The Suttonian 1983

THE SUTTONIAN 1983

Editorial Committee: NICK HIRST LAURENCE LLOYD DAVID MACHIN JAMES PIPER JONATHAN THORNE

Cover: East Wall Mural, St. Peter's Chapel Photo: M. A. Palmer, O.S.

Volume 33

Number 8

Printed by the Brewster Printing Co. Ltd. The Common, Rochester

ACADEMIC STAFF 1983-84 HEADMASTER M. R. HAYWOOD, M.A., Edinburgh University (History) ASSISTANT MASTERS A. G. FOULKES, M.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; (Director of Music) R. E. HORN, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; (Modern Languages) A. R. DOUGLAS, M.A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; (Head of History; Careers Master) F. R. BALL, B.Sc., University of Manchester; (Head of Physics) R. F. BATES, B.Sc., University of Manchester; (Mathematics and Physics) R. D. CHANCE, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge; (English; Housemaster of St. Margaret's) M. F. BEAMAN, M.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; (Geography and History) J. McCORMICK, B.A., University College, Durham; (Head of Classics; Housemaster of Bennett; Librarian) K. M. SMITH, B.Sc., King's College, Durham, M.I.Biol.; (Head of Biology) D. W. TAYLOR, Loughborough Colleges; (Woodwork and Design) B. J. LITTLE, B.Sc., University of Kent, A.F.I.M.A.; (Head of Mathematics; Housemaster of Cornwallis) C. R. G. SHAW, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge; (Head of English; Housemaster of Lambe's) B. R. DAY, B.A., University of Exeter; (Head of Modern Languages; Housemaster of Holdgate) W. K. PIPER, B.A., B.Ed., Monash University, Australia; (English; Tutor of Founder's) J. B. HUGHES, B.A., University of Manchester; (Head of Economics) M. E. F. PETTMAN, M.A., University of Edinburgh; (Mathematics) The Rev. D. J. BARNES, Dipl.B. and R.S., Goldsmiths' College, London; (Chaplain) W. R. A. TAYLOR, B.Ed., University of Bristol; (Head of Art) D. PICKARD, B.Sc., Queen Mary College, London, F.R.G.S.; (Head of Geography; Tutor of Cornwallis) P. J. HARCOURT, M.A., Selwyn College, Cambridge, M.I.L.; (Modern Languages; Housemaster of Founder's) C. F. G. PARKINSON, B.A., St. John's College, Durham; (Economics; Housemaster of Westminster) M. A. GORDON, B.A., University of Leeds; (Modern Languages; Tutor of Lambe's) C. I. K. LALLYETT, BSc., D.I.C., Ph.D., Imperial College, London; (Biology; Tutor of St. Margaret's) R. M. SABINE, B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Southampton; (Head of Science; Tutor of Cornwallis) C. V. ATKINSON, B.A., Hertford College, Oxford; (English; Tutor of Westminster) K. M. EVANS, B.A., University of Bristol; (Assistant Director of Music) M. D. W. GADDES, B.A., Peterhouse, Cambridge; (Physics; Tutor of Lambe's) J. RENSHAW, B.Sc., University of Southampton; (Mathematics; Tutor of Bennett) Mrs. S. M. HAYWOOD, B.A., Open University; (English; Housemistress of Valence) N. D. ARGENT, B.A., Portsmouth Polytechnic; (Geography; Tutor of Founder's) J. L. R. POSNETTE, B.Ed.; Goldsmith College, London; (Science & Head of P.E.; Tutor of Westminster) T. M. WHITE, B.Sc., Unversity of Southampton; (Chemistry; Tutor of Holdgate) Mrs. M. A. POPAY, B.Sc., Bedford College, London; (Mathematics) Mrs. B. J. PIPER, Portsmouth and Medway Colleges; (Pottery)

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THE SCHOOL YEAR This has been the last year of male domination at Sutton Valence; we now await with anticipation the introduction of girls to School. Certainly, if this year is anything to go by, there will be no dearth of activities in which they can involve themselves. As a gentle prelude to the advent of girls we played a light hearted Hockey Match against Ashford Girls School in the Spring term; girls have been no strangers to Hunting Society events, and the renaissance that it experienced in 1982 has continued.

Despite our present involvement with local Girls' Schools, Sutton Valence Girls will have a valuable role to play in School society. For example, they will undoubtedly make the directors' of School dramatic productions task less of a headache when they try to cast female roles, though this has not prevented the production of two successful dramatic enterprises in the form of the 'Brass Butterfly' in the Autumn Term and Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado in the Spring Term, not forgetting the House Drama Festival and the Junior Play which gave us a foretaste of the future acting talent within the School. During the year we were visited by a number of distinguished visitors: Malcolm Muggeridge came in the Autumn Term and gave a 'controversial' discourse upon the role of Television in our society, whilst in the Summer Term the Archbishop of Canterbury came to celebrate Whit Sunday with us, and during an informative Industrial Conference Lord Gormley and Sir Richard O'Brien put before us the Union and Management views upon 'Our industrial future'. Sutton Valence's 'Social Scene' has also been active with a lucrative 'Race Night' which has helped to finance an expedition by senior boys to Iceland this Summer; there were also the familiar Sixth Form Dances held 'against' various girls schools (both home and away!), and the Hunting Society held its Ninth Annual Dinner, suitably in the King's Head! It has not, on paper, been a year for great sporting achievements, but two notable triumphs were the Rugby XV regaining the Abbot Trophy from Emanuel for the first time since 1969, and the retention by the Athletics Team of the Foundation Match Trophy. Finally the School has launched an Appeal to provide money for the expensive items at present on 'its shopping list', this includes a Sixth Form Centre in which members of the Senior School, both male and female, will be able to meet in relaxed surroundings in between the numerous activities recorded in these notes. In conclusion it seems that the School is presenting an optimistic aspect that bodes well not only for those of the 'fairer sex' but also for their male counterparts.

At the end of the Summer Term three members of the teaching staff left to take up appointments, all promotions, at other schools: after 14 years at Sutton Valence Graham Able has headed North to become Second Master at Barnard Castle School; George Anderson has joined, as head of Physical Education,

the relatively new, but flourishing, Leicester Grammar School, and Chris King has gone to Rendcomb College, Cirencester, to take charge of the Geography Department. We wish them all happiness and success in their new posts. Joining the School this Autumn are Mr. John Posnette B.Ed., as Head of P.E. and a member of the Science Department, Mr. Nicholas Argent B.A., as Geographer, and Mr. Trevor White B.Sc., a Chemistry graduate. We hope their association with Sutton Valence will be a long and happy one.

Internal moves have brought about a re-alignment of House Staff: Mr. C. F. G. Parkinson has been appointed Housemaster of Westminster and he is replaced as Resident Tutor of St. Margaret's by Dr. C. I. K. Lallyett, formerly a Tutor in Founder's House.

Mr. N. D. Argent takes over his responsibilities there.

Occupying the Lambe's House Tutor's eyrie in succession to Dr. R. M. Sabine, now Out-Tutor of Cornwallis, is Mr. M. D. W. Gaddes. Mr. J. Posnette is the new Out-Tutor in Westminster, while Mr. T. M. White joins the Holdgate 'House'-hold. All the Senior Boarding Houses now have, in addition to their resident House Staff, a living out tutor. Valence House, once Lambe's Junior Annexe, has been superbly decorated and converted into the girls' house, with Mrs. Stella Haywood as Housemistress and Mrs. Marjorie Popay as Tutoress.

The Matrons have also been on the move. Miss Rosa Martin has moved across the Prefects' Lawn to occupy Miss Emmy Kampenga's flat. Emmy retired in the Summer after six years at the School. Miss Martin's position in Westminster has been taken up by Mrs. Beryl Flint, formerly of Lambe's. Lambe's, whose East Wing has now, at last, been converted to house the Housemaster, is partly a Day Boy House with a new, non-resident, matron, Mrs. Margaret Knowles.

It was with sadness that we received the news of the death of Mr. Arthur George, for the last two years a member of the Ground Staff.

After 28 years at the School Mrs. Betty Norris has retired from her labours in the School Laundry, having for a long time been in very efficient charge of this clandestine department. Mrs. Ethel White also leaves us after 22 years' service as a School cleaner. Although actually an employee of Corral-Montenay, Mr. Bert Coomber (invariably pursued by his little dog) has been a very familiar figure about the School and he retires after seven years of maintaining the School's oil-fired boilers. We wish them all a very happy retirement.

Our good wishes, too, go with Miss Tina Wood, S.R.N. Sanatorium Sister for the Summer and Autumn of 1982. The interval between Sister Wood's departure and the arrival of the new Sister, Miss Hilary Wooderson S.R.N., was very ably filled by Miss Fiona Orr, S.R.N., who left us to take up a new nursing career with the mentally handicapped.

L. P. Lloyd

GRAHAM ABLE When Graham Able arrived at Sutton Valence from Cambridge University in the autumn of 1969, having just married Mary a month previously, it was soon very clear that he was going to make a very big impact on life in the School in many different ways. As one now looks back on the fourteen years during which he has so richly served the School, it is equally certain how accurate those early predictions about him were.

In those early days he quickly established himself as a highly capable teacher of Chemistry and he has played a large part in the progressively successful results at both `0' and 'A' level in the subject, well reflected in the two awards and three places at 'Oxbridge' that have been achieved recently by boys studying Chemistry.

As House Tutor, Graham quickly realised his potential as imparter of sound wisdom and as pastoral counsellor; together with Mary, he founded a partnership that became an integral part of Lambe's and one which many boys turned to for friendship and advice. Following seven years as a Tutor, he was appointed Housemaster of Westminster in 1976. Their two children, Richard and Lisa-Maria had by then arrived and Westminster became a family House in more senses than one. Graham continued with the House parents' evenings initiated by his predecessor, Richard Horn, but I beleive that one of his particular gifts was in handling 'difficult' boys who might otherwise have floundered completely without his guidance. Such was his zealous concern for the wellbeing of boys in his boarding house, that he began a comprehensive study, involving both Westminster and St. Margaret's, that strove to discover the relationship between boys' social development and their House environment. He wrote a thesis on this subject, which has recently been accepted by Durham University for an M.A. On the games side, Graham's contribution has been quite outstanding. He ran the Hockey for eleven years, maintaining and developing the standards set by Patrick MacIlwaine in the late fifties and sixties. He built up a stronger fixture list, organised a home hockey festival,

besides several tours, and he has ensured that Sutton Valence are invited to the Oxford Festival every other year. The 1973 and 1977 sides were formidable ones indeed. In addition, he was responsible for selecting the Kent Under 15 Hockey side between 1974-76 and was Secretary of the Kent Schools Hockey for several years.

On the Cricket side, he had two spells in charge. The first, between 1971-76, included the Mark Benson era, a player who responded ideally to Graham's way of coaching. The second, from 1980-83, saw the best season (1982) the School has probably ever had when 12 games were won and six drawn out of eighteen, the outstanding players, Mark Russell-Vick and Alistair Shaw, benefiting immensely from Graham's tutelage.

In other fields he was a valuable member of the Planning and Chapel committees and, as if this was not enough, Graham also played a large part in the School Drama as Stage Manager and Lighting expert.

Mary, it has been obvious to all, has thrown herself heart and soul into the life of Sutton Valence and has throughout been a dedicated supporter of all that Graham has undertaken. She has supplied the more sensitive half of the partnership, especially in the pastoral work of the two boarding houses in which she has lived and graciously entertained so many of us.

