreshing change in "compact" York. Mr Brown admits to forming a band, oddly named 'Bring, Bring Dutty', with other teachers whilst at this school, singing covers and writing lyrics. He described their best gig singing on a boat whilst going underTower Bridge. As an English teacher it is no surprise that Mr Brown states the works of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare as his all time favourite literature. However, his favourite novel is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy which he describes as a 'classic novel' containing'all human life' whilst being 'funny, tragic and entirely believable'. His other hobbies include writing poems, supporting Nottingham Forest, listening to instrumental Jazz and pop music (especially The Smiths) and playing cricket. As the new head of English David Brown has brought inspiration, enthusiasm, wit and Irish charm to his lessons. Sophie Ottewell LVI
Mr Matthew Adams Mr Adams came to St. Peter's in September 2004, appointed as Head of Classics, following the tragic loss of Mr Taylor earlier in the year. Born in Otley, educated at Bradford Grammar School and then on to Cambridge to earn a degree in Classics, it seems he has never stopped learning: having completed teacher training and an MA in Classics he is now doing a PhD through the University of London. Mr Adams is an enthusiastic teacher, down to earth (as far as classicists go) and from his own love of mountaineering has brought a sense of adventure to the department with a very successful trip to Greece last Easter. He has enjoyed his first year at the school, and finds the setting of the St. Peter's campus 'very ced as it is within its own rustic Shangri-La, igsuch urban proximity". Mr. Adams is a real leaching with ease above and beyond the ro: hraints of an ever-tightening syllabus, he manages maintain a great balance between respect and fun in his lessons. I have had a great final year Latin with him, and am sure that many more students will enjoy this language in the years to come. ,»,
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not stop at reading. She enjoys the theatre and music, playing
Mrs. Joanne Lawrence
clarinet in the 'York Concert Band' and she states," I feel very
Mrs Lawrence is one of
the
several
new
lucky to do so". Mrs Pickles danced a great deal from the age of 5 to 18. This
additions to the English
included ballet, tap, modern and national. She hopes to take this
staff. She studied English,
further and perhaps teach Dance at St Peter's.
Drama
and
Theatre
Studies combined with teaching at Warwick for four years. At first she
When asked about her first impressions of the school Mrs Pickles replied that she has recieved a very warm welcome to St Peters, has found the students well-mannered and is enjoying the friendly atmosphere.
wasn't sure if teaching was really for her but after
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her first practical lesson she
realised
how
enjoyable it can be. Mrs. Lawrence
joined
Miss Claire Fletcher
St
Peter's, having previously
When speaking to Miss Fletcher one would generally end up
at St.
on the subject of rowing, her main passion in life. She boasts
Olave's. She then took a break from teaching to raise her family
about meeting Sir Steve Redgrave and owning a Matthew Pinsent
taught
classics
and during this she went to writing classes as well as working for
autograph.
The National Trust. The call of teaching was too strong and Mrs.
studying
Whilst
Lawrence took a part time post, which allowed her some time to
coaching certificate,
for
her
look after her children and when they reached school age this
she has taught the 3rd
became full time.
year girls how to skull, taking them to the
Mrs. Lawrence stated that she enjoys her work because it
Junior Inter Regional
allows her to talk about books and that here at St Peter's she
Regatta
enjoys the challenge of facing something new every day. Some
and
National
pupils will be aware that Mrs. Lawrence has been a house tutor in
then
Schools,
something of which
Rise, a job that she says she loves.
she is very
proud.
With two small children Mrs. Lawrence spends her weekends,
When asked about her
or what is left of them, to "homey stuff" such as gardening, going
aims in rowing, she
for walks, cycle rides and reading. Her favourite authors include
replies -"to race in a
Peter Ackroyd, RoseTremain and Ian McEwan. Aside from this she
single", something she has yet to achieve
has started to study for an MA in Children's Litereature. Unfortunately this has had to be suspended for a year to allow her
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despite being a very experienced sculler.
to settle into St Peter's, which although in its "early days", "is bound to be great!".
Despite
Jenny Westmoreland & Sophie Ottewell UVI
giving
everything up for rowing, Miss. Fletcher has still taken part in a broad range of activities. She once put her talent on the stage in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' at the Bowes Museum. Miss.
Mrs Lynne Pickles rs Pickles who originates from 'down south' has lived in York for the past seventeen years. Before St Peters' she taught for nine years at Idistej Grammar School and before that %hree years at Oaklands School in
Fletcher has travelled to Russia and Bermuda and hopes one day to teach abroad. When not on the river Miss Fletcher teaches English and is a resident assistant tutor on Dronfield where she says she is never alone but enjoys being one of the girls and being party to the latest gossip. Miss. Fletcher has settled in to St Peter's life. She is amazed by the opportunities offered here and compares it to a previous position in a school in Newcastle, which she says," was
ictd.es knew she wanted to :<Jy English from an early age.
often the last place people went before going to prison." Harriet Code LVI
ie has a love of books and the English language. Her favourite book is'Bleak House' and she recommends this to everyone. However, her interests and hobbies do
Mr. Christian Waters Clearly Mr Waters has quickly adapted to life here at St Peter's. When interviewed he was keen to state how the warm
community
provides a different aspect to her teaching, as she gets to socialise
atmosphere within
and gossip with the girls, something all the Dronfield assistants
the school helped
enjoy!
him to settle in. He further mentioned that it was not only the
positive
ambiance but also the
way
that
everyone
gets
involved in as many activities
as
possible that
he
found attractive.
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at
One would think that with being a full time teacher and a Dronfield Assistant, Miss Coeffe wouldn't have time for much else, but that would be wrong. She takes cross - country sessions at school, attends the gym three times a week and then with her fiance, Nicolas, she walks in the Dales and Moors to relax at weekends. And that isn't all; Miss Coe'ffe has a passion for motor biking. Only once has she fallen off, but this did not stop her from riding. Unfortunately Miss Coeffe is leaving us after one year and will be greatly missed by all when she takes up her new post at Rossettachre School in Harrogate in September. Harriet Code LVI
the there
before going on to a PGCE course in Harrogate. When
Miss Joanne Haynes On her arrival at St. Peter's, Miss Haynes was understandably
not in his laboratory Mr. Waters can usually be found up a
nervous. However, she soon settled in and became an integral part
mountain. He is an avid climber and has already established a
of the school community. When I asked Miss Haynes about her first
climbing club within the school as well as joining the D of E team.
impressions she was in awe of the tradition present in all aspects
He also hopes to be part of the Venezuela expedition this summer.
of school life, however, she was also struck by how tall the boys
Despite having to teach on Saturday mornings Mr. Waters believes
were. Miss Haynes feels that the girls are determined to catch up
that St Peter's is a great place to work. He has participated in The
with their male peers by sporting killer heels and wonders how on
Great Egg Race, is a busy boarding house tutor and his popularity
earth they cope with St Peter's campus.
with his students is already established. We wish him a long and happy career at St Peter's. Phoebe Harrison LVI
Miss Haynes, although originally from Leeds, came to St Peter's having gained a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies at Portsmouth. Her knowledge of Hispanic languages has been complemented by visits to Mexico, Lisbon and Granada. Miss Haynes is due to be married in the summer and found
Miss Claire - Marie Coeffe
that the Daily Mail Cup Final at Twickenham provided the perfect opportunity to go shopping for a wedding dress. She takes with her many fond memories of her time here but in particular the Easter trip to Greece. Highlights included seeing the fantastic costumes
Miss Coeffe made the hard but rewarding move from her
especially Mr Hodsdon's Lycra cycle outfit. She knew few of the
home country of France to the UK one year ago. Before joining St
Classics enthusiasts but the process of learning names was made
Peter's, Miss Coe'ffe spent time at All Saints School whilst
easier by the uniform wearing of "Greek hoodies". The trip, despite
completing her PCCE at York University. But this was not the first
the poor weather, was a fantastic success.
time Miss Coeffe had spent time in England. Four years ago she
Despite claiming that she won't miss Saturday school, Miss
went to Liverpool for one year, gaining a Masters in French and
Haynes has made lasting friendships especially within the close-
Spanish whilst acting as Holly Lodge Girls' School Boarding
knit language department. Miss Haynes also adds that she will miss
Assistant.
the community spirit felt when everyone sings together in chapel.
At St Peter's Miss Coeffe quickly settled in to the Languages
Miss Haynes will continue her career at Leeds Grammar School
Department, teaching French and Spanish and then also Italian in
where boys who are just as tall as she will undoubtedly surround
the Extra - Curriculum Programme. Miss Coeffe describes the
her.
English School System as preferable to the French which is surprising considering the school day here is much longer than in
Much to the annoyance of Mr. Ellis-Davies, Miss Haynes has
France. Miss Coeffe has learnt many things from the other
been a chatty and constantly cheerful member of the teaching
teachers in the Language Department, especially Mrs. Bainbridge
staff. We wish her the very best of luck and happiness in her
who teaches her things about France!
forthcoming marriage and new job.
Miss Coe'ffe has not only got involved with the activities of the
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Language Department, but she has become a Dronfield Assistant and 3rd Form Tutor. She says that the time spent in Dronfield
The Peterite 2004-2005
Ms. Pat Chandler, Librarian
substantial scholarships for the benefit of pupils already enjoying the school and those who have yet to set foot through the door. Carol's interests include cooking, making sugar paste flowers, jigsaw puzzles and home decorating. She used to water ski, which
Before St Peter's, Ms.
she found to be great fun, but does not include suffering from
Chandler worked at The
frostbite on her hands and entering the icy waters of Lake
University of York for four
Ulswater in mid November amongst her fondest memories.
years
as
a
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Cataloguer and latterly as Serials and
E-Resources
Team Leader. Previous
Mr. Paul Hynard
experience
also includes branch posts
Paul who is married with two
in public library authorities
daughters aged 12 and 9, was born in
(Leicestershire, Hertfordshire and Shropshire). She also qualified
Ely, East Anglia and spent most of his
and worked as an infant teacher prior to taking a career break.
childhood in Suffolk. His first experience
When asked about her favourite aspects of her job here Ms
of Yorkshire came when he joined the
Chandler stated "the people! It's clearly a very friendly place". She
army in 1987 and began training at the
added, "showing people how to access the most appropriate
Army Apprentices College in Harrogate.
resources from the library and discussing books, a personal
Spending nearly fourteen years in the
recommendation counts for a great deal, and I would be very
Army he joined the Royal Corps of Signals at the tender age of sixteen and
happy to consider suggestions for the library stock".
spent most of his forces career providing Ms. Chandler enjoys cycling, and this year is planning a
a wide range of communications for the
cycling tour in Eastern Germany, which should "provide an
Military. During this time he was posted
interesting view of the country and keep the cyclists happy."
mainly in the UK and Germany, but also
Another long held pursuit has been dance. Although she hung
had tours in the Falklands ('92), Bosnia
up her jazz shoes some time ago, she still loves to watch
('96 + '97), and Kosovo ('99) The best tour, he says, was a non-
contemporary dance. She is also very interested in Spanish
operational exchange visit to Australia ('99). He went to Brisbane
culture, having worked in Barcelona a few years ago - where, she
for four months and his lucky Australian counterpart got Catterick,
says, she was swept away by the architecture and cultural life.
as that was where Paul was posted at the time. Before taking up his present post as IT Manager at St Peter's,
Penny Boxall, UVI
Paul was network Manager at Leeds College of Building, his first civilian job, where he spent three and a half years.
Carol Challis
Paul's first impressions of St Peter's were tempered by the fact that he started during the Christmas vacation and an empty
Born in York and having lived in Poppleton Carol Challis, our new Foundation Manager is no stranger to the school.
school meant that all was quiet. Things soon changed, however, when the pupils returned. He recalls that on the first day of the
Carol brought her eldest daughter to look around St Peter's
new term "the phone was glowing red because the storms that
some ten years ago and recalls finding it "a very scary
weekend had broken some fibre cables and there was no Internet
*and daunting place". Since working here, however,
access".
rG*ol,has found that the staff and pupils make it
ajvery happy working environment. "There is
Clearly, Paul has settled in well and says he has found people at the school to be warm and friendly.
[IwaMslaiighter in the corridors but still the hint essional body and the long standing
One thing that struck Paul in the first couple of weeks was
i which keeps the school as it is today,"
how all of the teaching and support staff he spoke to, commented on how the School was a good place to work.
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Before entering the grand realms of St
He now looks forward to the challenges ahead. The summer
's Carol worked as a Practice Manager for a
will be a busy time for Paul and the IT Department with Server and
j|iral general practice on the outskirts
PC maintenance and upgrades taking place. They are also planning
York looking after approximately
a major upgrade of the network infrastructure to increase the speed of access to the servers.
5500 patients. Carol
has
plans
We wish Paul a long and happy future here.
for
developing her role here, including generating some
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Christian foundation, and the trustees are trustees of that
sacrifice for their boy or girl; they don't have lots of money and
Christian faith and those Christian traditions. Between the ages
actually having a uniform cuts out the competition, cuts out the
of thirteen and eighteen young people need to understand that
designer label.
they have a spirit and that that spirituality needs nurturing and that it is the essence of their individuality. They also need to be confronted by some of the big moral and ethical problems that they are going to face in life: how to live life, how to face death. These are the big questions. Also a community has to understand why it conducts itself the way it does. Is it forgiving?
7. If we were to interview you again in five years time, what changes to the structure and ethos of the school, if any, would you liked to have made?
Does it develop the concept of service? Does it really believe in
The test of a good rugby player is whether the team is in a
the individual and individual needs? Does it support those who
better position after that rugby player has touched the ball and
need help? My belief is that a Christian community enriches,
it's the same with a Head Master. He is a trustee and it's
supports and develops young people. It also challenges them.
incumbent upon him to leave the school in a better position when
That doesn't mean to say they will believe in the Christian faith
he leaves than when he arrived. My target, if you like, is to improve
but they have to be aware what underpins the ethos of a school.
the education and the provision of that education for the pupils at St Peter's in my time here, while I am a trustee. You don't
6. There had been some concern about the implementation of a uniform dress code for sixth form pupils. In light of this, how important do you feel is the development of the adolescent as an individual?
change a structure unless it's going to benefit the pupils. In terms of ethos, that revolves very much around people and the quality of people and the quality of appointments that are made. One of the most important jobs of a Head Master is to appoint good staff. We have very good staff at the moment; it is going to be difficult to improve that!
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Real and true individuality is not determined by a dress code. I have been very impressed with the strong pastoral support that helps develop each pupil's individuality. It is vital, therefore, that the school helps each pupil to develop their self-esteem, to realise their value and their talents as people. That's my take on individuality. I don't want St Peter's pupils to be stamped like sausages with St Peter's across them. However, it's interesting that it came from the school council in December: that they wanted much clearer guidelines about dress. In a way by having a smart uniform it takes the pressure off some pupils to compete at this age about dress code. I think certainly some pupils were finding themselves under
8. The life of a Head Master is very full. Do you ever find time to pursue your hobbies and interests? (Laughs) Not during term time. My dogs enable me to walk first thing in the morning before breakfast but otherwise I don't have any time during term time for hobbies and great interests. It's holiday time: to spend time with the family; to walk; to read; to ski in the winter; to play golf in the summer; and to really replenish the batteries, outside term-time. But during term-time not a chance!
pressure to have to compete. That sort of pressure needs to be taken away, in my view, at this age. Some parents are having to
9. After spending your first year settling in and getting to know the school, what are your plans for the future of St Peter's? Yorkshire people are not impressed by what you say: they are really impressed by what you do. I haven't said I want to build this or do that, you have to see things as they work; you have to see the leaves fall and the leaves come out again and really see people
through a year before developing things: having said that there are
during the week. People feel an identity with the place and they
five planning applications in at the moment. We must have Astro
know they are part of a bigger community and so much comes
Turf, it's just a necessity if girls are going to pursue their major
from that. The fact that we have such a strong Old Peterite society
sport, hockey, and if we are going to pursue the boys' hockey and
is due to the strong friendships people make and its something
tennis. It has got to be the case. Particularly for girls in the winter
that allows people, in our insular age in which people feel isolated
term: in the summer there are the boys' playing cricket, in the
and cut off, to make friendships for life and you will always have
autumn there are the boys playing rugby... where are the girls?
those friendships. I wholeheartedly approve of people wanting to
They are having to go offsite to play their game and that's not
continue to foster those friendships and that's one of the reasons
right. This will help to transform sport throughout the year. I've
I've been to old Peterite gatherings all over the country ever since
seen the change, within ten days, in the standard of young boys'
I've arrived: I've wanted to support that- it's not old school tie but
and girls' hockey, its just amazing the difference it makes. We need
genuine friendships which people from the outside don't see. But
it.
people inside realise the value of that and nevermore so than at We also need decent changing facilities, to have to see girls
and boys wander off muddy and sweaty, even wet sometimes, after games, unchanged, can't be right. In terms of health and hygiene you need a shower after games and to change back. This happens because our changing facilities are so poor for day pupils and that point should be addressed with these improvements. Also boarding needs to be improved. We're putting a lot of money into boarding at the moment and that is essential to St Peter's because that helps to provide a 24/7 attitude to education. We want an all round education and day pupils ride on the back of that: Saturday school; Saturday afternoon sport activities; Sunday rowing, rugby and play rehearsals. That's what comes from a boarding school and everybody benefits from the richness of the extra curricular life. If you went down to Monday to Friday which some might prefer, it would be the end of the quality of sport we get from Saturday and of commitment of staff and pupils. That's been shown by other schools, narrowing down the whole curriculum, packing it into Monday to Friday and you lose so much
the funeral at the end of February for Robert Rowbottom where five hundred came back to support that family in their time of need. His father was overwhelmed by the number of people who had come back to support his elder son in memory of his younger son and that speaks volumes. It also speaks volumes that I got such flack about not letting supporters go to the rugby at Castleford. I love the fact that people felt passionate about wanting to support their contemporaries, in their year group, who were representing them and their school. I had great admiration for the sentiment. It was one of the toughest decisions I've had in the five months I've been here. I think it was the right decision not to support en masse because we had commitments here, not just for teaching but also our sporting commitments. But I love the sentiment that people felt deeply about the school and about each other. Thank you for the interview Head Master. Ceorgie Duke U VI
Clifton placed a bench on the lawn in
The Personnel
the memory of Mr Peter Taylor
Fourteen new third years and four new
as a permanent reminder of his
transfers into the lower sixth certainly added
work in the house and school
diversity in personality and breadth in talent to
communities.
Clifton House. In addition, for the Christmas term only, we enjoyed the unforgettable
Most
experience that was Malte von Lojewski, on
sports-related
loan from the Bundesliga. I was delighted to
following report, unfortunately,
award Malte with his Old Peterite tie and I am
is
sure that he will remember his experience
games.
fondly. Helen Round proved to be an outstanding
heavily
and
biased
the
towards
The Sports Perhaps the less said the
Head of House. Mature, dedicated and honest, I could not hope for a better role-model for the
house events are
better about House competitions this year! Even in the Great Egg
house: a first-rate Peterite. She directed our
race, our "banker" for silverware, we failed to trouble the scorers!
house
There were successes to savour, though.
chapel
which
focussed on
the
developing world. Nick Jennings and Matthew Hall reminded the school how fortunate we are and Chris Wordie emphasised the point with his rendition of "Thank you very much". At the heart of much of the year's charity work was Bethany Smith. From Giant Easter Eggs to a tsunami appeal, Beth made a massive impact on the house and I was delighted to award her the Keith Pemberton Plate for endeavour. I am sure that she will prove to be an ideal successor to Helen Round. Mrs Watkinson officially took on the role
The junior rugby side possessed some talent with Dominic
of Assistant Housemistress, a function she had
Hanly and William Ashman starring in the successful U15 A team.
in effect performed for the last two years. As
The competition started brightly with a hard-fought win against
ever, I am heavily indebted to her and our
The Manor but we lost out in the semis to a very talented (yes, we
team of Mr Spencer, Mr Severn, Mr Wallace
do have to admit that!) Grove side. Tom Lightwing and Callum
and Mrs White for their expertise, care and
Stark played U15 B rugby and Will Gastrell, Toby Williams (who
cover on the multitude of occasions when I
inexplicably then defected to The Manor!), Sam Greenwood, Rory
sports fixtures. Cliftonites are
Vokes-Dudgeon and Pritpaul Dhesi were mainstays of the U14B
fe In the summer term we
XV.
The senior team avenged the junior defeat with success
against The Grove but expended so much energy in the derby game that they failed to reach the semis. Tom Denton was everpresent in the First XV this season and must be congratulated on his later selection for the Leeds Tykes Development XV and the national training camp. Peter Slower by rights should have made the firsts but his season was wrecked by injury. At least he was able to play some part in the Twickenham final and I hope that, despite the final result, that was a day that these young men will never forget James Mills, Nick Mannion and Chris Wordie were 3rd XV stalwarts and Harry Hustler, James Rounding, Matthew
Hall,
William
Holmes and Nick Jennings will be aiming to join ihe senior teams nexl year. The senior girls crosscounlry 52005005
saw
a superb
Nicholas Jennings V Year
Ruth Kirkman V Year
Jackson played in the Bs. My most enjoyable moment of the year was watching The Two Alexes compete in the interHouse tennis competition. With Peter Slower frustrated on the performance by Lara Turner who finished fifth. Lara captained the hockey first eleven this year with great success but was injured for the house competition. Despite that obvious handicap, the girls played with great determination and skill, drawing three of their matches. Jessica Walker, a fourth year, stood out in all the matches and should have a huge influence on this competition in the future. Lily Telfer ran very well in the junior cross-country, finishing
sidelines, the two novices gave an exhibition in tennis extravagance, finishing second (in every game). The girls played at the same time with the Upper Sixth of Round, Rounding, MacKenzie and Turner signing out with a final solid display.
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eleventh in a creditable 15 minutes and 30 seconds. Netball was
As has become our tradition, Cliftonites took leading roles in
less of a strong point, though the seniors did make the semi-finals,
the main school production, this year of Macbeth. Jacob Lister,
ultimately finishing fourth.
Matthew Hall, Chris Wordie, Vicki Rounding and debutante Alex
Luck was cruel to the junior hockey boys. With wins against Linton and The Manor under their belts, they drew 1-1 with Queen's in the last match of the group stage, conceding a goal with the last hit of the game. That was enough to take Queen's into the final on goal difference! Edward MacKenzie was fantastic
their expertise to the technical crew. Later in the year, Chris took to the stage even more professionally in the Theatre Royal's production of Guys and Dolls. The junior play (Ayckbourn's Confusions) gave Charlotte
throughout. The girls' swimming gala brought the team performance of the year as they finished second to a strong School House team. Helen Buss won the senior backstroke and, in
Nicholson all starred in the excellent production, and Beth Smith, Ellie Burton, Helen Ashman and Natasha Niven all lent
a superb
achievement, Rebecca Jacobs broke the school record in the senior freestyle. Sports Day 2005 brought a miserly one gold medal from Jess Walker in the Junior Discus. The junior cricketers put up a brave performance against
Morgan an opportunity to begin her drama career at St Peter's and we look forward to seeing more of her. Kelly Enos helped with the wardrobe. In a different kind of drama altogether, Jacob Lister represented the Labour Party and Robyn Webster the Conservative Party in the mock election (a report can be found elsewhere in this magazine). Both performed very well in the chapel address and enjoyed the campaigning, though it is probably fair to say that Jacob was not exactly wooing his natural constituency!
Linton, scoring 91 in their sixteen overs. Rory V-D batted sensibly, making 33 not out, but the Linton batting proved too strong. James Mills played First XI cricket throughout the season, on occasions with Tim Heaps. Ian Francis skippered the seconds who included Harry Hustler and Nick Mannion who took a hat-trick early in the season.
The Music Clifton remains the musical house with a big presence in the choir and the various musical groups. Angelina Warburton not only won the Music Prize for her talent on the harp but also a place at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. She will be sorely
The junior rounders fared little better than the cricketers,
missed. In the Music Festival, Jacob Lister performed superbly in
losing all three matches. Jess Walker played U15 A rounders all
winning the Senior Boys Singing Prize. Alex Wordie was awarded
season and Kelly Enos, Charlotte Morgan, Alice Jacobs and Hannah
the Junior Music Prize.
The Academics Clearly the priority for this school but an area that often goes unmentioned in these reports. I have seen a remarkable number of excellent orders and some outstanding reports.
Emma
MacKenzie must be congratulated on winning a place at Oxford to study Physics. Many Cliftonites will have received recognition during Commemoration - prizewinners like Lara Turner (History), Emma MacKenzie (Maths), Helen Round (Economics) and Esme Telfer (Latin, Practical Science and Academic Merit). PC TAYLOR
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Dronfield
Life, so they say, begins at forty. September 2004 saw
As well as cosmetic changes we also welcomed new blood.
Dronfield's doors open to welcome boarders for the fortieth year.
Miss Fletcher became the new occupant of the assistant's flat.
The doors looked pretty much the same, but beyond the portals
Jenny B, Jenny C and Georgie were our new Third Formers and
some cosmetic surgery had taken place that was to mark the start
Alice, Clare and Abbey joined the Lower Sixth. We still had to
of new life in the old house. We had a new laundry, boot room,
tolerate a gap in the system - we were without a Fourth Form this
quiet room, games room, TV room and ladies' toilet. There was to
year - but the new girls quickly settled into their new
be further work undertaken later in the year: the old building was
environment with vigour.
undertaking quite a transformation. The quiet room was to be moved to accommodate a brand new kitchen. At the far end of the house a new flat was to be created for the resident assistant. The old resident's flat on the first floor is yet to be converted back into bedroom space for the girls. After years of talk we were beginning to see some results, and these were quality results, a genuine attempt to make improvements that were not built on a money-saving scheme. I would like to think that that kind of approach was how the residents of Dronfield approached their schooling: years of planning come to fruition in the shape of quality results, both in and out of the classroom. On Saturday 6th November we celebrated Dronfield's coming of age by hosting a Reunion of former pupils and staff. A good day was enjoyed by all: a tour of the new-look House raised eyebrows and brought back memories good and bad (as did meeting up again with Mr and Mrs Coulthard!); a buffet lunch in the Memorial Hall helped draw the conclusion that over the course of forty years school dinners certainly had improved (and this was pre Jamie Oliver); and there was a chance to watch the home fixtures and tour the new campus :oh, how different it all looks now... As the years have passed we have watched the success of the boat club soar, and for the past six terms admired the dedication of Kristina Stiller as she has hit the international scene. This
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year 60% of Dronfield was involved in rowing, thanks, in particular, to the new initiative which allowed Third Formers to take up the sport and enjoy success as novices in their first year at St Peter's. There was even a Dronfield quad that won the York Summer Regatta with RJ (cox), Miss Fletcher, Abbey, Alice and Harriet. That commitment to rowing, plus only three juniors in the House, meant that our chance to excel in inter-House events was limited and we were occasionally required to bring in 'ringers' to make up a team.That was not the case in the Cross-Country event this year which the seniors won fair and square, thanks especially to Tina (2nd), Kathryn (8th), Fliss (9th) and Clare (10th). Casting of the main school production created no surprises again this year. Fliss was Witch One and Alice,
(flute), Abbey (piano) and Jenny B (flute).
RJ, Harriet and Kathryn were members of the coven of witches.
Much of the House business has to do with talk and
Frankie was a convincing servant and Holly was strong in her role
deliberation. My thanks go to Jennie for her counsel and support
as Hecate. Holz also had a role as Stage Manager and Jennie
throughout the year as Head of House. Her concern for and interest in others has often gone unrecognised this year. I am looking forward to working with Clare in that role next year. We also salute Yayra who has been appointed as Head of School for next year. To our Upper Sixth leavers we bid farewell as they embark on their tertiary education. We also wish Miss Coe'ffe well for her forthcoming marriage and for her new teaching post in Harrogate. The Third Form for whom she was tutor will certainly miss her guidance and caring advice. Dronfield looks ahead to a bright future. With the new physical
Holly Robertson V Year
Frances Devlin V Year
worked in wardrobe.
developments twenty boarders have rattled around the House somewhat this year. We await with excited anticipation a full House in September when twenty becomes nearly forty in
By the end of the Christmas term Clare had been selected for
Dronfield's forty-first year.
the North of England Lacrosse team, but with Cabby as the only full-time hockey player in Dronfield this year the inter-House event was going to be a challenge. Following the first round of games it was reported, "nobody disgraced themselves. Everyone played good hockey and made every effort to contain the opposition and attack the ball. The team members tried hard to play in a forward direction and be positive in their approach. The spirit was excellent. There was a lot of support for each other and the team play was cohesive which the opposition found hard to play against.The team was unlucky not to score in the final match, and defended solidly throughout the afternoon and extremely well against some very experienced players." Holly Robertson and Laura certainly shone as hockey players with potential during the competition. Dronfield finished fifth in the competition, the best placing in the remaining inter-House events. Music grew in popularity this year, and with so many in the choir those who sat in the main body of the chapel felt a little intimidated by the strength of the other houses around us. HolzJ Kathryn, Yayra, Harriet, Alice, Abbey, Fliss, Frankie and Jenny B all sang at their level, and they and others played instruments, too: Kathryn (viola), Cabby (guitar), Rachel (piano), Yayra (violin), Clare
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Grove
Katherine Francis V Year
Giles Buchannan UVI Year
Sophie Ottewell UVI Year
Amidst all the hustle and bustle of the end of the school year,
the years, and therefore it seemed fitting that for our house
it isn't always easy to find a moment to stop and reflect on our
chapel on St Cecilia's Day (the patron saint of music), we celebrate
achievements, but it's certainly well worth doing, as the academic
the place music holds for us. Who will forget Tom Richardson's
year 2004-5 quickly got underway with members of the Grove
electric guitar solo to start? An assortment of III formers made
joining in with gusto and talent in every sphere of school life. It
their debut in a short but thrilling re-enactment of Cecilia's life,
would be impossible to list the staggering array in its entirety, but
with Imogen Storrs as the saint herself, making a particular stir!
as ever I have been impressed with Grovites' readiness to try new
The house rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's 'Oh Cecilia'
things and muck in to help each other. Our Upper VI leavers have led the way in matters dramatic: Sarah Crompton's St Peter's swansong came in Macbeth as a menacingly seductive Lady Macbeth and Matthew Naughton also showed off his talents as both doctor and murderer! Matthew has also moved into the realms of event organising with T2005 under his able leadership, with the lighting and sound expertise of Matthew Gray, and Jake Troughear performing on guitar. Jess Taylor is to be congratulated for being successfully selected for the National Youth Theatre. Various new members of the house also took part in the middle school play including Alistair Springgay and Tristan Wike - we look forward to more to come from them, upholding the strong dramatic tendencies of The Grove!
carefully adapted by Sophie Ottewell, saw to it that we had more contributors
We have provided many contributions to school music over
to
house
chapel
than
any
other
house.
In the Music Festival several Grovites reached sectional finals, including Sam Hall and Pippa Bailey, with Oliver Marshall qualifying amazingly in three finals for singing, violin and piano, and Alice Scruton winning the wind section. Sarah Speed played the trumpet fanfare at the Carol service in the Minster. It has been good to have Lizzie Fishley as head of band this year, as well as Sophie Ottewell as joint leader of the string orchestra. This year we have had mixed results on the sports front. David Cook has led the way for other Grove rowers with the IV form also having caught the rowing bug - their enthusiasm for the sport more often than not keeps me hanging around waiting for their return long after roll is over for the rest of the house!
A strong rugby
contingent of III form boys joined the house, and contributed to the junior house sevens second place. Emily Bollands won the junior house cross-country, and the girls won the junior house netball after a hotly contested final against Temple. Temple however got their own back when they pipped us to the post in the rounders final! James Drake did well to reach the Alcuin cup tennis final. Giles Buchanan has led the way for the house CCF contingent as head of shooting. Sports day
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Chloe Burns UVI Year
also provided some notable victories. Sophie Cuthbertson and Verity Miers won the senior and junior sprint cups respectively. Again the IV form boys showed their sporting prowess with first places for Richard Downey in 100m and long jump, Josh Cust in 1500m and 800m and Robbie Cuthbertson in 400m, 200m and high jump. We completed the day with strong relay teams with breathtaking Grove wins in the junior boys' and both the girls' are going to York College for the VI form, and of course to all the Upper VI, some of whom have some very exciting plans. Charlotte Simpson was the lucky winner of the Barry Daniel Award for her trip to Nepal to work in an orphanage this summer. Lizzie Fishley is off to Chile for her gap year
to
teach
English and
improve her Spanish, and we look forward to hearing of Chloe's future University
riding
successes.
destinations
and
courses also show the diversity of interests the UVI have, with James Roach V Year
John venturing to the capital to J
read History, and Jenni to pursue her love of English to mention just two. They all leave with our best wishes and hope they feel welcome to drop in to visit in future years. I thank Mick Morris and Sophie Ottewell who have both performed their duties as heads of house responsibly and who have led the house by their events. House teams have been well supported throughout the
example. James Drake and Pippa Bailey take over from them next
year, and even when we have not been placed, Grove's efforts
year, and we wish them luck in this.
have displayed sportsmanship and enthusiasm.
Elisabeth Ellis
It is good to see Grovites making the most of Community Service opportunities. The V form girls organised the 'Jeans for Genes' day in the autumn, and James', Richard's and Iain's gardening skills came to the fore for the post-GCSE Glen project. Amy Taylor has been working in a charity shop each week and Samantha Hall has been a keen and much valued visitor to the Wilberforce Trust. I do encourage all Grovites to consider following in their footsteps as these projects have proved to be very rewarding. This year we say fond farewells to Joe Parkes and Tom Atkinson who
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Linton We were indeed very fortunate to be inspected twice in one year by the CSCI and the ISI inspection teams. The CSCI report commented that the 'boarders took pride in their school and what it offered them.' and the ISI report concluded that 'the high quality of the boarding provision, in personal as well as material terms and in the palpable feeling of community within the houses, also contributes powerfully to pupils' awareness of self and others'. Despite glowing in their content, by their clinical and prescriptive nature, these inspections cannot report or record real life in a boarding house. This account rather than just being a chronological series of events and results will try to address the significant areas of involvement by the boys. Due to the frenetic nature of school life and the range and depth of involvement shown by the boys, a house report cannot be all encompassing, but should rather give a flavour of the endeavour and achievements shown of the boys. Whilst the public exams seem to
Bermuda, Philipp Rulf from Germany, and Mikkel Nebelong from
have an ever-greater impact on school life, Lintonites deserve a
Denmark. We also welcomed on board Mr Waters, Mr Brown and Mr Painter as house tutors. During the summer a great deal of work was carried out in Linton to improve the fabric and furnishing of the house and finally (after many years of requesting), we received a suite of networked computers. Whilst academic progress remains the primary aim of being at School, the boys also found time for their other pursuits. It is good to see an increasing number of boys within the house involved in drama productions, both on stage and as part of the technical crew. Stephen Blackman in particular should be congratulated for his performance in Macbeth and co-direction of Confusions, and Will Smith for his work back-stage. Pleasingly, many boys in the house have also show much commitment to School music, including Archie Dallas and Paul Middleton-Walker in the Wind
huge amount of credit for still being able to find the time and
Band, Alex Shaw in the Orchestra, and Tom Lloyd, Daniel Bailey,
energy to pursue their extra-curricular activities and to represent
Alex Shaw, Ross Beetlestone, James Lloyd and Peter Skinner in the
the School and House.
Choir.The House Chapel provided a new opportunity for the house
It is always refreshing to see each boy discover and develop his niche within the activities on offer.
to work together, and was ably led by Tim Winepress and Joe Clarke. Joe also found time to lead the Army Cadets as CSM, a role that Simon Baker will take over in September 2005.
AJ, JJ & PJ - these were just a few of the ten sprightly new third form pupils who entered Linton in September, ready to emulate the successes of the illustrious UVI who had just departed. The LVI took on a more cosmopolitan appearance with the arrival of Fraser Moore from
On the Sporting front, the House has much talent with most of the house representing the School each week in a range of sports, including rugby, rowing, hockey, cricket, tennis, squash, soccer and fencing. A few of the older boys deserve particular mention: Philip Rulf had never stepped into a rowing boat before September, but along with Joe Clarke, they rowed in the very successful 1stVIII, which raced at Henley.These boys showed great commitment throughout the year, training twice a day including 6:30am morning sessions. James Marsden has excelled in rugby, hockey, cricket and athletics during his sixth form career, and was selected to represent England at rugby. James, along with Jason Burton and Jeremy Thomas, played for the excellent 1st XV. In inter-house activities the boys represented Linton with much house spirit and fervour in every competition, but we were restricted to two main areas of success.The Linton tennis academy goes from strength to strength, with the house winning both the
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team and individual competitions. Fraser Moore proved to be the
To all those leaving in the fifth form and Upper Sixth, I wish
best player in the School and was very ably supported by Josh
them every happiness and success in the future, and I hope that
Tindell (Tennis Captain), Sam Farquharson, Matthew Thomas-Peter
they will be able to look back at their time in the Linton with pride
and Will Bickford-Smith.
and with many fond memories. I want to thank Joe Clarke for
The final inter-house event of the year, Sports Day, provided the best opportunity for the boys to reveal their talent and commitment to the house. Linton won the Inter-House Trophy by a convincing margin of 20 points. The victory was made sweeter with local rivals, Manor coming a very distant second. Our success
being a fine Head of House this year. Also, I am indebted to the house tutors for all their hard work and commitment throughout the year. Linton is privileged to have next year's Head of School, Jeremy Thomas, and Matthew Thomas-Peter has been appointed as Head of House and a School Monitor.
was based on great teamwork across the year groups and included
I agree with the concluding statements of both inspections,
twelve victories and 28 podium finishes.Tom and James Lloyd won
but hopefully this brief account gives a sound bite into those
five events between them, Jason Burton won the Proudly Trophy
immeasurable but invaluable parts of boarding life. This year the
over 400m and Simon Baker proved to be the fastest runner at
boarders in Linton have shown much honest endeavour both in
Sports Day.
and out of the classroom, showing outstanding commitment to
The year concluded with Commemoration and Prize Giving in the Minster, during which Dominic Jameson was our only academic prizewinner, winning the LeTocq Prize for Economics. We wish him well at Cambridge in September. Alas, the Merit Cup eluded us again, but it is good to see the increase in the number of merits earned by the house, particularly by the 3rd form. I ho| that the house will rally together next year in pursuit of the Merit Cup. House Colours were awarded to Joe Clarke, James Marsden and Josh Tindell for their outstanding commitment towards the House.
School and House life. In addition, they have worked well together, supporting and encouraging each other. I thank all the boys for their efforts. M. A. Monteith
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Manor "First is worst, second is best and third's for", Frankie to complete. The phrase was coined when our junior cricketers led by Harry Caley came runners up in the house competition. They joined the senior Sevens, swimming and athletics teams all of which came in second. That we did so well across the board was testament to the commitment of the boys. Joe Tang leading the way in the pool. In Athletics, James, Carl and Richard led from the front and were well supported by the rest of the house who picked up points in almost every event. Our middle distance running was a feature of the event and led to some tremendous achievements later at Beverley, notable amongst these being Rob Nash, Harry Dee and Toby Williams. However it was Mark Baker's supreme
i .
effort, aided by Will Butler and Eddie Hilling that was the highlight to show what the U15 squad had missed. Paul should also be congratulated on his selection for Yorkshire and the 1st XI. The cricket also provided Eddie Sinks and Harry Caley with success, not only for the house but also school. House tennis went its normal way despite our best efforts. Chris Brewer proved a most capable member of the first team tennis and was also successful in the Boat Club. 6.30 am rowing sessions were the norm again this year and this paid off with Jamie Knox, Tom Binns, Richard Lum and Richard Swan all rowing at Henley. For the "big Canadian" this was his second major sporting achievement, having been part of the
for many that day. Will was a huge influence on sport in The Manor this year and his leadership of our sevens from fly half was tremendous. Ben Hough's tackle on Tommy and lain Jarvis's tactical play stick in the mind, almost as much as Richard's try. Our junior sevens, although less successful, gave a tremendous account of themselves with an entirely third year side in our final game. Many also starred at cricket, where injury sadly prevented Heppy from taking part but provided Paul Steadman with a chance to put his injury behind him. It also gave Fergus the chance
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a great success with Bradley Malherbe's farewell speech a real highlight. Bradley proved to be yet another outstanding exchange student from Selborne College. House Chapel produced by Richard tried to get across the message that things have really changed in boarding with the sixth form now providing help and advice. The present third year will very soon be the sixth form of tomorrow. We are lucky to see such a committed new intake both in school and in the house. From Josh Manicaro's efforts on the House Council to Kevin, Jonjo, Caleb, Sho, Chris, Rob, Paul, Harry, Heppy, U18 Daily Mail Cup squad along with Will Butler, who has now joined a select few players having played in both U15 and U18cup finals. However, some work was done and Hao-Lin and Charlie did enough for ten, which was a good thing according to the rest of the L6th. ShaYang put his stats outbursts behind him to win the Maths Prize and he was joined on speech day by Joe Tang (Physics and Community service), and Ben Schonewald (Drama). Ben was clearly following Richard Thomas's example on the stage. Richard proved a most powerful Macbeth and his efforts led others to "greasepaint and the lights". Carl and Ben both acted with style in this production and Jack "oh my god" Sykes provided us with many laughs in "Confusions", the Middle School Play, being part produced by Ben. Artistic talent was not confined to the boards and Charlie Knockton and Andy Lum played their part inTOS.Away from these more formal activities boarding provided us with more trips to Edinburgh, the seaside, Lightwater Valley, Excape, Leeds Tykes Rugby, York City Football (thanks Ben), Ghost Walks, Newcastle, Hull RL (thanks Stu), and paintballing. None who were there will forget Lewis White's suicidal attack on the Predator! It
Toby and Lewis's consistent efforts in all house activities. Their
was also good to see last year's L6th gain recognition for their
view of the senior pupils being that "they were exceedingly
community service work at The Glen, when Richard, Yayra and
supportive during the year and especially Jamie Knox who was
Sorrell along with Mrs B were guests of the city at Royal Ascot. The
always there to listen". Certainly the efforts of all the U6th as
Glen project remained alive again this year with David Gardner,
mentors has left the house with a lasting legacy. 'I would thank
Kris Rawcliffe, Chris Hopkinson, James Beadnall, Ben Schonewald
Marcus as chairman of the House Council, Jamie Knox as third year
and Ben Les digging, painting, planting and hammering away after GCSE's had ended. Whilst this was going on Andy Lum joined twelve other fifth years to canoe down the Great Glen from Fort William to Inverness. It was also good to see Chris Schonewald take to the outdoors on the Pennine way with 23 other third years after their exams had ended. During the final days of term Adam Hinchcliffe went off on an RAF leadership course and it was tremendous to hear that he had graduated with flying colours. York also provides real access
to
enter-
tainment of all sorts from the city screen,
mentor and James Barber as Head of House for their unstinting
(War of the Worlds,
support of this ethos. A huge thank you also goes to John
Hitchhikers Guide and
Darmody, Matthew Adams, John Owen-Barnett, Mike Hall, Dave
Star
Wars)
to
Ray, Colette, Margaret, Brenda, Anne, Katie and most of all Liz for
restaurants for special
all their support in running the house, it is a team effort and needs
occasions. The house
this commitment from all involved.
dinner was held at Manna's
Greek
Manor House Team
Restaurant and proved
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House Reports
Queens It is a pleasure to be able to report on Queen's House at the end of my first year as Housemaster. I have (almost) managed to survive the year and though it is only 11 degrees outside, the radiators are on inside (this all despite it being the 11th June!), I am warmed by thinking of what has happened in Queen's this year. Great thanks must go to Julie Bainbridge for all the work she did over many years in Queen's. She left me an excellent set of students with which to work and an excellent house spirit. She is fondly remembered by the students and has been of great help to me in getting settled in. My key objective as a housemaster is to be able to support all the students in their endeavours. This year there has been plenty of endeavour and no little success. The students will tell you I am competitive, which is true. But as my old housemaster once said to me when I was at school, "it always matters who wins, but it never matters who won." The students of Queen's have approached matters in all their efforts this year in exactly this spirit.There is not
rugby Andrew Walkland's cramp ended our hopes and my refereeing could do nothing to rescue the situation. The Inter-House boys swimming heats showed what success Queen's would have in the final - thanks for your work here Duncan!
an intentional sporting bias to this report, but as it stands most house events are sports competitions. This is something I hope will
In the second term our first victory of the year was secured. The
change over the next few years so that I can write more of house
Junior boys' B team Hockey were undefeated and our A team
achievements in other fields of life.
finished second. In the summer term our senior boys won the indoor hockey tournament and showed the strength of our hockey playing
September seems a long time ago, but I still remember house chapel. Jacob Smith successfully roused the house to "With a Little Help from my Friends" and the rest of us (more or less) ably followed. Perhaps it was the prospect of hearing me singing that made others sing so loudly! Whatever, it showed the excellent spirit
in house. The girls' netball performed well as too did the girl swimmers. It is worth pointing out the ease with which teams were arranged for this often at short notice. The team captains did an excellent job throughout the year and I really appreciated their efforts.
of participation that pervades this house. Robin Johnson organised our egg race team (Robin, Charlie, Tim, Will, Greg) with great panache. Sadly the egg did not move as fast as it was meant to.
The summer term saw good performances in the girls' house rounders and tennis and once again Queen's played with real passion and enthusiasm. Emma Goodwill put up an excellent solo
House rugby for boys and hockey for girls were the main house events of term. The senior events were both on the same afternoon, enabling me to keep up my fitness running between matches. In
performance in girls' house squash also. The Inter House boys' swimming finals took place where Queen's secured a comfortable :|ory. The cricketers were not able to follow suit but gave it their
rugby we reached the semi-final and perhaps should hi
/ell done to Jamie Scattergood on representing
gone further, but we were out-muscled by the
the 1st XI. Sports day saw some victories
Manor. In the Hockey we did similarly well, and
(Roxy Reeves - Javelin, Katie Mellor -
thanks to Clem Baig we were easily the
1500m; Robin Johnson - Javelin;
best-dressed team! in.the junior
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4:
Wackett - 200m) but
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more importantly the house spirit of participation showed through. Success
however
has
taken place throughout the school. Academic reports have indicated just what efforts the students put in on a daily basis and it is pleasing to see those rewarded during the UCAS process. Andrew Miller achieved ^••fy >X\
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a place reading
to the annual talent show - I understand the Upper Sixth boys were a particular highlight. Drama, too, saw lots of Queen's participation with some even involved in directing plays - a tremendous achievement. Jacob Smith, Marcus Smith, Emma Goodwill, Pip Johnson, Scott Jagger, Matthew Townsley, Chloe Johnson and Megan Hall all featured here.
Veterinary Medicine, Robin
Sadly however time moves on and each year students depart.
Johnson and Claire Hunt places to read medicine and
This year's upper sixth certainly had character and their presence
Chloe Johnson was offered a
were a tremendous support as Heads of House. They carried out
place at Oxford to read Classics.
their duties well and ran the house efficiently and with the
around the house will be missed. Jacob Smith and Primrose Lovett
These are considerable achievements. Many Queen's students also
minimum of fuss. I, and the house, wish the Upper Sixth well in
contributed to school performances. Participation was high in the
their lives and hope they come back to say hello at some point in
various music performances through the year. James Woodrow
the future.
won the overall junior prize (winning percussion and piano) at the annual music festival, with Will Robinson winning Junior Strings -
It has been a good first year, but hopefully the next will be even better.
a superb achievement for both. Queen's also made its contribution Steve Cwilliam
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louse Reports
Rise One week into the Christmas Term, the 'It's a Knockout'
Betony Lloyd all raced at
competition proved once again to be a hit with all members of the
local events this term. Our
boarding community. It also meant that new girls to The Rise had
internationals,
no choice but to muck in with the rest. Hannah Burley, Rachael
Thomas and Rosie Gaunt
Hannah
Hopper, Grace Ma and Rebecca Fletcher were welcomed into the
continued
third year and Faye Clark and Christita Ng joined an already
morning training schedule
established lower sixth. All credit to Esther Smyth and Alice Salter
with mixed results. Rosie has
who slotted comfortably into the fourth year.
been held back by illness and
The programme of refurbishment continued during the summer and for the first time ever the house is without bunk beds. In the old days The Rise was home to some 60 boys. Today it is full with 30 girls. The National Boarding Standards and the need for space and privacy have made accommodation more personal, this
their
early
injury, but Hannah's hard work and commitment has been rewarded with some outstanding results, detailed fully in the Boat Club report.
has been an unmitigated success and whilst it has taken some
Alice Lindley and Laura Binks along with Hannah Thomas and
imagination to fit single beds and desks into strange shaped
Kirstie Dallas provided significant contributions to The Debating
rooms, there is now a feeling of individuality and personal space.
Society. In many instances debate and tactics were discussed in
Spot lighting and up lighters have helped to create the right
house minutes before the debates were due to begin, bearing this
ambience. We look forward to the next stage due to take place in
in mind the girls performed extremely well.
the summer in the bathroom, common room and basement. House Chapel, now into its third year saw a whole house
Community Service has again increased its performance at school and in the house. We have had some well-publicised and
approach and thanks to Andrew Wright and some late night rehearsals we put together an address on the theme of giving and receiving. Alice Lindley successfully used potato planting as a metaphor for giving. Dressed as a farmer with a thick Yorkshire accent, she pulled it off beautifully supported by Kirstie Dallas, Hannah Thomas and Laura Binks. The inter house fixtures programme was well supported by The Rise. As has become the norm, enthusiasm outweighed actual success, particularly in hockey and badminton. However, we had some tremendous individual performances in cross-country. Rosie Gaunt and Hannah Thomas came 6th and 11th respectively in the senior race and The Rise came second overall. The juniors managed a respectable fourth place with Rebecca Fletcher coming 5th.
extremely successful events, including the Christmas party and the second phase of The Glen, as well as contributions from the regulars who simply got on with it. Hannah Thomas, Christita Ng and Alice Lindley have worked hard for little recognition and in the
Despite our poor performance in the house hockey, we had
true spirit of the Community Service initiative. However, Sorrel
some key players representing the school at all levels: Anneka
Gaunt's hard work during last summer spent at The Glen was
Munsch, Alice Lindley, Kirstie Dallas, Sarah Welsh, Esther Smyth,
recognised by meeting Prince Andrew at Royal Ascot at York!
Louise Walters, Charlotte Parkinson, Rosie Binns and Rachael Hopper were all regular Players.
Like last year house staff have worked hard to maximise activities available to boarders in the evening and at weekends.
The Boat Club's success has been boosted by the ever-
Elisabeth Ellis kindly arranged for The Rise and Dronfield to attend
increasing contribution from The Rise. Laura Binks, Ruth Craven,
the always-popular pantomime at York Theatre Royal. The Third
i Wheeler, Laura Walters, Eve Newby, Maria Lee, Ellie Atkin, and
Years were treated to an alternative view of the city on a ghost walk and Sunday visits to Newcastle and Edinburgh were great fun and well attended. The Easter Term began with trial examinations and modules and thus brought rather an abrupt end to both Christmas and New Year festivities. A good percentage of the house found themselves preparing for public examinations as reality set in at what is always a low point of the school year. Some release was found on the field and on the river. Sarah Welsh successfully captained the netball first team. Louise Walters, Rachael Hopper, Tilly Cottingham, Charlotte Parkinson. Kirstie Dallas and Rosie Binns played regularly for their respective teams. Rachael Hopper, Louise
Walters
and
Salter
and
Louise
Walters,
Rebecca Fletcher
affectionately known as 'The
swam
for
Dollies'. They soon realised that
school.
Rebecca
rowing is more than suntans and
proving to be a
lycra; the girls came in for a bit of
the
good all
round
athlete.
Her
performance at the smimming gala was most impressive with first places in both back and breast strokes. Hannah Thomas, Ruth Craven, Rosie Binns and Rachael Hopper all gave respectable performances, which led to The Rise coming 4th overall. The Junior Play this year was directed by Jo Lawrence with
stick but are actually doing rather well. Back on dry land Kirstie Dallas
and
represented
Rachael Hopper the
school
at
rounders, Charlotte Parkinson and Rebecca Fletcher competed regularly at athletics and Alice
help from a large and well orchestrated band of volunteers. It was
Lindley spent many of her Saturday evenings scoring for the
encouraging to see all the Fourth Years involved in such an
cricketers.
entertaing and amusing adaptation
of Alan Ayckbourn's
'Confusions'. Rosie Binns, Alice Salter, Kayleigh Nadin, Louise Walter, and Charlotte Parkinson all had significant roles, with particularly memorable performances from Alice Salter as the
The now traditional visit to Beverley for the 10k race was well represented by The Rise. Rebecca Fletcher, Hannah Burley, Grace Ma and Rachael Hopper ran in the 2k fun run and Sarah Welsh did extremely well in the 10k as the fastest girl representing St Peter's.
vicar and Kayleigh Nadin as Milly. Esther Smyth joined the technical crew to make the year group complete. Success on the
The exceptional weather stayed with us for much of the
stage was brought back to the house and strengthened the whole
summer term and helped to make the House Barbeque a
community.
resounding success. An 'adult' bouncy castle created a party atmosphere and we welcomed many of the new Rise girls who will
Last year's Italian night was followed this year with an
join the house next year.
evening of food and music around a Greek theme. Girls prepared, cooked and devoured moussaka, halloumi cheese and salad while
Our Upper Sixth have proved to be an eclectic group who have
listening to authentic Greek music, courtesy of Matthew Adams
got on with each other as well as making the most of the
from the Classics Department.
opportunities available at school. Between them they have set the tone for the house and always led by example. Anneka Munsch,
An evening at Waterworld was enjoyed by a significant number of boarders and whilst boys and girls enjoyed the slides, flumes and wave pool a rather morose Chris Hall and Paddy Stephen sat in deck chairs writing reports or planning the imminent tip to Twickenham for the Daily Mail final. The term's final event was the now traditional Easter Egg Hunt, which once again took place in the garden around the house. Despite the girls' best efforts some eggs remained hidden well into the holiday and were discovered weeks later by Isabel and Phoebe.
EUie Atkin, Tilly Cottingham and Alice Lindley have given more to the community than they have taken and those in the lower ranks will miss them. However, it is to Sarah Welsh, Betony Lloyd and Hannah Thomas that I owe special thanks. They joined the The Rise when we did and have helped make the house what it is.They will be greatly missed and with Tilly, Ellie, Anneka and Alice leave with our thanks and best wishes. Thanks also to Wendy Shepherd, Jo Lawrence, Pauline Garbutt, Jac Palmer and Cherry Fricker, all of whom have taken genuine interest of the girls in their care. They have been supportive of
With the summer term came the acceptance that the
each other as well as the girls and are recognised as key to the
examinations were just around the corner. The good weather
smooth running of the house. Next term will see the welcome
allowed those still in denial to enjoy long evenings on the pitches,
return of Anna Robinson who will tutor the new Third Years.
but the onset of study leave finally brought everybody back to reality as first AS levels then GCSE's and A2's came thick and fast. A welcome break came with an invitation to Dronfield to play a
Finally my sincere thanks go to Hannah Thomas who has performed her duties as Head of House with great sensitivity and integrity.
rounders match after prep. Both houses turned out in full force. Teams of 25-aside lined up to bat. Jo Lawrence gallantly agreed to score and the ruled were stretched sufficiently for all to enjoy a
Best wishes to Kirstie Dallas, Head of House for next year.
good thrash, encouraged by the Manor and Linton boys on the top bank. Dronfield came out victorious, but a rematch is planned for next year! Since rowing has become part of the Third Year games programme our oarswomen have increased to include almost the whole house. Rebecca Fletcher, Hannah Burley, Eve Newby and Laura Walters spent some of their holiday on the Eton rowing camp, followed by racing at the Inter-Regional Championships. Their efforts would be rewarded later in the regatta season. Also joining the Boat Club were Charlotte Parkinson, Rosie Binns, Alice
Chris Hall
House Reports
School The pink corridor is not the only aspect of School House to have stunned me this year. I came across the road from intimate Dronfield thinking that a day house was unlikely to have the same warmth as one where the students live in, but I stand corrected at the end of my first year!
^^^m What makes a good House and a great year? To my mind it is a spirit of willing participation and so many School House students have thrown their minds,
bodies
and
souls
wholeheartedly into school life; indeed, 64 of the 77 students have represented School House in one guise or another during the year. Within Alex England LViYear
year - congratulations to everyone who contributed to this fine a
month
of
achievement.
beginning, the Great Egg Race
School House has shown off its sporting talents again this
team had seized the trophy from Clifton with a paper aeroplane
year. The girls won the badminton competition with Charlotte and
carrying an egg for the grand total of 1.8 seconds- not perhaps an
Lizzie Buckley making a particularly intimidating pairing! The girls
engineering breakthrough but triumph nonetheless! The school
were also very successful in the Cross-Country, taking the junior
mock election brought Alex England and Mark Jagger to the
title (with Lauren England, Harriet Scott and Alice Sunderland
forefront as they led the campaign for the LibDems and Green
coming in 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively) and joint second place in
Party respectively. Despite being behind in early opinion polls, Mark eventually won the election - I like to think that with the weight of youths' opinion behind the Greens there's hope for Mother Earth yet - or perhaps I'm looking too deeply and it was the creative marketing with balloons and the ubiquitous wrist bands that won the day! The hard work that students in School House put into all things academic has earned them the Merit Cup this
the senior event (Emma Hammill, Kate Ashworth, Sally Henderson, Catherine McTurk and Tori Janes all achieving top 20 places). Furthermore, the School girls achieved an overwhelming victory in the Inter-house hockey competition, winning every one of their six matches and dominated the Swimming Gala where both Sally and Alice broke school freestyle records. The girls' achievements have meant that School House has sole rights to the Cambridge Cup this year - congratulations! The boys have also represented the house this year, although the seniors were unable to field complete teams in either the hockey or rugby events due to injuries sustained during very competitive seasons. This, however, did not deter those who were able bodied and James Pang and Chris Smalley supplemented their teams with 4th form boys and others 'on loan' from other Houses. Ben Crook has made his mark on the athletics field and has been given the honour of representing North Yorkshire at the English The Peterite 2004-2005
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Lullaby solo at the Cabaret Concert. School House's most prolific musician is probably Simon Wallis. He moved many hearts as he played Last Post so strongly at the Remembrance Service and also contributed his considerable musical talents to T2005 and to no less than nine pieces at the Cabaret Concert, among other performances this year. In addition to myself, other newcomers to the house this year were seventeen third formers and three lower sixth (Amy Jones, Elisabeth Martin and 'Dron' transfer Catherine McTurk), whilst Mr Jones Schools' Championship. Perhaps the boys' finest hour, however, was on a hot summer's afternoon when they retained the Junior Cricket Cup, beating Manor in the final. Manor batted first, scoring 115 for 4; Chris Down was the most successful bowler, dismissing two batsmen in his first over. School made a slow start to the second innings but jack Booth helped to save the day in an impressive partnership with George Miltigan. Next year, the house will be proud to run out in the new house shirts designed by Johnnie Greenwood. The prospect of House Chapel in the Easter term was met
School. The beginning of the year is time for returning and this, the end of the year, is a time for leaving. We bid a fond farewell this year to Alex Sophie Crossley Wear Powell, as his family move to
begin new
adventures in New Zealand; to Tom Richardson and Ed Lewin, who move to York College to continue their education; and, of course to the upper sixth, who also all head to pastures new. Destinations include Jesus College, Cambridge for Head of House, Mark Jagger; Bristol to read
with a surprising flurry of creative ideas. The eventual mix of
Medicine for Sally Henderson and Nottingham to
drama and moral delivered a simple yet effective message - long
read German for Samantha Peace. Peter Horwell
will I think of my conscience in the form of Phoebe Harrison's devil
seeks a career in Law, Gregory Steel and Sarah
on my right shoulder and Helen Gray's angel on my left! School
Waugh in Media, and Emily Wright in Education.
House has also been well represented in this year's dramatic and
Wherever they are headed we wish them every
musical events. Here are just a few examples: Helen gave a
happiness and success. We must also say farewell
particularly sinister performance as one of the three witches in
to Mr Francis who has supported sixth form
Macbeth; whilst Hannah Armstrong and Ed Lewin took to the
students in School House for the past two years. Hannah Armstrong Wear
director's chair for the middle school's production of Confusions
Next year, Mr Painter and fifteen new third formers will join us;
by Alan Ayckbourn. Sam Richards showed himself to be a fine actor
Emma Hammill will take the reins as Head of House and I am
in the making as Terry and George Lockett has been a priceless
delighted that we will also have two other monitors in our midst.
member of the Technical Crew. Elisabeth Martin was among those
Here's looking forward to another eventful, productive and
who played solos with the symphony orchestra this year, Tori Janes
fulfilling year.
injected real feeling into Debussy's Clair de Lune at the summer concert and Alex Crossley sang a beautifully tender Scottish
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and Mr Northfield made a welcome return to
Samantha Hall
House Reports
Temple It has been a year of very mixed emotions in Temple. Most of it has been very happy indeed and, as usual, there has been a tremendous amount of endeavour and success in many areas both in and out of school life. However, this has all been tempered by the very sad news about Philip Walker and Robert Rowbottom. Philip died suddenly last September and Robert was a victim of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster. They had both been members of Temple within the last five years and they will be very sadly missed. However, the House spirit, of which both of them were so proud, moves on and this academic year has seen the culmination of the school careers of a most outstanding upper sixth. They have been a particularly close-knit year group who, besides having
coaching the youngsters in sport.
a great deal of fun, have achieved excellence in many areas.
Charlie, Georgie, Eddie, Ben, Pamela, Sally, Ali, Rory, Alex, Andrew
So thank you Penny, James,
Amongst them we have Captain of the 1st XV Rugby, Captain of
and Lauren for five tremendous years of effort, achievement and
Girls' Tennis, Captain of Girls' Swimming, Captain of the 1st XI
warmth. Oh yes, and thanks for the goldfish!
Cricket, Head of Boats and Head of CCF. They have taken part in
As usual, Temple has excelled in sport this year. The girls won
pretty much every school activity as key players and many of
Rounders, Senior Netball (coming second in the
them have been contributing a great deal to less public (but
competition) and Athletics. Sports day was a notable success: the
equally important) events such as Community Service and
girls came in the top four in every single event with Georgina Duke
Junior
winning the Discuss and the Shot events and Sophie Hammill winning the 300m. Emma Macalister Hall continues to excel winning the High jump, 200m and 800m (gaining school records in the latter two events). She also won the inter-House Cross Country by well over a minute! The girls' sporting year culminated with Georgina Duke winning the Hannah Smith Rackets Cup and Sally McLaren winning the Jo Sargeant Shield for overall sports excellence. Well done to you both. The Boys won both the junior and Senior Rugby competitions (a repeat of last year's success) and they also won Junior Hockey (coming second in the Senior competition).
Y
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On Sports day Sebastian Batchelor won the
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Community Service seems to be a growing feature of Temple life - and I am delighted that this is so. Georgina Duke, Sally McLaren and Tom Fahy have been awarded the 'Millennium Volunteers award' and among many others I was really impressed with the contributions of Sotiria Vargmezi, Charlotte Foster, Alison Mason and Helen Porte. This is an area where pupils can show real initiative - and they have shone. There have also been very fine contributions to Chapel. This has ranged from Charlotte, Alison, and Helen starting off their fund raising campaign to Georgie Duke Intermediate 3000m race, Ben Hough won the Senior Discus, Rory
and David Heaton taking part in the mock election - all of them
Macleod won the Intermediate High Jump and 400m race and the
orating very successfully.
House Chapel went very well
fifth form boys won the Intermediate relay. The three cricketing
(celebrating National Mother Tongue
caps were awarded to Templites: Jonathan Bairstow, Eddie Hilling
Day) and we cunningly incorporated
and Ben Hough. David Heaton was the most improved player and
Monty Python's Yorkshiremen sketch
Eddie Hilling won the fielding cup. Joining Sally's achievement,
(thanks Dave for providing all the flat
Ben Hough was awarded the Guy Shuttleworth Trophy for
caps).
contribution to school sport. Whilst writing this: Alastair MacLeod,
encapsulated Temple House spirit.
Rory Robertson and James Clarke are all trying to qualify for the
As last year it very nicely
Our Christmas dinner was a very
National Rowing team. Well done to all those that took part with
pleasant occasion. The career of'Maz
such willingness and enthusiasm in the competitions - particularly
'n' Dave' is blossoming and they
those who stepped in at the last minute when asked to do so.
didn't
It is a measure of the sporting talent in Temple that the list of
disappoint
with
their
renditions of 'Billy Jean' and 'Life is a
county players is too large to mention here! Nevertheless I would
Sotiria Varqemeii LVI Year
like to mention some outstanding achievements by three
the lower sixth had a bit of a shock at one stage though! The
members of our fourth form. Sebastian Batchelor's performance
warm and friendly atmosphere was very apparent and something
in the Beverly Run was remarkable for a 15 year old: he was the
that Temple should be very proud of.
2nd under 18 home (out of well over 100) in the entire event. Robert
Kinnell
achieved the 2nd fastest
time
in
Great Britain for his age
in
breaststroke
200m this
year and Jonathan Bairstow's Cricket has Hannah Punnett Wear
gone
from
Strength-tO-
strength: he has played for Yorkshire U17 (he is only 15!) and Yorkshire Academy and he has recently been picked for the North
Music has been another area in which Templites have played a Sally
McLaren gained a Diploma in her Violin as well as a Choral Scholarship to St Edmund Hall in Oxford. She was the overall winner in the Music Festival and she 'wowed' the whole school with her very mature and musical performance of Elgar's Violin Sonata in Chapel. Another outstanding musician in the Upper Sixth is Lauren Walker, whose singing has given particular pleasure to very many people - I will certainly follow her future career with great interest. Penny Boxall (again in the same year group) has also shown tremendous talent in her musicianship and she has won the Tudor Howat Prize for Music Composition (as well as two other prizes for Poetry and Creative Writing). Penny should also be congratulated for her outstanding achievement in getting to the short list for the Ackroyd scholarship. Other winners in the Music Festival were Duncan Turnbull, Charlotte Foster and Nicholas Davies.
We say goodbye to Mr Ellis-Davies this year. We will all miss him a great deal and I personally want to thank him for his sage advice over the years and also for his 'deep sympathy' when I am stressing about lockers!
I
wish him a tremendously happy retirement. Thanks must also go to Mr Matkin, Mrs Bainbridge, Mr Blood and Mr Johnston for their help in the House. They care very much for their charges and we are lucky to have them. So another year has been
of England.
prominent role - and this year has been no exception.
Roller Coaster'. One particular girl in
wrapped up, but by the time you will read this the House Spirit
Lorna Emery LVI Year
will have carried us all on into yet another very busy and productive twelve months. M.A. Edwards
Venezuela Expedition Our journey started as we left school for York Railway Station. Loaded up with our two backpacks, a 'project bag' with resources for our project phase, and lots of anticipation and excitement for the expedition ahead. We had spent the day putting up tents, setting up trangia stoves, and learning to be masters in the art of bag-packing. Paul, our World Challenge leader, also allocated us all a number from 1 to 20 in Spanish for safety when we quickly wanted to check if the team were all together - especially useful when changing transport. We learned to live with the odd looks we got from shotuing this in public! Paul unfortunately couldn't pronounce his number so opted for Vimto' instead. Team diary writer, budget person (aka the 'chancellor of the exchequer'), leader for the day, and environmental person (which involved carrying the spade for the trekking toilet), were also appointed. That evening we arrived at Heathrow terminal 2, departure lounge and set up camp for (half) the night in a corner. Our flight to Caracas via Madrid was very pleasant but Cookie and Rory obviously didn't catch enough sleep because on arrival at Caracas airport they walked straight into the ladies toilet, much to everyone's amusement. The 'woman in skirt silhouette sign' is indeed universal... The next day we set off for our whitewater rafting destination after our cheese and ham 'arepa' breakfast - the first of many to come. We quickly learnt that there is a special 'Venezuela time', which meant we could never be sure
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when buses would arrive at their destination from now on. We met
The next part of our journey took us by overnight bus to the
Hugo, our white-water rafting guide, and he drove us by jeep to his
small colonial town of Ciudad Bolivar, where we checked in at the
campsite in the Los Llanos region in the Andes foothills. The rafting
attractive lodgings of travellers hostel 'Amore Patrio'. The rooms
was fantastic, and we were surrounded by amazing scenery: jungle,
were basic but comfortable, and for those who didn't have a room
bubbling rapids, and Venezuela's highest mountain, Humbolt, in
there was a line of hammocks on the roof that provided them with
the distance.
a taste of what was to come on our next phase. We spent a relaxed
Having been introduced to living in tents whilst staying at Hugo's we then went on to further our education by trekking through one of Venezuela's most stunning regions of lush jungle and evergreen forest, the Henri Pittier National Park. The trek was demanding but our team made it in record time, which must be something to do with the shocking amounts of tuna and pasta most of us were eating! We soon got used to our early morning starts and breakfasts of porridge, even though we did steal the occasional envious glances at our guides' breakfast of eggs and bacon. The trek climaxed with our triumphant arrival on a beautiful Caribbean beach which was to be our campsite for the night. We spent the afternoon swimming in the sea and ended the evening with a memorable meal of red sea bass. Next morning, with half of Cookie's head shaved (don't ask!), which caused Mr Hall to gleefully refer to him as looking like a forty year old, we set off across the sea by boat to find our bus which took us back to Maracay.
couple of days washing our kit and sorting out what we were going to take with us to our project phase.
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We left early on the Sunday morning as we had a two-hour bus drive (complete with power ballads on CD!) and then a twohour boat trip up the Rio Caura before we arrived at our destination. The village was called 'El Colonial' and the tribe had been there for three years. There were 100 people there, but only from two families, so it was a really friendly and welcoming environment for our nervous Westerners to come in to. Once our hammocks had been set up and Chef Saxon had been shown his kitchen, we began teaching the kids, which was probably the hardest task any of us had to do! We soon learnt that in order to keep their attention we needed to be always doing something active with them, so many games of cricket and hopscotch were played. One of the most memorable things we did there was probably fishing for piranhas with our eccentric guide Gregory ('my momma, she Chef). Although we didn't eat piranha we did dine one night on a wonderful fish which Gregory had cooked with tomatoes and onions, in between two banana leaves over an open fire. Quite an experience and it tasted wonderful. After the project phase we returned to Ciudad Bolivar for a quick freshen up and then moved onto the even smaller town of Santa Elena where we had another pause before we went up Roraima (2,723 metres), the mountain nicknamed 'mother of water' for a very good reason. Having been briefed by Rawlins Senior we all started our trek with our bags carefully packed and
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ready to fend off the hordes piripiri mosquitos that we h, been frequently warned about. Unfortunately they don't mind DEET so all of us were bitten after the first night. On the fourth day we climbed 'The Ramp' and Roraima lived up to its nickname and rained so hard that we were all drenched by the end of the first
hour.
Nothing,
could
however,
dampen the enormous feeling of achievement that we all felt when we reached the top. The next day was spent exploring the plateau and reaching the official summit. It was a breath taking sight peering over the edge of the cliffs at the rolling Venezuelan landscape below, visible through breaks in the fast-moving cloud. It was then that... : -,: we realised why we spent that last year and a half raising money ToT this trip. Santa Fe was our idyllic rest and relaxation destination where we spent the final four days of our trip wallowing in the sparkling Caribbean sea, sunbathing on the golden sand and getting up for breakfast when we felt like it (there wasn't a bowl of porridge in sight!). Those of us who saw the Caribbean sunrise and sunset will agree that it was a magical experience.
It was so stunning and
colourful. We left feeling we could have spent many more days there (especially with a range of about thirty cocktails on offer at a nearby bar, but we were all glad to be finally going home. We said goodbye to Paul in Caracas, and had an uneventful trip home. We would all like to a huge thank-you to Mr and Mrs Hall, without whom the rip wouldn't have been half as much fun. It truly was the experience of a lifetime... Sarah Crompton, Kathryn Browne UVI
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and a few odd weeks during my time in
Henry David Thoreau once said: 'go confidently in the direction of
South Africa, but for the majority I stayed
your dreams. Live the life you have
with Sam Dormehl. It's a good job I fell
always imagined.' I would have
asleep on Hazel and Simon on the way
never imagined my summer
over and got plenty of rest as from the
in
South Africa to be more than I had
first
ever dreamed.
planned so much to keep me very busy
night
onwards, everyone
had
indeed! On July 14th I said my goodbyes and departed from Heathrow to
We had a week of holidays before
J'burg airport. The flight from J'burg
school started and we made the most of
to East London was quick. Chatting
it! A visit to the lion park, trips 'surfing',
to a South African family proved to
spending numerous hours on the 'divine'
be quite useful as well as very
Nahoon beach and finding 'Friesland' (a
interesting as they gave us (Simon
shop selling the best milkshakes in the
Webster and an exchange student
world) were just a sample of a few
from Wycliffe school, Hazel Spencer-
activities I participated in during my first
Chapman) contacts and a very kind
week in South Africa. I started to think that I would have nothing to do for the remaining five and a half weeks after having such a busy first
Getting off the plane at East London made my stomach turn
week...how wrong I was!
inside out. The thought of not going home for six and a half weeks filled me with excitement but much anxiety. Five crazy,
School started on Wednesday 21st July, and luckily, as I
smiling girls, who were soon to turn into some of the closest
had met many people within my first week,
friends I have ever made, greeted me and I
although really nervous, I had some confidence
left Simon and Hazel for my new home. I
in the fact that I would spot a few familiar,
stayed with Jess Clarke for my first week
cheerful faces. I did not need to be so
rl.
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nervous because everyone was so welcoming and not once in my
to Shamwari- one of the best game parks in the world- for an
time there did I feel out of place (quite surprising, as I was the only
evening and morning drive. The only animal I didn't see was a
one with an English accent!).
hippo-it was awesome and I was very grateful to Mrs.Dormehl for
During my time at Clarendon I played 3rd and 2nd team
arranging it.
hockey, netball and attempted water polo. It was such an opportunity getting to play with the girls, who were really good sportswomen and it was an honour to play matches for Clarendon. Playing away matches gave me a further chance to do a bit of travelling and see the other schools in the area. I attended English, Art, Biology and Afrikaans on a regular basis, getting a taster of Travel and Tourism, Home Economics and History, on a not so regular basis. I would like to mention that I gave an analysis to a class of 20+ on Seamus Heaney's Blackberry Picking; I hope I
vas able to watch many friends perform
the joint
Clarendon and Selborne production of 'District six' (a very understand half of it as half was in Afrikaans!). As
as coinciding
h Selborne for drama
productions, the Clari girls are very loyal supporters of Selborne's rugby and hockey teams, so many of my Saturday afternoons were
I did so many different, unbelievably amazing things during my six and a half weeks, but to me the best experience was just being
on the touch line!
a part of their wonderful community and meeting so many I had a very busy life outside of school, a few Sunday evenings
fascinating people. My host families were like a true family to me
I went to the local church and on one occasion got to sing in their
and the girls became best friends- I can't explain how much I miss
band. Being involved with the church then gave me the
them.
opportunity to visit a township BOmins outside of East London and deliver gifts to the children. That in itself was a completely different experience and has made me very aware and concerned about the problems in South Africa. Fantastically, Sam's Mum organised for Hazel, Alice (another exchange student) and I to go
I'd like to thank the school for giving me the opportunity to go on the exchange to Clarendon; I can honestly say I had the time of my life. Emma Hammill LVI
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French Exchange to Selnongey Oct 2004 We arrived tired and hungry after a long journey but excited to meet our French correspondents and after a wait on the coach they arrived also and we were introduced. The following day we visited the citadel in Besancon. It was a fun day although the rain damped our spirits a little. A walk along the city ramparts was followed by a visit to the zoo and then the World War II resistance Museum. Wet and bedraggled we took lunch in a local restaurant and when our stomachs were full we set off to shop. Besancon centre was very pretty and we enjoyed the sites. After our first night staying with our French families we went to school. I have to say I didn't understand much of what we were being taught. Two lessons were followed by lunch, which wasn't as bad as I had expected. After lunch a volley ball match between French and English was arranged. We won!
outdoor museum with a vineyard and a deer enclosure. There were old aeroplanes and vehicles to see and most of the guys spent the afternoon wandering amongst the exhibits.
The
afternoon
was filled with a tour of the chateau at Brochon where as a special favour we were allowed to see the
girls'
dormitories.
This
was the only room containing furniture from the time the chateau was built. After a weekend with our families Monday was packed with hardly a minute to rest. First we visited the Hospice at Beaune
On our last day we visited a cheese factory where we saw cheese being processed. It was well smelly! Even though I like cheese I found the stench overwhelming and when it came to tasting the cheese I tried two but couldn't manage the third as the smell was so strong. After some fresh air we travelled to Toison d' Or.We found a massive shopping centre where we spent the remainder of the day spending what money we had left. The last evening was spent with our French families. We left for home at 6,00am the following morning. Thanks to Mr Hodsdon, Mrs Round and Miss. Coeffe. Alex Ashworth III
followed by inspecting some wfHPlNiBrs. Unfortunately we were \ not allowed to taste the wine.^After lunch our next stop was an
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Battlefields report 2005 44 students from the 4th year greatly enjoyed this year's Battlefields tour. Weather conditions were not as fortuitous as last year but somehow we managed to dodge most of the showers in the Battlefields area! Many of the students looked bleary-eyed as we departed St. Peter's early in the morning. Thankfully, we were ably transported throughout by Alec, our coach driver, who has now become somewhat of a feature on the St. Peter's tour! After a smooth outward journey we arrived in Arras at the Hotel Moderne and discovered that this year the local fair was on in the market place. This was a delight for both students and staff alike and led to an epic battle between Mr. Gwilliam, Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Armstrong and Alec on the go-karts. Ask Mr. Sergeant who won?! A peaceful night's rest ensued ready for an early start the next morning. The Somme area was where the offensives of the summer of 1916 hoped to draw away the German pounding of Verdun and
Our final day of touring was based around the battlefields of
provide a crucial breakthrough. It is most remembered for the
Flanders. This was where most of the British Expeditionary Force
extreme casualties of the first day, visible today in the many
was wiped out in 1914 and where many lives were lost in the
cemeteries that lie around the hilltops. After visiting Serre road, we
various battles of Ypres. We started off in the Flanders Field
moved onto Beaumont-Hamel, scene of some of the most intense
Museum in Ypres and were well guided by two locals. This is a
fighting. The landscape remains scarred by shells to this day and
most impressive museum capturing the spirit of the war
proved interesting to visit. Several other areas were also visited to
extremely well. This was followed by what is now our regular visit
demonstrate the scale of both the offensive and the casualties.
to the Leonidas chocolate shop to see Hans and Stephanie. Hans
The interest of the students was a delight to see and I am always
put on an excellent show as usual and gave our students some
impressed with the depth and range of their questioning.
great deals on his chocolate. We also visited theTyne Cot British
The second day saw an early morning visit to the Notre Dame de Lorette cathedral and museum (which this year we managed to get into with ease!) and a chance to see just how close the trenches could get at times. The strategic point of Vimy Ridge (and the Canadian War memorial) was also visited but was closed for
cemetery (Passchendaele), Hills 60 and 62 as well as the Langemarck German cemetery. It was wonderful to see that some had researched information about family members before travelling and it was a pleasure to enable them to visit their graves or see their name remembered.
renovations obscuring the excellent view. We then moved on to
The Menin gate service in Ypres was an appropriate end to the
Bruges for the afternoon to see this wonderful mediaeval city and
visit. This year we took part in the service and two of our students
for the students, a chance to shop! This year we returned to Anny's
represented the school in laying a wreath to commemorate Old
place (Hotel Oude Abdij) in Belgium where, as ever, we were well
Peterites and others whose lives were so tragically ended by this
looked after. The students were delighted to be the first ones
war. It was a moving occasion and rounded off our itinerary
allowed in the new annex, which was excellent for a group like
perfectly.
ours.
The students were a credit to themselves and the school throughout the trip and I am glad that they enjoyed it. Should you wish to find out more about the various places we visited and see some photos of the sites, Mr. Armstrong has an excellent site at www.johnarmstrong.org.uk/battlefields05
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the History department website. I would like to thank him for all the research he did, and continues to do, on the Old Peterites who fought in the war and for his organisation of the crosses, wreaths and the Menin Gate service. Mr. Sergeant was once again an excellent tour guide and I thank him and the other staff for all the contributions they made. Finally I should thank Richard Drysdale. The success of this trip is entirely down to the work he did over many years. I can thoroughly recommend the trip he is offering for adults and I wish him well in his retirement. Stephen Gwilliam History Department
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This year the classics department ventured to Greece for the first time in many years. The first ten minutes of our journey to Manchester Airport passed uneventfully until Mr Adams realised he had a ticket for Carl Burton, but a passport for Carl Wheeler... Amid much confusion Carl explained about his alter ego but luckily Mr Adams managed to sweet talk the ticket attendants and convince them that Carl Burton and Wheeler were one and the same.As it was, we nearly boarded minus Mr Adams and Miss Ellis •as they took an accidental detour around the airport before relocating their defenceless charges! We know Miss Ellis is a highly intelligent lady so we didn't quite believe her when she told us she "meant to go that way!" After successfully arriving in Athens we visited Mycenae in a ^somewhat 'zombified' state, before moving on to the theatre of Dionysus at Epidavros.This amazing structure, carved 2,300 years ago out of the side of a mountain, seats over 20,000 people. We tested the theatre's legendary acoustics which enable one to hear even the smallest noises from the performance area all the way up
Classics Trip to Greece. Easter 2005 to the back row. Mr Brown's whispered "secret" that he had no pants on went down a storm with the surrounding tourists all of whom heard what he said very clearly, thus proving the legend very true! We woke up the next morning feeling refreshed (most of us, anyway!) having had the chance to sleep for the first time in 36 hours: sleep deprivation was mainly due, it has to be said, to the eclectic choice of music that was played by the hoods at the back of the bus pretty much all the way from York to our first hotel in Tolon! From there we moved on to Olympia, which was stunningly beautiful and tranquil...until we began our own Olympic Games, that is. Events included sprinting, chariot racing, and international long jump to name but a few, but we were soon chased away by an irate Greek attendant who took inexplicable offence at our enthusiastic participation. And this the birthplace of the Olympic Games! Later, some members of the group took advantage of the beautiful weather and sunbathed in the empty pool of our new hotel whilst sampling the local oranges and other fruits of the area. That night the group had their first taste of Greek nightlife where new dancing talents (sic) were discovered, but there was more to come at Delphi when most of the group visited a local night club and made some interesting friends and forged international links. However, the nightlife at Delphi was as nothing compared to the temple that housed Apollo's oracle, and the amazing museum containing some of Greece's best treasures, such as the statues of the Argive heroes Kleobis & Biton, and the fantastic bronze charioteer.
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The next day we embarked on the muchawaited trip to Athens travelling via the very beautiful monastery of Osios Loukas where we all drank from a healing spring
to
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ourselves,
and
discovered that one of the resident priests was a lifelong supporter of Manchester United! The sprawling city of Athens is itself not very attractive, but the visit to the Parthenon more than made up for this, especially as Miss Ellis nearly got arrested for illegal tour guiding! After a couple of hours looking round Athens we were driven to our hotel where we had to say goodbye to our bus driver, George.This faithful Hellene had driven us up and down the mountains of Greece, had led us to the best restaurants and arranged free entry into every nightclub we encountered; moreover, he seemed to know everybody, but everybody, in Greece. His going was a body blow, his departure bring
weather, we still managed to make the best of it. We spent much
accompanied by a now-familiar chorus of "See ya then, George!"
of our time playing football with Dimitri junior, before returning to the hotel where we were the only guests, much to the delight of
That evening we had a traditional Greek meal at a taverna (no chicken and chips for once, expect for Andy!) and the next morning was spent either shopping or going to the National Archaeological Museum for the few who weren't already museum-ed out!