Besides her contribution as Housemaster's wife, she taught Geography at Sixth Form and Form Two levels in the early seventies, while she gave up a considerable portion of her own time, when teaching at other Schools including Underhill and Maidstone Girls Grammar School and running her own nursery group, to help out in the Music Department, with instruction in both the oboe and music theory.

It really was not surprising to hear in March that Graham, in a very competitive field, had been offered the post of Second Master at Barnard Castle School in County Durham. Both he and Mary will leave gaps that will be hard to fill and we shall miss them both immensely. We wish them and their family much happiness and success in the future.

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GEORGE ANDERSON

CHRIS KING

In his five years at Sutton Valence, George Anderson has contributed greatly to school life. His enthusiastic approach has been much appreciated by pupils and colleagues alike, both on the games field and in the classroom.

The athletics teams have been extremely successful under his guidance and his coaching of rugby football has given a marvellous example to others by concentrating on skills and commitment within the laws whilst utterly condemning the deliberate cheating and foul play which is, alas, now mistakenly encouraged by lesser men.

George has been responsible for the introduction of Agricultural Science as an '0' level course and his contribution to the Science Department will be missed, as will the variety he has introduced into P.E. lessons.

As well as Agricultural Science, the yearly `Superstars' tournament will always be associated with George Anderson, who has been its chief architect and administrator since its inception.

Westminster House, too, will be much the poorer for his departure. First as resident and latterly as nonresident House Tutor, George has contributed greatly to the ethos of the House, and his high standards and sensitive appreciation of problems have made him respected and liked by all. His advice has been invaluable to me on numerous occasions.

We wish George every happiness and success at Leicester Grammar School, who are gaining a dedicated teacher and a loyal, highly valued colleague whose impish sense of humour will long be remembered with great affection in the Sutton Valence Common Room.

G.G.A.

Chris King came to Sutton Valence in September 1979. He had read geography at Hatfield College, University of Durham and after a period with the Wessex Water Authority had returned there, having decided to become a schoolmaster, to do a year's teacher-training. He quickly made his mark at the School, both in the classroom, where he was an enthusiastic and stimulating teacher, and on the gamesfield, where his natural sporting ability enabled him to give expert coaching in all the major sports. The recent growth of interest in Fives and the excellence of School teams in the last two or three years owe much to his support and expertise. He was also active in the Corps, which he joined shortly after his arrival. In his last year he showed that he was something of an impressario, when he organised and hosted the 'Icelandic Race Night', a function whose primary intention was to raise money towards the cost of taking a party of boys on a geographical field trip to Iceland. It raised both money and some very high spirits; many a shirt was placed, in one instance quite literally, on a celluloid horse in pursuit of gains from the 'turf', and the evening brought together staff, parents and friends in an atmosphere of great conviviality. The trip itself, reported on another page, achieved all its objectives and provided a fitting swan-song to Chris' time at Sutton Valence.

He was a valued colleague, and we shall miss his dry, occasionally tart sense of humour. We shall also miss his very attractive wife Liz, and wish them both much success and happiness at Rendcomb College where Chris has become Head of Geography.

D.P.

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MISS EMMY KAMPENGA MISS LORNA EMMETT S.R.N. In June 1977, the School was advertising the post of House Matron in St. Margaret's House: a month later the then Matron of Westminster House abruptly quit her duties and there were thus two vacancies to be filled.

At about the same time the Royal Masonic School, Bushey, had been forced to close down and two of the Matrons from there, one Spanish and one German, were in the process of seeking fresh employment. It was fortunate for us that the events coincided, for by August of the same year, Emmy Kampenga had been appointed Matron of St. Margaret's House (under Keith Smith) and her close friend, Rosa Martin, became the new Matron of Westminster.

Emmy, who has been my House Matron for the past five years, was a most efficient, helpful and caring person. Her hallmark was a constant desire for high standards of tidiness, cleanliness and self-discipline and for this she was much respected by all the boys under her care, even though it took them a while to understand how persistent she could be and even though they did not always readily accept her meticulous attention to detail. She showed a very obvious concern for the boys as individuals, however, and especially for those new boys who needed a sympathetic ear to listen to their fears and worries.

Her periods of relaxation were spent in listening to music (Mozart is an especial favourite of hers) and in walking in and around the village of Sutton Valence with her friend, Rosa. It must be of some considerable consolation to her to know that her flat next year will be occupied by Rosa who has moved across the lawn from Westminster to become House Matron of St. Margarets as from September 1983. We all wish Emmy much happiness in her retirement to her native Germany.

R. D. Chance

Lorna Emmett arrived at Sutton Valence in the Lent Term of 1976 following the retirement of Sister Terry at the end of the previous year. She was appointed, in the first instance as temporary Sister, having previously done a great deal of Private Agency Nursing, to tide us over until a permanent appointment could be made.

However, she found herself thrown in at the deep end when a 'flu virus spread rapidly through the School, but she coped so magnificently with the epidemic that she was offered the job on a permanent basis in the summer. It turned out to be a wise decision, for Lorna served our community most loyally and devotedly until her retirement in July 1982. The welfare and good health of the boys was her first priority and, if at times she seemed over fussy or Housemasters 'quaked' on the other end of the telephone at the sound of her voice, we all knew in our hearts that Lorna was only showing concern for the immediate problem confronting her, i.e. doing all she could to cope with a boy's illness or injury as efficiently as possible.

She has now retired to her home in Woodchurch, continuing to be an active member of the Caravan Club and to enjoy listening to music. She has, in fact, been a regular visitor to the Sutton Valence Music Society over the past year and will always be most welcome here amid an environment she cared for very deeply.

R. D. Chance

SALVETE St. Margaret's Ahmad Samer, ma.

Ahmad Haitham, mi.

Badman Neil Barber Justin Belfrage Crispian Carlsen Christian Dailey Bashiru Farrant Rupert Fung Gar Kui Fung Lim Chung Hart Adam Jardine Neil Moir Stuart Okesanjo Kayode Oppen James Pomeroy Edward Prall Robert Sharaf Basel Trindade (half-term)

Bennett Bishop Christopher, mi.

Brocklebank Quentin, mi.

Chapman Bertie Cubison Timothy Daddow Justin Grove Peter Marchant Timothy McCarthy Gregory Putt Christopher (left half-term) Raja Robin, mi.

Westminster Bickley Jeffrey Bristow Jason, mi.

Congdon David Fenton Edward Harding Nicholas Huen Kit Wa Ma Peter Martin Edward Robson Jeremy Yeung Kevin K. T. Yeung Shu Fan Doree Christopher, mi.

Founder's Bampton Timothy Bills James Bishop Mathew, ma.

Brocklebank Justin, ma.

Butcher Giles Chapman Damian Deane Daimian Fox Russell Ostenton Philip Paternoster Charles

Cornwallis Chan Alan K. L. Courtney Roger Goorney Bruce Lo Henry C. H. Quartey Brian Rogers Adrian Tsui G. Kin, ma.

Tsui G. Wai, mi.

Turpin Nicholas 8

Lambe's (Boarders) O'Brien Timothy Palmer Mark (Day Boys) Betts Ian Gill Simon Lister Guy Holdgate Fontein Maurits Griva Nigel, mi.

Kamanyire Robin, mi.

Miles Andrew, mi.

Robinson David Aylmer Atekpe Ellis Gotke Christopher Jarrett Adam Johnson Lawrence, mi.

Poll Alexander van Gyseghem Jean

VALETE Cornwallis August J. E. Beach M. J. Beech C. F. Chantler T. A. Coate R. D. Daniel W. R. J. Dartnell T. Harris A. C. Harris S. P. Ho T. K. T. Lloyd L. P. Quartey B. Rothenberger M. Tinley D. J. Wong M. C. K.

St. Margaret's Abudu A. ma.

Brake N. A. Brown M. R. Dodson L. V. T. Hills S. R. Kinghorn T. H. McGinty A. J. Richardson J. F. W. Westminster Cornell C. E. J Court A. R. Gray M. S. Grundy I. H. Hagan M. Humphreys S. P. Hunt I. M. Millar A. N. Rubin P. J. Siewert D. Thomas R. S. H. Tyley A. J. Ward R. K. Willett E. P. Zia A.

Founder's Anderson P. R. Archdale I. R. Belfrage D. A. Dean-Hughes C. E. Gedney B. W. Green R. T. W. ma.

Jackson N. A. Jenner I. P. ma.

Jones G. P. Kingsland S. J. ma Machin D. 0.

Millington-Buck M. E. Mortley J. R. Rowley A. P. C. Saint B. H.

Lambe's Ainsworth M. J. H. Curtis D. G. Eckley C. E. C. Graham V. R. Guy D. A. Henderson L. S. Hinde F. G. A. Richter A. J. Town J. Townsend S. R. Ward N. J.

Aylmer van Gyseghem J. L. L.

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member of the Guild of Glass Engravers; we are indebted to them for the immense amount of time, care and interest they have given to the project, and for the superb results. Special mention must also be made of the hours of devoted work spent on the wall-decoration

by Mr. Maskell, of Messrs. A. T. Palmer Ltd; he had to translate the original design, on paper, on to the great areas of the wall, and the effectiveness of the whole is in no small part due to his care and devotion to his work.

It is our hope that it will provide a spiritual focus and an inspiration to generations of Suttonians, and we shall be delighted if Old Boys, their families and friends, would make a point of coming to see it.

CHAPEL NOTES The East Wall For several years, we have debated and discussed what should adorn the east wall of the Chapel, and now at last the discussion may end. During the summer vacation, an extremely impressive mural decoration was completed, and it gives to the Chapel a distinct and unique work of art which has already received considerable favourable comment.

The mural consists of a series of engraved glass panels, mounted in frames against the wall, and set within a painted background which acts as a link for the various subjects of the engravings. The central panel is a representation of the Risen Christ, with arms extended in a gesture of welcome; above this is a panel depicting the hands of God the creator, and below is an engraving of Canterbury Cathedral, the mother-church of the Diocese, over which hovers the Dove, a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The three central panels thus enshrine the three Persons of the Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The side panels show scenes from the life of St. Peter, in whose honour our Chapel is dedicated. The four scenes are 'Feed my Sheep', Peter's Confession, The Denial, and Peter's Martyrdom. Below these panels are two pictures of wheat and grapes, reminders of the Great Service of the church — the Eucharist; these are close to the High Altar, where, under the forms of bread and wine, Christ is received by his faithful followers in the sacrament of the Holy Communion.

The mural was designed by Brian Thomas, OBE (Mr. Thomas has designed windows for St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and many other famous buildings), and the glass panels were engraved by Hugh Whitwell, a

* * * Confirmation 1983 At a Confirmation Service held in the Chapel on Sunday, 5th June, the Bishop of Maidstone confirmed the following boys: (A) John Miller Ellis Atekpe (C) James Bills (F) Chris Nathan (C) Marc Cooper (W) James Oppen (M) (M) Gareth Evans Mark Palmer (L) Nicholas Griva (H) Simon Palmer (W) Nigel Griva (H) Alexander Poll (A) Robert Harrison (L) Edward Ramus (C) Adam Jarrett (A) Jeremy Robson (W) Robie Kamanyire (H) Adrian Rogers (C) Guy Lister (L) Jonathan Worsfold (L) Elliott Lloyd (H) Visit of Archbishop of Canterbury We were delighted to welcome our Visitor, His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury, to our Chapel on Whit Sunday, 22nd June. The Archbishop celebrated the Eucharist and preached the Sermon.

Mr. Hugh Whitnell, M.S.G.E., engraving the glass panel depicting 'The Hands of God The Creator'.

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The materialism of it all is so pure that it refines itself into a kind of spirituality . . . everything Bond touches must be of the biggest and the best.

Nor is Greed an offence in Bond's world. The rich are entitled to inherit the earth, and only when one of them wants the lot is his fate sealed. . . . So James Bond has become the god-like symbol of the greedy, grabbing, violent, materialistic world in which we live.

The nearest Bond ever gets to what we might call conventional morality is his patriotism — but even then, he kills in the national interest as an act of blind, unquestioning obedience, never once questioning the judgement of his anonymous master. Possibly because a conscience can't be bought over Harrod's counter!

Now God knows that I'm no Jeremiah, and that I like to enjoy myself as much as the next guy, but it's as plain as a pikestaff: James Bond is the complete opposite of everything the Christian Gospel stands for. He Kills without remorse, He Loves without commitment, he Spends Life without replenishing it. Bond is a supersinner with an almost magnetic attraction for a generation which finds the Church and its Saints either puzzling, irrelevant, or just plain boring. Much as my own kids will hate me for saying so, it has to be stated, in Biblical terms, James Bond is anti-Christ. Take all his qualities and values, and then list their opposites, and you'll find the nearest embodiment of everything James Bond doesn't stand for in the person of Jesus Christ.

So at least the Church knowg what it's up against, as it goes about its task of commending Jesus to the millions of folk who follow with envy and excitement the exploits of the stylish non-man in the Savile Row suit. Ian Fleming has done us a service, he has identified for us the enemy who has taken possession of the dream-life of our generation. For it is neither to the intellect nor to the emotions that the Christian Faith must make its initial appeal, but to the imagination.

SERMON PREACHED AT SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL 7th November 1982 By the Reverend Geoffrey Sidaway (Vicar of St. Martin's Maidstone) I see that the late, great, Ingrid Bergman was beaten into second place in the ratings last Sunday night as 007 took the nation by storm with his 'From Russia With Love'. Even my own family were glued to the 'box' for the duration and I guess that even I have to admit that I quite enjoy a good James Bond, if only for the stunts!

But when I manage to escape from Ian Fleming's magic circle and examine his work a bit more closely, I realise that he wasn't just writing escapist literature. He was holding up a mirror to our society, so that things as they really are, magnified and distorted perhaps, stare us in the face.

James Bond, perhaps we could even call him the patron saint of our time, transforms vices into virtues by the sheer verve with which he pursues them, without conscience, and on a scale that almost numbs the reader's critical faculties.

Take Cruelty: Bond suffers and inflicts extreme physical and mental pain, described with almost scientific exactitude, blow by blow, spasm by spasm, scream after scream. And it is all rendered morally acceptable by the fact that Bond, the good guy, can absorb more agony than his enemies. But then, I would pose the question, can you really hurt a hollow-man?

Then Snobbery: Bond would rather die than smoke a cheap cigarette, drive a mass-produced car, make love to a plain woman, or wear an off-the-peg suit. Everything from his custom made shoes to his souped-up cars are the essential element of a life-style into which nothing ordinary or pedestrian is allowed to intrude.

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Visit of The Archbishop of Canterbury: Whit Sunday, 1983.

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HOUSE REPORTS WESTMINSTER HOUSE

ST. MARGARET'S HOUSE

1982/83 was a year at the end of which the boys of Westminster had to say farewell to three long-serving members of the staff. Mr. George Anderson left us to take up a position at Leicester Grammar School, and our Matron, Miss Rosa Martin, to the surprise of the House, left us to try to convert the 'barbarians' across the lawn in St. Margaret's into Bournvita addicts. We are sorry to lose her and are grateful for her unfailing kindliness and good humour. Our loss is definitely their gain. The most surprising news of the year was Mr. Able's announcement that he would be leaving Westminster and Sutton Valence at the end of the year to become Second Master at Barnard Castle School. All those who had the privilege to be a member of his house in the last seven years will want to join me in paying tribute to his dedication, enthusiasm and approachability. We shall miss both him and his family and wish them every happiness in their new surroundings.

As usual, Westminster dominated the sporting scene.

The traditional 'enemy', Cornwallis, was well beaten in the House Rugby Final, despite the literary jousting between B.J.L. and G.G.A. on house notice-boards in the run-up to the Final. We were, too, unbeatable at Squash and Fives, the credit for our success in these two sports going very much to Thomas, Siewert, Court, Millar and Grundy, who have now, unfortunately, left us. This just may give other houses some chance this coming year. The house, again, won the Swimming and Water Polo Cups and the Inter-House Hockey Tournament. The Athletics Finals were very close, however, with Cornwallis and St. Margaret's providing tough competition, but Westminster clinched the title in the very last race.

It has not all been sport, fun and games, however, and it can be said that, academically, the house has been very active, too. Sporting success is necessary for the maintenance of house spirit and as an inspiration to new boys, so we hope that, inspite of a promising Founder's contingent on the games fields this coming year, we can win something. We wish Mr. Parkinson and his family success and happiness in Westminster. Some might say he has a difficult 'number' to follow, but if the sadness of St. Margaret's in losing him is anything to go by, then I think we have gained a very good successor to Mr. Able.

I cannot conclude this report without a mention of the Three A's (Able, Anderson and Atkinson) brilliant performance of 'A Day in the Life of Westminster House', a cabaretic tour de force that will remain long in the memory of all who witnessed it.

Nick Hurst

This has been a fairly successful year in which our main achievements were gained on the sports field. We very nearly won the House Athletics Championship and, although 'pipped' in the last race by Westminster, it was very heartening to see what enthusiasm could be generated when we caught a sniff of a possible victory.

We did win, however, the Rugby, Hockey and Tennis Leagues, and we gave our opponents a hard time in both the Rugby and Hockey House Competitions. Our Rugby Senior XV this coming season could be very strong, so it is not being over-optimistic to think that we might win a major sport at senior level.

In the retirement of Miss Emmy Kampenga, our Matron for the the last six years, the house loses a friend who always pursued the highest standards in her organisation of both the domestic side of our lives and the care of the unwell, lonely and bewildered. We thank her for her contribution over the years and wish her a very happy retirement in her native Emdem, North Germany. Her friend, Miss Rosa Martin, will be replacing her. Another member of the house staff on the move, though only across the lawn, is Mr. Chris Parkinson, who has been elevated to house-magisterial ranks as 'C.O.' of the Westminster H.Q. We wish him and his family much happiness in their new home, but it will not be the same seeing 'Lucy' sporting the favours of our traditional 'enemy'. We also lose our out-tutor, Mr. Mark Gaddes, who, on getting married (Congratulations, sir!), moves into the Lambe's married tutor's flat. As very acceptable compensation, however, we shall be welcoming Dr. Keith Lallyett, whose fiery Welsh temperament has performed such marvels in the training of School Cross-Country and Athletics teams.

We look forward to that celtic ardour activating our own runners and athletes.

The Summer Term, with its prospects of long sunny afternoons, white flannels and ice-poles, also has its sadder aspects: examinations and the parting with old friends. We hope all our leavers will have been successful and wish them well in their future lives. The best news we have to report is the return to health of Mr. Chance. The house wasn't the same without him and he was missed — by everyone.

James Piper

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All in all this has been a good year for Founders. At last we won a major house-match final, and provided tough opposition at all times, while culture and house spirit are present whenever they are needed.

On the sports field, Cornwallis have been our 'bogey' team. With a little bit of luck, they beat us 9-7 in the Rugby semi-final and, agonisingly, on penalties in the Hockey semis, as well as pipping us in the Baton Race.

However, we gained sweet revenge in the Cricket.

After beating Westminster (J. P. Sunnucks 116), we met Cornwallis in our first House final since 1978. Our score of 134 (J. P. Sunnucks 51) proved sufficient when the Cornwallis innings was played a week later. Cornwallis seemed to be coasting at 82-2 but then the mighty Coate was out and nothing could stop the day-boys' march, Paul Sunnucks ending the game with a hat-trick. This was our first win in the Cricket Final since 1971, and at last the Cornwallis curse was laid.

Culturally our progress continues. Paul Windsor produced a fine House Play with notable performances from Guy Chapman and Gavin Sturdy. The 'old hands', Machin and Thorne, were prominent in 'The Brass Butterfly', and this redoubtable duo also achieved the ultimate day-boy triumph: defeating a Hunting Society motion that 'This House believes that day-boys are apathetic', in spite of not one other day-boy being present.

All in all, the Machin year has passed quite peacefully, bar latterly an epidemic of broken windows!

Discipline has been maintained, with Marcus Stevens striking fear and loathing into the LIV. The Vth form have provided entertainment and consternation to the UVI and PJH, although two of them, Sturdy and Kingsland were superb in the House Athletics.

We reluctantly part with Dr. Lallyett, who follows an ex-Founder's supremo into St. Margaret's. Our loss is very much their gain and we thank him for all that he has done as House Tutor.

It is sad that so few day-boys actually get involved in the wide variety of school activities that occur after 6 O'clock. Those who do derive much enjoyment from their pursuits and find out that boarders aren't as bad or tough as they think.

Still, this has been a year of optimism for the house and I hope that this is continued in future years.

D. Machin

We returned at the beginning of the year to the familiar sight of Cornwallis swathed in scaffolding.

However despite the exterior decline, inside the house has continued to thrive. Academically we have had a particularly busy year, with twelve 'A' Level candidates and over twenty five at '0' Level. Nick Miles and Ian West are our prospective Oxford entrants this year, and Adisola Abudu gained an Exhibition to the School.

The house had three School Prefects this year and a fluctuating number of House Prefects. Extramurally, we had a successful house play in the Autumn term with our typically large cast ably controlled by Pietro Marino and Tim Bowcock. We were also well represented in the School productions of the 'Brass Butterfly' and the `Mikado'. Laurie Lloyd was again the Hunting Society Chairman and was supported by five other senior debaters in the House.

Characteristically, we shone on the sports field.

Despite losing the Rugby House match in the final against our old rivals 'Ponts', we won the House Sevens Tournament against all the odds; the Juniors also won the Squash Cup. In the Spring Term we narrowly conceded the Hockey Cup on penalty flicks in the final, whilst the Basketball Trophy and a good united effort enabled us to win both the Cross Country Cup and the prized Baton again. In the Summer Term our trend of reaching the finals, but not winning was repeated when Founders beat us in the Cricket. Sadly owing to injury Chris Beech was unable to repeat the 50 runs that he had made in the semi-final round. We won the Tennis House Match and, also, Adrian Moll won the Individual Tennis title. Finally, we came second overall in the Swimming in what was one of the closest fought contest seen at the school. Our overall success was particularly commendable, as we were dogged by injuries: Toby Dartnell had a cartilage operation on his knee, Richard Coate a broken foot and other injuries included a broken arm and nose.

This year the house says 'good-bye' to sixteen leavers, with five University hopefuls, one Sandhurst entrant, and the rest going to various colleges.

As usual the house has had a friendly atmosphere and it looks forward to another successful year in '84.

Chris Beech & Laurie Lloyd

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HOLDGATE HOUSE

This was a significant and interesting year for Lambe's. After many years with a handful of Day Boys — mostly ex-Boarders — the house took in a significant number of Day Boys to help relieve the pressure in Founders. For the foreseeable future. therefore, Lambe's will be a mixture of Boarders and Day Boys, probably with a slight majority of the former.