Harriet as she was able to speak again in her normal voice, still managing to overpower most of us at top volume! We spent our final full day shopping on the other side of the island, where Adam was attacked by a flying bottle of water, before celebrating Jacob's birthday in style at 'Dimitri's Bar'. The holiday was a complete success and all those in the Upper Sixth are considering stowing away on the next trip to Crete. Thanks so much to the wonderful teachers who put up with us
all: Mr "Apollo" Greek-speaking Adams, Miss Ellis our resident Criminal, Mr Brown, our official photographer who felt compelled to use up all of the 500 photos he had been given, and Miss Haynes, the Monopoly Queen! Our lasting impressions of the trip will be of the numerous different calls from the "posse" at the back (including 'Quiet', 'Favela', and 'George!'), frequent Spiderman impressions, chicken
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and chips, chicken kebabs and chips, chicken and mash, chicken and chicken, etc, and all of us standing out like sore thumbs in our
Our new bus driver sadly lacked the skills of his more suave
matching designer hoodies. This is, of course, not to mention the
predecessor, for we only narrowly made the ferry to our last
wonderful sights, tastes and smells of beautiful Greece and the
destination, the island of Aegina - the so called Ibiza of Greece -
lovely people we met there.
where we hoped to engage in a little r and r; but, as Harry White, so eloquently exclaimed: "My village is a busier place!" However, despite most places being shut and a distinct decline in the
P.S Who stole the doorknob?! Sarah Crompton and Chloe Johnson UVI
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VI Form Art visit to The Yorkshire Sculpture Park On a cold and disappointingly inclement Sunday morning the Art staff and a group of Vi form students visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park: a 500 acre outdoor gallery set in 18th century landscape, in which an abundance of well known works of art are set. On arrival Mr. Darmody had no hesitation in ushering us to a group of Moore sculptures, which he enthused would inform and support our projects, and he set us to producing a set of charcoal sketches which we executed sitting on the damp grass. We then progressed to be shown a number of works by Caro, more drawing. Following some respite from intense drawing and the lowering temperature outside we entered the warmth of the YSP's indoor centre for a coffee and a bite to eat. It seemed only too soon that we were encouraged and then hurried outside by Mr. Hall for an experimental drawing session from Hepworth's 'Family of Life'. Despite the weather, providing less than ideal conditions for outdoor drawing, we enjoyed the day and produced some good and interesting work. Phoebe Harrison. LVI
4th Form Expedition Day. Non-Geography students examined the Alum works and the geology at Ravenscar.
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3rd Form Pennine Way Camping Trip The next morning we woke up at around six (or tried to!), and had left the campsite by twenty to eight, having eaten a nourishing meal of Ready Brek and scotch pancakes. We walked
twenty
kilometres on the second day, the climax being a very difficult ascent of one of the Pennines' three most famous mountains: Pen-y-Ghent. Reaching the 695m summit of Pen-y-Ghent proved to be the highlight of the trip for almost On 2nd to 4th July, a group of twenty four 3rd Formers went
everyone.
on a weekend camping trip in the middle of the Pennines. We followed 55 kilometres of the Pennine way from Cargrave to
At Horton in Ribblesdale, we set up camp rather more quickly
Hawes staying two nights at two different campsites. One was in
than in Malham, as we were now experts at putting up the tents(!),
Malham, and the other was in Morton in Ribblesdale.
and set about cooking our evening meal. My team cooked Penne Bolognaise, again with sauce from a jar! After Dinner, we all
Everyone was split up into two teams of twelve, plus a teacher and two adults from World Challenge. We left at 9 o'clock on
participated in a few team building activities, before settling down around eleven.
Saturday morning, and headed for Skipton. At Skipton, we had to shop for the food that we would eat over the next three days. With
Having planned our final day's
a budget of £1 per person per meal, we had somewhere in the
twenty two kilometres walk to
region of £90 to feed 15 people for seven meals. I don't know what
Hawes, we awoke at 5 o'clock. We
parents complain about - shopping is easy!
ate our breakfast of Ready Brek and Bagels, and left at five to
Our next challenge was to get to Cargrave where we would start walking. We had to arrange public transport, and arrived in Gargrave, by bus, at around half past one. Next, each team had to sort out their route. We had to follow the Pennine way up to a campsite
in
M a l h a m . Having set off, we
quickly
realised
that
walking
with
65
litre
seven. We walked the first 10 km in good spirit and weather, but around half way, the heavens opened, as did the rucksacks, to get out waterproofs. It continued to rain until the final kilometre or two approaching Hawes. We arrived in Hawes at 1 o'clock, which was a lot earlier than expected, and filled in time shopping and playing in the playground until the other team arrived at twenty to three! We then handed back our borrowed kit, and left on the coach to return to school at half past five on Monday evening.
rucksacks isn't as easy as it
I would like to thank Mr. Stephen for organising this trip, and
l o o k s ,
also a huge thanks from everyone to Mr. Matkin, Mr. Adams and
especially when
the four adults from World Challenge who accompanied us,
you're half the height of everyone else as I am! We arrived in
without whom this trip would not have been possible or so
Malham three hours later, having walked 10 kilometres, to great
enjoyable.
relief!
Peter Rowley III Year
The campsite in Malham had a small stream running through it which proved to be a source of great amusement! Our plastic bowls made excellent Frisbees but perhaps we should have played a bit further away from the stream! On our arrival, we were faced with the challenge of putting our tents up. Having done this (some more quickly than others!) we set about making our first meal, after being shown how to use the stoves and meths. My team had arranged to cook rice with Tikka Masala sauce, (out of a jar, we have to confess!). The other team were rather more adventurous, making their own bolognaise sauce. Having eaten our somewhat delicious meal, we eventually got to sleep at around half past eleven.
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The Great Glen Canoeing Trip July 05 We left school on a gloriously sunny day, in the middle of a bomb scare, to begin our adventure. This would be a relaxing week paddling along beautiful Scottish lochs. Or so we thought! After a relatively uneventful journey we arrived at Fort William and following a quick battle with the Youth Hostel's oven, we settled down to a good meal and night's rest. Mrs. Wike and Helena who had been delayed on the train later joined us. We
and wet. After a good meal of fish and chips and a decent night in
discovered that Helena's journey had been much more interesting
a campsite (thank you Mrs. Wike), we felt ready to tackle Loch
than ours. The offer of guys' phone numbers and a free CD
Ness.
seemed much more appealing than a mini bus ride. During the hard day paddling we played many games to We began the route on
amuse ourselves. However, Piers, Tom and Hally created the most
Loch Lochy and spent an
imaginative but disgusting form of entertainment. Let's just say
enjoyable afternoon sitting
that we will never view cup cakes in the same way ever again. We
on its shores, after the slight
wild camped that night at the top of a cliff.
oversight by our instructors of
not
bringing
enough
canoes. After a few problems with mastering the basics we made it to our first camp site. Here we discovered a new insect repellent; if you put Holly in a tent, the midges attack
her
and
leave
everyone else alone! Andy and Archie provided the next day's entertainment. They serenaded the group with every song they could think of, at times adding their own lyrics, which I will not repeat. It was during a
On our final day of canoeing the wind was strong and we were able to sail the rest of the loch. However, there was no sight of Nessie, which, to settle a few arguments, does exist and is female! In the afternoon we engaged in another canoeing course and after a little paddling half of the group sat on the bank and watched those stupid enough to voluntarily jump into the freezing water. We spent our final night camping in Fort William where an Irish Scout Group challenged the boys to a football match. Much pride was at stake but we did think the guys over-did it when they started stretching on the pitch. Anyhow, all was in vain as the score was 5-0 to Ireland.
break, to learn paddling techniques , that we almost lost Mr.
Mr. Francis, banging on tents, woke us early so that we could
Francis. We watched as his canoe with him asleep in it, began to
get to a local hotel in time to see The Lions get stuffed by The All
drift into the middle of the loch. Luckily our laughter woke him,
Blacks.
and he managed to regain the shore. Later that day our newly acquired skills were tested on rapids in the river linking Loch Lochy and Loch Ness. We had been informed that "rocks are our friends". However, in Emma MH's and my case, they weren't, as we seemingly hit every rock in the river. We all came through relatively unscathed, apart from Josh and Roy who managed to capsize twice! Finally, having baled half of the river from our canoes, we reached Loch Ness feeling tired
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The only excitement on the way back to York was when the tarpaulin blew off the mini bus roof and having to run alongside the motorway to retrieve it. A big thank you to Mr. Francis, Mrs. Wike and everyone from World Challenge for such an enjoyable trip. Sophie Cuthbertson V year
The Peter Taylor Room On June 11th 2005, The Peter Taylor Room was formally opened by Sue Taylor, accompanied by Rachel and Ben. The room contains twelve computers, and an A3 colour printer donated by the family. The door carries a commemorative plaque made by Mike Dawson, and in the room is a framed photograph designed by David Morris, with words by Richard Drysdale. The idea for the room emanated from a wish by Peter himself and Derek Paterson to facilitate computer access at a far point on the campus. Derek developed the idea and the room is a result of the energy he put into the project. The opening was followed by a walk to the Grove / Clifton lawn where a bench has been placed by Paul Taylor in appreciation of Peter's work in Clifton House. A portrait of Peter was also on display before its installation in the Senior Common Room RJ.Bulcock
Alcuin Library Arriving after the term has started requires some catching up, so I am very grateful to Avril Pedley for her time and patience in settling me in. I feel extremely fortunate to have inherited such a well-stocked and well-organised library. I hope I can build on the excellent work begun by my predecessors. During the year we have celebrated World Book Day with a week of Booktasters - short introductions to a range of authors, quizzes and a Big Book Swap. Plans are in hand to enhance the IT provision, so that the Library can be used more easily by classes and individuals for research using both books and electronic resources. This will
during the year. Donations have been gratefully received from the
provide greater opportunities to develop library and information
following leavers and their parents at the time of going to press:
skills teaching in context. The Alice Inquiry module, which gives details of our
Joshua Tindell; Marcus Keatinge; Laura Eastwood; Marcus Denison; Peter Slower; Alice Lindley; Chloe Johnson; Sarah Waugh; Timothy Heaps; Rory Robertson and Lauren Walker. These books
holdings, is also
now
available
through
the
Intranet
and
be
Further items have been received from Mr Piers Dudgeon, Mr
accessed from anywhere
J.B. Dixon, Mr Peter Jones, Mrs Powell, Richard Drysdale and David
on site.
Hughes. We sincerely thank all these donors for their generosity.
can
I must express my
created a lively and varied display in the Library.
Pat Chandler
thanks to all of those who have
donated
books
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Beverley 10k/2k Runs 100 runners representing St Peter's School took part in the Beverley 2k & 10k runs on Sunday 15th May in aid of 'Baseline1. With much cooler conditions compared to previous years, many personal bests were achieved, not least of all Sebastian Bachelor's incredible 36mins 32secs making him not only St Peter's first runner home, but 2nd male Under 18 overall. St Peter's first female pupil home was Sarah Welsh in a credible time of 53mins
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55secs. The complete list of St Peter's finishers are below demonstrating what a close competition it was not only between the pupils but between the staff too - no egos at stake here! 0:36:32 0:38:44 0:40:07 0:41:05 0:41:11 0:41:35 0:41:58 0:42:04 0:42:22 0:42:45 0:43:07 0:43:54 0:44:30 0:44:39 0:44:40 0:45:16 0:46:04 0:46:05 0:46:35 0:46:53 0:46:57 0:47:22 0:47:30 0:48:06 0:49:15 0:49:30 0:50:04 . 0:50:44
BACHELOR, Sebastion SMALLMAN- SMITH, Richard HALL, Chris LUM, Ricard TAYLOR, Paul ADAMS, Mathew WATT, Duncan LAWRENCE, Martin TOOBY-SMITH, Angela WRIGHT, Francis WILLIAMS, Toby PANG, Edmund CANTRILL, Joshua MACLEOD, James HAYWARD, Mike MILLS, Simon HOPKINSON, Christopher SWAN, Richard PANG, James SMITH, Andy STEPHEN, Patrick LETHAM, James FOGELL, Jonathan KIRSCH, Richard TOWERS, Richard PATTERSON, Derek MONTEITH, Maurice JOHNSON, Robin
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But this was not however just a race, but an opportunity to achieve personal goals and nobody demonstrated that more than Mrs Denison, Mrs Hough and Mrs Hayward - parents of some of our pupils who proved to themselves that they can run the distance too! Also, Mark Baker has to be congratulated in running the entire distance without walking with the assistance of two of the School's most outstanding sportsmen Will Butler & Eddie Hilling. We were also well represented in the 2k by some St Olave's pupils; some of our own St Peter's pupils; plus children of staff hoping to make the transition up to the 10k in a few years time. And it was all worth it just for the 'king-size' Mars bar and the goody bag everyone received at the finish. 0:51:02 0:51:13 0:51:43 0:51:52 0:52:13 0:53:40 0:53:55 0:53:56 0:54:23 0:54:29 0:54:44 0:54:58 0:55:14 0:55:31 0:55:33 0:57:44 0:58:09 0:58:29 0:58:44 0:58:51 0:59:33 1:00:12 1:01:59 1:02:25 1:04:19 1:05:25 1:05:49 1:12:57 1:12:57 1:14:05 1:14:05 1:14:05 1:16:15 1:16:15
JARVIS, lain WATERS, Christian ROACH, James SMITH, Peter ROBERTSON, lain
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DOBBINS, Joshus CUTHBERTSON, Sophie BROWNE, Kathryn SMITH, William SMITH, Jacob JOHNSON, Chole GREENWOOD, Johnnie MACLEOD, Joan JANES, Victoria GROOM, Margaret RAMAGE.Alan Me TURK, Catherine SMITH, Dawn HAYWARD, Margaret DOBINSON, Rebecca BUSS, Helen HEARN, Felicity CODE, Harriet SYKES, Abbey DENISON, Louise HOUGH, Ben BAKER, Mark HILLING, Eddie BUTLER, William LEAF, Paul LEAF, Lorraine
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On Saturday 9th October, a team made up of Emma Mackenzie, Dominic Jameson, Roland Leung and Sha Yang, travelled to Liverpool to compete in the 2004 Liverpool Physics Olympics. After our extremely early start and several failed attempts to teach us bridge, we arrived at Liverpool Station. Throughout the course of the day we participated in six challenges, testing our teamwork and problem solving ability, or quite possibly the lack of it. The first challenge involved trying to locate the position of a radioactive source in a cube, consisting of a variety of materials inside, hidden from view. Given a Geiger counter and a lot of guesswork we obtained a result that set the stage for a string of unremarkable performances. After spinning around blindfolded on the lawn in what could be only generously be called a coordinated fashion, trying to pass a baton from one team member to another, we returned to the indoor events. Whilst trying to determine the distance between tracks on a CD with a laser, we began to think that this might not have been our year, delivering another middling result. Lunch was short and mainly consisted of us trying frantically to complete the Fermi Quiz. This is a quiz in which problems are posed and must be solved by estimation and answers given to the nearest power of ten. For example, how many seconds are there until Liverpool becomes the European Capital of Culture? This would happen at the start of 2008, which was 102 million seconds away. This can also be expressed as 1.02x108, so the answer was 8. This proved to be our strong suit,
generators. The catch was that we did not know which speaker was connected to our team's generator. Once we had finally discovered which was our speaker, the code was so fast that the sounds became blurred. After guessing the answer incorrectly, we listened to another team's speaker and used our own code. At last we managed to get it right. To finish the day, we constructed a rocket, using a plastic drinks bottle, blue-tack, card and some sticky-backed plastic. In truly Blue Peter-esque style, it flew majestically for all of four yards, before hitting the ceiling. This unfortunate accident prevented the bottle from reaching its full potential, giving another mediocre result, leaving us 12th out of 27, but with one victory to our names. Afterwards, all the teams gathered in the lecture theatre for the prize giving, where we received our T-shirts. Everyone was given a Physics Olympics mug.
as we won this event out of the thirty-two schools that
Soon we were on a train returning to York, whilst playing a few
took part.This enabled us to receive a very
more games of bridge. On our return we went for a pizza to round
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stunning and very large T-shirt. In the afternoon we tried our hand at communicating letters using our own
code
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off the day. The whole team would like to thank Mr. Morris for giving up his time to take us and for teaching us bridge. Emma Mackenzie and Dominic Jameson UVI
British Physics Olympiad and Challenge Competitions 2005 Back Row:
Dominic Ketteringham (Commendation), Timothy
Johnson (Commendation), Richard Kirsch (Commendation), lain Macalister (Bronze), George Lockett (Commendation); Middle Row: Milly Stasiak (Commendation), Katherine Francis (Commendation), Katherine Miller (Commendation), Duncan Turnbull (Commendation), Christopher Cronin (Commendation), Theo Grace (Commendation); Front Row: ShaYang (Bronze 11), Joseph Tang (Bronze 11), James Knox (Bronze 11), Robin Johnson (Commendation), Andrew Miller (Commendation), Alistair Macleod (Commendation), Roland Leung (Commendation).
School Archives "Steady progress" could be written at the bottom of this
Edward Stuart (St Olave's
year's report by any Head Master. Our collection grows, the
1916-21, and Rise 1921-
computerisation increases, and donations still come in. In
25). The picture shown is
recognition of the fact that the archives have now indisputably
of St Olave's House in
outgrown their accommodation in School House, a new storage
1920
with
Kenneth
area has been given to them where less-frequently used items can
Chilman, in his first year at
be stored and by the time this article goes into print the move
the School, second from
should have been accomplished.
the left in the front row. Mr
We have received the following generous donations (in
Christopher
M.
alphabetical order of donor) - Nicholas Barton has sent a
Hansen sent a photograph
considerable collection of items relating to his time at school (St
of
Olave's 1950-54, and Queen's 1954-60). These include various
formerly the property of
the
1st
XI,
1921,
service sheets, items relating to his time as a Monitor, and a
R.N. Newby, who attended
splendid watercolour by Nick himself, showing the Colours
the school from 1920-22.
Ceremony of the 1st Rugby XV, c. 1957. Mrs Calderhead of York gave us a rare York Historic Pageant
John Pearson (Temple 196772) has given us a very rare royal
booklet, 1909, which includes a list of officials, cast lists etc, and
blue swimming team blazer and also a copy of his new book "Train
names those from St Peter's who took part.
doors slamming". This is a very appealing story spanning the last 80 years of the 20th century and one woman's life then - it
Mrs Rachel Davison of Sheffield has presented a wonderful collection of photographs of St Olave's and St Peter's between
includes many scenes set in York and indirect references to the school.
1920 and 1925, formerly the property of her late brother, Thomas Mrs Sandra Pratt has sent an album of photographs of St Peter's c 1920, and a group of letters from her father, Alfred W. Milne, while a pupil at school from 1920-22. Lastly, an unknown well-wisher left a batch of photographs
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including a picture of Peter Croft teaching in cap and gown in the 70s. We don't know who you are and haven't been able to thank you, so if you are reading this please let me know.
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St Peter's Einstein Week, 12th to 17th March, 2005. Albert Einstein was born on 14th March, 1879. In 1905 he published three papers that completely changed the way we see the whole universe: 1.
He mathematically modelled Brownian Motion to prove the existence of atoms.
2.
He won the Nobel Prize for his paper on the photoelectric effect, which showed that light behaved like a stream of particles. This started the thinking behind Quantum Physics.
3.
He explained special relativity. That is how moving clocks run slow and objects can shrink and gain mass at the same time. Ten years later he came up with a general theory of relativity,
which filled the gaps and introduced gravity into his view of space time and showed that time passed faster on the tops of mountains than in valleys.
byword for genius. St Peter's School pupils and staff learned a lot,
The Physics Department decided to celebrate the 100th
had fun and widened their experience. Einstein is famous for many
anniversary of this great achievement and his birthday, with an
quotations. One of them is," Education is what remains after one
Einstein Week.
has forgotten everything one learned in school." I do hope that they will remember this week!
The week began with a visit by some staff, fifth and sixth form students to the Lyceum in Sheffield to see a stunning performance
Andrew Rogerson.
of Terry Johnson's 'thought' play, "Insignificance." Set in 1953, Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, her first husband Joe DiMaggio and Einstein is guilty about the atom bomb and Monroe is superbly
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funny explaining Relativity and then very touching when she
Senior School
Senator Joseph McCarthy meet in Einstein's hotel bedroom.
offers Einstein her body in exchange for his mind. It was a very funny and moving play and a splendid evening out for us all.
Thirty sixth formers entered the National Senior Mathematics Challenge. The paper was, as ever, very challenging. Certificates
At morning break on Monday, thanks to the kitchen staff,
were awarded for:
most of the school enjoyed a wonderful chocolate, E=mc2 Gold -3 awards
birthday cake. This was followed at lunchtime with a specially
Silver -10 awards
themed lunch. The food and decorations were really good.
Bronze - 9 awards Each lunchtime, in and around the Rutherford Lab., there were a series of well-attended demonstration experiments on muons, speed of light, Brownian Motion and the Photoelectric Effect.
Hao Lin Wu achieved the top mark at St Peter's, scoring 82 marks out of a maximum 125.
There were computer simulations and superb explanations of the Middle School
mathematics of Time Dilation, Lorentz Contraction and E=mc2. It was a joy listening to my colleagues enthusing over and explaining these difficult concepts so well.
The
younger
pupils
sat
the
National
Intermediate
Mathematics Challenge. Out of 50 entries the results were:
The week ended with a guest speaker on Thursday evening. Dr.
Cold -13 awards
Richard Keesing from the University of York gave an excellent and
Silver - 9 awards
fascinating account of "Einstein's Extraordinary Universe." It was
Bronze -11 awards
attended by a lot of students, teachers and three retired Physics teachers Keith Pemberton, Don Hamilton and Dick Hubbard. I couldn't help but think that they, like me, were interested in the idea of slowing down time. Might it be possible to avoid getting any older?
Third former Peter Rowley achieved the highest mark at St Peter's, scoring 105 marks out of a maximum of 135. Both he and William Robinson sat the Olympiad paper. Three fifth formers were entered for the European Kangaroo Challenge, with William Holmes gaining the highest mark of 80 out of 135.
Albert Einstein was a strange, eccentric but extraordinary man. To physicists and non-physicists alike he has become the
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UKMTTeam Challenge National Final, Guildhall, London In April, Peter Rowley and Sam Hall, together with Alex Dickinson and Vicky Bew from St. Olave's, competed in the regional final of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Team Challenge. Over 1000 teams competed in regional finals around the country and the top 60 were invited to the National Finals, which took place in July at the Guildhall in London. The pupils were expected to do background research into the topic of 'Dissections of Shapes' in order to design a poster, as well as compete in a Croup Circus, a Cross Number, a Head to Head and a Relay competition on the day. They did extremely well to make the final and should be congratulated on being placed 23rd in this national competition. D. J. Spencer
Bank of England Competition "Target two point zero" In November four upper sixth economics students took part
The St.Peter's team of
Mark Jagger (captain), Dominic
in the Bank of England's "Target Two Point Zero" competition. The
Jameson, Charlie Parry and Helen Round gave a very strong
competition involves each team playing the role of the Bank's
'Powerpoint' presentation to support their decision and were most
Monetary Policy Committee, which has been given the target of
impressive when answering tough questions from a panel of Bank
achieving two per cent inflation by the Chancellor of the
of England economists. The judges praised their "clear analysis and
Exchequer. They must therefore make a presentation to the
thorough coverage of the issues". As a result of this performance,
judges supporting their decision on the correct level of interest
St Peter's won their Yorkshire regional heat against strong
rates needed to meet this target.
opposition, which included teams from Ampleforth and Scarborough, to progress to the Northern Area Final. This was the first time that a team from St Peter's had ever reached this stage of the competition. The Northern Area Final took place at the end of February in Sheffield. Having driven there in a snowstorm, the minibus was unable to proceed all of the way to the venue, and the team had to walk the last half mile uphill in heavy snow. Nevertheless they gave an impressive performance, which was notable for each member's ability to speak without reference to a script and their confidence in parrying questions. This round however was won by Newcastle RGS and the St Peter's team did not make it through to the national final at the Bank of England in London, and a shot at the £10 000 first prize. They did however, represent the school extremely well in this prestigious national competition and they
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Mock Election Report 200 During the run-up to the 2005 General Election, the school
Although final opinion polls showed a retained lead for the
held its own 'mock election', in part to raise awareness of the
Conservatives, a poll of issues important to pupils taken the same
wider political landscape. Campaigning throughout the school
day, where the traditionally Conservative policy areas of crime,
began on April 13th, with candidates from the three main parties
immigration and Europe barely gained 10%, may have been a hint
as well as from three minor parties all much in evidence out in the
of things to come. Mock-election day was held on April 28th .The
corridors, canvassing for recognition and votes.
results were striking when compared with the real thing two weeks
Early opinion polls suggested a landslide victory for one of the
later:
more right-wing parties, with 56% of the vote shared between the
The Green Party (Mark Jagger) - 96 votes
Conservative and Pro-Hunting camps and both Labour and the
The Real Socialist Party (David Heaton) - 92 votes
Real Socialists failing to reach the 5% mark. However, as the week
Independent Pro-Hunting (Ceorgie Duke) - 85 votes
progressed and candidates began giving speeches in chapel, these
The Conservative Party (Robyn Webster) - 82 votes
initial prejudices began to fall away.
The Liberal Democrat Party (Alex England) - 45 votes
Labour candidate Jacob Lister overcame the unenvied task of
The Labour Party (Jacob Lister) - 19 votes
speaking first in chapel in quite some style, with a speech almost
What occurred was a near complete reversal of opinion poll
echoed by Tony Blair prior to May 5th. Lister was rewarded
predictions, epitomised by the last second rise of the Real Socialist
immediately, with a 15% rise in opinion polls, largely at the
Party, from dead last to close second, only 4 votes behind the
expense of Conservative candidate Robyn Webster, who fell from
winner, Mark Jagger and the Green Party.
first position to third. All speeches given were of a commendably high standard and included such memorable moments as Mark Jagger's chapel blackout and David Heaton's campaign for motorway safety. The final few days before the election saw campaigning become somewhat heated, with allegations varying from teacher conspiracy to rigged opinion polls and voter intimidation. All six candidates pursued a poster campaign, to the extent that pupils
Clearly demonstrated by the result was distaste among Peterites for the three leading British political parties, all being beaten to the first three places by more minor parties. Turnout among pupils was high, at 78%, notably above the post-war British average of 75%. If only as much could be said of the staff turnout! Overall, 'Poll Idol', as it came to be known, provided an extremely enjoyable two weeks at school, and I would like to thank Mr. Taylor for organising it.
simply walking through school would be bombarded by election promises and propaganda, in the form of anything from Liberal
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Democrat stickers to Green Party balloons.
Debating Report Debating has this year gone from strength to strength. Mr
friends, and "This house would pay for its education" with strong
Brown took over the reins and we are very grateful to him for
opinions expressed on both sides with a fantastic performance by
giving his time (and classroom) to chair and keep the peace on
Sam Hall and a rather dramatic one by Abbey Sykes.
Tuesday lunchtimes. There have been various motions all guaranteed to make both debaters and floor seethe with anger. James Barber and Richard Thomas argued successfully that the female of the species were more deadly than the male much to the disgust of Holly Hughes and Kathryn Browne.
Alice Lindley represented the school at the annual York Civic Trust debate on the topical but not particularly awe-inspiring motion of evening parking charges in York City Centre. However, the partnership of Alice and Jenny from Pocklington School were unable to persuade the audience present that they should
During the Christmas term, the society proved topical as we
continue to pay to attend events such as the debate being held.
preceded Parliament with an extremely well attended debate on the hunt ban, a record of 40 members of the floor! There were strong arguments from the proposition, Hannah Thomas and Alice Lindley, and the opposition, Penny Boxall and Marcus Keatinge. However, the highlight of the debate was the passionate contribution of the floor and I would like to thank everyone who attended - the floor really does make the motion. Other memorable motions included "This house believes meat is murder" with Sarah Welsh expressing her love of our feline
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Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has debated this year, particularly to the Rise girls who should receive a mention for their continuing support and attendance. Thank you also to Mr Brown who has been very kind in giving his time so freely and I wish Laura Binks the best of luck as Captain next year, she has been a great help. Alice Lindley UVI
News, Events & Activities
Coggan Tapestry Following the redecoration of the antechapel in the summer holidays 2005, the beautiful Coggan Tapestry (shown here being handed over to Andrew Trotman by Miss Daphne Wood in 2003) now has a suitable new home.The tapestry was woven by the late John Gaastra who was Director of Art in school from 1952 to 1982 (John died in 1985), and presented to Lord and Lady Coggan on Lord Coggan's promotion from the Archbishopric of York to that of Canterbury in 1974. Lady Coggan kindly decided that it should be returned to the School. The tapestry includes symbols of many places in Yorkshire and a plaque explaining these hangs with it. Avril Pedley
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Community Service An exciting and busy year for Community Service began very soon after our return in September when large numbers of pupils - more than ever before - volunteered their time. Our task of finding suitable placements for everyone was somewhat daunting at first, but thanks to the great support offered by so many voluntary organisations we got things moving fairly rapidly. A group of sixth formers started working as volunteers for British Heart Foundation, Save the Children, Scope and Mind every Saturday in their retail outlets in York, returning after each session with tales of newly acquired skills.
Barbara Kendall from the Wilberforce Trust once again kindly came into school to recruit and train a band of eager sixth formers who now go into the community each week to befriend and offer support to some of the handicapped and visually impaired tenants at the Trust. Real friendships have been established and our pupils have blossomed thanks to the welcome extended by the residents and carers at Wilberforce. Georgie Duke, Joseph Tang, and Hannah Thomas have made huge contributions to Wilberforce over the last 2 years and they will be very much missed, as they move on to university. Our friendship with Fothergil Homes continues to flourish. Tom Hubbard, Claire Hunt, Sophie Ottewell and Daniel Telfer have visited residents in their homes and their lively conversations and offers of help have been a Ijoost to the morale of many. We had /. s
Charlotte Foster, Helen Porte and Alison Mason spoke to everyone in Chapel about IRCIS, enlisting our support for donations of pencil cases, pens and other stationery to be sent to Roma children in Serbia who are excluded from educational opportunities
because of their ethnic background.
Their
programme of fundraising and collecting vital supplies has already snowballed and will expand to other essentials next year. The school came together brilliantly in support of several larger projects. The Minster Lions and Rudolph worked alongside us in December as we launched our Christmas Appeal and hundreds of gifts were generously donated for the luxury food hampers which were packed and decorated at school before being delivered into the community. In March, Red Nose Day for Comic Relief brought all sorts of antics from staff and pupils, and the fantastic atmosphere at the T2005 concert for charity was a pleasure to witness. a new venture with Fothergil this year when in the Autumn Term
The York Millennium Volunteers based at York University have
Mrs White took a party of intrepid third formers armed with
registered increasing numbers of St. Peter's pupils with their
spades and trowels to attack the flower beds and plant out for
scheme and it is a pleasure to see so many of them qualifying for
Spring. They also prepared a planted bulb bowl for every resident,
awards this summer. Georgie Duke, Tom Fahy, Primrose Lovett,
and left the bowls as a surprise on their doorsteps just as we broke
Sally McLaren, and Jayne Milburn will receive 50 hour awards,
up for the Christmas holiday.
Joseph Tang a 100 hour award and Claire Hunt has managed to
Fothergil were also our special
guests at the annual Christmas Party - an extremely popular
complete 200 hours, many of which she did during holiday time.
event - along with other senior citizen groups from St Luke's and
The Old Peterite Lodge prizes for sustained service to the
Guardian Court. Pupils organised games and a raffle, made take
community via school initiatives are this year presented to
home gift bags and served afternoon tea. The party was a huge
Georgie Duke and Joseph Tang, who have been unstinting in their
success thanks to the enthusiasm of our guests and the brilliant
offers of time and enthusiasm on numerous occasions over the
entertainment provided by pupils, Mr Wright, Mr Blood, Mr
last three years, and in particular with their dedicated work for the
Pennington, Mr Chris Hall and Mr Spencer. Of course the Misses
Wilberforce Trust. Congratulations also to Laura Howard who has
Spencer and Hall as our delightful fairies stole the show.
been selected as this year's winner of the Minster Lions rose bowl
Senior pupils have had many new opportunities for working
for community action. Laura has already established some
with the community this year. The Arclight Project, providing
excellent links with Lollipop and has great plans to expand these
shelter and rehabilitation initiatives for young homeless people
next year. Many of our volunteers have learned a great deal from
have welcomed our involvement in their meals rota, and garden
their experiences so far and have shown themselves to be fine
maintenance at The Glen is now in our schedule. Lollipop, a
ambassadors for the school, according to the organisations with
relatively new organisation working with children who have severe
which we work. At the end of the summer term we hosted an
hearing impairment, have been readily and quickly adopted by our
afternoon tea and school visit so that we could thank our hosts
sixth formers and lots of new plans are progressing.
Vincent
from all the voluntary organisations for the valuable opportunities
Guadagnino and Tom Richardson learned a great deal about
they give us and explore other ways of working together in the
working with young children when they went along each
future.
Wednesday to assist the teachers at Clifton Without Primary
Mrs J. Bainbridge
School. Throughout the year groups of pupils have decided to 'make a difference1 in a variety of ways. An enthusiastic team organised a successful coffee morning for the Macmillan Biggest Coffee Party in the World in September, and Sophie Cuthbertson, Catrin Drabble and friends promoted a jeans for Genes event to raise money for genetic research. Mrs White, Chloe Johnson and Jayne Milburn co-ordinated an outstandingly popular Valentines Day event, making and selling hundreds of chocolate Valentine favours to raise over £400 for the Minster Lions Tsunami Appeal. Miss Ellis inspired a number of pupils to think about Fair Trade and recycling initiatives (the Valentines gifts were indeed created from Fair Trade Divine chocolate) and this will be further promoted in school over the year.
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The Glen Project Stage 2
Clearly, following the excellent work of last year's Glen
turf, a gruelling task shared out equally throughout the course of
Project we had a hard act to follow. However, the group kept its
the week. Whatever the weather, which varied from glorious
cool and took on this pressure, whilst similarly taking the Glen
sunshine to tropical-style rainfall the team responded with
gardens to a new level, hopefully with the degree of efficiency
enthusiasm, even at times 'singing in the rain!' By the end of the
expected of the school. The team totalled over 20 each day, with
week the garden looked fantastic, and the team had thoroughly
the majority coming every day of the week. Most people found
enjoyed a great week; certainly a better use of our time than the
favourite jobs, such as painting (which went everywhere),
exams. Many thanks to Roy and all the maintenance team, the
watering (leading naturally to water fights!), and of course those
excellent Minster Lions, and of course Mr Stephen, Mrs Bainbridge,
who dedicated themselves to decking and their screwdrivers in
Mrs White, Miss Ellis, Mr Hall and everyone else involved.
general. It is fair to say though that nobody enjoyed laying down
The Arclight Project When the Friends of St Peter's donated a very generous
Richard KirschV Year
our cheesy mash is so much in demand that we make that as often as possible as well. The experiment has turned out to be useful and good fun, and has led to an ongoing link and commitment to an excellent local project. We would like to thank the Friends of St Peter's very much indeed for their financial support and encouragement. Mrs J Bainbridge
amount of money from profits made at their splendid Reeling Ball to the Arclight Project, we were in the fortunate position of being able to decide exactly how to spend it. Jeremy Jones at Arclight gave us lots of ideas and it was decided that £400 of the money should be used to provide hot meals for the residents of the shelter. So with Mrs Bainbridge, Miss Ellis and Mrs White offering a (hopefully) helping hand, groups of pupils from the 3rd Form through to the Lower Sixth, descended each week on St Olave's Cookery Room to create a nutritious and appealing meal for the 36 residents of the Arclight shelter. After some interesting discoveries by the staff (not all teenagers know how to peel potatoes, let alone mash them) and by the pupils (if you leave a pan unattended on the hob for any length of time, it could burn) we managed to produce casseroles and shepherds pies with increasing expertise. The feedback from the shelter was immediate and very positive, which fuelled everyone's enthusiasm and we soon became more adventurous - although
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Fairtrade In the Easter term a small group of pupils focused on the issue of Fairtrade. Valentine's Day was a perfect opportunity to alert the school to the problems faced by those in third world countries struggling to get a reasonable deal for produce such as coffee and cocoa. We changed the popular and much loved Rolo normally used in the Valentine's event to Fairtrade Divine chocolate. By doing so we raised money for the Tsunami relief appeal but also supported and raised awareness of Fairtrade. However, nothing did this more effectively than the Chapel we held which helped more pupils to understand the concept and need for Fairtrade, hopefully encouraging everyone to support it even further in future.
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Creative Writing Form Words and Pictures Stillness The bird in the jar, On the stand
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Of wood.
The distress of an innocent bird,
The jar is airless,
The ugly skull of an innocent being,
And the bird is dying.
Lit up by a candle
This moment is captured forever.
A single candle
The scientist with long hair,
And the hiding face of the moon.
Grey hair,
Expressions alive,
A wild, ostentatious look.
With fear, with hope
The showman, making
But mine is much less endearing.
Money from death.
Shadows cast on that face of mine
This is painting.
Collide with the frown of the moon.
The man who is brooding, the philosopher, thinking, Of how and why this Bird is dying. He asks the question. All this is still. The family trio, A man, a woman and girl, The woman is crying And so is the girl, The man is comforting them. This is the moment. The couple of lovers, Neither is watching, Just watching each other
A man of science,
And courting, sat at the back,
With reflective eyes
Afraid to be caught.
Holding no fear
This is the moment of stillness.
Yet many a secret
The small boy, who is he?
And hair as pure white as the moon.
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From where I wait, Sweet love I can see, no one else in their worlds But each other. A pointless death, The philosopher comments. A pointless life, The youth retorts Pensive in thought, faces begrimed Eyes alight in the spark of the moon. The room enveloped,
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In the mystery of gloom, Lit up by a candle
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And the hiding face of the moon. Anna Fahy III form 2005
The Girl with Pale Skin and Golden Locks As the girl entered her room she noticed that the large window was open. The wind gently blew through the open window blowing back her golden hair. The sunlight stunned her eyes, Her fair skin became flushed from the heat, and something on her bed lit up her blue eyes, for a letter was right before her. The letter was addressed: To The Girl with Pale Skin and Golden Locks' The girl carefully unfolded the letter whilst kneeling to the ground, creasing her best emerald green dress - she eagerly read the letter. Then,
The Raft Of Medusa The unceasing waves continue to crash, A seething abyss of secretive swell Mauling the tremulous wood that is their salvation, The life-line of those who are bordering hell.
the
girl's
gentle crying was the only sound to be heard, Tears dropped from her eyes and splashed onto the letter. The black ink
The dark hand of death has already claimed A father mourns over his lost son Death took with him not only life, but also hope And with hope yet another life is gone. A bloodstained axe tells a dreadful tale
ran onto her beautiful
A tale of desperation, of last resort
dress, Her eye make-up
Though awful, they must salvage from the dead
ran
When starvation looms, a solution must be sought.
down
her
fair
cheeks. After reading the smudged letter, the girl gradually stood up and slowly walked over to the window, to find foot prints in the mud beneath. The heart-
A frenzy of excitement! A sliver of hope! A sail of a passing ship is seen, a saviour? a chance? Is it sent to seek? Is it luck, will it help? Is it friend? Is it foe? Is it just a surreal glance? It could mean life or death, but maybe death has already overcome
breaking letter was dropped from her delicate hands onto the
Maybe the turmoil of the raging sea and sky is actually Satan's lair
foot-prints in the mud. The girl stood in shock, recalling the past,
When there is nothing to live for, how is one sure of being alive?
not wanting to believe what she had just read.
Or maybe it's all a dream
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and they will wake now from their nightmare. Fiona Sim III form
Sleeping Beauty The kingdom's doubtful fortune turns to dust. Hours watermark the maps with changing coastlines; Borders shift; an oblivion of rust Has formed along the fretwork, sealing time from time. Her parchment laws are nothing now-
The Oldest Law (written after Paul Bowies' The Sheltering Sky) The earth's sharp edge is where horizons meet. They linger for an hour; and when he speaks, His heavy words fall dead against the heat.
-iShe sleeps on, as moths dissolve the ink.
There's nothing here; yet something always seeks
A spider spins a cobweb gown
To draw him in this unforgiving arc. It's
About her. The roof has fallen in.
Strange and sad, like dark music in the soul. He throws a stone, and sees it as it is.
He'd torn his cloak: romantic cloth
It lands nowhere. She does not like to look.
Still clings to unjust thorns. He turned away From fiction, had four sons - for him the earth Grew round, and found a western boundary.
The sun is huge and frantic, running pale Towards the paper-edge of land. It seeps Through sand and skin, confuses sense of scale.
Royal scientists don't understand.
Air rises, knots itself in silent speech.
They calculate as cool, soft sand
Their bodies work against them on the slope:
Retreats through glass: all this shows
The oldest law attaches awkward ropes.
Nothing that they want to know. Penny Boxall UVI
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E=mc2 Condensed to half a line, the universe Has one small secret fewer, thanks to him. The world is pleased: his answer is the first To have such quaint simplicity, a thing Easily marketed. That's not the point. We warm to him for thinking something new. Our thoughts are tired - if not by us, then joined
table eating party food, holding balloons and playing party games, like musical chairs. My home is special because of these perpetual memories. My home has many rooms, ten in total, a kitchen, a conservatory, a dining room, a lounge, four bedrooms, a bathroom and a playroom. In the kitchen there is a central table with an Aga and a range clinging to the walls with a washer, a sink and a dishwasher to accompany them. You can smell food at dinnertime as the smell drifts through the corridors. The smell
To those who sat before, and thought, and drew
draws you like fish to bait, towards the kitchen where you can
The same conclusions. Now Uncle Albert,
hear the food sizzling on the cooker, the dogs inhaling deep, long
Riding on his beam of light, has made it
breaths and the occasional buzzing of the telephone. If you run
That much simpler: we get the big idea,
your fingers along the table you feel a smooth texture as your
And have to puzzle out the rest of it.
hands collide with the ripples in the tablecloth. As you feel the
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sharp edges of the cutlery you feel a tingling sensation as the blades pass over your finger. The finest cuisine can be tasted
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within with sweet, sour, delicious, revolting, hot or cold food sampled, food that can delight or appal your taste buds.
The rhododendrons have dispersed Into summer mists. Their blood-light no longer floods
My home stirs memories beyond and earlier than my own.
The woods, nor stains the rooms; but still their dark,
The house has had many owners, one of whom was my great-
dense leaves Press to the windows, and turn the air to stifling green.
grandfather, who bought the house in the nineteen hundreds and could recall many remarkable stories. Once, there were two women who were using a secret, underground passage to reach a
China Cupid dances on the desk, small feet
local castle, when the tunnel collapsed - they were never found
Caught in a supple limbo; the green shadow
again. During the times of Edward I, all Catholic priests were
Drowns him with insidious sweetness.
being arrested, and behind our Aga cooker, there was a secret
She hides the broken pieces out of sight.
hiding place in which priests would have hidden to avoid
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detection. My room is my sanctuary that I can retreat to in order to
Venus He'd spilt a little ink, a bluish smudge Thumb-smeared on the page. He'd left
escape from any problems hassling me. I can relax in there and ease any stress over homework or tests. As you gaze around my room you will be able to see a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a television, a stereo, a bed and a sofa. The smell of my room is
A furrowed circle of identity: this was his work.
unique. Sometimes it smells of deodorant, sometimes it smells of
He'd had to start again, of course,
sweat and occasionally it smells of fresh air, but only after the
And here he sits, curved back and aching eyes.
window's been opened.The sounds are either of cars driving past
It must be finished. He glances up
on the road, the bird tweeting a dulcet melody or the racket of
At creeping dawn, and a worm-eaten sun.
some heavy metal music blaring out of the speakers.The taste of
Perhaps the spot is just a glitch in his vision:
my room is infrequent; usually it tastes of chocolate or sweets
A solid world has passed the eye, and made no difference.
that have been consumed the night before. My room enlivens the
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My Home Brimming with memories, engulfed by history, my home will always be special to me. As you glance at the
senses. It is a sanctuary. This makes it my favourite room in the house. Sam Hall III form
Goodbye
rooms or walk through the corridors you soon discover how
My grandfather's faint, sweet smile cracked through his
unique this wonderful place is. There are pictures on the
pained face as I sang to him. He has always enjoyed my voice,
wall, rugs on the floor and furniture scattered throughout
ever since I was a little girl. But I never thought I would be singing
the rooms. Each item has a story to tell. Each piece has a
to him here.The beeps of his heart rate echoing against the false
secret behind it.
hospital walls acted as a metronome for my song. I was singing
My home has memories that are eternal in my mind. I can recall the first Christmas there when I was four and the magic filled the air. I remember the day we moved into my home. Emotions were high, and I was happy to move into a new home, but concerned about leaving my old one. I recall my first birthday there with all my friends sat round the
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"Morning has Broken". When I got to the second verse I could hear my father's low, out-of-tune drone join in with me. Usually I'd have shouted at him, as he couldn't sing to save his life, but not then. At that moment he sounded perfectly in tune. At the end of the song I felt my grandfather's silent cheer; I
could imagine him wishing to be whistling and cheering, but yet he remained silent with a gentle smile on his face. It became late and we had to leave. My grandfather became panicky and I heard my metronome hurry a beat. I gently squeezed his hand as I brushed past him. I hated leaving him feeling so afraid. We got in the car, my sister begging my father to put some music on. He wouldn't, so she suddenly leaped out of her seat and twisted the volume until it was hurting my ears. That's when the phone rang.
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My father glared at my sister. I could feel his rage, but he knew that he had to answer the phone. It was a nurse from the
Artist: Sophie Ottewelt
hospital, who simply said; "Mr. Dean. I have some bad news."
Response by: Robbie Cuthbertson
The nurse explained that my grandfather had died in his sleep.
Initial response: The
I could feel the tears streaming down my face. I felt
work
of
Sophie Ottewell all
suddenly cold and guilty, as I thought of all the things I should
has
have done and should have said. This made me cry even more.
similarity. The colours
For the next few days our family remained shell-shocked. I
used are powerful
an
obvious
loved my granddad and his not being there made me feel
and contrast well. The
strangely empty.
way the colours are positioned
Four days after his death I entered the guest room and saw my grandmother sitting her back facing me. She turned as I came in and tried to stretch a pained smile, but I could see the agony in her eyes. I went and sat on the bed next to her, reached out and held her close to me. She felt so small and fragile and I simply said, "I love you." The fifth day brought with it the funeral. I was strangely
each
item
makes very
pronounced. On the main piece, she is painting herself in the mirror. The image in the mirror is wearing a gold mask. This
scared. I'd never been to a funeral before. As I steadily pulled on
gives the impression that this is her other side, hence the angle of
my smart black clothes I cried, and it felt as if my dingy black
the mirror, the side that people do not see, hence the gold mask.
clothes caged me in my misery. The car journey to the church was silent. When we arrived at the church I couldn't believe my eyes. My grandfather had been a member of the Royal Air Force, and all the cadets and my grandfather's old RAF friends has come to see him off. They flanked the path leading up to the church.
In this piece of artwork, she makes good use of perspective. There are some pots of paint on the table and the table seems very deep. There is pronounced texture in the paint; it is thick in places, which stands out.
Creative response: She stands in the corner. No one gives a second glance, but
Proud men and boys held out royal flags and stood to attention, sucking in their tummies, ridged in posture.
everyone briefly looks her way. Maybe there is more to this girl than meets the eye, but no one yet knows her other side. She
We walked the flanked pathway behind the coffin.
stares into the mirror; a masked girl looks back. A complex girl. The
The priest spoke of my grandfather's life, friends, family,
expression on her face tells the story. She is a lost soul, unknown.
reducing the majority of the congregation to tears. He then
She stares, wishing someone knew her properly. Her paints are on
invited me to the stand; I was going to sing to my grandfather
the table, preparing for an attempt to show who she really is on
one last time.
canvas. Will anyone understand? The bright, bubbly character she wants to be is not easily uncovered with as little courage as she
I thought of my grandfather in his RAF uniform standing
has.
proudly smiling at the back of the church. I painfully blinked away the image to refrain from crying, but I knew the image
She stands in the dark room where she can't be seen, keeping
would remain in my memories forever.
herself to herself. She does not stand out, she does not catch the
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still, wishing, wishing, that someone would take a second glance.
eye. Everyone knows of her, but don't know who she is. She stands Give her time to express who she is. Prove that she can be different. Maybe her other side will be discovered, or maybe it will stay masked forever.
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Artist: Pippa Bailey
distance. Birds flew and sang in the clear, cold sky, royalty of the
Response by: Chris Schonewald
air, as if everything they saw was theirs. It was beautiful. It soon ended. I was left again in the dirt of the dried river but I think I had been in Heaven. Artist: Chris Smalley Response by: Ben Crook
Initial response: There is a large range of
colours
here,
depending on the theme. There
are
different
colours for each number, showing that each is separate, even though they are set out in such a way that the numbers merge
together.
This
shows that although they are
completely
individual, they are linked by a sequence. In my mind, I think of the aspect of time; some times are good, some times are bad. This is reflected in the use of colour, but the times are linked, by the chaining together of the numbers. These are set out in a regular fashion, showing that the rate of time does not change.
Initial response: In the painting of the wooden fence, natural colours are used Pippa has made a central part of this painting protrude from the rest. Around this central area, she has used darker colours, such as brown and black. She has used excess paint to create a shiny, slippery surface. These black, slippery parts on the outside seem to be plants on the inside. It is a landscape painting; the interior is the 'perfect world' but the outside is the actual world almost signifying de-forestation, and the burning down of forest
with shades of blue. There are warm, wholesome colours, such as deep yellow/gold. In contrast to that there are cold, dull colours, separated by the different colour shades of the photographs. In my mind, I think of past times, where memories are warm and happy, but also I think of cold, dull, unhappy times.The artist uses old photographs and then covers them with bits of wood chippings and hay.
for land. Time is the theme that runs through this work.
Creative response: I stood, the wind rushing around my ankles, carrying dirt and stones to far away lands where the wind dies and peace is
Artist: Katie Mellor Response by: Matthew Wootton
restored. Through the brown, dull gusts, I could see the black outline of bare, cold trees. Would the wind clear soon? It seemed
Initial response:
endless, as if moving in a circle, like a relentless horde of ghosts. The land was dry, burnt into the past. No one would remember this land, if it could be called land. A large channel ran through the place - a river, dried-up. Rocks had been left untouched, made perfect by the fire.They were a single piece of perfection in a land of the imperfect.
Katie uses various amounts of colour and most colours are mixed to make tones on the face. There is a great use
of
shadows to
My memory drifted then. I went back, I don't know how far. I
make the face look
was back to the same ground but it seemed different. The trees
eerie. The use of brown
were no longer black and dry, they were green and wet and
in one eye and grey in
colourful. Flowers had opened and were gleaming in the sun's
the other makes the
yellow rays. The morning's dew had spread evenly over every
brown one stand out
blade of grass, every individual flower, every living thing. The wind
and take your attention to that side of the face. The piece I have
was no longer harsh and had been transformed into a light,
chosen is a self-portrait of the girl's face. It is a close-up, so it only
graceful breeze. No longer did it carry stones and dirt around me,
displays the larger features which can show emotion. There is a
no longer did it blind my vision, it let me be. The river ran silently
piece of rope wrapped tightly around the face, from the nose
over red pebbles, sewing and weaving its way to a lake in the
downwards. Shadows are used to make the image look dim and
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then behind there is total darkness.The shadows are mainly on the
that he is lost and alone. Perhaps the cause of the lost look in his
right side of the face, which must mean that there was a light
eyes is that he has seen his reflection. It is exactly mirrored; every
source coming from the left and at an angle. I think she uses the
contour echoes his own, except on the reflected image, his identity
rope around her face to symbolise that she may be stressed and
is stolen from him. A cloth wraps his head, concealing those eyes.
everything is tightening around her. Also it may mean that she feels she can't move or speak. She may feel that she has had the right of her own actions taken away. The angle of the face and the
Artist: Kirstie Dallas Response by: Will Castrell
way the pupils are turned make the girl seem that she is looking up and to the right.
Creative response: The sharp rope wraps tightly around your scared face. Severing, slicing through the flesh. You feel panic-stricken, wanting to know how and why the rope is around you, hurting you, taking away your ability to speak, move, interact. Stopped, by an old piece of rope. All you can do is hear yourself breathing and gaze into the darkness. Your emotion is shown only through your eyes, your pupils telling everything. You wait for the unravelling, the sense of relief. Artist: Tommy Tse Response by: Fiona Sim
Initial response: Most of these works are studies of the human body in many different textures and colours. Two main pictures are of knots. They both use textiles such as newspaper, tissue paper, pencil and paint and are bold and eye-catching. I particularly liked her self-portrait; your eyes are immediately drawn towards her own eyes and her expression is deeply serious. Her hair is fairly prominent and draws you in even closer. When I looked at the portrait, the lips and eyes made me wonder what she was thinking at the time.
Creative response: When I look into her eyes I see an aquatic dimension.They are an ocean, flooded with unlimited views of the world. Stand
Initial response:
anywhere and her eyes will follow and find you, no matter how
Never before have I seen nature look so beautiful, yet so sterile
hard you hide. Her toned hair dominates the painting and her
and lifeless. This is, of course, before the viewer's eye is drawn to
body; it is a sea of brown. Immediately I am standing in New
the intricate splashes of colour that resurrect the fruit, as a child
Zealand, with Maori tribes speaking in tongues, beating weapons,
becomes a weary grandparent's energy. The bleak monotone that
wooden meeting houses.The beautifully carved, mahogany statues
is death closes in around the resilient breath of life, strangling it.
with their seductive eyes all remind me of her light brown hair. I
Death is the only thing we can all be certain of yet it is frozen on
zoom away from this and study her skin. I stare at her face and see
this canvas. Tommy Tse's main project uses monotonous colours to give the impression of life and death; however, 'Identity' is introduced as the principal element. On the left is the image of a man, depicted in black and white. His features are relaxed, as though dead or at ease. His smooth cheeks are of such pallor that if it were
her thoughtful gaze contemplating over a certain matter. She seems confused, or maybe she is just tired. Her lips are rose coloured; my eyes blink and poppies surround me. I am in Normandy, remembering all those who perished and the sea of red.
Her self-portrait is beautiful and looks just like her.
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Prize for Poetrv Translation Holly Hughes 3rd Place Times comment - "Holly Hughes for her flowing rendition of Hugo's Tomorrow at Dawn."
rhythm and flow of the language as beautiful in English as they are in French. I find it important that line two is translated as: "I know that it's me you wait for", although past translations tend to say "you wait for me". I think the emphasis has to reflect the certainty, not just that she is waiting, but that she only waits for him. The emphasis has to be on "me". This same desperation and certainty
Demain, des I'aube
is echoed in the next line, which seems to me to have to be
Demain, des I'aube, a I'heure ou blanchit la campagne
simple, because the emotion is so complex. It entirely expresses Hugo's desolation, and his need.
J'irai par la foret, j'irai par la montagne. Je ne puis demeurer loin de toi plus longtemps,
The second verse epitomises Hugo and the state of his mind at the time. His mind is focused inwards, concentrating on his
Je marcherai les yeux fixes sur mes pensees,
inner thoughts and feelings, barely noticing the outside world.
Sans rien voir au dehors, sans entendre aucun bruit,
This verse probably took the longest, as I searched for equivalents
Seul, inconnu, le dos courbe, les mains croisees,
of words like "triste", and found a way of fitting a rhyme into the
Triste, et le jour sera pour moi comme la nuit.
stanza.
Je ne regarderai ni I'or du soir qui tombe,
The rearrangement of the second line does not detract,
Ni les voiles au loin descendant vers Harfleur,
especially with the climax coming in the third line and the first
Et quand j'arriverai, je mettrai sur ta tombe
word of the fourth. Hugo was a famous political and cultural
Un bouquet de houx vert et de bruyere en fleur
figure, but in his grief he is no one and everyone. He sees himself as a mourner, stripped of all the trappings of his position and
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popularity. He is entirely humbled by his grief ("back bent, hands
Victor Hugo, Les contemplations, livre 1V, 1856.
folded"). The last line of the second verse had to be rearranged, and I think it is, once again, important to draw the emphasis that
Tomorrow, at dawn
it is "for me". The last verse expresses Hugo's indifference to beauty, and the ever-present, bitter hiraedd that haunts him throughout his exile. Incidentally "le soir qui tombe" is also the title of Eponine's song in the musical "Les Miserables.
I will walk with my eyes fixed on my thoughts, Without hearing anything, without outside sight, Alone, unknown, back bent, hands folded, Desolate. And the day, for me, will be like night. I will not observe the gold of falling dusk, Nor the sails in distant descent upon Harfleur, And when I arrive, I will lay on your tomb A posy of evergreen holly, and heather in bloom.
I changed the present
participle to an adjective, and I feel the effect is a line which flows better. The double alliteration also gives a dreamy, and of course rhythmic, feel. The penultimate line is a direct translation, the last line I altered slightly.
I used the English word "posy" to replace
"bouquet", and I think that that brings more attention to Hugo's place in a country still strange and foreign. I used "evergreen" instead of simply "green", because I think the holly was used because it stays green. Hugo would have wanted Leopoldine to stay young, perhaps even a child, forever. Likewise, it is important
I discovered this poem whilst researching Victor Hugo and Les Miserables for my French AS oral presentation. The poem was
that the heather is not merely flowering; it is blooming. This is a symbol of life and vitality, not just its biological state.
written at a time when Hugo was in exile for expressing his
The poem, for me, encapsulates the weary desolation and
political and personal opinions of the new emperor Louis
resignation of someone who has lost someone too close to move
Napoleon. Hugo was writing on the anniversary of his daughter
on. Hugo's losses and conflicting emotions led him to believe in
Leopoldine's death, she had drowned with her husband. My translation is slightly shifted around, sometimes because of how I see the meaning of the lines, sometimes to make the
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communication with the beyond, and it is entirely possible he wrote this directly to Leopoldine, believing she could hear him. Holly Hughes UVI
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Review of "Macbeth", December 2004. all York-based creatures of the third millennium come to terms with
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operation since 627 A.D. Perhaps even more remarkably, if the time between 627 and n<
vere divided into three even portions, then
Shakespeare's life and career would fall into the "modern", most recent third. Macbeth, written in 1606, is a play that is ripe for contemporary interpretation in a setting such as ours. Macbeth is a particularly Peterite play, in that its chief protagonist is based on the most famous O.P. of all time. Macbeth and Guy Fawkes both suffer for their beliefs, their impatience, their hubris and their ambition: Shakespeare's Scottish play is dedicated to King James I, who lives (and dies) today in the shape of the gentle Duncan, whose "most sacrilegious murder" would have shocked a partisan Jacobean audience to its core. The perennial antitheses of good and evil, and the elements of mystery, danger and surprise, allow access for 2004's audience too, and ensured that the St. Peter's production would be just as stirring as its predecessors. Much responsibility for atmosphere initially lay with the doormen: who, even on a bitterly cold winter's night, would dare to argue with either Will Butler or Harry White? The mood inside the drama centre was no less forbidding, as the Three Witches (Felicity Hearn, Laura Walters and Helen Cray) and their coven began to cast their hypnotic and vicious spell. Celtic curlicues and fronds were painted onto the floor, and onto the witches: these further disoriented a watchful and wary audience.
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Music
The School Choir
has
reached 160 in
This year has, of course, been dominated by our efforts to
number, which
prepare for the major Tour to the USA. As the first term progressed
does make for
it was clear that almost 100 pupils would be travelling on tour to
problems
Washington, New York and Cape Cod. It was going to be a huge
lunch arrange-
undertaking.
ments
Last year's Upper Sixth was quite the strongest singing group that I have ever known. Would there be a dip now? In all honesty I expected one but such is the quality of our pupils here that standards increased during the year.
in and
some aspects of administration but it is also wonderful that so many pupils are singing when the trend in so many schools is the reverse. At the Remembrance Service to hear the full choir singing Corecki's well-known 'TotusTuus' was quite mesmerizing.
Chapel Choir The Chapel Choir sang in two Choral Evensongs this year,/ Durham in
October, Bairstow's 'Save us O Lord' and Herbert
Brewer's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis were sung beautifully and the same welcome was extended to us again. At York Minster in February, Noble's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis together with Wood's 'O thou the central orb', one of the choir's most popular
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anthems, were sung with real commitment and strength. At the Advent Carol Service 'Hail gladdening light' by Charles Wood,
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with its powerful antiphonal effects rang around the School
Presentation seems sometimes to take over from content in
Chapel but one of the highlights was Lauren Walker singing
many areas of life these days - careful I'm sounding like one of
Edmund Rubbra's 'Ave Maria' accompanied most sensitively by
those 'grumpy old men' but our Christmas concert had both.
Angelina Warburton on the harp. The Choir's 'Sure on this shining night' by Barber at the Christmas Concert was a treat.
It opened with the String Orchestra playing Corelli's Christmas Concerto. This was Penny Stirling's first appearance as the director of this group. She has semi-retired from
Joint Concert with Bratislavan Girls Choir
the Directorship of the Junior Strings Project at the Royal Northern College
We have now welcomed three choirs from Bratislava in the
of Music. She expects a lot
last 14 years. An adult choir, a boys' choir and now a girls' choir. It
and gets it. The pupils
was a lovely occasion in October and our School choir and Swing
respect her so much and
Band shared the evening with the Bratislavans. It was so good to
will run several extra miles
hear such lovely folk music as well as original compositions and our Swing Band was in good form with Woody Herman's 'Woodchopper's Ball' and our School Choir was awarded the
for her. Their playing was so assured and rich. David Brown, our new
accolade of 'team of the week' for their performance of a selection
Head
from 'Les Miserables'
kindly arranged suitable
of
English,
very
readings within the concert. The school choir's singing of a selection from 'Les Miserables' lead to their being landed the
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accolade of team of the week by the new Head Master.
As usual we were treated to a musical feast. Duncan Turnbull's
But the ending worked especially well. 'Santa Baby' has been
alto saxophone playing of the virtuosic piece A L'Espagnole by
asked for many times: well, here it was set for School Choir with
Dubois was breath-taking. It was lovely that David Owen-Norris
choreography, a jazzy tenor saxophone solo played extremely well
was in York to accompany Sophie Ottewell in the first movement
by Duncan Turnbull and a Staff Choir singing words in anticipation
of Beethoven's Spring Sonata. James Woodrow's playing of the
of the School Inspection-'Santapectas are coming to here see us'.
solo violin Partita by Bach was beautifully poised and Nicholas
A crowded chapel erupted at the end.
Davies in a rarely heard piece by Tchaikovsky showed what a fine horn player he is.
Choral Concert With an excellent group of percussionists joining us in the
Christmas Carol Service packed
seemed the ideal solution. To this we added Rutter's vibrant
a hushed
'Gloria' and some anthems and we had an exciting.programm^
A Minster,
third year, what should we do? Well, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms
expectancy, the end of a long and very tiring term, an awe inspiring setting: the carol Service in York Minster
is
very
special. The introit 'O my dere hert' by John Jeffreys
set
a
beautiful tone for the service.
Walford
Davies' setting The Holly ai Ivy'
opportunities several sol Christopher Wordie sang the 'Three Kings' by Cornelius authority that we now expect of him. Mathias' rugged 'tt, Carol' was very exciting.The Brass, as ever, added that extra5! of splendour.
difficult music but all very rewarding to
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some of the rhythms in the Bernstein were not easy to master especially when the choir was singing in Hebrew. Oliver Marshall sang the solo in the Chichester Psalms with real presence. Together with the Choral Society the choir numbered about 200. We again went to St Peter's Church, Norton for the second performance. The percussionists were brilliant and it was so good to perform the pieces twice after so much hard work had gone into their preparation.
Sally McLaren's unaccompanied Irish Folksong was lovely and Lauren Walker's Song to the moon by Dvorak was beautiful. Jacob Lister excelled with the popular 'Caro mio ben' by Giordani and demonstrated what a developing lyrical tenor voice
he has. There were some very fine keyboard solos but Duncan Turnbull here was the leader in a jazzy twenties piece by Constant Lambert. In the Woodwind Class Alice Scruton's lyrical and very well paced playing on the alto saxophone gave her top position
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here and Simon Wallis with lively trumpet playing won the Brass Section Karen Humphreys said just enough to each performer to encourage and also give clear aims for the future.
Penny Boxall took over the task of organising these concerts and has done such valuable work here. These are such valuable
The String Section was dominated by Sally McLaren whose
occasions for pupils to gain confidence in performance in an
performance of the first movement of Elgar's violin Sonata was
informal situation. Long may they flourish.
breathtaking and this was more than enough for her to be the overall winner.
Music Festival Junior Irene Stanley was to have been our adjudicator for this part of the Festival but her untimely death referred to elsewhere prevented this. Instead David Murray, Head of Keyboard studies at Newcastle University took over the task expertly. We have an exceptional group of young musicians in the school and this was clearly evident during the evening in early June. William Robinson's Tchaikovsky on the violin won him the string section. Alex Crossley sang with a real sense of line to win the singing section. Nicholas Davies' horn Mozart solo gave him the Brass section while Charlotte Foster with controlled flute playing gained the woodwind section. James Woodrow gave us a spell binding performance on the Xylophone to win the Percussion section and on the piano showed control, sensitivity and beautiful phrasing in his Bach Allemande to be the overall winner.
Winter Concert Producing a concert during the Inspection Week was a little daunting at first but we decided to do as we would normally. A
String Orchestra
collection of solos, instrumental and vocal with a third form String
This year has seen Penny Stirling take over the direction of our
Quartet and the Chamber Choir singing a lovely new arrangement
String Orchestra. Penny was the Director of the Junior
of ' Oh Shenandoah' with genuine passion. A mixture of ages,
Department of the Royal Northern College of Music for many
standards and instruments and voices but all performed well and
years and is now involved in a national scheme Pro Corda aiming
with commitment. To be told at the end of this week, when the
to encourage young string players throughout the country. The
Inspector had visited a large number of our groups' rehearsals that
vast experience that she has in directing young musicians was
our extra curricular music was 'the Jewel in the Crown of the
immediately apparent when she began rehearsing this group. The
School' was very pleasing indeed.
strings at the Christmas Concert played with a verve, clarity of sound and vibrancy that we have not heard before. CorelU's Christmas Concerto was the work and the allegro sections were
Music Festival Senior In March Karen Humphreys from the Royal Northern College of Music was our adjudicator for the Senior Section of our Music Festival Finals. Separating the Music Festival into two with the seniors being heard in the Easter Term and the juniors transferred to the Summer Term has proved very beneficial change. We again heard many excellent performances.
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taken at a very lively pace with real excitement. The Summer Concert saw the group playing movements from the St Paul's Suite by Hoist; here again there was strength of sound and a sense of ensemble which was most impressive. Sally McLaren and Sophie Ottewell shared the leadership of the orchestra.
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not only because of her skill but also her intriguing, flirtatious relationship with Mr Blood's protege Simon Wallis. Another fascinating love life within the Band has been that of Mr Heaton Senior, and the many girls who seem to surround him. Not so sure what that's about! The new 3rd year musicians have all proved themselves more than worthy, so, with the help of the new edition of the 'Bloodish Dictionary of Musical and other Terms', I'm confident that the Band will continue to expand and improve with each year. On behalf of the Wind Band, I would like to thank Mr Blood for all that he has done, and wish him the best of luck for the coming year. To obtain your copy of the 'Bloodish Dictionary of Musical and
Wind Band
other Terms' please Contact the Tuba section!
The first Thursday of the school year saw a bursting rehearsal room, full of naive newcomers willing to share their talent and,
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simultaneously, unwittingly expose themselves to Mr. Blood's somewhat questionable sense of humour. Still, the newly increased Wind Band has made it through another year of laughs, off tune notes and the occasional piece of music. At the Christmas
Summer Concert The String Orchestra played two movements from Hoist 's
concert "All that Jazz" from the musical "Chicago" proved popular, as did Wet Wet Wet's "Love is all Around" which Mr Blood somehow convinced us was a festive tune. For the second year running, the Band also performed in chapel, accompanying the hymns and proving to be just as successful as last year's effort.The summer term brought us some old classics, including "Penny Lane" and my personal favourite "The Lion King". Despite literally begging for "Top Gun" all year, Mr Blood maintains that it is out of print, so I hope next year's Band will be able to enjoy it. The major work played this year must be the Hoist Suite in Eb. This stretched the band, but to take and play such important original English Wind Band music on the tour to America this summer is something special. Clearly, the loss of the talented Upper VI will hit the band hard. During her two years here Sarah Speed has proved invaluable to the group,
glorious
'St
Paul's
Suite'
magnificently under Penny Stirling's leadership. It was good to hear the Junior Jazz Trio, James Woodrow, William Robinson and Alex Wordie, show what talent they have and
what
impressive
ambassadors they have been for the
school this year,
playing at outside functions. It has been amusing to observe the slight apprehension when the function organisers see how young they are and then they begin to play and the expressions change. Tom
Hubbard
with
Bloch's 'Prayer' for cello showed impressive intensity, Victoria Janes a liquidity of phrase in Debussy's 'Clair de lune' while Penny Boxall displayed real delicacy in Massenet's 'Meditation.' Sally McLaren's playing of the first movement of Elgar's Violin Sonata was outstanding. This amazingly difficult piece was executed with maturity, poise and a dexterity which was tremendously impressive. The Symphony Orchestra approached the first movement of Dvorak's Eighth Symphony with real sense of purpose and produced a really dynamic performance. The cello section played especially well in this movement which features them so much. Lauren Walker produced an atmospheric performance
of
Mozart's 'Laudate Dominum' with the School Choir who then sang two Shakespeare Songs by George Shearing; it was especially good to perform pieces recommended by an old Peterite who has conducted them successfully with his own College Choir. Rutter's setting of'When the Saints' complete with audience participation after a short rehearsal concluded the evening. The Peterite 2004-2005
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Commemoration Service Charles Wood's 'O thou the central Orb' was the school Choir's strong contribution at Commemoration Service whilst the Chapel Choir's singing o f ' 'What are these that glow from afar' celebrated 150 years since the birth of the Old Peterite Composer Alan Gray. The Chamber Choir's contribution was Palestrina's Tu es Petrus' a piece which brings backs so many memories of these services. The Brass Ensemble's March from 'Aida' concluded the Prize Giving now separated from the main service.
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The Chamber Choir concluded a full and varied year's schedule with a visit to Lincoln Cathedral. After a quick look around the historic and beautiful city (and the negotiation of its notoriously steep hill), we sang Choral Evensong in the magnificent Gothic Cathedral. The acoustics created a rich sound but were at first a little awkward after York Minster - however, after the rehearsal we had more confidence, and sang Orlando Gibbons' vibrant sixteenth century Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis, together with Stanford's beautiful motet 'Beati quorum via' and a demanding Psalm.
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After the service, Sue Lloyd kindly invited us to a reception, which we enjoyed and which was much appreciated after a busy,
Each year it becomes more and more difficult to find time to
but successful, day.
put the finishing touches to this elite group of singers. Fortunately, the high level of talent enables the group to survive
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and, of course, provide the expected high level of performance and entertainment at school events. The Christmas Concert was no exception during which some unsuspecting members of the
The Cabaret Concerts
audience were gathered on the altar step for a surprise haircut and
This year's Cabaret took place on two consecutive nights;
even a shave - now that's real barbershopping! The Easter term
both with an unexpected but thoroughly welcome full audience.
saw the group singing from table to table at the USA Dinner.
The programme included the Swing Band's rendition of jazz
Great fun, but very demanding on the voices, particularly as this
standard "Tuxedo Junction", the Chamber Choir singing the
sort of music is pitched very high in the voice. We were then
intricately textured "Shenandoah", and a theatrically-staged
auctioned off in aid of the USA Tour fetching £180. The Cabaret
selection of pieces from Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera"
Concert contained an arrangement of Blue Moon by Richard
featuring Richard Thomas, Holly Hughes and Sarah Crompton.
Rodgers (Arr. Hugo FreyJ.This was a lovely performance with wellblended singing. Congratulations to all members with particular
In the middle of the programme Angelina Warburton's solo
thanks to the Upper 6th boys who sadly leave us this year and
harp piece - Watching the Wheat by John Thomas held the
who have contributed so much throughout their time as
audience spell-bound. Matthew Naughton's 'Can't take my eyes off of you' accompanied by a stage band was much enjoyed, as
Barbershop singers.
were the two arrangements by the Lower Sixth 'Hot Stuff and 'Why does it always rain on me'. The finale saw the School Choir
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in excellent form with a Pop Medley including 'Whiter shade of
Michael Foster
Nick
Jennings
pale' and ' Say a little prayer for me' and then the Wind Band with
Jacob Lister
Matthew
Naughton
excellent playing of a selection from 'The Lion King'.
Jacob Smith
Richard
Thomas
Chris Wordie
Overall, these were two very successful and enjoyable evenings for both performers and audience.
JP
Many thanks to the Friends of St Peter's for arranging the refreshments and raffle for
Chamber Choir Whether singing 'Chick, Chick Chicken' at the Gala Dinner or 'Oh Shenandoah' to an audience including our Music Inspector this year's Chamber Choir have set themselves very high standards. The Chamber Choir's trips to perform outside school are hugely beneficial to the development of their performance standards but also to spreading the good name of St Peter's . The Christmas Cabaret Evening at Easingwold's Galtres' Centre was a most agreeable evening with choral items interspersed with solos and readings. In the Summer Term the concert at the new School Hall in Sutton on the Forest was outstanding. A lovely resonant acoustic encouraged some beautiful singing and a most enthusiastic response from the audience.
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the evening Penny Boxall
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that this was how things are done in America - they don't just
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happen. They happen in style! The first day that we spent in America introduced us to the sights of Washington by a guided tour, showing us Capitol Hill, the White House and more World War Two memorials than it is possible to remember. The day was rounded off with a service in
After months of planning, practice and impatience, July 8th,
Washington Cathedral, which was an honour as well as a novelty,
the big day, finally arrived and at 4 O'clock in the morning we left
because seeing how an American church service is conducted was
the horseshoe in two coaches, thus initiating our journey to
interesting, but actually being involved in it was an experience
America
we'll never forget. The final concert in Washington was performed at the Woodrow Plaza, and although the heat was almost
Although transporting 93 pupils, 10 staff, 3 Old Peterites and
unbearable, we attracted quite an audience. What struck me
1 baby half way across the world seems a logistical nightmare, thanks to impeccable planning and eager cooperation the journey to America ran very smoothly indeed. 14 hours later, we stepped outside Washington DC airport to await the buses that would take us to our first destination: Hotel Harrington. It was here that the efficiency with which our journey had so far run abruptly ground to a halt, as did a bus reeling out thick, grey smoke from its back wheel beside us.
If I had been
anywhere else apart from
almost instantaneously about America was how amiable the
America, I would have been
Americans are; they would always take the time to congratulate us
ever-so-slightly perturbed
and had no trouble coming up to us after performances and,
by this
excuse the pun, singing our praises.
point, although
when the bus driver showed
On July 14th we travelled to New York, which came as a bit of
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wafting towards us and the
basic, but its location was perfectly positioned near to both the
fire brigade pulled up with
tube station and Central Park, which we strolled round on the first
sirens screeching, I realised
night.
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Here we were fortunate enough to have the opportunity of singing and playing in the highly acclaimed St Bartholomew's Church. It was surreal seeing such a picturesque Romanesque style Church smack-bang in the centre of modern Manhattan, with its looming skyscrapers and perpetual stream of boisterous traffic. In between rehearsals for our two performances at this beautiful venue, we visited the Empire State Building, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Market and also had free time to hit the shops. On the 17th July we moved camp to Mystic Sea Port, enabling us to visit the mystic aquarium, although that short stay was merely a stepping-stone in order for us to arrive at our final destination - Cape Cod. Here we went whale watching, performed at Chatham Bandstand and spent an afternoon at the beach, or shopping for
viewing so many of the world's greatest paintings in the Museum
those unlucky band members who were cornered into rehearsing
of Modern Art was thrilling.
for the final concert of the tour. This painful sacrifice paid off, Whale-Watching off Cape Cod was extraordinary - the
however, as our performance with the Barnstable Band was a spectacular evening, highlighting the dedication and commitment
delicacy and grace of such large creatures incredible.
given to their music in the previous months by both pupils and staff.
Performing in Washington Cathedral, St Batholomew's Church, New York, Madison Square Garden and then those
Recognition is given to Mr Wright, Mr Pennington and Mr
beautiful Bandstands at Chatham and Hyannis in Cape Cod gave us all memories to cherish. This huge enterprise would not have happened without a large supporting team. Led by Debbie England a Fund Raising Committee of Cathy Wordie, jolyon Harrison and Ceorgi Sinclair have been magnificent and with the help of many other parents as well they produced a series of evenings that not only raised important sums of money but that created so many lovely evenings out for parents and friends of the school. The Gala Dinner was a splendid occasion; the Fashion Show where Fiona Middleton-Walker's assistance was so invaluable, the Favours Auction and the Quiz Night were all hugely enjoyed. Being able to
Blood for organising, conducting and often accompanying every
give over £5,000 to Jessie's Fund was also such a bonus.
piece of music performed, although every member of staff The Staff who accompanied the pupils on the USA Music Tour
associated with the tour is appreciated and special thanks must be given to Mr Monteith who so diligently planned everything that went on behind the scenes.
were magnificent. Maurice Monteith did so much spade work in the lead-up to the tour and his grip together with John OwenBarnett on day-to-day arrangements was so invaluable.
Abbey Sykes John Pennington's accompaniments were always excellent and Chris Blood's clear management of the bands was very much
Music Tour Notes fromAPW What a time we had. Standing outside the White House, walking up to the impressive Lincoln Memorial and near the Capitol Building were all special experiences in Washington.
appreciated. I am also very grateful to Chris Hall,
Nathan
Savage, Ann OwenBarnett, Ellis
Elisabeth
and
Ellie
Monteith who all
Sensing the vibrancy of New York, the scale of
did so much
Manhattan from the Empire State Building and from
ensure the safety of
the..Hudson river and the amazement at
the
pupils
to and
smooth running of the tour.
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The Music Department welcomed a new part-time Secretary this year. Lesley Barlow has settled in very well to
our
Sophie Wright
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idiosyncratic ways. Penny Stirling joined the String teaching area
Grade
Name
Instrument
in September and then Claire Jowett joined the same team when
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Sarah Speed
Piano
Pass
Morag Swetleicki's husband's job was relocated to Scotland. We
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Freja Binnian
Flute
Pass
send her all good wishes in her return to her roots. Rachel Dent joined us on harp, replacing Honor Wright who had set such high standards in her teaching. Judith Cunnold joined us as a third singing teacher. They have all made a great impression.
Result
5
Alex Crossley
Piano
Pass
5
Alice Jacobs
Clarinet
Pass
5
Sho Maekawa
Theory
Pass
5
Katherine Miller
Flute
Pass
5
Anna Peach
Violin
Pass
Very sadly, in the Easter term, one of our former visiting
5
Catriona Rajan
Theory
Pass
teachers, Irene Stanley died whilst on holiday in the Caribbean.
5
Sam Richards
Theory
Pass
5
Alex Shaw
Theory
Pass
5
Laura Hourston
Singing
Merit
5
Nick Jennings
Trombone
Merit
5
George Lister
Cornet
Merit
5
HaoLinWu
Theory
Distinction
6
Jessica Marriott
Piano
Merit
generously funding two music awards for gifted pianists in the
6
Matthew Thomas-Peter
Piano
Merit
future.
6
Oliver Marshall
Piano
Distinction
6
Abbey Sykes
Piano
Distinction
7
Michael Foster
Violin
Merit
7
Vicky Sugden
Clarinet
Merit
7
Pippa Bailey
Singing
Distinction
7
James Woodrow
Piano
Distinction
7
Pippa Bailey
Singing
Distinction
8
Michael Foster
Singing
Pass
8
Victoria Janes
Violin
Pass
8
Emma MacKenzie
Piano
Pass Merit
She had retired only last Easter and had taught the piano at St Peter's for sixteen years. She was an outstanding teacher whose attention to detail and technique was unique. The crowded funeral at St Oswald's Church, Fulford said much for the esteem in which she was held. Her widower, Dick Stanley, is most
I thank my full-time colleagues, John Pennington, Christopher Blood and Simon Marriott
for their support and the very
considerable work that they do in supporting the music at St Peter's.
St Peter's Music Results Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College
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Name
Instrument
Result
1
Rory Payne
Flute
Pass
2
Emma Bennett
Singing
Pass
2
Alex Crossley
Singing
Merit
3
Megan Hall
Singing
Pass
3 4
Rory Stark
Piano
Pass
William Robinson
Organ
Distinction
8
Elisabeth Martin
Flute
8
Angelina Warburton
Cello
Merit
8
Penny Boxall
Violin
Distinction
Summer Term 2005 Grade
Name
Instrument
3
Emma Beaumont
Singing
Merit
4
Jenny Bell
Flute
Pass
4
Megan Hall
Singing
Pass
4
Daniel Bailey
Electronic Organ Merit
1
Result
4
Megan Hall
Cornet
Merit
5
Alex Ward
Viola
Pass
5
Alex Shaw
Viola
Pass
S
James McTurk
Saxophone
Pass
5
Emma Bennett
Singing
Pass
5
Alex Storrs
Theory
Pass
5
Annabel Pring
Singing
Merit
5
Charlotte Foster
Flute
Merit
5
Peter Rowley
Theory
Distinction
6
Lauren Walker
Theory
Pass
6
Alex Shaw
Singing
Pass
6
Merit
5
Laura Eastwood
Piano
Pass
5
Antonia Ramsden
Flute
Pass
5
Paul Middleton-Walker
Euphonium
ass
Clarinet
Maria Lee
Singing
Merit
1
Lauren England
7
6
Grace Ma
Piano
Merit
7
Bryony Pring
Singing
Pass
6
Alex Wordie
Double Bass
Merit
7
Sarah Speed
Trumpet
Pass
6
Abigail Bambridge
Singing
Merit
7
Angelina Warburton
Harp
Distinction
7
Victoria Rounding
Voice
Pass
7
Sophie Wright
Singing
Pass
7
Sophie Wright
Piano
Pass
Pass
7
Abigail Bambridge
Trumpet
Pass
8
Sarah Speed
Trumpet
Pass
8
HaoLinWu
Trumpet
Merit
8 8
Emma Mackenzie Lauren Walker
Clarinet Singing
Distinction
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Whitestone Gallery The year began with an exhibition by the acclaimed local artist
Graham's work is
Marion Martin whose work encompassed both figuration and
extremely accomplished
abstraction. Marion's abstract canvases were hung in the main
and his loose handling of
gallery.These were loosely based on physical and chemical change
brush and a restricted
and were executed in mixed media often combining oils and
palette was a joy to see.
enamel. The side gallery housed Marion' work based on her travels
He goes on to paint more
in Africa. The exhibition was well received and attended.
poets
expanding
his
exhibition. The second exhibition was called 'Poetraits'; a collection of a The final show was
dozen portraits in oils of British Poets painted by Old Peterite Graham Kershaw.The show has travelled to several venues country
the
wide, including Kettle's Yard in Cambridge.
exhibition and this took
Accompanying each painting was a poem written by the sitter. This idea appealed to our English Department who encouraged our 3rd form pupils to respond to the annual show of pupils' art. The results of this can be seen elsewhere in this magazine.
pupil's
annual
almost two months to mount and display. Not only did it fill the gallery but every inch of every wall and display board over two floors of the Art School. Approximately 450 people attended the Private View making it all worthwhile. J.Darmody
Master Class in Drawing from the Figure for Gifted & Talented VI form students in York Schools. 8-4-05. The work produced in this all day activity was devised to be of use to VI form students wishing to submit a portfolio for Art School or University entry and for those wishing to embellish their A level exhibitions. The morning session was concerned with mark-making exercises in a range of traditional and unusual materials including bitumen dribbled from the end of sticks. The students worked directly from the male and female models looking at proportion, tone, line and movement. Drawing activities included short / rapid mark making exercises as well as longer considered studies. Pupils from the following schools participated, All Saints, Fulford, Manor,
the work produced was of
Bootham, Joseph Rowntree's, The Mount and three from St
a very high standard.
Peter's. There was certainly much evidence of skill and talent and
Students seemed to enjoy the day although they commented on how tired they were at the end of the afternoon session. I believe that the day was a great success and a big thank you to Pathfinder, the organisation for Gifted and Talented. J.Darmody
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Mr. M. Lawrence Head of Biology What would you have been if you had not become a Biology teacher? A boatman, but I got turned down for the post at Cambridge College (with a degree)!
Favourite book? 100 years solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). I read two thirds in Indonesia (where I was researching gibbons) but left the book in a taxi. I then spent fifty days in Borneo, the land of no book shops. Finally I came back to Jakarta to find, by some miracle, my very own stamped copy in a restaurant!
Worst book? Da Vinci Code
Favourite film? Snatch and The Sting. Gangster films, not sure why.
Favourite music? Bob Dylan. If one of my daughters was a boy he would be called Dylan.
Favourite word? Gettin!
Worst fashion mistake? I think it might be my adidas trainers. My children call them "daddy's gay trainers".
Which animal would you most like to be? A Gibbon: they are 'beautiful, agile and slender'!
Is your business really our business? Yes. Absolutely.
If you were Head Master, would you use portaloos at school? (Mr. Lawrence's wife has a Portaloo business) Only for special events. (The deluxe versions come with DVD's now)
What would you want to change at St Peter's if you could?
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Suggested epitaph? "Let the nitrogen cycle commence" Georgina Duke UVI
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Mr. Andrew Rogerson Mr. Rogerson is due to retire, again, so we thought we had better catch him before he leaves St Peter's.
If you could be anyone else for a day who would you be and why? This is difficult - I have a lot of role models among my colleagues - but probably David Morris. He's dark, smouldering, sexy and strong like Russell Crowe. He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, like Muhammad Ali, and he's also a good
Do you have a motto? Yes - "It is ago odide atosmi lealo tan denjo yw ork".