Those who had been in the house for a number of years viewed the change with some scepticism at first, but it is my belief that the new format in the house worked well in its first year and that it will continue to do so, with advantages to be had by both sides. One indirect cause of the change was the necessity for Valence to be empty of boys so that it could be made ready for the girls in September 1983; so there were no `lambs' across the road this year, though their housemaster remained in isolation for this year. . It was not a successful year in terms of sporting trophies, though this had nothing to do with the changes; indeed in many of the competitions the house was second or third best and lacked the outstanding competitors who might have tipped the scales. There were some good individuals — the Ward brothers in Squash and Swimming, David winning the Under 16 Squash singles for the second year; Blake Morris, the Kent Under 15 1500 metre champion, in Athletics — but overall it was a year of honest endeavour rather than brilliance. What was most pleasing was the spirit of the house in all these things; nobody ever gave up.

It was a fairly ordinary year' ear in most ways, though the 5th form promise to do exceptionally well in the '0' level exams. Finlay Hinde played the title role in 'The Mikado', adding in his own soft-shoe (!) shuffle in the last performance.

As always the end of the year sees the departure of some old friends, too many to mention them all, but `Professor' Richter will be missed when the next eclipse takes place — what a pity it was raining last time. Many thanks are due to David Curtis for helping to make this a happy year; thanks also go to Beryl Flint, who goes to Westminster as Matron to make room for C.R.G.S. and family, and to Ray Sabine for his hard work as Tutor over the past two years.

C . R. G. S.

This year, instead of having an overflow of customers lodged in a dorm in Valence House, the extra men became Aylmer House, and joined us for toast at Break, Current Affairs Quizzes, Sponsored Pancake making and Sports.

For once Mr. Day and the boys agreed on who should be head of Holdgate: Nicholas Griva, who came to the post with a reputation amongst his peers for total fairness. He has quietly and ably led a happy and successful House, and was very competently aided by Fela Akoni and Stuart Reid.

The creation of Forms 3A and 3B in January helped `A' Dorm's academic achievement enormously, and they gave a shining example to the rest of the House in effort in the classroom.

As a House we have continued to sponsor a Kenyan girl's living and education via Action Aid. Much of this money has been found by working hard in Break twice a week and making pancakes, flapjacks and Soda Streams. We thank Bennett House in particular for being such loyal supporters of this.

Good team effort from all the House did not quite pull off wins in Table Tennis, Cricket (4 runs needed to win and the last man in!!) and Athletics, but we did manage to win the Junior Hockey, Swimming, Cross Country and, very convincingly, the Baton Race.

We take this opportunity to thank all the 'Prefects' who have so nobly taken us for Prep, Brian our Porter for his unfailing enthusiasm and.efficiency and Caroline for keeping our House so clean.

We congratulate Mr.King on surviving 2 years as our House Tutor (double the time of anyone else in five years!). We are sorry to lose him, but wish him every success in his new job. We welcome Mr. White as our new Tutor and look forward to persuading him to do lots of soccer with us.

In all, we have had a very happy and successful year.

B. R.D.

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This summer has so far has not helped and I am reminded of Sir Anthony Eden's story of his father who got angry with a barometer hanging in the hall which persisted in saying 'set fair' when it was pouring with rain outside. He picked it up and hurled it out of the front door saying `Go and look for yourself, you fool'.

One thing that strikes me every morning is how lovely the School grounds and gardens are: Ron Ledger and his staff do a wonderful job in keeping them so well and Holden's main building, surrounded by gardens which testify to Bert Vousden's care, despite the slugs and weeds of 1983, must provide one of the most attractive school settings in England, while the Upper is the envy of 'less happier cricket clubs'.

This year, sadly, we say goodbye to some old friends.

Emmy Kampenga is retiring after looking after boys in St. Margaret's for six years. She has been a wonderful Matron there — efficient and, to use a grossly abused word, caring.

We wish her a happy and, knowing her, a busy time in the future. We will also miss Fiona Orr who has quickly won our hearts as a temporary Sister.

On the teaching side Chris King is leaving for Rendcomb College where he has been appointed Head of the Geography Department. He has played a most active part in the School, as a geographer, on the games field, in the Corps, as a House tutor, and in so many other ways. His swan song is to be a field trip to Iceland in the holidays and we are sure that this and his future in Gloucestershire with Liz will both be highly successful.

George Anderson has been a tower of strength in so many ways and I know he has the respect and affection of all at Sutton Valence. He is to become Head of Physical Education at Leicester Grammar School and they are lucky to have him.

Success in Athletics at Sutton Valence has been largely due to him and he has also been a splendid Tutor in Westminster. We will miss him immensely in all ways.

Fourteen years ago Graham Able arrived, an idealist, gifted in teaching Chemistry and on the games field. Now Graham goes as Second Master at Barnard Castle School, and, I am happy to say, he is still an idealist after his years at Sutton Valence. He has played a large part in developing the success in Chemistry here and also coaching some outstanding teams in Cricket and Hockey. But it is as Housemaster of Westminster that his talents have been best displayed — a conservative innovator (if that is possible), he has made a happy and homogeneous House. Here he has been aided so much by Mary, who has a remarkably large number of talents without losing any of her charm. We wish them all happiness and success in the frozen north.

As to the future, this looks promising and we look forward especially to the introduction of girls next year. Although we are — and I think rightly — starting in a modest way, we hope and believe we have taken the right step. Certainly the girls I have interviewed in the last week for Scholarships have been charming and intelligent — can one ask for more? I hope some of you will have seen the accommodation which is being provided for the girls in Valence House. At the moment this is on the ground floor only, but in time we hope that the whole house will be in use.

Life gets very complicated, with a multiplicity of Certificates boards, and endless forms for earnest statisticians. We contribute a good deal to that growth area in Britain, the Health and Safety Industry. This regards sane people as idiots and schoolboys as geriatric cases, and the School has to spend thousands of pounds to calm the fears of a sinister body of faceless sociologists.

When I came here 28 years ago I found Sutton Valence a very happy school — and a happy school I think it still is.

ACTING HEADMASTER'S SPEECH Speech Day 1983 When I told the School that the Headmaster would be away ill for a time, an Upper IV boy said to me 'Will you be making the Speech on Speech Day, sir?' I said it looked as if I would. `Not one of those long and boring ones' he said. I told him it might be boring, but it wouldn't be long. I was reminded, in fact, that the first two Speech Days when I was at school were presided over by an elderly gentleman who was the last surviving son of Queen Victoria. I can remember nothing of his speeches, but I do remember that he was brief. I feel that this was a good precept laid down by a godson of the great Duke of Wellington.

On the whole we have had a quiet year with steady development in all ways. With the departure of some fine players (e.g. Mark Russell-Vick who won the Wetherhall Prize for the outstanding Public School cricketer of 1982) we have had a modest, but satisfactory year, with success especially in Fives and Cross-Country and in Athletics where we have won the Foundation match for the fourth year running. We have enjoyed some good stage performances, especially in The Mikado where Peter Willett seemed to have put on the mantle of Martyn Green. The Careers lectures, the skiing trips, the concert, the debates and dances have all gone well. The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, having languished for a bit, now has plenty of entrants. The Corps develops with a new QM and we have re-entered Country Life shooting. We have had a talk from a parent who commanded HMS Glasgow in the Falklands War — in which incidentally at least three Old Suttonians took part.

On the academic front things have gone well, with 22 entrants to degree courses at Universities and Polytechnics, including two to Cambridge: this is out of an Upper VI for of 48. The School computer informs me that our 'A' and '0' level results have improved with an average of 2.42 passes at `A' level and 6 at '0' level. Since this is the only opportunity I will have of putting in a commercial plug for History I might say that out of a modest number of 'A' level historians, all passed and two got A grades, and that nearly 50% got '0' level with grade A and B. Parents of V and LIV, please note.

One happy event this year has been the opening of the new Library by Mrs. James named after her husband, Headmaster 1932-50. I hope you have seen this room, made out of the old Art room. We are especially grateful to those who gave books.

Together with the Hambloch section (and in Edward Craven's Archives) we now have a Library worthy of the School and one pleasant to work in. It is good to know that this is taken advantage of; we also now have a permanent Librarian.

This term and next we are to be heavily engaged with our 1983 Appeal about which you will all by now have heard. We do hope that as many parents and Old Suttonians as possible will come to our twenty-two parties round the country at which we will try to explain our proposed development and the need for it, and we are asking for support from all friends of the School. The School itself will be taking an active part in fund raising during the next year.

A Trust has been set up into which all donations will be placed, as security against threats by any future government on Independent Schools. But, being an optimist, I feel that this is an unlikely prospect and that we can continue to develop in an all-round way and blend the old and the new to add to the beauty and value of Sutton Valence.

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We do not — thank heavens — aim at any standardization and the School is very much a collection of individuals sharing the same ideals. One cannot please all the people all the time, however hard one tries.

A friend of mine attended a wedding recently on the borders of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The family friend in proposing the health of the bride said that during her life she had broken a good many Herts in Beds — Beds in Herts. All were amused except for the bride's mother.

English (and Distinction Prize) T. J. Craddock I. D. West Chemistry I. D. West Physics A . C. Pugh Geography Economics (and Distinction A . C. Pugh Prize G. Galstaun Distinction Prize L. M. Ng School Prize G. T. M. Chapman Joyce Drayson Art Prize Ward Prize (Religious Studies) R. C. Rintoul (and Distinction Prize) M. Hagan Biology Prize A. Abudu Garside Prize (History) M. W. Stephens Economics Prize M. W. Stephens Geography Prize B. H. Saint Angell Prize (Mathematics) H. Saint Winstanley Prize (Chemistry) [p. R. Anderson R. Anderson Wood Prize (Physics) [PN.. J. Miles Kitchener Prize (Mathematics) N. J. Miles

PRIZE WINNERS Form I J. R. Baddow (and Distinction Prize) Form III M. S. Evenden (and 2 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: A. Akoni Form Lower IV E. F. Fenton (and Distinction Prize) N. A. W. Finlinson (and 2 Distinction Prizes) J. 0. Miller (and Distinction Prize) Distinction Prize: A. 0. Abudu S. A. Knight J. J. Bradburn S. A. Maja R. J. HattersleyR. M. Ramsay (2) Smith V. W. K. Tsoi D. E. Jeffery J. G. V. Worsfold Form Upper IV E. De'Ath (and 2 Distinction Prizes) G. J. Nicholass (and Distinction Prizes) K. T. Yeung Distinction Prize D. M. Chambers A. M. Pound R. C. Swatland G. K. Fung P. R. Miles Y. L. Yau (2) Form V D. T. Paine (and 2 Distinction Prizes) I. M. Scott (and Distinction Prize) A. C. Warren (and 2 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: P. S. K. Chui J. R. Mortley A. J. Richter C. K-D. Fung F. G. Gedney G. A. N. Sturdy A. C. Waters S. J. Kingsland B. C. C. Lee D. C. H. Wong R. D. Lyle A. T. Young

MacDonald Prize D. 0. Machin (Current Affairs) Bossom Prize D. 0. Machin (Spoken English) Derrick Prize D. 0. Machin (English Verse Speaking) Clothworker's Prize (Outstanding Service to the A. J. McGinty L L. Lloyd School) L. Lloyd Bloxham Prize (English) [LE: Lloyd Art Prize P. Willett P. Willett E. Rickett's Prize J. Tyley

Music Prize Wheeler Prize (French) James Poole Prize (English) Headmaster's Prize

Current Affairs M. Bishop P. D. Heine G. M. Smith (and Distinction Prize) Reading Prize D. J. Sturdy Junior: Intermediate: N. A. W. Finlinson Lower Sixth Prize K. W. Huen Mathematics G. B. Trotter Biology E. L. Catchpole Art P. M. Marino French P. M. Marino

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so important in Gilbert and Sullivan. In turning to Katisha I am bound to declare an interest, but I don't think anyone will quarrel if I say that Margaret Horn has a fine stage presence and both acted and sang with authority and humour.

The actors were well supported by Graham Foulkes and his musicians, who had obviously worked very hard to perfect their harmonious ensemble. I use the word `support' advisedly: as I well know, there are times when without the hypnotic effect of the conductor's beady eye the whole thing is in danger of falling to the ground! Also to be congratulated are Peter Willett (wearing another hat) and Andrew Tyley (otherwise principal flute) for one of the most delightful sets I can remember. A jolly evening, and thanks to all.

REH

THE MIKADO To say that the Mikado is a play about death seems an odd reflection on one of the gayest, most sparkling of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and yet it is true. All the characters are obsessed with it and rarely cease talking of their own death or that of another: suicide by hanging and drowning, execution by decapitation, suffocation, boiling oil; finally the symbolic death of Nanki-Poo, complete with resurrection. Perhaps this was an attempt by Gilbert to divert the attention of the Grim Reaper; certainly I believe it adds piquancy to our enjoyment of many of the songs.

Of course this shadow side of the opera must be hidden under a fountain of light and jollity, and in Colin Shaw's production (latterly and ably abetted by Charles Atkinson) it was. From the opening number the singing of the men's chorus, and later that of the girls, was strong and well-drilled and their movements, while not always unanimous, showed that a remarkable concensus had been achieved. The soloists all had something to offer, sometimes in a way which brought with it a pleasant shock of surprise. Having seen Peter Willett performing, ably enough, in minor roles, generally it seems to me of a military nature, I was delighted by his portrayal of Ko-Ko. Strutting, posturing, hands flapping, every word clear (though honesty compels me to admit, not always in an entirely orthodox order) he held the attention of the audience unfailingly and also made a gallant attempt at singing, a medium of expression with which he is not over-familar.

With Chris Hunt on the other hand it was the music that gave him the chance to shine in the part of Pish-Tush.

His voice is clear and true, with a slight edge to it that helps the words to come across. Each night I waited to see if he would go out of tune in his long cadenza on the line 'Long Life to you', but he never did. Bill Geddes also sang pleasantly enough as Pooh-Bah, and with greater confidence than last year, as is to be expected. I feel that his chief discovery was in the words. Pooh-Bah has a lot of them, of course, inluding some very long ones, but the excitement comes in finding that an apparently ordinary remark may get a good response from the audience if it is properly delivered. Gilbert has a way of his own with comic dialogue, and I think that our William is beginning to learn something about it. As the Mikado himself Finlay Hinde gave a bland performance of great urbanity. He too has gained in confidence since last year, but I still feel he holds back a little on the stage, where effects sometimes need to be slightly larger than life.

It was sad not to have Bob Chance with us as tenor lead, for the first time since — well, a long time ago! It must have been an ordeal for the producer to take over the role of Nanki-Poo at short notice, and it is to his credit that he did so with confidence and without weakening the production as a whole.

If I have left the ladies until last, it is not intended as a discourtesy. Their chorus, as I have said, was in fine voice, and especially the Three Little Maids. Mary Able again (and, alas, for the last time) sang her way into all hearts as Yum-Yum. For all her years at Sutton Valence she has not only given much pleasure by her own singing but has also been a very good leader of others, and she will be much missed. She was well supported by Lucy Mayor and Samantha Green. Lucy in particular has a beautiful voice of which I hope we shall hear more, and the two girls did a lot to convey the sense of fun which is

The Cast (in order of apperance) NANKI-POO (in disguise, the son of the Mikado) Colin Shaw PISH-TUSH (a Nobel Lord) Christopher Hunt POOH-BAH William Geddes KO-KO (Lord High Excutioner of Titipu) Peter Willett YUM-YUM ) Mary Able PITTI SING) (Three Sisters, Wards of KO-KO) ( Lucy Mayor PEEP-BO ) ( Samantha Green KATISHA (an Elderly Lady) Margaret Horn THE MIKADO OF JAPAN Finlay Hinde CHORUS OF NOBLEMEN: James August, Roberto Beruffi, Christopher Brown, Brian Day, Tunde Johnson, Laurence Lloyd, Christopher Parkinson, Brian Quartey.

CHORUS OF SCHOOLGIRLS: Susan Adams, Helene Chance, Veronique Chance, Nicola Diamond, Plum Evans, Daphne Harris, Wendy Payne, Catherine Semark, Gill Smith.

ATTENDANTS: Richard Ashton, Nicholas Brake, Christopher Doree, Anthony McGinty, Julian Richardson.

Act I Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence Act II Ko-Ko's Garden Ensemble Flute Oboe Clarinet Horn Trumpets Piano

Andrew Tyley Stephen Atchinson Simon Norris Alfred Springate Dominic Guy, Peter Rubin Keith Evans, Julian Hewlett Conducted by Graham Foulkes

Back-Stage Stage Manager Graham Able Stage Gang: Stephen Atchinson, James Bristow, John Norman, John Richards, Vincent Tsoi, Andrew Tyley (i/c) Property Manager James Bristow Lighting; Phillip Miles, John Mitchell, Timothy Bowcock Set designed by Peter Willett Front of House Richard Horn Costumes by Lyndon Theatrical Costume Hire, Westcliff-on-Sea Programme Design Andrew Tyley Poster Design Christopher Beech, Andrew Tyley Produced by Colin Shaw and Charles Atkinson

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a shot at an external practical examination. The Associated Board in their wisdom do not examine recorder playing; Trinity College do, so 27 candidates took Trinity Grade Ito test the water. All but the totally incompetent L4A and L4C took the plunge and, as the results were given to me by the examiner (who came on the day of our choice) five minutes after the last player had finished, I am able to report that we had a pass rate of 85%; of the successful candidates 6 were awarded Honours for marks over 84% and a further 10 were awarded Merits for marks over 74%. Other practical examinations, for the Associated Board were also taken.

We lose Andrew Tyley, Dominic Guy and Peter Rubin from the Orchestra and Brass and Woodwind Ensembles at the end of the year. All of them have contributed much over the years to the musical life of the School, particularly in their playing in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. They will be very much missed, but we have a very promising crop of younger players coming along who have already performed in public, covering themselves with a modest amount of glory.

They should be with us for some years yet and are sure to prove their worth.

Two most enjoyable outings were organised, one to see a splendid production of the Mikado in London before we performed it ourselves, and the other a Fifth Form visit to the Barbican to hear the English Chamber Orchestra playing music by Butterworth, Mozart and Richard Strauss, conducted by Joshua Rifkin, the American musicologist who revived interest in the rags of Scott Joplin in the early Seventies.

At the beginning of the year we were fortunate to welcome to the music staff two new string teachers, Judy Hollis to teach the violin and Sue Martin the 'cello. We hoped that they will be happy with us and will be successful in developing the players we have and encouraging others. There are already signs of this and we are starting to build up the string section of the Orchestra again.

We say goodbye this term to Marion Legg (O.S. musicians will remember her as Marion Talbot-Shere). who leaves us after over ten years of piano teaching, usually to beginners. Her sympathetic and skilful teaching will be much missed, as will her cheerful wholeheartedness in the face of adversity.

Mary Able is also leaving. She has been such an integral part of the School's musical scene since the late Sixties as oboe teacher, member of the woodwind groups and orchestra, singer, both solo and chorus and a member of the erstwhile Madrigal Singers, that it is difficult to imagine what it is going to be like without her. Her contribution to our music has been invaluable and she will be very sadly missed, not least for the warmth of her personality and her willingness to give up so much of her limited spare time. We wish her every happiness in her new life in the far north.

Alf Springate, O.S. brass players will be pleased to hear, is still with us and gives unstintingly of his time and energy in promoting the brass players' interest and enjoyment. He performs wonders in getting the best out of sometimes unpromising material, and has added percussion teaching to his other commitments, with a couple of younger players coming on very well and already able to take their place in the Orchestra.

Once again those of us on the Music Staff would like to thank the many colleagues and their wives who contribute so much of their spare time and talents to the musical activities of the School.

AGF

MUSIC NOTES 1983 The Mikado, reviewed elsewhere in this magazine, was the most demanding musical event of last year in many ways, not so much in musicianship as in technical ability on the part of the accompanying ensemble. G. & S. is not quite on the same plane as Mozart or Verdi perhaps, but it takes some playing, and once again our players, some of them with experience of three other operas behind them, rose to the occasion, rehearsing very hard every Friday afternoon. I mention the band particularly, because the lion's share of the kudos understandably goes to those on the stage, and the musicians in the pit are often largely taken for granted, though they usually have far more difficulties to cope with than most of the singers.

We gave a concert at the beginning of the summer term, as we did last year. This seems to work quite well as at that stage of term we do not have to contend with quite so many poorly attended rehearsals because of games and examinations as we used to have when we performed at the end of term. The Male Voice Chorus and the Woodwind Ensemble performed also on Speech Day, and the Chapel Choir took part. In addition they sang more anthems in Chapel than usual, being blessed with a stronger treble line than for some years, and being able to call on soloists of some quality.

Recorder players, percussionists, string players, a pianist, speakers and singers, organised, rehearsed and conducted by Keith Evans, combined for two performances on Speech Day morning of 'Carillons' by Colin Hand, a piece which, as its title suggests, evokes the sounds of bells. Between the performances the Male Voice Chorus gave their usual polished rendering of a variety of numbers, including a challenging arrangement of 'High Barbary' and a sophisticated arrangement of 'The Girl from Ipanema'. For the first time for a long time it rained on Speech Day, and the Woodwind, playing on the lawn, had a taste of the hardships that can beset musicians. Hardly missing a beat we retired to the shelter of the trees where we were dripped on rather than poured on.

Our informal recitals on Activities afternoons continued as before, and the standard is rising. All who played were able to give a good account of themselves and the music.

For many years we have tried to do our music off our own bat, tailoring works, re-arranging them if necessary, to suit our own resources and calling as little as possible on outside help. This sometimes makes for difficulties, and it is not always possible to do all the works we would like to, but it seems in some sense `cheating' to get outsiders to come and perform our music for us as often seems to happen at other places.

Female singers have not been plentiful, but this, we hope, will be rectified in future with the introduction of girls as pupils next term, and we look forward to their civilizing influence.

Nearly a third of the School took Associated Board Theory Examinations this year, about the same number as last year. This examining board is rather slow in producing its results so that they are never reported in the Suttonian except as very stale news, but if last year's results can be taken as an indication we should have a pass rate of well over 80%.

The lower School is taught to read music as matter of course and to put this skill to practical use by playing the recorder, often with pleasant results after some pretty awful noises. This last year it was decided to have 22

THE BRASS BUTTERFLY The immediate reaction of most people on seeing that the School Play this year was by William Golding was to think of 'Lord of the Flies', his savage comments on the violence of human nature. Cetrtainly we did not expect to see a comedy, nor did the title lead us to expect a play in Roman times.

The plot concerns the suspicions of the heir-designate to the Imperial crown, Postumus, about the intentions of a bastard, but favoured, grandson, Mamillius, of the Emperor. These suspicions are compounded in Postumus' absence on a campaign by the arrival in the imperial court of an inventor, Phanocles, whose aims to improve scientific knowledge are misunderstood by both the Emperor and Postumus. Further interest is developed as Mamillius falls in love with the inventor's sister, Euphrosyne, a Christian whose timely intervention removes Postumus and saves the Emperor.