Who are your three ideal dinner-party guests? I've three good friends all called Dick. I always enjoy the three Dicks' company. If they weren't available I'd have to protect my image as a babe magnet and invite Lindsay Stark and The Cheeky Girls.
physicist, a bit like Richard Feynman.
You're King of The World. What three things would you change?
Has a classroom experiment ever gone disastrously wrong? No. All of my lessons have been expertly prepared, but as
There's so much!
a boy I applauded politely when my chemistry teacher, Stinky Smith, blew up the front of the chemistry lab.
1. Ban greed and exploitation - that would sort out famine and global warming.
If you were granted three wishes what would they be?
interfering in education, ban The National
I.That Muriel and I have a long
curriculum and return to real education.
2. Stop the Government
and healthy retirement to do all
Perhaps make Geordie compulsory in all
the things we planned.
schools.
2. That I could paint like Lucien
3. Do we really want the Royal Family and all their sycophantic hangers-on?
3. That I could go back to Henley, but this time win the Diamond Sculls in the morning and then in the afternoon -and stroke an eight to win the Grand Challenge Cup in record time.
What were the first and most recent records you bought? In 1943 my father gave me my
Tell us something about yourself that we don't already know.
first 78; I'm Popeye the Sailor Man by Henry Hall and The BBC Orchestra. I've still got it.
I'm a member of The Folly Fellowship
I can't remember the first one I actually bought but in the 60's I
and a lifetime member of The St
bought everything made by the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band and I
Peter's BOF club and I once had
still play them. Last week I bought a recording of Philip Glass'
lunch with Fidel Castro.
opera Einstein on the Beach. I'm very much into modern musicparticularly opera- and this one is very minimalist. Penny Boxall UVI
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C.C.F. The popularity of the CCF amongst the pupil body of the school continues to amaze the few staff involved. With some 130 cadets on the books the CCF is still one of the biggest activities in the school, and visitors are frequently surprised to learn that this is a voluntary Contingent. The highlight of the year was the Annual Field Day which took place at Strensall Training Area. This year we were very fortunate to have the support of a Chinook from 18 Squadron, thanks to the efforts of Wg Cdr Naismith. Every cadet flew that day and not one of them regretted the experience. It was the thrill of a lifetime to fly so low and yet so fast - even familiar territory takes on a different look from above, especially with the back door wide open.
Another visitor to the Contingent was Private Lyne-Pickles from the First Battalion of the Grenadier Guards. He spoke with enthusiasm and energy about his life in the Army and his experiences, most recently in Bosnia. Such real-life tales of life in the forces form an important part in shaping the views of all cadets about the military as a career, and whether the existence of the military can even be justified. With such a large number of cadets on the books we could not
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run so successful a programme as we do without the support and energy of the Senior Cadets. Jennie Atkinson, Giles Buchanan, Joe Clarke, Marcus Denison, Georgie Duke, Robin Johnson, Betony
m*
Lloyd, Alex Nicholson and Daniel Telfer. All deserve a mention for their tireless efforts throughout their time in the CCF, and we wish them well as they move on to the next stage of their career. Next year we are looking forward to participating in competitions again. M. Grant
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Boat Club Autumn Term Boston Marathon At the beginning of the new season we sent six senior boats to race the 50-kilometre course in Lincolnshire. Conditions were warm and sunny with only a mild cross wind. All six boats finished the course in good time and it was a big achievement for all involved: Men's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:
3 hours 49 minutes
Men's Junior 18 VIII:
4 hours 6 minutes
Men's Junior 18 Single Scull: (James Clarke)
4 hours 9 minutes
Men's Veteran A Single Scull: (R. Smalman-Smith)
4 hours 24 minutes
Women's Senior 4 Coxless Quad: (new course record)
5 hours 3 minutes
Women's Novice Coxless Quad:
5 hours 25 minutes
The top placings were taken mostly by clubs who had trained over the summer. James Clarke performed well, and beat eight others scullers to win the junior sculls race. Sponsorship money was raised by the rowers to fund the purchase of the new Sims Evolution coxless quad and a full set of Croker blades.
Chester Long Distance Sculls Five senior boys made the journey to scull in singles in the morning division. The results were:
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Position
James Clarke
Junior
3rd out of 26
Joseph Clarke
Senior 4
10th out of 11
David Cook
Novice
8th out of 18
Dominic Clough
Novice
14th out of 18
Henry Law
Novice
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Saturday
over 2,000 metres. Later on in the day she also won her second
Boy's Coxless Pairs:
James Clarke, J. Lancaster*
34th
title of the day in the Junior 18 category, in a time of 7:23.0 ahead
(57 crews):
A. MacLeod, R. Robertson
50th
Girl's Single Sculls:
K. Stiller
1st
of a number of girls from Monmouth School for Girls.
(47 crews):
Great Britain Junior Squad Training Camp, Sarnen, Switzerland
Sunday Boy's Coxless Pairs:
James Clarke, J. Lancaster*
20th
join the top juniors to train for a week on the lake in Sarnen. Here
(48 crews)
A. MacLeod, R. Robertson
43rd
she was trained by the top coaches in the UK, who tried her out
Girl's Single Sculls:
K. Stiller
1st
in different boat combinations with a thought for potential crews
(13 crews)
For the second year running, Kristina Stiller was selected to
for the Junior World Champs in the summer.
* York City R.C.
Easter Term
Head of the Trent, Nottingham The sixth form girls entered a Novice VIII into the race.
Boston Head
Conditions were poor but they rowed well to gain a 3rd placing
In the morning division the unbeaten boys' J18 quad beat
ahead of seven club and university crews.
Norwich School easily. In the afternoon, a good row by the 5th form boys produced a convincing win over two Bedford Modern Vllls in the J16 event Men's Junior 16 VIII:
Women's Head of the River, London Kristina Stiller joined a scratch VIII of the top GB junior
R. MacLeod, R. Swan, W. Holmes, J. HoughtonBrown, B. Les.W. Smith, G. Lockett.A. Dallas, S. Blackman (cox)
hopefuls racing the top club and universities from across the UK. They gained a respectable 30th placing, ahead of 219 other boats.
Yorkshire Head The local Head took place two days before Schools' Head so most crews were resting and under rate cappings. Guy Fawkes
Great Britain Junior Squad, ZndAssessments, Boston Four pupils attended the second round of trials.
Boat Club rowed well to win Veteran Novice IVs. The boys' won
Alastair
MacLeod and Rory Robertson, fresh from a term of rugby, joined
J16 and J18 quads, and Clare Montgomery, in only her first season, won Novice Singles.
the hopefuls. Their ergo scores were very impressive, though they did lack 'water time' in the pair due to the dark winter evenings.
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Schools' Head of the River, London
Ghent Junior International Regatta, Belgium
The focus this term has been on training for the prestigious
John and Gill Ward organised another top weekend with the
Schools' Head on the Thames. Conditions were cold for the 400
seniors in Belgium. This is becoming a regular annual fixture and
crews, and rough water down the Harrods straight to Putney did
the results were again very encouraging given the high level of
cause problems:
competition from mainland Europe. We gained four international
Long Course (4? miles) Boy's Junior 18 VIII Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Quad A Boy's Junior 18 Coxless Quad Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Quad B Girl's Junior 18 VIII Girl's Junior 16 Coxed IV
Time 18:07 19:22 19:26 20:22 22:04 24:50
Position 17th out of 36 7th out of 32 12th out of 22 18th out of 32 9th out of 13 5th out of 5
Short Course (2 miles) Boy's Junior 15 Coxed IV
Time
Position
9:10
7th out of 15
The top boy's VIII gained a respectable position given a lack of crew practice this term. The J16 quad were also pleased with their high position against some outstanding opposition.
The fourth
form boys, in only their second term of rowing, were 7th and only 20 seconds behind the winners, George Watson's.
North of England Head, Chester The boy's VIII raced and won the Junior event, beating Lancaster RGS and Sir John Deanes easily.
medals: Saturday Women's Junior 18 Single: 44 crews SILVER
K. Stiller
Women's Junior 18 Double: 22 crews GOLD
K. Stiller, F. Jus-Burke*
Women's B Double Scull: 9 crews SILVER
K. Stiller, F. Jus-Burke*
Junior 18 Single Scull : 72 crews 27th
James Clarke
Junior 18 Double Scull: 27 crews 8th 19th 23rd
James Clarke, J. Lancaster** Joseph Clarke, D. Cook J. Knox, P. Rulf
Junior 18 Coxless Pairs: 32 crews 12th 28th
James Clarke, J. Lancaster** R. Robertson, A. MacLeod
Junior 18 Coxless Quad: 12 crews 7th
Men's Head of the River, London The top boy's VIII returned to the Thames to do battle against the top club and university crews from across the UK and Europe.
Junior 18 Coxless IV : 9 crews 7th
The 420 boat race was won by Leander in 17 minutes and 37.60 seconds. Pangbourne won the schoolboy race, with St Peter's 9th ahead of nineteen other schools.
Overall we were a pleasing
Junior 18 VIII: 12 crews
A. Macleod, R. Robertson,
(19 minutes 56.47 seconds)
James Clarke, Joseph Clarke, R. Macleod, J. Knox, M. Denison, D. Cook, T. Binns (cox)
Joseph Clarke, D. Cook, M. Denison R. Robertson, R. MacLeod, J. Knox, R. MacLeod, P. Rulf, T. Binns (cox)
BRONZE
Joseph Clarke, D. Cook,, M. Denison R. Robertson, R. MacLeod, J. Knox, R. MacLeod, P. Rulf,
Sunday Junior 18VIII: 7 crews
Easter Training Camp, Dorney Lake, Eton Nineteen rowers from the 3rd form upwards joined Claire Fletcher and the Smalman-Smiths for a week-long training camp on Dorney Lake. There were three outings per day with video feedback in the evening, giving the rowers the best opportunities
T. Binns (cox) Junior 18 Coxless IV: 7 crews
6th
to constructively criticise their technique in a number of different boats.
R. MacLeod, M. Denison, R. Robertson, A. MacLeod
4th
145th. Men's Senior 4 VIII:
Joseph Clarke, J. Knox, P. Rulf, D. Cook
Junior 18 Coxless Pairs: 20 crews 8th 13th
R. MacLeod, M. Denison, R. Robertson, A. MacLeod James Clarke, J. Lancaster** R. Robertson, A. MacLeod
Junior 18 Coxless Quad: 14 crews
York Spring Regatta
9th
Joseph Clarke, J. Knox, P. Rulf,
D. Cook Junior 18 Double Scull: 33 crews
The Boat Club entered thirty crews of all ages and abilities into the first local regatta of the season. The boys had a clean sweep of all the quads events at J15,16, and 18, beating Lanaster
11th
James Clarke, J. Lancaster**
17th
Joseph Clarke, D. Cook
24th
J. Knox, P. Rulf
Junior 18 Single Scull45 crews 23rd
RGS and Durham Schools.
Fifth formers Rory MacLeod and
Richard Swan went on to also win in Under 16 double sculls. The fourth form boys won all their events, with Gareth Dowse and
D. Cook
Chris Millard also adding a win in Under 15 double sculls. The 3rd
* from Nottingham County Rowing Association
form girls put up a strong fight and came away with wins in Under 14 quads and double sculls. The girl's 2nd VIII rowed well to beat York University in the Novice event.
Summer Term
Both captains of rowing,
James Clarke and Hannah Thomas, came away with a win each to
Junior Inter-Regional Regatta, Nottingham Twenty-three members of middle school were selected to
round of a successful day for the Boat Club: Women's Novice VIII:
represent Yorkshire & Humberside against the 11 other ARA
R. Wheeler, G.Santos, R.Webster, L Binks,
regions from across the country. Coming only four days after the
R. Craven, E. Newby,
start of the summer term a number of crews were unpractised.
A. Sykes, H. Robertson,
The competition was, as ever, particularly fierce, with strong
S. Blackman (cox)
composite club crews being fielded from across the UK. Valuable
Men's Junior 18 Coxless Quad;
R. Stark, R. Towers, H. Lav
Men's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:
R. Swan, W. Holmes, J. Houghton-Brown,
experience was gained rowing in a 6-lane course over 1.5 km. Some crews narrowly missed out on gaining a place in the Grand Final. Placings in the Petite Final were:
A. Dallas
Petite Final Junior 15 Coxed Quad:
Men's Junior 15 Coxed Quad:
C. Brewer, G. Dowse, J.Turner, C. Millard,
G. Brown*, C. Millard, G. Dowse, J.Turner,
A. McFarlane (cox)
A. MacFarlane (cox)
Women's Junior 14 Coxed Quad:
H. Burley, J. Marriott,
Junior 16 Coxless Quad:
A. Ramsden, R. Fletcher,
J. Houghton-Brown,
J. Clark (cox)
R. MacLeod, R. Swan.W. Holmes Men's Junior 18 Coxless Pairs:
James Clarke, J. Lancaster (YCRC)
Junior 16 Coxed IV:
Men's Junior 16 Double Scull:
R. MacLeod, R. Swan
A. Dallas, G. Lockett,
Men's Junior 15 Double Scull:
C. Millard, G. Dowse
A. Harrap, C. Hopkinson, S. Blackman (cox)
Women's Junior 14 Double Scull:
H. Burley, A. Ramsden
Women's Junior 16 Coxless IV:
Women's Senior 2
H.Thomas
Junior 16 Coxless Pairs: J. Houghton-Brown, W. Holmes
E. Newby, H. Robertson, F. Binnian, L.Walters Junior 16 Single Scull: R. MacLeod Women's Junior 14 Coxed Quad: R. Fletcher, H. Burley, J. Marriot, A. Ramsden, J. Clark (cox) Women's Junior 16 Single: S. Bell * from Bradford Grammar School
Wallingford Regatta, Dorney Lake For the first time for many years St Peter's had a crew racing at Wallingford. The boy's 1st VIII raced in the Senior 4 event against predominantly schoolboy VII Is. Eighteen crews competed in three preliminary heats and the St Peter's VIII were 2nd, just behind St Edward's.
In the final they rowed well, beating
Winchester, Latymer, St Paul's, and Eton, but were unable to catch up to a strong St Edward's outfit.
National Schools' Regatta, Nottingham
Munich Junior Regatta, Germany On the Saturday, Kristina Stiller was teamed up with Franki
The new 3rd form girls were very pleased to gain a well-
Jus-Burke from the Nottingham County Rowing Association to
deserved place in the semi-final on the first day of the regatta. On
represent Great Britain in the 17-boat double scull event. They
the second day of racing we arrived with one of the strongest sets
won a heat medal, and went on to gain an outstanding 4th place
of crews in many years and expected to take home at least two
in the A-final:
medals. This was not to be so as the strong head wind whipped
Romania Ukraine Germany A
7:21.95 7:23.39 7:24.58
Great Britain Germany B Germany C
7:25.67 7:30.14 7:31.95
up the water and made it unrowable. Racing was cancelled after a number of Vllls became water logged in the opening rounds. On the Sunday, we returned to the lake and were rewarded with two fine performances in boys'pairs, gaining places in both the J16 and
On the Sunday, Kristina was placed in the 23-strong single scull race for a time trial. In her heat she was first, placing her a respectable 5th place (on her time) in Europe.
J18 finals. Alastair MacLeod and Rory Robertson narrowly missed out on a bronze medal and demonstrated just how much progress they have made over the last few months.
Kristina Stiller was
racing for her second Championship medal and this year she
London Docklands Regatta
teamed up with Hannah Thomas in the double scull. The girls
The boys' 1st VIII and the top girls' double of Stiller and Thomas travelled to London to compete at the Docks. Both crews
cruised through the heats and were clear winners in the final to take the Ferguson Bowl back to York.
raced in two events. The boy's VIII beat Latymer and Canford to gain a silver medal in Junior Vllls, just over 4 seconds behind
Friday
Shiplake. They raised their game in the afternoon to clock a school
Girl's Junior 14 Coxed Quad
record time of 6 minutes and 8 seconds (one of the fastest
Tristan Hewins Cup
recorded that day), beating five other crews to win the Senior 4
Saturday
event. The girls' double scull was not stretched and comfortably
Boy's 1st VI11
won both their races, beating three other crews. The twelve
Child-Beale Cup
rowers brought back 13 individual gold medals and 9 silver medals
Girl's Championship VIII
- an impressive haul. Wins for:
Aylings Challenge Cup
Women's Senior 1 Double Scull:
K. Stiller, H.Thomas
Women's Junior Double Scull:
K. Stiller, H.Thomas
Men's Senior 4 Vlll#:
A. MacLeod, R. MacLeod,
Heat
Semi
3rd
4th
Final
CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WINDS
CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WINDS
Boy's Junior 16 B Eights Shawcross Cup
CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WINDS
Boy's Junior 15 Coxed IV Mariner's Cup
CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WINDS
R. Robertson, James Clarke, J. Knox, M. Denison, P. Rulf, D. Cook, T. Binns (cox)
Boy's Championship Single Sculls Sculls Cup
CANCELLED DUE TO HIGH WINDS
Sunday Boy's Championship Coxless Quad
Tees Regatta
Forest Cup
Twenty-seven crew combinations raced on the 4-lane 850metre course on Teeside. With a record entry of over 360 crews it turned into a top regatta. Some of the best performances of the day did not register on the wins list, but involved the fourth form
4th
Boy's Championship Coxless Pairs Committee's Cup
2nd
1st
4th
1st
1st
GOLD
1st
3rd
5th
3rd
5th
3rd
6th
Girl's Championship Double Sculls Ferguson Bowl
boy's coming 3rd in the 14-boat Novice IV event and the fifth form girl's coming 2nd in the 5-boat Novice Women's event, both crews racing mainly club and university boats. We had five wins
Boy's Junior 16 Coxless Pairs Imperial College Danesfield Cup Boy's Junior 16 Double Sculls
for:
Marlow Bowl Women's Novice VIII:
A. Dickason, S. Bell, K. Browne, H. Code, C. Montgomery, L. Forbes, LWalters, B.Lloyd, R. Dobinson (cox)
Women's Senior 4 VIII:
Men's Junior 18 Single Scull: Men's Senior 4 Single Scull*: Women's Novice Single Scull#:
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Boy's Junior 15 Coxed Quad Sculls Creber Cup
Peterborough Regatta Despite no wins, the top boy's VIII spent the day racing closely
A. Dickason, S. Bell,
with Bedford School, Nottingham University and Loughborough
K. Browne, H. Code,
Students, usually with all three boats overlapping on the line. The
A. Sykes, R. Webster,
fourth form boys IV also rowed some high quality races against
G. Santos, B. Lloyd,
mainly university boats. Despite being outsized, their technical
R. Dobinson (cox)
skill gained them a place in the final where they were 3rd, beating
D. Clough D. Cook C. Montgomery
11 crews.
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York Summer Regatta With the seniors away at Marlow and Henley, and with the CCSE and A2 exams in full flow, it was down to the youngsters" to} represent the school at our local regatta. With 43 crews raetfjgitproved to be a long and successful day. The school gained 1 i wins for: Men's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:
D. Cook, R. Lum, H. Law,
Women's Junior 14 Coxed Quad:
A. Ramsden, J. Marriott,
R. Swan
Women's Novice IV#:
Women's Senior 4 Coxed IV#:
Henley Women's Regatta The Rayner Cup for Schoolgirl Double Sculls Unbeaten all season in the double, Kristina Stiller and
H. Burley, R. Fletcher,
Hannah Thomas travelled down to Henley for the three-day
J. Clark (cox)
regatta.
L. Walters, H. Robertson,
rounds to become the first ever St Peter's crew to make a final at
They comfortably coasted through the preliminary
L Forbes, F. Binnian,
Henley. With conditions choppy and a strong headwind, they
E. Newby (cox)
found themselves lining up against the Australian national
C. Fletcher,
champions from Sydney University. The Australian boat took an
C. Montgomery, H.Code,
early lead, but our girls fought them all the way to the line.
A. Dickason,
Whilst disappointed to lose they produced one of the best ever
R. Dobinson (cox)
performances from a St Peter's boat, losing to an outstanding
Women's Junior 14 Double Scull:
H. Burley, A. Ramsden
crew.
Men's Senior 1 Single Scull:
R. Smalman-Smith
Men's Senior 3 Single Scull:
D. Cook
1st Round: St Peter's beat Rob Roy R. C.
Verdict Easily
Quarterfinal: St Peter's beat Kingston R. C.
31/2 lengths 6:06
Semi-final: St Peter's beat Maidenhead R. C.
Easily
Men's J15A Single Scull:
C. Brewer
Men's J15B Single Scull:
C. Down
Men's J15 Double Scull:
C. Lister, N. Hall
Women's Junior 14 Single Scull:
R. Fletcher
Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake With the disappointing cancellation of National Schools Saturday during half-term, Marlow was now the main pre-Henley target. The boy's VIII travelled down the night before and did not let us down. The Senior 3 event was the biggest at Marlow with 42 crews entered, comprising of top schools, clubs and universi-
5:56
5:41
Final: Sydney University, Australia beat St Peter's
11/2 lengths 6:07
St Peter's Double:
K. Stiller, H.Thomas
The Henley Royal Regatta I.The Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for Schoolboy Vlll's
ties. They won their heat comfortably and were 2nd in their semi-
The VIII gained automatic qualification for the third year in
final. In the final they produced one of their most impressive rows
succession. Exams again caused difficulties, but two helicopters
all season gaining third place in a highly respectable field:
and a light aircraft ensured that we were able to transport our rowers between York and Henley. The VIII comfortably beat
Heat (one of six)
Semi-final (one of three) Final
St Peter's
Isis B. C.
Radley College
2nd Abingdon School
St Peter's
Vesta R. C.
3rd
Cork B. C., Ireland
Choate School, USA
St Peter's
4th
Exeter University
Westminster School
Isis B. C.
5th
Kings School,
Bedford Modern
Cork B.C.,
Worchester
School
6th
-
1st
Ireland St Edward's, Oxford
King's, Chester and were then drawn against Pangbourne, arguably the 2nd fastest British crew in the event. At the start, Pangbourne flew off the blocks expecting a comfortable lead by the end of the island. Our boys dug deep, only giving them a length and continuing to battle hard over the length of the course. As the two crews approached the enclosures the distance became a quarter length, with an exhausted Pangbourne collapsing over the line in probably the best performance ever by a St Peter's VIII at Henley. A small consolation happened after-
Not only did they cross the line overlapping a strong Radley
wards when the crew learnt that they had raced in the fastest
VIII, they also beat Isis, the Oxford University development squad
race all day at Henley. A visibly moved John Ward left the
for next years Boat Race.
umpire's pontoon to applause from the collection of Stewards and coaches assembled there:
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Verdict 1st Round: St Peter's beat The King's School, Chester Easily 2nd Round: Pangbourne College beat St Peter's
Barrier
Women's Junior Sculls
2:05
3:30
7:23
1/2 length 1:56
3:16
6:50
Pangbourne were beaten in the next round by St Joseph's Prep, USA who eventually raced and lost to Eton College in the final.
Wales Scotland England Ireland
'omen's Junior Double Sculls Wales England Scotland Ireland
Junior World Championships, Brandenburg, Germany Kristina Stiller raced in the top British girl's boat, the coxless
St Peter's VIII:
A. MacLeod, R. Robertson, M. Denison, J. Knox,
quad. This was her second and final Junior Worlds and she did not
Joseph Clarke, James Clarke, R. MacLeod,
disappoint.
P. Rulf.T. Binns (cox)
something of a medal winning tradition (an Olympic silver) and
In the senior women's quad GB is establishing
this was their first ever junior medal in this discipline. Germany
2. The Fawley Challenge Cup for Junior Coxless Quadruple Sculls
had always looked the best bet for gold and they duly won with Belarus in silver and the GB quad rowing away from the rest of the
The quad raced and successfully qualified for the main regatta
field in the second half to take a well deserved bronze:
the week before. St Peter's were then one of only five British schools to have two boats racing at the regatta. The Marlow quad was outstanding and controlled the race from the start. Our boys were disappointed to lose but did gain a very clear picture of the strength of top competition. Verdict
Barrier
1st Round: Marlow R. C. & Maidenhead R. C. beat St Peter's 2 1/2 lengths 2:07 St Peter's Quad:
Fawley
Finish
3:34
7:31
H. Law, R. Lum, D. Cook, R. Swan
National Rowing Championships, Nottingham Six rowers gave up time during the holidays to represent the school at the National Championships. MacLeod, Robertson, and Stiller had all gained places in the GB squad and were entered into senior races in their national team combinations. Out of twelve
Heat (one of three)
Semi-final (one of two) Final
1st
Great Britain 6:49.40
Germany 7:01.67
Germany 6:44.96
races we gained nine 1st places, an outstanding achievement: Heat
Semi
Final
2nd
Boy's Junior 16 Double Scull: (R. MacLeod/W. Holmes)
Romania 6:52.01
Great Britain 7:06.62
Belarus 6:47.48
3rd
1st (rep.)
4th
3rd
Girl's Junior 18 Single Scull: (H.Thomas)
France 6:54.61
France 7:09.14
1st
1st
SILVER
Great Britain 6:51.22 BRONZE MEDAL
4th
Denmark
Netherlands
Italy
5th
6:57.17 -
7:10.59 Denmark
Poland
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7:18.28 Japan 7:27.35
Men's Senior Coxless IV: (A. MacLeod)
1st
GOLD
Men's Senior VIM: (R. Robertson)
1st
GOLD
Women's Senior Coxless Quad: (K. Stiller)
6th 1st
GOLD
France
World Ranking: 3rd out of 13 nations.
Home International, Cardiff ...
Rory Robertson had rowed 27 exhausting races over the final
Hannah Thomas was again selected to represent
trials weekend to gain a much-deserved place in the British VIII.
Wales, this time in both the junior single and
The men's VIII, with a substitute in the bow seat through illness,
double scull. She fought hard over the regatta
improved their performance in the semi from the heat, but this
and was rewarded with gold medals in both
was still not enough to finish in the top three.The GB crew was in
events, an outstanding achievement:
third place at the half way mark but did not sustain this over the
second half, finishing fifth and placing them in the B-final, in
prototype VIII from Eton Racing Boats in the weeks before Nat.
which they came a credible 2nd:
Schools and Henley. The Denison and Robertson families also
Heat (one of three) 1st
Semi-final (one of two) B Final
Romania
Germany John Ward again 'toured' the country with his boys. They
6:11.75 2nd
provided the much-needed 'transport to Henley' as the annual exam clash with Henley loomed.
Great Britain
Russia
improved after each race and the VIII added a number of big 'scalps' over the season.
3rd
Great Britain
4th
Ukraine
Romania
Richard Smalman-Smith again took on the 5th form boys as
6:15.68
well as coaching at all levels throughout the club. He gained a
Italy
number of good wins (both as a sculler and a coach) and continued
6:17.67
to push hard those under his charge.
Great Britain
Czech Republic
Helena Smalman-Smith coached the senior girls' crews and gained a number of good wins, particularly with the VIII inTeeside. Chris Hall gave up his valuable time to coach mainly sweepoar to the 5th form and senior girls. In particular, a number of
World Ranking: 8th out of 13 nations.
regatta wins in IVs at York was a notable achievement. During the final GB trials, Alastair MacLeod emerged as the stroke-
Nick Fyfe assisted John Ward with the senior boys squad in
sider in the country.
between balancing his work for his Economics degree at York
He was subsequently
University.
strongest
placed in the top British
boat,
the
coxless
IV.
After
winning
the
heat L
Arthur Ellis-Davies retired at the end of the season and has moved to the 'non-rowing' part of Wales. Over his 16 year stretch with the Boat Club he has built up a fine reputation. His senior girls have gone on to win championship Gold medals at National
and semi-final, the K men's
IV
Schools' (breaking records in the single scull and the coxless pairs)
were
as well as rowing as internationals at the Junior World
looking to be contending for gold. On the day, the more experienced Romanian and German crews were just a little too good
Championships (and a bronze medal here in 2005). He will be missed by all involved with rowing at St Peter's.
with just two-tenths of a second separating those nations for gold and silver, Britain took a strong bronze three-quarters of a length
Jamie MacLeod took on the coaching of the senior pair whose progress through the season was nothing short of sensational.
behind:
Both boys ended up at the Junior Worlds and his highly respected Heat (one of three)
1st Great Britain
Semi-final (one of two) Final
coaching ability played a large part in this success.
Great Britain joe Foss finished two years of work with us as a volunteer from Germany
2nd Italy
6:17.47 3rd Hungary
Great Britain
York St John College. Primarily a cox, Joe coached the beginner J14 and 15s pupils with enthusiasm and patience. Claire Fletcher joined us from Barnard Castle School in the Autumn Term. She made a big impact and dedicated a huge
BRONZE MEDAL
amount of time moulding the new girls' J14 squad.
She was
assisted by Jac Palmer, who also coached the beginner girls' J15
4th Austria
5th Switzerland
Finally, thanks go to the Captains, James Clarke and Hannah Thomas who worked hard all year to motivate their squads and
6th -
Hungary
Italy
6:52.26
have always lead by example. Good luck to next year's Captains, Philipp Rulf, David Cook (Vice-Captain) and Alice Dickason.
World Ranking: 3rd out 16 nations. # Indicates qualifying win (i.e. four or more crews in a regatta)
Rowing Colours: Full colours:
SUMMARY
Kristina Stiller (re-awarded) Alistair MacLeod
With the introduction of rowing to the 3rd form our numbers
James Clarke
Rory Robertson
Hannah Tho
David Cook
Philipp Rulf
Joseph Clarke
Jamie Knox
Marcus Denison
Rory MacLeod
have swelled to a record 120 pupils! To combat this we have acquired two new boats from Sims Racing: a coxless quad, and a double scull/coxless pair 'Gemma Bentham'.
Half colours:
A second hand
Aylings Olympian coxless pair from Piet de Boer was also
Tom Binns
purchased, as well as ten pairs of sculling blades. Thanks go to Gill Ward and various helpers who again co-ordinated the Quiz and
Commended:
Kathryn Browne
Betony Lloyd
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Rugby Tour, Singapore and Australia 2004 "What goes on tour, stays on tour' Tour Manager, Mike Johnston Sunday 18th July We boarded the bus at the ludicrous time of 4.15 a.m. No one
different; there would be 4 quarters of 20 minutes. The match proved to be relatively simple for the team as the lack of teamwork and breakdown of communication in the opposition lead to the result 65-5.
really appeared to be in the mood for banter as many were beginning to feel the effects of such an early rise. We soon arrived in Manchester, on to London, before embarking on the 13-hour flight to Singapore.
Monday 19th July The duration of the early part of Sunday was spent in the air
Wednesday 21st July We were woken at the far too early time of 5.45am to prepare for the 9-hour flight to Sydney. On arrival, we were required to take our rugby boots from our holdalls and present them to the Australian officials. Jonners had told us to clean them but we hadn't done it properly. Ozzie customs did it for us!
finally grounding at Singapore. This was our first day and we were set on taking in as much culture as possible. A Chinese lunch was followed by a tour of Singapore, which was scheduled in place of training, as the tour management thought we needed to acclimatise to the heat before any vigorous exercise was to be taken.
Tuesday 20th July The day began with a training session at the Singapore C.C ground, where 40 minutes was spent running through set plays
Thursday 22nd July After our first, slap up breakfast, Australian style, some of us experienced the Harbour Bridge climb. This was amazing and slightly scary, when we were asked to traverse the bridge with only a steel walkway separating us from the mid day rush hour traffic below. In the afternoon we were able to enjoy a spot of sightseeing, which included the famous Sydney aquarium, the Grand Opera house and a ride on the Yellow River taxi.
and patterns ready for the afternoon game. Almost as soon as we had finished a tropical monsoon came upon us. The amazing thing was that even though we held a 'wet t-shirt' competition, we were all boiling. So the afternoon and the eagerly anticipated first match against a Singapore U19 side came, with all of their players playing for their future place in the 1st XV. Therefore, 45 local boys wanted to prove themselves to the selectors-The game format was slightly
Friday 23rd July The day began with a trip to the Olympic Village and a guided tour of the massive Telstra stadium. The afternoon saw us off to 'The King's School, Parramata', one of the largest and most famous schools in Australia with a proud rugjjy heritage. ^jVith over 1000 boys one would think they rugby team together. Yes they can and
can also put out another 10 teams in each year! We enjoyed a light training session on the 1st XV pitch surrounded by a circular bank with 2 massive pavilions. After showers, we proceeded to wait anxiously to be collected by our billets. For many of us this would be our first time staying with complete strangers. Our worries however, were put to rest when we were greeted with warm smiles and open arms.
Saturday 24th July The match against King's School 4th XV saw us fly out of the blocks and for the first 20 minutes the pace was lightning. The father of my billet summed it up perfectly, "The boys were lostthey didn't know whether they were Marther or Arther". A superb hat trick from Peter Wackett was definitely one of the highlights of the match. The result 48-7. The man of the match, chosen by the opposition, was James Marsden. We had support from Richard Kaiser Old Peterite and 1st xv hooker 1978.
harder by our mistakes, rather than their good play. Gordon Tait ,O.P and 1st xv scrum half 1978, was at the game. After the match David Scott, took quite a shine to the mother of his billet and eyes began to wander when she came to pick him up in her PVC catsuit. Hmmm....
Monday 26th July The trip toTaronga Zoo allowed us superb views over Sydney Harbour and the coastline of Australia. We were able to approach animals such as dingos and kangaroos in an almost natural habitat; it was incredible to see
Friday 30th July We travelled across to the beautiful, Gold Coast where we would be billeted out for the next couple of nights by the pupils of A.B Paterson College.
how tame they were. In the afternoon we took in the sights and did a spot of shopping.
Tuesday 27th July As it was raining so hard we were unable to train on the morning of our 3rd match against St. Paul's School. The rain meant a
Saturday 31st July A 10.30am K.O. was arranged, due to the rigours of playing under the noon sun. Injuries and a change in the age limit made for a younger, less experienced team taking the field. However, those chosen were eager to prove themselves before the forthcoming home season and despite all this we ran out easy 64 -0 winners. After the game we presented Anthony our physio with a shirt. He looked after us brilliantly.
change of match venue from Manly Oval, the home of the Manly Sea Eagles, to Kierle Park, but then the Council shut this due to the weather. Finally we moved to the playing fields at Pittwater Road.
Sunday 1st August We bid a sad farewell to our hosts from A.B Paterson who gave us a sports jacket each as a souvenir. We appreciated the gesture. It was then off to Cairns for the penultimate leg of our journey.
The match was a very close encounter; we scored first through Will; from a forward drive from the Smetre line then they scored to take the score to 5-7. A controversial penalty miss
Monday 2nd August A welcomed lie in before a relaxing swim in the pool gave us
happened when Benny appeared to slot the kick through the
the opportunity to identify any 'Sheilas' worthy of attention.
posts but the referee had other ideas. We went on to win the
The rest of the morning was spent shopping in Cairns.
match 15-10 with tries from Jeremy and Scotty. Ali was deservedly adjudged to be named man of the match, as he led by example.
The evening match was a special affair. We had been invited to play in an aboriginal homeland against their development team. Special permits,
Wed 28th Transit to Brisbane meet billets at St Paul's Bowen Hills. Thursday 29th July The morning began with a trip to Steve Irwin's famous
allowed us onto their land and strict ru what we were allowed to do whilst t+iec applied.
On our way to the match, we
picked
up the opposition
surrounding villages of CairrJ|J
'Australia Zoo'. We met some of the world's most deadly snakes,
fascinating to see where they Uj|p
something Michael Miller wasn't too keen on. The crocodile show,
When we eventually arrived, the proh
was fascinating.
was crowded with kids playing game! We joined in, passing rugby balls,
The afternoon saw us play St. Paul's Brisbane, and we won 217 after good tries from Dave Heaton and Mark Jagger, with Houghy slotting all 3 conversions. It was a hard match, made
balloons and homemade footbaits to each other. Many of them were wearing little more than a pair
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shorts or a dress, but it was brilliant to see them smiling. They appeared not to have much, and it made us all think how lucky we were getting the opportunity to travel, as many will never see outside of their village. The match itself was an amazing experience. It was billed as the first international to be played on the homeland and the commentators and crowd made for a special atmosphere. The lights, the surroundings and the opposition, a team composed purely of aboriginals, all contributed to the adrenaline rush. It was a night to remember! We won 48-17. After the game the whole community joined us and gave the team a didgeridoo. The night summed up everything that is good about touring and sport.There were tears in the eyes of many of the supporters. It was something I will never forget.
Tuesday 3rd August We visited The Great Barrier Reef, an event many of us had been looking forward to. It took 2 hours to reach the outer reef, where we scuba dived and snorkelled. The variety of colours and exotic animals was staggering.
Wednesday 4th August At 5.30am we began the long coach journey to riverTully, the site of our white water rafting. Whilst on the bus, we had a Scottish tour guide who explained the safety procedures aboard the raft. He then proceeded to tell us that pythons and fresh water crocodiles were not unusual in these waters. This did not go down well with certain people and the whole bus fell silent.
must have slipped on a rock and disappeared, as water flew everywhere. He re-emerged, looking very red and embarrassed as he watched his belongings being swept down stream. It was the night of the Tour dinner, which proved to be a very enjoyable evening for all.
Saturday 7th August Another early start, this time to catch the Yellow River boat ride in Kakadu National Park. We were able to see crocodiles, herrings, golden eagles, thousands of ducks and wild horses grazing on the nutrient rich marshes. In the afternoon we hit the 'Adelaide River' on a jumping crocodile cruise. This involved dangling a piece of meat over the side of a boat and waiting for a
The rafting was fantastic and was an adrenaline packed day
crocodile to come along and jump out of the water. You would
full of amusing moments, not to mention the amount of times I
then tease the croc by pulling the piece of meat away. No wonder
grasped at things I shouldn't in order to stay in the boat!
therefore one of them was called 'Mr Aggro'. In the evening we met our billets from the 'Stray Cats' R.U.F.C.
Friday 6th August After arriving in Darwin during the night, we were extremely
Sunday 8th August
tired when we were woken at 6.20am.This was in order to load up
Our final match vs a Northern Territories XV. We arrived at
into 9-man safari trucks and set off to 'Kakadu National park'. In
the ground at 4.30 to watch the Stray Cats' play. They play their
the middle of the park we came to two waterfalls, Jim Jam and
match with a couple of amendments. The more noticeable ones
Twin Falls. In was at Twin Falls that the comedy moment of the
are: no matter what the final score is, the result is always a draw.
tour took place. We had to cross a large river to get to where we
Secondly, they have to down a glass of port before each game.The
were having lunch. So one by one we traversed it, up to our necks
game was played competitively but both sides come out even.
in water, carrying our dry clothes and belongings above our heads. It came to Jonner's turn to cross. He started out very well, then decided he would take a sneaky shortcut. Suddenly the big fellow
We took the lead through Pete Wackett with Houghy getting the conversion; Houghy then converted his own try. They came back at us in the second half with a converted try, but we held on to win 14-7. It was a hard fought match, which could have swung either way, but our defence stood strong. P7
W7
LO
Points For 275
Points Against 53
I would like to take this opportunity to thank (on behalf of the team) everyone who helped organise the tour, especially Mr. Johnston and Mr. Butler, to Mr. Francis and Mr. Monteith and the supporters who travelled to Australia and those who didn't for everything they have done for us. It was a truly memorable experience during which we created many friends along the way. Eddie Hilling LVI
1ST XV-SEASON 2004 WON: 12
PLAYED: 14 POINTS FOR: 530
POINTS AGAINST: 68
RETIRING CAPTAIN'S TRENT COLLEGE WOODHOUSE GROVE HYMERS SOUTH HUNSLEY * AMPLEFORTH ASHVILLE COLLEGE LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL* DURHAM SCHOOL side, which was already established. James Marsden had a great BARNARD CASTLE
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13-12
season, and our thoughts were with him when he got concussed
POCKLINGTON
W
65-17
playing in a warm up game against Wales, putting him out of the
BARNARD CASTLE*
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17-15
Daily Mail Final. Peter Wackett scored some memorable tries this
BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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season. He has the necessary physical qualities to go a long way.
LANCASTER R.G.S.*
W
22-12
Charlie Parry forced his way into the side and he under pressure
ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORCESTER*
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27-12
have gone further this season than he did. Will had worked on his
COLSTONS COLLEGIATE*
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fitness and mobility, which allowed him to be more effective in
EXETER COLLEGE*
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the loose. His throwing in had been good all season. Mick Morris
performed admirably in the Daily Mail games. Will Butler should
was an unsung hero. He played out of position on many occasions
*Daity Mail Cup
but always accepted the fact that he was playing for the team and CAPTAIN:
All Macleod
not for his personal gain. Marcus Bosh Dennison scrummaged well
VICE CAPTAIN:
Mick Morris / Ben Hough
all season. My memory of Marcus will be the hit he made against
England U- 18 ;
Peter Wackett, James Marsden
cause. Jason Burton grew in stature this season. He has developed
North U - 18 :
Peter Wackett, James Marsden
Lancaster Grammar School, which typified his commitment to the
Yorkshire U - 20: Yorkshire U-18:
Ali Macleod Peter Wackett, James Marsden, Ali Jason
Macleod,
Ben
Hough,
Burton,
Will
Butler,
Tom Denton The season's foundations were built on a successful tour to Australia, where I had chance to experiment with the side for the forthcoming season. Different combinations were tried and tested and eventually with a little tinkering and patience from the players we agreed on a successful formula. Some breath taking rugby was played this season. This was down to the quality of players in the squad plus all of the hard work the boys put into pre season. The team which had won the U - 15 Daily Mail Cup formed the backbone of the side.Tom Denton and James Marsden who joined the school in the lower sixth added some spice to the
mentally and came back from his broken arm stronger than before. Peter Slower also broke his wrist this season. Peter had been playing brilliantly until his injury occurred. He was sorely missed, but I am sure he will be a stronger player next year. Hopefully he will not prove this in the annual OP game. Tom Denton has been a colossus in the second row and I thinkTom will go onto bigger and better things next year. Watch this space! Ali Macleod has been an excellent captain carrying on in the footsteps of Tom Woolsey which was not easy. Ali had an excellent season. His determination to succeed shone through every time he stepped over the white wash. James Pang and Ed Hilling were consistent in their delivery and both players made some crucial tackles which led to victories. Tom Clarke added some beef to the Forward armoury and he has matured and developed as a player
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about meeting new people and creating friendships which will stay with you forever. This side will stay friends forever and they have provided me with some wonderful memories, which I will take with me into the new season. If we can emulate what you achieved I will be extremely happy. What a fantastic season. I hope that St Peter's has provided you with a positive rugby experience, and you will continue playing rugby in pastures new. R.J.Francis
this season. Mark Jagger another unsung hero played out of position on many occasions but always gave of his best. Ben Hough had an excellent season and should have progressed further on the representative ladder than he did. He found an extra yard of pace this season and cut some perfect lines at times. Ben had an excellent Daily Mail Final. Michael Miller trained hard and performed well when he came into the squad for the latter stages of the competition. The team was well supported by a talented bench who gave the team the necessary support to become successful. All of those boys were a credit to themselves and the school. The Daily Mail game versus Barnard Castle was a memorable moment in the season. We withstood an onslaught by Barny and still came away with a win. The Back row was immense. The team played some fantastic rugby against school. Control and precision were the two key elements in that game. A huge team effort to defeat Colstons in the Semi Final of the Daily Mail was also a highlight of the season. In the first twenty minutes of the Daily Mail Final we were outstanding. The players were magnificent that day. I could not have asked any more of the players. They held their heads high that day and were great ambassadors to the school. Andrew Slingsby picked up a bad injury last season and has not been able to play this season which has been a great shame. However Andrew has been invaluable this season behind the scenes. I have greatly appreciated his input. Thank you Andrew. I must thank Charlie for all his hardwork this year, Mr Savage for all the support he has provided me with and Paddy Stephen for all the work he did for the Daily Mail Final. Rugby is
2nd XV It has been an absolute pleasure to coach the 2nd XV this season. As always, with a strong first team it means that you generally get a strong second team. The 2nd XV was made up of mainly lower sixth players this year with a few strong upper sixth players who added a bit of steel. Our game plan was built upon keeping the opposition in their own 22 for as much as possible in the first half and trying to frustrate them with strong tackling and a well organised defence. Later on in matches having built up a lead we were generally able to run more freely scoring a number of excellent tries. The forwards were led by a very strong a direct back row at start of the season, Rory Robertson, Tom Clarke and Jeremy Thomas all went on to play regularly for the 1st XV later on in the season. Tom and Rory carried the ball very strongly at the opposition and Jeremy was always on hand to continue the move or secure the ball. All three of them worked extremely hard in
defence making big tackles and regularly turning over the opposi-
and good distributor at thirteen. Jake moved to first team wing
tion ball. James Drake made the move from three quarter to back
and John Ramsden broke his collarbone early on in the season.
row easily towards the end of the season. He reads the game very
Charlie Parry played a number of games at centre. He was very
quickly, has good hands and makes textbook tackles. I am sure
strong in defence and always able to break the opposition line and
James and Jeremy will be crucial in the first team squad next year.
offload well at the opportune time. Charlie Duke played most
Alex Hetmanski played a number of games at flanker and on the
games this season and performed very well after a long injury
wing. He has good speed and is very direct. His ability in the
absence. He was a superb tackier and carried the ball very well.
tackle and going forward were missed when he was injured. He
Sam Farquharson came into outside centre for the last few games
needs to keep fit to progress next season.
of the season and was inspirational. The timing off his pass and
The front five were a very close-knit unit. Carl Burton and Richard Lum started off the season at second row. Carl made some outstanding breaks with his pace from around the rucks and
offload in the tackle enabled us to cut through defences. Sam's defence has also improved immeasurably and he was always dependable in the tackle.
tackled ferociously. Both him and Richard took a lot of clean ball from line outs which we used well with very effective driving mauls right at the heart of the opposition.
Richard works
constantly throughout the game from ruck to ruck, but must try to be a little more dynamic when he reaches them. Towards the end of the season Jacob Smith played a few times for the 2nd XV and added to the physicality of the forwards. Charlie Elwess and David Heaton were often propping up the scrum, both are strong and technically good in all tight areas but must work on their fitness and speed around the park, to contribute fully at first team next year. Paul Middleton-Walker played a few times at prop and would benefit from the same. He is generally a little more athletic and aggressive, but must work on his technique and fitness. Robin Johnson was a constant at hooker both in position and effort. He was very tenacious and aggressive in the tight areas and
The back three also changed regularly this season. Duncan
supported play well around the field. Simon Webster played a
Watt was ever present on the wing and showed some marked
number of games at prop.
He has an excellent attitude and
improvement this year. He was very consistent and reliable and
constantly strives to work on his performance. He is always stuck
scored a number of tries.
at the bottom of rucks and is a persistent thorn in the opposition's
games. He has excellent strength and speed and on his day can
side. These are excellent attributes that will help him next year.
destroy teams. He must improve his ball retention to develop to
The backs always made excellent contributions to the matches and were able to play in a number of ways. As a defensive unit they were very hard to break down and as an attacking force they were able to punch up the middle or expand
Simon Baker was involved in most
his capabilities. Alex Hetmanski and Jake Troughear have also played on the wing this year. Charlie Duke played most games at full back. He offered confidence and incisiveness in attack, lain Jarvis played a number of games also. He has excellent individual skills and is developing them into his all round game.
wide when the space was open. Andy Miller was ever present at 9. He always gave his opposing scrum half a torrid afternoon by
This was a very successful season and the squad always
putting a lot of pressure on him at the base of the scrum and
worked well in training. They were able to deploy the game plan
enforcing mistakes.
He had a very safe pass and organised the
well and in most games the opposition were unable to cope with
link between backs and forwards assuredly. I would have liked to
them. It was a great pleasure to be able to watch a team of young
see him offer more of a threat to the opposition. Michael Down
men play exciting and expansive rugby on a Saturday afternoon.
has matured steadily into a fine fly half over the season. He has
We ended up completing the season undefeated.
an excellent kick off both feet and can keep the opposition in their
Nathan Savage
own half. He is beginning to deploy his backs with much more effectiveness, picking the right tight or wide options. He was even rumoured to have made a fifty metre break and outpaced the cover in one game, which is something he must continue to develop if he wishes to push for a first team place next season.
Opposition
For
Against
Trent College
19 65 52 13 52 63 16 16 27 19
3 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 3 0
Woodhouse Grove Hymers College Ampleforth
We were very lucky to be able to select a variety of strong centres throughout the season.
All of them were capable of
picking nice lines to break through the oppositions midfield defence. There were a number of changes in the first XV backs throughout the season, which generally resulted in our centre pairings changing. We started the season with Jake Troughear and
Ashville College Durham Barnard Castle Pocklington Leeds Grammar Bradford
John Ramsden in the centre. We were trying to find a blend of direct powerful running at inside centre and a more elusive runner
PLAYED 10
WON 10
LOSTO
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with talent and John Houghton- Brown and Tim Johnson proved
U 16A.BAND ROSLYN PARK RUGBY REPORT 2004- 2005
excellent all season; their tackling and increased pace bringing a number of turn over tries, most noticeably Tim's against Durham.
The U 16 rugby coaching is somewhat different from the years before and after. All 35 boys were in the same squad despite playing A and B games. The aim of the year, being to equip the boys for the move up to senior rugby, during the season and for next year. That eight players did represent senior sides during the season and Tom Lloyd was called up as a late replacement for the Daily Mail Cup Final at Twickenham support this approach to a
Bradley Malherbe from Selbourne College proved a useful, and well built, addition to the front row enabling James Rounding to have a number of outings on the flank as well as at tight head. Will Holmes, Harry Hustler and James Roach were good both in the tight, especially the lineout and around the pitch. We were lucky to have two good scrumhalves as injury kept Hamish Batchelor out for the middle part of the season. He and Charlie Neate worked tirelessly in defence where they were both excellent.
transition year.
Refereeing of the breakdown and offside is vital if attacking play The boys were a delight to coach, willing to try new things
is to be encouraged. All season these two boys had to suffer at the
and able to learn effectively from mistakes. Our 0-0 draw at
hands of fringers but none more so than at Woodhouse Grove
Ampleforth exposed a naivety in our kicking game but not our
where the society referee was totally inadequate spoiling a
attacking style. The boys made up for this at Leeds where they
tremendous game for all 30 players, their coaches and the parents
used a mature kicking game and fast ball to win a fine tactical
who came to watch. Once Tim Peet had gained confidence in the
game. Our forwards learnt much from the first game against Trent
B side as captain he moved up to play at 10 for the A's, he was
where we were soundly beaten up front but managed to win with
astute and kept the game flowing. This enabled Tom, Rory and
some excellent back play. However against Durham, in our best
Piers to settle into their best positions and for us to confidently
performance of the season, the forwards were excellent and this
use Adam Hinchcliffe's physical runs on the blind side. The B XV
enabled the backs to really flourish winning in style. Hymers
had a fine season with Matthew Waugh, Tim Peet, Ben
exposed our communication in defence and was a salutary lesson
Schonewald and Chris Cronin (after injury) successfully making a
about panicking under pressure. Wins in the final minutes of both
transition into the full side. A total of 10 other members of the
Pocklington and Stonyhurst with drop goals from Tim Peet
squad also played for the A side during the season all acquitting
showed how the boys had learnt lessons and were willing to back
themselves well.
their judgements on the field. This increased confidence led to memorable individual tries from Josh Storrs (Yorkshire U16) against Trent and most importantly for Tom Lloyd at Durham. In this area Rory MacLeod began to show his true abilities and with increased bulk next year to go alongside his ability to step of both feet could prove formidable. It was sad to lose Oliver at Durham for the rest of the season for he had been improving game by game. Flexibility became vital and Will Holmes showed his allround commitment playing as lock, flanker and centre with equal ease. Up front Matthew Hall hooked and threw in well all year and his "abilities" on the floor were only exposed once at Barnard Castle! David Gardner proved a fine loose head and enabled lain Macalister to be prominent in the back row. Here we were blessed
It was a thoroughly enjoyable season and huge thanks go to Ed Sanjuan and Andy Slingsby for their tireless efforts with the squad, the progress made could not have been so without them. The attitude of the players and their parents was tremendous throughout, supportive of the values of rugby football.To this end I would thank Tim Johnson and Tim Peet as respective captains and Tom Lloyd and Matthew Waugh as their deputies for their support. This hugely positive approach continued with eighteen regular trainers for the Roslyn Park Sevens. Only ten could go and these had a most welcome addition in the form of Tom Slingsby who returned from long-term injury to play. The boys had a great time winning their group but unable to go further. Their thanks go to Messrs Taylor and Francis for their guidance at the tournament.
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U16 Squad:
D.GARDNER, M.HALL, J.ROUNDING, I.MACALISTAIR, J.ROACH.W.HOLMES*, H. HUSTLER,T.JOHNSON*, J.HOUGHTON-BROWN*, B. MALHERBE, H.BATCHELOR, C.NEATE*, T.LLOYD*, T.PEET, R.MACLEOD*, P.DENNISON*, O.TELFER, A.HINCHCLIFFE, J.STORRS*+, B.PARRY, J.PARKES, M.WAUGH, R.KIRSCH, J.DOBBINS, C.CRONIN*, D.KETTERING HAM, K.RAWCLIFFE.A.LUM, B.SCHONEWALD. T.ATKINSON, A.HARRAP, I.RILEY, J.BEADNALL, W.BICKFORD-SMITH, N.ADAMS, T.SLINGSBY*.
cup, but were out-gunned in for most of the game, resulting in a comfortable 30-3 win. Leeds Grammar School succumbed to a heavy 66-0 defeat at the hands of the rampant Under 15 team. This led to the toughest encounter of the term against a large and powerful Bradford Grammar School side. The depleted Peter's side defended resolutely in very difficult conditions, only losing by 15 points to 7. Round 6 of the Cup was away against St Ambrose College. Jonny Bairstow astutely released the running back-line and Robbie Cuthbertson showed some real talent and pace with a fine hat trick of tries in this 5-25 victory. Two further wins against York
+ Yorkshire
Rugby Club (5-10) and North Yorkshire (12-15) were good prepa-
*Rosslyn Park
ration for the Daily Mail cup quarterfinal against Old Swinford Hospital. This game proved to be an epic encounter of fast and
Under-15
fluent rugby from both sides. Whilst St Peter's had to absorb a lot of pressure from the more physical opposition, they defended
PLAYED: 19
WON: 17
POINTS FOR: 559 (88 tries)
LOST: 2
POINTS AGAINST: 119 (17 tries)
This numerical record highlights the tremendous season of the Under-15 A team. The boys trained well and were keen to develop their individual skills and team play. When tested in tight games, the team showed much resilience and determination to succeed. The year group has strength is depth which contributed greatly to their success. Edmund Pang captained the side with confidence and always led by example in games and training.
tenaciously and attacked when they could.
Jonny Bairstow
grasped the only opportunity to secure a memorable victory in the last minute with a superb sideline kick into the wind. This set up a semi-final at Castlecroft against St. Benedict's School from Ealing. Alas, luck never really went our way in this game: George Milligan (our keystone forward) was hampered from the start, and a string of injuries during the game greatly limited our attacking options. In truth, we were out-gunned in many departments by a bigger, stronger and rapid side, but nevertheless the squad fought to the bitter end, only losing 11-19 to the eventual cup winners.
The season started well with a convincing, but not very fluent win (36-11) against Trent College. The back three (James McTurk, Tommy Tarn and Sebastian Batchelor) scored a brace of tries each. Gareth Drabble was very unlucky to break his ankle in this game, but thankfully recovered to feature in key cup games later in the season. Woodhouse Grove were a large powerful side and this away fixture provided a good competitive test. The game was tightly contested but the opposition were found wanting against our running backs, when space was created, resulting in a 31-17 victory. The 8-try (48-0) victory over Hymers College provided a good opportunity to try our offensive options in a game situation. An away fixture at Ampleforth is never easy and victory in this game (3-5) was only snatched in the dying seconds when Andrew Walkland finished a fine attack in the corner. A York derby against Millthorpe School provided a stern test in the first Daily Mail Cup game, but the greater cohesiveness and ball possession by the Peter's side resulted in a 5-27 victory.The try rout against Ashville (7-65), including 3 each from Tam and McTurk, meant that the team went into the next round of the cup against Ampleforth with much confidence. St Peter's played superbly against the wind and the game was over by half time with Tommy Tam scoring a fine hat trick of tries in the 25-0 win over Ampleforth. The boys resumed after half term with a trouncing of Durham School in which James McTurk scored 6 tries! Barnard Castle provided tougher opposition, but nevertheless a win (22-5) was secured by 4 tries to I.The boys approached the away cup game against QUEGS, Wakefield with some trepidation, but put in a superb performance in both attack and defence in horrid conditions. A cheeky drop goal from Jonny Bairstow was the most memorable moment in this fine 0-18 victory. The 44-0 win over Pocklington allowed 8 members of the team to score a try. Keswick School provided robust opposition in the 5th round of the
I am very proud of the boys in the Under-15 A squad. For a side lacking in obvious physical stature to progress to the last 4 in a competition with over 400 entries is an immense achievement and says much of their talent and attitude. Whilst the back line dominated the scoring with 80 tries, and wingers, Tommy Tam and James McTurk equally sharing 46 of these, the forwards deserve a lot of credit for securing quick ball and for their dogged determination in defence. It would be wrong to highlight individuals as this was truly a team effort and all boys in the squad deserve much praise for their commitment. I thank Mike Johnston for his assistance with coaching and I thank all our parents and supporters for their loyal support throughout the season. I wish the boys much success in the future. M.A. Monteith
A good warm up victory against Trent College was followed by
Under 15B PLAYED 11
more of a challenge against Woodhouse Grove. As ever, our backs WON 11
F 260
A S
This season was a great success for the U15 B team, winning all of our matches and conceding only"! try against Barnard Castle. This amazing unbeaten run has been running for the past 3 years and may be down to the high standard of rugby in our year group. Several B team players would be in the A team in any different year or school.
demonstrated their considerable skill and pace and enabled us to achieve a comfortable victory. Ampleforth and Ashville were very one-sided affairs where once again our backs had free rein to rack up the points. Pocklington proved more of a challenge and we were behind for quite a large part of the game. Our lack of defensive practice showed with some soft tries and it was only towards the end of the game that we really got into our stride. Our rucking and lineout weaknesses showed in this game and they
Cameron Macrostie and Henry Elwess propped with Scott
were to feature more or less throughout the rest of the season.
Jagger at Hooker. The second row was Henry Summers and
Thankfully our backs found some space and scored some impres-
William Ashman. The back row consisting of Callum Stark at
sive tries.
blindside flanker, All Penty at number 8 and myself at open-side flanker. The backs were Callum Sinclair at scrumhalf, Jack Page at fly half, and our centres were Ben Eaves and Jamie Scattergood. The wingers were James Streather and Tom Lightwing. Last but not least, was our reliable fullback Jordon Nadian. The substitutes were David Mann and Alex Shaw.
The Durham game was a sad affair, all the more so given the skill that was present on both sides. Those involved know what happened and I know what I saw. It is a real shame to witness such events in schoolboy rugby. The effects of this were on display in our match a week later at Barnard Castle where we never found our full flow. We managed a draw but this was the maximum we
The season was an absolute success, and I greatly enjoyed
deserved. I was impressed though with the spirit shown in the final
leading the team. So all there is left to say is thanks to everyone
10 minutes to prevent us losing. Against Leeds and Bradford we
involved in the team and hopefully we can have yet another
played adequately but our inability to get fast clean ball slowed
brilliant season next year.
down our backs. Our wingers found they now had less space and our strike runners were tackled much more often.
William Butterworth IV Form
In Sevens rugby only one out of the usual three tournaments took place. We won the competition at Hymers with ease and
Under 14 A
demonstrated the fine skills many of our players possess.
Trent College
Win
Woodhouse Grove
Win
Hymers College
Win
Ampleforth Ashville Durham
in the Daily Mail Cup next year. There is a good core of 20 players Win
Win
Pocklington
who emerged that should be well able to reach the latter rounds of this competition. Our backs showed superb penetration and the
Win Match abandoned
Barnard Castle
Draw
Leeds C.S.
Win
Bradford
This has been an excellent season. The aim was always to create a squad of players who could mount an effective campaign
Win
Hymers Sevens - tournament winners This year's team came to St. Peter's with an enviable reputation having been unbeaten for a number of years in St. Olave's. I
fact two of our players were selected for the U15 Daily Mail Semifinal showed that there is real promise for next year. The real challenge to be set, though, is for the forwards. Can they win more fast, clean ball and take on our opposition in close quarters? If they can, the future looks bright for this fine group of players. It has been a pleasure to work with all the players this season and I wish them the very best for the future. Stephen Gwilliam Master i/c U14 rugby
have always believed this to be a burden rather than a strength, and it is one that this group of players coped with admirably. The results, this year, were outstanding. In part it reflects the strength of the team, but also reflects on the unusually weak competition
Under 14 B PLAYED 10
WON 9
LOST1
on the circuit this year. Many games were won by 50 points plus with ease. As always, rugby is a team game and though there were
The Under 14 Bs enjoyed a season of tremendous progress
many outstanding individual players,.! prefer not to .single those
and success. It was not simply that they secured wins against
individ
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of the best rugby schools in the,Nortih, Rather, jt was the
skill, style and sheer determination to succeed that I will
earned him some starts with the As later in the season. Toby
remember for some years to come. Their desire was not just
Williams settled into the fly-half spot, showing great composure
evident in matches; indeed, many of the boys trained extremely
underpressure. He kicked and linked with the backs very well. He
hard and I am convinced that, as shapes and sizes change, several
is also a very brave tackier, consistently boxing well above his
members of this team will go on to play A team rugby and eventu-
weight. Getting the ball quickly to Pritpaul Dhesi on the wing was always a strength of the team. Pritpaul was too quick, direct and
ally represent the First XV. My highlight of the season was undoubtedly the destruction of Durham School. How good Durham actually were was difficult to tell as they hardly touched the ball. Like the season as a whole, our success was based on the power and ball-retention of the forwards and some superb finishes by the backs. That game saw our best team try of the season with the forwards and backs completing several phases before Pritpaul Dhesi stormed in at the corner. Within minutes, Nick Davies, on as a replacement, caught the ball from a re-start and side-stepped his way around the entire Durham side, thus scoring the outstanding individual try of the season. That day, like much of the season, the team were a pleasure to watch and be involved with.
on his tackling and is another who may play at a higher level as he learns to vary his attacking approach. Chris Schonewald earned his place in the team after strong performances for the Cs. He is a tenacious rugby player and he quickly earned the respect of his peers and coach. Sam Hitchenor finished the season with the As after a very consistent half-term with the Bs. His goal kicking was easily the best that I have seen at this level and he defended admirably. He became more confident as the term progressed and therefore more willing to show his attacking ability. Matthew Wooton was the best of a group of players who spent much time on the sidelines. In any other year, Matthew would have been a definite starter every week.
There are some remarkably strong forwards in this group and some rotation was necessary.
strong for most of his opponents this year. He also worked hard
Rory Vokes-Dudgeon converted
from prop to hooker with some ease. We were guaranteed at least a couple of scrums against the head every game. Rory has the skill and determination to play at a high level.
May I take this opportunity to thank our band of supporters, our referees and all of the boys for their efforts. PC Taylor
Props Maekawa,
Springgay and converted scrum-half Baig provided a solid base. Never were we driven back in the scrum or maul and each proved to be lively runners with the ball. James Manning and Will Gastrell were the most consistent performers in the side. They ran aggres-
Boys Hockey
sively with the ball, turned-over secure opposition ball and were extremely brave and committed.
The back-row was the
outstanding unit of the team and is blessed with talent. Robbie Webster captained the team from open-side and warranted total respect from all those who played with or watched him. He epitomised everything that was positive about this group.
1st XI HOCKEY
James
Hepworth is a strong-running number eight who scored many exciting tries this season. He also worked thoroughly hard on the
Caps:
Chris Smalley, Robin Johnson.
Colours:
Will Butler, Ben Hough, Charlie Parry, Michael Miller, James Marsden, Ian Francis, Ed Hilling, Tom Rowlands, Ian Jarvis, Peter Wackett, Richard Heaton.
technical side of the game and thoroughly deserved his chance in the As, only to be deprived by injury. I suspect that the opportunity will arise again. With little rugby behind him, Ben Crook was the great find of the season. At prop or anywhere on the back-row,
Also played: Callum Sinclair.
Ben showed everyone how to tackle, and those that felt it will probably not forget! He did make it into the As and, as he learns
PLAYED 9 WON 6
LOST 3 (ALL TO MEN'S TEAMS) CANCELLED 5
more about the game, he will become some player. The quiet man
The season was fragmented due to the very inclement
of the team, but the most improved player of the season, was
weather, the success in the Daily Mail Cup, and the Open Day
Robert Nash. Robert turned over more ball this year than I can
timetable.This meant that in the entire season we only had three
remember a single boy doing in the past six years. He may not
training sessions with the full squad in attendance. The team
have scored that many tries but he was always the supporting
through no fault of their own therefore found it difficult to settle
player who either started a sequence or joined sequences
into patterns of play. We lacked sharpness, especially in the last
together.
quarter of the field, but this is only gained with regular match
The backs started the season with less confidence but became
practice.
more fluent as the term progressed. Scrum-halves Beal and
Towards the end of the season we played some fine posses-
Slingsby, with very different attributes, vied for the A team spot.
sion hockey, making experienced sides such as Styx work
This competition could only benefit the Bs as both performed
extremely hard for extended periods of play.
superbly when with us. Sam Greenwood started the season as flyhalf but looked altogether more comfortable at inside-centre where he had a little more time and space to show his skills. He eventually formed a strong partnership with Charles Murray whose strength, exciting running, pace and decisive tackling
The decision taken five years ago to move to an Easter Term of full time hockey for all year groups has reaped rewards with players in the first eleven all comfortable on the ball and tactically astute. No longer is the first team taught, now real coaching can take place. The Peterite 2004-2005
In goal David Heaton showed in the President's game that he is capable of making excellent saves. He should strive to perform at that level all next season. Ian Jarvis switched to sweeper from midfield, he had the time and vision to read the game and release his midfield. He must concentrate at all times and play the easy ball when appropriate. Ed Hilling played at left back and although a frustrated forward held position well. Will Butler played his second season at right back, was strong in the tackle and exploited
1
Ampleforth College
29.01.2005
5
Barnard Castle
16.02.2005
3
1
Ampleforth College
02.03.2005
3
0
Ashville College
05.03.2005
2
2
Pocklington
07.03.2005
2
1
Barnard Castle
12.03.2005
6
0
Won 6 Drawn 2
Lost 1
Season Total:
attacking options .Tom Rowlands at centre marker showed the
Played 9
Goals for 33
Goals against 13
advantage of playing regular club hockey. He must work on releasing the ball to the right. Tom maintained the family tradition, few players went past. Ben Hough at the back of the diamond worked hard, off the ball and in defence, not the glory stuff but essential to the team. Peter Wackett also in midfield ran well and had the vision to prompt the forwards. He needs to sharpen his stick skills. Robin Johnson at left midfield was a rock. He frustrated team after team with his tackling and offered a drag flick at penalty corners. Captain Chris Smalley, at the top of the diamond, scored some magnificent goals. He dominated defenders, played with increased confidence and at times ran the game. Jimmy Marsden offered pace and an awareness of where to run, disrupting defenders and creating space for others. Michael
It has been a most enjoyable season for the 2nd XI, winning most of our matches and losing only one match to Worksop College near the beginning of the season. As a team, we have put in much time and effort in achieving a high standard of hockey. Throughout the season, we have learnt from our mistakes and worked hard at improving our techniques,
communication,
teamwork and tactics. Moreover, we have developed our friendship within our team, without which, we would never have been able to attain these results. Both Sam Farquharson and Sam Goodwill deserve praises for their victory-deciding contributions, constant reliability and outstanding performance in the attack and defence respectively.
Miller held position well at right wing. His play against Barnard
This season ended with a spectacular match against Barnard
Castle away was first class. Charlie Parry led the line with enthu-
Castle. Those who watched or played in the match would most
siasm. In a season disrupted to such a degree it was difficult for
definitely agree that it was the best and most enjoyable match
Charlie to stay sharp in front of goal. It is credit to him that he
played by the 2nd XI.
never appeared to let this get him down. Ian Francis was our utility man. What he lacked in pace he more than made up for in skill on the ball. He was always patient and linked well with his team-
We owe our thanks to Mr Paterson, whose coaching, support and encouraging team talks have been the key to our success. Finally, I would like to thank all team members for showing
mates. It has been a pleasure to coach this squad. They worked hard throughout the season and even managed to make the eternal bus trips to the astros almost fun. Shotgun the front seat!
great discipline and endeavour throughout the season and congratulate them for their achievements. I hope that the LVI will play with an even higher standard and continue to develop their skills and team spirit next year.
Jonners.
Joseph Man Fung Tang, Captain 2nd XI
The Stick to Chris Smalley The S.M.Burn Trophy to Eddie Hilling
U16 Hockey Report
The Pandas Cup to Tom Lloyd Senior Inter House:
The U16 squad had a great desire to score goals and win
Temple
Junior Inter House A:
Temple
Junior Inter house B:
Queens
games throughout the season. Training sessions were all good fun but this didn't mean that we were not determined to have a successful season. Although it wasn't as successful as last season a lot of progress was made by the whole squad and there were
Boy's Hockey 2nd XI
many closely fought games.
Team members: William Ryley (LW), David Scott (CF), Sam Farqhuarson (RW),Guy Gibbs (LM), Richard Walkland (MM), James Drake (RM),
Jeremy Thomas (CM), Joseph Tang (LB)
Capt., Sam Goodwill (SP), Terence Mak (RB), Alistair Wilson (LW), Francis Wright (RW), Michael Down (LM) and Paul Middleton-
The season began with a close 1-1 draw against a strong Worksop team. The game demonstrated how reliable the defence could be when playing at their best. It was a good team performance but the defence with James Beadnall in goal and Hamish Batchelor organising deserve a special mention for resisting the second half bombardment. The next game was against Bradford
Walker (GK)
Grammar's 1st XI. Initially the team panicked as we were put Results: Opponent
under immediate pressure from the start losing to a deflected goal Date
Goals scored St. Peter's
Opposition
Scarborough College
15.01.2005
3
3
Worksop College
19.01.2005
0
5
Ashville College
26.01.2005
9
0
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early on. However, we soon realised that we were the better all round team and were unfortunate to lose the game by just one goal. The midfield of Tom Lloyd, Josh Storrs and Harry Hustler made sure they were on hand for both defence and attack and their strong performance in this game summed up their successful
The Hall Cross game was another 1-1 draw. Frustratingly we
The boys generally worked very well in training and continued
felt that we were the better side and did not deserve a draw. Again
to develop excellent individual skills. Their game awareness
the team played well communicating efficiently. Ian Macalister
gradually increased over the year. They need to recognise that
and Tim Johnson were strong at the back, reading the game
hockey is definitely a game where the ball moves fast; it does not
accurately and stopping most attacks before they even started.
require one person to beat three defenders, but necessitates a fast
We played Ciggleswick twice in the season. Dominating in both games we won the first 3-0 at home. Piers Dennison was outstanding upfront, causing real problems for their defence and grabbing a goal as well. In the second game, however, we only managed a 1-1 draw. Despite knowing we were the better team our concentration slipped at times meaning we only got a draw from a game we should have won. The penultimate game against QUEGS was played with a depleted side with only about half of the regular team. To put up such a gutsy performance against a talented side showed how much depth we had in our squad. James Rounding did especially
pass and move game. The boys were starting to vary the pace of their attacks towards the end of the season, which is a very difficult concept to grasp. Slow methodical build up, keeping the ball and the opposition moving, then attacking the space quickly when the opportunity arises. James Streather captained the A team very well all season. He reads the game very quickly in defence and rarely gives the ball away. He also makes constructive comments to his peers, which is must in any captain. This side has a number of very skilful players who must realise that at the top levels you are judged on the amount of times your passes are incomplete. The defence was very strong all season.
well. A fitting way to finish the season was our 8-0 defeat of Pocklington.This was a chance for our strike force to show off and the defence to sit back and admire what they were capable of. Will Bickford Smith and Callum Coffin stole the show each getting on the score sheet a couple of times.
In goal George
Milligan demonstrated a superb reading of the game, combined with excellent agility when it was needed. He certainly prevented a lot of goals. Tom Yule and Alastair Penty played full backs. They were both committed in the tackle and could be relied upon to hold their formation. Callum Sinclair played sweeper most of the season and is certainly a very skilled player. He played for the 1st
A big thank you most go to Mr. Morris for making the season
team on a number of occasions. Callum needs to pay a little more
so enjoyable for us all and improving every one of our individual
attention to advice and concentrate on the success rate of his
games.
passing. He played hockey at Yorkshire level.
Dom Ketteringham V Year
We had three boys in the midfield that demonstrated excellent mobility. Edward Mackenzie and Sebastian Batchelor on
Under 16 Boys Hockey The Coach's View' This season nearly all of our sessions were on astro, which meant endless coach trips through York's rush hour traffic. The squad were a pleasure to work with- never complaining and always showing enthusiasm and a willingness to make the most of
the flanks, tore up and down the wings. Sebastian has great determination and makes sensible passes, whilst Edward has excellent close skills and would often tie most defences in knots. Edward went on to represent the county this year. Jordan Nadian has some lovely skills, a good engine and he worked like a terrier in the centre. Combined with Jonathan Bairstow's vision they proved an excellent combination and dominated most games.
the limited playing time. Special mention has to be made of Tim
James McTurk offered a lot of pace up front that scared most
Johnson who was a rock at the back and the skipper, Tom Lloyd
teams. By the end of the season Andrew Walkland had joined
showed great skill and athleticism throughout. One or two players
him. Andrew strikes a ball very well and has an eye for goal.
were a little over physical at times, but the team's competitiveness was the envy of many an opposition coach and the last match was a fitting end to the season when team-work was the key to our success. The boys should remember this as they move into the senior sides next year. D. Morris
The squad went to the Bradford Tournament and won the event. Comfortably beating all other schools in attendance. An excellent achievement! There are a number of strong players in the B team who can compete for places in the future, which will only make for a stronger team. Will Butterworth is a very skilful player who could fill in in most positions. Jamie Scattergood has excellent stick
Under 15 Hockey
work, but needs to develop a more consistent approach to the game. Ben Eaves is a very sharp player who also has good stick
The Easter term was very successful for the Under 15
skill. Jack Sykes is a very competent keeper and deputised well in
hockey teams. We were able to put out two really strong sides at
the A team whilst George was injured. Jack Page has excellent
A and B level. The year is full of a lot of good athletes and most
skills and a very good understanding of the game, but needs to be
schools we played against were unable to cope with the pace at
more determined and consistent in his play to stay in the A team.
which we played. The season started with a 2-2 draw with
I would certainly expect to see all of these players challenging for
Scarborough, who have always been the benchmark for what a
A team places next season.
good team is. We outplayed them at times and should have won.
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As you can see a very strong and competitive squad makes for
Cricket
a strong team. I look forward to charting their success in the future. A Team Played 6
Won 5
Drew 1
Won Bradford Tournament
Won 2
Drew 1
Lost 1
BTeam Played 4
1stX1 Report After a disappointing start in terms of both results and the weather, the 1st X1 developed into a good team. Lack of success at the toss did not help their cause, and it was significant that
N.Savage
every time they batted second in school matches during the term, they won the match. The batting was much stronger than the
Under-14 A PLAYED: 8
bowling, so winning matches after batting first was a problem.The WON: 7
LOST: 1
team was ably captained by Ben Hough, who set a fine example in the field, kept morale high and coped well with an attack which
The U - 14 A Hockey Team has been well led by Luke Bowler
had plenty of bowlers but limited penetration On the whole the
this Year. The team was extremely athletic and at times ran other
fielding was good, Ed Hilling, who won the Fielding Cup, kept
teams off the pitch. However Hockey is a game of possession
wicket consistently well. The Colin Bosomworth Cup for the most
where you have to work the ball around your team mates and be
improved player was won by David Heaton.
patient. Sometimes we were a little impatient and lacked the necessary final touch. As the season developed so did our skills and ideas. We started to play a better style of Hockey towards the end of the season; this was due to a better team understanding of where each other was positioned on the field of play. Josh Cust ran tirelessly all season, linking up with Peter Rowley successfully on many occasions. Rory in goal was a real revelation. He was extremely agile and at times became adept at shot stopping. Luke led from the front, continually offering support to his fellow team members. Tristan Wike demonstrated excellent stick skills on many occasions dazzling the opposition. Jonathan Chambers finished with ease for most of the season; he has the pace to worry sides in the future. I really enjoyed taking the boys this
Congratulations to Jonathan Bairstow on his selection for Yorkshire Under 17s and Under 15s and the North Under 15s and to Paul Steadman on his selection for Yorkshire Under 14s. Towards the end of the season several younger players, particularly Jordan Nadian and Paul Steadman, had a chance to gain experience in the 1st Xl.They showed considerable potential and there should be plenty of competition for places next year. This year, for the first time in many years, we were not part of a festival. It was good to play two matches against our friends from Cranleigh and hopefully a new festival will be arranged for next season. A special vote of thanks to Len Bannister, who umpired all our
season and what impressed me most was the team spirit which will hopefully stay with them as they progress through the school. Every single boy in the squad contributed to the team this season. A fine season, and many more to come I hope! R.J.Francis
Boys' Under 14 B Hockey Hockey was a very new game for the vast majority of the players this year. Unfortunately, the few fixtures that they had were against sides that were much more experienced and all of the matches ended in defeats. Nevertheless, the side developed
inter-school matches. This year more than ever I have appreciated
extremely well and began to keep their shape rather than relying
how lucky and indeed privileged we are to have such a good and
heavily on individual skills (Greg Turner, in particular, improved in
experienced umpire controlling our matches. I am very grateful to
this area). Indeed, towards the end of term the games were fairly
Alice Lindley and Sho Maekawa, who shared the scoring and an
evenly matched and the B's often looked the better side.
excellent job they did. Finally the team and myself want to thank
Particular praise should be given to Toby Lunn and Will
all the parents and friends, who supported us so well, I hope they
Greenwood for their improvement over the term and to Sam
enjoyed the season.
Hitchenor for captaining effectively. There is much potential in this side and now that they have developed their skills and have a basic understanding of the game, I hope that they have better success next year. M.Edwards
The Players Ben Hough- he captained the team well and played some powerful innings. His 96 against Cranleigh was his last and probably his best innings for the School. He took some useful wickets and was always lively in the field. He has been a fine allround cricketer for the School and I thank him for all his efforts and commitment.
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1st X1 Results St. Peter's 193-7 dec. J.Bairstow64 D.Heaton 30 G.Ford 3-56 M.Raikes 3-61
Sedbergh 194-2 M.Raikes 86 G.Ford 67 not out
Home
Lost
St. Peter's
Yorkshire Gents. C.C. 195-7 dec. J.Wackett 58 A.Rigby 51 not out M.Raw 36
Home
Abandoned
St. Peter's 167-8 B. Hough 63 D.Heaton 31 E.HNIing 30
York C.C. 193-7 dec. M.Sheedy 60 J.McGrady 32 not out D.Snell 30 J.Bairstow 3-22
Home
Drawn
St Peter's 135-6 C.Parry43notout O.Collinge 3-40
Bradford G.S. 132 T.SIater56 J.Bairstow 4-24
Away
Won
St. Peter's 149 J.Balrstow62 D.Heaton 40 N.Durham 3-6 A.Baifstow3-17
M.C.C. 197-3 dec. LCunnah 73 not out A.Bairstow 57 J.McGrady 30
Home
Lost
St. Peter's 260-6 dec. J.Bairstow117 B. Hough 85 C.Finan 3-51
Leeds G.S. 210-8 C.Finan 74 D.Syers 60 J.Falkingham48 J.Scattergood 3-33
Away
Drawn
St. Peter's 167-8 D.Heaton 79 J Bairstow33 S.Lawrence 3-44
Saints C.C. 199-4 dec. R.Jones 64 S.Lawrence 52
Home
Drawn
St. Peter's 309-2 dec,
Ampleforth 238-9 D.Tulloch 55 C.O'Kelly 40 A.Kisieiewski 33
Home
Drawn
D.Heaton 80 B. Hough 38
St. Peter's 194 P.Wackett 42 W. Butler 30 D.Suddaby 5-49 St. Peter's 178-8 P.Wackett 37 C.Parry 31 J.Stuwart 3-38 G.Clegg 3-44
Pocklington
Away
Lost
Home
Won
Away
Won
195-7 J.Bolam64
D.Suddaby 62 not out C.Parry 3-30 Barnard Castle
177 R.Hopwood 59 J.Scattergood 5-40 J.Bairstow 3-33
St.Petei-s
Scarborough
162-2 B.Hough 86 not out
A. Harrison 49
D.Heaton 35 not out
J.Tindall 37
161 B.Hough 3-23
St. Peter's 191-7 I.Jarvis 61 E.Hilling 46 not out B.Hough 41 J.Latus 3-57
Hymers 187 J.Latus 47 S.Latus 34 J.Bairstow 3-28
Home
Won
St. Peter's
Home
Won
I.Jarvis 81 P.Wackett 78 M.Pallister4-47 and ',
Old Peterites 224-5 dec. T.Bartram 67 M.Davies 50 J.Wackett 30 and
253-9 dec.
186-3'
212
B.Hough 74 not out D.Heaton 64 not out
H.Scott 42 J.Wackett 38 T.Woolsey 33 J.Scattergood 3-59
St. Peter's 119 N.Pritchard 3-40
Cranleigh 271-3 dec. S.Waters 130 not out M.Crump 53
Home
Lost
St. Peter's 224-8 B.Hough 96 N.Pritchard 3-36
Cranleigh 291-5 dec. S.Waters 137 not out J.Haynes65
Home
Drawn
Jonathan Bairstow - things did not always go his way, but he played some excellent cricket and topped both the batting and bowling averages. His century against Leeds C.S. was very good, but no one who saw his 167 not out against Ampleforth will ever forget it. For a 15 year old it was a remarkable innings. He switched from bowling seamers to off-spin and did a very good job. I hope that he will continue to work at this, as he clearly has the potential to be an effective spinner. Ed Hilling - he kept wicket well all season and on occasions was outstanding. He also played some valuable innings especially against Barnard Castle, when he won the match for us. I hope he will aim to play a high standard of cricket in the future. Will Butler - he joined the team mid-term and was happy to be a member of the 1st X1 even though his chances were limited. He showed his ability at Pocklington when he batted well under pressure and his enthusiasm and effort in the field were a considerable asset to the team. David Heaton - his sound technique and immense concentration made him an invaluable member of the team and he fully deserved to win the Colin Bosomworth Cup. He rarely failed to
come. He was keen and reliable in the field. Peter Wackett - he was always involved and his speed and athleticism in the field were invaluable. Towards the end of term he batted really well, hitting the ball very hard and building big scores. I hope that this will continue next season David Kirby
give the team a solid start and played a number of big innings. lain Jarvis - it was a difficult season for him. He had a bad
2nd XI
spell, when nothing went right for him, and it was only in the last
The 2nd Xl's season finished with a record of three wins, four
fortnight of term that he showed his real ability. His bowling
draws and two defeats. Only Ampleforth and Sedbergh were
improved and his fielding was consistently good.
significantly stronger than us and the defeat against Leeds only
James Marsden - he was very enthusiastic and his fielding was quick and athletic. His batting improved considerably and his
came as the spinners bowled lengthy spells in an attempt to win the game. Pocklington and Barnard Castle made no real attempt
application helped us on several occasions. He struggled to take
to chase our scores and it was frustrating not to bowl them out.
wickets but never stopped trying.
There was a very exciting finish to the match at Bootham when all results were possible off the final ball, Ashville were beaten very
Charlie Parry - he had a good all-round season. He made valuable runs, especially in his match-winning innings at Bradford.
easily and a weakened side played very well together to win at Hymers.
He bowled accurately and economically and he always fielded well.
Potential weaknesses in the batting were exposed in the first match at Sedbergh when we were reduced to 20-4 with over an
James Mills - a promising all-rounder. He bowled steadily
hour and a half remaining when chasing 179 to win. However an
without taking as many wickets as he deserved. His batting was a
encouraging and entertaining stand of 80 from Tom Lloyd and
little disappointing, but he has ability and will, I hope, practise
Harry Hustler followed by determined batting from the tail
hard in the winter. His fielding was determined and reliable.
secured a draw. The top order failed again at Bootham and it was
Jamie Scattergood - a good first year in the 1st.X1.His
only after a rapid 36 from Tom Richardson that we were able to
bowling improved a lot and he coped well with the pressure. He
declare with a respectable total. For the remairjder of the season,
will, I am sure, work hard to gain even more control. He had few
except against a very strong bowling attack at AmpfefortB ttje -
opportunities to bat, but he is a capable player and his ti
i positive and effective with contributions from ma
members of the side.
winter they can improve still further. The boys will, I am sure, join
Before his promotion to
me in thanking Mr Matkin for his time, patience and advice over
the 1st XI Will Butler
the term.
scored his runs quickly
committed and enthusiastic side and supported by a keen and
and
interested group of parents.
Sam
Macbeth
certainly gave the early order greater security.