The Emperor is a benign and kindly man who is somewhat world-weary, but is prepared to accept his divine nature as part of the scheme of things. Jonathan Thorne portrayed him with dignity and authority as well as with a delicate sense of timing. As a contrast to this gentle figure, Nicholas Hirst, in his first major role, brought out convincingly the frustrations of the misunderstood Pharocles. lain West conveyed the bored arrogance and idealism of Mamillius with much skill and also suggested effectively the political naivety of the character. Euphrosyne is silent in Act I and Sally Rowe showed the tortured nature of her mind in the other Acts with an assurance which befitted a veteran of the Sutton Valence boards, whilst David Machin was a stern and dogmatic Postumus. They were well supported by Peter Willett and Ian Hunt in military roles and by a splendid band of slaves from Holdgate who bowed with due reverence to the Head of School.

If there is a criticism to make, it is the problem which many a young amateur actor faces — how to show anger convincingly on stage. The temptation to rant at the top of one's voice is hard to resist and this can lead to a loss of clarity. Nevertheless, the diction of the whole cast was usually clear and audible. The set was of a simple, but effective design which in no way took the attention from the actors. The costumes were equally effective and sensible.

Much credit for the success of the Play must go to the producer, Charles Atkinson, for ensuring that the movement of the actors was natural and above all that the timing was so good. A Play which depends on subtle humour in the way which 'The Brass Butterfly' does need to be kept moving smoothly and sensitively. This production did not flag, indeed it grew in confidence and statute as the Play progressed, so that all who saw it came away satisfied and well entertained.

C.R.G.S.

Jonathan Thorne as the Emperor and Nicholas Hirst as Pharocles

CAST Mamillius, illegitimate grandson to the Emperor:

lain West.

Captain of the Guard:

Peter Willett.

Postumus, heir-designate:

David Machin.

Emperor of Rome:

Jonathan Thorne.

Pharocles, an inventor:

Nicholas Hirst.

Euphrosyne, his sister:

Sally Rowe.

Sergeant

Ian Hunt.

Ushers:

Laurie Lloyd, Christopher Brown.

Slaves:

Lolu Akoni, Stuart Reid, David Robinson, Jolyon Ward, Andrew Miles, Philip Lawton, Robin Kamanyire.

Producer:

C. V. Atkinson.

Assistant Producer:

C. P. M. King.

Front of House Manager:

W. K. Piper.

Stage Manager:

G. G. Able.

Stage Gang:

Andrew Tyley, John Norman, Stephen Atchison, Vincent Tsoi, James Bristow, Barry Saint.

Lighting:

Philip Miles, John Mitchell.

Make-up:

Mrs. M. Horn, Mrs. B. Flint.

We are most grateful to:

Cranbrook School and Mrs. Wendy Davies for providing many of the costumes.

The Art and Craft Depts. for providing many of the props.

The scene is set throughout in the Imperial Villa on Capri.

INTRODUCTION `The Brass Butterfly' is set in the Third Century A.D. The inventor, Pharocles, whose sole concern is to extend the boundaries of scientific knowledge and thereby improve the lot of man, becomes involved, to his dismay, in a power struggle for the Roman throne — a struggle in which his sister plays a role for which he had not intended her.

C. V. Atkinson

Sally Rowe as Euphrosyne

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HUNTING SOCIETY RETROSPECT

Hunting Society Ties were presented to the following: Richard Coate, Chris Beech, Ben Gedney, Roddy Norman, Nick Hirst, Billy Hunt and William Daniel.

Laurie Lloyd

Laurie Lloyd Chairman: Guardian of the Gavel: Peter Willett Honorary Secretary: Greg Galstaun Clerk of the House: David Machin Master of the Archives: Richard Coate Honorary Prof. Zoo-It: Chris Beech

LIBRARY NOTES The last issue of the Suttonian contained photographs of the new 'James Library', which had been converted from the old Art Room on the top corridor in the Main School. Anyone who goes in there for the first time since the conversion will hardly recognise in these fine new premises the well-used home of the empire ruled for many years by DAS (Derek Simmons, the former Art Master). The conversion work, superbly carried out by Palmer's and their sub-contractors, included the insertion of a handsome balcony and wooden staircase, as well as the cleaning of all the existing woodwork. The result is a library for borrowing and study, of which the School can be truly proud. There are study places for over 20 boys, and even before the stock was properly transferred in Summer 1982 the value of the quiet atmosphere for periods of sustained hard work had become appreciated by those preparing for their G.C.E. exams. As many VI Formers as possible are encouraged to use the library for their private study periods. At an Opening Ceremony held in October 1982, at which several members of the James family were present, Mrs. James, the widow of T. M. James, Headmaster from 1932 to 1950, formally opened the new library, and it has been named after her husband.

An opportunity to fill gaps in the stock and to update many sections of it was present in two ways: firstly, the budget was increased substantially from September '81, and secondly, the Headmaster launched an appeal to O.S. for donations of money. Many parents, hearing of this, contributed too, and as a result over ÂŁ2,000 was raised. Our grateful thanks to these benefactors is here recorded. We hope it will be thought that the money has been spent wisely and well. Since September '81, when the 'New Management' took over, more than 1,800 new books have been purchased. The Science, Geography, Economic and Fiction Sections have been significantly expanded, and the Junior Section, particularly Junior Fiction, is also in process of expansion. The Foundation kindly donated the most recent edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, a valuable asset.

Perhaps the most significant, certainly the most valuable, addition to the library is our Library Technician, Mrs. Bridget Dilnot, who combines her previous job of running the Textbook Store with her work in the library. She deals with all the routine, and time-consuming, tasks of cataloguing, accession and borrowing and return of books, as well as supervising most of the P.S. work in there. A significant proportion of her time is spent on the programme of book protection on which we have embarked: all new hardback books are fitted with a plastic cover on top of their dust-jackets, while paperbacks have adhesive plastic coverings put on their backs. By these methods, employed, of course, in most large libraries, it is hoped to increase substantially the life of the books. More efficient systems of marking books and issue and return are aimed at reducing the number of books lost.

I should like to thank Mrs. Dilnot for her work this year, also P.J.H. and C.V.A. for their interest, help and expertise.

J.McC.

The Hunting Society can look back upon this year with an air of quiet satisfaction. It has undoubtedly been the most successful year in the Society's long and usually distinguished history, underlining its role as the major social/intellectual society within the School. The policies of former years have been repeated with increasing effectiveness and this has gone hand-in-hand with further improvements in the standard of debate.

Much has been accomplished, and the debates themselves have been largely interesting, informative and, most importantly, entertaining. Diversity has been the hallmark, and the ever-increasing number of debates combined with the policy of tabling two motions in an evening has led to our being able to cover a wide variety of topics and provide ample opportunity for more people to speak.

The Autumn term began with the now familiar tournament with Ashford Girls School. The 'pros' and `cons' of Prostitution constituted the first motion and, despite their limited knowledge of the subject, Roderick Norman and Greg Galstaun put forward a stimulating argument for it.

Kent College were to be our next sparring partners, when the controversial motion upon whether Sport and Politics should be inseparable was debated by Jonathan Thorne and David Machin, the second motion that evening proposed that 'Graffiti are the voice of the People' and Laurie Lloyd and Nick Hirst (in his maiden speech) convincingly carried the motion. Our only Balloon Debate of the year was against Wadhurst School, and we endeavoured to find the deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins: lust was the deadliest, and William Daniel had the dubious honour of being the most `deadly' boring speaker. In the Spring Term we were sadly defeated in the Regional Final of the Observer Mace debating competition, vanquished by King's Rochester on home ground. The Pro Abortion lobby at Ashford Girls School were soundly defeated by that indomitable duo of Lloyd and Hirst. The second debate with Ashford Girls School that evening was the first mixed debate with Miss Anne Donaldson and Ian Hunt opposing the motion that 'Alcohol was the opiate of today's Youth against Miss Roissin Barry and Peter Willett. The year's activities ended with the Ninth Annual Dinner in the King's Head, my recollections of which are hazy. Suffice it to say that it was an enjoyable evening.

In my summing up I think it is wise not to search the depths of the concise `0.E.D.' for adjectives with which to describe a year past, for this is not just a society of past deeds but one of future enterprises and one can look forward with optimism to a bright future; who knows, we may see the first Chairwoman or `Guardienne' of the Gavel? Before I conclude I would like to thank Charles Atkinson our Vice-President, for putting up with the misery that the Society (and I) have caused him.

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SCHOOL LIBRARY APPEAL 1982 We acknowledge our gratitude to the following for their generous donations towards the re-stocking of the new School Library M. A. H. Ayres D. Baber P. 0. Barnett M. F. Beaman N. J. Bennallack-Hart F. W. P. Bentley B. G. Blyth E. R. P. Boorman J. H. Booth J. H. Mc M. Booth S. P. Briggs E. D. G. Bunker J. Burton G. A. Calver B. R. Carey G. W. B. Cawthorne R. S. Champion E. W. E. Chapman B. C. M. Cheng A. Choy Mrs. A. Cobbold A. P. Comrie Mrs. S. A. Cooper A. Copson T. Cuneo P. Davis R. D. des Trois Maisons R. A. Dick H. L. Edwards Mrs. E Etkins C. R. Evers K. Field R. G. Gagg P. Glenister J. D. Grafton P. W. Grafton R. S. C. Gundry G. T. Hardy Bp R. Hardy A. L. Harman Mrs. R. M. Harvey G. H. Henry D. E. Heselton M. D. Hewison G. S. Hewlett D. A. W. Hewson P. & J. Hickman E. D. Hobbs R. S. H. Hope M. E. Howard W. Jackson R. A. James P. M. Jansen Mrs. E Johnston R. M. F. Kojecky

R. Ross-Langley R. W. Lattimer L. A. Lidstone J. Lord I. A. D. Lyle R. J. Lynden-Bell P. Mackay-James M. A. Maberly D. McCargo P. H. C. Melliar-Smith D. N. Midmer J. B. Miles M. W. Miles E. M. Moir C. S. Moore P. S. Morrish J. J. Nathan P. J. Newbery Mrs. J. Newbury Mrs. G. K. Oldfield J. Oldfield W. F. Paine G. G. Parrett M. C. Parris G. Pember G. C. Pendleton Mrs. D. S. Penwill M. J. Plommer I. F. Poulton C. A. Rennie T. C. Risby J. A. Ruxton M. J. R. Sealey A. R. Shaw J. A. Sheridan L. M. Shelley G. F. Small M. Springett D. Swift D. J. Swift J. C. Swift R. E. Tapping Mrs. M. B. Thomas C. K. Warrick I. P. Waters J. T. 0. Waters I. A. Watson C. M. Wedgwood I. N. Wilcockson P. Wilcockson J. H. Wilsher T. Winch E. S. Windwood W. R. Writer

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C.C.F. NOTES

BUILDING GANG

Longmoor Training Camp was the very hot setting for Summer Camp this year: temperatures in the 90s most days. Thirty-one boys attended the Camp, which was the most successful of recent years. Along with the basic training carried out by a platoon from I Royal Hants. and shooting the current infantry weapons, we carried out a three-day exercise. This was a new venture for the contingent, because it meant spending two nights in taskers. The first phase of the exercise was the compulsory camp package and the second phase, written by Captain Ray Sabine, involved escape and evasion, patrolling, etc. The Acting Headmaster, accompanied by Marcus Pettman (chauffeur) visited the contingent at camp and saw the last part of the exercise.

Adventurous training was held in the Lake District during the Easter Holidays. It was well attended and was used in part as training for the Iceland Expedition led by Chris King. The weather was suitably grim at times.

At the beginning of the year more than 50 cadets embarked on the revised A.P.C. syllabus. It was easy to forget how awful the weather was on most Monday afternoons, until half-term in the summer term, and this affected the progress of the cadets through the syllabus.