I have enjoyed another season working with a
D J Watkinson
Only in the game against
Results:
Pocklington
St. Peter's 120-8 Match drawn T Lloyd 69, N Mannion 4-33
Sedbergh 178-9 dec.
St. Peter's 144-9 dec. Won by 5 runs T Richardson 36, N Mannion 6-44
Bootham 139
did
Josh
Storrs show his considerable potential to play at a higher level. It was an innings of both maturity and, at times, ferocious hitting. Over the winter it is vital that he works on his footwork which too often lets him down early in an innings. Michael Down should also aspire to a regular 1st XI place; he has a sound technique but must be more careful with his shot selection. Other useful contributions came from Jeremy Thomas, Tim Peet and Ian Francis. All members of the side made progress with the bat and were able to score a few valuable runs or defend one end. On almost all occasions the side bowled well. Piers Denison deserved to take more wickets but his accuracy often earned too much respect from opposition batsmen who then chose to play him carefully. Tim Heaps added much to the attack when he joined the side and always threatened to take wickets. Early in the season Nick Mannion swung the ball considerably; he took 10 wickets in the first two games including a hat-trick at Bootham. Ian Francis and Jeremy Thomas bowled well, took wickets and were never afraid to give the ball plenty of air. Tom Janes made good progress over the season by gaining greater control over the length of his bowling. Harry Hustler always swung the ball and has the potential to improve much more. Tom Lloyd and Sam Macbeth
also
contributed
to
the
Peet
was
attack. Tim
generally secure behind
St. Peter's 177-9 Match drawn M Down 67, W Butler 43
v
Bradford 180-7 dec.
St. Peter's 86-3 Won by 7 wickets J Thomas 3-10, H Hustler 3-13
v
Ashville 82
St. Peter's 193-3 dec. v Leeds 194-5 Lost by 5 wickets W Butler 73, S Macbeth 60*, I Francis 4-52 St. Peter's 131 Lost by 9 wickets J Thomas 34
v
Ampleforth 134-1
St. Peter's 246-7 dec. v Pocklington 124-7 Match drawn J Storrs 122, S Macbeth 50, T Heaps 4-29 St. Peter's 174-5 dec. Match drawn S Macbeth 72*, T Peet 32
v
Barnard Castle 124-5
St. Peter's 187-8 v Hymers 140 (35 overs per side) Won by 47 runs M Down 37, S Macbeth 32, J Thomas 3-9,1 Francis 3-38
Under 15 Cricket Report 2005 RECORD: PLAYED 10
WON 5
LOST 2
DRAWN 3
the stumps; his ability to stand up to almost all of the
bowlers kept
opposition under
the
batsmen
pressure.
Match analysis: At Sedbergh - draw
Josh
The home side were limited to 137 by some accurate early
Storrs kept on a few
bowling by Andrew Walkland, who unfortunately was plagued by a
occasions;
should
back injury this summer, and later leg spin by Jordan Nadian, who
work at his keeping to
he
took 4-13, and by a fine catch by Callum Stark. At 45 for none
give himself a further
after ten overs we appeared to be sailing to victory. Unfortunately
recommendation in team selection. Overall the level of fielding
Jamie Scattergood's solid 23 was ended by a superb catch and this
was good; we certainly held far more catches than the opposition
led to a collapse to 45 for 4! Sensible batting by the middle and
and it was the crucial difference between the two sides in the final
low order enabled George Milligan to see us to the safety of 99 for
match at Hymers.
8. An improvement on last year's effort but a chance missed.
I am very grateful to Ian Francis who captained the side well. As he grew in confidence he used his bowlers effectively and learnt much about making the most of his side in the field. He
V Durham - cancelled - rain. Versus Bradford G.S. - lost by 93 runs
maintained the right spirit in the team and encouraged all of those around him.
The side worked hard in the nets and at
practice and made good strides forward; with practice over the
Probably the less said the better! A good bowling performance saw Bradford bowled out for 143 on a low, flat Wightman wicket. An inability to defend a straight ball saw St Peter's humil-
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iated at 50 all out. The basic forward and backward defence and courage to get in line should have been learned before this experience. A wake-up call.
At Bootham - won by 60 runs A match just two days after the Bradford debacle gave the opportunity for redress. Views were aired and desired improvements made as St Peter's scored 120 for 6 in 20 overs with Tom Scott and George Milligan opening together for the first time. This became a solid partnership as the season progressed. Bootham replied with 60, Fraser Lang adding to his four for five against Bradford with 4-17.
Versus Ashville - won by 5 wickets
Versus Barnard Castle - won by 10 wickets
Ashville visited the Wightman two days later and reached 124 for 8 on another slow but flat track.
Alistair Penty bowled
Barny were bowled out for 130. Harry Caley at last showed what he could do when he bowled full and straight, knocking over
accurately to take 3-26. Tom Scott, whose batting had started to
both openers in a quick first spell. Nadian then took five wickets
show exciting improvements, hit 27 but it required a sensible and
for the third consecutive match. Tom Scott (60 n.o.) and George
orthodox 45 from skipper Penty to see us home for the victory.
Milligan (54 n.o.) weathered an early storm and batted fluently, giving only one chance in the innings. A professional performance.
Versus Leeds G.S. - lost by 85 runs The biggest test since Bradford to round off a busy week of
At Scarborough - won by 1 wicket
cricket and my thanks to Mr Matkin for covering my illness.
Good medium pace from Caley (4-28) and swing from Elwess
Although the scores of Leeds 167 and St Peter's 82 all out suggest
(3-6) masked some dreadful fielding as Scarborough made 122 all
another dire batting effort, the boys showed more heart and
out. Only Tom Scott really performed with the bat in making 47,
determination to stick around against good bowling than the
leaving Stark, Caley and Lang to knock-off the runs in a tight
previous Saturday. This proved to be the turning point for the
finish. A schoolboy performance.
At Hymers - drawn At Ampleforth - won by 8 wickets
Hymers' amassed 255 in 34 overs due to inaccurate bowling,
Undoubtedly the highlight of the season for me and at least
lethargic fielding and short boundaries. Nadian's 5-98 took him
a couple of the boys. An Ampleforth side which had previously
to 30 wickets for the season. Losing Scott and Penty with just two
beaten Bradford started confidently but, despite the efforts of the
on the board resulted in a long battle, with Milligan bravely
best batsman we had played to date, were bowled out for 148.
batting 34 overs, well supported by Nadian and Streather, to save
Jordan Nadian returned to his best to take 5 for 40 and Tom
the game.
Scott's accuracy was rewarded with 3 for 17. George Miiligan put in his best keeping display to date, taking three catches stood up to the stumps. With the collapses of previous weeks in mind and Ampleforth's best batsman also a very good left-armer, 148 seemed some distance away. Hardly! With Tom Scott hitting 103
At the start of the season I asked each player what they thought they needed to work on this season. As individuals and as a team they should be very pleased with their progress. PC Taylor
not out, the target was reached with 14 overs and 8 wickets to spare. Partnered sensibly by Penty and an in-form Nadian, Tom batted sensationally. He had worked hard at his basic technique all season and he played some beautiful straight shots, including two delightful back foot drives through mid-off for four. The highlight of many a season!
At Pocklington - drawn
Under 14 A Sedbergh
Won
Bradford GS
Lost
Leeds GS
Won
Ampleforth
Won
Pocklington
Won
Barnard Castle
Won
Scarborough
Won
A missed opportunity. We batted extremely well in making
The results reflect a very good season winning 5 and losing 2,
167 for 3 in our 35 overs. Milligan batted through to make a
one of which with a very depleted team. This squad shows real
patient 64 not out. George is quite unorthodox in his grip, backlift
potential and has worked hard throughout the season to improve
and up-right stance but he had worked hard on the basics and
their game. Bowling became accurate, players did not throw their
turned himself into a solid player who hits the bad balls hard. He
wickets away and fielding developed into a wicket taking disci-
was well supported by Penty (54) and Nadian (16). Jordan then
pline.
bowled incredibly well to take 5-23 - often he was far too good for the Pocklington batsmen to get anywhere near. Unfortunately,
The Players.
with Pocklington 81 for 8, the bowling lost its accuracy and we
Paul Steadman: Right hand opening bat. Medium pace. Slip
were unable to take the final wickets.
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flustered and perhaps, most encouragingly, only made positive
and he dominates the covers. He must work at developing his
comments to his team. Highlights for him must be a match
bowling. Highlights; match winning partnership against Ampleforth
winning innings against Leeds and a fine bowling performance
and his demolition of Barnard Castle.
against Pocklington. Paul plays a full range of strokes, bowls with a good action and has a safe pair of hands. A fine all round cricketer. I congratulate him on his selection for the school 1st XI and Yorkshire U14. James Hepworth: Right hand bat. Left arm over medium pace. James started the season strongly with a magnificent innings, showing great concentration to win the game against Sedbergh.
Sam Hitchenor: Right hand bat. Right arm medium. Sam opened the bowling in all matches displaying good control. Latterly he developed some in-swing and he must now move his line to outside off stump. As a batsman he changed from concerned number eleven to hitting middle order. Highlights; bowling against Leeds and batting against Pocklington. Luke Bowler: Right hand bat. Wicket keeper.
He shows good technique, moving his feet well and getting in line. Left handers are always a bonus and James bowled accurately and with some penetration. I feel he sometimes strived for too much pace, especially in his run up. It was a blow to the team to lose him with a dislocated and broken finger half way through the season.
Luke took over the keeping duties and showed great potential in this position. His footwork and soft hands bode well for the future. His batting is aggressive and he has worked hard on his technique. Highlights; batting at Bradford and two catches standing up to the stumps.
Tristan Wike: Right hand bat. Occasional leg spin. James Lloyd: Right hand bat. Off spin. Tris started as keeper but it was clear that he liked to field with the ball being hit at him, giving him the chance of changing the game with catches and run outs. His batting improved considerably, developing the pull to leg and driving on the off. Tris must concentrate on his bowling in order to add another opportunity in the game. Highlight; his partnership with Richard Downey to win the game against Ampleforth. Josh Cust: Right hand bat. Right arm medium pace. Josh bowled accurately and could be relied upon to shut up one end for his overs. His fielding is outstanding. He is quick, brave and his catches have changed the game on more than one occasion. He has a strong throw and could play in any position on the field. His concentration when batting allowed us to win the game against Sedbergh. Highlights; his catching in the outfield. We were unfortunate to lose his services due to a dislocated finger.
At the start of the season James was a slogger. He hit the ball hard to cow corner and didn't last very long. It is to his credit that he worked hard on technique to enable him to open the batting in the last match. He still hits the ball hard but now plays straight. He is a very safe fielder. Highlights; glorious cover driving against Scarborough and a fine catch on the boundary against Ampleforth. James Beal: Right hand bat. Right arm medium. James plays with concentration and no little technique. As his strength develops he will gain greater reward in terms of runs scored. His away swing bowling has real potential but he must be prepared to risk being driven if he is to take wickets. He has been patient in waiting for his opportunity. Highlights; innings against Ampleforth. Mike Johnston
Rory Vokes-dudgeon: Right hand arm Slow medium. Rory bowled very tidily, picking up useful wickets. He is prone to dropping short and at his pace pays the price. His batting, whilst solid, needs to be developed around the wicket. He displayed good team spirit at all times, Highlight; his spell against Leeds. Louis Baig: right hand bat. Off spin. Whilst showing excellent technique in the nets Louis found it difficult to score runs in the middle. I'm sure he will work hard in the winter nets and come back fighting next season. His off spin
Under 14 B PLAYED 6.
WON 5,
LOST1
v.
Sedbergh (home) won by 8 wickets
v.
Ampleforth (home) lost by 3 runs
v.
Bootham (home) won by 42 runs
v.
Leeds Grammar (away) won by 3 wickets
v.
Ampleforth (away) won by 4 wickets
v.
Hymers (away) won by 45 runs
became a force. He set the correct field and bowled to it. His development of the arm ball and knowledge of when to use it allowed him to bowl with confidence to all batsmen. Highlights; spells against Scarborough and Barnard Castle. Dominic Snook: Left hand bat. Left arm over medium pace.
The Squad: M. Slingsby (capt), P.Skinner, C.Schonewald, R.Downey, B.Crook, C. Murray, J. Manning, J.Beal, A.Taylor, J.Chambers, R.Vokes-Dudgeon, R.Webster, S.Murgatroyd, D..Foster, A.Webster, T.Wike, LWhite, T.Hall, S. Greenwood, J.Lloyd, W.Gastrell, LTindell, G.Thomas, K.Mak.T.Williams.
The team's most accurate and miserly bowler, Dom always
Five years ago, the world's then second-best golfer, Phil
gave us a good start in the field. He swings the ball and has
Mickelson, was rated the greatest player in the history of the sport
developed the one that goes across the right-hander. Rarely called
never to have won one of the four major golfing championships,
on to bat, he never gifted his wicket away. Dom's enthusiasm for
but professed not to have a care in the world, as he was having, in
the game is contagious and long may it continue. Highlights; spells
his own words, "a lot of fun". The number one player, of course, was
against Barnard Castle and Bradford.
then, as now, the great Tiger Woods, whose erstwhile coach, Butch
Richard Downey: Left hand bat. Cover fielder. Richard started the season slowly but latterly has become our most attacking batsman. He hits the ball very hard, especially off the back foot and has taken attacks apart. His fielding is first class The Peterite 2004-2005
Herman, pointed out that Mickelson would have a "lot more fun" if he buckled down and won a few majors. On several occasions this year, I have had cause to remember this chillingly professional appraisal. Never in the field of U14 B human conflict have so many
players (25 in six matches!) won such a high percentage of their
Football
matches (five out of six), and still left their teacher wanting more! My sense of deprivation stemmed partly from the fall-out from the terrible weather, as our fixtures at both Durham and Bootham fell victim to the rain, and net-sessions took place indoors at least five times. Partly it stemmed from the disappointment of our home defeat to Ampleforth, where a nerve-
U18 Association Football Results
ridden chase saw us fall short of our opponents' innings of 51: one
St.Peters
3-2
Barnard Castle
extra boundary in this match would have seen us to a 100%
Barnard Castle
2-0
St Peter's
record! Principally, however, it was caused by failure in certain
Ampleforth
5-0
St Peter's
individuals to develop their games beyond the point at which they
St.Peters
3-3
Christ College, Brecon
felt that they were having "fun". No player scored a half-century
St.Peters
7-0
Ajax Juniors
this season (top score was Charlie Murray's 45 at home to Bootham), few batsmen carried their form into the nets into the
It was the first season that competitive football had been
middle, and higher order batsmen were just as culpable of the 'silly
played at St Peter's and considering that fact it was a reasonably
shot' at the end of the season as at the start. I can assure you,
successful one. Led by captain John Ramsden Peter's were
boys, that scoring 50s and 100s is a lot more "fun" than scoring 8
undefeated at home and showed obvious improvement
off three balls! At present, there is no U15 B team: if the batsmen
throughout the season. Coaches Mr.Taylor and Mr. Lawrence were
from this year's U14B team wish to play competitive cricket next
determined
year, they will have to prize their wickets very highly in early
'keep
to
season practice, and learn, in all cases, the benefits of good calling
s i m p l e ' .
things
and the forward defensive shot. In many cases, this season's best
Highlights of the
batting came from middle order or tail-end batsmen: Peter
season included
Skinner and Robert Webster against Leeds, Lewis White and Kevin
St Peter's first
Mak against Hymers, Sam Murgatroyd in our successful second
goal,
fixture against Ampleforth.
overhead kick by
Our lack of application with the bat, thankfully, did not prevent us from winning our fair share of matches.This can be put down chiefly to astute captaincy on the parts of James Beal and Mike Slingsby. The latter was particularly impressive in his handling of the field at Leeds Grammar, where we won a closelyfought fixture on the alien turf of a cloth pitch. In this match, Mike
an
Carl Burton, Mick Morris' great composure in the penalty box when heading in from a tight angle into our own goal and Carl missing a penalty in the same match to cap a great team loss. Team spirit did however remain high and we did very well to draw against the touring Welshmen, thanks in part to some excellent keeping from Alex Howard.
organised his field and rotated the strike quite brilliantly. The
There were many positives including the 7-0 victory against
captains were fortunate to be able to rely on a strong and consis-
the Dutch students in which Andie Miller defied his many, many
tent bowling attack throughout the season, and we soon learnt
critics and scored one of the goals.
that our team was much more comfortable chasing runs (only once did we concede more than 100 runs) than setting a target. Alex Taylor developed a fierce in-swinging yorker and was always difficult to hit off the square. Lewis White's height and bounce
Overall this was a good introduction to football at St Peter's and thanks must go to Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lawrence for making it happen and to Bishopthorpe United FC for the loan of their facilities.
ensured that he was always a tricky customer, Tom Hall was suitably fierce at times and James Manning was unerringly
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accurate. Perhaps our most effective bowling, however, was the off-spin of Robert Webster, whose five wicket haul against Bootham was my highlight of the year, and whose variations of speed and flight bamboozled many a batsman. The attack was efficiently aided by Ben Crook behind the stumps, and by an outfielding team that improved as the season progressed, reaching its zenith of performance in the match against Hymers. I have enjoyed coaching this team, and the moments of comedy with which they have lightened the term's load. I wish them every success in their cricketing futures. D.C.B.Brown.
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Boys Tennis
season with a depleted team, we had to take advantage and won 51/2-31/2. By the end of the school matches, the team was looking good. Sam Farquharson played with consistency, placing the ball in the
1st VI Tennis
right place and attacking when necessary. Towards the end of the
Each year, the tennis team suffers the loss of upper sixth
season he was hitting the ball more comfortably and definitely
players, which this year was most of the team. Also it was unfor-
playing much more positive tennis and with a lot more power. His
tunate that Peter Slower sustained a rugby injury, which
partner James Drake played with more confidence towards the
prevented him from playing for the entire season. At this point, it
final few matches and was striking the ball very well, placing it
was unclear who was going to replace him and this left the team
with a lot of power. Frasier Moore struggled for the first few
with only two remaining pairs consisting of James Drake and Sam
training sessions that were held on the grass courts at St. Olaves
Farquharson at seed two as well as Chris Brewer and Gareth
and much preferred to play on hard courts. His game is definitely
Drabble at the third spot. It was about time for some good news,
the best we have seen at St Peter's in a long time, he has good
and the team was hit with a Bermudan tennis ace, Frasier Moore.
technique and knows exactly where to put the ball and when.The
He automatically fitted into the team to join me at first seed.
only technique I do not think he has mastered yet is how to keep
The first two pairs of the first team get a pre season competition in the winter term, which begins with a local area box league and then a three way final between the top teams from all three areas. Each match consists of two doubles matches and four singles matches. In the past, we have not really managed to produce the goods so early into the year and have not got past the group stages. However our lunchtime trainings with Belinda paid off and we flew through the group stages, Joseph Rowntree School
the strings in his racket as he literally broke the strings every week. Chris Brewer's game is similar to Frasier as he hits the ball very hard, even though it might not go over the net all the time! A young player with three years left at the school, he will definitely be quality the school needs. Gareth Drabble is only in 4th year and shows great potential. His good technique and quality shots put a lot of opponents under pressure. We also had debuts from Matthew Thomas-Peter and Guy Gibbs as they managed to knock Gareth and Chris out of the 1st's in the challenge matches.
being one of the local schools that felt the wrath of Mr. Shread's team. In the finals, we met one of our local rivals Pocklington
The season ended with an exciting trip to Eton to compete in
School and Greenhead College. We did not perform as well as we
the National Schools. Frasier, Sam, James and myself represented
would have liked, and were beaten by both teams.
the school in the U18's competition and Gareth and Chris in the U15's. We expected to meet some good teams and possibly face
From that point on, we worked alongside Mr. Shread and Belinda on Friday lunchtimes to build up our play as pairs in preparation for a challenging summer term. The summer term finally arrived armed with a busy schedule compiled by Mr Shread with two matches every week.
county or national players. On the first day, we beat Latymer. We drew 1-1 in the doubles matches, with James and Sam narrowly losing their match in a close tiebreak. But Frasier won the singles match 6-1 to take us into the final 16 teams.The U15's were lucky in that they gained a bye to the next round. So to celebrate Mr.
Our favourite match each year has to be against our archri-
Shread's first ever team into the final 16, we took out onto the
vals Ampleforth. As usual, we drew the short straw and ended up
streets after dinner to the local for a quiet non-alcoholic beverage.
travelling to take on the "Shak". Last year we lost to them, and it
The next day was not as successful as we came against a very
was time for revenge. Chris Brewer and Gareth Drabble were not
strong Bromsgrove side, who brushed us aside 2-0 in the doubles
available so Alistair Wilson and William Bickford-Smith made their
match.The U15's struggled in their match too and were beaten by
debut for the first team, playing some fine tennis and managing
a very strong Hampton team. Even though both age groups did
to win one of their three sets, which was a great achievement. We
not win, playing such good players was definitely a good experi-
won overall 5-4 and it was a great team effort as Ampleforth
ence.
fielded a strong side.
I want to take this opportunity to thank a few individuals on
We played the Old Peterites twice this year. The first time was
behalf of everyone who plays tennis at St Peter's. Mr. Francis for
our first match of the term and we were shown up to a strong side
coaching the Under 15 squad, and Mr. Paterson for his contribu-
11-1. But when they turned up again towards the end of the
tion and coaching to the 2nd team, Belinda for coaching the 1st
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team to a high standard. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Shread
wings and has the ability
for all that he has done for tennis at St Peter's.
to make opponents lose their cool by remaining
Josh Tindell UVI
calm in tight situations. He won all of his singles
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this year
The very high quality players who comprised the squad have produced an exceptional set of results winning all but one of their
Will Gastrell
matches. The only loss to Ampleforth was decided on a tiebreak
Will played in most of
played under difficult conditions. During the season the strength
the matches but had a
of the squad was evident as the top pair were promoted to play
rather mixed season.
for the first VI. Charlie Duke's captaincy provided a blend of
dominated when he was
He
experience and sound advice that set a positive tone to the squad.
able to relax and use his
Those who represented the squad played to win but also exhibited
left-handed serve and solid
consideration for their opponents. This sportsmanship combined
groundstrokes
with skill produced some excellent tennis. I hope that those
effect
leaving will continue with the game and thank all the players for
opponents. However, he will
against
to
good weaker
need to educate himself to
their commitment and efforts this season.
become less tentative in tight D.M. Paterson
matches and to go for his shots
The following represented the team: C.Duke.T.Denton, G. Cibbs, M.Thomas-Peters, J. Beadnall, A.Wilson, W. BickfordSmith, N. Cohen, P. Mastrelli, B. Russell
at key stages. Sam Hitchenor He had a very promising first season at Peter's and I'm sure that he will go from
U 15 Boys
strength to strength in the future. He is strong on the
The U15 Boys team played some excellent tennis this summer. Lead by Ben Naughton and Will Butterworth both of whom played consistently well. Nick Howard and Ed MacKenzie also played well together. Ben Eaves, jack Sykes and Dominic Hanley provided me with selection headaches all season.The boys had an excellent season, considering the team played without Gareth Drabble and Chris Brewer for most of it. The boys trained hard and enjoyed their tennis this summer. I really enjoyed watching them take on Ampleforth and Bradford in particular. The majority of the games were won, losing only one and drawing one. I hope the Boys enjoyed the season and I think the school senior
forehand wing where he uses topspin very effectively and his serve is secure. Caleb Kutiaka Caleb is a keen, enthusiastic and valued member of the team. He played in every match and lost only one of his singles (against a very handy opponent) due to a sudden loss in concentration and focus. He has the ability to hit big, telling serves and forehands, which can alarm opponents. Will Cordingly Will played steady, safe tennis in his matches and frustrated
teams in the future will be strong.
his rivals with his consistency.
R.J.Francis
James Lloyd
U14 Tennis Report
but requires a little more consistency. He has a very effective
James has all the necessary firepower to be a very good player The U14 tennis season took a while to get going this year with our first three matches cancelled or postponed due to circumstances beyond our control. As a result, in our first match we were caught a little bit cold when we came up against the eventual winners of the league who had already played three competitive games. Once our team were able to get into the match mentality our results improved and we were able to complete a very successful season winning 75% of our games. The U14 squad:
Luke Bowler* Sam Hitchenor* James Lloyd* Harry Dee
Will Gastrell* Caleb Kutiaka* Charles Murray* Will Robinson
*Starred players represented the school in matches. Luke Bowler Initially Luke did not appear at the trails but was eventually persuaded to attend. He was definitely our 'find' of the season
serve when it hits the service box but he will need to work on increasing his percentages. Charles Murray Charlie is capable of playing good tennis but tends to tighten up in match play situations. He should try to think about his game a little more next year and try to time his attacks better during rallies. Harry Dee and Will Robinson Will and Harry didn't quite make the team this year but should figure in future years if they continue to work on their games. I would expect these players to have very successful and enjoyable futures with their tennis at St Peter's and I have enjoyed working with them and watching them improve. M.J. Duffy
with a solid, attacking game. Luke serves well, is sound on both The Peterite 2004-2005
St Peter's Tennis Club: Results Table 2005 2nd VI
1st VI
House Match Finalwinners 1.30 pm Home
Wed 20 April
Hymers mixed HomeHymers Won 6 - 3 University of York 6.00 pm Home Won 8 - 1
Wed 4 May
Worksop CollegeWorksop 2.30pm Home2.30 Lost 2 - 7
Sat 7 May
Wed 11 May
mixed
Home
Won 9 - 0
Pocklington School 2pm Home Lost 4 - 5
Selby T.C. 4.00 pm Away Won 6 - 0 College Home
pm Won 6 - 3
Leeds GS 2.00pm Home Won 8 - 1
Leeds GS Leeds 2.00pm Home2.00pm Won 9 - 0
Hymers College 4.00 pm Away Lost 4- 5
Hymers College 4.00 pm Away Won 9 - 0
Sat 14 MayAshville 2.00
U14IV Linton
Sat 16 April
Fri 29 April
U15VI
GS Home Won 7- 2
Hymers U15VIA+B 4.00pm Away Won 8 - 1 Won 9 - 0
Wigginton T.C. 4.00 pm Home Lost 2 - 4 College
pm
Away
Won 7 - 2 Wed 18 May
Bradford CS 2.00 pm Home Lost 11/2-71/2
Bradford GSBradford 2.00 pm Home2.00 Won 6 - 3
Fri 20 May
Pocklington 4pm (H) Won 6 - 3
Pocklington 4pm (H) Won 8 - 1
Sat 21 May
Ampleforth College 2.00 pm Away Won 5 - 4
Ampleforth College 2.00 pm Away2.00 Lost 4 - 5
Wed 25 May
Alcuin Cup 1/4 Final
Silcoates 2.00
Half Term Sat 4 June 2.00
Fri 27 May Old Peterites
GS Home
pm Won 6 - 3
Fulford School 'B' 4.00 pm Away Ampleforth U15 pm Won 71/2- 11/2
Won 6 Home
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0
VI Home
1st pm Won 7 - 2
Tues 31 May
pm
Home
Won 51/2 -31/2
Sat 11 June
Alcuin Cup 1/2 Final
Giggleswick 1st VI Cancelled by Gigg
Wed 15 June
GiggleswickU16or15 Cancelled by Gigg Ashville College 2.00 pm Home Won 5 - 4
Fri 17 June
York Lawn TC 6.00 pm Home Lost 1 - 8
Sat 18 June
Alcuin Cup Final
F. Moore 6 - 4; 6 - 0
Poppleton T.C.
Mon 20 June
Wimbledon 2005
beat J. Drake
2.00 pm Home Won 5 - 4
Wed 22 June
North Yorkshire Winner F. Moore
U17 Mixed Doubles
Tournament
Wed 22 June
Staff vs Governors
Sat 25 June
Barnard Castle 2.30 pm Away Won 8 - 1
Appleton Roebuck 4.00 pm Away Won
6
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0
Pocklington School 4.00 pm Away Won 5 - 1
Bootham School Won 4 - 2 Poppleton LTC Won 6 - 0
Barnard Castle 2.30 pm Away Draw 41/2 - 41/2
Fulford School Lost 1 - 5
'A'
Tues 28 June
Staff vs Parents
Sun 3 - 6 July
Independent Schools
National Championships
at Eton College
27/6/2005 R.G.S.
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83%
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75%
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convincingly 51-2. The 2nd VII had a squad of 12 and there was
Netball
little to choose between them.Those who played in a game for the 1sts acquitted themselves well and there is a good pool of talent for next year. Jenny Westmoreland was an able captain who was dependable in defence. Yayra Adoboli, Lauren Walker and Katherine
NetbalMstVII
Francis played well in attack missing few shots. Sophie Cuthbertson was a strong centre with great athletic ability. All the
Although only Sally McLaren had received colours the
squad played regularly as it was difficult to choose only seven
previous year, the team soon became settled and there were few
players when all played so well. The 2nd VII lost only one match,
changes once the season began. The team played with commit-
the first of the season again against Ashville. They had an excellent
ment and there were few absences through the term other than
win over York College when they played faster controlled netball
those missing to support the boys at Castlecroft but more about
with few mistakes. They continued in this vein winning the next
that later! The first match of the season against Ashville College,
five matches with comfortable margins. A depleted side played
always tough competition, proved to be so again this year. The
Queen Margaret's in a closely fought game with nothing to
team did well to win by two goals as they had a series of umpires
choose between the teams. Although the team trailed by one or
for the match. They lost only two fixtures during the season with
two gorals in each quarter they played extremely well throughout
the next match against York College, the first defeat! None of our
the match to draw 19 all at the end. They too finished with a
players were as tall as the College girls, who appeared to have a
convincing win over Pocklington.
minimum height requirement of six feet! We did well to keep the score difference to five goals. This was mostly due to excellent
The 3rd VII had four matches with one cancelled. They also
interception in the defending circle by Catherine McTurk. This
had a large pool of players to call on with people swapping
continued through the season and greatly helped the team to
positions and places to enable all to play as much as possible.They
their many winning scores. Catherine was ably supported in
lost a close game against Ashville by two goals, followed by a
defence by Emma Hammill and Sarah Welsh, who although at
convincing win over Ampleforth. They lost to a superior team from
times lacked inches, more than made up for this with determined
Queen Margaret's but finished the term with another convincing
effort. Sally, as usual, gave her all in matches. Due to her excellent
win over Pocklington to give a clean sweep on that day.
dodging skills, passing to her was made easy. Kate Richardson
W. M. Shepherd
made great progress throughout the term and as Wing Attack gave the shooters accurate passes. The season progressed with winning results against the next
The following represented the 2nd VII: Y.Adoboli", L. Walker °, J. Westmoreland0 (Capt), K. Francis, E. Bennett, S. Hall, P. Bailey0, E. Hartley, S. Cuthbertson0, A. Bowler, K.Wackett, E.Macalister-Hall
five schools. Although it was disappointing that one of our last fixtures against Worksop College was cancelled due to snow!
"Denotes half-colours
Lorna Emery and Pamela Kinnell were reliable shooters who held
The following represented the 3rd and 4th VII: F. Gale, M.
space well and shot with accuracy. The match against Queen
Stasiak, F. Devlin, R. Mayne, K. Hawking, H. Buss, V. Rounding0
Margarets was played in the worst weather conditions- freezing
(Capt), J. Cottingham, S. Henderson, K. Dallas, G. Hayward, S.
cold with snow flurries, and the three senior teams missed the
Speed, E.Wright, H. Round, H.Armstrong
seven players who went to watch the Daily Mail Cup. The firsts gave a lacklustre performance although they did pick up six more
Senior Netball Results 1st
V
Ashvilte College
W
4-22
were determined to do well in their last fixture against
2nd
V
Ashville College
L
11-20
Pocklington and won by twenty goals.
3rd
V
Ashville College
L
15- 17 14- 19
goals then Queen Margarets in the last quarter- a little late! They
The team were a pleasure to coach. They had good team
22.01.05
26.01.05
morale, supported each other and played with great enthusiasm. They all made good progress through the term and as four remain
29.01.05
to play next year they should do even better. I thank them all for their support of me in a difficult term and particularly Sarah as
19-6
1st
V
Scarborough College
W
28-17
2nd
V
Scarborough College
W
30-7
V
W
V
Ampleforth College
W
20-13
3rd
V
Ampleforth College
W
34-4
4th
V
Ampleforth College
W
51-2
1st
V
Mount St Marys
W
36- 10
2nd
V
Mount St Marys
W
34-10
23.02.05
1st, 2nd, 3rd V
Worksop College
Cancelled
26.02.05
1st
V
Durham
W
36-11
2nd
V
Durham
W
26-16
1st
V
Bootham
W
26- 16
2nd
V
Bootham
W
19-11
1st
V
Queen Margaret's
L
20-28
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joining the senior netball practice. There were 13 further fixtures for the 2nds and 3rds with even a 4th team match which was won
W
1st
2nd & 3rd VII As usual there was great strength in depth with 35 girls
L
York College
2nd
02.02.05
(Capt). ** Re-award
York College
V
30- 18
The following represented the 1st VII: P. Kinnell*, L Emery*, K.
*Denotes colours
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Ampleforth College
captain and Sally for their astute observations for team selection!
Richardson*, S. McLaren**, E. Hammill*, C. McTurk*, S.Welsh*
1st 2nd
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2nd
V
Queen Margaret's
D
19- 19
A Team Reuslts:
3rd
V
Queen Margaret's
L
7- 16
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v.
Barnard Castle
(A)
Loss
11-30
1st
V
Pocklington
W
36- 16
22.01.05
v.
Ashville
(A)
Loss
14-11
2nd
V
Pocklington
W
30- 14
29.01.05
v.
Scarborough
(H)
Win
21-15
3rd
V
Pocklington
W
25-9
19.02.05
v.
Mount St. Mary's
(H)
Win
33-8
02.03.05
v.
Bootham
(A)
Win
25-7
05.03.05
v.
Queen Margaret's
(H)
Win
15-11
12.03.05
v.
Pocklington
(H)
Win
19-10
U15Netball This was a successful season for the U15 squad with the A team winning 5 of their 7 fixtures and the B team winning both of their matches. In their first match, after only one practice session and with the absence of Alice Sunderland, a key player, the A team were outplayed by a more physical Barnard Castle side. However, the following week's match against Ashville saw a stronger positive team, who played faultlessly to be 10-7 up at three quarter time. However, a change of umpire coincided with a 14-11 loss! Nevertheless, undeterred the team continued to play confidently, deserving to win all the remaining matches. Jess Taylor and Alice Sunderland improved upon their positioning and tactical play within the circle to score over 150 goals. A combination of Rosie Binns, Verity Miers, Lauren England and Anna Peach in the centre court successfully converted defensive play into positive attacking play, with very good positioning and quick passing. Hannah Wilson and Isobel Padmore improved upon their defensive play within the circle. Hannah also played well in the centre court, with Anna Peach and Jess Walker covering admirably in defence. Isobel made some excellent interceptions, whilst Jess' blocking skills made very good progress. The B team won both of their matches convincingly. Charlotte Parkinson and Olivia Towers combined well in the attacking circle. Alex Crossley, Charlotte Foster and Louise Walters played with great determination in the centre court, whilst Anna Peach and Jess Walker were very strong in defence. Well done, girls.
York and District U15 Netball Tournament
The following girls represented the U15B team: A. Crossley, C. Foster, A. Mason, C. Parkinson, A. Peach, O.Towers, J.Walker and L Walters. B Team Results 22.01.05 v.
Ashville
(A)
Win
11-6
12.03.05 v.
Pocklington
(H)
Win
27-5
H. Rose
U14 Netball A Team Because the term was short the season seemed at an end before it began, but in that time both teams achieved much and showed rapid improvement. Snow fell in the middle of term and this led to a number of cancelled fixtures. Both teams started with encouraging wins at Barnard Castle. For the A's Lauren Gibson and Sophie Hammill combined well in the shooting circle, though later in the season Sophie moved to Wing Attack to capitalise on her strong mid court play and Harriet Scott came in as Coal Attack. Her accurate shooting and long reach for rebounds combined with Lauren's good timing of the
The A team were determined to prove me wrong, after
dodge made for a very good shooting pair. In the Barnard Castle
informing them that St Peter's had not done well in this particular
game Charlotte Bennett totally dominated mid court until injury
tournament in the last few years, despite having successful
forced her off court, though typically she was itching to play again
seasons. They played with determination to win 3 of the first 4
after only a week's enforced rest. Alex Ashworth played a stylish
matches in their section. The pressure was on to win their last
and intelligent game at Goalkeeper while Vicky Kirsch and Sheila
match to gain a place in the semi-finals. However, everything
Houghton-Brown showed good reactions in defence. Mention
seemed to go against them, resulting in being 1-6 down at half
must be made of Harriet Slack who was the permanent 8th
time. Nevertheless, this did not deter them and they fought back,
member of the team - she was very strong, competitive, willing
narrowly missing out on a semi-final place with a score of 8-10.
and a great asset. It was a shame the team played Ashville and
Well played!
Scarborough College so early on and had they played later the
The B team had a very successful afternoon, winning the first
scores may well have been different. Of note were the wins
4 of their round robin tournament as had Queen Margaret's. This
against Ampleforth and Mount St Mary's where we played good
left the final match as tense as the final. The team played deter-
controlled netball against very strong competitive sides.
minedly and enthusiastically - alas a 7-8 defeat played them as runners-up. As the tournament was held at St Peter's, it was apt that the girls received their medals from Mr Smyth. An excellent
BTeam Well done to the B team who were undefeated Lauren Grant
afternoon's play!
often outjumped taller opponents in the shooting circle while
U15 A & B Netball Results 2004 - 5
were tried in order to give as many girls as possible a game. Ruth
Roxy Reeves was very accurate in her shots. Various combinations
The following girls represented the U15A team: R. Binns, A.
Stasiak always played a steady and unflustered game and had a
Crossley, L. England, V. Miers, I. Padmore, A. Peach, A.
very good sense of spacing. Abigail Bambridge, Anna Fahy and
Sunderland, J. Taylor, J. Walker and H. Wilson.
Nichole Dean were good team members. Annabel Pring and
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Rebecca Bairstow improved in all areas as the term went on. A
Girls Hockey
promising start from a delightful group of girls who always worked well even on the cold dark nights at the beginning of term. There is much that augurs well for the future. Many thanks to Mrs. Hall who umpired for the B team and to the parents who gave their
1st XI
support and encouragement. P Fletcher
This must have been one of the busiest seasons ever. Of the thirty-five matches played there were 20 wins, 6 draws and no
Results:
losses.The girls adapted well to both grass and Astroturf. However,
U14A
V
Barnard Castle
(A)
W
9-3
U14B
V
Barnard Castle
(A)
W
10-5
U14A
V
Ashville
(A)
L
19-20
enjoyed their hockey, played to win, but in the right spirit. The
U14B
V
Ashville
(A)
L
16-14
weather was kind throughout the term and there were no cancel-
U14A
V
Scarborough Coll.
(H)
L
8-20
lations.
U14B
V
Scarborough Coll.
(H)
W
16-5
Lara Turner ably captained the first XI and made all
U14A
V
Ampleforth
(H) W
18-15
newcomers playing their first season feel at ease. There were only
U14B
V
Ampleforth
(H) W
20-10
U14A
V
Mount St Mary's
(H) W
32-19
U 14B
V
Mount St Mary's
(H)
D
22-22
U14C
V
Mount St Mary's
(H) W
13-8
U 14A
V Bootham
(A)
W
21-10
U14A
V
(H) W
35-12
Pocklington
Games against Queen Ethelburgas, Worksop College, Durham and Queen Margaret's were cancelled. The following girls represented the A Team: A Ashworth, C Bennett, L Gibson, S Hammill, S Houghton-Brown.V Kirsch, H Slack and H Scott.
the 1st XI inevitably were disadvantaged when playing against strong schools who played full time on Astroturf. All teams
three regular UVI players left from last year's team but the younger members played with determination and showed great potential. It was plain sailing up to half term with some excellent results. In the game against Scarborough College the team passed with great accuracy to keep possession and showed good finishing. Gaby Santos scored two in a 3-0 win and went on to become our highest scorer.The midfield of Lizzie Fishley, Emma Bennett, whose reverse stick play was very effective, and Amelia Smalley totally dominated the game. We're immensely
proud of Amelia's
selection for the England U16 squad. She was involved in various training sessions including one in Barcelona - an amazing achievement especially whilst a year young. Before half term the defense
House Netball
was solid, easily covering any breaks by the opposition. Lara Turner and Sally McLaren timed tackles well and set up good attacking
School. Temple, Grove and Queens were the four teams to
moves. Lara combined well with Lizzie at right mid (who surely
reach the semi-finals of the Junior Competition, although Rise,
must have run twice as far as anyone else on the field) and
despite a great effort, failed to go through by the smallest possible
thoroughly deserved The Pacey-Jackson Trophy. Catherine McTurk
margin. Grove and Temple met in the final with Grove winning 4-
and Amy Bowler were outstanding in defence, Amy reading the
2. School beat Queens in the 3rd/4th playoff.
game very well from her pivotal role as sweeper. Catherine was
In the Senior Competition all houses competed well. Temple beat School 10-7 in the final and Grove won 8-3 in the 3rd/4th playoff against Clifton. A good spirit prevailed. P Fletcher
fearless at penalty corners and had many bruises to show for it. On the forward line Katherine Francis, whose knee problems prohibited her from playing a full season, Georgie Duke, Gaby Santos and Pip Bailey all played well in various combinations and were particularly successful in early matches. From 5th form
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onwards Georgie has always given 100% in various positions and
Macalister-Hall and Sophie Cuthbertson were all strong and quick
teams and surely must have played just about everywhere on the
and all played at times in the first XL Ceorgie Duke, Pip Bailey,
field apart from goalkeeper!
Emma Hammill and Kate Richardson showed good skill and also
In goal Emma Rowley made some good saves. Her quick
played some games for the first XI. In defence Katherine Miller was
decision-making was very sound and provided stability in the
very steady. Emma Scattergood and Sam Hall (adapting well to
defence.
new positions) showed great determination. Emma Hartley at left mid beat layers at ease with her skilful stick work and Anneka
After success in the first half of term the second half was a
Munsch was useful in attack. Catherine Rajan was very agile in
different story. Worksop demonstrated their fast and sophisticated
goal, letting in only eight goals in thirteen matches - a record to
play and only our very defensive formation kept Barnard Castle at
be proud of. Of note were matches against Barnard Castle, which
bay. However, in the middle of a run of losses the team returned
ended in a 5-3 win and a 1-0 victory against Queen Margaret's.
to form with a 2-0 win at Silcoates. Against Durham we had most
Perhaps our toughest opponents were Hymers who contested the
of the play but the ball, as is often the case, never seemed to run
ball more strongly than any other team we played against. The
kindly and somehow they scrambled a couple of goals. At the end
girls rose to the occasion, gave no quarter and showed excellent
of term we played in a well-contested, end-to-end game against
teamwork. Throughout the term the team combined well and
Hymers.They were just a bit stronger in front of goal.
deserved their success.
Overall there was certainly much to be optimistic about. We had a young team and many of the players have two more years of school hockey. So, as the saying goes, we'll be back!
3rd XI Winning four out of their six games the thirds proved to be too strong for other schools' 3rd Xls and it tended to be one way
2nd XI
traffic. Better games were contested against higher teams.
With just one loss in thirteen games and against several first
In attack, Katie Hawking was always strong and Sarah Welsh
Xls our 2nd XI deserve much praise. Sarah Crompton and Clem
dependable in defence. As ever it was good to see so many girls
Baig shared captaincy for the majority of games and both led by
wanting to play for teams and it is a shame that the fixtures could
example. Sarah was quick to capitalise on any loose ball at the left
not be more regular. Team spirit was good and Alice Lindley in goal
hand post while Clem played with quiet authority in midfield, with
cheered them on in her inimitable fashion!
that wonderful ability of giving just the right pass. With so many attackers several players had to change position. Those fifth year
Overall. A good season, maybe not the best for results but
pupils in the team added extra pace - Katherine Wackett, Emma
there were other things to be proud of.The girls were enthusiastic, supportive and accredit to the school. It says much about them that other schools like coming to St Peter's I look forward to seeing how they progress next season.
Under 16's The U 16s played together as a team a few times. First in the York and District Tournament, which they won. This was especially pleasing as it was on home ground. The opposition in The British schools' Knockout Tournament was much tougher. Having played really well to beat Queen Margaret's in the earlier round, they rather disappointed in The County Round. Despite conceding only one goal in three games they found trouble in netting the ball, which rather put paid to their chances.
House Hockey Probably the most colourful and noisy of all competitions, this was no exception. Queens wore new purple shirts especially for the occasion and all supporters were in good voice. Skill, enthusiasm and a great sense of friendly rivalry prevailed, in the end school House were the winners; they were unbeaten but Queens and temple put up tough opposition to come second and third. 1st
School
2nd
Queens
3rd
Temple
4th
Grove
Mrs. P Fletcher
Results 1st XI
2-0
Retiring Capts. XI
(H)
W
Easingwold
(A)
W
3-0
Mount St Marys
(H)
W
2-0
Scarborough Coll.
(A)
W
3-0
(A)
W
4-0 4-0
Ampleforth
(A)
W
Giggleswick
(A)
L
0-2
Wellbeck
(H)
W
4-2
Barnard Castle
(H)
L
0-1
Worksop Coll.
(A)
L
0-6
The following girls represented the U16 XI: E, Bennett, A.
Pocklington
(H)
L
0-4
Bowler, H.Buss, S. Cuthbertson, K.Francis, F. Gale, E. Hartley, G.
Silcoates
(A)
W
2-0
Hayward, E. Macalister-Hall, K.Miller, C. Rajan, E. Rowley, E.
Durham
(A)
L
1-2
Smalley, K. Wackett,
VI Form Coll.
(H)
W
14-0
The following girls represented the 3rd XI: S.Welsh (Capt.), C.
Hymers
(A)
L
1-4
Alpin, H.Ashman, H.Buss, K. Dallas, L. Emery, F. Gale, K.
Queen Margaret's
(A)
L
0-5
Hawking, G. Hayward, S. Henderson, L. Howard, A. Jones, P.
'A'XI The Mount
The following girls represented the 1st XI: L.Turner (Capt.) *, P. Bailey +, E. Bennett*, A. Bowler*, S. Crompton +, S. Cuthbertson, G. Duke*, E fishley**, K. Francis +, E. Hammill+, E.
Kinnell, A. Lindley, R. Mayne, K. Mellor, H. Round, V. Rounding, M. Sinclair, S. Speed, E.Telfer. Pacey- Jackson Trophy:
Hartley, E Macalister-Hall, S. McLaren**, C.McTurk**,
Middleton-Walker
K.Richardson+, E.Rowley*, G. Santos*, A. Smalley, K.Wackett.
Goalkeeping Trophy:
*Full colours * re-awarded colours + half colours
Representative Honours: North Yorkshire U 16 Squad
2nd XI
Easingwold
(A)
Mount St. Marys
(H)
W
14-0
Scarborough Coll
(A)
W
5-0
Ampleforth Coll
(A)
W
5-0
Giggleswick
(A)
D
1-1
Barnard Castle
(H)
W
5-3
Worksop Coll.
(A)
L
1-2
(H)
W
5-0
Silcoates
(H)
W
5-1
Durham
(A)
W
9-0
Hymers
(A)
D
1-1
Queen Margarets
(A)
1-0
The following girls represented the 2nd XI: C. Baig*, S. Crompton (capts), P. Bailey*, S. Cuthbertson, G. Duke,F.gale,S.Hall,E. Hammill*,E.Hartley, G.Hayward, A.Jones, E. Macalister-Hall, K. Miller, A. Munch, C.Rajan, K. Richardson*, G.Santos, E. Scattergood, M.Sinclair, K.Wackett, S.Welsh. * Half colours
E. Rowley
E. Bennett, A Bowler, K. Francis, E. Rowley,
0-0
Pocklington
E. Rowley
A. Smalley. England U 16 Squad:
A. Smalley
Under 15's This season the U15 A's faced a challenge without the presence of Amelia Smalley as a mainstay within the team. They rose to the challenge with character, as individual games improved with each position on the field having an important contribution to make. Whilst the results were variable the effort and commitment from the whole team reflected a growing maturity. The first two fixtures were tough against old rivals Queen Margaret's and Queen Mary's, conceding two goals in each match. However, their third fixture against The Mount in late September yielded three goals in their favour with a reflection of growing fitness and confidence. More success followed against Bootham and Easingwold leading into the York and District U15 tournament on November
3rd/U16XI
6th. The team made a huge impact winning all the way through to
York and district Un
16 Rally Winners
3rd XI Flying Hall
(H)
3rd XI Ampleforth
(A)
L W
3rd XI Barnard Castle
cancelled
Silcoates
cancelled
the final with back-to-back victories over The Mount (3-1), Joseph
2-3
Rowntree (2-0), Milthorpe (2-0) and Bootham with the same
10-0
score line. The final as always, was keenly contested with a late goal handing victory to Queen Margaret's on this occasion. In the same week a combined A/B squad drew against
(H)
D
1-1
Barnard Castle with the season progressing with two further
3rd XI Hymers
(A)
W
2-0
successes against Durham and Ashville. They were less lucky
3rd XI Queen Margaret's
(A)
W
4-0
3rd XI Ampteforth
(H)
W
5-0
3rd XI Bootham
against Hymers and Pocklington in November and Scarborough College in early December, with their final victory over Ashville setting the tone for the season to come. The Peterite 2004-2005
Hockey Results - U15's Opposing Team
Date
Team
Sept 1 1
U15A
V.
Queen Mary's (U16)
L
0- 2
Sept 18
U15A
V.
Queen Margaret's
L
0 -2
U15B
V.
Mount St. Mary's
L
0 -6
U15B
V.
FylingHallA(H)
L
0 -3
U1SA
V.
The Mount School
W
Sept 29
Result
Oct6
U15 (Mix)
V.
Bootham (H)
W
13 - 0 2 -1
Oct9
U15A
V.
Ciggleswick (H)
L
1- 3
Oct13
U15A
V.
Easingwold (H)
W
5 -1
Nov6
U15A (plus some B's)
V.
B. Castle
D
1 -1
NovIO
U15A
V.
Worksop College
L
Nov13
U15A
V.
Pocklington
L
1- 3 1- 2
U15B
V.
Pocklington
L
2 -3
The U15 B's also made a great contribution to the season and
Nov20
U15A
V.
Durham
W
3 -0
whilst their success on paper seemed limited, the team developed
Nov27
V.
Hymers
L
0 -3
hugely becoming more cohesive as well as displaying a significant
Dec 4
V.
Scarb. College
L
0 -2
amount of enjoyment. Their strongest performance of the season
Dec8
U15A U15A U15A
V.
Ashville
W
3 -0
was a memorable home fixture against Pocklington, which they narrowly lost 2-3. Many of the team members made significant strides in their personal performances, in particular with stronger
Under 14's
hitting and attacking/defending with greater confidence. Well
National Schools Championship
done to all.
As there were only two entrants from our area we agreed to play a full-length match against Queen Margaret's on 11th October at Q. M's. This was a highly contested match with an excellent display of skill from both teams, despite Peter's disadvantage of not being used to playing on astro- our fitness proved to be an advantage. However, despite a valiant effort we were unable to score and were defeated 2-0.
York & District U14 Tournament. Wednesday 17th November - We set off for Tadcaster with the aim of winning our section, hopefully to travel to Q. M's. and there lay in the final and avenge the above loss. A convincing 3-0 win against Millthorpe was followed, despite a valiant effort, by a The U15 A&B representatives were: A. Crossley, L. England, C.
1-1 draw with Tadcaster. The next match against Joseph Rowntree
Foster, A. Mason, V. Miers, I. Padmore, A. Peach, E, Smyth, A.
School resulted in a 1-0 victory. However, a bigger score would
Sunderland, O.Towers, J.Walker, L.Walters, H.Wilson, R. Binns,
have been to our benefit. We were joint leaders with Tadcaster on
N. Bradley, K. Enos, H. Jackson,A.Jacobs, P.Johnson , C. MorgSri,
points but behind in goal difference.
Nadtn, C. Parkinson, H. Porte:.
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Girls Tennis Senior Girls Tennis As usual there were a lot of 5th and 6th form girls wanting to play tennis and represent the school in teams. It seemed a good idea (at the time!) to enter A and B teams in the U18 Team Tennis league as well as the usual 1st and 2nd VI fixtures. A good idea until I counted the number of matches in a short apace of time and well into study leave! However although the U18 B Team lost their matches, it gave many the opportunity to gain valuable experience particularly at singles. Ceorgie Duke and Sally McLaren were colours from the previous year, they had played together throughout the senior school and the rapport they have, combined with their experience meant they lost few matches.They played 1st pair in the 1st VI as well as No 1 and No 2 in the league team. Lucy Buchanan and Rhiannon Thomas played at second string and with consistency, if added to their wide variety of shots, they will prove difficult to beat next season. Clem Baig and Alex Glatman were a new pairing
Results:
who played well together and they too won the majority of their matches. The 1st VI lost only two of their fixtures. A disappointing
A Team
(A)
W
1-0
4 - 5 result against Worksop College where Sally and Georgie won
Queen Margaret's
(H)
L
0-1
all their sets and a defeat by Queen Margaret's. Although the sets
Mount
(A)
W
3-0
were well contrasted the opposition who play all year round were
Ampleforth
(H)
W
5-0
far superior. The A Team were unbeaten in the U18 league
Giggleswick
(H)
W
2-0
although a 3 - 3 draw against Selby Tennis Club meant that every
Easingwold
(A)
D
0-0
set mattered and the cup was won with a superior set score.
Barnard Castle
(A)
W
5-1
Worksop Coll.
(A)
D
1-1
Pocklington
Queen Margaret's
(A)
D
2-2
Durham
(A)
D
4-4
Hymers
(H)
L
0-3
Scarborough Coll.
(A)
L
1-3
Ampleforth
(H)
W
4-1
Queen Mary's
(A)
W
3-1
Mount St. Mary's
(A)
W
2-1
Ampleforth
(H)
W
3-0
Bootham
(H)
W
6-0
Barnard Castle
(A)
L
0-4
Worksop Coll.
(A)
W
11-3
Pocklington
(A)
W
4-0
Ampleforth
(H)
W
2-0
B Team:
The following girls represented the U14ATeam: R. Bairstow, A Bainbridge, C. Bennett, L. Frost, L. Gibson, L Grant, L. Hourston, S. Hammill,V. Kirsch, A. Pring, A Ramsden, R. Reeves, H. Scott, F. Sim, R. Stasiak. The following girls represented the U14 B Team: A. Ashworth, L. Buss, N. Dean, A. Fahy, L. Frost, K. Hannah, R. Hopper, S. Houghton-Brown, L. Kemp, L. Mellor, H. Slack, A. Ramsden, G. Smith, J. Swann, L. Telfer, V. Ward.
The 2nd VI had a excellent season winning the majority of their fixtures with ease. They also lost twice to Queen Margaret's and had a disappointing result against Ampleforth due to the unavailability of players. Helen Gray and Laura Howard played in nearly all matches at 1st pair and recorded good results.They also gained much from playing in the league team at both singles and doubles. It bodes well for next year in that only 4 of the squad are leaving. The girls played with enthusiasm and commitment and I thank Georgie as captain and all the teams for their efforts and smiling faces! W.M. Shepherd
College
Senior Girls'Tennis Results 20.04.05
(15th
June),
Harrogate
College (25th June) and a 'B' match
Mixed 1st
V
Hymers
W
6-3
Mixed 2nd
V
Hymers
W
9-0
against
Queen
Margaret's
(17th
20.04.05
U18B
V
Fulford TC
L
0-6
June). The 'A' fixture against Queen
23.04.05
1st
V
Hymers
W
5-4
Margaret's
remained
playable
2nd
V
Hymers
W
9-0
however and proved to be the most
U18A
V
Pocklington
W
5-1
difficult of the season, succumbing to
27.04.05 U18A
V
Fulford TC
W
5- 1
25.04.05
a 1-5 defeat.
Scarborough and
District were equally tough opposi-
29.04.05
1st
V
York University
W
5-4
04.05.05
1st
V
Worksop College
L
4-5
2nd
V
Worksop College
W
6-3
U18A
V
U18B'A's
W
6-0
The season closed with an U15
06.05.05
tion alongside Worksop with heavy 1-8 defeats during June.
1st
V
Barnard Castle
W
4-0
tournament held at Bradford Girls'
2nd
V
Barnard Castle
W
8-1
School on 29th June. With the first
1st
V
Scarborough Coll.
W
8-1
pairing of H Wilson and A Crossley finishing 3rd out of 7 schools
2nd
V
Scarborough Coll
W
9-0
represented and the 2nd pairing of L England and J Walker a
U18B
V
Selby T C
L
1-5
respectable 6th within their category.
1st
V
Queen Margaret's
L
0-9
H Barnard
2nd
V
Queen Margaret's
L
1-8
3rd
V
Queen Margaret's
L
1-8
4th
V
Queen Margaret's
L
1-8
U18A
V
Selby TC
D
3-3
13th May U15 League v The Mount
Won
4-2
U18B
V
Pocklington
L
2-4
16th May U15 League v Bootham
Won
4-2
1st
V
Bradford CS
cancelled
18th May U15(A) v Hymers
Won
5-4
1/2nd
V
Durham
W
8- 1
U18B
Fulford TC
L
2-4
U15(B) v Hymers
Won
6-3
V
110605 2nd
V
Mount St Mary's
W
5-4
13.06.05
U18A
U18B'A's
6-0
Won
8-1
V
W
21st May U15 v Bradford Girls' Grammar School
18.06.05
1st
V
Ampleforth College
W
6-3
25th May U15 League v Pocklington
Won
5-4
2nd
V
Ampleforth College
L
1-3
8th June
Lost
1-8
V
Pocklington
W
4-2
15th June U15 VI v Scarborough College
07.05.05 11.05.05
14.05.05
18.05.05 21.05.05 23.05.05
25.06.05 U18A
The following represented the 1stVI: G Duke ** (Capt), S McLaren**, C Baig**, L Buchanan*, R Thomas*, A Clatman*. ** Re-award of colours * Denotes colours
The following represented the 2nd VI and league teams: H Grayt L Howardt, C MCTurk, M Sinclair, C Burns, E Hammill, P Bailey, K Francis, E Hartley, F Gale, C Drabble, E Macalister-Hall, C Mackenzie, E Scattergood, A Crossley, C Johnson.
Girls' Under 15 Tennis Results
U15 VI v Worksop
17th June U15(A) League v Queen Margaret's U15(B) League v Queen Margaret's 25th June U15 VI v Harrogate College 22nd June U15v Scarborough & District
Cancelled Lost
1-5
Cancelled Cancelled Lost
1-8
29th June U15 IV Tournament Bradford Girls' School 1st Pair 3rd 2nd Pair 6th
t Denotes 1/2 colours
The following represented the U15 team: H Wilson, A Smalley, A Crossley, L England, J Walker, A Peach, A Sunderland, J Taylor, V
Under 15
Miers, O Towers.
A small, but tight team, achieved much success this season, working hard to deliver a more attacking game when possible. A flurry of promising results to commence the term set a six match winning streak. Two involved league matches, against The Mount (4-2) and Bootham (4-2), followed by the A and B teams scoring victory of Hymers.
Under 14 For the first time, we entered two teams in the local York Junior Team Tennis League, playing against other schools and tennis clubs. It proved to be a good decision, giving more girls the opportunity to represent the school and also give them valuable
Trying to incorporate more net play to increase pressure upon
competitive match experience. The 'A' team led by Lauren Grant
the opponents, the team had their most convincing victory
did well against other schools, but were defeated by some strong
against Bradford Girls' School in May. Their 8-1 success (with two
girls playing for their tennis clubs! This team ended up winning
tight rubbers for combined pairing J Walker and L England (6-5, 6-
50% of their League matches. The Under 14 B's tried hard, and
5), reflected a growing confidence and ability to perform under
always played with enthusiasm but were inexperienced and ended
greater pressure. The weather put pay to three fixtures against Scarborough The Peterite 2004-2005
up only winning one match. Nevertheless, a good effort when we consider the majority of the squad, it was their debut on the
tennis circuit! The League format is a good one in that all girls play one set of doubles and singles, which is good development for their all court game. The team practice session, held every Monday, was attended by thirteen Sharapova type third years. Always dressed in their latest Nike, Adidas or EUesse short white tennis kits, despite the coldest and wettest start to the season; they were fun to work with. "Can we play some games today please Mrs Whitehead?" The reply? "Well girls, when we have drilled in a consistent, controlled way; not made silly unforced errors, got your serves in, and your groundstrokes are over the net and into the court, and finally you are positive and confident at the net and not frightened to volley - then we may finish off with a game of tennis!"
Rounders
Overall, not a bad season, but I felt the 'A' team should have actually won more matches than they did. All the girls need to practice, both at school and away from school (joining the local tennis club helps enormously). Additionally, concentration on
Under 14 - Report
court needs to improve; but well done, tennis is fun! Mrs J M Whitehead
30 3rd years have had a chance to represent the school playing A or B team rounders this season. All 30 have acquitted
Under 14 A -Team Tennis League Results
themselves well and of the 13 matches played 7 were won, 1 drawn and 5 lost. Harriet Slack was outstanding at 2nd Post in her
18.04.05
vs.
Pocklington
HOME
WON
4-2
25.04.05
vs.
SelbyT.C.
HOME
LOST
2-4
04.05.05
vs.
Poppleton T.C.
HOME
LOST
2-4
09.05.05
vs.
Bootham
HOME
WON
4-2
1st Deep; Annabel Pring scored numerous rounders from her hard hit. Although not spectacular, it was a good season, some enter-
16.05.05
vs.
FulfordT.C.
HOME
LOST
0-6
23.05.05
vs.
St Peters 'B'
HOME
WON
6-0
fielding; Lottie Bennett was very consistent in her bowling; Roxy Reeves could both hit and throw a long way while Louise Cammish and Vicky Kirsch were good at directing their hits past
taining rounders was played and tactically they became more astute with each match. Under 14 -Results
Other Fixtures - Results 21.05.05
vs.
Bradford GGS
HOME
WON
6- 3
04.05.05
v Worksop
(A)
W
25-18
25.05.05
vs.
Ampleforth
AWAY
LOST
3- 6
07.05.05
v Barnard Castle
(H) W
2 7 - 12
08.06.05
vs.
Worksop College HOME
LOST
4- 5
11.05.05
v Bootham
(H) W
221/2 - 13
22.06.05
vs.
Scarborough District
21.05.05 U14A
v Durham
(H)
U14B
v Durham
(H) W
18V 2 - 16/2
v Worksop
(H) W
18-14V 2
11.06.05 U14A
v Pocklington
(A)
L
15V 2 -27
U14B
v Pocklington
(A)
W
20-10
(H) W
33-19V 2
25.06.05
vs.
LOST
4- 5
Harrogate College AWAY WON
3- 1
HOME
08.06.05
The following girls represented the team: L. Grant, H. Scott, V. Kirsch, S. Hammill, R. Bairstow, S. Houghton-Brown, L. Hourston 18.06.05
and L. Frost
Under 14B - Team tennis League Results 20.04.05
vs.
Poppleton T.C.
HOME
LOST
V
Ampleforth
D
19-19
25.06.05 U14A
v Harrogate LC
(A)
L
23V2 - 24
U14B
v Harrogate LC
(A)
L
8-12
1- 5
02.07.05 U14A
v Queen Margarets (H)
L
17-37
U14B
v Queen Margarets (H)
L
6V 2 - 23
28.04.05
vs.
Bootham
AWAY
DREW
3- 3
03.05.05
vs.
Pocklington
HOME
LOST
1 -5
09.05.05
vs.
SelbyT.C.
AWAY
LOST
1- 5
16.05.05
vs.
The Mount
HOME
WON
4— 2
Bowring, H. Burley, L. Buss, L. Cammish,N. Dean, A.. Fahy, L. Frost,
23.05.05
vs.
St Peters 'A'
HOME
LOST
0- 6
L. Gibson, L. Grant, K. Hannah, C. Harris, R. Hopper, S. Houghton-
08.06.05
vs.
FulforsT.C.
AWAY
LOST
0- 6
The following girls have represented the Under 14 Teams: A. Ashworth, R. Bairstow, A. Bambridge, E. Beaumont, C. Bennett, C.
Brown, L. Hourston, V. Kirsch, C. Mackellar, L. Mellor, A. Pring, R. Reeves, S. Sachedina, F. Sim, H. Slack, R. Stasiak, L. Telfer, V. Ward
The following girls represented the team: L. Hourston, S. Hammill, R. Bairstow, C. Mackellar, L. Frost, R. Stasiak, L. Telfer, N. Dean and A. Fahy.
The Under 15 and Senior Rounders were played on a friendly basis and the results reflect the lack of weekly practice! Nevertheless the matches were enjoyed by all and it should be
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noted the Under 15's had several very close games- 2 matches
Girls Swimming
being lost by just a single rounder!
Under 15 Rounders
A great season all round. To be unbeaten over two terms
04.05.05
V
Worksop
(A)
L
21-29V 2
against some very strong swimming schools on the circuit, to
11.05.05
V
Bootham
(H)
L
15- 16
come away with two cups in The North of England John Parry
21.05.05
V
Durham
(H)
L
14-19V 2
08.06.05
V
Worksop
(H)
L
17V 2 -27
very smoothly other then one team touring York several times and
11.06.05
V
Pocklington
(A)
L
17-18
arriving well over an hour late, just in time to catch us before we
25.06.05
V
Harrogate LC
(A)
L
7-14 1 / 2
all went home! As ever, all the girls were very helpful and would
02.07.05
V
Queen Margar<its (H)
L
1
8-39 / 2
Relays
and two
Silver
Medals
in The
National Relay
Championships is quite some achievement! All the matches went
be willing to time keep or score (also thanks to Alice Lindley) if not required to swim. Team support is the vital ingredient of a
The following girls represented the Under 15 team: N. Bradley, A. Crossley, L. England, K. Enos, C. Foster, E. Goodwill, M. Hall, H.
successful swimming squad - as well, of course, as the hard work of training.
Jackson, R.Jacobs,A. Mason,V. Miers, C. Morgan, I. Padmore,A.
For the Seniors, Sally Henderson was again outstanding and
Peach, H. Porte, A. Smalley, A. Sunderland, J. Taylor, O. Towers, J.
won all her individual races. As Captain she led by example and
Walker,
would swim on any stroke in order to give other team members the best chance. She was ably supported by the stylish swimming
H.Wilson
of Pamela Kinnell and Katherine Wackett, who always showed great competitive edge, along with Catherine McTurk and Ceorgie Duke, also gave great team support. Other team members, who
Senior Rounders
always swam well were; Rebecca Jacobs, Catriona Rajan, Tilly 11.05.05 A Team v Bootham
(H)
L
16-25 1 / 2
Cottingham (also Lauren Walker and Amy Bowler in the first term).
BTeam v Bootham
(H)
L
13-15
As can be seen from the results, the seniors were exceptionally
21.05.05
v Durham
(H)
W 21V 2 -16
strong and it was a shame that some swimmers only had a few
25.05.05
v Ampleforth
(A)
L
3-18
The following girls represented the Senior teams: Y. Adoboli, E.
races, when in other years they would have been in the mainstay of the team. In the Under 15's, there was a nucleus of Alice Sunderland,
Bennett, P. Boxall, C. Buckley, H. Buss, S. Crompton, S.
Lauren England, Jessica Walker, Verity Miers and Hannah Wilson
Cuthbertson, K. Dallas, E. Fishley, S. Hall, E. Hannah, E. Hartley, S.
with Louise Walters and Charlotte Morgan having occasional
Hayward, S. Henderson, V.Janes, P. Kinnell, R. Mayne, C. McTurk,
races. Alice showed a level of expertise for the others to aim at -
K. Miller, C. Rajan, K. Richardson, E. Rowley, E. Scattergood, M.
her effortless swimming drew admiration from all. However, one
Sinclair,
person does not make a team and the regulars are to be congratulated for often beating the opposition in tight finishes.
C. Stasiak, K. Wackett The Under 14s made a solid start winning most of their age group matches. Emily Bollands was strong on butterfly and
House Rounders
freestyle, while Rebecca Fletcher also had some good results. Harriet Slack swam well on breaststroke with Sophie Hammill,
This is always a popular competition, and this year was no
Lauren Grant and Charlotte Bennett all giving good performances
exception. Temple were the final winners in a close final beating
on a variety of strokes. Mention must be made of Rachel Hopper
Grove 8 - 7. Throughout the afternoon Temple had been on good
who showed great improvement on backstroke over the season.
batting form scoring an excellent 46 rounders in total. In The John Parry Relays, we won back two of the four cups in 1st
Temple
the Senior medley and Senior freestyle events - deservedly so.
2nd
Grove
Perhaps the highlight of the season was the National Independent
3rd
School
Schools' Relay Championship in London. Wearing their new red
4th
Queens
swimming 'hoodies' the team set off on a rather arduous journey
P. Fletcher
by train, over ground across London, bus and a final walk to their destination. Having survived this, double school pack ups (how did they manage their warm-up?) and a long wait in unbelievable poolside heat, they worked through their heats and in the finals swam brilliantly, and in faster time than ever before, to win silver medals in both medley and freestyle competitions.This was some of the toughest competition from the whole of Britain and a wonderful way to finish the season.
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Each year it becomes more difficult to have a sufficiently big group of swimmers on which to draw as there are more and more
Girls' House Swimming
demands on their time and a wider variety of activities. As a
School, Clifton and Temple were all quite close after the
coach, I am very proud of the teams and their staying power. I am
individual events but School seemed to have strength in depth
pleased their season was so successful; they thoroughly deserved
and stretched their lead in the relays. There were 4 new records
that success.
from Katherine Wackett (1 length fly), Alice Sunderland (1 length
and
(1 length
Rebecca
P Fletcher
Henderson
lengths free). Swimming Results 23.09.04
27.09.04
07.10.04
22.11.04
18.01.05
24.01.05
31.01.05
14.02.05
07.03.05
09.11.04
v. Ashville
v. Bootham
v. Silcotes
v. Harrogate L.C
v. Harrogate L.C.
v. Leeds GHS
v. Silcoates
v. Bootham
v. Ashville
John Parry Relays
The final results were: (A)
(A)
(A)
(H)
(A)
(H)
(H)
(H)
(H)
Won
169-135
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
School Clifton Temple Rise
Snr A
43-33
Snr B
44-32
U15
42-34
U14
40-36
was tremendous support for all competitors.
Won
136-92
P.Fletcher
85 points 43 points 39 points 34 points
Overall it was an excellent standard of swimming and there
Snr
48
U15
45-31
28
U14
43-33
Won
132-112
Snr
47 - 29
U15
44-32
U14
33-43
1
Girls Squash
Results: PLAYED 7
1
Won
124V 2 -93 / 2
Snr
47V2 - 281/2
U15
43-33
U14
44-32
Won
107-97
Snr
35-33
U15
35-33
U14
37-31
Won
133V2-94V2
Snr
51-25
U15
36V2-39V2
27-9-04 08-10-04 03-11-04 22-11-04 18-1-05 07-03-05 1 2-03-05
WON 3
DREW 1
LOST 3
Ashville Queen Margaret's Woodhouse Grove Harrogate Ladies Coll. Harrogate Ladies Coll. Ashville Queen Margaret's
Away Home Away
Home Away
3-2 3-3 2-8 1-3 5-1 3-0 2-4
The following girls represented the team: H. Round (Capt), R. Thomas, A. Glatman, C. Baig, C. Burns. C. Buckley, E. Burton, H. Gray, S. Cuthbertson, Reserves: F. Devlin, L. Buchanan, S. Henderson, T. Cottingham, G. Duke. Colours were awarded to: C. Baig, C. Burns, R.Thomas, C.
Won
1
134 / 2 -99V 2
Buckley, S. Cuthbertson.
Snr
49-17
Re-awards: H. Round.
1115
46VC.2 -29 1 / C.2
U14
29-47
Won 1301/2 -96 V2
1
We were fortunate enough to be able to use the courts at Clifton Park for our practices and Bootham School for options and home matches. Oh, how we miss our own courts at Alcuin!
Snr
47-28
U15
36-40
U14
471/2-28
Won
127-101
was unbeaten in her two appearances. Helen Round proved to be
Snr
46 - 30
a reliable and conscientious captain as well as a good assistant
U15
46-30
coach, organising drills and practices. Playing at number one
U14
35-41
throughout the season Helen's best win came in October when
Senior Medley Relay
1st
Senior Freestyle Relay
1st
U1 5 Medley Relay
2nd
U1 5 Freestyle Relay
3rd
Our large squad of mainly sixth formers were good racquet and games players and our team was strengthened in February by the arrival of new girl Alex Glatman. Alex is a good hard hitter and
she beat the QM number one by three games to one. Our matches against QM's continue to be highlights and are always closely contested. Obtaining quality fixtures against other schools remains a problem and the enthusiasm of our girls deserves more opportunity to provide matchplay. The girls were a pleasure to
13.05.05 National Independent Schools Relay Championships Medley Relay Finals:
Silver Medal
Freestyle Relay Finals:
Silver Medal
coach and 1 shall miss the leavers who have been great fun to work with. The current crop of lower sixth form, who 1 know will not let the side down, will fill their places next year MrsJ.M.Whitehead The Peterite 2004-2005
Athletics & Cross Country Not only have there been some outstanding individual
The final match was against Queen Margaret's on the last
efforts this term but also the team support from girls willing to
weekend of term. With only about half of our athletes available,
'have a go' has been tremendous. Nine girls were entered for York
those girls who took part were to be commended for their
and District Trials and of these five were selected for the County
attitude. The discus throwers (Alice Sunderland, Georgie Smith
Championships.
and Jessica Walker) kept the flag flying by coming 1st, 2nd and
These girls were: Katie Mellor
Senior 800m
Emma Macallister-Hall
Inter 800m
Sophie Cuthbertson
Inter Long Jump
Harriet Scott
Junior Shot
Roxy Reeves
Junior Javelin
3rd, which was a great effort.
Katie went on to win the senior 800m in a subsequent County Match; Sophie was second in a strong Long Jump event and Harriet fourth in the Shot. Harriet Slack also achieved great success by entering the RAF Athletics Championships and reaching the National Finals in the javelin. In the school matches there was a pleasing early win for both Under 14 and Under 15 teams against Barnard Castle. The following girls won their individual events - Alex Crossley (U15 High jump), Isobel Padmore (U15 Shot), Amelia Smalley (U15 800m and javelin), Charlotte Bennett (U14 100m and Long
Sports Day again showed some strong performances from the
Jump), Harriet Scott (U14 Shot and 200m) and Roxy Reeves (U14
girls. Emma Macalister-Hall ran 2 new records (800 metres and
Javelin).
200 metres) and she was a very worthy winner of the Victrix
The Independent Schools Championships always provided tough competition and although there were only two winners on the day (Charlotte Foster 200m and Amelia Smalley 1500m) the team effort was excellent. Overall the Under 14's finished fifth out of sixteen schools and the under 15's third out of sixteen. On probably the hottest day of the Summer, the under 14's and Under 15's took on Ampleforth. There were winning performances from Jessica Walker (Discus), Alison Mason (Javelin), Verity Miers (High Jump) and Charlotte Bennett (100m) but the accolade surely fell to the winners of the 800m and 1500m Lauren England and Emily Bollands who both showed great strength of character in the searing heat. The overall win of 62-42 points was well deserved.
Ludorum.The House Cup went to Grove who were strong in both Seniors and Juniors. We were all grateful to the Friends of St Peter's who again supplied well-deserved and needed drinks throughout the afternoon. Sophie Cuthbertson was awarded the Newman Trophy for Athletics. This reflects not only her undoubted effort and commitment but also her ability in several events. Sophie won the 100 metres on Sports Day and went on to jump over 5 metres at Long Jump in a County Competition. Several individuals have achieved a great deal in athletics this term. Standards are improving all the time. All the third years have done weekly athletics and some have surprised themselves at how well they have done! I look forward to seeing how they progress in years to come. P. Fletcher
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Results 07.05.05 v Barnard Castle
(H) U15 U14
W 51-42 W 53-40
14.05.05 Independent Schools Athletics U15 5th out of 16 U14 3rd out of 16 18.06.05 v Ampleforth
(H) U15/U14
02.07.05 v Queen Margaret's (H)
U15/U14
W 62-42 L
72-137
The following girls represented the Under 15 team: A. Crossley, L. England, C. Foster, A. Mason, V. Miers, I. Padmore, C. Parkinson, A. Peach, H. Porte, A. Smalley, A. Sunderland, J.Walker, H.Wilson The following girls represented the Under 14 team: A. Ashworth, A. Bambridge, C. Bennett, E. Bollands, L. Cammish, R. Fletcher, L. Gibson, S. Hamill, L. Kemp, L. Mellor, R. Reeves, H. Scott, F. Sim, H. Slack, G. Smith, R. Stasiak P. Fletcher
Cross-country invitation race at Ampleforth. Saturday 12th March The following runners performed outstandingly on a hilly cross course at Ampleforth last term. Well done to all who took part. Carl Burton James Barber Faye Clark Tory Janes
6th 10th 14th 16th
Alex Storrs Lara Turner Helen Buss Eilish Hannah
8th 8th 15th 17th
Senior Girls: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Name K Mellor J Boro A O'Brien H Buss C De Rivaz CAde V Janes M Thompson K Ashworth H Coddrington F Clark S Ottewell
School SP A A SP A A SP A SP A SP SP
Time 14m35s 16m02s 16m09s 16m13s 16m45s 16m55s 17m02s
Ampleforth won 34 to 54.
A Tooby-Smith
York & District Cross-Country Championship Results
Results of Girls X-Country vs Ampleforth
at the Knavesmire, and congratulations to all who made it though
Junior Girls:
to the next round. The following performed particularly well:-
Well done to all those who took part in this event on Tuesday
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
3
Name A Rogers L Straughn M S-Turner C MacKellor E Bollands R Fletcher VWhetherall R Hunt C Bowring K Dudgeon S Sachedina K Hannah
Ampleforth won 36 to 43.
School A A A SP SP SP A SP SP A SP
Time 15m30s 15m43s 16m23s 16m24s 16m59s 17m02s
Inter Girls 1st
Emma McAllister-Hall
8th Sophie Cuthbertson
13th
Lauren England
15th Emma Bennett.
St Peter's won the team prize in this event. Inter Boys 16th
joe Parkes
21st Alex Storrs Edmund Pang
20th Rory McCleod Junior Girls 21st
Emily Bollands
28th Harriet Scott
Junior Boys 3rd
Josh Cust
15th Robert Nash
20th Robbie Cuth A Tooby-Smith
HMC Northern Schools Athletics Championships Some
outstanding
performances were
achieved on
Wednesday at Gateshead despite the tough competition provided by 21 Independent Schools. Congratulations to all those who took part and in particular the medal winners:-
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York & Selby Schools Athletics Championships The following boys qualified for the North Yorkshire Championships by achieving either gold or silver medals at the Rydale Stadium in York on Tuesday May 10th. Josh Cust
800m
James Lloyd
Javelin
1st Junior 1st Junior
Ben Crook
Javelin
2nd Junior
Toby Williams
1500m
2nd Junior
Robbie Cuthbertson
200m
1st Junior
Richard Downey
U
1st junior
James McTurk
200m
2nd Inter
House Cross Country An amazing 77 senior girls ran the race this year (only 6 are Juniors
actually needed in each team but many runners had used their
Ben Crook
1st
Javelin
Josh Cust
1st
800m
Emma Macalister-Hall (11 mins 47 sees) and Dronfield easily won
Josh Cust
2nd
3000m
the Senior House Cup.
Richard Downey
2nd
Long Jump
John Chambers
2nd
Triple Jump
Robbie Cuthbertson
2nd
200m
Robbie Cuthbertson
3rd
High Jump
James Lloyd
3rd
Discus
powers of persuasion on their friends!). The individual winner was
All 3rd and 4th years ran in the Junior race. Emily Bollands was the winner here ( 13 mins 01 sees) and School House won the team event. Seniors
Junior boys 4 x100m relay (Downey, Cuthbertson,
Inters 2nd
Dronfield
88
School
105 points
equal
points
& Rise
Chambers & Cust) 2nd
Tom Lightwing
1st 2nd
Long Jump
Juniors
Seniors Robin Johnson
2nd
Carl Burton
3rd
1500m
Richard Lum
3rd
800m
Javelin P. Fletcher
4th
Temple
115 points
1st
School
23.1 points
2nd
Temple
29.8 points
3rd
Queens
31. 7 points
4th
Rise
32.1 points
Sports Day Results Girls Winners Sen Discus
G. DUKE
(20.75 m)
Sen High jump
E. MACALISTER-HALL
(1.35 m)
Jun Shot
I. PADMORE
(8.17m)
Jun Long Jump
H.WILSON
(3.99 m)
Jun 800m
L ENGLAND
(2.58.2 min)
*Sen 800m
E. MACALISTER-HALL
(2.29.9 min)
Jun Discus
J.WALKER
(21.05 m)
Sen Javelin
G. SANTOS
(24.30 m)
Sen Long Jump
S. CUTHBERTSON
(4.45 m)
Jun
V. MIERS
(14.56 sec)
Sen 100m
S. CUTHBERTSON
(14.3 sec)
Sen Shot
G. DUKE
(8.84 m)
Jun High Jump
A. CROSSLEY
(1.32 m)
Jun Javelin
R. REEVES
(17.75m)
Jun 300m
S. HAMMILL
(52.68 sec)
Sen 400m
C. MCTURK
(69.71 sec)
Jun 200m
H. SCOTT
(30.05 sec)
*Sen 200m
E. MACALISTER-HALL
(28.06 sec)
Jun 1500m
A. SMALLEY
(5.28.0 min)
100m
Sen 1500m
K. MELLOR
(5.28.9 min)
Jun Relay
GROVE
(58.9 sec)
Sen Relay
GROVE
(58.1 sec)
HOUSE CUP: VICTRIX LUDORUM: JUN. SPRINT CUP: SEN. SPRINT CUP (LOWTHER TROPHY): FRIENDS OF ST PETERS JUN. MIDDLE DISTANCE CUP: FRIENDS OF ST PETERS SEN. MIDDLE DISTANCE CUP:
GROVE E. MACALISTER-HAVLL V. MIERS
* Record
S. CUTHBERTSON L. ENGLAND K. MELLORS
Cambridge Cup This is the Cup awarded to the house which gains the most points from girls' house competitions over the year. School House were the outright winners for the first time ever, gaining points from all 11 competitions in the year. CLIFTON
DRONFIELD
GROVE
JUN CROSS COUNTRY SEN CROSS COUNTRY
5
BADMINTON
3
HOCKEY JUN NETBALL SEN NETBALL
1
SWIMMING
6
QUEENS
RISE
SCHOOL
TEMPLE
2
1
5
3
2V2
2V 2
1
6
3
10
2
6
10
4
5
1
2
3
3
5
10
4
2 2
TENNIS
3
10
6
3
ATHLETICS
6
2
4
10
JUN ROUNDERS
3
1
2
5
SQUASH TOTAL
7
6
10
14
37
25
3
3
8 V2
57 1/2
38
Winner: School The Peterite 2004-2005
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Editorial fact that for the past four years the pages of The Peterite have carried an obituary. This year the tragic loss of Elizaveta Slesareva in appalling circumstances shocked the whole school community. The nature of any school magazine is introspective; the purpose is to celebrate and reflect the school year and all that we do well at the school. Elizaveta's death is a blunt reminder that the world outside of our own community can be harsh indeed. Elizaveta's death is referred to in the Dronfield report and in a separate article by the Head Master. The 400th anniversary of The Gunpowder Plot was an important event in our school's history. Guy Fawkes is undoubtedly, whether you like it or not, our most famous and notorious old boy. I would like to thank Avril Pedley, our archivist, for her work in writing a most interesting article on Fawkes and others connected with the Gunpowder Plot who were educated at St Peter's. Being the editor of a school magazine brings both pains and joys. The weekly grind of obtaining and collating reports from staff and pupils is certainly the worst element of the job but the best part is seeing clearly, through articles and photographs, the enormous amount of pleasure and pride that staff and pupils obtain from organising and taking part in the innumerable events, visits, enterprises and initiatives that make up the school year. This year has been just as busy and full as any other. My thanks go to the committee for their hard work and dedication, and to David Morris School Photographer extraordinaire; no one knows how much time is involved in taking and processing so many photographs until they have actually done it themselves. Also to David Brown who spots all things grammatically incorrect and to all those staff and pupils who in addition to organising and running events, visits, courses and competitions have found the time to write full and interesting reports. j. Darmody Editor's note: In last year's magazine the Obituary on Brian Jelbert stated that he had run the CCF for his first ten years. This is incorrect. Brian did run the CCF for a shorter period of time succeeding John Bulcock as Commanding Officer when John resigned his commission in 1991. I apologise for this inaccuracy.
Committee (above): Sophie Cuthbertson, Emma Hammill, Emma MacAlister Hall, Rachel Hopper, Katherine Wackett, David Cook, Hannah Punnett, Esme Telfer, Eilish Hannah, Kris Rawcliffe, Kayleigh Nadan.
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Prizegiving 2006 Middle School Illrd Form Prize For Academic Merit
P.E. Lord Prize for Classical Civilisation
Helen Gray
Mathematics Prize Wilcox Prize for Physics
Charlotte Buckley
Wilcox Prize for Physics Alexander Dickinson Kate Fenton Alexander Telfer
Mathematics Project Prize Chemistry Prize
Alasdair Wilson
Orange-Bromhead Prize for String Instrument Accomplishment
Old Peterite Club junior Reading Prize Illrd Form Prize for Academic Merit •
Sophia Gascoyne
Whytehead Memorial Prize for Theology
Pippa Bailey
IVth Form Prize for Academic Merit
Samuel Hall William Robinson
Pemberton Prize for Wind and Brass
Simon Wallis
Alastair Springgay
John Crook Prize for Poetry
Abbey Sykes
Skrentny Prize for Creative Writing
Benjamin Schonewald
Middle School Information Technology Prize IV Form Prize for Academic Merit
Peter Rowley
Tudor Howat Prize for Music Composition Sophie Wright
Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit
James McTurk
Stephenson Prize for Singing
Christopher Wordie
Contribution to Music Prize
Robyn Webster
Toyne Prize for European History
Alexandra Glatman
Le Tocq Prize for Economics
Guy Gibbs
Jack Brittain Memorial Prize for Middle School Essay
Alexandra Crossley
Junior Music Prize
James Woodrow
Vth Form Music Prize
George Lister HSBC Prize for Upper Sixth Form
King-Reynolds Prize for Middle School Mathematics Geography Prize
Business Studies Coursework. Charlotte Parker
Art Prize
The Friends of St Peter's Prize for Business Studies.
Thomas Rowlands
Old Peterite Club Senior Reading Prize Politics Prize
Elisabeth-Martin
Milton Prize for Effort and Progress in Biology
Anna Peach
Art Prize
Christopher Millard
Politics Prize
P.E. Lord Prize for Classical Civilisation
John Miller
Robin Shannon Memorial Prize for contribution to School Debating Hugh Lamarque
Richard Atkinson Memorial Prize for Drama
Jack Sykes
David Rumfitt Memorial Prize for Service to the Chapel.
Stephenson Prize for Latin
Lauren England
Junior Debating Prize Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit
Helen Porte -
German Prize Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit
James Streather
Walter Smith Prize for GCSE Practical Science Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit
Old Peterite Lodge Prize for Service to the Community The Minster Lions Rose Bowl for Community Action
Ludwig Pang
Army Scholarship
Aiken Harrap
Barry Daniel Award
Hannah Wilson
Peter Saxon Jordan Nadian
Vlth Form Arthur Craven Memorial Prize for Senior French
Clare Montgomery
Geography Prize Paddy Power Prize for Endeavour
Laura Howard
Norman Crombie Memorial Prize
Jeremy Thomas
Stephenson Prize for Latin
Yayra Adoboli
K.H. Rhodes Prize
Richard Atkinson Memorial Prize for Drama
Jacob Lister
Foluso Rotowa Memorial Prize for. Classical Civilisation Coursework
George Lockett
Design and Technology Prize
David Beaumont Richard Walker
Art Prize
Bethany Smith
Art Exhibition
Lorna Emery Phoebe Harrison
Walter Smith Prize for Biology
Kate Ashworth
Spanish Prize
George Kearl Jack Page
History Prize Vth Form Prize for Academic Merit
Emma Hammill
Matthew ThomasPeter
Heads of School 2005-06 Yayra Adoboli and Jeremy Thomas 1
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The Head Master's Commemoration Address: Saturday 8th July 2006
current debate about someone's freedom fighter being someone else's terrorist. However, it did give St Peter's the opportunity to recognise the event with a programme of drama, music, lectures and a firework display. No one who attended could fail to have been impressed by the Plotters' Ball at the end of October at the School. The evening was a great success. Just to cater well for the
Lord Mayor, Bishop, Chairman, Ladies & Gentlemen, Peterites.
862 people was a massive undertaking and apart from being a splendid occasion, a large sum was raised for St Martin's Hospice
I should like to thank the Bishop for preaching to us today and
and the St Peter's Foundation.
for giving away the prizes. He has confirmed our candidates for the last two years and we appreciate his involvement with the
St Peter's also made history in the last year. For many years the School has thought it necessary to promote the closure of the
School.
ancient right of way that ran from the A19 through the Queen's
The Battle of Towton took place between the Yorkists and the
Building and down between the cricket and 1st XV rugby fields. In
Lancastrians during the War of the Roses in March 1461. The
1938 the Council agreed with the School by 31 votes to 8 but the
Battle witnessed the largest loss of life in a military engagement
Quarter Sessions took another view. Further attempts followed in
in this country. Some 28,000 lives were lost before the Yorkists tri-
1996 and 1998 and finally in 2004 when recent legislation looked
umphed. The monument to the Battle is a large obelisk on the
favourably on the School's attempt to close the right of way to
side of the road between Ferrybridge and Tadcaster. What is not
improve its security. St Peter's is the first successful applicant in
in the history books, and is something of which I was unaware
the country to close a right of way using this legislation and we are
before I read an account of the Battle by a pupil in the third form
very relieved to now be able to make the School safer from the
in March, is the fact that a committee look after that monument
small element of our society looking to abuse the freedom which
and commemorate the anniversary of the Battle by bedecking it
the right of way gave. I would like to thank parents who wrote in
with flowers, notably the Towton rose. This is a white rose tinged
support and parents and staff who gave evidence. Those who
with red on the rim of its petals.
It is also a reminder that
heard the ex housemistress of Queen's House give her evidence
Yorkshire people have long memories and like to celebrate their
during the Inquiry will have had no doubts that the case for clo-
victories.
sure was overwhelming.
In reviewing the past academic year 2005/2006, I can safely
St Peter's is also writing its history at the moment. The recent-
say it has been a year where St Peter's has celebrated its own his-
ly retired Head of History, Richard Drysdale, is to be the author of
tory, is in the process of writing its history, and during this year has
'Upon Ancient Ways', a compilation of contributions about the
made history.
In celebrating the 400th anniversary of the
School from staff and Old Peterites. Its aim is to try to capture
Gunpowder Plot I was unsure whether we were celebrating with
something of the past to understand the essence and the present
the rest of the nation the deliverance from annihilation of the
heartbeat of the School. He has much to write about and cele-
King and the Parliament, or the School's pride in producing the
brate. I hope parents and friends of St Peter's will support this ven-
man resportsi e f r creating the celebration by failing to success-
ture.
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Bands Competition at the Grand Opera House, is to name but a few of the ear-catching events which illustrate the diversity and standard of performance from our musicians. In the Easter Associated Board Examinations, 36 pupils achieved grade 5 or above, 8 achieved grade 8 and there were 12 distinctions and Oliver Marshall won an award for the top piano performance at grade 7 in the country. It is, however, important to stress that we are not, as in other fields, elitist about our Music. I was delighted that the inter-house singing competition involved everyone in the School so that all stood on stage and sung. It was good to see many friends and parents visit the Art and Design Technology Exhibitions recently. The breadth and standard of work surprises our visitors who are often unaware of the strength of creativity at St Peter's. The Whitestone Gallery has hosted some fine exhibitions, notably Judith Hall and Jane Wright. The art percolates from the department for view around the school and into the Peterite and gives pleasure and enriches us all. Congratulations to the Design and Technology senior team which won gold at the Regional Schools'Technology Tournament. 'Party Time' and 'Mountain Language' by Harold Pinter provided our major senior drama productions supported by middle school productions of Elizabethan drama in November and of It is an understanding of the past which illuminates the pres-
'Unman Wittering and Zigo' by Giles Cooper. A Head Master
ent and gives an indication of the future. Looking back on the year
always worries when he settles down to read the front page of a
sees us celebrate our best ever A-level and GCSE results: 84% A or
programme before a performance which reads: 'ever pjotted W>
B grade at A-level and 72% at A* or A grade at CCSE. A prep
murder your teacher?' - I am relieved to let you know that for the:
school headmaster visited us in November and asked me what was St Peter's unique selling point. Without hesitation I said it is the quality of the teaching. Anyone who saw the Art and Design exhibition recently and looked at our results, department by department, for 2005, noting that 95 out of our 98 leavers reached the university of their choice and the course of their choice, would agree. We are only as strong as the outstanding staff upon whom so much depends. Each one of them seeks to both teach to the highest standards and then to share their talents and enthusiasm, both intellectual and sporting beyond the classroom. I would like to thank them for their dedication and essential contribution to St Peter's. I would also like to thank our staff leavers for their contribution to that teaching. John Pennington left us in December to become Director of Music at Lytham St Anne's in Lancashire, a richly deserved promotion.
We have been grateful to Lee
Dunleavy and Mike Weare for picking up the music teaching and music commitments in the last two terms. Jackie Palmer leaves St Peter's after three years in the Art Department to move on to the Godolphin School in Salisbury. Her ceramic work, her tutoring in The Rise and her rowing coaching made it a very full three years' contribution. Louise Williams moves to The Mount School to take up the position as Head of English after a year at St Peter's; we thank her for her English teaching. I wish them every success in their new careers. Despite a change of personnel in December, the Music depart-; ment has flourished following their successful tour of the Unitncj; States last July. The Summer Concert, the moving performance oj| Bach's Magnificat in March and the Cabaret Concert last week, singing Evensong at Durham Cathedral and entering the Best of
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moment our drama has been restricted to the stage for the most part this year! The
extracurricular
pro-
gramme continues to expand. Our inter-house debating competition enjoyed a successful introduction and interesting lectures given by Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB spy
and
double-agent
and
Professor Peter Hennessey were enjoyed by a large audience. I am pleased that Mark Edwards will be bringing his expertise to bear in a new
role
as
Master
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Extracurricular, and organising and developing the non-games programme. I would like to thank him for
his
six
years
of
being
Housemaster in Temple where he has exercised his strong pastoral
has led the Boat Club so successfully for the last six years and
gifts.
resigns from being Master in charge of rowing today. He has
It is a sad fact of life even in the independent sector that legal and academic pressures are now reducing extracurricular provi-
raised funds, inspired staff and encouraged pupils to get involved on the water.
sion. Some schools are increasingly reluctant to look beyond the
It is due to commitment like his that many of our sports are
classroom. St Peter's seeks to preserve and indeed develop a
in such good heart. I repeat my thanks to all staff; I am particu-
breadth of educational experience which sets us apart. The bal-
larly grateful to my senior management team, especially the
ance between a broad and enriching educational experience for
Bursar who has had to handle the security improvements to our
life and the best possible examination grades is a delicate one.
site over the last year; to the Deputy Head for organising the
With your support we will strive to achieve this breadth and bal-
400th Anniversary celebrations in conjunction with York Council;
ance.
to David Watkinson as Director of Studies for his encyclopaedic
Our sport has been remarkably strong during the year. Pupils have achieved national standards. We congratulate Robert Kinnell for his swimming prowess, and entering for the National Youth Championships in August; Tom Denton for playing for England U18 rugby and Peter Wackett for trials for England U19 rugby; Tom Lightwing for competing in the English Schools' Athletics Championships yesterday, Duncan Rajan coming third in the National Biathlon Championships; Jonathan Bairstow play-
knowledge of each individual pupil's academic development, and to Claire Wike for handling the staff review process. I also thank the Chairman and the Governors for their tireless work and inspiring support. In particular, my thanks go to David Coles for four years of service and to Peter Lyddon for eight years of service as Governors who retire at the end of this academic year. Today 100 of our pupils are leaving School to go on to fresh challenges.
It has been encouraging to see them assemble a
ing for England U17 and Yorkshire 2nd XI at cricket.
leavers' book on their own initiative which will help them to keep
No question for Yorkshire people about which is
in touch with their year group and foster their friendships. Their
the more prestigious of those two selections! We
Leavers' Ball this evening at the Racecourse will be an occasion to
congratulate Rory MacLeod on rowing for Great
celebrate those friendships and enable their parents and them-
Britain in May, our 20th International Rowing
selves to mark a special occasion; leaving school is a milestone in
Vest in eight years. Just as important, we
their lives both for them and their parents. I hope that in the
believe sport is for all; it is important that a
future they will work hard to realise their dreams. I visited a
young person understands how vital physical
boarding school way out in the bush in Namibia in December. On
education is to their health and that each
the last day before leaving, the top year group write down their
individual should develop a sound level of
dreams for the future and place them on the collection plate in
fitness at this secondary age. We fielded 13
the last service of term. The sheets are kept safely in the Chapel.
boys' hockey teams in the Easter term and over 130 pupils have rowed on the river this summer. We were pleased that 47 crews participated in the recent York Regatta.
On that occasion three new
boats were named and we are grateful for
Whilst our leavers have been surrounded by history and have made their own this year, we want them to dream their dreams and to work for their future. May they have lasting memories of friendships at St Peter's. May they turn their dreams and hopes into reality and perhaps even victories. We wish them all success for their future.
the financial support that the Boat Club receives from parents and friends of the
Richard Smyth
school. My thanks go to Mike Hall who
Head Master
Elizaveta Slesareva 10 September 1990 - 16 October 2005
Elizaveta Slesareva joined St Peter's in September 2005
and three other people were machine-gunned to death as
in the fourth form as a boarder and as a member of
their family car was stopped on the outskirts of Moscow on
Dronfield. She came to us from Moscow, eager to experience
the first Sunday of half term.
English culture and language and an all-round education. It was clear to me when I interviewed her in the summer that here was an intelligent, talented and gifted young girl. Liza was with us for only six weeks but she was happy and settled. She had expressed her concerns at returning to Moscow to family and friends as she had enjoyed the safety and security of living in England which we take for granted. Her fears were not unfounded. She, her father and mother
I find it difficult to make sense of the tragic loss of her innocent life ended so brutally through no fault of her own. Abbey Sykes as Deputy Head of House in Dronfield wrote and read the following poem at Liza's Memorial Service in an attempt to make sense of her death and our loss. Richard Smyth Head Master, March 2006
Liza's Wall The news is bad. The news is very bad.You are dead and this harsh injustice makes your loss harder to accept. I shut my eyes to shut out all the pain But your broken body crumples at my feet, and I shall never see you again. There's nothing I can do to help you. This newfound sense of powerlessness is overpowering. From our eyes gush forth torrents of liquid love. When closed the fallen tears wash over you, Sealing your body in a swollen womb of safety. This time you shall not be cruelly catapulted into the murky depths of amorality. You, an innocent angel, could never have been prepared for that! Your peerless purity was remarkable; you hadn't even had your first kiss. Remember when we'd giggle about boys? I do. Child, you had everything to look forward to. You once said you liked my poetry. This is my tribute to you. Oh, the bitter irony! Of the four who chose to go to Midweek Prayer, He gave you only 3 more weeks to live. It is so indescribably unfair I cannot help but doubt if God exists. That is, until I see your smile chiselled into a building block of my memory, onto the wall I am erecting especially for you, and I realise God is the cement which holds every single brick togeth-
er, keeping you in my mind, precisely the way you looked the very last time I saw you. In this bitter interval of my life, you remain perfectly preserved, for your wall is made of ice and you are encased within. When the pain subsides and God, that ceaseless, shining sun, makes disappear the frost, your wall will melt away, leaving you on this page, so that long after we're gone, others might find you and love you as we did. Do not fear missing out as we mature and blossom, For as we develop, deteriorate and die, you shall stay forever youthful. You have outdone us all, Liza, having been spared the bodily decline of old age and that piercing pain of losing family, and friends. That is the advantage of being taken so soon, of being chosen to decorate God's own garden because you are too good for ours. Everytime your name is mentioned my wall gets taller Everytime I hear the Chopin you play so well I see it more clearly in my mind. You see, Liza, you will never be forgotten Only when your wall is high enough to reach you will I stop building. So until then, AOPO°Aii (doragaya) Liza, sweet dreams. Abbey Sykes
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Everyone knows that Guy Fawkes was a pupil at St Peter's but probably very few know that he was not the only one of the plotters who was educated with us. St Peter's in the late 16th Century was a very different place -"ye free schole in ye Horsefair" was in a small building at the corner of Gillygate and Lord Mayor's Walk - more or less underneath the modern coach park. The Head Master was John Pulleyn and although he must have "toed the line" to keep his job in the prevailing Protestant climate under Queen Elizabeth, he was almost certainly a secret Roman Catholic. The previous Head, John Fletcher, had actually been imprisoned for 20 years because of his adherence to the Catholic faith. Guy was born in 1570 into a well-known York family whose ancestors had included Lord Mayors and Sheriffs. Guy's father died in 1578 and when his mother, Edith, remarried, it was to Dionis Bainbridge, a Catholic and connected to the strongly Catholic
celebrations of 2005 needs no retelling. Antonia Eraser's book'The
Pulleyn and Percy families. The seeds of Guy's later career were
Gunpowder Plot: terror and faith in 1605' is a very good account
well and truly sown in his boyhood. At school Guy would have had another Gunpowder plotter, Christopher Wright, as a contemporary. He and his plotter brother, John, lived at Patrington and presumably were boarders. Their mother was imprisoned for her beliefs and their aunt was possibly Margaret Clitherow, the canonised York martyr who at one time
and James Travers's 2005 book, 'Gunpowder: the players behind the Plot', produced by the National Archives to mark the 400th anniversary of the plot, is excellent and beautifully illustrated. But back to Guy and his schooldays and the time shortly thereafter. Less than forty years after the Plot, York became a centre of Royalist activity in the English Civil War. During the Siege of
hid two priests, both Old Peterites, in her house. Oswald
York in 1644 the school buildings on the Horsefair were com-
Tessimond, known as "Father Greenway" was also a Peterite. He
pletely destroyed and the boys and their teachers had to find new
became a Jesuit and is thought to be the first priest to learn of the
accommodation within the safety of the walls.
plot. Edward Oldcorne, another priest, was said by the government to have been involved and was tortured and executed like Guy
Today nothing remains to us of Guy Fawkes's time at school
himself in 1606. A few years before the plot, Robert Middleton, Old
although our modern buildings are on land once owned by him.
Peterite, who was also the same age as Guy, converted to
Reporters from television and newspapers regularly ask if we have
Catholicism and become a priest - he didn't live to take part in the
any records to indicate his attendance and whether he was an
events of 1605-6, but was executed in Lancaster in 1601. Certainly,
attentive scholar. Sadly, the school archives contains no curling
the School on the Horsefair at this period nurtured a notable group
parchment chemistry notebook with "G. Fawkes" neatly written
of dissidents.
on the cover, and inscribed on the last page "B+, Must try harder".
The story of the plot itself is very well known and after all the
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Friends of St Peter's School, Chairman's Report -,-
It has been another good year from the Friends, building on
attracted new members and was a very successful and sociable
last year's successes and undertaking new ventures. The Friends
evening. St Peter's Supporters' Scarves, designed by the Friends,
exist to support the community and foster friendship through var-
were made and found to be colourful, popular and warm on both
ied social events, not as a fund-raising group.
touch-line and river bank.They are available from the school shop.
The FOSP year started with helping organise the Pre-Sports
The summer term started with a School Open Morning where
Day breakfast at St Olave's / St Peter's Sports Day, and organising
Friends greeted and talked to potential pupils and parents before
and running the bar and food on the two Cabaret Concert nights.
they toured the school. Many said how helpful they found it to
September saw a brisk start to activities with 4 events in the
talk to current parents.
first month. The New Parents' Evening, Boarders' Parents' Open
Although raising money is not the FOSP main purpose, this
Day, and St Peter's Open Morning the Friends have hosted before.
year donations were made towards the following projects:
The "Welcome to (New) Parents" Breakfast was a new venture that
Equipment for Arclight (Community service), bulbs, benches,
everyone found most enjoyable, so much so that some wished to
Commemoration Ball start-up and a substantial school marquee.
make it a weekly event.
I would like to personally thank all the Committee for their
Meanwhile, the Coffee Shop was in action as before, success-
forbearance, help and dedication over the year. Especial thanks go
fully bringing people together and making a modest amount of
to Raj Rajan for standing in for me in my absence, Joy Robinson
funds. Friends also had an input into the Gunpowder Ball at the
for quietly keeping a close eye on the finances and to Marie
end of October, which eventually raised £38,000 for charities.
Williamson, in her last year as secretary, for organising meetings,
Using the experience from that we helped with the School
doing such good and timely agendas and minutes and keeping me
Fireworks and ended the term with the traditional, and highly
in line.
enjoyable, wreath making, expertly tutored by Sue Roach. Easter term was quieter with one new venture, the longawaited educational tour of York Brewery followed by a curry. This
I would like to wish all the FOSP a successful next year. Jamie MacLeod September 2006
Senior Common Room Notes Dr Alex Craig joined us as Head of History. A graduate of Christ College, Cambridge, who taught at Shrewsbury. He has already taken over debating and organised an inter-house competition. Mrs Jane Dawson has returned to the Maths Department. A graduate of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, who has been teaching at York College recently. Miss Joanne Davey has joined the Modern Languages Department. A graduate of Leeds University. Mrs Sally Gray has joined the Classics Department. A graduate of Trinity Hall Cambridge, having taught at King Edward VI Girls High School, Birmingham for the last 22 years. Miss Sarah Morgan has joined the Biology Department. A graduate of Leeds University.
Staff News Steve and Dori Gwilliam became proud parents of Cristofer Javier Gwilliam Lopez, born at the beginning of the Easter holidays and many congratulations go to them all. Matthew Adams married Jenny Harwood over the Summer half term and our" Best Wishes" go to the happy couple. JOAB
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Dr. Alex Craig Dr. Craig burst onto the scene at St. Peter's in September 2005, taking up the position of the Head of the History Department. He has brought the world of history to life through such innovations as History Extravaganzas, cinema trips to see films such as 'Munich' and also the notorious meals that follow. The hard work that the doctor has poured into school trips such as the History trip that ventured around Second World War sites in Germany, Poland and Hungary were much appreciated, and so I wanted to get to know the man himself a bit better. Dr. Craig is an obvious intellectual, a man of high knowledge in the field of history. However, he is also a man of many talents, perhaps one of his most bizarre being Ice Dancing. Yes, it is true to say that the doctor is a bit of a pro on the old frozen stuff, so much so that at the tender age of 21 he won the Great Britain Doubles Ice Skating Championship, an achievement of which he is highly proud. But do not be lured into the false sense that Dr. Craig is all about elegance, as he is a bit of a closet adrenaline junky. His preferred thrills involve sky diving, bungee jumping, white water rafting and the odd bit of swimming with great white sharks. Despite this brave visage, he has many a fear, the most prominent being spiders, carnival folk and the dark. Dr. Craig is quite the hero in many respects. When asked what he would judge to be his greatest achievement he alluded to his 3 years spent in a remote African village as a missionary building a church for the locals. Quite an achievement! It is true to say that Dr. Craig is a driven man, so much so that when asked what his aspirations were for his time at school he stated, 'To take it over, most probably starting with the Biology Department.' Kristopher Rawcliffe LVI
Mrs. Jane Dawson Mrs. Dawson is no stranger to St Peter's. In case you have not guessed she is married to Mr. Dawson (Head of D&T) and mother of Rebecca and Ian. It was in fact at St Peter's that she met her Mr. Dawson. Leaving us for a few years Mrs. Dawson taught at Queen Ethelburga's and York College. She grew up and was educated in West Yorkshire going on to study Mathematics at Lady Margaret College, Oxford. Apparently an A Level Maths topic called 'Integration by Parts' was a reason she chose to study Maths at University level. Mrs. Dawson states her interests as well as mathematics being astronomy and volcanoes and I can assure readers that any of these topics if suggested during lessons will distract her from the task in hand. Viewing her photographs of Mt. Etna lasted several minutes. Another time-wasting tactic is to ask Mrs. Dawson for a mathematical joke. Her favourite is as follows... What did the zero say to the eight? Your belt's a bit tight isn't it! Joking apart Mrs. Dawson has the knowledge and ability to challenge even the brightest of her students and she demands attentiveness.
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We welcome Mrs. Dawson to St Peter's for the second time around and hope that this time will be lasting and fruitful.
in Education. She did, however, mange to fit a year in between her studies spending a year in Grenoble and Cadiz - an experience which she described as eye opening.
David Cook, UVI
Her first impressions of St Peter's are of a friendly and wel-
Miss. Sarah Morgan Following
her
coming school with a very ambitious ethos. Almost at the end of her first year she says her first impressions have not altered and that she has really enjoyed her time here so far.
degree in Zoology at
Quite the sportswoman, Miss Davey lists tennis, squash and
Durham and PGCE
going to the gym amongst her hobbies and interests. She also
course at Leeds Miss
enjoys reading historical novels and socialising with friends. I won-
Morgan, who original-
der where she finds the time?
ly
hails
from
Newcastle, joined the Biology Department. Her first impressions of St Peter's are good and she found the
pupils
to
be
polite, the staff pleasant and the school
Just in case she hasn't enough to do she is also planning for her forthcoming wedding next year. Her targets for the future include doing a good job as assistant in Clifton House next year and simply enjoying her second year as much as she has her first. We hope Miss Davey will have a long and happy career here at St Peter's. Emma Hammill & Emma Hall, UVI
welcoming in general. She is also delighted with the range of resources available in the Biology department. Miss. Morgan summed up the school in one word..."passionate" and her pupils as ..."entertaining". On entering Miss. Morgan's lab. it is impossible not to notice the presence of several cages containing rats and her favourite moment so far has been the birth of Freddie the rat's young. Urgh! In addition to her teaching Miss. Morgan is the Liaison Officer for The Wilberforce Trust at St Peter's. This body provides help for the visually impaired and those with other disabilities in York. She is eager to promote this organisation and enlist volunteers from the school.
Miss Sally Gray Miss Cray joined St Peter's this year as a Classics and Latin teacher. After achieving a Classics degree at Cambridge University she went on to teach at King Edward VI Senior School in Birmingham
where
she worked for twenty-two years. Miss Gray's lessons are quite unique and fun filled. They
In her spare time Miss. Morgan enjoys listening to music and
have so far ranged
seeing her favourite bands, including 'The Arctic Monkeys' in con-
from
cert. She also enjoys the cinema.
Aristophanes plays in
Miss. Morgan has settled into life here quickly and we wish her a long and happy stay at St Peter's.
acting
costumes
to
out dis-
cussing some of the more
controversial
Sophie Cuthbertson,
topics from classical
LVI
times with her Lower VI. She feels there are many things exclusive to St Peter's including cakes at break time
Joanne Davey
and the 'interesting' uniforms. However after settling in she has come to enjoy working here very much. Miss Gray speaks fluent Italian and ancient Greek. She has a
Miss
Davey
seems to be a peren-
seven-year-old daughter named Flora who in her own words she feels is her 'greatest achievement'.
nial student or a glutton for punishment.
Miss Gray has plans to sell her house in Birmingham and move
She studied for a BA
to York with Flora and her husband John who is a professor at York
Hons for four years at
University. She also wishes, somewhere along the line, to travel the
Leeds
University
world and especially to visit Greece again. We hope that this will
before taking a PGCE
not be before she has been at St Peter's for a long time and before
at St Bede's and St
many other students have enjoyed her lessons as much as I have.
Hild's College, Durham and she is still studying part time for an MA
Eilish Hannah, LVI
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Louise Williams Louise Williams stayed with us for one year only. Therefore, she is featured in the Valete.
three schools. The bursary scheme enables talented children who would not otherwise benefit from the St Peter's experience to attend the School helping to create a diverse classroom, which stretches the abilities of all pupils, whilst the Foundation's support for capital projects will give pupils first class buildings and facilities which match the outstanding education that they receive and
Mrs Louise Darmody
which can be more readily utilised by the wider community.
Whilst much of Mrs. Louise Darmody's working career has
The second part of Annabel's job involves assisting the school
been in Finance and Banking her time as Art Technician at Fettes
with keeping in touch with the wider "St Peter's Family", support-
College in Edinburgh
ing a vibrant community which enjoys the benefits of lasting rela-
and her connection
tionships with St Peter's, long after their formal involvement with
with The Head of Art
the school has ended.
makes her well qualified and experienced to deal with the multitude of tasks that an Art Technician has
Annabel states, "It is great to be working in my home town, rather than having a long commute each day. The School is a wonderful place to work and I have really enjoyed spending time getting to know people involved with the school, including parents and former pupils and of course the other members of staff".
to perform. When not at work, Annabel enjoys spending time outside Having been in
either in the garden or walking in the countryside.
Yorkshire for more than three years now
We hope she has a long and happy career ahead of her at St
she has knowledge of
Peter's.
the department and
JDa
has helped out many times on a voluntary basis. She is looking forward to working with the art staff on a daily basis and becoming involved in creative tasks once again.
Erica Town Erica Town joins St Peter's as Marketing and Communications
As well as a full time job Mrs. Darmody has two sons aged 11 and 12 at St Olave's and this, she says, leaves her little time for hobbies. When she does have a bit of time to herself enjoys read-
Director from a career in the food industry - with a distinctively chocolatey flavour as she has worked for both Cadbury's and Nestle, and on brands such as Milky Bar and Yorkie.
ing and swimming. Working with a As an Art student and writing this half way through the academic year I can say that we have come to greatly value Mrs. Darmody's contribution to the department and we hope her stay here is long and happy. Hannah Punnett, LVI
great brand is what attracted her to St Peter's as well as the challenge of schools marketing which as a discipline
is
still
defining itself.
Annabel Arkless
"I
am
looking
Annabel became Director of The Foundation in January. She
forward to tackling
has worked for charities throughout her career, most recently run-
the huge diversity
ning the fundraising
the marketing role
department
encompasses,
at
to
Kirkwood Hospice in
sorting out the prior-
Huddersfield.
ities, together with ensuring St Peter's reputation is better represented externally and
There are
two
enhanced by everything we do".
aspects to Annabel's Her first
So far she is most impressed with the scale of what goes on in
focus is on raising
an average week, the fact she has been able to swop a long car
money, which will be
commute to a short bicycle ride to work and that her working day
role here.
used to fund either
can be enhanced by hearing musical rehearsals, listening to pupils
bursaries for pupils or
and learning from staff.
improvements
A Arkless
to
resources and facilities in any of the
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John Pennington John Pennington joined us in January 2000 from Worth School in Sussex where he was also Assistant Director of Music. He had previous experience as a visiting keyboard teacher at the Oratory School on and
so
London
was
well
equipped for his role as Assistant Director of Music and Head of Keyboard
at
St
Peter's. He showed himself to be an excellent organist and accompanist
and
always
worked hard to make sure
that
he was
properly prepared for major performances at
School,
in York
Minster or in the various other cathedrals and special venues that our choirs have visited either in this country or on Music Tours. For a while he took over the Chapel Choir at St Olave's when the Junior and Senior School music departments were more closely joined. He achieved a lot during this time creating a well-disciplined choir with a good balance of boys and girls. He frequently assisted in sharing rehearsing with me and was always totally reliable. He did a huge amount to develop the recording and Music technology within the department and assisted in the equipping of our recording studio. He took great delight in taking over the Barbershop Croup at St Peter's and especially in the aids to presentation such as bow ties which glowed or rotated. Getting this group together to learn music by heart has never been easy as they are some of the busiest pupils in the school. John helped develop the curriculum in the third form and here created a good balance of different styles, period and types of activity. It helped bring music alive to an important year group within the school. However, coming from Lancashire created a pull in that direction and when the job came up at Lytham St Anne's, it seemed perfect for him, his wife Lynn and two daughters Anna and Maria. We wish them all well in their new life there. Andrew Wright
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In her second year Jac joined the Boat Club to become an
Matthew Dransfield
enthusiastic member of the coaching staff.
Mr. Dransfield, or
Not content to simply re-charge her batteries following each
for those of us who knew
him
hectic school term Jac's holidays were spent mainly in France
better
where, with her daughter Harrison and husband Neil, she put her
Matthew, has left St
design skills to good use in renovating and re-building not one but
Peter's after 17 years
two village properties.
of hard work. He eight years
She leaves us to become an Assistant House Mistress and
being 2nd Chef in
teacher of Art at Cotdolphin School for Girls in Wiltshire. We wish
the Kitchen and after
her and her family well.
that
J.Darmody
spent
became
Catering
our
Manager.
Matthew comment-
Louise Williams
ed that he has seen many changes and
Louise Williams
improvements during his time here. Most recently, the Dining Room has been com-
was a very popular
pletely refurbished and re-designed. This, he said, took two years
teacher
and
col-
from initial ideas to realisation. He has also witnessed the move to
league, preparing her
the present St Olave's site and has worked with three Head
Third
and
Fourth
Masters. There have been many changes in the kind of food pro-
form English classes
vided by the kitchen and Matthew has overseen all of these. His
with
own favourite dish is Seafood Pie, which was included on the menu
panache, and never
just last year.
expecting anything
verve
and
other than the best When we asked him if he had any advice for his successor he joked " don't do it!"
from
herself. Our
regrets are legion:
Whenever he was asked, after a hard day's work, how he was
that she could only stay for a year, that
he would always reply with "marvellous!" On behalf of us all at St Peter's we would like to thank Matthew for his hard work and great sense of humour. We wish him well in his move to Fetstead School in Essex.
she was inevitably so talented as to warrant such a fine job offer as she quickly mustered from The Mount (to be Head of English) and that her Fourth form, who greatly loved her, could not become her Fifth form, to name
Rachel Hopper & Kayleigh Nadin IV & V Year
but a few. We shall miss her and wish her nothing but the best of luck for the future. D.C.B.B.
Mrs. Jacqueline Palmer Having completed her Master of Arts Degree and P.C.C.E. Mrs Jacqueline (jac) Palmer joined St Peter's as a newly qualified teacher in 2003. Her three years here were very full. In addition to teaching general art and ceramics Jac added to the existing curriculum through the introduction of textiles, which she taught very successfully to A level. Her contribution to /,-
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the subject is greatly
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appreciated. As well as performing her responsibilities in the Art School Jac took on the role of tutor in The Rise where she enjoyed the pastoral aspects of working in a boarding school.
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Clifton Winter Term Twelve new third years, four new lower sixth students and the Fitzpatrick sisters brought the House to its full complement of seventy pupils. Every year, new pupils bring new qualities and returning students develop their personalities in a diverse, sometimes unpredictable, fashion; this year was no exception. For the upper sixth this is exemplified by the range of disciplines applied for during the UCAS process. Whilst I congratulate them all on their success, special mention must be made of Chris Wordie's acceptance into the Royal Northern College of Music. In fact, the upper sixth is quite a "dramatic" year and I particularly enjoyed Chris, Jacob and Natasha's performances in their A Level Drama practical. As always, a dedicated team of tutors monitored and encouraged every individual's development. The highlight of the sporting term was clearly the girls' Badminton victory.
behave himself anywhere."
Harrow School Report on Winston
Churchill.
Easter Term
Robyn Webster, EUie Burton,
Hopes were very high in the house as the House Song
Helen Ashman and Esme Telfer brought home the first
approached. With the quality of the likes of Wordie, Wright, Webster and Lister in the upper sixth, I was confident of success. The choice
piece of girls' silverware in my time in the house. We were less successful in other team events but there were some outstanding individual performances. In the
of song was good (in the end) and, under the direction of Niven, Smith and Wordie, the rehearsals gave reason for more optimism.
cross-country, Duncan Rajan finished fifth in the juniors
On the day itself, the band - Nicholson, Hall, Jacobs A, Stark R and
despite not being fully fit.
Edward MacKenzie came
Wordie A - were praised as the best accompaniment but overall we
ninth in the seniors. Fiona Campbell finished a very
finished second. Sophie and Chris put a lot of time into the project
close third in the junior girls and Charlotte Morgan sixth
and deserve our thanks.
in the seniors. All four of these runners will be eligible for the same event next year. The girls hockey team did not concede many goals with Catriona Rajan in goal but found it difficult to score at the other end, finishing sixth overall. It was clearly very promising to have such a young team, with Jess Walker and Frankie Cross in particular making excellent impressions. House rugby captain Tom Denton finished his teamlist with a wellknown quote: "The only trophy we won this day was the blood and sweat we left on the pitch and it was enough."
Prophetic words as our forwards-heavy side
failed to get to grips with sevens. The day did provide one ever-lasting memory, that of Edward Diggory, playing in the amalgam, side, out-muscling our England Schools second-rower! The juniors were unlucky enough to come across a half-decent Grove side in the
The shock defeat in the singing didn't dampen my confidence of success in the girls' swimming. We knew that we had a chance of winning and the girls raced superbly. Rebecca Jacobs, captain of school swimming, won both her events and Lauren Storer, Jess Fitzpatrick, Fiona Campbell and Catriona Rajan were all individual winners. The day was capped by wins in both junior relays in which Sarah Askham and Frankie Cross joined Fi and Jess. In the final analysis we finished a massive twenty-one points ahead of the rest - an outstanding effort.
Netball was not such a strongpoint Despite
some fine individuals, neither the seniors nor juniors made it out of the group stages. As a house we showed little energy for the new House Debating tournament much to the frustration of Jacob Lister's efforts. Helen Ashman judged several matches and I hope that the move to lunchtimes will engineer more passion.
early stages. Tim Dennis organised and arbitrated an inaugural fencing com"He is a constant trouble to everybody and is always in some scrape or other. He cannot be trusted to
petition in which George Diggory reached the final. Well done to both young men. Unfortunately the senior boys hockey were less successful, despite the presence of first eleven star Ed MacKenzie, neither winning any games nor netting any goals! The juniors also failed to register a point. The house soccer competition took place in the summer term; with top quality first team players like James Mills, James Topping, Nick Mannion.Will Holmes and Nick Howard in our side, we had to be in with a shout, and, with Harry Hustler in goal and Ed MacKenzie impressing, we did indeed prove too strong for the opposition. "He is rebellious, objectionable, idle, imbecilic, inefficient, antagonising, untidy, lunatic, albino, conceited, inflated, impertinent, underhand, lazy and smug." Shrewsbury School Report on Michael Heseltine.
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Summer Term Term began with the girls' tennis competition. Our squad of Ellie Burton, Helen Ashman, Charlotte Morgan, Jess Walker and Esme Telfer, skippered by Robyn Webster, won one pairs match but were defeated overall by a strong School House.
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With the seniors involved in exam preparations, the summer's sporting highlights centred on the junior members of the House. Throughout the term, on Tuesday lunchtimes, Mr Lawrence ran a five-a-side football tournament. Although we came unstuck against Queen's and Temple, the boys played some excellent football, joe Halstead, who plays representative football, was Schmeichel-esque in goal and Nathan Rugg captained the side with aggression and no little skill, warranting a place in Charlie's All Star team. The tournament highlight was undoubtedly the two-two draw with the champions next door which saw us fight back from two goals down thanks
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to super strikes from Banos Monoyiou and Bradley Sykes. The cricketers fancied their chances of upsetting favourites The Grove in the first round. Running out Sam Greenwood without facing a ball in the first over was not the start we were looking for! Rory Vokes-Dudgeon, however, batted superbly and was well-supported by Joe Halstead and Dom Foster. 57 seemed a reasonable target but catches did not quite go to hand and The Grove passed our total. On the same day, the rounders team faced an equally tough challenge, having been placed in "the group of death" with School, The Rise and The Grove. Despite some good hitting by Ciara Cecil we weren't able to make the semis. James Milts was re-awarded first eleven cricket colours and Nick Mannion was the star second eleven all-rounder.
Bethany Smith UVI
Due to inclement weather sports day was cancelled but an event was held for third and fourth years. The girls finished third overall after some excellent individual performances. Ciara Cecil won the 100 metres and therefore the Sprint Cup. Fiona Campbell, who also ran representative cross-country and athletics, won the 200 metres and Frankie Cross came second in the 300 metres. The boys did not fare quite so well, though Duncan Rajan comfortably won the 1500 metres. Several individual performances outside school must be noted. Duncan Rajan, having been crowned Yorkshire biathlon champion, finished third in the national competition. Tom Lightwing competed in the Yorkshire athletics championships and won a silver medal in the under 17 javelin, eventually qualifying to represent North Yorkshire in the English schools competition. Although reports on community action can be found elsewhere in this publication, I want to mention how much pleasure I get from reading host feedback forms. Many skills are learned at school but no greater quality than helping those less fortunate than ourselves. The pupils involved know who they are and don't require publicity here. On the academic front, the year ended with several Cliftonites ing awarded school prizes. Prizes went to Jacob Lister for Drama Beth Smith for Art, Sophie Wright for Music Composition, Robyn Webster for contribution to Music and Chris Wordie for Singing. Esme Tetfer gave the inaugural presentation to a school academic society. She gave a commanding display of understanding of the complex area of stem cell research. As usual, the House Dinner took place in May. It enabled the House to formally wish Mrs Watkinson good luck, which she will certainly need, in her new role with Temple. It seemed appropriate to mark her service to Clifton House by awarding a new house cup. The Watkinson Cup is now awarded for pursuit of excellence and I hope this will run well alongside the Pemberton Plate for commitment to the House. This year, the Watkinson Cup was awarded to Tom Denton - to rep- •
Sophie Wright UVI
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resent one's country is a magnificent achievement -and the Pemberton Plate was re-awarded to Bethany Smith. In her short time at the school, Beth has exemplified all the qualities that we look for in a Peterite and she has been an outstanding Head of House. "An excellent leader, quite unbigoted, and patient, so that he was popular with everyone but at the same time set an example in everything he did." Bedford School Report on Paddy Ashdown.
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Dronfie A measure of the character of a house is the way in which new members are made to feel welcome. This year the number in Dronfieid was to be larger than it had been since 1992: thirty-eight -12 in the third form, Cherisse and Liza new into the fourth form and 11 new into the lower sixth. There were physical changes too. Miss Fletcher's flat had been moved downstairs, to create four more single rooms on the first floor. Meanwhile, downstairs, a new mini library has been created in the quiet room, and the games room has :n adapted to form a more popular sixth form common room. The
Cried Wolf, was well received. By half-term we were all pleased to have a well-earned break but the news of the tragic loss of Liza Slesareva was a horrific blow to such a close-knit community. The Head Master, elsewhere in this volume, writes about Liza. Following the break house hockey this year was the first of many chances to get the whole house involved. The generous use of subs enabled virtually everyone to grace the first and second eleven hockey pitches! Both house and team spirit were evident, and we finished in fifth overall. In cross-country we also had several successes. In the senior competition Tory, Clare and Fliss, finished eighth, twelfth and eighteenth respectively, and fifth overall. In the junior competition, Maddy came seventh and Jess twelfth, the team finishing in fourth place overall. The Great Egg Race provided the opportunity for a smaller team made up of Yayra, Clare, Holly, jenny C and Lucy to work together, to make a spaghetti bridge. We pasta da test! The Dronfieid bridge was capable of holding more Yorkie Bars than the team could have ever eaten. A fun, sticky time was had by all, although there were no great honours for the team.
ground floor studies have been re-vamped to create a space more conducive to study. The new school year got under way with bustle and the excitement of a full house, and, in spite of some nerves, the new girls settled quickly and enjoyed the hospitality of the old guard. Early in the year house chapel provided a chance to prove the credibility of Dronfieid on a public occasion: house chapel is a daunting prospect, not least when it is the first of the year, but it does serve to steady the nerves when it goes well, and the theme of telling the truth, and a Dronfieid version of The Boy Who
Bringing the first term to a jovial end, house dinner offered us the chance to relax and entertain each other and our invited guests, and reflect upon a successful term tinged with significant sadness. Despite the looming sixth form January modules at the start of the Easter term, there was no less effort put into house activities. In the swimming gala Maddie recorded 2nd and 4th, Olivia 2nd, Jess E 2nd, Harriet 3rd, 3rd and 4th and Georgie H 4th and 4th. The junior relay teams were 3rd and 4th, leaving the Dronfieid team 4th overall. In the inter-house netball both junior and senior teams finished 4th.There were notable performances
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The house tennis team competed competitively, Charlie H and Tory as the 1st pair, Clare and Emily O 2nd and Abbey and Frankie D 3rd. If nothing else, we all looked cool in our shades! Behind the closed doors of the Drama centre several members of the house plotted to murder their teacher in 'Unman, Wittering and Zigo'.These typecast characters were Jenny B, Sophia, Sara and Lydia. Invariably an overview of the year of this nature will lead to omissions, both of activities and individuals. The girls in Dronfield do get involved in an impressive array of activities and participate in
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by many of the house. Towards the end of the term we were treated to performances of Party Time and Mountain Language, in which we saw Fliss, Jess F, Sophie and Abbey perform. Shortly after, the school was struck by an endemic flu. At its worst numbers in Dronfield were reduced to 20. Fortunately the timing of the inaugural house singing competition coincided with everyone's recovery. After well-used rehearsal time, our version of 'Hail Holy Queen' stole the show and the nuns ran away with the trophy! The term finished with a house trip to Sunderland to see the Birmingham Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty. Exams are, of course, the significant feature of the summer term, but this does not get in the way of other equally worthwhile endeavours. On the river the "Awesome Foursome" of Alice, Tory, Clare, Harriet and RJ (cox) rowed to victory in the Tees and York regattas. Most other houses are not able to boast their own crew! Back on dry land, our junior rounders team was not as successful, but on the athletics track there were pleasing performances from Georgie S (1st Discus), Maddie (2nd 800m, 3rd Long Jump), Bobby (3rd Javelin, 4th Shot), Sophia (3rd 300m) and Jess E (4th 1500m). We finished 4th overall.
many trips and ventures. Throughout the year Georgie H and Lisa have made good progress in their fencing. Jess F received recognition for 50 hours Community Action at the end of term and is well on her way to 100 hours. Community Action, rowing and music, instrumental and choral, are very strong in the house. As the sun sets on the year we bid farewell to our leavers. Not only are Sophia and the members of the upper sixth off to new horizons, but Mrs Houghton is moving across the road and we will also be seeing far less of Mrs Whitehead in the house. Both have made a significant contribution to the lives of the girls in their care and, although we will continue to see them at school, will be sadly missed.To all our leavers we send our best wishes for their future good fortune and we look forward to learning of their successes. C Montgomery, M Grant
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Grove The Peterite report can only ever be a brief and incomplete taste of the house's annual list of endeavour but needless to say Crovites have provided eager representatives for just about every school team or activity this year. As ever I have been impressed by their energy, talent and most importantly, good-natured enthusiasm. The year started with 14 nervous new III formers joining the house - the speed with which they found their feet and indeed, their voices, is testament to the welcoming atmosphere obvious throughout the house, with firm friendships across the year groups. The junior boys have been the Grove's sporting heroes this year. In the autumn they won the junior house rugby Vlll's, and in the spring they only conceded one goal in the whole interhouse hockey, easily winning the tournament. In the summer they keenly and decisively fought their way to victory in the 5 a-side football. At sports day they proved their great athleticism in the intermediate events with Josh Cust winning 800m and 1500m, Richard Downey 100m and long jump, Robbie Cuthbertson the high jump, 200m and the 400m, equalling the school record. Together with Ted Hustler they finished with an impressive relay win. Henry Lee sprinted to victory in junior 200 and 2nd place in junior 100. Overall the boys were impressively placed in the top 4 in 17 out of 22 events, and were the deserving winners of the house competition. The girls, not to be outdone, have also had a good year, with a win in house hockey, and second place in senior house netball and tennis. Lauren Gibson won the high jump and Emily Botlands ran to second place in 1500m at sports day. Emily also was the mainstay of the Grove swimming team, winning an amazing three events. The III form girls seem to have caught the rowing bug, and the Grove rowing camaraderie across the year groups is great to see, with David Cook as vice captain of Boats leading the way. The house has some talented musicians this year - having Alice Scruton and Pippa Bailey as Head of Band and Orchestra has no doubt been an inspiration, and I particularly enjoyed their individual
saxophone and cello performances at the summer concert. The spring term saw us 'dancing in the moonlight' in the house singing competition. Singing in chapel has never been one of the Grove's favourite activities, so I have to say I was fairly apprehensive before rehearsals! However Chris Millard on guitar, Oliver Marshall on keyboard and Rob Webster on drums provided a suitably encouraging backing for Pip and Alice to get us into tune. And on the day, who will forget Alex's dancing skills?! In the dark days of February House Chapel on the powerful imagery of light was ably organised by Sophie and Katherine in the LVI, with willing participants from all years. We rounded off the term with our annual house dinner, which was much enjoyed by all - the UVI excelled themselves with the speeches which went on long into the night! The dramatic devotees have also been busy this year, and particularly noteworthy was the Grove-dominated cast of 'Unman Wittering and Zigo', with Alex Ashworth, Imogen Storrs, Oliver Marshall, Vicky Kirsch and Jasmine Swann contributing to a view of school life to chill any teacher! Community action has again been going strong in the Grove. To mention just a few projects, in October, David Cook, Sam Hall, Amy Taylor and Sophie Cuthbertson contributed to the fundraising effort for St Martin's Hospice by helping at the Plotters Ball. Amy Taylor, Tom Richardson, Trudie Naismith, Catrin Drabble and Emma Hartley have all been helping out in local charity shops, and Alex Ashworth, Lauren Gibson and Imogen Storrs made suitably benevolent fairies at the Clifton Prep Christmas bazaar. Sam Hall has continued to be a faithful visitor to the Wilberforce Trust. Katherine Francis has achieved a Millennium Volunteers Award for 50 hours of service. It is important to explore life beyond St Peter's and help people less fortunate than ourselves so I look forward to others taking up similar challenges in the future.
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On the academic front we were the proud winners of the Merit Cup this year and the Grove provided a whole clutch of prizewinners at Commemoration. Well done in particular to our UVI, finishing their St Peter's careers on a very high note and all giving a strong example that it is good to work hard, with prizes won by Guy Gibbs for Economics, Tom Rowlands for Business Studies, Alex Glatman for History, Pippa Bailey for both Music and Theology and Samantha Hall for both Community Service and Critical Essay Writing.
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will be much missed as they have been a friendly, supportive and humorous bunch, with scarcely a cross word heard amongst them. I thank Pip Bailey and James Drake for being such efficient yet approachable heads of house, and I wish James Roach and Sophie Cuthbertson success as they take over the posts for 2006-7. Elisabeth Ellis
As I write, The Grove has been heaving a collective sigh of relief as there are clear signs that the end of the academic year is nigh- the exam desks are packed away from the hall, the Grove lawn is a sunbathing heaven during lunch break and the house has been unusually silent without the V form and UVI who have been making the most of their freedom after weeks of revision (but Hannah Wilson , Chris Millard, Verity Miers and Olivia Towers still had the energy to return for the V Form Community Action Project Week cooking feasts for Arclight - bravo!) The action continues into the holiday as George Kearl has some exciting trekking plans having been awarded the Barry Daniel Award, and Jess Taylor is off to experience life at Clarendon College, South Africa. However as well as anticipated pleasure at the long summer before us, it is also a time for sadness as Grovites move on to pastures new. This year we say goodbye to Chris Millard, James Goodall and Kris Howe in V form, who will continue their studies atTonbridge, Bishop Burton and Fulford respectively- we wish them all luck and happiness and encourage them to drop in to see us soon. And of course the UVI have university or gap year plans to look forward to. We congratulate in particular Simon Webster who has got a place against stiff competition to read Medicine at Sheffield and Alexandra Clatman who will read History at Cambridge. Charlotte Alpin intends to spend next year furthering her ambition to be a competitive Showjumper - something which she has modestly and tirelessly been working on outside school for some years. This year's UVI
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Linton 72% grades A* and A at GCSE, 76% grades A and B at AS, and 78% grades A and B at A2 level. Although very impressive, this summary of the academic record attained by the boys in Linton in the examination room does not portray the full picture of the hard work and achievement in Linton in 2005-6. Whilst success in public exams remained at the forefront of the boys' attention, there was much opportunity for them to display their many talents and worthy application in a wide variety of school activities. September brought a wealth of physical improvements in the House and another band of eager new faces in Linton. Dr Craig was one of these very welcome additions to the house, as resident assistant and tutor to the new third form. Soon everyone settled in well and the boys started to work together to tackle the many challenges of the year ahead. Rugby was the major sporting focus for the boys in the Christmas term, with over half of the house representing the School each week in fixtures. Jeremy Thomas, Jason Burton and Simon Baker were awarded Senior Colours in Rugby. It was good to see the number of younger boys, including Fraser MacRostie and Josh Noble, getting involved in rowing, and Archie Dallas and Philipp Rulf (Captain of Boys' Boats) trained relentlessly throughout the winter. Although not very gifted in the water, the House qualified for 8 finals in the Swimming Gala. 40 boys ran in the Inter-House Cross-Country with Philipp Rulf and Nick Hall, our best senior finishers, and Charles Murray and Samuel Ash our best in the junior competition. There was also the opportunity in the Christmas term for the boys to test their wit and intelligence against the other Houses with the introduction of House Debating, under the eager guidance of Dr Craig.
cessfully led the house team, overcoming several opponents in the early stages before losing in the semi-final to Temple. Due to the Great Egg Race team's bridge construction using spaghetti being unfortunately too short to span the gap, we did not challenge for the major positions in this competition. This hectic Christmas term culminated in three highlights in the final week: a jovial and very enjoyable House Dinner, victory in the Senior Rugby VI Is Competition against Temple House on the day after the House Dinner (a remarkable feat), and the Carol Service in the Minster, where a dozen boys from the House performed in the choir and orchestra.
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Hockey was the extra-curricular focus of the Easter term with many boys representing the School at all age levels. The senior boys played terrifically well in the inter-house competition, losing to a 'golden goal' in extra-time in the competition final. Tom Lloyd has been appointed as Hockey Captain for the 1st XI next year. Perhaps the greatest challenge of the year occurred in the Easter term, when the boys were certainly tested outside their 'safety zone' was the introduction of House Singing Competition. Under the astute and patient musical guidance of Dr Craig and Mrs Monteith, the house performed a rousing rendition of'Do You Hear the People Sing?'from Les Miserables, in front of the entire school. Stephen Blackman brushed up his piano playing skills to accompany the House. Although we didn't win, we were praised for our performance by the judges, and look forward with glee to next year's competition.
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been fully involved in the Community Action programme throughout the year including Stephen Blackman and Chris Howard. Callum Coffin was a worthy recipient of a Millennium Volunteer's Award for 50 hours of service to the Arclight Project. It was also great to see 10 members of the House taking part in the Beverley 10K Run, raising funds for York Against Cancer. Charles Murray and Tom Lloyd won through two regional rounds of the British Heart Foundation Schools' Golf Tournament, raising a large sum for this charity and have qualified for the final at The Belfry in September. The term drew to a close in early July after a busy and productive year in which much hard work had been done and much had been
Whilst dominated by public exams, the summer term still provided the boys with the opportunity to relax during their extra-curricular pursuits. As usual, Linton won the House Tennis Competition and Fraser Moore retained the Alcuin Cup in a thrilling final, proving himself to be the best tennis player in the school for two years running. Sam Farquharson and Fraser Moore were awarded Senior Colours in tennis and I am sure that Will Bickford-Smith will lead by
achieved by the boys, both individually and together as a House. Alas the Merit Cup escaped our grasp yet again, but with Gary Ng leading the way with 21 academic Merits, I remain hopeful of success in the future. At Commemoration, John Miller was awarded the P.E. Lord Prize for Classical Civilisation, and Jeremy Thomas (Head Boy) received the Norman Crombie Memorial Prize.
example as Captain of Tennis next year. Whilst unsuccessful in the inter-house cricket competition, a number of the younger boys, including Tom Hume, James Lloyd, Charles Murray, Peter Skinner, Alex Taylor and Samuel Ash played for the School each week. Having never stepped into a racing boat before arriving at St Peter's in September 2004, Philipp Rulf rounded off two very successful years on the water by competing at Henley Royal Regatta and receiving Senior Colours. In the final inter-house event of the year, the third and fourth form competed admirably at the junior Sports Day, with 10 podium positions and finishing fourth overall, with Fraser MacRostie and James Lloyd winning their individual events. It has been good to see the house's involvement in School music increase this year with Paul Middleton-Watker, Archie Dallas, Chris Howard, Tom Lloyd, Alex Shaw (National Youth Choir member), Daniel Bailey and Gary Ng as stalwarts in the band and choir. Many members of the House have also taken the opportunity to be involved in the School drama productions including Stephen Blackman, Will Smith, Ross Beetlestone, Rory Payne and Peter Skinner. Elsewhere, a number of boys have
On behalf of the boys, I want thank the team of House Tutors for all their hard work and guidance throughout the year. In particular, Mrs Monteith and Dr Craig deserve a particular mention for all their support and dedication. Matthew Thomas-Peter has been a first-class Head of House, and he, along with all the other leavers in Linton, depart with my very best wishes. The Upper Sixth have been a tremendous year group in the House and they will be greatly missed. All told, they have contributed much to the success and feel-good factor in Linton and I wish them every success in the future.
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Manor Bang bang! We are the Manor and we have an unfortunate tendency to rock at stuff! Now that I have your attention, let's begin. This year has seen the Manor excel in all fields, at sport, maybe art and... er... yeah, OK, I suppose academia. But generally speaking, we're a cracking bunch when it comes to doing things, as this report illustrates. Under the guidance of Paddy Stephen, John OwenBarnett, Mike Hall, Dave Ray, Mr. Adams and Mr. Darmody we have seen the Manor continue to blossom whilst all about us wilt and wish they were us, if only because we can get up later than them and still get to school on time. To tell this epic tale, we have roped in (literally roped in, we had to look up how to make lassos on the internet) several of the Manor's L6th sport and writing enthusiasts to tell the story of the year. (Kris Rawcliffe writes) This past year has seen the Manor contributing immensely to school and house sport, from 3rd formers to the most senior members of the house. Rugby has seen possibly the largest commitment throughout the house, following the example of Richard Lum who has been a strong member of the 1st XV rugby squad for a second year running. Close at his heels have been the likes of lain jarvis and our very own Head of House, Francis Wright, who have put together impressive performances for both the 1st and 2nd teams, with Adam Hinchcliffe playing an important role in the 2nd XV as well. It was, in fact, Frankie who led messrs Rawcliffe, Hinchcliffe and Gardner into an apres-term tournament in Ipswich, one of the most prestigious schoolboy rugby events in the country, where they had to contend with the top twelve teams in the country and played with enviable grit and determination for the school. The 3rd XV (a.k.a. The Club) featured several Manorites, namely Ben Les, Adam Lucas, Andrew Lum, Kris Rawcliffe and Ben Schonewald, all of whom sported an impressive season which saw much improvement for several of the players. Eddie Binks, Fergus Keatinge and Harry Caley have all represented the school at U16 level. Rugby has been equally popular in the younger years with jonathon Chambers
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(a member of the school's winning team at the Storm Sevens tournament), James Hepworth, Sam Hitchenor, Paul Steadman and Sho Maekawa combining to form a strong Manor presence in the U15 A XV, and the B XV featuring performances from Christopher Schonewald and Caleb Kutaika, amongst others. Charlie Code in the 3rd form has also managed to represent North Yorkshire this season. The obvious availability of talent in the 3rd and 4th forms managed to contribute to the impressive showing of the juniors in the House Sevens, where they reached the semi-finals. Following this spectacular start to the sporting year we were pleasantly surprised by an equally strong performance from the Manor in the hockey season. Jarv had an outstanding season, reestablishing himself as a fundamental player in the school's 1st XI, and he was accompanied by newcomer and 1st XI gatecrasher George Cliff in his efforts in defence for the school. The 2nd XI was not short of Manorites either, with James Beadnall making vital saves as goalkeeper and Kris (who made his 1st team debut in the last match of the season) and Frankie forming a strong midfield partnership in the team's unbeaten season. All five senior hockey players earned school colours in the sport. Jack Sykes also represented the school at U16 level, and for the record also won the middle school Drama prize. The middle school also established themselves as keen hockey players with many 4th formers participating in school teams and David Glen putting in a number of stunning performances for the U14As. (Richard Swan writes) This summer, lain Jarvis and Paul Steadman have contributed magnificently to the school's 1st XI cricket team, with Jarv leading the charge as captain, scoring over 600 runs and gaining his Cap. Adam Hinchcliffe and David Gardner have also represented the school at cricket. Alongside these triumphs, congratulations are owed to the Manor's junior House Cricket team of James Hepworth (Captain), Caleb Kutaika, Sho Maekawa, Sam Hitchenor, Lewis White, Christopher Schonewald, Toby Williams, David Glen and Tom Bilton who valiantly beat the Temple house team in the final (James Beadnall writes) Manor had many keen tennis players this season, all hoping to break into the school tennis scene, having pounded the courts for countless hours after prep throughout the spring. James Beadnall earned his tennis colours by frequently representing the school in both an unbeaten 2nd team and occasionally for the school's hugely competitive 1st team. Christopher Brewer also appeared for the 1st team. It made sense, therefore, that the Brewer-Beadnall partnership held the Manor's hopes for the tennis cup, though poor communication meant that neither player returned
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from study leave with the trophy, though they are confident that this will not be the case next season. Kris and George were also often called upon as substitutes for the 2nd team, boding well for next season. Caleb and Harry Dee both represented the unbeaten U15 team. Strangely enough, it was the unlikely Andrew Lum who partnered the girl's county champion at the QM mixed doubles tournament and finished higher than any of the others, claiming the boasting rights over his peers. (RS) However, if there were to be a truly massive success story for the Manor this year, it would have to come in the form of the house's rowers. Joshua Manicaro, Toby Williams and Rob Nash all joined the sport this year, and enjoyed success at both the York and Tees regattas, holding down places in the J15 Boys'VIII under the wise guidance of Mr. Hall. However, this unfortunately pales in comparison to the commitment of the senior house members with their morning training (basically getting up at some unholy hour to row for an hour or two before going out again for two hours in the afternoon. But this was not enough for Tom Binns, Henry Law, Richard Lum, Richard Swan and Richard Towers, oh no! Henry and Big Lum rowed in the Fawley Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, and Lum, Law, Swan and Binns all gained silver medals in the coxed fours event at the international regatta in Ghent, Belgium, missing the gold by a meagre three feet. In addition, miscellaneous sporting things we should add include Chris Hopkinson swimming when hung-over (not as funny as it sounds), Hitchenor and Toby coming 2nd and 4th respectively in the inter-house cross-country and assorted people in the house like Mackem and Ben Russell attempting to play football. House athletics and swimming also allowed all our new third years to have a go even if success was a wild dream. Huge thanks to all those who took part and valiantly lost to the Grove! (Benjamin Thomas Schonewald writes) I regret to inform you that there are no teams, no colours, no incessant recognition for those of us in the school who indulge in pursuits that do not involve hitting things (be they people, balls, the track or the water). We indulge in the noble pursuit of art, secure in the knowledge that sooner or later every sport will fail and only those of us who vested hope in the pen and the brush will be remembered. Hurrah! With this in mind, I would ask you not to view the small contribution the Manor has made to art in St Peter's this year with any kind of trepidation or treat it with any view of triviality. Charlie Knockton has found a focus for his intriguingly erratic energies in the form of his band, Article, and his enthusiasm for creating his enormous supply of effects pedals. In the winter term, there came the 'unintentionally risque' Guy Fawkes pantomime. In which, Mackem dressed like a kinky Goth bondage mistress did some part-time semi-directing in his black knee-high PVC six-inch killer-heel boots and Jack Sykes played his fantastically perverted sidekick who got kicked a lot. James Hepworth, Christopher Schonewald, Caleb Kutaika also participated in the junior school play, 'Unman, Wittering and Zigo'. Towards the end of the Easter term, fantasto-duo Mack and Jack were back in action, with both acting in the Harold Pinter play 'Party Time', and Mackem directing Pinter's play 'Mountain Language'. Richard Swan has keenly continued to write his wry tales of death and unfortunately large weaponry, to consolidate his position as 'the Master of the Understatement' (JDL). Benjamin Schonewald also managed to follow up last year's drama prize with the creative writing prize. (BTS) However, the highlight of the artistic calendar for the Manor, was the Manor House Chapel. To think of it now actually makes one laugh until one's kidneys explode. Where do we begin? The beginning.'I Want To Break Free'by Queen, lain Jarvis and Tom Binns dance, (complete with duster and
hoover), in front of the entire school. Next moment Adam Lucas as a faith healer, squirting confused Alabama Bible-Belter James Hepworth in the face with a bottle that was fresh out of bleach, whilst Jonjo looks on in amazement: moment 3. Kris and Frankie have a conversation about 'Gladiators' and 'My Name Is Earl' in chapel: moment 4. Henry and Ludwig Pang bounce through an audience participation section, Caleb Kutaika dressed as a lady and the Reverend Daly as a Finnish heavy metal musician (this was before the Eurovision song contest, weirdly): moments 5,6 and 7. The passive aggressive post-address by Mackem and Jack, the anti-world 'prayer' by Charlie Code and Jack Oxtoby and the exit from the chapel to 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. In conclusion, that was the year that was. At this time of year we should remember what we have, what will be, and what we lost on the way to getting to where we are.This year we lost James Cameron from the Manor, who was new to the Lower Sixth, and were fortunate to get George Cliff to fill the gap left by his shock departure. At the end of the year we will lose fifth formers Henry Summers and Kenneth Graham Sharp. However, in the end, those who we will miss the most are those who have shared our home with us the longest, who have affected us profoundly and will always remain in our memory. I speak, of course, of our upper sixth, Binns, Jarvis, Henry, Lucky Lucas, Lummy, Russell, Towers, Frankie, Hao-Lin and Charlie. I think we can all honestly say that they will be sadly missed from the house, and the Manor will not be the same without them. For this year, for this key time in the development of the best house in St Peter's, thanks are owed to Paddy Stephen, his wife Liz and children Will, Nick and Eddy, Dave Ray, the house tutors, the outgoing upper-sixth and, of course, the remaining Manorites. Here's looking for another 05/06. Cheers. The Manor Team
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Yet another year has passed and it is time once again to reflect on all of the good things that have gone on over the past year. Members of Queen's can hold their heads high in the knowledge that they have given their all to the various different events and have represented their house proudly in the many competitions. It is a pleasure to write about a greater variety of events this year reflecting the diversity of talent and interest that we have in the house.
The Sport Junior house rugby was dominated by Temple House yet we impressed with our commitment to the cause and our never say die (or score a try) attitude. Greg Turner marshalled the troops superbly and we certainly did not let our opposition score easily. In the senior competition our prospects looked brighter until Pete Wackett got injured. We then struggled to make breaks and despite our best efforts did not qualify for the final. The girls' hockey team put in a sterling performance that showed commitment and steel. We only let in two goals all tournament and had we taken more of our chances our 4th place could have been better. In boys' hockey, solid performances were put in all round but our performances on the pitch didn't quite match the look of our teams on paper. Everyone gave their best, but this year things didn't quite happen for us.
Swimming is strong in the house at present. In both girls' and boys' house swimming there were some notable performances by individuals and teams. Katherine Wackett won the senior breastroke for girls and Toby Clarkson; Gareth Thomas and the 5th form boys relay team all won races. The girls' squash team was triumphant this year. Rhiannon Thomas, Laura Howard, Emma Goodwill, Anna Peach and Lucy Buchanan are all to be congratulated here. The badminton team also did well finishing 2nd=, only 1 point behind the eventual winners in a very tight competition. Victory was also ours in the girls' tennis where our squash team plus Sheila Houghton-Brown and Sophie Worsman put the opposition teams to the sword. Katie Mellor put in an excellent performance to win the girls house country, with Sophie Worsman finishing 5th in the junior event. The girl's senior netball team also won this year. A 9-1 semi-final win was followed by a 7-3 final win over the Grove. Well done to all involved! In the summer term, the girls did well in the junior house rounders competition and were very unlucky not to win their final, losing by a rounder. The boys were equally unlucky in the cricket, failing to progress to the final by two runs after needing only 4 runs off the last over. Excellent bowling prevented us progressing here. Our junior boys finished third in the inaugural inter-house 5-a-side competition, putting in some worthy team performances. Congratulations also go to our footballers, boys and girls, who played in a Sunday tournament at the school on early July. Two of our three teams won their groups - the junior boys on penalties after a 0-0 draw (unlike England the day before!)
Music James Woodrow and Will Robinson continued to show the excellence of our music in the school, winning prizes in the annual music festival. Charlie Elwess, Henry Preen and joe Crossley took place in the York battle of the bands and to the neutral observer should have walked away with something. The first house singing competition proved WITHOUT QUESTION that we have the best house spirit. Sadly, it was marked on technical merit rather than artistic impression. We were the loudest, showed the most enthusiasm and we had Nikolai. 'Nuff said! Charlie Elwess organised this magnificently. The Peterite 2005-2006
The other (equally important) stuff This year also saw the introduction of house debating for the first time. Our team, which variously involved KatherineWackett.Tim Johnson, Megan Hall, John Houghton-Brown and Milly Stasiak, put in some excellent performances and in my view were unlucky not to progress to the final. Debating is a tough skill and I was impressed with our teams. Our egg race team of Charlie Elwess, Richard Walkland, Will Butterworth, Luke Bowler and Tom Taylor did their best to make the egg do what it was supposed to, but sadly we were not triumphant this year.
students greatly appreciate. Mr. Lawrence has provided excellent support as Assistant Housemaster. As ever though, my last thanks go the students. It is the regular interaction with them that make housemastering such a worthwhile job and it is a great privilege to watch them mature and progress in their time here. S. Gwilliam
Many Queens' students contributed a great deal to the various drama productions. Sheila Houghton-Brown starred in Volpone and Unman, Wittering and Zigo; Sam Stern, Scott Jagger and Emma Goodwill all helped to direct Volpone. Pip Johnson starred as Guy Fawkes in Harlequin and Guy Fawkes. A great number were also involved in various community action programmes. I have been particularly impressed by the commitment shown by great many of the students to the various programmes and in particular would like to congratulate Laura Howard on her Millenium volunteer award for 200 hours' service. Milly Stasiak and Katherine Miller also reached 100 hours' service - a significant achievement.
The People As ever all of the above require a tremendous amount of dedication and organisation. I am indebted to the two Heads of House for their work this year. Peter Wackett and Becca Dawson have led the house well and ensured that we put out full teams for all events. Their assistance in running the house has been greatly appreciated. Laura Howard oversaw the 3rd year induction programme effectively and the Upper Sixth settled well into their role as house seniors.
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I wish all our leavers the very best for the future. The Upper Sixth by now will be ending their first term at university and I wish them all the best in this experience. Will Butterworth, Emma Goodwill and Tom Yule all departed at the end of the fifth year and I hope they are enjoying their new environments. The tutors, as always, require great thanks. They do a lot of hard work on a regular basis which the The Peterite 2005-2006
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Rise "The best boarding school bathroom from the hundred or so that I have seen", is how one visiting prep school headmaster described the new house bathroom on a visit to the Rise last October. The kidney shaped baths and subtle lighting are indeed the envy of the boarding community and complement much of what has been done to bring the house in line with the National Boarding Standards and to create a real home from home for the girls of The Rise. The computer room also had a make over during the summer and fits in well with the common room and kitchen. During the last few years a great deal of refurbishment has been done in the house and I am grateful to Graham Fennell and his team for doing such a superb job. The girls respect the house and look after it. I know they will continue to do so. Other than the physical changes, we welcomed new girls into the Lower Sixth and Third Year. Polly Cottinghatn, Chloe Newton, Fran Coleman and Jenny Mellor joined the Lower Sixth and Clare Henwood, Tilly Binns, Gus Aiken, Rosie Dallas and Laura Newton joined the Third Year. With the new intake came a new slant on inter-house competition. This year's Head of House, Kirstie Dallas has efficiently pulled together teams for all events and despite now being the smallest house, we have not come last in anything. In fact we won the Junior Cross Country, with tremendous performances from Tilly Binns, Laura Newton, Rebecca Fletcher and Gus Aiken, who came first overall. This was a fantastic effort and bodes well for the future. The house hockey saw us put up a valiant effort from all year groups, but perhaps a special mention to Fran Coleman and Rosie Dallas, our first team players and county representatives. A handful of girls represented the school at squash, cross-country and swimming, but most pursued rowing during the Christmas Term. With the advent of a rowing option for the Third Years, the pairs of wellies lined up in the hall increased, as did
the wet and stinking trainers! Our early morning rowers have come mostly from the Fourth Form, namely Rebecca Fletcher and Hannah Burley. Despite Hannah's knee injury, this training will no doubt pay off later. Community Action has once again been popular with girls of all ages. The second phase of The Glen project saw The Rise represented by Laura Walters and Maria Lee and resulted in Sorrel Gaunt meeting Prince Andrew at a Community Action awards ceremony at York racecourse. Her discussion with the prince about the International Baccalaureate is now legendary! Faye Clark, Maria Lee and Ruth Wheeler have all clocked up a significant number of hours working for charity shops in town and The Wilberforce Trust. The tremendously successful Arc Light project took the Fifth Years to Scarborough for a day out, after spending a week preparing and cooking food for others less fortunate than themselves. The House is grateful to those who gave up their time to support boarders' activities, most notably, David Spencer for his trip to see Grease at the Royal Opera House and David Brown and Carl Lawrence, whose support enabled a mini bus of boarders to see Franz Ferdinand in Manchester. Thanks must also go to Ben Schonewald for his drive and initiative to make it happen. More concerts in the future please! And of course to Wendy Shepherd for her now traditional evening at the ice rink for skating and hot chocolate; a real treat at the end of the long and busy Christmas Term.
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Grace Ma and Hannah Burley were our only representatives at
The Easter Term saw Rosie Dallas, Rachael Hopper, Tilly Binns and Laura Newton contribute regularly to the Under 14's and Under
the Beverley 10K, but they confined themselves to racing in the 2K
15's netball, with Kirstie Dallas and Polly Cottingham representing
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the seconds and thirds respectively. We did very well indeed in the inter house swimming, coming third over all, with good results from Rachael Hopper, Rosie Binns, Polly Cottingham and Louise Walters. Jenni Mellor and Rebecca Fletcher both took second places in their butterfly events and Rebecca provided valuable points with her first place in the fareaststroke.
Sadly Sports Day was cancelled due to bad weather. However, it was decided to hold a Junior Sports day for the Third and Fourth Years after the internal examinations. There are now some exceptional athletes in The Rise and thanks to Gus Aiken, Rebecca Fletcher, Hannah Burley, Rosie Dallas, Laura Newton, Rachael Hopper and Tilly Binns, we gained sufficient points to come second overall. This is a
Drama. Consequently we were all treated to some special perform-
tremendous achievement from just seven of nine girls available to compete. We look forward to next year and hope to knock School
ances, prepared for coursework and in the school plays, namely,
House off the top slot.
With the exception of Maria Lee, all the Lower Sixth studied AS
Harold Pinter's Party Time and Mountain Language. The junior play this year was Giles Cooper's, Unman, Wittering and Zigo. This too had a good sprinkling of Rise girls in its cast. Thanks to Alex Craig, debating slipped comfortably around the Extra Curricular Programme. The Rise made it to the semi final of the inter house competition, with notable performances from Laura Binks, Fran Coleman, Alice Salter, Esther Smyth, Jenni Mellor, Gus Aiken and Maria Lee. Kirstie Dallas was key in the formation of the House Singing Competition, in which each house chose and prepared a song to perform in front of the rest of the school. With Jenni Mellor, Fran Coleman and Maria Lee all in the Chamber Choir, The Rise was in a good position to do well. After careful consideration it was decided to perform a rendition of Shania Twain's Let's go Girls, interspersed with snippets of everyone's favourite, Shine Jesus Shine. The Rise came away with a respectable third place, the winners being a well prepared outfit from Dronfield. Despite the prospect of the public examinations and the poor weather the summer term got off to a good start. Light nights and
The house barbeque was a resounding success; we were blessed with good weather and a bouncy castle that this year included a slide! It was also good to see so many of next year's Third and Lower Sixth intake, who were invited along to witness The Rise at its best. Next year will see a further expansion of numbers, taking The Rise to its maximum of 31. For the time being however, we say goodbye to this year's Upper Sixth: Laura Binks, Faye Clark, Ruth Craven, Kirstie Dallas, Rosie and Sorrel Gaunt, Christita Ng and Ruth Wheeler. They have left their mark on the house and we wish them well. We also say goodbye to Jac Palmer, who leaves us after three years as tutor and boarding assistant, to take up a post at the Godolphin School in Salisbury. She leaves with our sincere thanks and very best wishes. Finally my thanks go to Kirstie Dallas, who has provided lively and reliable support as Head of House this year. Congratulations to Jenni Mellor who will take over next year. Chris Hall
'play time' after prep saw people heading for the fields and tennis court. The Thirds became particularly adept at bagging the court before anybody else. Sadly this enthusiasm did not manifest itself in the results of the interhouse tennis competition, but our performance in the rounders was better. Rosie Dallas bowled and batted spectacularly with some swift running from Tilly Binns and Gus Aiken. Despite winning most of our games the result was disappointing, since points are scored for rounders, rather than for actual games won. The rowers continued to perform well at all levels, with memorable racing at the Inter-Regional Regatta, The National Schools' Regatta and York Summer Regatta. Here school octuple sculls competed for the first time. Our new rowers were given the opportunity to prove their worth and Clare Henwood showed real potential in the coxswain's seat. The Peterite 2005-2006
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School When I started this job I figured that the first year would be the most chaotic and that all would calm down in the second year. Not so! This has been another exciting, frenetic and eventful year in School House and all the better for it! School House has been very ably led by Emma Hammill this year. Her natural enthusiasm has been infectious and students have thrown themselves into all kinds of activities, some meeting with victory and others simply enjoying taking part. I couldn't wish for a more positive house spirit. The crowning glory of Emma's reign was the School House Chapel during the first term. I must admit that I was sceptical about the chances of a motley crew of School House members singing a gospel song with anything close to rhythm and tunefulness! Yet I was wrong and Emma pulled together the disparate bunch who swayed and clapped and sang with such energy that they were rewarded with the most heartfelt and spontaneous applause I have heard in the chapel for a long time. The vocal cords of the house were also tested in the house singing event. Despite the Simon Cowell-like comments of some of the judges, the popular opinion was one of praise for 'My Girl's (and boys)!
boys did themselves proud. Michael Down, Ed Gibson, Oliver Telfer, Sean Liddle, Alastair Penty, Louis Calpin,Tom Gelderd, Max King and Phill Sweetland were among those who swam for their house. November 5th this year was the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes' misdemeanours and St Peter's commemorated this event with extracts from seventeenth century plays. Jonathan Naismith, Sam Richards and Lauren Grant all had roles in Macbeth, Faustus and The Crucible; whilst the seniors performed the pantomime, Commedia, with Alex Crossley, Emma Hammill, Lucy Taylor, Helen Gray and Phoebe Harrison all starring and George Lockett in charge of the all important sound. The celebrations also included The Gunpowder Plotters' Ball where Hannah Armstrong, Amy Bowler, Dominic Collingridge, Felicity Gale, Emma Hammill, George Lockett, lain Riley, Vicky Sugden, Lucy Taylor and Oliver Telfer helped with the organisation and smooth running of the evening.
I skip ahead though! The Great Egg Race was the first event of the year. Our team of Liz Martin, Alex Gray, lain Riley, Edmund Pang, Harriet Slack and Louis Calpin made the most resilient bridge out of spaghetti, one that supported a whopping 26 bars of Yorkie, and retained the trophy (my cherished paperweight!) for School House. The first sports event was the girls' badminton event. School fought hard and drew in 2nd place, separated from the winners by just one point. We will certainly miss the talents of Charlotte Buckley, Helen Gray, Catherine McTurk and Kate Ashworth next year. The girls' hockey was a challenging, spirited event. School won three of their matches and drew the other three, conceding only one goal in the whole event. Particularly impressive play was made by Catherine McTurk and Tamsin Collingridge, as well as Louise Cammish in goal. The cross country brought success too. The senior girls took first place and the juniors, third place. Especially competitive runs were made by Lauren England (2nd), Lucy Taylor (10th), Emma Hammill (14th), Kate Ashworth (17th), Alex Crossley (20th) and Amy Bowler (28th) for the seniors and Caitlin Mackellar (2nd place), Kate Spencer (16th), Lauren Grant (20th) and Phoebe Mannion (26th) for the juniors. The boys had a busy Christmas term too. The junior and senior boys secured 4th and 5th places in the cross country event respectively. Matthew Waugh came storming in in second place, while josh Cantrill, Ed Pang, Jonathan Naismith, Daniel Lewis, Toby Lunn and Matthew Wootton all achieved top 30 places in their events. I was delighted that every event was filled in the swimming gala and the The Peterite 2005-2006
The Easter term was jam packed with more events. Will Ryley led the senior boys' hockey team into a match where they were considered to be the underdogs. In true School House spirit though, the boys pulled together as a team and kept the score level until golden goal when some clever play by the U16 players left the goal open for Ed Pang to score the winner for the title. The girls entered the net-
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ball tournament and whilst the seniors were unlucky not to qualify for the finals, the juniors went all the way, winning the final in dra-
St Peter's and to School House. We say goodbye
matic style (School 11 - Temple 5). All the girls played well, with goals raining in by Lauren Grant and Harriet Scott. The girls filled all events in their swimming gala too. Alice Sunderland, Harriet Slack, Catherine McTurk, Amy Bowler, Lucy Taylor, Lauren England and Kate Spencer all earned places in the finals where Alice, Harriet and Catherine won their events and Alice claimed two more school records (in Senior 1L fly and Senior 21 Backstroke).
too to Chris Down and Emma Moran. We have missed Amelia Smalley this year and hope to see her again soon. Indeed, I hope that each of our leavers will come back to say hello in the future - we would love to hear your news.
School House was represented on the stage in the Easter term when Phoebe Harrison, Alex Crossley, Hannah Armstrong and George Lockett were involved in the haunting Pinter double bill of Party Time and Mountain Language; whilst the middle school staged 'Ever plotted to murder your teacher?' (Unman, Wittering and Zigo) - including Lauren Grant. The junior boys threw themselves into the first ever inter-house football tournament in the summer term. Whilst perhaps not the most talented of teams, School House boys played with enthusiasm and vigour and good field play from Matthew Wootton and effective goal keeping from Harry Booth saved us from the wooden spoon! Other team members included James Fletcher, Gary Chiu, Ben Crook, Jonathan Naismith, Sam Richards, Matthew Norell and Harry Holmes.