The Summer Term Field Day training had to be cancelled because of a 24-hour downpour, further affecting the training programme. On the plus-side, rather more Range Days than normal have been possible, a lot of .22 shooting has taken place, although competition results have not been too good. The Signals Troop has had a successful year with five passes in Classification and six in the Instructors tests.

R.S.M. Peter Willett, as top cadet this year, always presented himself as a smart and efficient cadet. He certainly gained from regular attendance at Summer Camps and by going on various courses run by the Army. In thanking him, I wish him well when he finally appears at R.C.B. The Inspection was carried out, in March, by Brigadier G. B. Fawcus, The Commander, Chatham Garrison and Commandant R.S.M.E. He saw various activities before lunch, including an ambusli carried out by the Advanced Infantry Section. In the afternoon he saw a normal Monday's training. Both the Administrative and Training Inspections went well, and the report was generous in its comments.

After five years in the 'hot seat' I am relinquishing command of the contingent. I have enjoyed the challenge enormously and I am pleased that the number of weapons and certain items of kit are now in a healthier state than five years ago. I have had tremendous support from all members of staff who have served as officers and I thank them all for their efforts. At the moment I expect to take over the Shooting from Colin Shaw, whom I also thank. I wish my successor, Major Chris Parkinson, success and enjoyment in his new position.

B.J.L.

We came, we saw a need, we conquered. Fully a year before it was needed, the gang has divided the Swimming Pool but into two, fitted a new door, lined the building throughout and fitted new benches, hooks, mirrors and HIS and HER signs. Although the building is still unlikely to win any architectural awards, it is much improved. The dark, cold but of the past is now a nice, light, cold hut.

The Chaplain was blessed with our help in demolishing and re-building some low walls and a set of steps. A new skill, bricklaying, was thus added to our repertoire. His patron saw fit to throw thunderstorms at us while we were doing it, but I do not think the workmanship was that bad.

Following some minor jobs, we are now starting to improve the track from the Fives Courts up to the Gym' and Squash Courts. In this, as in all activities, individual differences emerge in the gang. We have the quiet hard-working type, the noisy humourist and the inevitable spade-leaner-over.

Few boys seem to survive more than a term or two in the gang, but this ensures a steady turnover of boys learning some practical skills and contributing to the community, (and the tool replacement industry).

As always, the advice and help of Reg Turrell, Bert Woosden, Palmer's and the Bursar have been generously given and greatly appreciated.

C.F.G.P.

Matthew Warner

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AN ESSAY ON INDUSTRY The following essay by Dean Prosser (L) was a special Prize Winner in a nation-wide competition organised by the Observer and Whitbread Breweries: `Industry has a reponsibility to customers, to employers, to shareholders and to society'. What do you think is the relative importance of these obligations?

I do not think that industry has a responsibility to society so much as society has a responsibility to industry. Society's attitude in post-war times towards industry has been neglectful and short-sighted. However, I must admit that a concerted effort has been made in the past decade, in an attempt to save our industry from declining into oblivion in world terms. The relative importance of industry's responsibility to the above is minute compared with the necessity for society to 'iron out' the numerous inadequacies.

Our modern day problems, however, cannot be attributed to recent society; they are more the products of a deep-rooted malformation of the British people's attitude towards our industry. After having initially 'invented' the industrial revolution and then having developed it so that we were, for over a century, world leaders in exports and developments, we allowed the rate of our industrial progress to decline. By the time of the Second World War we could no longer be considered the leader of world industry and we now find ourselves not even rated amongst the leading nations. Our faith in traditional concepts and principles has been our downfall. Complacency born of guaranteed markets, perhaps.

The incorporation of modern technology into our industry has occurred far too slowly. Our rate of innovation is excellent, but we are very poor in translating these developments into practical applications, probably because our entrepreneurs have time and time again failed to act on their initiative, 'draining' away their profits instead of reinvesting them. This, together with the British gentlemen's unwillingness to 'dirty their hands', leaves us with our present situation of high unemployment, a relatively low standard of living (compared with most other 'developed' countries) and general social unrest. Furthermore, our unwillingness to adapt has not allowed the technology to develop freely; enterprise has been quashed, as have 'established' firms destroyed by bad management. (This is, in part, due to the 'sons not carrying on the business' with the commitment of their fathers).

Education has a major responsibility to industry which it certainly does not wholly fulfil. The almost 'lazy' British trend I have already mentioned is largely caused by a similarly ineffective education system. Again, in recent years successive governments have sought to improve the system, yet their changes have been very minor, such as the introduction of woodwork, metalwork and domestic sciences as a compromise for more 'practically-minded' pupils. The narrow-minded established system still persists, though, and the 'disease' will continue to spread unless a 'complete overhaul' is effected.

Business studies, Crafts and Sciences must have at least equal place with traditional studies such as History, English and Languages. We must try to encourage the best students to feel as comfortable in ICI as in the Foreign Office.

These are not the only changes required: more emphasis should be placed on the 'careers' aspect of education, so that children know what to expect when they leave school and choose careers more suited to them, their talents and aptitudes. Primarily, children should be taught more sciences (science can be made interesting) and be familiar with computers at very early ages (almost before they learn to read and write). 'BASIC' should be a second language and Einstein's theory of relativity should be as familiar to every schoolboy as the date of the battle of Hastings (1066).

I understand the need for segregating abler pupils from less able pupils but surely this can be done with more emphasis on industry and technological progress than is found in our present academically-orientated system. Sixteen-year-olds would have to write long, complex computer programmes whilst eighteen-year-olds compose thesis on 'Running a successful business' or on 'Supervisory Techniques'.

Once this languorous, fallible system has been rehabilitated we must concentrate on vastly improving the transition stage from school to work, remembering that the students are, nowadays, much better acquainted with the propects that await them 'in the outside world'.

The Government should, in conjunction with the firms themselves, establish a vocational training scheme for school leavers of all ages, as well as for graduates. Once a student has entered industry, he will, having undertaken the necessary training, be competent in his chosen career. Far too many school leavers and graduates are at present entering industry (if they do enter industry) with very little or no idea of what awaits them. Their training is sparse, as employers are unwilling to spend money training their 'intakes' and thus they find themselves in jobs for which they are possibly not suited and, further, for which they are not even properly trained. The Government should invest more money in vocational training schemes and make employers appreciate the importance of training their employees. It is grossly unfair to blame our workers for incompetence if they haven't received the necessary training and tuition.

The internal efficiency of industry can only be maintained by a responsible attitude to customers. The manufacturers of shoddy, poor quality products cannot last long in a competitive environment. This 'competitive environment' has been created by the Far East in particular, and at last the administrators of industry have been 'shaken out' of their illconceived feeling of security and are now attempting to compete. Britain's unwillingness to compete in earlier years means that the rather extreme methods already mentioned are possibly the only way in which we can catch up, and more efficient, competitive industries can be rewarded with more responsive customers.

Employees will not respond in an industry which does treat them with respect and which denies them the chance of involvement. Industry must offer an interesting career to its employees; it must encourage them to take a 'pride in their work' maybe by offering high bonuses for good production and involving them directly in the firm's profitability. This concept should be allied with the education system where the value of industry must be taught and then, once realised, industry must reward its employees fully.

There must be a sense of credibility for industry amongst both the customers and employees. This attitude is even more important among prospective shareholders; they will not invest in industry unless this trustworthiness is inspired.

Potential shareholders will have no faith in industry unless the expectation of profits is created. However I feel that our industry will not be able to expand fully unless shareholders 'gamble' to an extent and invest in new industries to allow them to develop, as well as investing in established industries to help them modernise or develop further.

Only then society has realised the importance of industry will we be able to compete to the extent which our innovation and human resources could sustain; then, I am sure, industry will in return fulfil its responsibilities to society. A habitual tendency of the British is to procrastinate over our difficulties — when this dilatoriness has been extinguished we can succeed. Indeed we must.

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EXPEDITION TO ICELAND 1983 The Geography Department's Summer Expedition to Iceland was its most ambitious and exciting undertaking so far. It was, inevitably, expensive, but all who made up the party would agree that it was a memorable event in their lives and as a 'geographical experience' quite unique. The group, consisting of two members of staff, Mr. Chris King, of the Geography Department and Mr. George Anderson, as a Manxman an island dweller himself and an aficionado of outdoor pursuits, and eight Sixth Form geographers set off from School on 14th July on its way to Gatwick Airport to catch Iceland Air's afternoon flight to Reykjavik.

The main objective of the expedition was for a number of young geographers to gain first-hand experience of the typical scenery created by the interaction of volcanic lava, glaciers and meltwater rivers.

Iceland is unique in that it lies on the Mid Atlantic ridge, now generally accepted as an area where material is created. Its location on this ridge means that many of the land forms have been created from material moving outwards. The tension causes cracks parallel to the ridge crest which the island straddles. Much of the expedition took place on one of these fault lines. The result is that the land is uplifted and a large number of mountains have been created. The tension also produces enough heat through pressure and friction for rocks to melt and rise up, in the form of magma, through the rock strata.

In fact, estimates have been made which reckon that a third of all lava poured onto the earth's surface has done so in Iceland. The result is a very varied landscape ranging from low-lying areas of black desert, where lava dust and ashes extend over a considerable expanse, to relatively high mountains consisting of igneous rocks.

The landscape has been altered from its initial foundations by agents of erosions, such as wind, water and, importantly, ice. The resultant effect is a number of gorges cut by the action of rivers, such as Markarfljot. There are also steep slopes covered by talus (mass of fragments at the foot of a cliff), due to the effects of frost shattering. Although there were no large ice-caps, such as Vatnajtikull, in the area we were exploring, there were a number of small ones, for example TorfajOkull. The present day ice-caps are but small vestiges of the past, and as these glaciers have retreated they have left behind a large number of depositional features in their former paths. The landforms left behind are moraines, drumlins and also misfit streams.

Although the main purpose of the expedition was educational, we did have a great deal of fun. We were accompanied from the start by our guide, dragoman, gunga-din and cook, Dave, an employee of the firm who organised the travel arrangements. No doubt accustomed to the unusual rituals and in-jokes of school-parties, he proved very tolerant and understanding, as did our two intrepid teachers.

Whatever embarrassments they might secretly have to endure, they could, at least, comfort themselves with the thought that on our return to England they need not ever see us again, as they had both left Sutton Valence to take up posts at other schools. We are very grateful both to them for organising the trip and to all those who helped to raise some of the money towards its cost.

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Photos by Marcus Stevens and Simon Burgess

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RUGBY 1st XV back row L to R R. D. Chance, Esq., D. Glenister, M. Rayner, M. Warner, .1. Piper, E. Catchpole, C. Beech, D. Machin, M. Stevens, K. Okesanjo, G. Jones, G. H. Anderson Esq. front row L to R P. Willett, D. Curtis, R. Coate, I. Grundy, S. Hills, R. Thomas, A. Harris.

RUGBY 1st XV Despite what appears to us as a rather mediocre record, the 1st XV played some fine rugby, especially in the second half of the term.

With a limited number of really talented players, but a good team spirit, some creditable performances were achieved. We defeated the Duke of York's School for the first time and gained the first victory over Emanuel School since 1969. The problems we were to encounter in the forwards were obvious after two heavy defeat against the O.S. (6-29) and Kent College (0-22).

In the Duke of York's R.M.S. game, after taking a 7-0 lead the home side rallied to bring the scores level at 7-7, but a penalty by David Curtis was enough to bring victory. In another close encounter Dover College won 8-0, but probably the most disappointing defeat was against Sir Roger Manwood's who just won 8-9. Despite scoring two excellent tries through Jones and Grundy the School were unable to defeat a weak opposition.