Finally, I must also thank Emma Hammill and all the tutors for their time, energy and commitment to School House - Mrs Fletcher, Mr Paterson, Mr Jones, Mr Painter and Mr Northfield - the house wouldn't be the same without them. Have a lovely summer and see you in September. SHall
Sports day was delayed by bad weather so only the 3rd and 4th competed. Nevertheless, the event was competitively fought with wins by Ben Crook, Harriet Scott and Lottie Bennett. The girls' relay team made a plucky run to win first place ^ overall for the girls' day and also retain the Cambridge Cup for the house. The summer term drew to a close with the musical events of the summer concert and cabaret concert. Elisabeth Martin and Simon Wallis played solos on the flute and trumpet respectively and Emma Hammill sang a cabaret solo. I must not close without mentioning those involved in community service. Laura Ibbotson, Dominic Collingridge, Matthew Waugh, Kate Ashworth, Lucy Taylor, Emma Hammill, lain Riley, among others, have given their time generously this year - quite the most important activity of them all. As always it is now time to say farewell to the upper sixth and wish them every success. A big thank you to each of them for all they have given to
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Temple Here we are at the end of another extraordinarily busy year in Temple. Amidst all of the tidying up, buying presents and report writing this Peterite report enables me to reflect on the important events that have happened in the last 12 months. What a respite from the rest of the chaos that is going on at the moment! New this year was the House singing competition, which was started off by Temple who set the standard for most of the Houses to follow (!) Although many members of the House felt quite awkward everybody joined in and pretended that they were really enjoying it. Unfortunately we all sort of stopped in the middle and a particularly proud moment for me was when I started to lead them off from the back only for Paul Mastrelli to get the House going again for the next verse. The fifth form had to file back in again pretending that nothing had happened. It was good that we were singled out for a special mention from the judging panel. Thanks must go to Paul, Mike and Dave for all of their efforts and for Bryony, Jonny and Sophie for the musical accompaniment. Rather more established now is House Chapel and Temple continues to produce really impressive services. This time, Paul Mastrelli was the star of the show: I think he is the only member of the school who could dress up as Father Christmas and really get everybody into the spirit of the occasion. Thanks to all of those involved. What was really nice this time was that I could leave the organisation of this entirely up to the students. I hadn't seen any of it before and, although the lack of control was a little stressful, I knew that they would pull it off with some style. They didn't disappoint. Paul had a very busy day, that day, as we had our House Dinner in the same evening. This was a really nice time, as usual - full of laughter and gentle banter, good food and silly prizes. Despite the singing competition we actually have some very cultured Templites. Michael Foster, Bryony Pring and David Heaton led the way in the upper sixth - all performing solos in the summer concert and being absolute stalwarts of the Music department over the years. There was also much Drama this year and Templites provided some key members including David Heaton, Nikki Bradley, Alison Mason, Nikki Dean, Ruth Stasiak, Annie Pring and Abi Bambridge. Michael Foster and Sophie Hammill both contributed backstage. As ever, a large chunk of this report must be dedicated to sport. We have such talented people, as you will see: The girls are still doing well although they aren't quite dominating school sports as much as they were a few years ago. They came second in the Hockey competition, second in Junior Netball (losing 11-5 in the final with School), 3rd in Senior Netball and won
the Rounders (even though we had one fewer player due to lastminute illness). In the House Cross Country the Seniors came an overall third (Charlotte Foster was 3rd, Laura Williamson 7th and I must thank Laura for the nifty Temple hat that she knitted me, which I wore at the finish line as promised!) but unfortunately the Juniors came last (Sophie Hammill was our best placed runner at 14th). And - er - we came last in Swimming and Badminton. The vast majority of the girls are eager to take part and step in at the last minute if needed and I really value their commitment. Ellie MacLeod has started off her rowing career with great success - coming 6th in the country in her double. The boys came second in Rugby (both Juniors and Seniors), Cricket and Indoor Football (to an awesome Grove side). They did really well in the cross country with an overall first place for the Seniors (Sebastian Batchelor came 1st, Aiken Harrap 3rd and Hamish Batchelor 4th) and second place for the Juniors (with Tristan Punnett coming 2nd). Our Junior hockey teams did really well with the A and B sides coming 3rd and 1st= respectively. There have been many personal achievements by the boys in Temple. Chris McTurk, Josh Tankard, Tristan Punnett, James McTurk, and Gareth Drabble have all competed for the county in various sports (really sorry if I've missed anyone out). Louis Baig (a fourth year) has played for the 1st XI Cricket team and Robert Kinnell continues to compete at a very high level in his Swimming. Hamish Batchelor won the U18 competition in the 10K Beverley Run and
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Sebastian Batchelor came 1st in the York and District Cross Country Championships. We also have twoTemplites who have had the honour of competing at a national level: Jonathan Bairstow has played Cricket in the England U17 team (and Yorkshire 2nds at the age of 16) and Rory MacLeod, following on from an invitation to join the U18 National Rowing Squad in France, competed for the GB squad in Munich. These are all tremendous achievements - particularly when put into context of everything else that has to go on at the same time. Sports day only involved the third and fourth forms this year due to disruptive weather. It was a really good occasion and there were some outstanding performances on the track. The girls came 6th overall but took part with great panache and effort. Sophie Hammill set the standard by coming first in the high jump. The boys came second to Grove House by only 4 points. The third year excelled: Chris McTurk won the Long Jump, the 100m and the 400m. The 400m was in a time two seconds faster than the previous school record, which was over twenty years old. He would have equalled the Intermediate record as well (which is also over twenty years old): an astonishing performance. Tristan Punnett, Josh Tankard and Dominic Woods all won one or more events and Jake llsley came second in the 800m. To finish their afternoon off Tristan, Josh, Dominic
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by achieving a gold certificate in the UK Maths Challenge and Peter Rowley won a certificate of merit in the UKMT Olympiad Competition. It was in House debating, however, that we really shone. Congratulations to David Heaton, Hugh Lamarque, Duncan Turnbull and Helen Porte (with help from Michael Foster) for their well-deserved victory. They learnt quickly after an early defeat to Linton and won all their other debates eventually beating School House in the final despite the Labour Government's best efforts: the motion was 'This House has no faith in the present Labour Government' and Temple were opposing the motion. In the same week Charles Clarke 'resigned' as Home Secretary, John Prescott admitted having an affair and Patricia Hewitt managed to insult most of the NHS. I wish the U6 the best of luck for their futures. They have been good fun this year and I really enjoyed our recent meal out (they even got me to the Gallery!) The Templites are lucky to have a very committed and experienced set of tutors. There is always good camaraderie in the House when they are upstairs. In particular I
and Chris broke the school record when they won the 4x100m relay in a time of 51.6 seconds. This all augurs very well for House sport in the future. Congratulations also to the following: Rory MacLeod is to be Captain of Boys' Boats next year, Jonathan Bairstow is Captain of Cricket and Tom Slingsby is Captain of Rugby. Well done on gaining these prestigious positions. I am pleased to report that many Templites have been heavily involved with Community Action this year: Six Lower Sixth formers helped out in the Plotters' Ball to much praise. Sotiria Vargemezi has done a tremendous amount of work - gaining the 50 hours award along the way - and I am really glad that she is continuing the visits next year when she is at York University. Duncan Turnbull, Laura Williamson and Claudia Splading have also been fantastic in their contributions. Paul Mastrelli has wowed Clifton (without) Junior School with his teaching abilities (so much so that they are delighted to take on more of our students - well done Paul for your pioneering work). The 5th form girls: Nikki Bradley, Charlotte Foster, Alison Mason and Helen Porte continue their really valuable work and their contribution to the Arclight project week was tireless. Now for the cerebral section! We came nowhere in the Great Egg Race again but, at least this time, Temple worked as a team and with purpose - a first from my experience of the last six years! Aiken Harrap's team won the Regional School's Technology Tournament beating 41 other schools. Mitchell Hernaman's team came second in their class of the same event. Josh Tankard topped his year
would like to thank Mrs Bainbridge and Mrs Gray for their input into the House before they move on to other things. Finally I would like to say goodbye to Temple. I will remember a lot of times with great fondness and I am sure that the success and personal endeavour will go on without me. Also I would like to give my best wishes and congratulations to Emma Bennett who is Head Girl next year and also to Duncan Turnbull who is going to be Head of House. M Edwards
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Lucy Cilbertson
Spitzbergen Archipelage (British Schools
1993
Exploring Society) Article in1986 Peterite. 1988
1989 1990
Greenland (Br.Sch.Exp.Soc.)
Joanna Sutton
(nee Craven) Uganda (Teaching). Letter in File.
1994
Wales-Rockclimbing course.
1995
Roger Sangwin
Himalayas (World Challenge).
Alex Holley
Mexico (Teaching English).
Charles Barlow
India (Teaching).
Artie (Br. Sch.Exp.Soc), Round the World in 80 days without flying.
Richard Pipes
MarkTozer
Richard Jarmain
Sarah Richards James Lovell and
David Lyons
Lake Baikal (B.S.E.S.)
Molly Tyler-Childs Kenya (Yorkshire Schools Exploring Society).
1997
Oliver Milne and
Guyana (Operation Raleigh).
Matthew Taylor Ruth Peacock
Zimbabwe (Teaching).
Sarah Brown
China (South) Mapping Expedition.
Emily Kay Graham Watt
Auckland to Sydney - Tall Ships Sailing.
(Brathay Exploration Group).
' 1991 Stephen Harryman Spitzbergen (Br.Sch.Exp.Soc). Matthew Sumpton "Trans Africa" Driving new Land Rover and Marc Mitchell, home to Kenya from York.
Vietnam - Rainforest exploration (Frontier Organisation).
1998
Andrew Muir
Alps - Walking from Austria to Italy.
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Alex Thornton
Vietnam - Forest conservation survey.
Oliver Robinson
Nepal (Teaching English).
Ruth Easby
Japan and Paraguay. (Cheshire Home
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Assistant and then Expedition in South America). 2001
Philip Townsend
Honduras (Driving Expedition for Coral Conservation Project).
2002
Robyn Webster
North America - The "Lewis and Clark" Trail. (Yks.Sch Exp Soc and Brathay Exp Gp.)
2003
Ruth Wainaina
Kenya (Teaching in Children's Home).
2004
Paul Rushton
Peru - Walking in Highlands.
2004
David Cook Giles Buchanan,
600 mile sponsored walk in
Joe Clark,
Scotland - York Against Cancer.
Sculling across Scotland.
Alex Nicholson, Toby Robinson and James Sugden of g6ap/.i 'j. V 2005
2006
Charlotte Simpson Nepal - Helping and teaching in an Orphanage, then some trekking. Peter Saxon
Northern Spain -Walking the Pilgrim's Route from Bayonne to Santiago de Compostela.
George Kearl and Jack Page
Scotland, Lake District and North Wales - Mountain Walking the highest Peaks.
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the Camino was and wished me luck
on my way. On the outskirts of the town there was a I lie refugio and on walking through the gates I was welcom, by dozens of pilgrims, most of who seemed to be tending to injured feet.This was a novelty as I had not seen any other pilgrims on the Camino Norte. Although it was late I wanted to walk more so with my credencial stamped I headed on through patchy woodland and wheat fields to the village of Tardajos. At the alberque all
emerged.
beds were taken but there was space for a mattress on the floor. I
The heat was
was amazed at the prices at the local bar - a sandwich of epic pro-
incredible and I drank seven
portions and a beer with change from 3 euros.
or eight litres of water each day. I managed to buy a new camera in Carrion de los Condes and
With little to pack I was first out of the door in the morning.
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Although it was still too dark to check the time the route from the village was easy to follow. 25km later, having walked uninterrupt-
Patience during the boring landscapes of the meseta was even-
ed through Rabe de las Calzedas, Hornillos del Camino and
tually rewarded by the appearance of a sprawling metropolis, Leon.
Hontanas, I stopped in the ruins of the Covent of San Anton where
The cathedral was impressive but really dark and gloomy- it made
I sat in the shade and talked with a first time pilgrim called Rupert
me appreciate the open, airy light of York Minster.
who was recently out of rehab for heroin addiction. Still charged
From Ledn to Astorga the route was unpleasant - it involved
with energy I passed on .through Castrojeriz where I discovered I
walking alongside a busy main road and passing several malodorous
was out of cash. My procrastination in exchanging travellers
industrial estates. Astorga itself was beautiful - albeit packed with
cheques finally caught up with me with the nearest bank 26km
tourists. I looked at the cathedral and The Museum of Ham and I
away. As it was Friday I pressed on to arrive before the banks closed
recommend them both.
the following day. I eventually hobbled into Itero de la Vega at Out of Astorga was a short hop over the mountains and I
about 7pm, having walked 29 miles in 13 hours.
planned to stay in the English run refugio in the village of Rabanal. After a vespers service with bible readings in Spanish, English, French, Italian German and Dutch I talked with a German monk. The conversation turned to walking sticks. When I confessed to not owning a staff, the monk reached into the church and pulled out an attractive crook, which he said had been abandoned a couple of days prior. Later, talking to a hospitalero in the refuge I learnt that le monk was in fact the abbot of the largest monastery in Europe. days later I came to Ponferrada, a charmless industrial city most) saved by a perfect medieval castle. The huge municipal efuge was a model for Spanish bureaucracy - after three hours waiting in the sun to talk to various hospitaleros I was eventually
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ven a bunk in a large room with approximately 60 other pilgrims.
Unsurprisingly the following day I managed only 14km to
After Ponferrada it was time to walk up some more mountains
Fromista and although the banks were closed there was an ATM
- for the last time before Santiago. I stopped at a refuge in
available, which made me much happier.
Villafranca del Bierzo, which offered rucksack transport up the
Over the next four days, as I crossed the meseta (the high central plains, a seemingly endless stretch of cornfields) a routine of getting up at sunrise and walking until the early afternoon
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mountain. I mentioned this to German - a veteran pilgrim. He glared at me asking, "What are you, a pilgrim or a tourist?" I carried
my bag.
hamlet of La Faba, where it took an almost vertical turn upwards. However, I was rewarded at the top in the village of O'Cebreiro with a breathtaking view of the day's walk. Over the next couple of days spent in rural Galicia I saw some of the best scenery of the entire walk. However, the Camino was starting to get busy. Many Spaniards walk only the last 100km, the minimum required to receive a Compostela, and there were lots of groups with 30 or more people and backup vehicles. The tranquillity of the trail was shattered and the refuges were full. At 90km
I arrived at Monte del Gozo, a gigantic refuge with 3000
Portomarin I decided to test my strength to find the maximum
places overlooking the city, at 7pm. Here I expected to be alone
distance I could cover in one day.
as I had walked further than any of my friends, of the last few
I arose in pitch-blackness at 4.30 and left at 5. With a torch I still managed to find the yellow arrows. Mist hung thickly as I walked through a large eucalyptus wood - a very sensual experience although I couldn't see a thing. By sunrise I had walked 7km and for the rest of the day I walked at a steady pace, wondering how far I would be able to cover. At Arzua, just as the sun was
days; but there were dozens of familiar faces, mostly from before I took a day off in Rabanal. There was a tremendous party and everyone was ecstatic to be at the end of their journey. I attended my first authentic botellon, every A level Spanish student's favourite cultural event. I was joined for the last 7km by Chris, an American student of Spanish, Rosalin, an Irish Philosophy c
tudent and Kusuum an Indian student of anthropology. Chris was great find. He had spent six months in Santiago and knew the ity like the back of his hand, before walking the Camino. We sat in the cathedral square admiring the view and wel-
"oming other pilgrims. Inside the cathedral we indulged in the traitionat rites such as bumping heads with the statues and placing iur hands on the pillar, hugging the saint from behind before we attended the
pilgrims' mass at 12. The rest of the day we
explored the city and met with 'old' friends from the Camino. Although I had walked 500km it did not feel like enough so I decided to continue to Finisterre, 'the end of the world', (at least before Columbus) and final destination of most medieval pilgrims. The path was not as flat as the Camino Frances, nor was it as well waymarked or busy. Refuges were spaced at 30km, making it impossible to skip one. Therefore they were busy making it easy to meet people, it was fantastic to be able to experience rural Galicia without hordes of tourists. The sea, when it finally appeared, was spectacular. I resisted temptation to dive straight in and hiked out to the end, the lighthouse and the peninsula, where I burnt a pair of socks, (another pilgrim tradition) to the confusion of surrounding tourists. I could motel room on the outskirts of town. I collapsed into bed. I woke the next day at 10.30 feeling no ill effects. Looking at my guidebook I discovered I had 39km to — Santiago".
walk no further west without getting my feet wet - this was the end of it all. I hitched a lift back to Finisterre. Peter Saxon
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This year, for the first tim we took a group of 40 3rd year students to the World War Battlefields, after previously using this trip for 4th years. The change was a good one and the students demonstrated
throughout
the
chocolate. We also visited the
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behaviour which have
and 62 as well as the Langemarck German cemetery.
high
always been a feature of St Peter's school tours.
The Menin gate service in Ypres was an appropriate end to the visit. This year we once again took part in the service and two of our students represented the school in laying a wreath to com-
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Our hotel in Arras
memorate Old Peterites and others whose lives were so tragically
was also new this year
ended by this war. It was a moving occasion and rounded off our
and provided a good base for our tour of the Somme area. The
itinerary perfectly.
Somme area was where the offensives of the summer of 1916 hoped to draw away the German pounding of Verdun and provide
The students were a credit to themselves and the school
a crucial breakthrough. It is most remembered for the extreme casualties of the first day, visible today in the many cemeteries that lie around the hilltops. After visiting Serre road, we moved on to Beaumont-Hamel, scene of some of the most intense fighting. The landscape remains scarred by shells to this day and proved interesting to visit. From here our itinerary changed from previous years. We visited the Devonshire Trench and cemetery - a unique place on the western front. The students were impressed by the
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size of the Lochnagar crater and the sheer size of the Thiepval monument. Given our visit fell just after the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Somme battle, the sites were unusually full with wreaths laid by many dignitaries including the royal family. The second day saw an early morning visit to the Notre Dame de Lorette cathedral and museum and a chance to see just how close the trenches could get at times. Particular interest was
throughout the trip and I am glad that they enjoyed it. Should you
shown in the videorama of 3-D slides including some rather
wish to find out more about the various places we visited and see
graphic views of horses at war. The strategic point of Vimy ridge
some photos of the sites, Mr. Armstrong has an excellent site at
(and the Canadian War memorial) was also visited but was closed
www.johnarmstrong.org.uk/batttefields06
for renovations obscuring the excellent view. We then moved on
the History department website. I would like to thank him for all
to Bruges for the afternoon to see this wonderful mediaeval city
the research he did, and continues to do, on the Old Peterites who
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and for the students, a chance to shop! This year we returned to
fought in the war and for his organisation of the crosses, wreaths
Anny's place (Hotel Oude Abdij) in Belgium where, as ever, we
and the Menin Gate service. His help in producing our first
were well looked after.The students were delighted to be the first
Battlefields booklet was invaluable. Mr. Sergeant was once again an
ones allowed in the even newer than last year additional annex,
excellent tour guide and I thank him, Dr. Craig and Miss Davey for
which was excellent for a group like ours.
all the contributions they made.
Our final day of touring was based around the battlefields of Flanders. This was where most of the British Expeditionary Force was wiped out in 1914 and where many lives were lost in the various battles of Ypres.We started off in the Flanders Field Museum in Ypres and were well guided by two locals. This is a most impressive museum capturing the spirit of the war extremely well. This was followed by what is now our regular visit to the Leonidas chocolate shop to see Hans and Stephanie. Hans put on an excellent show as usual and gave our students some great deals on his
Stephen Gwilliam History Department
Visits & Exchanges
French Exchange October 2005 Is-sur-Tille Having experienced a long, tiresome journey, we finally arrived at Is-sur-Tille. Dragging all of our endless bags with us, we waited for our correspondents in the school's lunch hall. After the bell for break, we were introduced - 'bise' for the girls, handshake for the boys. The following day was spent in families, meeting their friends and for many it was viewing the delights of Dijon. Our second day brought Besancon. This year we luckily escaped the rain, and spent the morning in the Citadelle, visiting the zoo, ramparts and the WW2 resistance museum. After having
Toison d'Or excited us all and we soon spent up. Finally we visit-
had lunch in the near by restaurant, we trekked back down to the
ed the Planetarium in Dijon.
city centre. We all found the shopping fun and the surroundings beautiful. Next day it was school time! Lessons seemed somewhat different but nevertheless enjoyable; although we felt like goldfish in a bowl, many of the French students were pleasant and talkative. Leaving the school at break we went on to Brochon. Here we expe-
After the last evening with our French families, we left for England at Sam. We all got on the coach tired, but excited for our correspondents' visit to England. Thanks to Mr Hodsdon, Mrs Round and Miss Davey. Lottie Bennett
rienced the delight of a volleyball match, and a tour of the chateau, which is the boarding house. The weekend was spent with the families. Bowling was popular, along with trips to Paris on the Sunday. For all there was a quiz on Saturday morning, which involved walking around Is-sur-Tille and asking for directions, answers and general help from the public. The 3rd year girls team won, not at all helped by Miss Davey! The final two days went by like a rocket. Monday was spent
Brochon We hit Brochon mid-October.The French Exchange. A trip like no other. It was truly petrifying. Excitement and apprehension filled the coach. Pillows and films were passed around until everyone was settled. At least thirty parents and well-wishers stood in the horseshoe waving us off.This was it! The engine started. Hands were being waved and kisses were being blown... then we stop. The
watching the creation of Cassis and having a taste, and in the
coach is stuck. It turns out that we cannot quite make the angle
afternoon visiting the Chateau de Pommard with its wine cellars
to squeeze by the chapel. Slight problem! After some careful
and vineyards. On Tuesday we hit the cheese factory, and, despite
manoeuvring we are finally able to break free, and embark upon
the extremely strong and rather disgusting smell, the final product
our voyage across the Channel!
was yummy.. In the afternoon we.shopped until we dropped! The
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This year we combined with The Mount School, and I think that it is safe to say that we all appreciated their company. Whether it be simply to have a few more familiar faces around the boarding houses, or in the case of Matthew Hall, to put his methods into practice on the women. And what a superb combination it was - what with that pink cowboy hat and beautiful harmonies on the back of the coach with Will - what girl could resist! Once all dispatched with our respective Frenchies, we were left to discover life in France through the eyes of regular French families - or so we thought. Unfortunately for Fliss, she soon witnessed the somewhat questionable sport of "spirit raising" from trees - always an experience. Nikolai is also said to have had some interesting experiences during his stay. It must always be slightly daunting having a correI feel that the one tourist stop that had the strongest impact
spondent of the opposite sex, even more so if they have an overprotective, immensely stacked boyfriend! Our friendly neighbourhood Russian found himself in such a situation, and we know not of all the scary details! Luckily, Catriona saved the day by sitting with (or should I say on!) Nikolai during what I am assured is the
on all of us has to be 'La Fromagerie' - it was without a doubt the smelliest place on earth. After having passed around the mints, we were able to see how the cheese is made, and could then buy some of the many popular types if we so desired. Another hugely memorable day was our visit to the Citadelle, where we marched up what seemed like thousands of steep steps. Mr. H, of course, came fully prepared, what with his hi-tech walking boots and rucksack he most definitely looked the part (and terribly English!) (how else do I carry around all the Health & Safety bumph?!! Mr.H) The traditional volleyball match did of course take place, and naturally, the English put up a brilliant fight. Our beast-worthy team consisted of Hally, Will, Jo, Emma B, Jenni, Nikolai, Tristan, Catriona, and Cussy. It must be said that the team worked brilliantly together and their tactics and morale were always on top form. However, after a hard and long-drawn out series of games, the French did manage to beat us (just!), despite the wondrous efforts of our hugely encouraging supporters. We spent a great deal of time on the coach. This inevitably led to major film watching and also the customary travelling games! I found that this brought out many sides to people, which were before unseen. Seeing at least half the bus cry over "A Walk to Remember" is a moment that will not be forgotten in a hurry. Also, with Will and Jenni's "Twingo" game - let's just say that neither of them came away unharmed! I would like to thank all of the staff that made the exchange possible for us, especially to Mr. Hodsdon who put in hours hard
most terrifying French movie of all time! We were all encouraged to absorb as much of the French culture as possible. Continental breakfasts are known for being different, and most find this a pleasant change. However, contrary to popular belief (or at least Emma M-H's), even the French do not go so far as having chocolate soup at 7.30 in the morning! As well as spending time with our host families, we were able to visit the area in and around of Dijon, giving Mr. H plenty of "photo-ops" - much to the disgust of Fliss and Catriona. Visiting the local vineyards were examples of such outings. They are always good fun - that is of course until one "hears it down the grapevine" that too many grapes do not do you many favours!
work.
extremely
It
was
enjoyable,
and I know that we all learned a great deal from it. Thank you very much. We now look
forward
hosting
to our
exchange students at Easter! By Emma Bennett >•'
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History Trip 2006 - Hungary, Poland, Germany
A first history trip for a new history teacher, this trip must
The next day gave us an opportunity to see the spectacular
have been a daunting prospect for Doctor Craig. However, despite
city of Budapest. It seemed to be a perfectly normal (Still inter-
a few hiccups, it was a trip that will supply us with many a mem-
esting) day (lots of communist monuments along the banks of the
ory. From the 'interesting1 complimentary food at the restaurant
River Danube) until the group was taken to the Gellert baths -
in Budapest to the truly moving experience in Auschwitz-Birkinau
beautiful and historical Turkish baths where most of the boys took
to the spectacular sights of Berlin. We'll do our best to give you
the opportunity to relax in the professional hands of the large and
a small idea of how legendary this trip was.
slightly scary Hungarian masseurs. Sadly the next day we
Although the first day was primarily travel on the bus to Gatwick and the plane to Budapest it was a good chance for some banter and got everyone into the spirit, and the trip continued in the same vein. We arrived in Budapest in the evening but managed to get a good taste of traditional Hungarian food; not a p|fticularly good thing. Emma Goodwill was especially repulsedjy what seemed to be soup that consisted of salty water and a dumpling. That said it was the only bad food of the trip and in that e chance t*meet the legend that was STEVE the tour guide. A guide so eccentric and overly knowledgeable that heibes already be?»>*booked for the next history trip.
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embarked on our first long long coach journey. To the credit of all on the coach, we made the best of it and with the unrivalled knowledge of STEVE informing with nuggets of info every fifteen minutes or so, the journey turned out to be rather enjoyable. After more than a few hours we arrived in the stunning city of Kracow. We arrived late at night, with only the time to go out into the beautiful square and enjoy some Polish cuisine. The night was vibrant with many a person being over enthused after a very long coac|j: journey. We enjoyed a wonderfully historic city at night, with wise words from STEVE, to guide us through the evening. 'The next day we woke e
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cold air of Poland with STEVE. We strolled through the home of
The trip had come to an end all too soon and
the ex-Pope, John Paul II, enjoyed walking through the Jewish side
the mood was decidedly more sombre as it
of Kracow and the spectacular castle on top of the hill. However
dawned on most of the group that exams were
without doubt the day was dominated by the tour of Auschwitz;
looming in a couple of weeks. Before we left we
personally one of the most moving days of my life, and this
had an afternoon at the location of the Wansee
applied to most of the group. It was a captivating, harrowing and
conference where the details of Final
thought-provoking day and I would especially give mention to my
Solution were decided. It was a good way
tour guide whose knowledge and sincerity completed the experi-
to end the trip as it reminded us all of
ence. I never thought that a group of rather talkative 16 and 17
the history of all the places we visited. We arrived back at school
year olds would be reduced to silence for 4 hours, but immedi-
at 1.30 in the morning absolutely exhausted,
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ately everyone understood that they were standing on the site of Great thanks must go to Dr Craig, Mr Brown, Mrs Lawrence
the biggest genocide in the history of mankind. To lighten our
and Miss Palmer who were great fun and hopefully enjoyed the trip
mood, Dr Craig took us to a Polish folk music evening. It was one
as much as we did. Not to mention all the hotels that bravely
of the most enduring images of the trip to see Dr Craig, STEVE and
accommodated us throughout our trip. Special thanks goes to
other members of the group strutting their stuff with a man
STEVE - "Heroes come and go but legends never die," ;
dressed in a donkey suit.
Charlotte Parker & Dom Hanly, V Form
The next day was another (again surprisingly enjoyable) coac
y
journey to Berlin. We arrived relatively early this time and wei able to visit the stunning Reichstag building with its incredible dome. However the queues were, to say the least, long and the weather was, to say the least awful. But as was the way in this trip we made the best out of a potentially bad situation and the vi< from the top of the building was certainly worth the wait. The**; next day was probably the most extensive part of the trip and we really got the chance to see most of Berlin, including t Potsdamer Platz, The Brandenburg Gate, the remnants of Berlin Wall and a real find by STEVE: the site of Hitler's warti bunker and his place of suicide (interestingly under a car park). The weather was wonderful and we had a great time at the Potsda: Platz at night.
German Exchange to Munster 2006 The German Exchange this year was full of fun and excite-
every one, was the chocolate factory. Room after room of sweet
ment. With the prospect of meeting new people, both English and
smelling Lindt chocolate and a huge fountain of it at the end was
German, nine of us from St. Peter's set off from Huntington
pure bliss.
School with high hopes. The transport was cosy to say the least, and after about four hours sleep, countless films and some rather unbelievable sweet eating we arrived in Munster. Our exchange partners and their parents greeted us. We grabbed our bags, said bye to our English friends and set off home with our German partners. The weekend was to be spent with our host families. This gave us time to settle in and get to grips with German life.
for an interesting day. On our last day we went to Munster zoo. This turned out to be a rather entertaining day, even if we did have to walk about 500 miles (it felt like it anyway). The zoo had everything from baboons to meercats. We saw a seal and dolphin show and fed the elephants. We ended the day with a night of bowling with our
On Monday we attended school with our exchange partners. German school is slightly different to ours; it starts at around 7:30am and ends by 2:00pm. They do not have to wear uniform
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Wednesday was spent in Bremen where we were given a guided tour of the town. With its narrow alleys and fun statues it made
and do everything as one class. Because it finishes so early it gave us plenty of time after school to go into town and, more importantly, go to the 'Eiscafe'! With hundreds of different concoctions and flavours to choose from we English were somewhat spoiled for choice.
exchange partners. Not only did we make friends with our exchange partners but we also made friends with their friends too. We went on the exchange with Huntington school and met lots of new and fun people. We would definitely recommend going if you want to improve your German speaking and widen your friendship horizons. We'd like to thank all the teachers who made it possible to go and the pupils and parents in Munster.
On Tuesday we went to Koln. Here we shopped (naturally)
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Ski Trip 2006 Any notion of safety was quickly lost by most of the skiers, whether it be 'Fraser-black-in-a-week' (despite the fact that he comes from a country where snow exists only on Christmas cards) 'Moore', or the 'intermediates' who suddenly realised that Catherine McTurk hadn't fallen over all week and so took it upon themselves to 'christen' her. After successfully evading wiping her out, despite some heroic efforts including a crush tackle from 3 sides
resulting in her
attackers lying dazed on the
floor, Dom
J
Ketty
finally did the only thing left and rugby tackled her at the top of the 'Soper
m
~ablo' thus sacriff nself for the team / the 'Fearless Fred' 'e trust" remains true t< day when he schashed (ski terminology) up to a cliff, peered conlave asked me to
cernedly over, looked up at his dedicated band of followers and proclaimed, "Ze light is flat, zere are big mogels, very icy, bad visibility (Gallic shrug)... Binnsy, you first!" We thankfully didn't lose
whole day doing insane jumps, dodging avalanches and destroying the ski park, but also how devilishly handsome they looked!
anyone apart from when
only how brilliant they were at snow-boarding, spending the
Frankie
Off the slopes everything seemed to go well whether it was sft-
declared the only
Mr Monteith storming up the stairs grabbing yours truly by the
way he was getting
collar and demanding, "has anyone bled up here?" or just Richard
off the
Towers' interior decorating!
mountain
was in a helicopter Thanks have to go to Mr Monteith for organising the trip and
and so was dutifully flown off and missed the week's skiing! Poor guy!
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Mr Johnston, Mrs Tooby-Smith, Mr Grant and Mrs Shepherd for joining in and never missing breakfast! Archie Dallas LVI
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Art School 4th for Visit to The British Muse / Early on a cold Sunday
The Museum shop
November morning we the
was a source of reference for
4th form artists and The Art
our project and many of us pur-
School staff took a train
chased postcards and other images of
journey to Kings Cross fol-
masks, statues and textiles from different
lowed by a walk through
times and places. We had been forewarned to expect
London streets, on the way
follow up work on our return to school and we wanted to
seeing Eduard Paolozzi's 'Sir
ensure that we were well prepared with visual aids. The sessic
Issac
the
seemed to pass too quickly and whilst we thought that we could
Newton'
in
grounds
of The
Library,
and
British
spend more time in the Museum we were not displeased when we
eventually
were told it was time to go shopping. Our sketchbooks and pen-
arriving at our destination -
cils packed we walked though crowds to Oxford Street passing
The British Museum.
several London landmarks. With only an hour and a half to shop and told to stay in small groups we frantically searched for bargains and souvenirs of our day before reassembling for the walk back to Kings Cross. Many of us were anxious to have our photographs taken at the famous Harry Potter Nine and Threequarter platform. Some peo-
Our visit to London was not just a jolly as several hours
ple actually ran into the wall
of sketching, taking photographs and generally research-
to see if they could get
ing the artefacts from different cultures and civilisations
through. Oh well!
to ours was part of our first CCSE Art project. Sitting on the floor and sketching, our drawings and furious scribbles were often a source of curiosity to other visitors who looked over our shoulders and passed comment on our skills good or bad.
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The journey back was spent exchanging notes from the Museum and showing others our purchases. We all had a great time and thank you to Mr and Mrs Darmody, Mr Hall and Mrs Palmer. Rachel Hopper 4th form
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Art School Visit to Edinburgh On a cold Sunday in January a group of pupils from years 4,5 and 6 visited Edinburgh to see in particular The BP Portrait Award show at The National Portrait Gallery but also to see examples of work relevant to CCSE and A Level courses in The National Gallery of Scotland. Despite the weather and the fact that the Scottish Rugby side were hosting France at Murrayfield and therefore the train was crowded with rugger types, there was great anticipation a visit to Edinburgh is always a treat. The BP Portrait Award is a bi-annual exhibition of portraits by artists under 40 with a £20,000 first prize for the winner. There were 50 selected works on view ranging from examples of Photo-Realism and Carravaggesque figures against dark backgrounds to loosely painted but highly textured examples of group portraits. Everyone had his or her own favourite and mine was the Group Portrait - "La Familia" by Tim Okamura, which I liked not only because of the subject but also because of the way in which the artist had used mixed media to create a strong tactile sense within the work. There were areas of paint, which were almost three-dimensional as well as thin sections where the paint barely covered the rough weave of the canvas. After an hour and a half looking at the exhibition we were marched to several works in front of which we were 'grilled' by Mr. Darmody and Mr. Hall as to why we liked or disliked the paintings and exactly how to interpret each work in terms of the artists' influences and technique. The National Gallery was next and we were shown several paintings, which were relevant to our coursework. I particularly liked 'Old Woman Frying Eggs' by Velasquez, which he painted at the age of eighteen. We then were given the task of making sketches and taking notes before we were allowed some shopping time on Princess Street. The day seemed to fly by and were soon on the homeward train, just missing the main rugby crowd but with a few very happy Scotsmen as travelling companions.
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School Archives
At the present date gifts to the
2005-2006
was
an
Archives during the academic year
exceptionally busy year for
include:
the School Archives. A new store room in the Denison
From Old Peterites:
Building was earmarked for our
Roger Barrett, photographs of St Peter's and St Olave's, 1954-56
course a great deal of material
Victor Black, School and House photographs 1936-40 and Old Peterite London Dinner photo, 1952 (Kenneth Chilman nearest the camera) E A K Denison, draft copy of "School memories" Michael Kent, CCF photograph, Poulton Camp, 1950, and rare School Monitor's silk tie (maroon with cross-key design) P N Shepherd, material relating to his time as a Governor of the School.
increasing collection and in due was moved into it. This included items which were previously housed in the Alcuin Library store room, others that were kept under the Library floor, and some of the less frequently used boxes and volumes from the present Archives Office next to School House. The new room, which had seemed bare and spacious, now looks very well occupied indeed. November brought the Guy Fawkes 400th anniversary celebrations and preparatory research into Guy's links with the School - well known but exceptionally hard to document. This proved
From other friends of the school: Mr J Adams, framed photograph of OTC (the predecessor of the CCF), July 1930 Mr P Gordon, copy of Wiseman's "The recent history of St Peter's School".
very interesting, while at times frustrating. The dust had hardly settled on all this when the forthcoming book, "Over Ancient Ways", the new celebration of St Peter's due for publication in 2007, was announced. While this covers a great deal more than the history of the school, it is utilising many of the artefacts and photographs in the archives' collections, and some sections are heavily archives based. The appeal to Old Peterites to
Mrs Ruth Jacobs, copy of Raine's "History of St Peter's School". Ms Patricia Newsom, material relating to her father John Henry Lawson, St Peter's 1928-34. Mr Peter MacCormick, a book "While I can I do", which includes information on his father, John Crook, d.1986, St Peter's 1929-34.
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send us their recollections and memorabilia has produced some wonderful results, many of which will be used in the book, and all of which are very welcome in the Archives. Since these are still coming in it may well be that, because of the necessity to meet the magazine deadline, some will not be acknowledged in this short article, for which I apologise in advance. Our grateful thanks go to all these donors. AJMP
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Alcuin Library The start of the new school year heralded the provision of 20
Rhiannon Thomas (Queen's) and l^rTTPPWK'frbm the English
new computers and 2 printers in the Chapel Gallery. They have
Department. Thanks to all members for their enthusiasm, ideas
been proving a very popular addition to the library facilities and
and support during the year.
are available for class bookings and individual study. Shadowing the shortlisted titles for the Man Booker Prize
Christmas came early with the launch of the Christmas Quiz in the Library . Mince pies, mulled wine and Christmas music and
began in September. A panel of six A level English students tack-
opportunities
led the novels on the shortlist. Just before the official winner was
accompanied the "Who would like a book like this in their
announced in October at the televised awards ceremony, our
Christmas stocking competition".
panel presented a novel each to an audience gathered in the Library.
David
Brown,
Head of English, chaired
ing session in the Library at lunchtime. Little Apple Bookshop pro,'
tions to the panel members, Taylor,
Sam
Hall, Lucy
Amy
World Book Day in March was celebrated with a visit from local author, Fiona Shaw. Fiona held a Meet The Author and sign-
,,
the balloon debate and posed challenging ques-
to buy charity Christmas cards and puddings
Taylor,
Emma Hammill, Pippa Bailey and Kirstie Dallas. Following two rounds of voting the assembled booklovers voted Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never let me go as the St Peter's choice. This novel, set in a boarding school, deals with the possibility of creating people for organ donation. However, the "official" verdict was that the prize should go to Irish
vided a bookstall for pupils to spend their World Book Day tokens. Afterwards, Fiona undertook a creative writing workshop with Ms. Fletcher of the English Department and her fourth year pupils in the Library. Donations have been gratefully received from the following leavers and their parents at the time of going to press: Penny Boxall, Laura Binks, Samantha Hall, Rory Stark, David Beaumont, Alexandra Glatman,
Richard Walkland,
Samuel
Macbeth, Thomas Fahy, Tom Denton, Rhiannon Thomas, Lorna Emery, Simon Wallis, and Alexander Hetmanski.
writer John Banville for his novel, The sea. Further items have been received from Mr Piers Dudgeon, Mr A Library Committee was established this year to improve lines of communication and encourage more participation by
Richard Barrett (Manor 1971-1976), Mr Richard Drysdale, Mr J Broomhead, Nikki Dean, Mr Robert Beaumont, and Ian and Mike Saville, Peter and Mike Simpson and Andrew Slater (Old Peterites).
2005/2006 have been Helen Ashman (Clifton), Kirstie Dallas (Rise), Ludwig Pang (Manor), Alex Storrs and Jessica Taylor (Grove),
Many thanks to all donors for their generosity.
Dominic Collingridge and Kate Ashworth (School), Archie Dallas
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Beverley 10km & 2km Sunday 14th May 2006 Tristan Punnett wins the 2Km
The St Peter's crowd
After 7 years of fielding a large entry of staff, pupils and
St Peter's School have
friends in the Beverley Fun Runs you would expect interest to
become a regular fixture
have waned. But this year was no exception. 'Are you running
and fitting at Beverley,
Beverley?' and 'What time can you run the Beverley 10km in?' are
congregating en masse on
now frequently heard cliches around the school, particularly dur-
the biggest patch of grass
ing the week prior to the race when an increasing number of aged
available, unmistakable in
and often crocked members of staff can be seen donning their
their 'York Against Cancer'
ancient sports kit to 'practise' running again.
team T-shirts.
Amongst
this throng Mr
Owen-
Katie Mellor and Sophie Cuthbertson proving that racing need not be agony!
Barnett
You never know who mid
can be found
marking a week's worth of English essays as he guards
Our oldest competitor Tim Pedley
'our' patch with his life. It's a great occasion when all ages, abilities and associations with St Peter's can participate side by side. 64 year old Tim Pedley who ran a remarkable 50:49 mins in the 10km was our oldest competitor, whilst 8 year old Eddie Stephen who clocked 11:48 mins in the 2km was our youngest. Tristan Punnett was a clear winner in the 300-strong field of 2k runners in a time of 8:18 mins, and Mrs Avril Pedley, Mrs Carol Challis and Mr John Armstrong have to be congratulated on their gallant performances. But as to Mr Neil Matkin's performance ... is this his more conservative pace or that of his daughter's?
Mark Baker encouraged Nick Jennings - 6 mins faster than last year!
Toby Williams 2nd StPe runner home in 40:14 cr
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crowd
Our youngest competitors
All over for another year bar the souvenirs!
At precisely 11.15am the horn sounded and 1,300 10km run-
what physical challenges each
ners got underway, synchronised by the start of stop-watches -
of us is capable of, and over the
the more serious runners not trusting the electronic timing!
course of 2006/2007 we have a
Hamish Batchelor made a fast get away providing worrying
series of races and events that
competition to the elite runners at the front, finishing 14th over-
all 3 schools will be participating
all and first under-18 male in the fastest time recorded by a St
in to help achieve our fund-rais-
Peter's runner, and more importantly, seconds faster than brother
ing goal of £40,000 in aid of
Sebastian recorded last year. Mr Chris Hall was our next repre-
"York Against Cancer" and the
sentative home, just dipping under 40 minutes - a big
"Samantha
landmark for Mr Hall! 'Another 30 seconds saw Toby
Tumour Trust". See you there!
Williams cross the line closely challenged by the 'all-
Angela Tooby-Smith
Dickson
Brain Mr Neil Matkin and his daughter
rounder' Jonnie Bairstow who never fails to rise to the challenge. Katie Mellor was our first female pupil to finish, and Sophie Cuthbertson won the 2nd female under-18 prize. Thereafter, the T-shirts of St Peter's continued to punctuate every 10 or so finishers until the familiar sight of Mrs Jane Hough and Mrs Louise Denison appeared completing the team.
Mr John Armstrong achieves his own record!
But the Beverley Fun Run is more than just a fundraising activity for St Peter's; for many it's a personal test of achievement. Pupils such as Lizzy Martin, Kate Ashworth and Laura Howard regularly committed to training sessions despite the weather and time pressures in order to get fit enough to race; and Nick Jennings made it his goal to help Mark Baker to another personal best. It's amazing
>ectators are also important!
Mr Hall desperate to match his age!
Hamish Batchelor 1st St Peter's runner home 36:10 mins ^
Liverpool Physics Olympics 2005 tional position of 4th. The second of the 4 challenges consisted of measuring the equivalent mass of lead of all the air in an irregularly shaped lecture theatre, without being allowed to move forward of a marked line, and this volume judgement quandary was solved through the ingenious use of similar shape enlargement, and was a simple case of using the height of a known object to extrapolate the distance to the back of the room, knowing the eye height of the person viewing the object and the back of the room and thus the angle between the two - pure genius. The third, and seemingly most simple challenge consisted of creating a boat out of paper, tape and plastic that could hold a large mass in water, which we singularly failed to do, and as a result, our boat sank like the General Belgrano after only 400g, leaving us well in the wake of the winning design, which was able to store 3kg. The next challenge found us reinvigorated after our mutual humiliation in the last event, and a new wave of patriotic pride spurred us onwards into the "stack the block" challenge, in which a series of wooden As social events go, there have been some big ones in 2005,
block had to be arranged in such a way as to gain the maximum
Ascot at York, the Queen's 80th Birthday and London's Olympic
overhang without collapsing, our team attaining an impressive
bid - all of these were eclipsed by one event. The place : Liverpool
37.5 cm, which put us in a respectable 7th place, with only 0.5cm
University's Physics Department, the event:The Physics Olympics.
in the top 10 results! Next came the most health and safety con-
A crack team of physicists from the U6th journeyed across the
scious of all the challenges - the "radioactivity challenge", with a
Pennines to compete in the 7th Annual problem based Physics
radioactive
Challenge, which happens in synchrony around the world, with
source placed in
events being held in Germany, the US and France. In the UK it is
the centre of a
held in the University of Liverpool's Physics Department, coinci-
cube, and a grid
dentally the seat of learning of St Peter's own David Morris. This
on the surface,
year's team consisted of Charlotte Buckley, Rory Stark, Charlie
with each sur-
Zhang and Peter Saxon. After a short pre-arrival speech, which
face grid square
was overflowing with all the latest Physics based gaffs, such as
containing
"Why did the cat fall off the roof? Because it lost its 1 (Mu)"
either alumini-
(where 1 is the coefficient of friction of the cat's paws) - Oh, how
um or paper, and
we laughed. The scene was now set for the main event to com-
the
mence, and with over 30 schools competing made this year's the
being to correctly identify the squares which contain the appro-
challenge
largest Liverpool Physics Olympics on record. The first challenge
priate substance in the shortest possible time - a challenge which
consisted of measuring the frequency in Hz of a flashing bulb in
we completed in an impressive time, partially because of our ana-
an adjoining room, by relaying the information from team mem-
lytical prowess, but also the increasing risk of cancer the longer we
ber to team member without speaking, a conundrum which at the
spent handling the cube. This brought an end to the "physical"
time we felt we had completely botched, but in fact by a miracle
challenges, only the mathematical "Fermi quiz" remained, a chal-
of probability and guesswork, had managed to attain the excep-
lenge won us an impressive 2nd place, through knowledge of physics alone- Did you know that there are 1.5 x 10 24 atoms in a cup of tea? This gave us a crowning position on the final leadership board of 6th. The celebrations continued for well over 30 seconds as we went up to collect our complimentary Physics Olympics Boomerang and Mug, and after a brief chitchat with the Judge, during which time we told him we were "really big fans of the physics Olympics", we walked away with a mixed sense of pride and disappointment at not doing better as well as two free Physics Olympics T-Shirts. I'll leave you with a final Physics pun, "What's the difference between Max Factor and a Quantum Theorist? Max Factor have models that work!" Rory Stark UVI
Physics Olympiad Back Row: Angus Turnbull (Commendation), Charlotte Parker (Commendation), Peter Saxon (Bronze 11), AlasdairWilson (Bronze 11), Sam Macbeth (Bronze 1), Nikolai Sirotinine (Commendation); Front Row: Hao-Lin Wu (Bronze 11), Charlotte Buckley (Bronze 11), Terence Mak (Commendation), Richard Lum (Bronze 11), Richard Towers (Bronze 1), Helen Porte (Commendation). Not in picture: Jordan Nadian (Commendation).
UK Mathematics Trust Team Challenge Regional Final
Maths Challenges Senior School Forty-one 6th
formers
entered the
National Senior
Mathematics Challenge in November. The 25 question multiplechoice paper was, as ever, very difficult. Certificates of merit were awarded for: Cold - 5 - awards Silver - 7- awards
Vicky Bew and Tom Bright, together with Mary Hollands and
Bronze -14 - awards
Josh Carting from St Olave's, competed in the Regional Final of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust Team Challenge, at the Mount School in May. They performed very well in the competition which consisted of a Group Challenge, a Cross Number, a Head to Head
Charlie Zhang achieved the top mark at St Peter's, scoring 109 marks out of a maximum 125. Charlie, as well as Ludwig Pang and Hao-Lin Wu, were all invit-
and a Relay.
ed to sit the three-hour Olympiad paper, with most of the ques-
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tions demanding concise proofs to gain high marks. Both Charlie and Hao-Lin gained a respectable 18 marks out of 50. Middle School Seventy-eight of the younger pupils entered the National Intermediate Mathematics Challenge in February. Like the senior paper, the test consisted of 25 multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. Certificates of merit were awarded for: Gold - 7 - awards Silver - 25 - awards Bronze -19 - awards Fourth former Peter Rowley, for the second year running, was the highest scorer at St. Peter's, gaining 127 out of a maximum of 135. Peter, as well as Thomas Yule, Joshua Tankard and Victoria Bew, were all invited to sit the Europe-wide 'Kangaroo' paper. Peter was awarded a distinction for his performance as his score placed him 34th in his year group nationally.
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Technology Tournament 15 pupils from St Peter's and St Olave's accompanied by teachers Mr.Wallace and Mr Cannons took part in The Regional Technology Tournament at the National Railway Museum. Their task was to design and build a gripping device so that "radioactive material" could be safely handled from a distance. All
of
our
pupils
acquitted themselves admirably during the day.
A total of 41 schools took part and St
Peter's
won
3
awards out of a total
of 9. Cold Award Winners
Harriet
Slack,
Rebecca Fletcher and Joshua Manicaro, all from the fourth form, produced a very good solution that achieved the desired goal. Third formers Mitchell Hernaman, Augusta Aiken, Tamsin Collingridge and Michael Lennox achieved a Silver award in the Intermediate Skills Level group.
The Following Lower Sixth Form pupils achieved a Bronze Award in the Advanced Skills Level Over 16 Years Award group: Alex Cray, lain Riley, David Gardner and Matthew Waugh. A Cold Award in the Advanced Skills Level Over 16 Years Award group went to Lower Sixth form pupils James Rounding, Harry Hustler, lain MaCalister and Aiken Harrap. Richard Wallace
Politics Society 2005-2006 The Politics Society met on four occasions during this aca-
In November we attended the Morrell Memorial Address on
demic year, providing the pupils with a range of speakers and
Toleration at York University given by Professor Lord Bhikhu
activities. The first meeting in September was addressed by Simon Wrightson from the think-tank Civitas. This organisation has been set up to attack our membership of the European Union and Mr Wrightson set out the case for our withdrawal. The second occasion saw an inaugural Mock Trial competition, using a fictitious case composed by the Citizenship Foundation, for pupils considering a career in the law. David Heaton.Terrence Mak, Elisabeth Martin and Simon Wallis soon discovered the difficulties encountered by barristers on a daily basis. Hopefully the practice in this safe, and frequently amusing, environment will stand them in good stead for their careers. For the record, Robyn Webster was found guilty of careless driving! My thanks go to all the witnesses and jurors, but in particular to three Old Peterites, all solicitors in York. Mark Burn and Anthony Baines helped prepare the lawyers and Mark Hepworth orchestrated events from the bench.
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Parekh, an expert in race relations and multiculturalism from the LSE. Delivered at a very high academic standard, Lord Parekh pondered the question of how we can encourage a moral framework for our increasingly diverse nation. For most of our pupils this was the first university-style lecture that they had encountered. Finally, in May, Hugh Lamarque organised the visit of Hugh Bayley, Labour MP for the City of York. Mr Bayley couldn't have arrived at a more perfect time - at the end of Labour's horrific week of asylum and Prescott revelations. Our MP led a candid discussion of what Labour must do in order to avoid electoral defeat. He was at his most animated when answering a question about the future of our city. As always, Hugh was most generous with his time. PC Taylor
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The Mountaineering Club September, and our first outing of the year, to the beautiful
in the mist and rain, Page and
but gentle surroundings of Hawes in Wensieydale, where a group
Barlow doing their unsuccessful;.'
stretched their legs over Great Shunner Fell without too much dif-
best to light a fire on the summit
ficulty..By December the punters demanded something more, and
while Wilson passed his own comment
12 pupils and three staff travelled to Borrowdale in the Lake
on the proceedings by being sick on IS
District. In the cold sun of our first day we climbed Great Gable, in
down. On the last day we walked out of a desperately wet and grim Honister Pass onto an equally damp Fleetwith Pike, when the sun appeared to reveal the most beautiful view of Buttermere and Ennerdale. As Code squealed her way downhill, we vowed to return. The planned trip to North Wales was cancelled by the heavy snows of March, so the summer term took us back to Buttermere. Fearless Mr Waters and peerless Mr Duffy scrambled up Sour Milk Ghyll, while we laggards plodded the long way round; later, we all met atop Red Pike, from where we moved over High Crag and High Stile, before ascending Haystacks, where Rob Nash and Ed Barlow stopped for a dip in one of the summit tarns. A leisurely stroll back down the valley and all too soon it was time to go home. This has been a successfully resurgent year for the Club. We hope to go further and higher next year, to move the climbing off the wall and into the mountains, and planning is already afoot for trips under canvas, and, of course, to Scotland. Thanks to those
the most exquisite light imaginable. However, our luck did not last,
members of staff - MHa, SJH, CW, MJD - for giving up so much of
and the following day a blizzard with driving hail drove us helter-
their time and help, but most of all for their company; without
skelter from the summit of Dale Head. We conquered Scafell Pike
them these trips would not be possible, nor half so much fun. And thanks also to all the pupils who have enjoyed the hills, and whose company we have enjoyed withal. MJA
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The History Mural The new Head of History wanted something to brighten up
•A cracking boot" —Jamie Oliver
his classroom. Whilst a lick of paint is good enough for most of us-
Sam Stern's
not so for Dr. Craig. In consultation with the Art School - Cameron
storm
commandeered to produce an epic World War 1 design based on
cooking up a
MacRostie, George Kearl, Callum Sinclair and Alastair Penty were the image from the front of The Groundhogs album 'Thank Christ for the Bomb'. The next stage is to produce a mural of a medieval battlefield. Watch this space! J.Darmody
Top Man Sam Watching Sam Stern as he progressed as a young artist I had no idea that his creative skills went beyond his art. Sam is the most unassuming of pupils, never the one to talk about himself. Therefore, I and many other members of The Common Room did not have a clue about his talent for cooking until his success hit the press. His sensational achievement in writing his first book "Cooking up a Storm" which has won national acclaim, has been followed by another book. However, his skills in the kitchen and at the writing table were not so secret with his pals. Over a dozen St Peter's pupils were involved in the photo shoots for both books. Sam's success is no mean achievement and I think it is heartwarming to see one of our pupils do so well in such an extraordinary but exciting field. Sam's love of cooking and all things culinary has been recorded in both the local, national and international press and since the launch of his first book Sam's life has been a whirlwind. He appeared on the BBC's Good Food Show along with celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Rick Stein and Anthony Worall Thompson, has received invitations to appear on programmes such as 'Food and Wine', spent a day working with Jamie Oliver (who endorsed Cooking up a Storm calling it "a cracking book") at Jamie's London restaurant Fifteen, has been hired by 'First News' the new children's newspaper to write his own column about teen life and cooking and he has been invited to 10 Downing Street where he met Tony Blair. More celebrity stuff seems to be in the pipeline. Never one to blow his own trumpet, Sam didn't want to be interviewed for The Peterite. I would have loved to hear his opinion on our own school meals. However, we couldn't let his fantastic achievement go unrecorded. Well-done Sam. Remember me when you're even more famous! J Darmody The Peterite 2005-2006
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In March 2006 the path connecting St Peter's St Olave's was named Jelbert Way in memory of Brian Jelbert, Bursar who passed away last year. Brian's widow Karol unveiled the nameplate. Governors, the Head Master, staff, friends and pupils attended the ceremony. Left to right - The Head Master, Mr. J D Pike (Chairman of Governors) Mrs Karol Jelbert and her son Denzil Jelbert.
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The House Singing Competition 'The House Shout' The pupils warmly received 'The House Shout', a new inter-
England World cup song. The complex lyrics proved too much for
house competition. AH houses took the competition seriously but
the boys who stood their holding their song sheets, which they
it still proved to be an occasion of fun and excitement.
turned in perfect time for the next 'Vindaloo'. The performance
Temple opened the show with their interesting version of "500 Miles" by The Proclaimers. Being first up was a hard task but they tackled it well and gave a great performance. With Paul Mastrelli's wonderful directions, they managed to move in time to the music.
I 11 Next up was School House singing "My Girl" - the old Temptations hit. Despite the rather cheesy dance routine and throwing of roses the audience were wowed. All gave a fantastic
was well received by the audience who cheered them off the stage. Manor were awarded 4th place, finally beating Linton at something! "Do You Hear the People Sing" from 'Les Miserables' was
-riQTL Linton's offering. Stephen Blackman played the piano beautifully and Linton's singing voices were much admired. They sang with great enthusiasm and the result was an incredible performance.
performance but Emma Hammill was particularly impressive with
Dronfield, the eventual winners, took the stage next and gave
her solo voice and flirty dance moves towards the 5th form boys.
an incredible performance of "Ave Maria" from 'Sister Act'. Their
Queens took the stage next.Their performance was filled with sheer determination and enthusiasm; especially from the fifth form boys who choreographed their own dance moves. This included Nikolai who performed some impressive Cossack danc-
vocal talent was obvious to all and they were clear favourites. Sophia, Yara and Fliss must be noted in particular for their part in a great performance - they gave Dronfield the extra factor that made them clear winners. Unlucky Rise!
ing. Their rendition of "Keep on Moving" by Five had the audience
Next up was Grove House. To begin with we all thought that
on their feet cheering. Charlie Elwess on guitar and Henry Preen
they were going to give an ordinary rendition of "Dancing in The
on drums drove the music along. In my opinion, the musical talent
Moonlight" by Toploader. How wrong we were! As the song got
and flair shown was sufficient to make Queens clear winners!
underway Alex Storrs just couldn't help himself and, egged on by
Next was Manor with a very fitting song, "Vindaloo", the 1998
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the audience, gave an impromptu performance which had the audience holding its collective breath. Whilst some in the audience held the belief that this was in fact planned by Grove, (they assured me it wasn't), and if anyone knows Alex well, they too will know that his reaction was never planned. All in all the performance was well received by the audience, though not by the judges. Thankfully, next up was Rise, whose contribution was a little more controlled than the previous act. However, the performance did not end as it began. Rise started singing the well known hymn - "Shine Jesus Shine" but no sooner had it begun than Kirstie Dallas stopped them and they moved onto the more fitting "Man I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain. Jenni Mellor played the piano beautifully, and with the use of sunglasses as props and some interesting moves Rise managed to take a credible 3rd place
in the competition. Last to take the stage was Clifton, singing "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees. Perhaps better known today as part of the soundtrack from 'Shrek'. Clifton had an incredible band, consisting of Chris Wordie, Sophie Wright, Alice Jacobs, Joe Holshead and Paul Nicholson. Confident in their talent and due to Mr Taylor's many reminders that they were the musical house, Clifton believed they were to be clear winners. They wanted to win at least one house competition this year but they weren't able to break with tradition. They did end up a very credible second. I would like to thank Kirstie Dallas and Matthew Thomas-Peter for suggesting and organising the 'House Shout'. Hopefully this competition will become part of the school tradition and will be just as fun filled in years to come. Katherine Wackett U VI
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Community Service Community Action has seen an extremely productive year, with a record number of pupils volunteering to give their time, .ills and support to all kinds of projects. The giving of money [
ays generous in the school community - is essential, but this is
just a small part of giving and time is vitally important too, not to mention enthusiasm. September saw our usual involvement with the Macmillan Biggest Coffee Party. Pupils and staff filled the dining room at Friday break to enjoy coffee, cakes and competitions to raise funds for the work of Macmillan Cancer Care. It didn't take long for large groups of volunteers to focus on our Christmas appeals. As usual we relied on the generosity of the whole school campus and as usual everyone responded.
Pupils,
parents and staff from Clifton Pre-Prep, St Olave's and St Peter's brought huge quantities of gifts so that we could pack our hampers with luxury food. Boxes were decorated, gifts wrapped and everything was ready for Rudolph to arrive with his drivers from the Minster Lions so that presents could be distributed throughout the York area. It was at this point just before Christmas that we were shocked by the sudden and unexpected death of Mr Gordon Harrison of the Minster Lions. Cordon made the original link between St Peter's and the Lions and we have worked together very successfully over several years. Gordon's enthusiasm and unstinting support inspired many of our pupils to become more involved with community volunteering and he had a reputation for always finding a solution, no matter what the problem. We miss him very much. Christmas was as usual a time for parties. Some 60 guests arrived from Fothergil Homes, Guardian Court and St Luke's to enjoy our Christmas get-together.
Pupils worked hard to get
everyone in festive mood, decorating tables and party bags, wrapping gifts and prizes and planning games. Mr Chris Hall our resi-
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dent expert was there to call the bingo, Mr David Spencer played the piano and both were assisted by their delightful daughters who stole the show. It was a lovely party and everyone enjoyed the entertainment from the choir, swing band and barbershop. Another party, this time for Lollipop, followed shortly after. St Peter's senior pupils had a lively afternoon helping at a Christmas event for children with hearing impairment; there were games, juggling, crafts, tombola - and all the noise and excitement essential to a children's party. We have seen members of Lollipop regularly this year. Pupils have hosted craft events in school and have thrown themselves into activities, working alongside the visiting children. Laura Howard has done a splendid job co-ordinating and promoting events, ably supported by Catriona Rajan and a team of volunteers. Catriona has also joined Stephen Blackman and Maria Lee on
numerous charity shops. They learn to work with the public, try
Saturdays to help at PHAB, an organisation which encourages
their hand at display and window dressing as well as sorting out
able-bodied volunteers to support physically-handicapped young-
goods for sale in aid of fundraising for excellent causes, including
sters.
The British Heart Foundation, MIND, SCOPE, Thorne Services for Autism, OXFAM, etc. In June we had a very successful Community Action Open Afternoon, when we were pleased to welcome all the organisations which offer volunteering opportunities to St Peter's pupils. Guests enjoyed afternoon tea and were shown around the school and the Art Exhibition and it was really encouraging to hear such positive feedback from our visitors. A highlight of the year was project week in June. Some 24 fifth formers decided to be involved in a link up with Arclight, a shelter in York providing support and accommodation for people who would otherwise be homeless. Pupils planned menus, worked out budgets, shopped and prepared meals which were delivered each day to Arclight. On the last day we invited residents and staff from Arclight to join us for a day trip to Scarborough and a great time was had by all. We played football on the beach, went for fish and
The Wilberforce Trust always gives our pupils a genuinely warm welcome when they arrive as new volunteers each September and this has been a super year, with record numbers of Peterites befriending the tenants. As all Wilberforce tenants have impaired sight, they need to be supported by other people in their daily lives, and cooking and poetry writing are just a couple of activities pupils have helped with. A new venture for St Peter's has been the setting up of our computer club for senior citizens, which goes under the splendid name of the Silver Surfers. Members of the local community come for lunch on Saturdays prior to their computer awareness training sessions run by a team of pupil volunteers. Our visitors really enjoy learning new skills and are proud of their progress. Angus Turnbull, Andrew Doyle and Ludwig Pang have really worked hard throughout the year to establish a programme to suit indi-
chips and made a lot of noise at the funfair. Even more pupils are
vidual needs and interests, and their enthusiasm has been infec-
now keen to join the weekly cookery sessions for Arclight and we
tious, encouraging other pupils to come along and have a go at
hope to have more adventures together. This was a really great
being a teacher. At the Open Afternoon for Community Action
way to end the Community Action year and plans are already
hosts, the York Press came to interview some of the computer
underway to make sure we carry on volunteering.
group then published an article about the Silver Surfers.
Mrs J Bainbridge
We are delighted that pupil volunteers have been welcomed by so many organisations in the city, in particular as helpers in
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Community Action work with Lollipop Lollipop is a charity that provides opportunities for deaf children and their families to come together to relax, and have fun; it allows the children to thrive and develop in an environment in which they are truly comfortable. Community Action at St Peter's has been providing volunteers for the last two years to help at
P.HAB.
crafts events, fairs, music workshops and the Lolliplot project, which is a sort of gardening club held on an allotment.
P.H.A.B. is a charity organisation which works in a very active
Sometimes we host the events at school so that as many pupils
way to encourage people with and without physical handicap to
as possible can help, and often we go off site. This summer we
come together on equal terms, its end goal to achieve complete
helped at a Pirates Day as part of the Festival of the Rivers, and
integration within the wider community and to make more of life
had a great time on the stalls, cheering on the home made boats
together. In order to achieve its aims, this encouragement must
in the boat race and making sure that Lollipop raised lots of funds.
start during childhood and over the past year 3 members of the lower sixth have spent their Saturday afternoons volunteering at the P.H.A.B. kids club. Whether it was bowling, swimming or simply playing board games, we learnt new ways of enjoying old classics due to the incessant energy and vivacious nature of the young members.This energy was in particular demonstrated in the soft room where the regular process of house building would take place, and Stephen, Maria and I found ourselves house guests. I would like to thank Elaine and Mrs Milligan, who work tirelessly for the P.H.A.B. kids club, for giving us this opportunity which we hope to continue next year.
Working with the children is extremely enjoyable, and a big thank you should go to Andrea Gitsham and the trustees for allowing us all to have this opportunity. I hope the school's relationship with Lollipop continues to grow and that lots more people at school will be keen to be a volunteer. Laura Howard. UVI Laura Howard won a Minster Lions award which included a sum of money to be spent on a community project of her choice, and she chose Lollipop.
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Catriona Rajan LVI
The Wilberforce Trust The Wilberforce Trust provides community based supported
scratch? These were the questions that were racing through my
housing, care, training and rehabilitation services and access, with
mind as I rang the doorbell. I quickly found out that there was no
appropriate support, to education and leisure activities within the
reason to panic at all! The atmosphere at Shipton Road was so
community for adults who have visual impairments and addition-
homely that it would make anyone feel comfortable quickly. The
al disabilities and who are looking to develop their independence.
staff have a great relationship with the tenants and everyone
The Wilberforce Trust is one of the many organisations that offers volunteering to the pupils at St. Peters. Volunteers at The Wilberforce Trust help with a range of activities including crafts,
chats together all the time. I was looking forward to visiting on Sundays; and I'd like to think that my relationship with Carole has grown and keeps on doing so every time we meet.
music, cooking skills, gardening, poetry, reading, computer work
She started off helping with the arts and crafts that we were
and much MUCH more, whilst establishing new interests, devel-
doing, and now Carole grabs the crayons and the paper and does-
oping new skills and making new friends. For the past two years, I have been a volunteer at The Wilberforce Trust, visiting Robert Lacy every Monday afternoon.
n't let go! It is comforting to see that we get on really well and that she as well as I is sad whenever one of us can't make it on a Sunday.
Having established that we share a mutual love for literature, my
However, volunteering isn't all about the time that you spend
time with Robert has been spent writing and reading poetry.
with the tenants. It seems to captivate you in order to be a state
Although not as famous as the likes of Eliot and Wordsworth
of mind, and as time passes by, you want to be involved more and
(yet!), Robert's poems have become a popular read in the
more in activities that raise awareness and money for the Trust.
Wilberforce magazine.
From that point of view, the Wilberforce Trust is an excellent
For me, The Wilberforce Trust has been a most rewarding experience in every possible way and I have developed a friendship with Robert, and with other tenants, that is very special to me. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time spent as a volunteer and it has inspired me to do more volunteer work in the future. I am extremely grateful to Mrs B and Barbara Kendall who have made this experience possible and I would strongly advise anyone who is thinking about volunteering to ...DO IT! By Emma Hammill
Volunteering at the Wilberforce Trust Being a shy person, it is more than obvious to say that I was anxious about meeting Carole for the first time. What if we didn't get on? What if the activities that I had planned weren't up to
example of projects and activities. There's the Craft Croup, many stalls for which are set up throughout the year, and if you're sporty, you can raise money through sports activities. By joining the Wilberforce Trust and just being yourself, you have the chance to meet new people, make new friends and feel part of a group which is thriving and allows the whole community to benefit. It might be a challenging and sometimes daunting continuous experience, but I'm happy and content I stuck at it. SotiriaVargemesi UVI
Creative Writing Control - Edward Barlow IV Form There he stands, the package of destruction in his hand. As the cold wind slices through my hair a small child runs across the square, the mother unaware of the danger that is near. The two thin lines form around his head. Yet he does not make a single move; he thought his plan was foolproof but it will not happen on this day. My finger applies a small amount of pressure, and I take a breath. Extremist, religious, destructive, constructive, he walks towards the station. Defensive, racist, collaborating, controlling. I shudder with regret. Is he human or just a weapon of evil? But maybe he is the same as me. A very small part Of a much bigger picture?
End of Year -Caleb Kutaika IV Form Exciting turmoil; exhilarated students, The year has gone by, Farewells like they'll never meet again, All waiting to fly. Busy pick-up points Today, patience is no virtue. Those patiently waiting, cursing, Raging at their late parents. Suddenly, everything stops, The sheer silence is almost deafening, Sealed and deserted. No one's at home.
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The moon rose early over Bavaria, as a giant crow wrestled with death atop a steep stonewall. As the light retreated past the
Butterflies in my stomach flutter excitedly. Just the sound of your mellifluous voice makes me beam,
mountains, dark shadows filled the slopes, and the river at the base
I've never been so happy in all my life, and I don't think I ever
of the hill grew slowly quicker with every beat of the crow's failing
will be; nothing can ever touch me now, now that I'm with you.
heart. In those last precious minutes of peace, the only other sound heard was the beating of air, as the dark flocks overhead
By Rhona Hunt IV Form
escaped to the East. Without warning, forked, shockingly bright lightning broke out of the brooding sky, uncovering the black keep the scared the hilltop, before the rain hammered down and hid the keep once more.
The Perfect Surprise
The travellers banged on the door until they could bear it no longer when they tore down the heavy oak panels, stamped their wet boots on the ground, and hurried into the empty hallway, feeling their way forward. Then I saw a sudden treat He removed his drenched overcoat and delved into his pack. Upon finding the damp, but useable flints with which he would start a fire, he looked up, and was at once overcome with dizziness, having spent several frustrated minutes focused on the search. The
It looked so nice and plain I went over to find her name She said she was called Kitty What a name for a girl so pretty
constant beating of the rain had numbed his mind, but now he could not decide whether other sounds, hidden in the air, were coming from deep inside the keep. Leaning forwards he overbalanced, stumbling forwards, and as he looked up noticed the smallest of lights fading in the distance.Transfixed, he moved slowly forwards.
I then started to take the conversation fur We walked through a gate And I told her she was more than a mate When she spoke it was like listening to the sea
Confused and afraid, blood pumped through his head, and his mind blurred. He had lost track of time when the light disap-
Then she said that she had a crush on me. David McDermottroe III Year
peared, and the shock of reality sent him stumbling once more, this time face first into the floor. Lying there in the dust he felt hunger, and thirst. He was ill, and needed to return to his companions. His hands stretched up against a wall to his side, searching for a crutch, and found a candleholder. Now standing, he
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strained his eyes to see even his hands as they explored the shape. A chill raced along his arm; his fingers had just touched hot wax,
The world is behind us as we blast off into space.
still dribbling down the side. A rush of air ran through his hair from
The tiny model, the mound of mud,
behind. He was lost, in the dark, and this was no friend that had
moving towards the sun, ready to be engulfed.
found him.
It will be left behind
Richard Kirsch LVI We move on, however, in airship seventy. One hundred other vessels behind us. We live and move on, the rest will fall into the sun.
Lights
The engine roars and shakes
We walk along, hand in hand,
under our feet. We put our trust
Our feet moving in unison.
in a tin box , hoping it will deliver us safely.
Feeling the intensity of your gaze, I look up.
The others will fall into the giant ball of gas.
Your eyes rest on mine for a second,
We will have to make our own wall now.
Then drop to the floor.
We will have to settle down on a new planet.
The soft lights from the park illuminate our path.
I hope the natives will accept us. I think life is going to change... James Woodrow IV Form
Creative Writing
Form Response To The Annual Exhibition of Pupils'Art
Artist: Sophie Crossley Response: Tom Gelderd When you first look at the three paintings, you notice how the colour is faded and darker on the outside. This has the effect of drawing you into the centre and each picture - apple, orange and onion - uses shades of the same colour in varying states of
painting are located, but some areas are very violent and this is like human emotion, that very quickly changes to something completely different. I particularly liked the apple painting because of the way the paint seemed to warp out of the centre and draw you into a swirling vortex. Normally in a painting you
intensity. Sophie has used various amounts of these colours, mixed
can tell where the light hits the image but in this painting it seems
with other shades, to almost make the picture into a feeling. Some
as though the light is coming from the centre where, in the apple,
areas make you tranquil and calm where the soft areas of the
Artist: Edward Diggory Response: James Longbottom
everything started. It looks like all the colour drains from here.
Artist: Lorna Emery
Response: Sam Ash
This painting is a self-portrait of Edward looking straight back
The painting of a contoured claw was on a drizzled, tea-stained
at the observer through darkness. He has a mostly plain face
background. The drizzling effect gives a sense of fear. Although the
except for his mouth, which gives the sense of a grin or a slight
crab's whole body isn't visible, the segment visible is painted and
smile. In some ways, though, the person looks slightly sad but there is only a faint sense of this and the observer wonders what
drawn very roughly within the border.The claws are painted with a
he is thinking about, if, in fact, he is thinking about anything. The
thickly applied it makes the claw conspicuous and the colours
white iris of the eye is the most engaging part for me; we can only
seem, from a distance, defiant, whereas up close you can see the
see one eye, half a face and half a neck and this allows the observ-
different textures and colours more clearly and this gives the observers the sense of an ever-ageing crab.
er to imagine whatever he or she wants.
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mixture of many paints and chalks. Because the paint and chalk is
Creative Writing
Artist: John Houghton-Brown Response: Emma Binnian The colours John has chosen make the street dark and lonely, but as you look up to the Minster, it is bright, with yellow, gold and blue representing, perhaps, freedom or peace. The picture could
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also represent death, as the street seems to lead you to the gateway of Heaven, represented by the church. The tree that covers part of the Minster suggests a feeling of danger and in a way this reminds you that not all in life is good.
Artist: Rebecca Dobinson Response: Cabriella Mastrelli
Artist: Meghan Sinclair Response: Tom Taylor The colours that Meghan has decided to use are a good
(The Victoria Crowe inspired collages) Pale yellow and fiery
choice as they clash, forming a very defined and specific painting.
orange combine to create the background which has been printed
The first impression is that the brush has been used in a very gen-
smoothly onto a piece of thick paper along with slender, oblong
eral way. However, if you look closely enough, you begin to see
shapes of dark and pale yellow. Details of cherubs from the Sistine
that she has created this piece of art in such a way that you begin
Chapel have been lifted and transferred onto tracing paper; they
to see new things all the time. The painting is like looking at
sit on the sunshine, staring innocently into space. Wide-open sun-
clouds, where you begin to create your own pictures in your head
flower etchings have been printed onto the garish background to add a warm summer feel. Pressed petals are scattered between
with the image of the two 'eyes' seeming as if they are slowly swirling and absorbing whilst they suck everything into nothing-
cherubs and flowers. Words of poetry rest lightly on top. It is as if
ness.
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Artist: Kirstie Dallas Hamilton
Response: John
This piece is an example of still life and shows on one side, real fruit in a bowl with a black background and a gold frame half a metre away from the background. On the other side is the exact image but painted in oils. The black background makes the fruit stand out and protrude from the background. The bowl is a dull colour and has obviously been used and worn out. Under the bowl and the fruit there is a creamy white cloth. The fruits are all different sizes and vibrant colours, contrasting with the bowl. They are also rounded off, with no sharp edges making all the fruit smooth and harmless.
Artist: Emily Outhwaite Response: Kate Spencer The piece of work I like the most is the seed pods. They show the natural side of life and Emily magnifies them, so that you can see in more detail what they look like. We are shown the spiralling of the stems, the crispness of the leaves and the smoothness of the pod itself, including the roughness of the texture. The fact that they are so big suggests to us what our surroundings look like in a larger context. The neatness of the shapes show how well structured they are in reality and how well they do their job. The curves of the pods are angled in a way like many things in the natural world, to adapt to their surroundings.The mixture of browns, yellows and oranges suggests peace and how harmonious they are.
Artist: Joe Parkes Response: Harry Holmes Many of the paintings are of skeletons and bones but one in particular is of a spine with a set of ribs coming out and up. The painting could possibly be a human's skeleton, which creates a slightly disturbing effect.The background is made up of a dirty white but closer in, around the bones, there is a dull red and black mix of paint which creates the effect of blood still dripping from the bones and leaking into the surrounding ground. The purpose of the dirty colours could be to create the image of the animal lying outside rather than in a museum where you would expect it to be. Joe has used the thickness of the canvas to create a three dimensional effect and he has painted on the sides as well to try and bring the image 'to life'. The light from the image is coming straight from above, so the time is likely to be midnight or midday. Both have a different effect. If it is midnight, then that is a time which we associate with werewolves, but even more disturbingly, if it is midday, it creates the assumption that the creature has been there for some time.
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Sleeping Beauty after Penny Boxall's Sleeping Beauty (published in last year's Peterite) Spinning wheel. Its wooden legs Polished off by varnish. White string, so soft, crafted by Spiders. Its spiteful needle waiting for a Next victim. Gleaming despite How many shadows shine through. The old hag sitting
The moat cosily stood Watching the world go by. Tilly Binns Spinning wheel rotating The ancient room shadowed A corner enchanted Sharp needle cursed. She spun 'til her fingers throbbed, Dreaming while her hands moved. Michael Bailey
Silence shrouds the air. Her enchanted fingers; working
Prince Charming bravely ambling,
Like magic.
Among thistles to rescue his princess,
Toby Brown
Thorns tugging the beautiful cloak. He sweeps through the giant kingdom
Hastily on his horse he rode, To an enchanted, mossy castle She, snoozing in her ancient bed Cursed.
To find love at rest. His eyes gaze upon his lady, Slumbering without a thought, He wakes her now from years of sleep.
Sleeping, dreaming, spinning. He, Prince Charming
Laura Newton
Quickly kissed her beautiful queen-like skin. Over, after one hundred dead years
The kingdom's future princess
Silently awaking, loudly in love.
Finds the cursed spinning wheel.
Harry Booth
She pricks her finger sharply. Drowsy and spell bound, she gracefully falls asleep In everlasting enchantment.
High in a tower. Snoozing deeply within my smooth soft cradle,
Full of melancholia, the world becomes silent. One hundred years of still life.
Squeezing tightly to three feeble poppies, In my finest red robe I'm always ageing.
John Hamilton
In the foreground I lie, Of an arch-like window.
Archaic woman rapidly spins wool
His shadow stands before me.
Princess cautiously has a turn;
Sam Ash
Bolt of pain runs through her finger, Shriek of pain runs through the castle.
She ascended the helix of the tower
A drop of blood on the castle floor;
Unknowing of the treachery ahead,
Princess turns drowsy,
Shadowed from the knowledge
Tumbles into peaceful sleep.
Being led to seek a curse.
Gabriella Mastrelli
Attaining the apex of the spirals To reach the dusty timber Drawn by curiosity Drawn to the wheel. James Longbottom Princess, beautifully stood in a kingdom. Enormous, magnificent stood a castle. Prick. Quietly, silently falling.
Among lazy thistles Slumbering, dreaming of rescue, Handsome king in a kingdom of flowers Bravely galloping on his powerful horse. Slowly wandering, hazily dreaming. Drowsy castles curse this silent child who Lovingly found her spinning wheel destiny. Kate Spencer
Sensitive, she lay, her bed beneath. Tossing, turning. She lay.
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Six Young Men
I tense my body, take a firmer grip on my gun and begin to run. Now my mind is moving technically, whirling, my eyes seek-
Here I am then. This is it! This is what I have been leading up
ing places to shelter and weighing up the risk. I fly past men dead,
to, since three weeks ago when the man first came round to our
alive, wounded, dying or in pain. It makes no difference. They are
village stirring things up under the pretence of recruiting. My kit
all a mindless blur of woe, fizzing around my mind.
is like a lead weight digging persistently into my side. By then of course, I had finally seen through the clouded web
As I crouch behind a blown-up piece of metal (unrecognisable to what it was) my mind stopped spinning, just for a moment. My
of glory that the politicians had spun around the sordid affair, of
blood-shot eye falls upon a man or rather a crude imitation of a
war. I had no more desire to claim glory or fight/die for my coun-
man for he no longer looks human. Half his leg is plastered across
try than the deceitful politicians had.
the floor leaving a small squirming spattered stump! His clothes
As I gaze over the murky puddles that perfectly reflect my dismal mood and the churned up mud protesting at its undignified treatment, my eyes seem to slip to the hills looming above. They are unchanged. From the time I scored the glory goal in a knock up with the others, to the moment I glanced up briefly while signing my name away for a sovereign. They still watch over me like friendly godparents that I know so well and yet remain so far away.
are grimy tatters kept on by sticky congealed blood! My eyes slip past his crimson hands and onto his face. It is a pitiful mess. His features undesirable to look at are hard to fathom. He wears a mask of blood and dirt. Pieces of metal protrude jaggedly from his mangled cheek. Flesh spews out, the skin ripped away. Seeing him sent fresh waves of terror over my being. "Pull back everyone! Tom! You bloody fool, quick, we're pulling back". Fred, my best friend bellows at me.
It had seemed so right at the time, joining up I mean, me,
I see a Hun cock his weapon at Fred's back. Like a flash my fin-
John, Fred and the others; all of us out for a jaunt. Mother was
gers play my weapon to perfection, rendering the Hun lifeless. I'm
proud, Jane was pleased. Only father stood as a shadow, beyond
sprinting to safety and I glance over my shoulder. In that fraction
the flickering light of the fire. He tried neither to sway me to stay
of a second I seal my fate. My foot catches on a discarded arm and
or urge me to go. He just offered advice and a sweeping look;
I fly into some threatening wire. Within a second of feeling the
which only now can I comprehend.
savage needles secure me in their deadly grasp, I experience pain
I fall back to the present with a sudden jolt when Fred thumps me in the side. "We're off" he mumbles, gruffly his mind clearly not on what he is saying. I can see he too is feeling the ties of home. He seems frightened but I having a good stab at a brave exterior. 'Good luck! See you when we're drinking Fritz champers yeah?' He mutters encouragingly. 'Yeah, you too!' I manage feebly. Now we are off! Moving, one foot after another. The fear and
like no other, spread from my thigh as a cruel bullet penetrates my screaming muscle. Now, as the white-hot pain sweeps across me everything seems to slow down. I can't hear anything, but my own course, manic breathing. My eye picks out Fred's face. His expression changes from elation about reaching safety unscathed to anguish, as he comprehends my desperate situation. Nineteen years of friendship flash across our faces simultaneously. "Don't worry, I'm coming. You'll be fine!" he exclaims determinedly.
adrenalin pump through me so that the shelling is blocked out by
The last three words hit me like a tank, 'you'll be fine!' 'you'll
my own over-wrought heart, pounding, pounding! Eventually, my
be fine!' I ran the words over and over in my head. First day at
legs shaking violently beneath me, I pull my head up over the top.
school, final football match, first detention, even going to war.
However I regret it almost immediately as a bullet whistles past
They were all 'you'll be fine!' 'you'll be fine!'Well this time I had a
my numb ear on a mission of death. In that moment I see a
painful dominating feeling I won't.
daunting scene laid out beneath me: The Huns! Peppered below like frantic scurrying ants. Then everything changes. They move into formation! Lines like a grid leave me awe struck! Fear, hot bubbling terror, courses through me like a dart! As I
I can't feel pain anymore. Just memories. Jane, Fred, school, home, mum, dad, friends, even enemies! They all whizz about me engulfing me. Blackness is coming, surrounding me, closing in on me. Amongst it all, all there is is Fred's weather beaten face.
watch the daunting masses pour silkily over the perturbed hill, I
Determination written all over it as he doggedly continues for-
feel something change within me. All around me is the gruesome
ward towards me. He almost makes it...almost. But I see his entire
sight of war. Men, different in uniform but faces the same. They
body jolt violently as a small deadly piece of lead slams into his
all bear marks that the fickle friend war leaves within you. Their
tense body. His resolute eyes still fixed on me as he crumples to
eyes all cover the field with pure fear reflected in them and mem-
the blood stained mud. Dead!
ories swimming around. Suddenly I remember the faces of all the people sending me off. Their eyes were full of hope and admiration. Now I feel a burning desire to be worthy of their respect.
"No...!"The exclamation dies on my throat pathetically. Then total black. Rosie Dallas III Form
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Upon Waking by Richard Swan LVI I remembered hearing at one point, probably a while ago now, that one of the most painful places to be cut was the back of the knee. Or was it the stomach? I would have thought, that out of anywhere, it would have been the head, or leg or arm or somewhere, but I realised (with a ghastly clarity), after these thoughts had passed through my aching head, that I would probably never know. This was due to two things: Firstly, my stomach was missing (in fact, I believe almost my entire abdominal cavity was now an eviscerated mess on the road). And secondly, so were my legs. It was strange to think that I had only confirmed these losses upon seeing them; indeed, I felt very little pain. However, after careful deliberation, I realised this had to be a bad thing. In fact, my spine was probably broken as well. All in all, things were not going well. I lay motionless, thinking. If my spine had been broken, then I
board, perfectly lain, with black and white pieces. I could not see the figure because of the large and weather-beaten black cloak it wore, but I had seen enough pictures and cliched films to know who it was.
Avoiding the figure would be pointless, thus instead, I walked towards the arrangement and sat on the opposite wooden stool. In front of me, sitting complacently with white-gloved hands held on the table, was Death. It would be easy for the horror and revulsion I felt to be lost over such a simple narrative, thus one can only assume that I did indeed feel it. Anyone else in such a position as myself would tell you of the gnarled skull, the flapping cloak (the lack of a scythe?) but I was simply transfixed by his eyes. In a similar fashion to the sky, I could see the endless span of the universe held in those empty black pits, and I stared. He stared back. "What do you think?" he asked, gesturing the table. A spider slowly crawled across the chessboard, and onto one of the white gloves making Death's hand.
shouldn't have been able to move my arms. I tried. One moved.
The voice was a mixture genteel paternalism, encompassing
Upon further inspection, the other was missing. Still no pain yet,
my thoughts, blocking out what very little sound this dismal set-
thus I put it down to shock, rather then quadriplegia.
ting had to offer. In short, I didn't like it. It was smooth and self-
What next? Well, I could think, murmur in acute pain (so the flesh of my neck was largely intact), move an arm - breathe (a quick
righteous, and surprisingly well spoken. "Very nice." I said, in what I hoped had been a confident manner. It came out shaky and nervous, like my damned hands.
check...yes! I was breathing!) and my heart was still beating,
A second or two passed, whilst he deliberately unhinged and
otherwise I would not have been expelling blood from my various
re-hinged his jaw. My skin broke out in gooseflesh at the archaic
stumps at such an alarming rate. Overall, I was as optimistic as
snapping of bones. A murder of crows launched into the grey sky
you could get under the circumstances. One second had passed.
from an evil-looking tree, and although I did not visibly jump, I was alarmed almost to the point of vomiting. Death released a malevolent chuckle, and with a casual wave of his hand, his knight (he
Upon waking, I realised immediately that what I saw was a
had ironically chosen the white pieces to play with) moved for-
fabrication of my mind. My body, as far as I could tell, was intact,
ward three and one. It slid to a stop, perfectly centred in the tar-
and a quick but timid feel with my hands confirmed this belief.
get square.
But, if that wasn't enough to prove the non-existence of my environment, the dark grey sky above was bent into a great, looming and altogether terrifying funnel, as though I had passed through into some other world. Across the gaping mouth of the billowing thunderhead I could see the infinite black of space, dotted with
My spirits sank, from awe-filled fascination, to a dark foreboding. I realised two things; I was going to have to play Death at chess (something, I had heard, he was notoriously good at), and it was for my own life.
millions of white stars and spinning galaxies. Forks of green light-
"Am I alive?" I asked. The question sounded stupid, and the
ning flashed intermittently around the bands of striated cloud,
tone was pathetic. With another wave of his hand, the miserable
temporarily illuminating the gloom.
contraption that was the merry-go-round transformed into a clin-
My surroundings were decidedly less majestic. It was a playground, with cracked, light grey tarmac covered in piles of dead leaves.
ically sterile bed, with laundered linen sheets. It was surrounded by looming machines and winking lights, and hundreds of cables and hoses extruded from a small form on the mattress. I carefully examined the person on the bed with my eyes. No
There were a couple of swings in one corner, with creaking,
legs. One arm. Buckets of entrails that could be no one's other
rusty chains, rocking back and forth in the light breeze. Aside from
than my own. Bloody, soiled bandages and decrepit prosthetic
that, there was nothing else of interest. A merry-go-round, in a
limbs. My stomach turned at the wretched mess of human. A
similar state to the swings, also crepitated in a melancholy circle.
ruined, and appalling life. A fate worse then death.
I took a few apprehensive steps, and stopped. I realised, with a horrible pang of adrenaline, that I was not alone.
"Your move." Death said, jolting me back to reality. The apparition had vanished. Had he read my thoughts?
Over my left shoulder sat a lone figure, sitting on an ornate
An eternity passed while I dredged my memory for the rules
wooden chair in front of a small table. On the table was a chess-
of chess. I remembered, possibly from university, that the best
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plan was to form a defence with knights, and 'castle' to protect
led to your demise as a being. Why cling to such sightless tradi-
your king. Mirroring Death's move, I lifted my own black knight
tions? Why punish yourself for perceived flaws, when ultimately,
and placed it carefully in its target square. As soon as I had let go,
there is nothing but the void to administer justice?"
it shifted to the exact middle. I smiled. Hours passed in silence as we played. I grew slightly more confident as I found my memory served me well, but when it
"I...". I faltered, that's what I did. Angry with myself, I tried to ignore him, staring hopelessly at the chessboard. Death turned the screw in his cool, sardonic tone.
came to the point where I could take one of his bishops, I froze. Not knowing what his reaction would be was probably what kept me from making the move. I sat still, my hand hovering over a castle, wondering if I dared. Instead, I withdrew and chanced a ques-
"Your mortality is irreversible", he leaned forward slightly, "but your stupidity is endless." With a shaking head, he added; "your move." "I know!" I shouted, flecks of spittle flying from my mouth. I
tion. "Why did you choose white?" I asked suddenly, startled at the sound of my own voice. Death remained still. "The pieces, I mean." For a while I thought he wasn't going to answer. In fact, such a long time passed that I made ready to move my castle, when he said simply: "Why not?" I looked back up. Death hadn't moved an inch, still staring directly at me, hands clasped. Silence descended as the breeze calmed. The scattered, dead leaves hovered across the ground, swirling amongst bands of dust. "It just seems that you would have chosen...well, black." I replied. "Would you have me wear a white cloak?" He asked, the tattered black slowly blanching to white. His skeletal frame all but
grasped the top of my king and slid it one obsolete space to the left. "Check," he said, moving a castle I hadn't even seen in line. "Your move." "Pah!" I shouted, frustrated and angry, bringing my hand across in an arc to slap the table. It remained solid, completely unmoving. My broken hand healed almost instantly with a ripple of Death's gloved fingers. "Why?" he asked, in a gentle voice. A voice sounding remarkably like my father's. I looked up. "Why do it? Why believe?" I didn't have an answer. I couldn't answer him. How do you define belief? A certainty in a value? Having confidence in another? A conviction of the truth? They were all valid, but I couldn't bring myself to say any one of them. I supposed I had been found wanting. I fell silent. I didn't want to talk anymore.
disappeared in the swathing bands of the brilliant pallor, until I was forced to shield my eyes from the light emanating from the folds of cloth. It soon transformed to its previous rotted ebony. In half anger I quickly removed his bishop from the table, slid-
It was never the same after that. I should have realised that
ing my castle into its place. I shivered in anticipation. To my half
Death would play a perfect game, and that, in my anger, I had lost
relief, his neck cracked back disgustingly and he roared with laugh-
too many pieces carelessly.
ter.
Strangely, I felt as though I should apologise, as if it had been "I find it ironic," He said, sliding a pawn forwards, "that the one
me who had been frustrating the other. I felt drawn to him, to
colour you hail as iconographic of your god, is the one colour that
Death. It was Stockholm syndrome, of a sort. I would later con-
is not a colour. A symbol of the void, of the unknown."
vince myself it was repulsion I felt towards him, though I knew it
"God is supposed to be held in awe. He is the unknown." I replied, irritably. I studied the pieces. Death laughed again. "Very good; 'He is the unknown'. At least, this is evident in your case, is it not?" I glared upwards. I thought I knew how far I could push him. I suppose he would just laugh off even my strongest attempts and insulting him. He was Death, after all. What did Death have to lose? "Why entrust your souls to a deity that clearly holds disregard
wasn't. It was too late to begin any kind of counter-strategy in the game. I tried to look at him again, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I tried to concentrate on the surroundings instead, except I could not bring myself to do that, either. "Sorry." I said. "Check mate." He replied. I opened my eyes. "A fate worse then death," I croaked though split lips and a dry mouth.The horrible irony struck home. Had he read my thoughts?
for your providence? An omnipotent dictator of lives that allows
I mocked my own stupidity. I could have kicked myself, had I any
his children to die in such agony, cannot surely be omnibenevolent
legs.
as well?" I had never been religious, but I suppose my piety was increasing the more time I spent here. He continued while I seethed. "You mortals are so blinded by your faith, it has irrevocably
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A ruined, and appalling life. A fate worse then death. I repeated the words in my head, over and over. A fate worse then death. This life. Check mate.
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The Middle school Play Unman, Wittering and Zigo by Giles Cooper This play, published in 1971, explores the disturbing idea of pupils murdering their teacher. Not a new idea and not a particularly unpopular one with the cast. The action begins when the first murder of the unfortunate Mr Pelham has been committed and a new supply teacher, John Ebony, takes (what he thinks is) control of the class. The beauty of this work, apart from its certain appeal to pupils, was in the potential vindictiveness of the pupils, which a talented cast explored with relish. Nikki Dean, Oliver Marshall, tmogen Storrs and Emma Beaumont were, at times, a malevolent force, moving with intensity to destroy anyone in their path. Jenny Bell effectively solicited sympathy from the audience as the victim of their bullying and James Hepworth, as John Ebony, now fully understands the trauma of teaching in a hostile and subversive environment. Magnificent film clips augmented the performances and covered for scene changes; special mention must go to Sheila Houghton-Brown and Alex Ashworth for their portrayal of the less than professional relationship between the headmaster
The whole cast, too many to mention here, worked as a supportive and dedicated unit (technical crew and costuming being an integral part of this process) and produced a performance to be proud of. Although in fraught rehearsals, this teacher received looks that said in no uncertain terms 'Pelham first, Lawrence next', a hugely entertaining experience was had by all.
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do with Guy Fawkes, seemed to have a natural position in this concert. Chris Blood arranged the music especially for Wind Band
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and it worked very well indeed. Some madrigals from c. 1605 'The Silver Swan' by Gibbons and 'Flora gave me fairest flowers' by Wilbye were sung beautifully by the Chamber Choir. We then moved to some ceremonial choral music. Purcell's
The success of the Music Tour to the USA acted as a spring-
cantata 'Come ye sons of art' was written for Queen Mary's birth-
board for achievements this year. One of the most impressive
day celebrations in 1694 and 'the final chorus 'Thus nature rejoic-
groups has been our Brass Ensemble. Seeing a line of Four
ing' was sung with real life. This was followed by Vaughan Williams'
Trombones and Three Tubas supporting two Horns and four
Whether men to laugh or sleep from 'Sir John in Love' and then
Trumpets has been tremendously impressive and then hearing
that most special of all choral works 'Zadok the Priest' both sung
such a grand sound in our Chapel, York Minster or St Nicholas
with a sense of grandeur. The Chamber Orchestra's playing of
Church in Prague was so sonorous and strong. This group also added great depth and authority to our Wind Band which has been the biggest ever at over sixty players.
Boyce's fourth symphony was bouncy and airy before Handel's Hallelujah concluded the evening in a blaze of sound. It was a wonderful evening, concise, uplifting and enjoyable.
The School Choir has also reached its largest size at over 160 but let no-one think that size is everything; our chamber music has flourished as well and here our fourth form string quartet and also piano quintet has been excellent. To hear such young players approaching Schumann's Piano Quintet with such maturity was a special delight.
Chapel Choir Having two balanced units in our Chapel Choir is an essential element; this year I was a little apprehensive as to whether this would be successful but, fortunately, it was due to some very good musical readers especially in the fourth form. Charles Wood's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D did double duty both in York
Guy Fawkes Festival Concert As part of our recognition that it was 400 hundred years since
Minster and then at Durham. The lovely 'Nunc' with the extended section for basses was well sung with a lovely sense of line. Stanford's' Beati quorum via', a perennial favourite, was sung
an old Peterite had tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament, we
beautifully in Durham but what made this service very special was
held a special concert in St Olave's Sports Hall celebrating English
the psalm singing which was some of the very best that the
music since that time. We started with a fanfare by Elgar Howarth
chapel choir has produced. The whole Durham trip in May was so
played by our Brass Ensemble in fine form and then Handel's Music
memorable because of the glorious weather and so sitting out by
for the Royal Fireworks, which, though not written for anything to
the cathedra consuming our pack-ups was a treat.
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portion of the money-raising for the USA tour has raised over
and how our music scholars who add so much to the overall stan-
£7,000 for Jessie's Fund, a local charity dedicated to providing
dard of the department progress. Oliver Marshall's movement
music therapy for terminally ill children.
from a Haydn Sonata for violin was very elegantly played. Jennifer Mellor showed us in her piano playing in 'Autumn Crocus' by Billy Mayerl that she has a real grasp on the character of a piece. Pippa Bailey's Elegy for cello by Kenneth Leighton had real pathos but Duncan Turnbull's nimbleness on tenor saxophone in a Sonata by Telemann was excellent.
The Wind Band's playing of Leroy Anderson's 'Christmas Festival' had strength and a sense of fun and the Swing Band's 'Frosty, the snowman' brought a smile to everyone's face. The String Orchestra contributed a selection of carols by William McConnell and the Brass Group Jingle Bell Halls - it was all lighthearted and enjoyable. The School Choir's 'Blow, blow thou winter wind' was beauti-
Christmas Carol Service The end of the Christmas Term is such a busy time in the Department and it is a tribute to our pupils that, despite this, they always save that little bit extra for our Carol Service on the last day of term.
fully atmospheric and the final 'Rudolf the Red-nosed reindeer' in a special arrangement for swing band and choir with violin cadenza and Jazz section was a good way to conclude. David Brown skilfully arranged another selection of readings which helped set the tone for the evening.
Our introit this year was my own setting of 'Man be merry' in which Sophie Wright and Bryony Pring shared the soprano solos. Later in the service, in Herbert Howells 'A Spotless Rose' Chris Wordie sang the baritone solo as the Chapel Choir accompanied him atmospherically. Darke's 'In the Bleak Mid-winter' saw Pippa Bailey (soprano) and Jacob Lister (tenor) singing delightfully and the chapel choir achieving a suitably wide dynamic range in this old favourite. As it was John Pennington's last Christmas with us, the School Choir enthusiastically sang his carol 'Roundelay' and later Stephen Cleobury's arrangement of 'the Seven Joys of Mary'. Bach's individual harmonisation of 'O Little One sweet' was sung with delicacy by the chamber Choir and all the traditional carols sung with gusto by the congregation with strong Brass Ensemble support.
Choral Concert For the major Choral Concert in March we decided to perform Bach's Magnificat. This was, perhaps, one of the most difficult pieces that we have attempted. It includes two soprano parts in each chorus and the choruses themselves are full of complex runs, awkward leaps and sometimes complicated rhythms. It was hard going with many thinking that we would not make it. However we did and the pupils gained hugely from the experience. When one is engaged in dealing with some of the greatest music ever written, the vitality, exuberance and sheer quality of it can only be stimulating. The small orchestra consisted of young players, who played with such skill that the soloists could not believe their ages.
Christmas Concert The Christmas Concert is one of the most popular musical evenings in the School year and it was again thrilling to see such
This concert was scheduled for the first time on a Sunday which seemed to work well and gave us the advantage of being able to have a rehearsal in the afternoon rather than the night before as we have done in the past with weekday concerts.
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Saturday Lunchtime Concerts
greatly with her singing of Handel. James Woodrow played
Robyn Webster and Michael Foster shared responsibility for
Debussy on the piano with such style that he won the keyboard
arranging our informal Saturday Concerts and we had many fruit-
section. Sophie Hammill improvised an impressive piece on Drum
ful performances. Perhaps next year we should focus more on
Kit to win the percussion section; James Woodrow's was judged
those who have less experience of performing, as this is the pur-
the best overall performance.
pose of these concerts with their informal setting.
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String Orchestra is sometimes looked upon as the group
Despite much urging and advertising it is mainly the parents
which is thought to be second in line to our very entertaining
of performers who attend this evening. This is a pity as the stan-
'Wind Band'; a well known group of musicians who step up the
dard of playing is always high and the adjudicator's comments
tempo, performing arrangements from 'The Lion King' to others
add an extra degree of interest.
such as 'Chicago'. Despite this, the orchestra have found them-
Simon Wright was our adjudicator this year for our Music
selves performing pieces with huge enthusiasm and most importantly players enjoying the experience. This enthusiasm and enjoy-
Festival finals;
ment felt throughout the year is not simply down to the group's He has been the conductor of The Guildhall Orchestra in York
determination to entertain but primarily due to Ms Stirling's won-
for many years and also conducts at a high level internationally
derful character and dedication to the group. Rehearsals are greet-
having directed the English Chamber Orchestra and many of our
ed with a warm smile full of focus and efficiency and despite herds
main orchestras; the week after our festival he was conducted at
of late arrivals the smile still appears although the fuse is some-
the Classical Brit Awards at the Royal Albert Hall.
what shorter. The Christmas term saw yet another wonderful con-
He brought all his wit, directness and experienced good advice
cert, with performances of ranging genres. This time, despite lack
to our pupils. Robyn Webster showed us what a reliable player she
of confidence in some players the adrenaline kicked in and the per-
is in an assured account of a sonata by Capuzzi Chris Wordie with
formance of the arrangement of Christmas Carols was rewarded
some dynamic singing of a Schubert song won the Boys' singing
with well-deserved applause. There were smiles all round and a
section and Alex Crossley showed her expressive skills to win the
relieved expression on the conductor's face.
Girls section.
The announcement of performing Bach Magnificat for the
Jennifer Mellor with some Billy Mayerl on piano showed a real
Easter concert made some mouths drop but despite the huge
sense of character and Duncan Turnbull was outstanding on alto
challenge the orchestra braced itself, persevered and performed
saxophone. Pippa Bailey with her account of the first movement
with maturity resulting in a marvellous night full of atmosphere.
of Brahms cello sonata in e minor was judged the overall best per-
The effort put in by all was thanked by many and the roaring applause when the performance came to a finish marked a mile-
formance.
stone in the orchestra's development. As the year came to a close, signs of fatigue were setting in
Music Festival Junior
due to exams and other school activities. However despite this the
Alasdair Jamieson adjudicated
orchestra pulled off a worthwhile performance accompanying
our Junior Music Festival this year.
myself and Sophie Wright playing Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor.
For many years Director of Music
This proved challenging for all of us, however despite this we were
at Bootham School he is now
all able to come together and yet again prove that determination
completing a Doctorate on the
and enthusiasm really do pay off. I would like to thank everybody
music of Hamish McCunn and
who was involved in the Orchestra, and I wish the best of luck to
conducts York Opera as well
future performances.
as
singing
in
Ripon
Pippa Bailey
Cathedral Choir. We had an excellent
evening
with
Wind Band
some beautiful music-
Like most years for the wind band, this year has proven noth-
making. Imogen Storrs
ing from the usual, in the respect that Heaton Senior still has his
on clarinet showed us
romances within the tuba section, Mr Blood continues to display
what a fine player she
his questionable sense of humour on a regular basis and as is the
is and Charles Hubbard
case year after year, the competition between the Lower VI as to
showed a strong sense
who will take on the demanding position of Head of Band next
of line in his horn play-
year has been rife.
ing of a Telemann piece. James Woodrow (violin)
For the 400th year anniversary of Guy Fawkes in November,
in a difficult piece by
Mr Blood arranged a fantastic rendition of Handel's "Fireworks".
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This was by far the Wind Band's greatest achievement this year
Swing Band Report
and it took all of Mr Blood's efforts (and bribery with chocolate) to ensure full band attendance and concentration in the weeks leading up to this memorable event.
The Swing Band has once again this year been the most enjoyed musical group particularly when experimenting with various improvisation techniques; members of the group such as Abi
The Christmas Concert consisted of all the old classics includ-
Bambridge have proved to be very 'inspirational' at times!
ing "Jingle Bells" and "Love is all Around" as well as "All that Jazz" from the musical 'Chicago', encouraged whole-heartedly by the members of the Swing Band.
The Christmas Concert and Old People's Party really showed off the Swing Band's potential with old Christmas numbers such as "Frosty the Swinging Snowman" and a particular favourite
The Easter term saw the Wind Band and the Percussion
"Tuxedo Junction".
Ensemble hold their first exclusive concert.The repertoire consisted of both modern and traditional music including "Grease", (in
The next Swing Band recital was in the Cabaret Concert when
which attempting to get the 40+ members of the Wind Band to
a new repertoire of "American Patrol" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle
click their fingers in time proved quite a challenge) "Star Wars"
Boy" featuring Simon Wallis armed with trumpet and mute were
and "Baby Elephant Walk" as well as Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9".
performed. This concert also featured Catherine McTurk's debut on the baritone saxophone, which reduced the competition
Saying farewell to the Upper VI members of the Band each year is never an easy task and these members do really need to
between Catherine, Simon Webster and myself for the first alto sax part!
go out in style. Taking this into consideration, both Simon Wallis and Robyn Webster performed excellent Trumpet and Tuba solos,
Once again I would like to say a big thank you to Mr Blood
respectively in Arban's "Carnival of Venice" and Capuzzi's "Andante
and wish him the best of luck for the future years of the Brass,
from Concerto" in the Summer Concert and not to forget David
Swing and Wind Bands.
Heaton with his tongue in cheek performance of Saint-Saens'
Alice Scruton
"The Elephant." Finally I would like to thank all the Upper VI leavers for their enthusiasm and dedication over the years; Alex England, David
Summer Concert
Heaton, Liz Martin, Catherine McTurk, Clare Montgomery, Tom
Our Summer concerts are both entertaining and sad affairs.
Rowlands (self-appointed Head of Discipline - what would I have
Entertaining in that we see our most senior pupils at their very
done without you!) Simon Wallis, Simon Webster, and Robyn
best but sad as it is just before they leave. We had a wide array of
Webster. And last but by no means least on behalf of the Wind
talent this year. Elisabeth Martin and Clare Montgomery set the
Band; I would like to thank Mr Blood for his inspiration and zest
evening off stylishly with an arrangement of Bach's 'Sheep may
over the last five years.The departure of Mr Pennington at the end
safely graze' for flute duet. Michael Foster sang some Purcell with
of the Christmas Term proved hard for Mr Blood but he soon took
real elegance and Bryony Pring brought atmosphere to her
up his humour and banter with the Upper VI. I'm sure we will all
Vaughan Williams' song' Sea fever'.
be missed and I wish the new Upper VI the best of luck with everything musical and Mr Blood's humour alike! Alice Scruton
Chris Wordie showed his vocal authority in Bellini's Va Rawiso' and Alice Scruton what variety of sound she can produce on the Alto Saxophone in a piece by Nigel Wood. Pippa Bailey and
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Sophie Wright delighted in a concerto for two cellos by Vivaldi where their interplay was so enjoyable. David Heaton's performance of Saint-Saens 'Elephant' on tuba was delightful and Robyn Webster's 'Andante by Capuzzi' was a beautifully crafted performance. Simon Wallis entertained us with his 'Carnival of Venice' variations for trumpet.
Barbershop Audiences have a great affection for our Barbershop Groups and they never fail to entertain not only with their singing but also with the interaction between the singers when they are singing under John Pennington and they delivered as ever in the Christmas Concert. Thanks go to his work in guiding them through
The School choir contributed some lovely singing; Rutter's
many performances during his time here. I took over the Croup in
'Clare Benediction' had a lovely sense of line and the difficult
January and at the Cabaret Concert they again delighted, some-
'Dashing away with the smoothing iron' was clearly enjoyed by all
how managing to learn the songs off by heart (well almost) very
the singers while 'No man is an island' was 'cheesy' but executed
soon after public exams. Whilst not the most polished of per-
with a huge dynamic range. The Wind Band's final 'March to the Scaffold' with its thundering percussion was very powerful.
formances the general charm, charisma and cheesiness exuded by the group meant that we (they?) got away with it. Many thanks to all those who came in to rehearse in the evenings during exam leave. Mark Edwards
Commemoration Service Preparing the music for Commemoration is always difficult with so many on study leave, but we work a system of minimum
Chamber Choir The Chamber Choir, as ever, have worked very hard over the
attendance by these pupils.The result is that each rehearsal has a different complexion but somehow it works. Brahms' 'How lovely are thy dwellings' was the main anthem by the School Choir. It is a pity that the choir has to sing behind
year, not only singing in each major concert but also performing in two concerts of their own - one at Sand Hutton and one at Alne.
the Altar which results in a rather muffled effect in the nave. The
Their finest singing was undoubtedly at the Cabaret Concerts
Chapel Choir moved out in front of the altar for that magnificent
where the intricacies of David Blackwell's arrangement of Cole
piece'Hail gladdening light' by Charles Wood. The choir was divid-
Porter's 'Let's do it' were not only negotiated but also brought
ed in two and each choir answered each other building an excit-
vividly to life in some expert singing and diction. They have been
ing sound. The Chamber Choir as a contrast added the '
another lively crowd but also capable of very high standards as
from Byrd's five-part Mass.
they showed in the last week of the Summer Term at Alne Parish Church where to a packed church they covered a huge range of styles from 16th cent madrigals to complex jazz arrangements. Such occasions are such a good advert for the school.
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The Cabaret Concerts Following last year's successful experiment, we again Cabaret Concert on two nights; the only disadvantage of this arrangement is that some of the A2 exams only finished on the day of the first of these concerts which made rehearsal a little difficult. But, as usual our pupils rose to each challenge and these two evenings were most enjoyable occasions with so many impressive performances. Sophia Gascoyne in 'Sunrise Sunset' set a very high standard indeed. Elizabeth Martin ( flute) played that lovely relaxing melody 'Misty' and ta'.Pippa
Bailey and Emma Hammill delighted in
'All that Jazz' while Sophie Wright and Bryony Pring added atmosphere in 'Fields of Gold'. 'Come fly with me' sung by Chris Wordie had echoes of Buble and Michael Foster accompanied by Simon Wallis on guitar reduced
a
telling
performance
of
allelujah'. Jacob Lister stirred some emoions with his lyrical singing of 'Danny Boy' did Charles Elwess whose solo singing ith guitar we will miss greatly. '-*"'
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Mark Edwards lead the Barbershop in three excellent numbers
many restaurants we visited, it was a memorable week.
which had the audience demanding more and Allan Hughes gave us a final performance of 'Have you met Miss Jones?' accompanied by the Swing band who delighted us earlier with 'American Patrol' and 'Little Brown Jug' played with all their usual vitality and panache.
Music Staff John Pennington left us at Christmas after five years of very good work in the Department. He has joined Queen Anne's School
The School Choir's contribution included a 'Beach Boys' Medley' and accompanying Alex Shaw's lovely solo singing in 'the Turtle dove' whilst their singing of Hava Nageela was much enjoyed.
in Lytham St Anne's as Director of Music and we all wish him well in this. For the Easter and Summer terms Mike Weare, one of our instrumental teachers, covered the work with assistance from Lee
The Wind Band concluded with The Blues Brothers Revue'
Dunleavey, the Organ scholar at York Minster. Mike Weare put a
which with its battery of percussion was a great finale to a splen-
huge amount into his new role and achieved a great deal, espe-
did evening.
cially the appreciation and respect of the pupils. Lee Dunleavey similarly did much over and above his duties and especially in accompanying pupils so musically. It was an excellent partnership.
Associated Board and Guildhall/Trinity Exams We had some excellent Practical and Theory exam results dur-
The only new visiting teacher this year was Geoffrey Chalmers whose ease of manner and careful preparation has already proved an asset.
ing the course of the year including 15 at Grade 8 with 14 merits
I thank my full-time colleagues, John Pennington, Christopher
or distinctions, and 15 at Grade 7 with 10 merits or distinctions.
Blood and Simon Marriott for their support and the very consid-
Oliver Marshall (Grade 7 distinction in piano) achieved one of the highest marks in the country and received a special prize.
erable work that they do in supporting the music at St Peter's and thanks to Lesley Barlow whose secretarial work supports the department so much. Also my thanks go to our splendid team of Visiting Teachers who do so much to encourage the high stan-
Music Tour Notes from APW Prague is beautiful and so the prospect of taking a Music tour there was thrilling. Jet2.com did us proud, Superbreak holidays helped greatly; my wife and I went out in March to complete the planning and I reckon that we saved each individual pupil about £235 as compared with going through a Tour Company and in many ways the tour ran more smoothly. Singing in St Nicholas church in the Town Centre to a packed audience was exciting
and
seeing
Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' from the stalls, a few yards Mozart
from
where
conducted
the work for the first time 220 years ago was a special experience. W h e t h e r swimming, eating a lovely meal on a cruise boat on the Vltava, wandering around this most attractive city or eating in one of the
dards of music making at St Peter's. Andrew Wright
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Prague Music Tour 16th-21st July 2006. The First real day - plane journeys don't count - after refresh-
performance
ing (absolutely freezing) cold showers we were shown round
from Jana on her
Prague coach by Jana, our friendly Czech Guide. Quick dump of
accordion. Little
stuff at the Church, a gawp at a completely overrated (we
ones (3rds, 4ths
thought) clock show and a coach ride through the old town led us
and 5ths) back to
to Prague Castle where, at the first opportunity, we stopped for
the hotel. We did-
refreshment on such a blazingly hot day. First photo op of the trip
n't sample any of
but no complaining for through the gateway and into the court-
the nightclub cul-
yard gave the most spectacular view of the city rooftops and river
ture that Prague
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winding through it. From the castle and into Wenceslas Square for
has to offer, except for a bearded fellow trying to entice us into a
lunch.
strip club - Emma Bennett and I for free, 200 Krona (£5) for Josh, Charlie, Archie and Hally. Needless to say, even the (vivid) descriptions of dwarves jumping out of suitcases and monkeys didn't stop us running away, although Hally did seem to linger a bit longer than others... An adventure on the trams with Mr. Wright and Mr. Monteith led us back to the communist-esque red square of a hotel. Bed to sleep in the stifling rooms and an early wake-up set by Mr. M. Next day (hot showers this time - thank you Mr. Wright!) was free time around Charles Bridge then a boat trip up and down the Vltava with dinner and sunbathing. Amazing mime at the Black Image Mime Theatre where Fran stole the limelight and was hauled up on stage by an actor. She had to pretend to shoot someone, very funny but I'm not allowed to mention quite how short
Onto U Salvatore church for a rehearsal and then performance _:_ ,,/:n,_j'.- r—:.L. -torjng us a Spaniard Audience) and into ire for d traditional Czech meal (chicken and chips) and a
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Day 3. Free time in the morning spent preparing for another concert and swimming! The weather was still roasting hot and everyone was looking forward to a swim especially after an hour long, but successful concert in a very stuffy church. After a quick change-round at the hotel we headed off to the pool where the U6th boys relished their chance to get their bodies out! That night caused much controversy between the 6th form and the "little'un"s as the 6th form were going wine tasting and they had the delight of a traditional Czech supper. Penultimate day and everyone was getting tired but tanned! Last treat from staff was huge picnic to celebrate a successful trip and Miss. Ellis' birthday (all bought from a giant Tescos where Mrs. B and I had a competition to make the staff smile - I won! - whilst
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the others played Beach Volleyball and went for a swim.) One final concert left in the grounds of the Prague Castle and there were a few croaky voices starting to give way. However we struggled
Thank you very much to Mrs. B, Miss. Ellis, Mr. Monteith, Mr.
through to the end before heading into town for supper and then
Savage and especially Mr. Blood and Mr. Wright (and his panama
onto the opera. The ladies' toilet of the restaurant took some hack
hat) for taking/supervising/laughing at us! Big
that night with 15 or so girls all desperately taming hair and apply-
thanks also go to the 4th form genii (Will
ing "emergency" make up! The opera acted as a learning experi-
Robinson, James Woodrow and Oliver Marshall)
ence for those who stayed awake for the whole thing of which the
for, between them, accompanying every-
6th form weren't a majority.
thing.
Final day and many people were so tired after such a busy tour. However we made it to the airport in one piece and managed
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The Whitestone Gallery As curator of The Whitestone Gallery it is not always easy to
Our final show of each academic year is always The Annual
find suitable artists for exhibitions. There is more to choosing
Exhibition of Pupils' Art. The work spills out from the gallery and
artists than simply their commercial value. As part of The Art
covers the walls of all studios, corridors and virtually anywhere
School the gallery must be progressive and the work on show
else that work can be hung. There was much to admire again this
must be of value to the students.
year and to mention everyone who showed would take up sever-
Now in its third year The Whitestone Gallery has begun to make a name for itself and we have a growing stable of artists. However, not all those who apply to have shows are accepted. It comes as something of a bonus that this year we have shown the work of two artists who in addition to meeting all of our criteria for acceptance with aplomb are also 'home grown'. Both Judith Hall and Jane Wright have firm connections with St Peter's. Having seen and admired their work I was delighted when they both agreed to show. I was further delighted with the huge turnout of visitors to both private viewings. Both shows were featured in 'Yorkshire Life Magazine'. The third show of the year was from The Great Atlantic
al pages of this magazine. The Upper VI work is always the highlight of the exhibition and there was a lot of great drawing and painting as well as ceramics, sculpture, textiles and a stunning conceptual installation to be seen. Some examples can be seen in the 'Exhibition' section. I would like to thank my colleagues in The Art School both academic and technical for their assistance and guidance in mounting work and the countless hours in preparing the gallery for each show. J.Darmody
Jane Wright
Gallery in Cornwall - a return visit following a similar exhibition
With the knowledge that Jane Wright is a teacher it would be
two years ago. It was called 'The Celtic Fringe' and featured land-
very easy to assume that her subject is Art. However, it is as a
scape and seascape paintings and prints from Cornish and Welsh
teacher of Music that Jane makes her living. Her passion is divid-
artists as well as ceramics and jewellery.
ed, I believe, between Music and Art and as her painting becomes
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Judith Hall, Greenhouses Whitestone Gallery. 10th September - 14th October 2005 Those who have become familiar with Judith Hall's watercolour paintings from her exhibitions in recent years have come to associate her work with the natural landscape of the Dales or the man-made grandeur of the country houses of her native Yorkshire. These have given her ample scope to display skills in capturing light and texture that have given her paintings a subtle appeal that remains fresh however many times they are viewed. This new exhibition of her paintings of greenhouses showed a fusion of interests, for these buildings combine the challenge of natural plants and architectural structures in a very specific context of light. The
greenhouses
painted
included
those
at
Beningborough Hall, Scampston Hall, Sewerby Hall and Sledmere House. The pictures captured well something of the way that the interior light had been filtered through glass and the way that the glass itself reflected light. Texture and increasingly admired and sought after, as it has over recent years,
colour were often key; the hard texture of brick or of terra-
I wonder how long it will be before this side of her creative talent
cotta typically set off the delicacy of leaf or flower, shades of
becomes her mainstay. Jane specialises in Botanical Illustration - a discipline that demands great perfection and minute attention to detail.
red and green contrasted with the white of doors and window frames. The design of the pictures welcomed the viewer into a world of controlled luxuriance.
However, to believe that Jane's art is dependent only upon a
The exhibition was reviewed in major articles in Yorkshire
steady hand and a good eye would be to miss the point of her
Post and Yorkshire Life. In one interview Judith mentioned
work completely. Her studies are born from a love of the objects
memories of her great uncle's greenhouse with its geraniums
she paints. The detail, painstakingly placed with pencil and brush,
and tomatoes and of her childhood visits to fine houses and
on every petal, stem, root or leaf reminds me of 17th Century Still
gardens. Perhaps here lies the origin of the predominating
Life master works by such as de Heem and Linard.
colours in this series of paintings and of the enthusiasm and
More recently I came across the work of Giovanna Garzoni
sympathy with which they were obviously created. This was
(1600-1670) whose meticulous still life paintings describe the life
certainly a highlight in the Whitestone Gallery's year.
style of wealthy Florentines during the time of the Medicis.
Jeffrey Daly
She was a master painter in her own right painting portraits as well as still life subjects. Her still life paintings of fruits and vegetables often use a neutral background in the style of natural history illustrations. To my eye, both Giovanna Garzoni and Jane Wright manage to capture the fragility and solidity of natural forms in the way in which they handle paint. Their painted surfaces contain the same 'GLOW'. Recently, Jane has painted on vellum, as did Garzoni, and finds this surface to her liking. I am delighted that Jane chose The Whitestone Gallery for her first one-woman show. Thank you Jane. John Darmody
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Mr Ian Lancaster Which three CDs would you choose to take with you if you were marooned on a desert island? A Classical music fan, Mr Lancaster would take: Haydn's Symphonies, Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Handel's organ concertos
Who is your greatest hero and why? My greatest hero was Douglas Bader. Bader was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Air Force in 1930 but crashed his aeroplane after only 18 months and as a result of the accident had to have both legs amputated. I see him as a hero because he overcame such difficulties.
Describe your idea of a perfect chemistry lesson One where nothing blows up - every chemistry lesson must be perfect at St Peter's then!
Which three guests, living or dead whould you choose to invite to a dinner party and why? Metropolitan Antony and Cardinal Basil Hume, Ninth Archbishop of Westminster, both highly religious men and Jonathan Miller an atheist as this would provide a lively and heated discussion.
Did you have any memorable holiday jobs as a teenager? Apparently children of his generation didn't have holiday jobs as we do now although Mr Lancaster did have a Saturday job working in Burtons the Tailor.
What would be the title of your autobiography? "It shouldn't happen to a teacher" - looks like it already has!
If you were a contestant on Big Brother which 3 people would you least like to have as fellow housemates? • Prime Minister Tony Blair • Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer • Neil Kinnock Obviously not a big fan of the Labour Party then!
You are famous for wearing bowties.Which is your favourite ? The one with Teddies Hannah Punnett / Esme Telfer LVI lerite 2005-2006
Mr David Brown What inspired you to teach English? My English Teacher from when I was at school. He was pretty cool and supported the same football team as me.
Do you have any favourite words in the English language? I have two ...marzipan and ptarmigan. I like words that have interesting and unusual patterns of letter.
What phobias if any do you have? Unofficially diagnosed cynophobia (fear of dogs)
If you were an inventor what would you invent? A machine to do my marking.
If shipwrecked on a desert island which three people would you choose as fellow survivors? Chaucer.Shakespeare and Maria Sharopova (hopefully one of them won't home in on Maria and leave me with a bloke with a beard).
Do you have a favourite quotation? From 'The Second Coming' a poem I studied for A level by WB Yeats; 'Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world'
Mr Brown summed up in one word... Mrs Lawrence: Legend Mr Owen Barnett: Protagonist Miss Pickles: Enthusiastic Miss Fletcher: Virtuoso Emma Hammill UVI
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The Duke of Edinburgh Award July's Fourth Form practice expedition was blessed with unusually sunny weather, so much so that the checkpoints were stocked with spare water, something not seen for quite a few years! Altogether 35 pupils in five teams enjoyed a two-day walk, with an overnight camp at Old Byland and the attendant delights of alfresco cooking. The only rain of the weekend was the sharp downpour between 11.00-12.00 pm, much welcomed by staff as it drowned the sound of even the most determined singers (Greg Turner, Toby Lunn et al.) in their tents. The second morning saw many participants standing enviously near Harry Dee; while they had tried to save weight by carrying only cereal bars for breakfast, he had been bothered to carry
slog over two days.The pupils worked well in their teams, and the
something more substantial, and the sight, sound and smell of
many smiling faces bore testament to a fine weekend.
cooking bacon was more than some of them could bear. There were a few blisters this year, a reminder to everyone to
Thanks to all staff involved, JoD, MD, MJD, RJF, MHa, SJH, JMH, IHL, AWS, CW, for minibus driving, walking, checkpointing or site-
check their boots well in advance, but the vast majority of partic-
management, for without their unflagging help and support none
ipants were well prepagfjjgjffpmmitted pared, and co
of this could happen.
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Boat Club Autumn Term Chester Long Distance Sculls The senior boy's quad won their race, beating King's School and Lancaster RGS Event
Position
R. MacLeod
Junior 18
H. Law
Junior 18
P. Rulf
Junior 18
5th out of 22 11th out of 22 16th out of 22 18th out of 22 19th out of 22 21st out of 22 4th out of 12 11th out of 12 12th out of 12 8th out of 8 2nd out of 2
R. Towers
junior 18
R. Swan
Junior 18
A. Dallas
Junior 18
J.Turner
Junior 16
C. Dowse
Junior 16
C. Brewer
Junior 16
V. Manners
Junior 18
F. Binnian
Junior 16
Men's Senior 4 Coxless Quad (sixth out of 86 crews) P. Rulf, R. MacLeod, H. Law, J.Turner
Ancholme Head of the River Fifty-five Peterites competed against 159 crews over the 2,800-metre time trial on the Ancholme
River in Brigg,
Lincolnshire. The straight course had a head wind, which increased as the day progressed. Richard Smalman-Smith won the Reynolds Trophy for the fastest male sculler. The J15 girls' coxed quad won the 'Ferguson Bowl' for the fastest female crew. There were a number of significant wins, with many of this term's beginners racing for the first time:
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Men's Novice Single Scull:
J. Cantrill
Women's Junior 14 Double Scull:
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T. Lunn, J. Naismith,
Schools' Head of the River, London
D. Lewis, A. Springgay, S. Richards (cox)
The focus this term has been on training for the prestigious Schools' Head on the Thames. Conditions were cold and rough.
Women's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:
R. Fletcher, F. Binnian, N. Gaunt*, A. Russell*
Women's Junior 18 VIM:
L. Buss, R. Fletcher,
Long Course (4? miles) Boy's Junior 18 VIII
30th out of 37
Girl's Junior 18 VIII
8th out of 11
Boy's Junior 15 VIII
20:01
22nd out of 33
Girl's Junior 16 VIII
22:48
9th out of 10
J. Swann, J. Marriott, C. Smith, J. Fitzpatrick, L. Walters, F. Binnian,
With all the sculling moved to Henley the decision was made to enter only the London sweep events to simplify the logisitics.
J. Clark (cox)
Results were credible, though the quality of Vllls from the big Men's Junior 18 Coxless Pair:
R. MacLeod, N. Reilly-
southern rowing schools was outstanding.
O'Donnell** * Bradford Grammar School ** St Leonard's School
Great Britain Junior Squad, 2nd Assessments, Boston
Yorkshire Head The proximity of the Head just after London reduced our entry into this event to avoid missing too many lessons. Most crews raced the afternoon division only, with wins for the
Rory MacLeod produced the goods in the pairs trials at Boston. Teaming up with Noddy from St Leonard's they produced a top
following: Men's Senior 4 VIII:
result against the best pairs in the country. Boy's Coxless Pairs:
(46 crews)
R. MacLeod, J.Turner, P. Rulf, H. Law, R. Towers, R. Lum, R. Swan, A. Dallas,
9th position
T. Binns(cox) R. MacLeod, N. Reilly-O'Donnell*
Men's Junior 18 Coxless Pair:
R. MacLeod, N. ReillyO'Donnell*
St Leonard's School Men's Novice Single Scull:
J. Cantrill
* St Leonard's School
North of England Head, Chester Both the junior and senior boys'Vllls were unable to match the pace of Shrewsbury and King's, Chester though they had closed them down since London. The composite fourth and fifth form girls VIII were third in novice women's Vllls (out of 9 boats) losing only to Durham and Manchester Universities.
East Midland Junior Head, Newark Third formers Elspeth MacLeod and Augusta Aiken raced against girls a year older than themselves. Despite this, they won Junior 15 Double Sculls, beating their nearest rivals Nottingham Schools R.A. by 21 seconds.
Easter Training Camp, Peterborough Twelve boys and eight girls joined Claire Fletcher and the Smalman-Smiths for a week long training camp at Dorney Lake, Eton. The rowers did 11 rowing sessions over 72 hours that culminated in a serious of races over 1,000 metres on the last day. Needless to say, all gained a great deal of experience, particularly the new J14s.
Ghent Junior International Regatta, Belgium John and Gill Ward organised another top weekend with the seniors in Belgium. This is becoming a regular annual fixture and the results were again very encouraging given the high level of competition from mainland Europe. We gained six international medals:
Saturday Junior 18 Double Scull: 17 crews Junior 18 Double Scull: 17 crews Junior 18 Coxless IV: 6 crews Junior 18 Coxless IV: 6 crews Junior 16 Single Scull: 23 crews
R. Swan, R. Lum, P. Rulf, H. Law 16th
Women's Junior 18 Coxless IV: 5 crews 4th
H. Code, C. Montgomery, V. Manners, A. Dickason
4th
A. Dallas, R. Lum, R. Towers, D. Cook
Junior 18 Coxless Quad: 9 crews
5th
R. Swan, J.Turner, P. Rulf, H. Law
Junior 18 Coxless Pair: 14 crews
SILVER
R. MacLeod
Women's Open VIII: 1 crew
8th
J.Turner
Junior 18 Coxless Quad: 9 crews
Women's Junior 18 Double Scull: 15 crews 12th
Junior 18 Double Scull: 10 crews
R. Swan, J. Turner, P. Rulf, H. Law
Women's Junior 18 Double Scull: 15 crews 9th
A. Robertson, F. Binnian
Junior 18 Coxless Pair: 10 crews
R. MacLeod
GOLD
Women's Open VIII: 2 crews
A. Robertson, F. Binnian, J. Mellor, A. Dickason, H. Code, V. Manners, C. Montgomery, R. Dobinson
Open Coxless Quad: 6 entries
BRONZE D. Cook
Junior 18VIII: 11 entries
4th
A. Dallas, R. Swan, P. Rulf, R. MacLeod, H. Law, T. Binns
A. Robertson, F. Binnian, J. Mellor, A. Dickason, H. Code, V. Manners, C. Montgomery, R. Dobinson
Junior 18 VIII: 11 entries
10th
J. Cantrill, A. Dallas, R. Lum, R. Towers, R. Dobinson
A. Robertson, F. Binnian
Summer Term
Junior 18 Single Scull: 35 crews
20th
D. Cook
York Spring Regatta
Junior 18 Single Scull: 35 crews
29th
J. Cantrill
The opening regatta of the season proved to be very successful,
Open VIII: 5 crews
BRONZE
D. Cook, R. Dobinson
Junior 18 VIII: 6 crews
5th
A. Dallas, R. Swan, R. Towers, R. Lum, P. Rulf, J.Turner, R. MacLeod, H. Law, T. Binns
with a large number of wins across all age groups: Women's Junior 14 Single Scull:
A. Aiken
Women's Junior 14 Double Scull:
E. MacLeod, A. Aiken
Men's Novice Single Scull:
J. Cantrill
Men's Novice Coxed IV#:
J. Cantrill, N. Hall, C. Millard, C. Dowse,
Sunday
E. Smyth (cox)
Junior 18 Double Scull: 20 crews
17th
J.Cantrill,A. Dallas
Junior 18 Coxless IV: 7 crews
COLD
R. MacLeod
Junior 16 Single Scull: 22 crews
14th
J.Turner
Junior 18 Coxless Quad: 10 crews
W. Smith, N. Hall, C. Millard, C. Dowse,
Women's Junior 18 Coxless IV: 5 crews 4th
Junior 18 Coxed IV: 7 crews
Men's Senior 4 Coxed IV:
E. Smyth (cox) Men's Senior 2 Coxless IV:
R. MacLeod, H. Law, P. Rulf, J.Turner
C. Montgomery, H. Code, V. Manners, A. Dickason
Men's Senior 4 Vlll#:
R. MacLeod, H. Law, P. Rulf, J.Turner, A. Dallas, R. Swan, R. Towers,
SILVER
R. Swan, R. Lum, P. Rulf, H. Law, T. Binns
R. Lum.T. Binns (cox) Women's Junior 16 Coxless Quad:
F. Binnian, R. Fletcher, N. Gaunt*, A. Russell*
6th
A. Dallas, R. Lum, R. Towers, D. Cook
Women's Junior 18 Double Scull:
A. Dickason, C. Montgomery
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Men's Vet B Single Scull:
R. Smalman-Smith
*from Bradford Amateur Rowing Club
Junior Inter-Regional Regatta, Nottingham Most of the crew boats rowed with great determination in their first races, but lacked efficiency and rated too high. However,
still at school. Top junior national crews from across Europe competed over the two-day regatta. Rory raced in three 'scratch1 crews with a particularly fine result in the pair Great Britain Coxless Four:
16th out of 26
Great Britain Coxless Pair:
6th out of 15
Great Britain Coxless Quad:
12th out of 14
they all went out and made enormous improvements in their "Petite Final" races, looking like completely different crews and
Poplar Regatta
winning in style. The best results came from Gussie Aiken and Elspeth Macleod, but the most impressive row was that of the girls' J15 quad who led the race all the way through, looking so relaxed and in control whilst actually working hard all the way to the line. Crew placings: (all in a field of 12 regionally selected crews)
The 1st VIII had their best race of the season at the Royal Albert Docks in London. Technique took them away from two much more powerful club crews, and they gradually but remorselessly took half a length from Tiffin over the first thousand metres. A big push and better fitness saw them at nearly three lengths by the finish to win Senior 3 Vllls in some style. St Peter's
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A.Aiken, E.MacLeod L. Buss, A. Ramsden, J. Fitzpatrick, C. Smith, J. Clark
6:19.93
Tiffin School
6:26.70
Curlew Rowing Club
6:30.93
Putney Town Rowing Club
6:32.66
Men's Senior 3 Vlll#:
R. Towers R. MacLeod, A. Dallas, R. Swan,
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J.Turner, H. Law, P. Rulf,
F. Binnian, R. Fletcher, J. Marriott, J. Swan F. Binnian, R. Fletcher, plus two Bradford ARC girls
D. Cook, T. Binns (cox)
Tees Regatta Thirty-nine crew combinations raced on the 4-lane 850metre course on Teeside. With a record entry of over 360 crews it
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Springgay, Lewis, Manicaro, Naismith, Richards (cox)
turned into a top regatta, despite the rain and cold. Some racing, particularly in IVs, was very close indeed though did not register on the wins list. The J15/16 girls IV and the boys J16/18 IV fought hard against much bigger university crews. In all, the rowers had
C. Millard, C. Dowse, plus two Bradford Grammar boys
10 wins, returning to York with 61 tankards: Women's Novice VIII:
J. Fitzpatrick, J. Marriott, R. Fletcher, L. Buss, L. Walters, G. Smith,
Munich Junior Regatta, Germany
A. Ramsden, J. Swann, J. Clark (cox)
Rory MacLeod had caught the selectors' eye, and was picked to represent Great Britain at this prestigious regatta in Germany. He
Women's Senior 4 VIII:
joined a long list of Peterites to gain an international 'vest' while
A. Dickason, L. Walters, C. Mont'y, V. Manners, F. Binnian, E. Newby, H. Robertson, H. Code, R. Dobinson (cox)
Women's Junior 14A Single Scull:
A. Aiken
Women's Junior 16 Double Scull:
F. Binnian, R. Fletcher
Women's Senior 4 Coxed IV:
H. Code, V. Manners, A. Dickason, C. Montgomery, J. Clark (cox)
len's Novice VIII:
M.Wootton, R. Nash, T.Williams,T. Lunn, A. Springgay, D. Lewis, J. Naismith, j. Manicaro, S. Richards (cox)
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Men's Senior 3 Vlll#:
R. Towers, j. Cantrill,
Sunday
R. Swan, R. Lum, P. Rulf,
Boy's Championship Coxless Quad A: Forest Cup
3rd
Boy's Championship Coxless Quad B: Forest Cup 21st out of 27
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Boy's Junior 16 Coxed IV: Arundel Cup
4th
Boy's Junior 15 Coxed Quad Sculls: Creber Cup 20th out of 24
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Girl's Junior 16 Coxed IV: Anna Fangen Cup
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J. Turner, R. MacLeod, H, Law, T. Binns (cox) R. Towers, D. Cook,
Men's Senior 2 VIII:
R. Swan, R. Lum, P. Rulf, J. Turner, R. MacLeod, H. Law.T. Binns (cox) Men's Senior 2 Coxless IV:
Dallas, Lum, Rulf, Cook
Men's Senior 3 Coxless Quad*:
R. MacLeod, P. Rulf, H. Law, R. Swan
17th out of 20
National Schools' Regatta, Nottingham The three-day regatta was the highlight of the domestic season. We entered our top crews from each year group to face the best crews in the UK. The new school marquee, funded by The Friends' of St Peter's, took pride of place on the embankment overlooking the course. Whilst we did not gain any medals our pupils approached their racing professionally and did not give up. Friday Girl's Junior 14 Double Sculls: Tristan Hewins Cup
Heat
Semi
3rd
6th
Final
The senior boys raced at the 1,000 metre lake in Peterbourgh. The boys 2nd quad beat Bedford R.C. and Nottingham B.C., only losing narrowly to Jesus College, Cambridge. At the same time the 1st quad won the Senior 2 event, beating Tyne R.C. and St Ives R.C.. The winning quad was: Men's Senior 2 Coxless Quad:
R. MacLeod, H. Law, J. Turner, P. Rulf
York Summer Regatta
Saturday Boy's 1st VIII: Child-Beale Cup
Peterborough Regatta
For the first time ever we entered a full J14 squad into a 15th out of 17
regatta. The third form were nervous at the prospect of racing, but
-
did the school proud. This was particularly the case in the exhibition sculling in three octuple Vllls, which turned a few heads as
Girl's Championship VIII: Aylings Challenge Cup
6th
they thundered down the course. A large boat naming ceremony was also held to mark the purchase of three crew boats. The day
Boy's Junior 15B VIII: Junior Colts Cup
4th
was crowned by the Boat Club walking away with 11 wins: Men's Novice VIII:
Girl's Junior 16 VIII: Steve Gunn Bowl Boy's School Coxed IV: Fours Cup
M. Wootton, R. Nash, T.Williams,T. Lunn,
5th
A. Springgay, D. Lewis, J. Naismith, J. Manicaro, S. Richards (cox)
21st out of 21
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Women's Senior 4VIII:
A. Dickason, L.Walters, C. Mont'y, V. Manners, F. Binnian, S. Bell, J. Mellor, H. Code, R. Dobinson (cox)
Women's Senior 4 Coxed IV#:
A. Dickason, H. Code, V. Manners, C. Montgomery, R. Dobinson (cox)
Women's Junior 18 Coxless Quad:
V. Manners, J. Mellor, F. Binnian, A. Robertson
Men's Senior 2 Coxless Quad:
H. Law, R. MacLeod, R. Lum, P. Rulf 3
Mixed Junior 14 Coxed
R. Askham,
Octuple Scull:
L. Hawthorn, N. Taylor,
Llandaff
St Peter's B
Windsor Boys
Hereford Star Club/ Cathedral St Neots
Leys School
Tideway Scullers
St Peter's B
R. Dallas, P. Sweetland, C. Nelson,!. Punnett,
Marlow Rowing Club
V. Bew, R. Fletcher (cox) Women's Junior 14 Coxed Quad:
A. Aiken, E. MacLeod, O.
Cheltenham RGS High St Peter's A College Wycombe
Herrenschmidt, J. Elkington, C. Henwood
Women's Junior 14 Double Scull:
Peterborough J14 Regatta J. Fitzpatrick, j. Marriott, R. Fletcher, L. Buss,
Women's Novice Coxed Quad:
Hereford Cathedral School
M. Hall, F. Campbell
Women's Junior 14 Single Scull: Women's Novice VIII:
Llandaff Rowing Club
For the first time ever we entered the J14 championships at Peterborough. The girls' quad put in a good performance, though
C. Brown, G. Smith,
equipment failure put an end to hopes of a place in the final. The
A. Ramsden, j. Swann,
shock result of the day was the boys' quad that, despite lacking
J. Clark (cox)
experience, fought through strong opposition to gain a Silver
j. Fitzpatrick, L. Buss, G. Smith, A. Ramsden,
medal, just behind Hampton school. Boy's Junior 14B Coxed Quad:
J.Williams, F. Macrostie, M. Norell, H. Lee,
J. Clark (cox)
A. Pulsford (cox)
Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake The Henley Royal Regatta Two senior boys quads travelled down to Dorney to race in the final regatta before Henley. Both crews raced well, with our B crew being the only the second boat in the competition. The A crew had an outstanding day, coming 5th against the best junior quads in the country.
The top boy's quad gained automatic qualification into the Fawley this year on the back of a strong result at Marlow. With five entries from Australia, as well the top crews from GB, it was
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Repechage
1 St Peter's A
Tideway/ Leander/ Maidenhead
Marlow Rowing Club
Hereford Cathedral School
Star Club/ St Neots
2 RGS High Wycombe
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Final
always going to be tough in the last 16. Their row against Star &
Star Club/ St Neots
Tideway/ Leander/ Maidenhead
good crew. The Fawley Cup was eventually won by King's School,
Windsor Boys
Windsor Boys
St Neots was hard, but the boys gave their best, losing to a very Parramatta, Australia. 1st Round: Star Club & St Neots R.C. beat St Peter's Verdict
Barrier
Fawley
Finish
1 length
2:04
3:30
7:34
St Peter's Quad: H. Law, R. Lum, D. Cook, R. Swan
National Rowing Championships, Strathclyde Park James Turner was the only entry at Nat Champs from St __„
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Peter's. Despite having trained for the most of the year in the
quad and the VIII he gained a place in the final. Up against the best scullers of his age in the country the going was tough, though he was delighted with the final result: Boy's Junior 16 Single Scull:
Semi-Final
Final
(J.Turner)
2nd
6th
Coupe de la Jeunesse, Groningen, Netherlands During the final CB trials, Rory MacLeod battled hard against tough opposition for a place in the national team. He was delighted to be chosen for the stroke-seat of the British VIII, which was to race against top European nations at the Coupe in July. The crew did not disappoint, gaining a silver medal on the Sunday,
Help and financial contributions have come from many sources. The Shepherd and Robertson families, together with the Old Peterite Club and the school, funded a brand new boys VIII and blades from Eton Racing Boats. The girls were not to be out-
behind a strong Italian crew:
done, and a massive fundraising auction dinner took place in
Netherlands
Time 6:23.08 6:25.11 6:26.37 6:41.53
Semi-final 1
Time
the Guy Fawkes Boat Club continued to support the Boat Club in
France
numerous ways. Many other individuals gave up their time to help
Portugal
6:25.11 6:26.76 6:29.67
Final
Time
Italy
6:33.85 6:36.60 6:38.02 6:39.73 6:44.83
Semi-final 1 Italy Spain Great Britain
February. Olympic Gold Medallist, Ed Coode, spoke at the dinner about his experience racing with Matthew Pinsent in that famous victory at Athens. Money raised from this dinner bought our girls a new VIII from Eton Racing Boats. Gill Ward organised yet another successful Quiz Night, and
Belgium
Great Britain France Spain Belgium
# Indicates qualifying win (i, e.four or more crews in a regatta)
us and this was very much appreciated by the coaching staff at school. Finally, thanks go to the Captains, Alice Dickason and Philipp Rulf who worked hard all year to motivate their squads and have always led by example. Good luck to next year's Captains, Rory MacLeod, Archie Dallas (Vice-Captain) and Victoria Manners. Rowing Colours: Full colours are awarded to: Philipp Rulf
Summary
Alice Dickason
Rory MacLeod
It has been a year of remarkable year of change for the Boat Club.The influx of new 3rd formers has swelled our numbers,
Half colours are awarded to: Richard Swan
giving us our first full J14 squads of nearly forty pupils. While this has caused significant pressures on our equipment, the school bought us a new trailer and a Land Rover towing vehicle.
Rebecca Dobinson
Richard Lum
Clare Montgomery
Richard Towers Sarah Bell
As well as this, the old rifle range has been converted into a large boat bay to allow us to store our ever expanding fleet. The coaching staff continued to give up a massive amount of time
James Turner
Archie Dallas
Henry Law
Joshua Cantrill
Thomas Binns (re-awarded)
over three terms, and it is their commitment to the sport that continues to push our rowi
Harriet Code
David Cook
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i Rugby Season 2006 1ST XV Lost: 10 Played: 17 Won: 7 Points For: 369 Points Against: 400 Retiring Captain's Trent College Woodhouse Grove Hymers LCS* Ampleforth Crossley Heath* Qegs Wakefield Rgs Newcastle Barnard Castle Benton Park* Pocklington Bradford Grammar School Kings School Paramatta Sedbergh Rishworth School * Lymn High School * *Daily Mail Cup
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CAPTAIN:
Peter Wackett
VICE CAPTAIN:
Tom Denton
England U- 19:
Trialist Peter Wackett
58- 0 28- 17 15- 10 49- 6 37- 6 15- 14 2 2 - 19 18- 15 17- 15 24- 19 30- 0 3 3 - 18 34- 27 2 7 - 27 3 2 - 26 44- 5 55- 5
England U- 18:
Peter Wackett, Tom Denton
North U - 18:
Tom Denton From the statistics above we defended more than we attacked this season. Our first two fixtures of the year were difficult obstacles to overcome. Ontario and the retiring captain's side were too strong and this was a disappointing start to the season. However, when we concentrated we were more than a match for anybody. James Cameron contributed to the side in the first game of the season, and then decided to move onto pastures new. In a physical encounter we defeated Woodhouse Grove who provided us with some stern opposition in the second game of the season. Peter Wackett played at Fly Half in this game and gave us field position when required. He then opened up the Woodhouse Grove defence with a great break and scored a great try. Tom Denton also contributed fully to this game. Hymers were a well-organised side. We managed to hold onto them until half time and then unfortunately we had to substitute some of the better players who had trials the next day and this weakened the side significantly. They then ran away with the game in the second half and deserved to win by that margin. This was a disappointing game, which highlighted some of our weaknesses. A good week's training under Peter Wackett and Tom Denton's guidance made sure that we prepared well for the game against Ampleforth. Jeremy Thomas who knew at the start of the season that he was going to deputise for Peter and Tom when they were not available was heroic in this game. He also paid a visit to the local A and E Ward. This Ampleforth side played with renewed vigour and verve and both sides were equally matched. However they had the edge up front. We missed some crucial kicks in this game, which contributed to
our downfall. Jeremy Thomas played particularly well in this game
an epic of a
along with Webster and Drake. QECS Wakefield did not have a
game. All of the
great side this year, but they did have lots of determination. There
boys contributed
were times in this game where we had the opportunities to put
fully
them away but they were tenacious in the tackle and eventually
spectacle. On a
to
the
beat us. This for me was a turning point in the season. We lacked
very cold day in
the necessary will to succeed to win the game, and at 1ST XV
November
level this is inexcusable. We then took a young side down to the
played
National fifteen a-side tournament at St. Joseph's School. We
The conditions were
took a young side down to the tournament because some of the
we
Pocklington.
not great but some of the rugby we played was very encouraging. We kept
the
ball
through
numerous phases and possession was the key to success in this game. This game was ideal preparation for the game against Bradford Grammar School. Bradford had gone further than us in the Daily Mail competition and this was a chance to prove to ourselves that we could take on these sides and win. We played some brilliant rugby in the first half and we had put twenty un-answered points on the board at half time. However Bradford sides never give in, and slowly they came back at us. We lacked concentration in the second half, letting in try after try. Fortunately the whistle blower hung on, and eventually we came out of the game victorious. The pack in this game were senior players were not available. The boys behaved impeccably
excellent and gave the backs the necessary possession they
on tour and each one of that squad performed admirably and
required to score some great team tries. Kings School Paramatta
should be very proud to be a member of that squad who gave
came over on tour and we agreed to host them for a few nights.
everything for two days. We lost more than we won, but players
The game against Kings Paramatta gave the boys the opportunity
such as Kris Rawcliffe, Adam Hinchcliffe, lain Riley and Tim Peet
to play against their hosts. This was a developmental game, which
gave one hundred percent to the school' s rugby side, which they
was very competitive. All of the players who hosted the opposition
were representing at the tournament.
got a game and this was a really good day. We drew with Kings
The senior players returned to the squad for the next game
School Paramatta. I am sure that most of the boys enjoyed the
against RCS Newcastle. Some of the lower sixth were also
experience of hosting an Australian.We took great pleasure in
included in the squad. RCS Newcastle were a competent side who
reminding our tourists that we regained the Ashes. Our last game
had a very good No.8 This game was very tight and possibly if
of the season was against Sedbergh, a powerhouse in the
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was lead by Tom Denton, were magnificent in this game. Simon Webster was as busy as ever. James Drake really put in a performance in this game. They dominated Sedbergh for long periods of
more of the senior players had come down to the St. Joseph's tournament then we could have been more cohesive in our play. We did not play well in this game and they eventually ran out winners. Barnard Castle are always a tough nut to crack. Their side included some very good players. Richard Lum, Tom Denton and Peter Wackett played really well in this game. The game ebbed and flowed from end to end. Michael Down tried his hardest to break down the opposition but they stood firm. They won the game by keeping possession better than we did; however this was
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team. We were very unlucky in a number of games not to have
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come away with the wins we deserved and in fact were only Trent College Woodhouse Grove Hymers College Ampleforth College QECS.Wakefield RGS, Newcastle Barnard Castle Pocklington
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outplayed by very strong and skilled Barnard Castle and Sedbergh
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sides, both of which contained international and county capped
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players. At the start of the season we tried to play a game plan in which we attacked mainly through the ten and twelve channels, as this was where our strengths lay. Alex Hetmanski at inside centre carried the ball forward very strongly and managed to stay on his feet long enough for our forward support to reach him. He also defended resolutely throughout the season. Alex's commitment was unrivalled and he often left the field carrying injuries. Tom Lloyd offered us the cutting edge we needed at ten or thirteen in the early days before he left to play full back for the 1st
Played: 11
Won: 3
Lost: 8
team. Hamish Batchelor started off the season at scrum half. He is a very tenacious player who tackles well above his weight and often comes out of rucks and mauls with ball we did not deserve.
Squad: Chris Wordie (Capt), Nick Mannion, James Mills, Matthew Hall, William Holmes, Harry Hustler, David Rotherham, James Rounding, David Cook, Ben Batchelor, Sam Farquharson, Paul Middleton-Walker, Matthew Thomas-Peter, Tom Lloyd, lain Jarvis,
He can be a little slow in getting the ball away and needs to vary his options by attacking the fringes himself and keeping the opposition guessing with his box kicks and grubbers. Hamish and Nick Mannion shared stints in the first team at nine throughout the season. Although Nick's passing was not as good as Hamish's
Francis Wright, David Gardner, Adam Hinchcliffe, Ben Reeves,
off both hands, he was very inventive with his kicking game and
David Scott, Alasdair Wilson, Chris Cronin, Piers Dennison, John
kept the opposition on the back foot.
Houghton-Brown, Tim Peet, Alex England, Oliver Telfer, Alex Hetmanski, Hamish Batchelor, Josh Storrs and Tim Johnson. As you can see from the above list the 2nd XV changed
Due to a number of upper sixth players coming down from the 1st XV, ten and thirteen proved to be our most difficult positions to fill. Piers Dennison really impressed me with his performance
regularly this season. This has proven to be the most difficult
in the game at Hymer's until he had to leave us for the rest of the
season in which I have coached the 2nd's at St. Peter's. It
season with a dislocated elbow. Sam Farquharson came down
certainly was not due to lack of commitment from the players.
from the first team and played superbly well at outside centre as
We started the season with mainly a lower sixth side. Although
he had done in the seconds at the end of the previous season. He
the boys worked hard in training and were keen to play on a
was very deceptive at making the outside break, his variation of
Saturday, they seemed to have problems being motivated for the
speed and length of pass offering us different attacking options.
fight. The most important decision I made this season was
lain Jarvis played a number of games at ten. He has a superb
deciding to appoint Chris Wordie as captain; although not one of
kicking ability and also offered excellent passing options, lain read
the most techniquely correct players in the squad, Chris' enthu-
the game very well and was an excellent asset to the second team
siasm and determination to compete rubbed off on the lower
in the latter half of the season. His commitment in the tackle
sixth players and produced some passages of very entertaining
must be commended. Towards the end of the season Tim Peet
play throughout the season. As you will be able to see from the
came in to the ten slot after a number of notable performances
scores table we only managed to win three games all season. This
for the thirds. Tim reads the game exceptionally well and keeps
is not a true reflection of how the season panned out for the 2nd
the opposition moving with an excellent kicking game. He made
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excellent progress throughout the season. He needs to be more
dynamic strength to develop next year. David Rotherham came in
decisive in his decision-making and consistency of pass to develop
new to sixth form and was a little behind the others in his rugby
next year. The berths on the wings also varied greatly throughout
knowledge. He can certainly develop into a good first team player
the season. Oliver Telfer, David Cook, Josh Storrs, David Scott, Ben
next year if he has the determination. Adam Hinchcliffe played
Batchelor, Francis Wright and Chris Cronin have all played their
back row and often deputised in the second row. He was probably
part throughout the season. Alasdair Wilson played a number of
our most dynamic player going forward last year, but must
games at full back for the thirds and us this season. He was very
continue to work on his contact skills to improve. Ben Reeves
dependable under the high ball and had a very elusive running
played most of the season at seven. He was everything you would
style. For the last few games of the season we had Alex Hetmanski and David Scott in the centres, lain Jarvis at full back and Ben Batchelor and Sam Farquharson on the wings. All of the boys were quick and excellent ball handlers so we adapted to playing some very expansive and attractive rugby.
expect from a traditional seven. Constantly sniping at the opposition ten, turning over ball in the tackle and being wrapped around the legs of attackers. Unfortunately, his lack of commitment to training shackled his development. William Holmes proved to be a very able number eight, he was quite dynamic when attacking off scrums, but must consider his options more carefully. William played a number of games for the first team at second row and
The forwards have also changed a lot throughout the season,
must make sure he is more committed and determined all around
due to first team call ups and injuries. The front row varied
the field to shine next year. Tim Johnson and John Houghton-
between Chris Wordie, David Gardner, James Rounding and Paul
Brown played a number of games for the 2nd and 1st XV's this
Middleton-Walker. All of these boys were decent scrummagers
season and will be integral parts of the firsts next year. Alex
and lifters, but must make more telling contributions around the
England was our utility player this season. He played very well at
park if they want to play a higher level of rugby next year.
blindside, where he tackled ferociously and turned over a lot of
Matthew Hall played superbly at hooker all year; he must continue
ball. He is a very good hooker and also deputised at second row
to work on his throwing in, but his commitment and work rate
when times were hard.
around the field were second to none. Unfortunately, his stature is not as big as his heart and he must improve his body angles in contact to excel in the 1st XV next season.
It is very hard to produce a winning side when there is no continuity in the names on the team sheet each week. Often the side we trained with on Friday night would be changed at one
We were very strong in the line out all season due to the units
o'clock on Saturday. But for the bounce of a few balls and from
working very well. David Rotherham and Harry Hustler played the
being on the wrong end of a few decisions our stats would have
whole season at second row. Both are very good line out jumpers,
made much healthier reading. I would like to commend the boys
but need to work at their scrummaging techniques. Harry worked
for their commitment to training and never ending spirit on the
tirelessly around the field and must continue to work on his
field and wish them a more successful season next year. N.Savage
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The 3rd XV The 3rd XV group is always an interesting mixture of aspiring youngsters (hoping to springboard upward) and amusing lags, out for the mirth and the banter. Team selections began with more of the former but as the springboard sprung and Christmas approached, more of the latter. The ethos of this large group (41 players represented "The Club" this year) leans towards enjoyment rather than technical dexterity but, in pursuit of the results and performances which enhance fulfilment, some very good rugby was played. Correctly, the season had a mixture of results and performances; at this standard of rugby, boys and teams are capable of brilliant as well as calamitous play! Most pleasing were the courageous performances, where the boys punched above their weight. These would include holding a considerably stronger Scarborough side to a narrow defeat (which earned the award of the Head Master's mantle, Team of the Week) and battling wins against reflect and inform us about life, I hope that these success failures prove equally educative. So which of this year's graduates of the academy will shine in the light of history and yarn-spinning? For quality of play, Richard Walkland deserves commendation.
Our top try scorer, his
balanced and aggressive running with the ball was too much some opponents and, in finishing off a fluid, whole-team move against Bradford Grammar School, he scored our try of the season. For commitment and positive attitude, Aiken Harrap deserves mention. Without a position in September, Aiken worked hard at his hooking and throwing-in to become a pivotal part of the team within weeks. Tireless on the pitch, he seemed to emerge from rucks and mauls, occasionally with the ball, but always with a grin! Trent, Bradford Grammar and (away) against Hall Cross. Rugby can be a confrontational experience and in the last two of these a blend skill, determination (and a little skulduggery) prevailed against debatably better sides. The season was not without disappointment however.
A frustratingly
insipid effort against
.^ Ampleforth stands out along with the %(ii,_
tactical naivety which allowed ulation against Barnard istle when leading 19-3 with
fewer
than
The season was overshadowed by the final match, or rather, mismatch. While it is sound to expose ourselves to better players and be beaten by them, there is nothing to be gained by either side in a contest of this nature. Fixture planning at all levels should be assiduous enough to avoid the hollow feeling which can be left when such a disparity of ability exists between teams. It is to be hoped that the gentlemen of "The Club" will be able to put this encounter in the deeper recesses of their memories so be able to look back on an enjoyable season best remembered by its fairer
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U16 Rugby Report 2005/6 Rugby at this age is very much at a transition stage. The boys of a year earlier have become young men, the game has speeded up and become very much more physical, lifting in the lineout is required and the scrummage has become an essential weapon in the armoury of every side. The players showed considerable commitment before the season even started with many attending training during the summer holidays. During this the quality of the individual players was very obvious. Their outstanding results of previous seasons were clearly built on real native talent and good coaching. However the next thing to be noticed was a certain lack of adaptability when discussing new positions. Most of the then A and B teams had played together in almost the same positions for three years, if not more, and it was not surprising that there was some reluctance to try something new because the previous formula had brought tremendous success. However important winning is, it cannot in itself get in the way of real development and changes had to be looked at because of injury, physical development and technical ability.
Loosing Ed Pang before the season started to a long-term back injury was deeply frustrating for Ed but did give Callum Sinclair an extended run in the A team at Scrum half. Fly half also brought its own problems as we were blessed with two very good players. Jonny Bairstow who is an exceptional reader of the game, goal kicker and kicker out of hand and Jack Page, a tenacious runner and mover of the ball. It would have been easy to pick only one but in doing this we could not have seen development in both players and also in different positions. In the centres Oli Hawking was ever present showing what a good player he is; as soon as he bulks out he will make even more impact both in attack and defence. Seb Batchelor also played here and in this position scored the individual try of the season against Ampleforth. He was used in a number of positions during the season with scrum half probably being his best bet if he wants to continue the game beyond school. Andy Walkland, Tommy Tarn and James McTurk played with distinction on the wings. James is a very good player who deserved to go further than Yorkshire U16 this season. His outstanding try against Bradford showed just what the selectors for the North had missed. Ben Eaves forced his way into the team, primarily at full back, as one of the best runners with ball in hand and also an excellent goal kicker, his defence also improved hugely as his performance against Bradford proved. Up front physical development also dictated changes with Dom Hanly moving to
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in the end, with less than a minute to go Tom Lightwing made an astonishing last-ditch tackle to save the game and thereby enter the record books. This huge commitment from all the boys including those who came back to play was the hallmark of the season. I hope the boys enjoyed the experiences and in the end understood the changes that needed to be made. As the sevens season approached it was clear that there were insufficient games to be played before we arrived at Rosslyn Park. Despite this a squad of players trained alongside their rowing, music, academic and hockey commitments and travelled to London with real hope in their hearts.Tremendous wins in their first two group games led to an extraordinary final group game with Ampleforth in which we were 19 points down with less than two minutes to play and yet managed to win, Will Ashman, Ben Eaves, James McTurk and hooker and front jumper in the lineout. He proved to be very good
Gareth Drabble, playing particularly well. Eventually the second
in the tight as well as the loose. Propping duties were shared
knock out game proved our "Waterloo" as we simply ran out of
between Richard Heaton, Emraz Zaman and at times George
steam and injuries took their toll. I would like to thank the boys for
Milligan and Will Ashman. Technically they made great progress but must ensure both fitness and bulk for next season. Tom Scott was ever present in the second row with John Miller, Will Ashman and Alex Shaw all making real contributions as the term progressed. Sadly John's season was curtailed by his hand injury preventing him playing properly from half term.The back row had a new look with Gareth Drabble joining its ranks with some distinction. Tom Yule was outstanding at open side and will be a great loss to the side in the coming two years. George Milligan also showed his class at No 8 where his line breaking was excellent. He as much as any other player learnt most from the defeat to QUEGS and showed this as the season progressed. His try at the end of the Woodhouse Grove game was testament to his reading of the game. Possibly the most unlucky player of the season was Cameron MacRostie who acted as a sub for much of
their
the season. Looking back I can only feel that perhaps he should
change to have lost only three games all season, one in the second
positive attitude and growing willingness to embrace
have been used more often and for this error he has my apology.
knock out phase at Rosslyn Park and two at home by a single point
I am sure his star will rise next year. However this was truly a
indicates that there is much still to come from this tremendously
squad of over 40 players. Within the "B" XV there were many
talented group of young men. I would extend my thanks to Mr
players who on ability if not size would have graced many an St
David Brown for his huge support and help during the season and
Peter's A side of the past or future. Of note in this respect would be Callum Stark, Jamie Scattergood, James Streather, Ali Will Butterworth and Scott js quality of this side cannot bfeJandL. „ timated as they reached the end ofj|,~ the season unbeaten. This extended an
extraordinary
record
starting in J1 meaning that they have never been beaten. The very last
game
they
played against Leeds Grammar played
was
alongside
an A team fixture, with 22 boys in the
A
team
squad. The game was not won
easily
and
to Matthew Thomas-Peter and a number of other injured members of the 1st XV who took the time to elp with the coaching.
U15A Played: 13 Points For: 486 (77 tries)
Won: 11
Lost: 2
Points Against: 93 (13 tries)
A-team 'Regular's: J Beal, L Bowler (c), J Chambers, B Crook, J Cust, R Cuthbertson, R Downey, T Hall, S Hitchenor, E Hustler, J Ibbotson, J Jackson, J Lloyd, K Mak, S Murgatroyd, A Springgay, P Steadman.TWike. The Under-15 A-team approached the new season with confidence and an eagerness to develop their rugby.The opening games against Trent College and Woodhouse Grove, were won (28-5 and 29-7), but lacked some fluency due primarily to some early-season disorganisation and scrappy forward play. The boys applied themselves to training and focussed their effort on defensive organisation and on securing and retaining the ball, to allow the very talented back line to exploit. The team emphatically dominated the next two fixtures against Hymers College (64-0) and Ampleforth College (82-0), which included 6
the game should hopefully fuel the team's appetite to improve next season. Poor weather restricted the Vlls season to only one competition at Bradford Grammar School. The boys were very successful
memorable tries from Robbie Cuthbertson. The first round of the
at this Storm Vlls tournament, winning all six games, scoring 30
Daily Mail Cup, away to Hall Cross was won with relative ease
tries whilst only conceding 3. The final proved to be a tremendous
(48-5); Richard Downey scored a powerful and pacey hat trick of
game in horrid conditions, where the boys showed their mettle, by
tries. The first
coming back from losing 12-14 with three minutes remaining, to
defeat against
beat Barnard Castle 26-14.
QECS,Wakefield(520) was a very competitive and combative game against a very
Luke Bowler captained the Under-15s well this season, but had to hand the responsibility to Robbie Cuthbertson when injury curtailed his season. Robbie Cuthbertson and Richard Downey were the outstanding players of the season, both scoring 21 tries each and were usually unstoppable.
powerful and confident side.
Having coached at Under-15 level for 10 years, I rate this team highly. The backline is potentially outstanding and the
Games resumed after half-term with a 48-0 victory over South Hunsley School in the 2nd
forwards work well together to provide the backs with many attacking opportunities. The entire team also defends well and there is strength in-depth in the year-group squad. I hope the team will continue to work hard in training and enjoy their rugby; I wish them much rugby success in the future.
round of the Cup. The new away fixture against RGS Newcastle in very wet conditions proved to be a very testing encounter, and the team were perhaps lucky to escape with a 16-12 victory. The game against a weakened Barnard Castle side was easier than expected (0-66) with Cuthbertson and Downey sharing 8 tries. Although eventually winning by a convincing score (5-22) away to Crossley Heath School in the 3rd round of the Daily Mail Cup, this was a very testing game, not helped by being reduced to 13 players for a time, due to having 2 players carded. The final two games in the normal fixture list were won comfortably with wins over Leeds Grammar School (5-31) and Bradford Grammar School (0-47). The final game of the season was another bruising encounter against QEGS, Wakefield in the 4th Round of the Daily Mail Cup. After conceding an early try, the St Peter's team defended courageously and created some good offensive opportunities agains| the excellent QEGS side, who unfortunately scored again on tl stroke of half time. The second half was a more one-sided affair, but the St Peter's boys stuck bravely to the task until the final whistle (0-34). Whilst this was a very disappointing end to the 15a-side season, to lose to the eventual finalist was no disgrace, and
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M Monteith
Under 15B Played: 9: Points for: 211
Points against: 43
Hymers Ampleforth College
Fylinghall Newcastle RGS Barnard Castle
component in any game, and Toby deserved his promotion to the
Leeds Crammer School
A team. At the centre position we had an embarrassment of riches, with Greg Turner, Sam Greenwood and Charles Murray all
Results might show a team's success, but for those involved
relishing this role. Greg Turner proved to be a good runner who
with this particular team, the season was not only successful, it
scored some great tries; Sam Greenwood's (un)expected dummies
was thoroughly enjoyable withal. The talent of individual team
managed to confuse the opposition and, occasionally, his own
members may be greater or lesser than in other years, this is
team; while Charles Murray combined well with the other centre,
always difficult to judge: what is not in doubt is their determina-
though enjoying his best games at Leeds GS and Barnard Castle
tion to succeed, and their great support for one another in both
School at fullback. Out on the wing were Pritpaul Dhesi and Chris
training and matches. These are the attributes which make
Schonewald.
coaching a pleasure; all else is frippery.
outside of the opposition and Chris Schonewald was a most deter-
Our hardest matches were against Trent College, a thrilling encounter with which to open the season, and a match that either team could have won, were it not for the determination and selfbelief of the St Peter's boys; Ampleforth, which was a hard-fought and bruising match, with victory ever so sweet; and QECS away,
Pritpaul was a fast runner, running around the
mined tackier. Sometimes Caleb Kutaika graced the wing with his presence, and his phenomenal speed. At full back Samuel Hitchenor, when not on A team duty, proved to be an exceptional defender, and talented goal kicker. My thanks go to Robert Webster for his positive and
our only defeat, a game which would have graced any A team
honourable captaincy of a splendid team. I certainly enjoyed the
fixture, and simply a delight to watch.
season, and was glad to be part of the good days. I wish them the
The team had a very powerful front row, which often proved to be the undoing of many an opponent. Such was the strength in
best for the seasons to come. MJ Adams
depth that three props, Sho Maekawa, Louis Baig, Adam Webster, and two hookers, Rory Vokes-Dudgeon and Peter Skinner, vied for
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selection throughout the season, often playing a half match each as it was so difficult to choose between them. Sho's promotion to the A team was deserved, and eased selection difficulties a little. In the second row William Castrell had a superb season, ably supported by the ferocious tackling of James Manning and Tom Hume, both of whom proved their places in the team, and shared duties for the majority of matches. In the back row, were Robert Nash at blind side, whose winning of ball seemed to verge on the impossible, certainly the improbable, and whose tackling was almost metronomic; and Robert Webster, whose small stature belies his aggressive approach, and who led the team quietly and effectively from open side. Fearsome, too, was the number eight James Hepworth, deservedly promoted towards the end of the season, whose unstoppable runs and one-handed ball-carrying brought echoes of Andy Ripley. The all-rounder reserve for the forwards was Dominic Snook who played almost every position up front. He was a reliable player in all of these positions, and attended week in, week out. In the backs at scrum half Mike Slingsby and Toby Lunn shared duties, both of them being supreme "utility backs" (but far better than the phrase suggests), who shipped quick ball to the back line. The critical role of fly half was dominated by Toby Williams who created clever play combined with determined tackling; a vital
A glance at the results would suggest that this season was not the success that might have been hoped, but this is one of the few occasions where the results mask the true picture. The teams we played against this season were the best I have come across in my 4 years of coaching U14 rugby. Unlike previous years, there were no weak fixtures with most opponents providing a real challenge. As ever, progress in rugby is measured collectively rather than
individually so apologies to those who delight in seeing their own name in print.
to ensure that the better players were given the opportunity of impressing the A team coach every week. These functions do not
The season started at Trent College with a narrow loss. It was a game we should perhaps have won, conceding a soft try before
always sit easily together and I would like to thank the boys for their patience during the season.
the end and having many opportunities of our own to score before
As the season started, levels of fitness and discipline were
the final whistle. A much more difficult challenge was to come
merely adequate. The boys worked hard to become stronger and
against Woodhouse Grove. They were a much bigger side than us,
quicker; Jim Telfer, the former Scotland and Lions coach, once
yet despite this we entered half time with a lead, thanks to some
admitted that he knew that he was not the best player in the
quick-thinking at a penalty. Gradually we were worn down, but the
world but he knew that he could become the fittest. As the boys
final score in no way reflected our performance. 21 points were
began to understand the importance of this, and as they began to
scored in the final 10 minutes. Hymers were a weaker opposition
get along with each other, performances improved.
but we also played well in this game taking our scoring opportuni-
against Trent and Pocklington were well-deserved, though further
ties consistently. Our visit to Ampleforth was to prove the turning
victories should have been achieved against Hymers and Leeds
point of the season. What became clear is that far too much time
G.S.
was spent worrying about the opposition and so-called "good players" that they had. As such many approached this game negatively and we were always on the back foot. Losing a player to Middlesborough Hospital's Casualty unit also did not help!
The wins
The forwards became more cohesive and aggressive as the season progressed. On their day, they ran through opponents and supported each other admirably; doing so in greater numbers and with more consistency should be their aim. Michael Bailey and
From this point on we resolved never to talk of our opposition
Edward Lister propped forcefully and ran hard at opponents but
or even to look at them before the game. At QEGS this paid off. We
often ran out of steam in the second half. The team became more
struggled to keep hold of the ball but when we did get some quick
solid when James Getty and Alex Dickinson moved to the flanks.
ball we showed our ability to score points. The best thing, however
Their tackling power, speed to the break-down and bravery
was our defence. To a man we refused to let our opposition pass
provided model examples for their peers. Jack Oxtoby alternated
and despite having only about 25% of the ball, we were comfort-
between the As and the Bs, always making a huge impact when
able winners. The game against Newcastle was odd in that all the
with us. Josh Noble was asked to shoulder much of the ball-
tries were scored by one player from each side. Defence was weak
carrying burden and did so aggressively. James Fletcher and Philip
and our concentration slipped - this is perhaps the one area where
Sweetland made up the second row but were also aggressive
progress wasn't as sure as I would like. At times, inexplicably, we
around open play and with ball in hand. Anthony Pulsford, Toby
would "switch-off" costing us games we could have won. A hard-
Clarkson.Tom Bowie and Banos Monoyiou were asked to play in a
fought victory against Barnard Castle showed our progress in ball
number of positions and did so without complaint and always for
retention and set up our biggest test against a Pocklington side
the benefit of the team.
that was undefeated in 3 years. In essence we should have won
became increasingly hostile towards the end of the season. The
and we controlled most of the game. Two lapses of concentration
smallest man in the pack, Angus Yeomans made most of the
cost us dearly and after working so hard to score our tries we then
tackles on the bigger opponents - a fearless player.
gifted points to our opponents. That aside, this game showed how much we had developed as a team in so many different ways. Against Leeds we secured a good win, but ended with a loss at
Charlie Hubbard and Joe Halstead
The backs were fluent and exciting when at their very best. Harry Holmes had a difficult job at scrum-half, often picking up scraps, but performed admirably all season.
In the midfield,
Bradford where we struggled to retain possession against a more
William Peet, Harry Booth and Bradley Sykes were inventive in
streetwise side. The Sevens season unfortunately never happened.
attack and sound in defence. David McDermottroe could be a
Snow and ice took its toll leading to all tournaments being
devastating finisher and thoroughly deserved a chance with the
cancelled - a real shame as we had the potential to do very well
As. Jack Williamson joined us and added much needed experience.
in this version of the game.
Joseph Crossley and Henry Carr alternated at full-back, the former
The boys should look back on this season with pride. Their progress was considerable and I believe they are likely to make a very good side in the near future. They are now working well for each other and with a bit of growth should comfortably win more than they lose in future years.
elusive with ball in hand, the latter less attacking but equally courageous. Toby Brown became the strongest tackier in the backs and should channel his efforts towards promotion. Tom Taylor, John Hamilton and Alex Telfer did not play as often or for as long as we would have liked. As boys grow and skills develop their time may come.
SJG
Despite the difficult patch that the team encountered, they were superbly supported all season. There was always a good
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band of parents who encouraged in exactly the right spirit. My Played: 9
Won: 2
Lost: 7
thanks go to all of them for their efforts. We were, as always, very well refereed at home, and our thanks must go to Messrs Owen-
The final results analysis hardly reflects what an enjoyable and hard-working season this was. With a B team squad of twenty-five players it was a difficult task to fulfil our two key functions: firstly, to ensure that all the boys played some team rugby; and secondly, 9 The Ti Peterite 2005-2006
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Under 15 A Hockey
tenths of the game. We had a number of players at sweeper this year. Towards the end of the season Sam Murgatroyd and Sam
Results Thirsk
Greenwood fought over the position. Sam Murgatroyd's timing of
Won
the tackle is faultless and he could always be relied upon to clear
Trent College
Lost
up. He must consider what he does with the ball after a little
Ampleforth College
Won
more. Sam Greenwood offered us a few things we were missing
Scarborough College
Won
in the last couple of games. Most importantly was his communi-
Worksop College
Won
cation. He was constantly organising his defence and broke down
Hall Cross
Won
opposition's attacks with his reading of the game.
Won
distributed the ball very effectively putting us straight onto the
Ampleforth College
Sam also
front foot. Played: 7
Won: 6
Lost: 1
Sho Maekawa started the season in goal and was very conscientious. Will Gastrell replaced him and made the position his own.
This was a very successful season for the Under 15's. Two of
Will commands his area very well and made many excellent reflex
the teams strongest players from last year were Luke Bowler and
saves throughout the season. He is very agile and aggressive in
Rory Vokes-Dudgeon. At the start of this season they both had
defence. The team had a lot of confidence in him to prevent the
long-term injuries and hardly played any hockey this year. The
opposition scoring, which boosted the team's performances.
team seemed to bond and work harder because of this. Joshua Cust took over as captain and was inspirational in his
What this team really lacks at the moment is the ability to consistently put the ball in the back of the oppositions net.
play. He played centre mid and was up and down the pitch all
Richard Downey played all season at centre forward, he has the
game anchoring the mid field. He has excellent individual skill
ability and pace to beat players, but must try to get himself in
and great vision that created many scoring opportunities.
better goal scoring positions. Sam Hitchenor was probably the
Jonathan Chambers complemented Josh well and played in a far
most natural finisher, but at A team level he needs to become
more attacking role.
more involved throughout the game. Jonathan Jackson made a
His stick work and pace made him a
constant threat to the opposition.
In the first game against
number of appearances for the A team in the forward line or in
Ampleforth he destroyed them with his attacking runs. Tristan
midfield, and certainly has the ability to push for a place next
Wike started the season at left mid field. He has excellent skills
season. I would like to see Tristan Wike play this position, as he
and great timing when joining in attacks. His finishing was also
seems to have all the abilities and understanding to make runs,
notable. When he sustained a rugby injury, James Hepworth
but injury prevented me trying this.
moved up from left back. James had a great season and was inspirational in all he did.
I was very impressed with the way he
worked up and down the field, making telling passes and tackles. He also contributed with a number of important goals. Robbie Cuthbertson generally completed the midfield, he also has an excellent engine and pace. He must learn to hold his position on the right touchline more as he is clearly capable of destroying opposition when he gets the ball in space. Robbie hits the ball very hard and can play a number of positions.
This year group has an extremely strong squad, there are six or seven players in the B team who could step up when required and they must continue to push for A team places next season. Games between A's and B's in training were always very tight and I am sure these boys will develop
into
a
very
successful team in the future.
I would like to
thank them for all their
James Beal, Ben Crook,Teddy Hustler and Peter Rowley shared
hard work in training and
the full back slots throughout the season. Teddy is a very deter-
matches and especially
mined player, who makes many good tackles, but must link his
Josh Cust for captaining
play more effectively. His season was cut short by injury. James
the side.
Beal has excellent stick skills and reads the game very well, he is
N B Savage
very dependable in defence, but I would like to see him become more confident in attack. Peter Rowley has played a little more hockey than the others and you can tell he knows what to do on the ball. His short passing is very accurate and he links well with the midfield. His positional skill made up for less mobility. Ben
The Peterite 2005-2006
Results
Under 15 B Hockey Played 7
Lost:2
Won: 5
Ciggleswick 'A' Team Bradford CS Ampleforth College Worksop College Scarborough College Ampleforth College Barnard Castle' A' Team
18/1/2006 21/1/2006 4/2/2006 20/2/2006 25/2/2006 4/3/2006 11/3/2006 13/3/2006 18/3/2006
A Thirsk School A Trent College H Scarborough College H Hall Cross School H Worksop College A Scarborough College H Giggleswick School H Q.E.G.S. H Scarborough College
Played: 7
The players that I had seen the year before provided the back
W5-1 LO-5 W2-1 LO-1 L1-2 Cancelled Cancelled W1-0 W5-0
Lost: 3
Won: 4
Goals for: 14
Against: 10
bone of the U-15 A side. Robert Webster and Sho Maekawa gave me the reassured peace of mind that the goal area was in safe hands. Adam Webster played consistently well throughout the season and gave the goalkeepers the necessary cover they
The following boys represented the A team
required. Sam Greenwood and Sam Hitchenor worked well
A Dickinson, D Glen, H Lee, F MacRostie, D McDermottroe,
together, and formed a good partnership linking the forward and
C McTurk, T Punnett, B Sykes, J Tankard, J Williams, J Williamson
midfield play. Sam Murgatroyd was as solid and reliable as ever in defence. Charlie Murray ran up and down the wings all day long and linked well with the forwards. Greg Turner at times was brilliant, but then he would drift in and out of the games, which needs to be improved in the future. Robert Webster played as an outfield player and as a goalkeeper, which is not easy. He deserves to be complemented on his contribution to the side this term. Peter Rowley when not playing for the A team provided us with some needed direction at times, and linked well with Tom Hall. Tom worked extremely hard all season but lacked enthusiasm at times. Ben Crook was solid in his delivery and can hit the ball like a bullet. He must try to learn to be consistent throughout the game, if he is going to improve as a hockey player. Harry Dee and Kevin Mak contributed to the side at times in the season, and contributed well. Paul Steadman also contributed at the start of the season but then he found it difficult to keep up with the pace due to a long-standing injury to his hip. Jonathan Jackson has a good engine and worked effectively in tandem with Charlie Murray on the right hand side. Michael Slingsby read the game well when he came on and linked up well with the forwards. I hope the boys enjoyed the season. I would like to think that the majority of them will continue to play Hockey next year and develop into competent senior hockey players in the school who will be pushing for 1st XI representation in the future.
S Ash, H Booth, L Calpin, T Clarkson, C Code, J Crossley,
The boys did not have much time to get they game sorted for the first match against Thirsk School and this showed as they were only drawing 1-1 at half time. Superior fitness and ball skills saw them 5-1 winners with goals from Josh Tankard, Jack Williamson and a hat trick from David McDermottroe. On the following Saturday they travelled to Trent College and faced their toughest task of the term and lost 5-0 despite some great saves by Harry Booth in goal. I was very pleased with the team who never stopped playing and managed to create a couple of chances. This was followed by a home match against Scarborough, which they won 2-1 with goals from Sam Ash and David McDermottroe. Hall Cross School came to play them at York University and the very tight match was lost 1-0 with a late goal being scored by their Yorkshire player. The next Saturday they played Worksop College and lost a close match 2-1 with Sam Ash scoring. Two matches were then lost because of the bad weather. The team then played Q.E.G.S. at York University on a Monday and came away with a fine 1-0 with a goal being scored on the counter by Josh Tankard. Chris McTurk had moved back to sweeper from the right wing and played a major part in the goal. The final match was against Scarborough College under 15 B and this was won comfortably 50 with Sam Ash scoring all the goals. R A Maltby.
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Under 14 Boys'A Hockey Report
U14 B Hockey Peterite Report As is often the case, this year was a steep learning curve for
The boys progressed well through their term of hockey with
the team and by the end of the season they were playing some
David McDermottroe captaining the team. They took a while to
good quality Hockey. Unfortunately most of the fixtures were
settle with 17 players representing the team.They had a couple of
either against other schools'A sides or against much more experi-
very hard matches against Trent College and Hall Cross School but
enced B sides. The boys had their confidence knocked out of them
showed the right temperament to deal with the opposition despite
a little when we visited Trent college and it is to their great credit
losing. Sam Ash was the top scorer for the team with 7 of the 14
that they drew 0 - 0 against Worksop (an equally experienced
scored and scoring all 5 against Scarborough College. Five of the boys represented North Yorkshire - Harry Booth, David Glen, Sam
worked goal against Barnard Castle and the side was taking good
Hockey side) later on in the season. The season ended with a well-
Ash, David MacDermottroe and Bradley Sykes with three making
shape. Thank you to Will Peet for captaining so well and the rest
the Yorkshire squad - Chris McTurk, Harry Booth and David
of the team for trying so hard and being patient on the many long
MacDermottroe.
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player. He was a threatening, if not always consistent, pace bowler and an effective middle order batsman. His catching too was excellent. I hope he will continue to play the game seriously. David Heaton-he had a very disappointing start to the term, but he is a sound player with a calm temperament and as the season progressed, he was back in good form. James Mills- an enthusiastic trier, who did a good job for the team. He bowled steadily and was unlucky not to take more wickets. He got few chances to bat, but as he often reminded me, he is capable of batting well. Jordan Nadian-a promising first season in the team. He bowled well, especially early in the season, when he bowled his leg-spin at a good pace. He had limited opportunities with the bat, but he has ability and with application he could do well. Tim Peet- he practised hard in the winter and deservedly had a good season. He kept wicket well, always trying to put the batsmen under pressure. He played a few good innings, but I hope to see him apply himself more fully, as he has the ability to make big scores.
2nd XI Cricket With two matches lost to the weather and Scarborough College unable to field a side the 2nd XI were only able to play six matches. However the season finished with a record of four wins and two draws. The match against Sedbergh was finely balanced and, although the team made hard work of the win at Bradford where Jeremy Thomas and Tom Janes put on an unbeaten 38 for the ninth wicket off the last four overs to snatch victory, we were significantly stronger than all the other sides we met. Pocklington made no real attempt to chase our score once they had lost three wickets and needing only 100 off the last twenty overs and it was frustrating not to bowl them out. The wins against QEGS, Barnard Castle and Hymers were very comfortable. The batting was always positive with contributions from many members of the side. Except at Bradford, runs were scored The Peterite 2005-2006
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Scott's bowling became more consistent towards the end of the
under pressure. Despite never going on to a really high score Sam
season; he also would benefit from practice over the winter with
Macbeth gave the early order security and he developed an
both bat and ball. Whenever Jeremy Thomas bowled he looked
effective opening partnership with Nick Mannion whose batting
likely to take wickets and he should perhaps have used himself
improved considerably over the season. Alistair Penty made a
earlier in some matches. The side had considerable depth in
couple of very significant contributions and with Tom Lloyd also
bowlers with Callum Stark, Harry Hustler, Tom Lloyd and Sam
hitting the ball hard they were often able to increase the
Macbeth also contributing to the attack.
momentum of an innings. Both have the potential to play 1st team cricket next year and should take full advantage of winter nets to develop their potential. Jeremy Thomas' batting improved over the season and showed the benefit of the confidence gained from purposeful practice.
Tom Slingsby hit a quick 60 at
Pocklington and his thoughtful and patient stand with George Milligan at Bradford provided the base from which Jeremy and Tom were able to win the game. All members of the side made progress with the bat and were able to contribute when necessary.
his ability to read the game and to encourage his team-mates were always appreciated. The level of ground fielding was consistently good and, after the first game against Sedbergh, the standard of catching was excellent with many of the team taking important, difficult catches. Jeremy Thomas did an excellent job as captain and I am very grateful to him. He quickly learnt how to get the best from his
On all occasions the side bowled well. Piers Denison has become an accomplished opening bowler and should certainly be looking to secure a regular 1st XI place next season. His bowling always threatened to take wickets and he gave little away. Tom Janes bowled steadily, maintaining a consistent length and line, and was unlucky not to take more wickets. Nick Mannion bowled steadily and was always challenging for the opposition.
George Milligan improved behind the stumps but he needs to develop further before he can progress to a higher level. However,
side in the field and, as well as encouraging all those around him, he ensured that the game was played in exactly the right spirit. Although it has seemed a very short season I have thoroughly enjoyed working with an enthusiastic and mutually supportive side. D J Watkinson
Tom Results: St. Peter's 196-6 dec.
Sedbergh 181-6
Match drawn
T Lloyd 64, S Macbeth 42
St. Peter's 146-5
v
QEGS.Wakefield
(35 overs per side) A Penty 60
Won by 5 wickets St. Peter's 149-8
v
Bradford 148-9
(35 overs per side)
J Thomas 31*
Won by 2 wickets
N Mannion 3-25
St. Peter's 205-5 dec.
Pocklington
Match drawn
N Mannion 79*,
132-8
T Slingsby 60, j Thomas 3-11 St. Peter's 164-3
Barnard Castle 163
Won by 7 wickets
A Penty 56*, J Thomas 41, T Lloyd 34, T Lloyd 3-17
St. Peter's 71-4 (30 overs per side) Won by 6 wickets
v
Hymers 67 J Thomas 31, P Denison 3-14, T Scott 3-11
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The 3rd XV In the wake of the Ashes success of the previous Summer, over
Under ISA Cricket Report 2006 Played:?
Won: 4
Lost: 0
Drawn: 3
40 senior boys opted to play full time cricket, meaning that a 3rd XI was truly viable. Throughout the year the boys practised with real dedication, both indoors and out, in the nets, the middle or when fielding. Four school fixtures were arranged, and competition for places was fierce.
Versus Sedbergh: won by two wickets Sharp early fielding and accurate bowling, particularly from Sam Hitchenor (3-24), reduced Sedbergh to 17 for 5. Despite Louis Baig's impressive 4-15, the visitors recovered to 123 all out
The first match was at Bootham on a glorious sunny
due to some fine hitting from the middle order. After an unsteady
afternoon. In a 35 overs/side match, the school chose to bat. After
start, Luke Bowler (33), James Beal (18) and James Hepworth (27
the loss of an early wicket, James Streather and David Gardner
n.o.) saw the side home.
both compiled 50s in their very different ways. James was the best batsman on show, playing a good range of shots all around the
At QEGS: won by six wickets
wicket. David was simply brutal. He destroyed some good length
Despite some early lapses in the field, QEGS succumbed to 84
bowling with some savage hitting, racing past 50 in no time. This
all out. Hepworth and Baig bagged three each, the latter earning
foundation gave later batsmen the freedom to play shots, Captain
a call-up to the First Eleven against Bradford, though the all-round
Will Ryley also scoring a quickfire 50, and Harry Caley clearing the
out cricket merited only seven out of ten. In reply, Peter's wickets
pavilion during his brief innings. A total of 240 was always likely to
fell early but Richard Downey (40) and Tristan Wike (31 n.o.)
be more than enough, and well though everyone bowled, the
played splendidly, the latter punishing short bowling particularly
opposition batting was frail. Bootham were bowled out in 18 overs
impressively.
for 50, the wickets being shared around. The following week the opposition was Ampleforth 4th XI.
At Bradford GS: match drawn
Ampteforth were bowled out for 99, again the wickets being
Bradford's 152 all out on a field with small boundaries and a
shared around, a feature once again being the impressive catching
sound wicket looked like no more than par for the course to me.
of the team. Despite the loss of two early wickets, Henry Elwess
Tom Hume took 3-32 on debut and Josh Cust fielded majestically
anchored the innings (35no), allowing Will Holmes to end the
on a tough outfield. Beal (22) and Rory Vokes-Dudgeon (21) put
match with a rapid 30.
the side into a winning position, though a middle order collapse left AJP Taylor and Dominic Snook to face out the last four overs
The next game was away to Giggleswick 2nd XI. On a dark and
to sneak a draw.
threatening day, we travelled more in hope than expectation, but duly started on time in a 30 over match. The opposition batting
At Leeds GS: match cancelled - rain
was at best limited, and this time it was the surprising combination of Adam Hinchcliffe and David Gardner who took the bulk of the wickets in dismissing the home side for 50. Unfortunately the drizzle had started early in the innings, and although we began the 2nd innings, the rain just got heavier to the point that conditions
Versus Ampleforth: match cancelled - rain Versus Pocklington: won by ten wickets Lethargic early fielding suggested a long and hot day ahead.
were dangerous, the match being abandoned with St. Peter's at 17
However, a hat-trick of superb close catches by Wike and a sea-
for 3.
son-best 5- 23 from Baig helped skittle Pocklington for only 71. Hepworth (48*) initially batted very sensibly before opening up
The weather meant that the final, return match against Ampleforth was not played, which was a real shame for a
and was well supported by Beal (11*). They had few worrying moments as we won within eleven overs.
committed and pleasant team who certainly enjoyed their cricket. Will Ryley was an impressive Captain, managing to manufacture
At Ampleforth: match drawn
situations to keep people involved in the game. The key batting
A windy and drizzly day in the hills deteriorated further as the
performances have been detailed above, but with the ball, Harry
boys slumped to 16 for 3 and 30 for 4 with only Baig (25) showing
Caley, Jonny Exall, Ed Binks and Frazer Lang all bowled well on
any determination. The innings was rescued by a superb 77 from
more than one occasion. 18 boys were given the chance to
Downey, the best knock of the season to date. He rode his luck,
represent the school, and most will return next year, when several
hit hard straight and pulled ferociously.
will challenge for 2nd XI places.
supported by the middle order - Hitchenor, Wike and Cust each
Mr Stephen was his typically enthusiastic self in coaching the
Richard was well
scoring 19. 171 in 30 overs looked like a decent total and it
boys when I was occupied with the Under 14s, for which I am
became too much for Ampleforth after Snook, in his best spell of
extremely grateful. The boys were a great credit to themselves and
the season, bowled their best two players. Despite some accurate
the school, and I hope that they will continue to enjoy their cricket
bowling and sharp fielding from Cust and James Lloyd, Ampleforth
next year.
recovered to 126 for 5 and we could not prise out the middle
NA Matkin Versus Scarborough College: won by 117 runs Not quite as straightforward as the result might suggest. With
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ten of the thirty overs gone, St Peter's had only 29 runs on the
leadership skills were impressive. His batting was erratic at times,
board for the loss of two wickets. Beal (30) and Vokes-Dudgeon
but he made up for that by leading by example in the field. He also
(18) steadied the ship. Enter the inspirational Wike. Tristan has an
bowled well when required.
unconventional grip and technique but he has worked out that if he can block the straight balls he can score quickly from the bad balls. Against Scarborough he made a career-best 60 through
Robert Cuthbertson: Robbie was an excellent fielder in the deep. He also contributed well with the bat.
powerful and entertaining hitting and excellent quick running. He
Edward Hustler: Edward was in and out of the side all season.
was well supported by Downey (34*) and the school finished with
A right handed batsmen who likes to hit it to every corner of the
a daunting 217. Early Scarborough wickets fell in part due to two
ground.
fine run outs effected by Cust. Hume bowled quickly and straight to take 4-20 and Wike capped a fine all-round performance by taking 3-28 with his first bowl of the season.
James Manning: James bowled particularly well this season. Unfortunately he got injured against Bootham School, which ended his season. A bowler with potential. Robert Webster: Robert bowled and batted with assured
Versus Hymer's College: match drawn Hymer's usually provide a stiff test and so it proved in the most dramatic of climaxes to the season. Downey batted superbly
confidence. His front foot drives were a wonder to behold against Barnard Castle, when he made 57.
once again, making 57 out of a below par 146 all out. Some of the
Sho Maekawa: Sho bowled with accuracy and rhythm right
batsmen did not apply themselves and we batted through only 25
throughout the season. If we could just get him to use the cricket
of our 30 overs. Hymer's set off like a train, reaching 101 for the
bat as a cricket bat and not as a baseball bat we will have done our
loss of just one wicket in the thirteenth over. Baig made the break-
job.
through with a double wicket over and Cust bowled with great pace and accuracy to capture 3-24. The turning point was a fabulous one handed catch on the boundary by Downey to dismiss their most dangerous player. With two overs left, Hymer's stood at
Chris Schonewald: Chris opened every innings. He batted well at times but lacked consistency. Chris really enjoys his cricket and is willing to listen and learn and take advice when required.
140 for 8. A run-out cost them their ninth but, whilst we couldn't
Samuel Murgatroyd: Samuel likes to smash the ball around
get the tenth, accurate bowling from Hitchenor and Hume
the ground. In the second half of the season he also developed his
prevented a defeat.
bowling action, which should enable him to develop as a cricketer next year.
Summary This year group has provided me with a very enjoyable summer of cricket. There are some really talented boys who play to win but in the right spirit. The batting and bowling orders were varied from week to week, without complaint, and everyone received their chance. The support from parents was fantastic and I hope that they enjoyed the season as much as I did.
fully to net practice when required to do so. He has also taken some vital catches this season. Well done Tom.. Benjamin Crook: Ben has the wicketkeeperthis season. He has kept well throughout the season but is prone to concentration lapse's at times. His batting has been erratic all season. He is able
PC Taylor
to bowl, and is developing his technique all of the time.
Cricket Under 15 B Sedbergh: QEGSWakefield: Ampleforth College: Bootham School: Read School: Barnard Castle: Hymers College:
Thomas Summers: Really enjoys his cricket. His selection in the side this year has been restricted, however he has contributed
Thomas Hall: Is able to swing the ball, which should be Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Won
developed. He has not been called upon to bat very much this season, but has contributed fully with the ball. He has taken some vital wickets at vital times in the season. Michael Slingsby: Michael has struggled this season. He finds it difficult to pick up the ball at times which has had a knock effect with his confidence at the crease. Michael has a solid technique, which can be improved with time and dedication.
This was the first time that the school had run a U-15B side. The boys had the opportunity to represent school, and play cricket
Adam Webster: Adam has been in and out of the side this
at their own level. Alex Taylor and Sam Greenwood captained the
season. He enjoys his cricket and is keen to learn. Adam should try
side admirably and were a pleasure to work with. I hope they
to develop his mobility in the field in the future. Adam's strength
enjoyed the season as much as I did.
is his batting.
The Players
He captained the side well this term, and I look forward to
Alex Taylor: Alex hit a memorable 52 against QEGS this term. Dominic Foster: A potential spinner, who if he works at his game could be a competent leg spinner. He was restricted to a single game this season but enjoyed the experience at Read School.
witnessing his development as a cricketer in the future. Tom Hume: Tom is a fine bowler. With some help and development in the future I think that he has the potential to be a good
Samuel Greenwood: Right Hand opening bat. Sam captained
cricketer. He hit a well-deserved 72 against QEGS this term, and
the side in the second half of the season. His communication and
as a consequence has spent the majority of the time with the A
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side. Well-done Tom.
making sure Joe had someone to bat with.
I have enjoyed coaching the side this year, and I hope they
William Peet - As captain I did not have a good season with
have enjoyed the season as much as I have. I hope to think that all
the bat with a highest score of only 35. At the start of the season
of the boys will continue to develop their cricket in school next
I bowled left arm medium pace and did not take any wickets, but
year.
with the help of Mr.Johnston I changed to spin bowling with much
RJ Francis
U14 A Cricket Report
greater effect. Played:/
Won: 3
Lost: 4
The under 14-cricket team had a mixed season. Before half
I would like to thank Mr.Matkin and Mr.Johnston for coaching
term we had played three matches with Mr.Matkin and unfortu-
us this year and I would also like to thank all the players that
nately, not due to his coaching, lost all three. However, after half
played in the team and hope you do well in future seasons.
term we played four matches having won three of these with
William Peet and Harry Booth III year
Mr.Johnston helping us greatly. Harry Booth - Opening the batting with his highest score of 99 not out. He bowled spin very well against Barnard Castle getting four wickets. However, he needs to work on his running between the wickets as he was run out many times.
Under 14 B Cricket, 2006. Played: 8
Won: 4
Lost: 4
This year, theUnder14B team experienced a season that was
Sam Ash - Also opened the batting on occasions and his
more enjoyable than successful, in truth. Teams were captained in
highest score was 88. His fielding was top class and he took a lot
a lively manner, batsmen and bowlers performed as if their very
of good catches. Joe Halstead - Middle order batsman. His highest score was 92
lives depended on their actions and there was plenty of time, in time-honoured tradition, for a comedy misfield or ten.
He is an aggressive batsman and can hit the ball very far. He
We endured an uncomfortable start to the season. In a 30-
opened the bowling and his fierce face frightened many opposing
over match against Sedbergh, we found ourselves on the receiving
batsman.
end of an eight-wicket thrashing. Although John Hamilton, our
Dave McDermottroe - Middle order attacking batsman who has progressed well throughout the season. He kept wicket well all season taking his opportunities. Dave Glenn - Middle order batsman who kept the innings together and bowled spin taking important wickets.
first captain, marshalled the field and bowling attack with something verging on aplomb, Sedbergh's numbers 2 and 3 proved too able for us and with tails firmly between legs we made the lengthy journey back to York. We fared rather better at Ampleforth on May 3rd. Chasing a very gettable 98 (Peel and Monoyiou had each acquired 3 wickets
Bradley Sykes - A very solid batsman who did not quite get an
in the bowling performance of the season), it fell to the
opportunity to score big runs. However, he bowled excellent spin
redoubtable Mark Hamilton to clip the ball off his legs for the
and also got a superb run out against Hymers.
winning four and a thrilling one-wicket victory. Mr Brown would
Tom Bilton - Opening bowler with unplayable swing taking many wickets, and made a few contributions with the bat.
like to go on record as saying that the hospitality that he received at Ampleforth was amongst the finest ever encountered on the circuit.
James Fletcher - Unfortunately, he was out first ball of the game against Barnard Castle but did well lower in the order. His steady and accurate bowling was great at the end of a game.
Particularly tough opponents this term were Reed's, to whom we lost twice. Although they have very few boys to choose from, we were, of course playing their A team, and certain very strong
Chris McTurk - He may not have the best technique but his
individuals' performances took each game out of our grasp. I was
power and eye for the ball meant that when he did get in he scored
particularly pleased with our effort in the away fixture; when
quickly. Also he was a pace bowler and the best fielder in the team
many lesser mortals' minds were attuned to the demands of the
taking good catches and making excellent stops in the field. Josh Tankard -An attacking lower order batsman who hit the ball a long way. He was also a pace bowler.
England-Paraguay match, our boys did the school proud in almost pulling off the win of the season. We also played the A team of Scarborough College, although
Toby Brown -A solid batsman, when he concentrated, batting
in this case they were the 13A team. On the unfamilar and
anywhere in the order, and with good left arm spin. However, in
cramped surroundings of the Colts pitch, we mustered a fine
the field he sometimes fell asleep part way through games.
batting performance in the wake of a relatively poor show in the field. Charlie Code's hugely useful slower bowling got its first
Alex Dickinson - He is a very defensive batsman who stays in
airing in the match that also witnessed the team's first 50 of the
for long periods of time and his accurate bowling got batsman
season, Jack Williamson, our second captain of the year, amassing
frustrated and then they were out.
the runs in double-quick time.
John Hamilton - He only played two games but he showed
Our team performance was at its finest in the two matches
that he could play very well; getting 21 against Pocklington and
that we won against Bootham A team. Both were won by consid-
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erable margins and showed the team's concentration at its best.
throughout the season.
The season was crowned by a magnificent victory at Hymers that demonstrated the importance of variation in bowling, batting in depth (Toby Brown and Harry Holmes excelled themselves in this innings) and motivated and skilful fielding. Many thanks to all the boys. They were:
For the coaches, this second season was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. As ever, the boys played and behaved in the right spirit. Well done to all members of the squad. Indoor House League - Summer term
John Hamilton, Jack Williamson (highest run aggregate),
On one lunchtime per week a league of fixtures between the
Charlie Code, Harry Holmes (reliable wicket-keeper), Dominic
houses allowed fourth year boys to play and enjoy competitive 5-
Woods (best throwing arm),Tom Peel (leading wicket taker), Mark
a-side football. The superior team by a distance was that from The
Hamilton, Banos Monoyiou, Mitchell "The Fox" Hernaman, Chris
Grove. With strong athletes thoughout the team they were more
McTurk, Henry Carr (most consistently accurate bowler), Fraser
physically competitive but with Richard Downey they had a
Macrostie, Josh Tankard, Toby Brown, "Little" Joe Crossley, James
genuinely talented striker in the making; he scored a hatful of
Longbottom, Robin Hall, Chris Schonewald, Sho Maekawa, Sam
goals which displayed a blend of touch, technique and power.
Murgatroyd (thanks for coming, Sam), Max King and James
Throughout the league, The Grove remained unbeaten and ran
Fletcher.
away with the title with a game to spare. Behind them, a close battle developed between Linton, Queens and Temple, with Temple taking second place on goal difference from Linton in the
Football 2006
last round of fixtures. It is strongly hoped that many of these boys will be keen to develop their football in the years to come either in the St Peter's
Under 18 Team Report With an enlarged squad and an expanded fixture list, football
team or after leaving school. PC Taylor and MC Lawrence
continues to develop at St Peter's for boys not involved in senior hockey.
As with last year, home fixtures were played at
Boys Tennis
Bishopthorpe and our thanks go to the management at the club for the use of their facilities.
1st VI Results: The overall record for the regular school matches was played
ilcoates: At Queen Ethelburga's:
seven, won six.There were also notable wins against the University of York and Poppleton tennis club. James Drake captained the side from second pair with Sam Farquharson. James has added a number of elements to his game
Unfortunately, both scheduled matches against Barnard Castle and the fixture against Christ College, Brecon, had to be cancelled due to poor weather conditions and unplayable pitches. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the match at Ampleforth.
Having been defeated heavily there last season,
over the last year. A big forehand best suited to high bouncing surfaces. His first serve, has also become a weapon and was probably one of the fastest in the school. Both James and Sam played well together over the last three seasons and have made telling contributions. Sam has great feel to his game and he is well
conceding two early goals gave little room for optimism.
suited to the game of doubles. He volleys with crisp precision
However, in the second half the boys played their most fluent and
when he is on top of his game and his movement on court
competitive football, scoring five times without response, Alasdair
makes him a great competitor.
Wilson putting away the first hat-trick in St Peter's football history. Until that match, the main source of goals had been Nick Mannion. Nick is a natural finisher; as he plays more regularly and learns the lines to run off the ball, he could become an excellent all-round footballer. Wilson showed tremendous individual skill during the season and linked well with Mannion. The two outstanding footballers were James Topping and James Mills. By the end of the season, Topping had played in Selby
At first pair for this year was the combination of Gareth Drabble and Fraser Moore. Fraser v probably one of the top three players in the school's
,
history over the last twenty years! His all court
/
game was very effective and very few players got the better of him in Yorkshire this year. He pushed his own development hard on court and repre-j 1
sented both Poppleton TC and York TC this
Town's first team and had also played representative district
season. Gareth Drabble complimented Fraser
football. Although we asked him to play out of position, he still
well and has come on a great deal this season,
had too much skill, pace and determination for most midfielders.
pushing his doubles partner to the limit in the 1
Mills was the only regular from last season to play and he formed
Singles Final! He possesses a big consistent serve,
a sound central midfield pairing with Topping. Mills is more tacti-
great groundstrokes and fantastic athleticism. If
cally aware and stronger in the tackle than the less experienced
he can add greater confidence to his volleys he
footballers; consequently he demonstrated good leadership skills
will be a very hard player to beat in the future.
& m,
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At third pair for most of the season were a fifth form partnership of William Butterworth and Ben Naughton. Although without a great deal of experience at this level they produced several match winning performances during the season with their never say die attitude. I was most impressed with this quality and the future for both players is very bright next season. I would like to thank Mr. Paterson for his support with the 2nd VI, who enjoyed a 100% record, Mr Duffy at U15 level also producing a 100% record and Mr Grant for his help and encour-
were two very close encounters betwee
agement of the U14 squad who became York and District
Bradford (5-4) but once our team were able to get into the match
Champions!
mentality and began to play to their strengths they were relent-
Colours
games.
less and completed a superlative season winning 100% of our
First team colours were re-awarded to the Captain James
The U15 squad: Luke Bowler, Will Gastrell, Will Cordingly,
Drake, Sam Farquharson, Gareth Drabble, Fraser Moore, William
Caleb Kutiaka, Gareth Thomas, Greg Turner, Harry Dee,
Butterworth and Ben Naughton.
Josh Tindell
Individual Competition - for the Alcuin Trophy
Luke Bowler and Will Castrell
The Final: Fraser Moore defeated Gareth Drabble
5-7,
7-5,6-2.
The opposition found life very difficult against this strong pairing with very few weaknesses. Luke has made excellent progress this year with his secure, attacking game.
Inter-House Tennis Competition The Champions: Linton
His most
impressive quality is his calmness in tight situations and his control at the net. This gave Will the confidence to use his big lefthanded serve and heavy groundstrokes to put pressure on
R. G. Shread
opponents. This pair should do very well in the future and should not lose many games.
2nd VI In a normal year those who played for the 2nd VI this se could easily have represented the 1st VI.The very high quality
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consistent tennis played by the team produced a 100% record of wins. One of the highlights was the match against Ashville's 1st VI,
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which was won 5-4. The most unfortunate event was the cancellation of the match arranged against Ampleforth -perhaps they had heard of the team's strength and success! Throughout the season the team, captained quietly but effectively, by Guy Gibbs displayed a high level of sportsmanship and self discipline and were a credit to the Tennis Club and to St Peter's. Those who represented the team were Guy Gibbs (capt.) Matthew Thomas-Peter, Will Bickford-Smith, Alasdair Wilson, James Beadnall.Tom Denton, Sam Farquharson, James Drake, Ben Naughton, Will Butterworth, George Cliff, Kris Rawcliffe, Matthew Waugh
Caleb Kutiaka and Will Cordingly Caleb continues to be eager and enthusiastic tennis player and he can strike fear into opponents with his huge serve and big forehand but he can have the tendency to be a little too self
U15 Tennis The U15 tennis season got off to a flying start with impressive victories in our first two matches against Pocklington (7-2) and Leeds (9-0). There
critical at times and this can affect his concentration. Will plays secure, safe tennis and his calmness was an asset to this pairing as he was able to keep his partner focussed on the game during the matches.
St. Peter's Tennis Club: Results Table 2006
Wed 26 April
Fri 28 April
1st VI
2nd VI
U15VI
U14IV
Pocklington School
Pocklington School
Pocklington School
Fulford 'B' TC
4.00pm Away
4.00pm Away
2.00pm Home
24 April, 4.00pm Away
Won 7 - 2
Won 9 - 0
Won 7 - 2
Won 6 - 0
University of York 6.00 pm Home Won 1 1 - 7
Sat 29 April
Wed 3 May
Sat 6 May
Q.E.G.S.
Q.E.G.S.
2.00pm Home
2.00pm Home
Won 8 - 1
Won 9 - 0
Worksop College
Worksop College
Poppleton TC
2.30pm Away
2.30 pm Away
5 May, 4.00pm Home
Won 5 - 4
Won 7 - 2
Leeds CS
Leeds GS
Leeds GS
2.00pm Home
2.00pm Away
2.00pm Away
Won 8 - 1
Won 9 - 0
Won 9 - 0
Mon 8 May
Draw 3 - 3
Ashville College
Selby TC
3.45 pm Home
4.30pm Away
Won 5 - 4 Wed 10 May
Sat 13 May
Wed 17 May
Sat 20 May
Sat 3 June
Won 6 - 0
Hymers College
Hymers College
Hymers College
4.00 pm Away
4.00 pm Away
4.00pm Away
Won 7 - 2
Won 9 - 0
Won 6- 3
House Match Final
Silcoates School (8)
1.30 pm Home
2.00pm Away
Winners: Linton
No play - rain
Bradford GS
Bradford GS
Bradford GS
Alne TC
2.00 pm Away
2.00 pm Away
2.00 pm Away
19 May, 4.00pm Home
Lost 2 1 / 2 - 6 1/2
Won 7 - 2
Won 5 - 4
Won 5 - 1
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College
2.00 pm Home
2.00 pm Home
No match - rain!
No match - rain!
York Lawn TC
Ampleforth U15
Pocklington School
2.00 pm Home
7 June, 2.00 pm Away
5 June, 4.30pm Home
Lost 3 - 9
U1 5 VI + 4th pair!
Won 6 - 0
Old Peterites (8)
Poppleton LTC
Bootham School
10 June, 2.00 pm Home
12 June, 5.00 pm Home
4.00pm Home
Lost 4- 8
Won 8 - 1
Won 6 - 0
Won 1 1 - 5
Fri 9 June
Sat 17 June
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle
Fulford 'A' TC
2.30pm Home
2.30pm Home
15 June, 4.00pm Away
Won 7 - 2
Won 6- 3
Won 5- 1. York and District League Champions
Sat 24 June
Poppleton T.C. 2.00 pm Home Won 1 1 - 5
% Win/Loss
73%
100%
100%
93%
Wed 21 June, North Yorkshire U17 Mixed Doubles, Tournament. Fri 23 June, Alcuin Cup Final, Fraser Moore (L),Won 5 - 7; 7 - 5; 6 - 2, Gareth Drabble (T). Sun 2 - 5 July, Independent Schools, National Championship at Eton College. The Peterite 2005-2006
Careth Thomas and Greg
following athletes who all won their events against quality
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competition from across the North: Intermediate -Tom Lightwing
Gareth had a very promising jjfirst season and I'm sure that he will
(Long Jump); 4 x 100m team;J. McTurk400m; Ben Crook-Javelin; Seb Batchelor - 3000m. Junior -Tristan Punnett - 800m
'go from strength to strength in the future.
Many of our athletes breezed their way through the district
He is strong on the
trials and went on to represent York and District in the North
forehand wing where he uses
Yorkshire Championships The following won their events to
jit*
topspin very effectively
become county champions: C. McTurk - 100m; T. Tam - 100m; J.
gLv,
and his entire game is
McTurk - 400m; T. Lightwing - Long Jump; O. Telfer - Long Jump.
very secure. very
Greg is
McTurk, Cuthbertson Lightwing and Tam set a new county record
enthusiastic
in the 4x100m competing for York and District Schools. This is an
about his tennis and
excellent achievement for all these athletes.
has all the necessary firepower to be a very
Tom Lightwing, Seb Batchelor and Ben Crook also competed
good player but requires a little more consistency (he also needs
to a great extent outside of school. Tom put in notable perform-
to get rid of that wristy second serve that he sometimes uses).
ances in the High Jump; Long Jump; Javelin and Pole vault and Seb
This pairing had the win of the season when they beat the
Batchelor in the 3000m. Tom managed to win selection in the
Bradford 1st pair in the deciding game to secure the match 5-4.
long jump for the English Schools Athletics Championships at Gateshead and regularly jumped over 6.00m throughout the
Harry Dee and Leo Tindell Harry and Leo didn't quite make the team this year but they
season. Ben competed regularly for Rowntrees in Javelin throwing very close to 50m on several occasions
worked hard with the coaches and will figure in the future if they continue to practise their games. I have enjoyed working with these players for a second year and the improvements in their games have been amazing over the course of the last two years. I wish them all well in the future.
Unfortunately our second major schools athletics fixture against Ampleforth had to be abandoned because of the weather, but our junior athletes did get a new fixture against Ashville. A weakened opposition made the result a certainty but there were some good individual performances from many. There have been some fine performances across the season
M.J. Duffy
and congratulations go to all the athletes involved. Next season
Tennis U14 In the York and District Clubs and Schools league St. Peter's
should be even better! SJG
played 7 matches, wining 6 games and drawing against Poppleton LTC. Their impressive record means that they have become York
Cross Country
and District Champions and thanks also go to Mr Grant for his help with this team. The team consists of the following: Henry Booth, William Peet, Joe Crossley, David McDermottroe (Cpt), Sam Ash and Jack Williamson.
Ampleforth Invitation X-Country Saturday 11th March
RGS
St Peter's sent 3 teams to last Saturday's event, and despite the mud, snow and steep inclines, had a successful time. In partic-
Boys Athletics
ularJunior Girls Race
The short Athletics season this year was a very successful one
3rd
for our athletes. There is some real talent in the junior age groups
5th
which bodes well for future seasons. Athletics in schools is on the
8th
decline, largely due to exams, and fixtures are hard to find but this year our athletes competed in more competitions and achieved
Gus Aiken
Emily Bollands Laura Newton Jess Elkington 11th St Peter's came 2nd in the team event
success on a large scale. Our first Athletics fixture was against Sedbergh on the first Saturday of term. Despite little training our athletes competed well in all events with the results of both the Intermediate and Senior fixtures resting on the relay. If a full squad had been available (many were playing Cricket) then I am sure we would have won this fixture. After this the next competition was the HMC Northern athletics championships at Gateshead. Congratulations to the The Peterite 2005-2006
Senior Girls Race 7th Katie Mellor Kate Ashworth 22nd Eilish Hannah 23rd 27th Faye Clark St Peter's came 5th in team event
Senior Boys Race 1st
Sebastian Batchelor
14th
Aiken Harrap
Netball
St Peter's came 4th in team event
Although several matches were played with snowflakes
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drifting by and at times it was bitterly cold none of the matches
York & District Cross-Country Championships Thursday 8th December
this year were cancelled. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Teams had 28 fixtures which in a short spring term kept them fully occupied! 4th team matches are difficult to arrange, probably because although
Outstanding performances were gained at the 'York & District
they do net practice as a team there are always girls of a good
Cross-Country Championships' held at the Knavesmire on
standard willing to play and they beat the opposition convincingly
Wednesday, where St Peter's & St Olave's featured in the top Z
shown in the score against Ampleforth and Workshop College.
team places in all 6 categories.
They did lose to Queen Ethelburgas, a miscalculation on my part as Peter's 2nd VII would have proved to be a similar standard.
Junior Girls - 1st team prize
Four of the 1st team had previously been awarded colours -
7th
Fiona Campball
9th
L Emery, K Richardson, C McTurk and E Hammill and with the
Sophie Worsman
10th
Laura Newton
14th
addition of K Francis, S Cuthbertson and K Wackett - good all
Maddie Hall
16th
Augusta Aiken
round athletic players the season looked promising. The girls played well in the first two matches, but weren't really pushed and as their shooting lacked consistency it was probably just as well!
Inter Girls - 2nd team prize Emily Bollands
13th
Lauren England
15th
Caitlin MacKellar
16th
Charlotte Foster
17th
Rebecca Fletcher
20th
Ashville and Worksop College as usual provided the strongest opposition, and several of the teams, went into 'crisis of confidence' mode. Mistakes are always made but for a team with great potential it was disappointing for them that these led to 4 losing scores. The team did well in centre court but couldn't capitalise on the goals. The defending players, usually Emma and Catherine
Junior Boys - 2nd team prize Duncan Rajan
6th
Alex Dickinson
7th
Josh Tankard
13th
Henry Lee
21st
reading the game so well that she was invariably in the right place at the right time much to the frustration of the opposing shooters. Y Adoboli moved up from the 2nd VII during the season and her
Inter Boys - 1st team prize
consistent shouting helped morale and it was a good finish to the
Sebastian Bachelor -
season with two very convincing wins over Pocklington and
1st - A fine performance by Sebastian who
held off the favourite & led practically throughout the race. Josh Cust
5th
Oliver Hawking
7th
Edward MacKenzie
9th
Robert Nash
24th
Mount St Mary's. The 2nd team had a good season winning ten of their twelve matches.They lost only to a good Bootham 1st VII by 8 goals and to Ampleforth where the play was somewhat more physical then
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usual! As in the 1st team the squad was fairly consistent and as the term progresses the shooters played consistently, missing few chances. All players performed well, in attack and defence, and their 100% effort throughout the matches, often made the difference to a winning or losing score. As five of them were L6 players they along with the remaining 1st team will provide a good squad for next season. The 3rd VII had six matches, winning most of them by convincing margins, their closest match was the first fixture against Ashville College and they did well to win by 2 goals. A total of 18 girls played for the 3rd and 4th teams showing that if you are interested in playing team netball and make the effort you do get the opportunity to represent the school. The 5th year missed out on matches this year as the 6th form had strength in depth but they maintained their enthusiasm, continuing to practice and will be playing representative netball next year, My thanks as ever to those who played (mostly willingly!) the captains for their help and the staff who all coach both team and non team players. W Shepherd
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A Team Results 14 Jan
Barnard Castle
28 Jan
Ashville
(h) (h)
won
34-9
won
19-16
4 Feb
Durham
(h)
lost
11-15
8 Feb
Bootham
[a) A/B
won
16-12
25 Feb
Ampleforth
won
12-10
11 Mar
Pocklington
(h) (h)
won
30-22
(h)
won
31-2
(h)
won
20-1
(h) (h)
won
21-17
won
25-4
Queen Ethelburga's (a) Pocklington (h)
won
29-12
won
20-13
B Team Results 14 Jan
Barnard Castle
28 Jan
Ashville
4 Feb
Durham
25 Feb
Ampleforth
6 Mar 11 Mar
UISA squad; A.Ashworth, A. Bambridge, C. Bennett, A. Fahy, L Gibson, L. Grant, S. Houghton Brown, V. Kirsch, H. Scott. U15B squad; R. Bairstow, E. Bollands, L. Cammish, L. Frost, N. Dean, S. Hamill,
encountered. After all, we like to enjoy matches, as well as win them!
R. Hopper, A. Pring, R. Reeves, F. Sim, H. Slack, R. Stasiask. The B team were unlucky in several of their matches, losing Mrs. H. Rose
narrowly. Rosie Dallas, (who also played some A games) Ciara Cecil and Maddie Hall were all strong in the centre court. Sophia
U14 Netball There was the normal rush to get going at the start of term battling against the weather and the dark nights. The girls worked
Gascoyne and Laura Newton were accurate in their shooting, although were often marked by very tall defense! Hattie Coulter, Phoebe Mannion and Kirstie Roberston all played well in defense.
hard, were very supportive of each other and quickly made ground.
The C team only had two matches after some were cancelled.
The 'A' Team was a consistent '8' throughout the term. Elspeth
There were several players who came on extremely well; namely
MacLeod and Frankie Cross were accurate in their shooting and
Gus Aiken, Tilly Binns and Emma Milligan. The term was rather
combined very well in the circle. Fi Campbell and Sophie Worsman
short but progress was swift. They were a helpful and humorous
both played a good thinking game and showed amazing leaping
group of girls. A good term, well done!
ability against taller opponents. In defence Alex Ward was quick to intercept and Emma Binnian marked very well.Tasmin Collingridge
Results U14 A VII .,
....
Ashville
H
W
17-11
Scarborough College
H
W
18-6
Durham
H
W
14-9
and Bobby Gardner both showed a very good sense of spacing to
14/1/06
V
Barnard Castle
bring the ball out of defense. The team had some excellent wins,
21/1/06
V
notably at the start of the season against Ashville and then at the
28/1/06
V
end, a commendable performance against Huntington. By the end
4/2/06
V
of the term they were beginning to speed up their passes and play
8/2/06
V
Bootham
A
L
11-26
25/2/06
V
Ampleforth
H
W
21-5
11/3/06
V
Pocklington
H
L
10-19
13/3/06
V
Huntington
H
W
29-22
18/3/06
v
Mount St Marys
A
W 17-15
more sophisticated netball. There is much which augurs well for the future; perhaps they are a little too lady-like, but better that than some of the overly aggressive, out of control play they
26-3
Results U14B VII 21/1/06
V
Ashville
H
W
7-6
28/1/06
V
Scarborough College
H
L
7-10
4/2/06
V
Durham
H
L
12-13
25/2/06
V
Ampleforth
H
W
16-6
6/3/06
V
Queen Ethleburgas
A
L
14-16
11/3/06
V
Pocklington
H
L
8-12
13/3/06
V
Huntington
H
W
16-7
18/3/06
V
Mount St Marys
A
W
10-8
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Girls H Results U14VII
4/2/06 18/3/06
v v
W I
Durham Mount St Marys
15-7
This was a very good season for the senior teams, despite all
6-13
the frustrations inherent in not having an on-site astroturf. Of the 23 matches played there were 14 wins, 4 draws and only 5 losses. The constant switching of play from grass to astro meant changes
The following represented the DMA VII:
in their style of play-they certainly deserved praise for their
E. Binnian, F. Campbell,!. Collingridge, F. Cross, R. Dallas,
increasingly skilful and exciting play on astro.
R. Gardner, M. Hall, E.Macleod, A.Ward
The 1st XI remained a steady group of players all season and The following represented the U14 BVII:
the defence was one of the best line-ups there has been for many
A. Aiken, M. Binns, C. Cecil, H. Coulter, R. Dallas, J. Elkington,
years. Catherine McTurk controlled the centre channel and showed excellent timing in her tackles - certainly she was greatly
S. Gascoyne, M. Hall, P. Mannion, L Newton. M. Peach,
missed when injury forced her off the pitch in the Pocklington
K. Robertson.
game. She was without doubt an outstanding captain and player and thoroughly deserved the award of 'cap' at the end of the
The following represented the U14 C VII: A.Aiken, S. Askham, M. Binns, L Doxey, S. Drake,]. Elkington,
season. Amy Bowler, who was back from a broken arm in the netball term, continued to play well at sweeper, clearing the ball
L Hawthorn, O. Herrenschmidt, E. Milligan, C. Prowde
out of danger to set up new attacks. Goalkeeper Emma Rowley All houses entered into the spirit of the afternoon providing a colorful, noisy spectacle. For the
juniors
School beat Temple 11-5 in the final to win the tournament. In the senior competition Queens played tactically well all afternoon, often
changing
playing
positions according to the opposition's strength. They beat
Grove,
who
were
equally strong, 7-3 in a very good final. P. Fletcher
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Results 1st XI
Davies, L. England, C. Foster, S. Hall, E. Hartley, G. Hayward, A.
07/09/05
Jones, V. Miers, K. Miller, C. Rajan, E. Scattergood, M. Sinclair, B.
14/09/05 21/9/05 28/9/05 1/10/05 5/1 0/05 8/10/05 5/11/05 12/11/05 19/11/05 23/11/05 26/11/05
v v v v v v v v v v v
Easingwol Scarborou] York College >A Ampleforth H Queen Margaret' s A (National Schools Tournament) Ciggleswick A Barnard Castle A Pocklington A Durham H Silcoates A Hymers H
Smith, H.Wilson. W W L L L L D W D
2-0 1-0 0-1
1 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-0
The following Girls represented the 3rd/U16 XI A. Crossley, L. England, J. Farr, C. Foster, F. Gale, E. Hannah, G. Hayward, C. Heads, A. Mason, R. Mayne, V. Miers, C. Morgan, E. Outhwaite, I. Padmore, A. Peach, E. Smyth, C. Spalding, M. Stasiak, O.Towers, J.Walker, L.Williamson, H.Wilson. The Middleton Walker Goalkeeping Cup: C. Rajan The JacksonPacey most improved player cup: P. Bailey Cup for outstanding play: C. McTurk County U17 representation: F. Coleman
Results 2nd XI 14/09/05
v
Easingwold
1/10/05
v
Ampleforth
5/1 0/05
v
The Mount
8/1 0/05
v
Ciggleswick
2/11/05
v
Fylinghall
12/11/05
v
Pocklington
19/11/05
v
Durham
23/11/05
v
Silcoates
House Hockey W
1-0
Grove dominated throughout the competition and were worthy winners. However, Temple and School in second and third places should be mentioned as these 3 teams were well ahead of the field, all demonstrating powerful and spirited hockey.
21 pts (
School
21 p~
Queens
Results 3rd XI 1/1 0/05
26/11/05
Temple
P. Fletcher v
Hymers
B^^^l
The following Girls represented the 1st XI
Under 15's Hockey The girls progressed well through their term of hockey with
C. McTurk (capt)**, P. Bailey*, E. Bennett**, A. Bowler**,
Lottie Bennett being made permanent captain of the A team and
F. Coleman*, S. Cuthbertson*, K. Francis*, A. Glatman*, E. Hall,
Becky Bairstow like wise for the B team. The A team found it hard
E. Hammill*, E. Hartley, K, Richardson*, E. Rowley**, A. Smalley,
to play on Astroturf away when they trained and played at home
K.Wackett*.
on grass however by then end of the term the result at Hymers
** Reawarded Full Colours * Awarded Full Colours
had proved the could at least compete on Astroturf. Lottie Bennett top scored for the A team with 6 and Harriet Scott for B
The following Girls represented the 2nd XI C. Montgomery (capt), H. Buss, F. Coleman, K. Dallas, C.
team with 6 also. It did take time for the sides to settle down and 17 girls played for the A team and 19 for the B team.
17/9/2005
A
Queen Margaret's School
L
1/10/2005
A
Ampleforth
W
8/10/2005
D
H
Giggleswick School
12/10/2005 H
Easingwold School
5/11/2005
A
Under 15 Rally
Cancelled
5/11/2005
H
Barnard Castle
W
9/11/2005
H
Worksop College
Cancelled
12/11/2005 A
Pocklington School
W
2-1
19/11/2005 H
Durham
W
1-0
26/11/2005 A
Hymers
L
30/11/2005 H
Ashville College
3/12/2005
H
Scarborough College
Cancelled
^3/2006
A
Under 15 Rally
Cancelled
'3/2006
H
St Columbus
D
Played: 9
Cancelled
Won: 4
Goals for: 16
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L
Against: 13
The following girls represented the A team A. Bambridge, C. Bennett, E. Bollands, L Buss, L. Cammish, N. Dean, L. Frost, L. Gibson, L. Grant, S. Hammill, L. Hourston, V. Kirsch, A. Pring, H. Scott, F. Sim, H. Slack, R. Stasiak. The team started off with a very tough game at Queen Margaret's School. At half time it was 0-0 but this was due to good defensive work by the team. In the second half the opposition put three past a hard working Louise Cammish in goal with Cindy Frost getting the only reply. This was followed by a fine win at Ampleforth with the team working well for each other. The scorers were Abigail Bambridge, Lauren Grant, Harriet Slack and Lottie Bennett. The girls then played Giggleswick at home on the grass after two games on Astroturf and drew 1-1 with Abigail Bambridge getting the goal. Easingwold School were the next opposition at home again on the grass and a very disappointing 2-
The B team had a good term of hockey with several players
0 defeat despite dominating the play for most of the game. On
moving up in the A team. They started off with a narrow defeat at
Guy Fawkes Night the team were due to play in the York and
home to Mount St Marys losing 2-3 with Harriet Slack getting
District under 15 girls' Rally but this was cancelled due to unfit
both goals and this was then followed by a 1-0 victory over
pitches at The Mount and was re-arranged in March when again
Bootham with Harriet Slack scoring again. On her performance
the pitches were unfit. In the afternoon the team played Barnard Castle on the first team pitch and played some lovely hockey
that day she was moved up to A team by Mr Maltby. The team then played away at Ampleforth and won comfortably 3-0 with
winning 4-1. The scorers were Lottie Bennett 2, Harriet Slack and
Vicky Kirsch 2 and Harriet Scott scoring. Harriet Scott then scored
Lauren Grant.
both goals in the 2-0 home win over Giggleswick School.This was
They then played at Pocklington School and fought hard to win 2-1 with Cindy Frost and Harriet Slack scoring. The following Saturday they played Durham at home and just won 1-0 with Lottie Bennett scoring. The last game of the term was away on a astroturf at Hymers, which was always going to very tough. The team were losing 4-1 at half time but the girls put in a fine second half performance and only lost 4-2 . Lauren Grant and top
followed by a very tough match at home to Fylinghall School who proved too strong for them as they lost 2-0. They were back onto winning ways with a 4-0 win over Barnard Castle. The scorers were Harriet Scott 2, Anna Fahy and Sheila Houghton-Brown.The team then travelled to Pocklington where they won 2-0 with Lucy Kemp and top scorer Harriet Scott getting the goals. The last game was against Queen Margaret's at home and despite good displays in defence by Becky Bairstow and Roxanne Reeves they
scorer Lottie Bennett getting the goals.
lost 2-0 The team played a Scottish touring side St Columbus in the Easter term on the second team pitch and drew 1-1 with Lottie Bennett scoring.
R A Maltby.
Under 14's Hockey
BTeam
Once again a new term with a very keen enthusiastic group
17/9/2005
H
Mount St Marys
L
2-3
of girls (names so far unknown after only 2 sessions!) made
21/9/2005
H
Bootham School
W
1-0
selection very difficult for the A team's first match of the season
1/10/2005
A
Ampleforth
W
3-0
against Queen Margaret's and the B team match against Mt. St.
8/10/2005
H
Giggleswick
W
2-0
2/11/2005
H
Fylinghall School
L
0-2
5/11/2005
H
Barnard Castle
W
4-0
9/11/2005
H
Worksop College
Cancelled
12/11/2005
A
Pocklington
26/11/2005
H
W
Queen Margarets
L
Mary's on 17th September. However teams were selected and both teams played very well, despite some girls never
having
played
together before & both 2-0 0-2
matches being away. The As had a very close fought
match,
but were defeated 3-1, Played: 8
Lost: 3
Won: 5
Goals for: 14
Against: 7
The following girls represented the B team R. Bairstow, E. Bollands, L. Buss, N. Dean.A. Fahy, K. Hannah, R. Hopper, S .Houghton-Brown.V. Kirsch, L Kemp, C. MacKellor, L. Mellor, A. Pring, R. Reeves, H. Scott, F. Sim, H. Slack, LTelfer, V.Ward.
whilst the Bs had a successful 3-2 win. After a few weeks of more practices & some movement between the teams before the ne: match, team selectioi although still high
contested, became more apparent & team play improved. In fact,
York and District Tournament 21 Nov
so much so, that the A team never lost another match!
Section results v Sherburn won 3-0, v Bootham won 3-0; v
Sara Drake, who had never played goalkeeper before, was a natural, making some magnificent saves when called upon. Her
Huntington won 1-0: v Jo Rowntree drew 0-0. Won section. FINAL v Q. M's drew 1-1
actions were not always needed, because of the choice of strong defence in Frankie Cross, Rosie Dallas, Bobbie Gardner, Olivia
B Results
Herrenschmidt & Monica Peach, who were very reliable & defini-
1 7 Sept
Mount St. Mary's
(away)
won 3-2
tive in clearing the ball. Sophie Worsman, Fi Campbell & Ciara
21 Sept
Bootham
(home)
won 4-0
Cecil were very tenacious halves who linked defensive & attacking
8Oct
Giggleswick
(home)
play very successfully. A choice of determined forwards, who were
12 Nov
Pocklington
(home)
lost
6-2
all hungry to score, provided an excellent attacking force. Gus Aiken, Tillie Binns, Tamsin Collingridge, Sophia Gascoyne & EUie
U15A Squad;
Macleod were an enthusiastic line of attack, always seeking &
G. Aiken, M. Binns, F. Campbell, C. Cecil, T. Collingridge, F. Cross,
trying to create goal scoring opportunities. Tamsin proved to be
S. Drake, R.Dallas, B. Gardner, S. Gascoyne, O. Herrenschmidt,
the "hungriest" goal scorer, scoring all but one of the goals in the
E. Macleod, P. Mannion, M. Peach, S. Worsman.
first 6 matches.With Sophia & Gus scoring 5 goals between them in the next 2 matches, Tamsin also went on to score another 4 -
U1 SB squad;
well done. Phoebe Mannion put in some good performances as
S.Askham, E. Baker, E. Binnian, M.Binns, H. Coulter, M. Hall,
reserve goalkeeper when Sara was ill.
C. Henwood, C. Nelson, L Newton, S. Ketteringham, P. Mannion,
The highlight of the season was the U15 York & District tournament played on a very sunny, but very cold afternoon at
E. Milligan, M. Peach, C. Prowde, K.Robertson, A.'A/arc 1. Mrs. H. Rose
Huntington. Despite being unused to playing on astro & all weather playing surfaces, the A team put in a formidable performance, winning 3 of their scheduled matches & drawing one, to win their section outright. This meant a journey to Queen Margaret's
1
Girls Tennis
to play in the floodlit final. It came as no surprise to discover we were playing Q. M's in the final. I have never seen such an avid St.
1st, 2nd VI, U18 League Results
Peter's team, determined to win & revenge their only loss of the season. After 10 minutes of the first half we were 1-0 up. The
29 April
remaining 5 minutes were very entertaining to watch with both teams playing determinedly. The beginning of the next half saw Q.
3 May
M's become the more dominant force with an equaliser. However St. Peter's regrouped, dominating play, but unable to score. The fog began to come down & swirl across the pitch -seeing the girls was difficult enough, never mind the ball! However after 30 minutes of
8 May 10 May
an incredible final the result was 1-1. With poor visibility & freezing conditions it was decided to share the honour of the
17 May
1st VI
v
Barnard Castle
L
2-7
2nd VI
v
Barnard Castle
W
9-0
1st VI
v
Worksop College
L
2-7
2nd VI
v
Worksop College
W
7-2
U18
v
Pocklington
D
3-3
1st VI
v
Scarborough College
W
8-1
2nd VI
v
Scarborough College
W
8-1
1st VI
v
Hymers College
W
7-2 8-1
2nd VI
v
Hymers College
W
Whilst the B team did not have as many fixtures as the A
31 May
U18
v
FulfordT.C.
L
2-4
team, all their matches were played with tremendous effort &
7 June
U18
v
Pocklington
L
2-4
enthusiasm, even if technique was sometimes lacking.
10 June
trophy. A deserving reward for both teams.
Well done to both teams for their commitment to the game and good luck next season..
17 June
A Hockey Results 17 Sept
Queen Margaret's
(away)
lost
1 Oct
Ampleforth
(away)
won 1-0
8 Oct
Giggleswick
(home)
won 3-1
12 Oct
Easingwold
(home)
won
2-0
5 Nov
Barnard Castle
(home)
won
1-0
12 Nov
Pocklington
(home)
won
2-1
19 Nov
Durham
(home)
won 7-1
26 Nov
Hymers
(away)
won
1-3
2-0
1st VI
v
Mount St Mary's
W
7-2
2nd VI
v
Mount St Mary's
W
9-0
1st VI
v
Ampleforth College
W
7-2
2nd VI
v
Ampleforth College
W
9-0
24 June
1st VI
v
Bradford Girls' G.S.
W
5-4
5 July
U18
v
FulfordT.C.
i-
2-4
The following represented the 1st VI: ** L. Buchanan (Capt), ** R.Thomas, * H. Gray, *L. Howard, * C. Heads, * K. Francis, M. Sinclair, A. Glatman The following represented the 2nd VI: C. Drabble, E. Hartley, H. Wilson, A. Crossley, A. Peach, F. Gale, F. Coleman, E. Outhwaite, C. McTurk * Denotes Colours ** Re-award
The Peterite 2005-2006
1
It was not an auspicious start to the season when the 1st VI
16 May 2006 U.14 B
v The Mount
lost
2-4
18 May 2006 U.14 B
v Bootham
lost
2-4
24 may 2006 U.14 B
v FulfordTC
lost
1-5
Worksop College always a closely contested fixture, was also lost
31 May 2006 U.I4 A
v Poppieton TC
lost
0-6
2-7. The standard of the teams was very similar, with the Peter's
2 June 2006
v U.14 B
A's won
5-1
12 June 2006 U.14A
v Bootham
won
4-2
12 June 2006 U.14 B
v Pocklington
lost
2-4
16 June 2006 U.14 A
v The Mount
drew
3-3
10 May 2006 U.14B VI
v Bradford Grammar won
6-3
17 May 2006 U.I4A VI
v Queen Margarets
lost
0-9
17 May 2006 U.14BVI
v Queen Margarets
lost
0-9
together since the 3rd year and both pairs encouraged each other
7 June 2006
v Worksop
won
6-3
so that few games were scored against them.
24 June 2006 U.14AVI v Bradford Girls Grammar lost 4-5
lost 2-7 to Barnard Castle, when I had been on a netball course. There were many reasons for this - as always! But the low bounce on astro is just something to get used to! The next match to
girls showing a wide range of strokes, but little understanding of
U.14 A
not always going for the big shot, but having to keep the ball in play as well. It was disappointing to see a lack of determination
to win. The 1st VI had a total of 7 inter-school fixtures with matches
Other Matches
cancelled against The Mount, Queen Margaret's and Durham. An easy 8-1 win over Scarborough College helped morale and a happier team began to win their matches. They started to play with determination and made every effort to win the rallies. Rhiannon and Lucy, as well as Helen and Laura had played Katherine and
U.14AVI
Charlie, both new to the 1st VI finished the season with some excellent scores, playing deep ground strokes and making few errors. Charlie's serve when working well! Was often unreturnable by the opposition. They continued their winning ways when playing doubles, and finished the season with excellent scores of 7-2 and 5-4 against Ampleforth and Bradford respectively. I was
26 June 2006 U.14AVI v Hymers
won
5-4
26 June 2006 U.14BVI v Hymers
won
7-2
26 June 2006 U.14C VI v Hymers
lost
3-6
U.14 Girls Tennis Report
particularly pleased that the UVIth played in all the matches after study leave began and proved to be a reliable and committed team.
For the second year in succession, we entered an 'A' and a 'B' team in the York Junior Team League, giving more of our girls the
The 1st VI played in the U18 fixtures, consisting of doubles and singles. They fared less well in the league, competing against strong singles players and the rubbers won were usually doubles. However, they gained valuable experience and had some closely
valuable experience of match play. We came up against two strong Tennis Clubs - Poppieton and Fulford who fielded some of the City's best performance players. Despite losing the majority of the matches, all were keenly contested and always closer than the score suggested. Our teams did better in their other three pair
contested sets.
matches beating both the Bradford school, Worksop and Hymers. Both 1st and 2nd teams had a settled squad with the majority
The Hymers matches were particularly enjoyable as we had to
of fixtures played by the same six players. The 2nd VI proved too
find eighteen girls who could hold a tennis racquet, and so fielded
strong for the opposition and won all their matches easily. As they
three teams. This gave more girls the opportunity to represent St
are still at school next year this should bode well for the strength
Peter's School in a tennis match!! Jolly good, girls.
of both 1st and 2nd squads. The 2nds had six fixtures, again with three cancelled. They won 50 sets and only lost four, an excellent result, with no weak links in the team. They played with determination from the start and were also a committed team, playing
Our squad consisted of ten girls who attended training every Monday teatime. Working with them was an absolute pleasure. The fact that many of them are coached outside of school was reflected in the high standard of their play. Enthusiasm was high,
during study leave.
and all of the girls worked hard throughout the season. They are MrsWM Shepherd
the strongest third years St Peters have had for several years and
Inter-House Tennis
years to come.
they have great talent and potential for play at Senior level in
No surprises in the early rounds, but with Grove seeded one
The following represented the U.14A Squad:
and Queen's, the holders, they had a point to prove! The final was extremely close, with the last rubber deciding the winners. Rhiannon and Lucy as 1st pair won all their matches to give
S.Worsman.T. Collingridge, O. Herrenschmidt, M. Peach, F. Cross, F. Campbell
Queen's the 5-4 winning score. The following represented the U.14B Squad: T. Binns, L. Newon, R.Dallas, A. Ward, L Doxey, C. Cecil
U.14 Girls Tennis Results York Junior Team Tennis League
The following also played: 2 May 2006
U.14 B
v Poppieton TC
lost
1-5
3 May 2006
U.14 A
v FulfordTC
lost
2-4
8 May 2006
U.14 A
v Pocktington
lost
1-5
B. Gardner, M. Hall, S. Gascoyne, S. Drake, C. Nelson, C. Prowde M Whitehead ;-2006 139
Girls Athletics
Rounders
The first event of the season was the Independent Schools'
There were fixtures at all age groups with a large number of girls
Athletics Championships. What a day! The worst weather I can
in the 3rd and 4th year having the chance to represent the
ever remember. Nonetheless some fine performances- for the
school.
Under 15's Harriet Scott came 2nd out of 17 in the 200m, throwing herself over the line to do so! Lauren Gibson jumped 1.35m in the high jump which was an excellent leap in the conditions. Emily Bollands, too, acquitted herself with a gritty 4th place in the 1500m. There were several injuries on the day which led to girls having to pull out of finals so the overall 11th out of 17 schools is no reflection of their standing. The Under 14s came 6th out of 18 teams, a good result. Sophie Worsman came 2nd in the
The Under 15's had an excellent season with the 'A' team winning all their matches. Their concentration improved remarkably throughout the term and the combination of Lottie Bennett (bowler), Sophie Hammill (backstop) and Annabel Pring (1st post) was very successful in the field. Harriet Slack made some excellent catches as well, and with powerful hitting from Harriet Scott, Laura Hourston and Sophie Hammill, they were unstoppable.
800m with a strong finish, Fi Campbell and Tamsin Collingridge
The Under 14's had a great start to the season and won all
3rd in high jump and discus respectively and Emma Binnian 4th
their games comfortably. They lost their final game where they
in the 200- all these out of 18 schools.
looked tired - exam fatigue had set in! Rosie Dallas and Bobby
Of the 10 girls who entered the York and District Trials Fi Campbell (200m), Tasmin Collingridge (Discus), Helen Buss (Javelin) and Fran Coleman (Long Jump) went through to the County Championships. All acquitted themselves well, producing their best performances of the season. There were 2 athletics matches, the first against Ampleforth, which we won 102-85. They performed extremely well winning 13 out of 18 events, the best of which were- Lottie Bennett (long jump), Cussie Aiken, Sophie Worsman, Rebecca Fletcher (800m),
Gardener were outstanding in their hitting and Tillie Binns showed tremendous progress in the field. Several combinations played, depending on other sports, so it was to their credit that all gelled so well. The seniors played some friendly games often on a 'sign up' basis, so although not managing many wins, they did very well against schools who had a practised senior team. In all fixtures the girls were a great credit. Their attitude and friendly demeanour made it a real pleasure to umpire.
Jess Elkington (1500m), Ciara Cecil (100m), Roxy Reeves (Javelin). In all these events they were a long way ahead of the competi-
Results Under 14: 26.4.06
V Queen Ethelburgas
H W
25-
The second match was against Queen Margaret's and was
29.4.06
V Barnard Castle
A W
19-
tougher but again there were some very good efforts, notably the
153.5.06
V Worksop
H W
19-10
storming Under 14 relay team anchored home by Fi Campbell,
7.6.06
V Worksop
A W
25-18
Ciara Cecil in the 100m, Rosie Dallas and Maddie Hall in the shot,
14.6.06
V Bootham
H W
34-1f
Rebecca Fletcher in the 800m and Louise Cammish in the javelin.
24.6.06
'A' V Harrogate Ladies Coll
H
L
18-27
24.6.06
'B1 V Harrogate Ladies Coll
H W
28-27
1.7.06
'A' V Queen Margarets
A
7-37
'B' V Queen Margarets
A
The final result was 126-104 to Queen Margaret's, but a good effort from all. The following girls represented Under 14's:
W
26-13
G.Aiken, E.Binnian, T.Binns, F.Campbell, C.Cecil, T.Collingride, H.Coulter, R.Dallas, J.Etkington, R. Gardener, M.Hall, L.Hawthorne, E.MacLeod, LNewton, M.Peach, S.Worsman.
The following girls represented the teams: E.Baker, V.Bew, E.Binnian, T.Binns, F.Campbell, C.Cecil, T.Collingridge, H.Coulter, F.Cross, R.Dallas, L.Doxey, S.Drake,
The following girls represented the Under 15's:
k.Fenton,
R.Gardener,
S.Gascoyne, M.Hall,
L.Hawthorne,
A.Ashworth, A.Bambridge, C.Bennett, E.Bollands, L.Cammish,
O.Herrenschmidt, C. Henwood, S. Ketteringham, A.Langford,
R.Fletcher, L.Gibson, S.Hammill, LHourston, R.Hunt, L.Kemp,
P. Mannion, E. Milligan, C.Nelson, L Newton, M. Peach, C. Prowde,
L.Mellor, R. Reeves, H Scott, H.Slack, F.Sim, G.Smith.
K.Robertson, K.Spencer, A.Ward, A.Worsman.
The Newman Athletics Trophy: Fiona Campbell. P. Fletcher
Results Under 15: 26.4.06
V Queen Ethelburgas
H
W
30-7
29.4.06
V Barnard Castle
A
W
31-10
V Worksop
H
W
25-
V Worksop
A W
14-9
3
17.6.06 24.6.06 1.7.06
140 The Peterite 2005-2006
'B' V Ampleforth V Harrogate Ladies Coll 'B' V Queen Margarets
D
13-13
H W
A
31-8
A
13-33
L
the opposition say to us, "Don't send us your best team, but put
The following girls represented the teams: R.Bairstow, A.Bambridge, C.Bennett, L Cammish, A. Fahy,
some reserves in". Sometimes it is difficult to gauge the opposi-
L.Frost, L.Crant, S.Hammill, R.Hopper, S.Houghton-Brown,
tion, and we have ended up losing an odd fixture or two because
LHourston, V.Kirsch, C. Mackellar, A. Pring, R.Reeves, H. Scott, H.
we haven't quite fielded a strong enough team!
Slack, R.Stasiak,V. Ward.
I would like to thank the current crop of talented U6th racquet players who we will miss on the squash courts. Rhiannon
House Rounders
Thomas was an enthusiastic Captain, and rallied her troops well.
This was the closest competition of the year with 6 houses tying on points at the end of the afternoon's play. Rounders difference was therefore calculated which not only took into account the houses that had scored well, but also good fielding to stop
We had some super, well fought matches, played in a competitive yet friendly spirit. The highlight of our matches is the Queen Margaret's match; in the return match we lost 2-3, with Alex Glatman losing 9-7 in the fifth.
rounders. Rise in particular were unlucky to miss going through to
Overall, well done girls. We do well to maintain our Senior
finals. In these Temple eventually won out against Queens by a
Squash Team. It is a sport where increasingly other schools have
rounder!
decided to drop it from their calendar, not being able to field teams for fixtures. 1st
Temple
2nd
Queens
3rd
School
4th
Grove
Mrs J M Whitehead
Swimming
P. Fletcher
After so many seasons where winning was a formality, this was a year where every result had to be fought for. The teams rose
Girls Squash
to meet the challenges with characteristic determination and improved noticeably over the two terms.
PLAYED 10
WON S
LOST 5
The seniors remained a strong and competitive group of swimmers. Alice Sunderland had knee problems and so was not at
26.09.05
Ashville
Away
Won
5-0
12.10.05
Ampleforth
Away
Won
5-0
02.11.05
Woodhouse Grove
Away
Won
6-4
admirable results at breaststroke, not her preferred stroke!
14.11.05
Harrogate College
Home
Lost
0-4
Catherine McTurk and Catriona Rajan had some great races too,
23.11.05
Queen Margaret's
Away
Lost
1-4
Catherine mainly on butterfly and freestyle and Catriona at
17.01.06
Harrogate College
Away
Won
4-2
backstroke and freestyle. Rebecca Jacobs, Amy Bowler and
25.01.06
Woodhouse Grove
Away
Lost
3-5
Katherine Francis all had several swims with commendable
22.02.06
Queen Margaret's
Home
Lost
2-3
01.03.06
Ampleforth
Home
Lost
2-3
27.02.06
Ashville
Home
Won
4-1
her best, but still managed to win with style and ease! Katherine Wackett swam very well on freestyle and also gained some
The U15's worked very hard and beat every school apart from The Mount who they lost to in their last match. However, this was with only two of their regular swimmers available with all others
The following girls represented the team: A. Glatman, R.Thomas, S. Cuthbertson, C. Buckley, E. Burton, H. Gray, L. Howard Reserves: F. Devlin, L. Buchanan, R. Webster, P. Cottingham, E. Hammill, L. Grant, S. Hammill, C. Davies, K. Nadin, K. Ng Colours were awarded to: A. Glatman, H. Gray, E. Burton, L. Howard
away fulfilling sporting commitments elsewhere. The team was a regular '4'. Emily Bollands and Rebecca Fletcher were both able to swim on a variety of strokes and had many good wins. A strong new addition to the team was Jess Fitzpatrick who likewise showed great versatility usually swimming backstroke and butterfly. Harriet Slack was the fourth member of the team whose characteristic breaststroke gave her some good results. Rachael Hopper, too, came on strongly in freestyle towards the end of the term.
Re-awards to: R.Thomas, C. Buckley, S. Cuthbertson The eight girls who swam for the U14's all acquitted This season was another good one, with seventeen girls repre-
themselves well, notably Fi Campbell on backstroke and freestyle,
senting St Peter's, and it was nice to see several new girls being
Sarah Askham on breaststroke and Frankie Cross on butterfly.
given the opportunity of matchplay. We are very grateful to York
Mention must be made of Maddie Hall and Jess Elkington, who
Squash Club and Bootham School for continuing to share their
improved greatly as the season progressed.
squash courts with us!! My thanks go to Rebecca Jacobs and Catherine McTurk who The popularity of squash both as a games option and
jointly captained the team in such a pleasant way. Also to all
matchplay remains strong and our standard of play is high. We
the swimmers who have 'stuck with it' despite the increasing
always have good strength in depth which is useful when some of
draw from other activities. The Peterite 2005-2006
The following girls represented the Snr A team
Results 22/9/05
28/9/05
6/10/05
14/11/05
v The Mount
A
v Ashville
v
A
Silcoates
A
v Harrogate College H
Lost Snr A SnrB U15 U14
133-171 30-46 28-48 48-28 27-49
Lost 94.5-109.5 Snr 36-32 U15 28.5 -39.5 U14 30-38
Won snr U15 U14
136-108 48-28 3R-30
JO Jw
44-32
Won 121.5-106.5 Snr 38.5-37.5 U15 50-26 U14 33-43
R.Jacobs** (Capt), C. McTurk** (Capt), A. Bowler*, K. Francis*, C. Rajan**, L. Storer, A. Sunderland**, K.Wackett**. ** Full Colours * Half Colours Snr B team A. Bowler, P. Cottingham, L. England, K. Francis, J. Mellor. UlSteam E. Bollands, R. Hopper, J. Fitzpatrick, R. Fletcher, H. Slack U14team R. Askham, F. Campbell, F. Cross, J. Elkington, C. Hall, M. Hall, O. Herrenschmidt, L. Newton
Girls House Swimming It was good to see a new house winning the competition this year. Clifton were strong in both senior and junior age groups and with finalists in all but two events, they were deserving winners. There were two new records from Alice Sunderland and one from
30/11/05
10/12/06
v
v
Bootham
A
Harrogate College A
Won Snr U15 U14
122-106 44-32 48-28 30-46
Won Snr U15 U14
107-97 31-37 41-27 35-33
Won Snr U15 U14
94-89 32-29 35-26 27-34
Won Snr U15 U14
142-86 43-33 48-28 51-25
Emily Bollands. 1st
Clifton
83 points
2nd
School
62 points
3rd
Rise
42 points
4th
Grove
30 points
P Fletcher The Fowler Swimming Trophy; C. McTurk and R.Jacobs
17/1/06
v
Harrogate College A
Bath and Otter Cup National Swimming Relay Championships It was a shame that due to public examinations neither
30/1/06
v Silcoates
H
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Catherine McTurk nor Rebecca Jacobs were available to swim. The team, however, trained well in lunchtimes and travelled down to London to take on the strongest schools from all over the country - this included some very good teams from Scotland and Ireland. After going to the wrong school in Croydon we hopped on the
6/2/06
v
Bootham
H
' 27/2/06
v Ashville
H
Won 131.5-96.5 Snr 47.5-28.5 U15 49-27 U14 35-41 Won Snr U15
101-51 51-25 50-26
same bus that had taken us to go 10 minutes in the other direction and finally reached our destination! They swam well and finished 11th out of 40 in the freestyle event and 15th in the Medley. No mean achievement when this is a national competition. The girls who swam were: Catriona Rajan Katherine Wackett Alice Sunderland
8/3/06
v The Mount
H
Lost Snr U15 U14
8/11/05 John Parry RelaysSenior Medley Relay Senior Freestyle Relay U15 Medley Relay U15 Freestyle Relay
The Peterite 2005-2006
104-126 46-30 27-49 31-47 2nd 2nd 5th :h 3rd
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Emily Bollands P Flatrhpr r. rltrlXIIci
The Cambridge Cup Jun Cross Country
Clifton
Dronfield
3
1
10
2
Grove
1
Sen. Cross Country Badminton
3
Squash Hockey
School
5
2
Temple
5
5
5
10
3
6
10
2
4
6
5
3
Netball (Jun)
2
Netball (Sen)
1
3
2
5
2
10
Rise
3
1
Swimming
Queens
2
6
4
Tennis
6
10
3
3
Rounders
1
3
2
5
35
31
38
21
Athletics
Not counted this year as only Juniors
Total
23
8
9
Winners: School
Sports Day Sports Day Boys Sports Day was scheduled for early June, however, the rain intervened. As a consequence not all of the age groups participated this year. The current 3rd and 4th Year competed against each other in there respective years. The competition took place on 30th June 2006.This time we were lucky with the weather and the competition ran smoothly. Two new school records were set. Chris Me Turk, Temple set a new record in the Junior 400M race, he broke A.Wilson's record set in 1981. Chris McTurk ran 55.2 beating A.Wilson's record of 57.2. Temple Junior Boys squad also set a new record in the Junior Relay, 51.6 beating the record set by school
Athletics Sports Results - Boys 2006 EVENT
WINNER
INTJAV
B.CROOK
ment. Many thanks to the grounds men for their hard work and to
JUN SHOT
the Friends of St Peter's who provided the drinks.
JUN LONG
No Boys Cups were presented, due to the changes in the
JUN 800
T.PUNNETT
T
2.19.2
format of the Day. House and School records were announced in
INT 800
J.CUST
G
2.15.12
assembly. The Friends of St Peter's Junior Middle Distance Cup was
INT SHOT
STEADMAN
M
10.47
awarded along with the Junior Sprint Cup for Girls.
JUN DISC
J.TANKARD
T
24.95
INT HIGH
R.CUTHBERTSON
G
1.74
JUN 100
C.McTURK
T
12.09
House in 1981 52.4. Robbie Cuthbertson equalled S.Gorman' s record of 55.2 for the Inter Boys 400M, which was a great achieve-
RJF
HOUSE TIME/DISTANCE
S
45.90
C.MACROSTIE
L
10.41
C.McTURK
T
4.68
Sports Day - Girls.
INT 100
R.DOWNEY
G
12.01
JUN HIGH
D.WOODS
T
1.45
INT DISC
J.LIOYD
L
29.50
INT LONG
R.DOWNEY
G
5.59
JUN JAV
D.WOODS
T
27.65
JUN 400
C.McTURK *
T
55.2
Jun Shot
The weather again foiled the first attempt but then after exams the juniors had a good competitive afternoon of events. The following were winners of their events: H.Scott
(S)
9.01m
Jun Longjump
C.Bennett
(S)
4.00m
jun Discus
G.Smith
(D)
18.80m
Jun Highjump
L.Gibson
(C)
1.35m
INT 400
R.CUTHBERTSON **
G
55.2
JUN 200
H.LEE
G
26.65
INT 200
R.CUTHBERTSON
G
24.6
JUN 1500
D.RAJAN
C
4.54.3
INT 1500
J.CUST
G
4.43.2
Jun Javelin
S.Hammill
(T)
20.55m
JUN RELAY
TEMPLE *
T
51.6
Jun 100m
C.Cecil
(C)
14.01 sec
INT RELAY
GROVE
G
48.6
Jun 200m
F.Campbell
(C)
28.4sec
Jun 300m
A.Aiken
(R)
49.2sec
Jun 800m
S.Worsman
(Q)
2.47.4min
1
'Jun 1500m
A.Aiken
w
5.38.3min
i
Jun Relay
School.
* New School Record ** Equalled School Record
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Winners of the House Athletics Competition were School (34 pts) with Rise close on their tails (31 pts). P. Fletcher