A very powerful Hurstpierpoint side showed no mercy and inflicted the heaviest defeat in five years, 36-0. King's Rochester won a dour encounter, 4-0, but a much improved performance at Brighton College proved to be the turning point of the season. David Curtis had a fine game and, besides kicking a penalty and a drop goal, punted superbly. Despite a close 6-11 defeat, the side regained confidence. This was well demonstrated in the game against St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, who came with a formidable record, but left defeated by 10 points to 3. After a hard first half the forwards raised their game and the points came from a try by Glenister, a penalty kicked by Thomas and a drop goal from Curtis.

In the first fixture between the School and Chatham House four excellent tries by Piper, Harris, Grundy and Thomas contributed to the 21-3 victory.

The match against Cranbrook was played in very

poor visibility, but was a game of considerable excitement. The opposition's powerful pack starved the School's backs of possession, who nonetheless had the greater number of scoring chances. Cranbrook held on to win 4-3 and receive the Chance Cup for the first time.

Caterham rucked magnificently and played some competent rugby in defeating the School 23-6.

However, Grundy was again superb in defence, and the backs counter-attacked successfully on several occasions from deep inside their own half.

The final match, at Emanuel School, was played in heavy conditions, but some entertaining rugby was seen.

Thomas and Coate had impressive runs in the centre, as well as tackling well, and once again, Grundy was magnificent. However, a penalty goal by Thomas was to produce the only points of the match.

Throughout the season Grundy led by example, and on many occasions his cover-tackling prevented almost certain tries. Hills looked good under pressure and Okesanjo, Warner, Stevens and Catchpole all gained valuable experience for next year. Machin, Jones and Chris Beech all put a great deal of effort into their game.

At scrum-half Willett gained in confidence as the season progressed and Curtis, kicking from the hand at stand-half, was at times excellent. The main strength of the side was in the centre where Coate and Thomas dominated their opposing numbers on most occasions.

Harris was the most improved player in the team and his strong running and that of Piper on the wing provided some enjoyable moments. Glenister at full-back played well throughout the term and he should be a very useful player next year.

Once again Bob Chance's enthusiasm and experience were invaluable in what was a most enjoyable season.

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L. P. Lloyd

2nd XV Played 11 Won 8 Drawn 1 Lost 2 Quite often when the 2nd XV came off the field after a match one wondered why Sutton Valence had not lost by thirty points, the opposition were often bigger and more talented, but only two schools defeated us: Kent College before the side had settled down and Brighton, by penalty goals. The reasons for our success were, first of all, tremendous determination stemming from the excellent captaincy of Ian Hunt, who also outhooked every one of his opponents. The second reason was well expressed by one visiting master, who exhorted his side to use their weight and strength better because that was where their advantage lay, whereas we had expertise.

That expertise came from the excellent coaching of G.H.A. and R.D.C. and also the ability of M.F.B. to produce reserves who could play anywhere on demand.

The play of the forwards was very good, particularly in rucking and mauling, and the overall defence of the side was superb in allowing only seven tries to be scored against us in eleven matches, three of those by Kent College in the first match. We also suffered the inevitable injuries and promotions, but with players such as Tom Chantler this did not matter. He played at flanker, hooker, wing and centre with verve and success and Ben Gedney took over at full-back and then fly-half very well after West was injured when he was improving rapidly at fly-half. Galstaun played very adventurously at full-back in the later games and he could do so because the defensive covering of the back row was so good, particularly in the case of Henderson. Mark Brown and Richardson propped Hunt very effectively, Millar and Thorne provided power in the pack, while the goal-kicking of Thorne was a big factor in winning a number of games. Muwanga was technically the best back, but, perhaps, the best of the players outside the scrum was Dartnell, who scored many tries while performing all the tough duties of a scrum-half really well.

The best games were a fine win against a good Hurstpierpoint side, the tough draw with Duke of York's and the win over Cranbrook.

We also did well to defeat good sides from Dover and Caterham, while many points were achieved against St. Lawrence, King's (Rochester) and Sir Roger Manwood's.

In all, this was another good season for the 2nd XV, showing what leadership, skill and determination can achieve.

K.M.S.

L. P. Lloyd `gentlemen' of the side also deserve a mention: John Norman played in most positions and Bristow tried hard in positions not designed for him, but to the better performance of the team.

C.P.M.K. Under 15 XV Played 11 Won 5 Lost 6 This was a very mixed season: at their best the team played some excellent rugby and tackled well, but they were also guilty of some rather feeble performances, when their passing and covering were sadly awry.

Chambers alone was faultless in his commitment, and he captained the team very much by example. Brady was a match-winner, when he was on form, and he looked increasingly like a centre rather than a misplaced wing as the seasoned progressed. It is doubtless that the team's worst performance came in his absence against King's (Rochester). Matthias and Williams, although both inconsistent, showed marked improvement over the term, and Jenner was rejuvenated by his move to the wing The forwards, too, were showing commitment and speed towards the end of the term, with many of them suggesting that they will be challenging for 1st XV places in two years' time, and all of them can be proud of their performance against Caterham in the final match. It is a tribute to the improved attitude within this group that they played their best rugby in this fixture whilst going down to the most talented XV we encountered.

Team from: Ashton, Atchinson, Baldwin, Brady, Bird, Carlsen Chambers, Dear, Fudge, Grainger, Grey N, Hewson, Jenner S, Kinghorn, Koster, Matthias, Miles P. R, Nicholass, McLaughlin, Sagoe, Williams M, Yau.

Under 16 XV Played 9 Won 2 Lost 7 A rugby team without the will to win is rather like a tiger without teeth: the U16 this year were certainly, as individuals, as athletic and fit as in previous years, but they lacked the determination to win matches when little distinguished them from their opponents, except the resolve to triumph. I have no doubt that several of this team will go on to play 1st XV rugby — Haynes, P. Sunnucks and Warren showed particular promise and I hope when they achieve such status they will have a different approach to the game.

The successes were few, but notable during the season. Haynes, a Kent trialist at centre, emerged as a potentially very powerful and effective No. 8. Sunnucks played the captain's role with quiet relish and demonstrated undoubted leadership qualities. The

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because the group as a whole made a big improvement in its standards.

We were fortunate to have a core of five or six players who had experience from last year, and their enthusiasm was infectious on the rest. We won both games against King's Rochester (home: 20-12; away: 20-18) despite being outplayed in the forwards. Our backs were keen in defence and strong-running in attack. While the forwards had found the set pieces hard, their covering play was excellent.

The game against Chatham House (won 32-4) showed just how much progress the forwards had made in the season. They dominated the opposition and were responsible for the majority of the points we scored.

In the two matches against Kent College we faced very tough opposition and we did really well to draw the first game. We were weaker in most departments except determination and opportunism. Thus it was that we came back in the first game from a 10-0 deficit to draw 10-10 by capitalising on the mistakes made by their backs as they attacked. In the second match, after defending stoutly in the first half, to hold the Kent College side to 8-4 in a game which was exactly like the first, we found we couldn't cope with their rampant pack and their changed tactics of using the narrow side and forward support to make ground. Although soundly beaten, it is much to the team's credit that they never let their heads fall. (away lost 34-4, home 10-10).

I mentioned at the beginning the whole group's improvement. The credit for this undoubtedly lies in the stalwart service of B.J.L. and W.K.P., and I thank them for all that they did.

D.P.

Under 14 XV Played 10 Won 7 Drawn 0 Lost 3 As the playing record suggests, the U14 XV had a very successful season. The enthusiasm of the group as a whole was most encouraging, and many players made excellent progress during the season, not least the B XV members, many of whom will be serious contenders for `A' team places in the future.

The side was captained by Palmer, who led by example and always played well. The pack, although rather slow to the breakdowns at times, managed to win a fair amount of good ball in most matches, but several players must improve their technique in both ruck and maul if they are to progress further. The performances of Ramus and, occasionally, Prall and Harrison were particularly note-worthy.

At half-back Palmer and Moll both played well on occasions, but at present lack weight and are not as soundly defensive as one might wish. In the centre Bickley always stood out as a player with great natural ability and he amassed 84 points over the season. He was well supported by Lister and Bristow, both of whom improved immensely from game to game.

Team from: Lister, Congdon, Bickley, Bristow, Moll, Plommer, Harding, Oppen, Worsfold, Prall, Palmer, Harrison, Ramus, Turpin, Brocklebank, Fox, Tucker, Bishop, Abudu, Smith B, Knight.

R.M.S. Under 13 XV Played 5 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 1 This was a good season for this age group, not just because the team did itself credit on the field, but 1st XV Results Old Suttonians Kent College Duke of Yorks R.M.S. Dover College Sir Roger Manwood's School Hurstpierpoint College King's School, Rochester Brighton College St. Lawrence College Chatham House Cranbrook School Caterham School Emanuel School

Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Won Lost Lost Won

6-29 0-22 10-7 0-8 8-9 0-36 0-4 6-11 10-3 21-3 3-3 6-23 3-0

2nd XV Results Old Suttonians Kent College Duke of York's R.M.S. Dover College Sir Roger Manwood's School Hurstpierpoint College King's School, Rochester Brighton College St. Lawrence College Chatham House Cranbrook School Caterham School

Lost Lost Drawn Won Won Won Won Lost Won Won Won Won

3-8 0-19 3-3 9-0 38-0 15-9 24-0 0-9 19-0 8-6 6-0 11-8

3rd XV Results Duke of York's R.M.S. Dover College Brighton College St. Lawrence College Cranbrook School Caterham School

Won Lost Drawn Won Lost Lost

18-6 0-12 4-4 14-0 0-8 30-0

Under 16 Results Purley High School Kent College Duke of York's R.M.S Dover College

Lost Won Lost Lost

12-16 22-0 0-22 12-16

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U16B King's School, Canterbury Hurstpierpoint College Brighton College St. Lawrence College Chatham House Cranbrook School Caterham School

Lost Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost

0-18 41-0 0-24 0-32 29-4 4-8 6-24

Under 15 Results Purley High School Kent College Duke of York's R.M.S. Dover College Sir Roger Manwood's School U15B King's School, Canterbury King's School, Rochester Brighton College St. Lawrence College Chatham House Cranbrook School U15B King's School, Canterbury Caterham School

Won Lost Lost Won Won Lost Lost Lost Won Won Lost Lost Lost

28-0 0-22 0-40 20-4 20-13 0-14 4-6 6-14 14-4 13-8 4-28 0-44 0-10

Under 14 Results Kent College Duke of York's R.M.S. Dover College King's School, Rochester Brighton College St. Lawrence College Chatham House Cranbrook School U14B King's School, Canterbury Caterham School

Won Won Won Lost Won Won Won Lost Won Lost

10-7 9-0 34-4 14-28 33-4 22-8 36-10 8-30 18-12 6-10

Under 13 Results King's School, Rochester Kent College King's School, Rochester Chatham House Kent College

Won Drawn Won Won Lost

20-12 10-10 20-18 32-4 4-34

SQUASH Captain: D. Siewert

SQUASH 1st V

back row L to R: N. Ward, J. McCormick Esq., R. Thomas front row L to R: A. Zia, D. Siewert, A. Court.

the Captain, Dirk Siewert, at No. 2, through illness or injury, and the resultant move up the order was always too much for our lower-order players. In fact, I feel that had Dirk played at No. 1 in the League games we would have done better, for, although he could never beat Asad, who played No. 1 all season, bar our last League match, he was a better match player, who seemed able to absorb the psychological pressures more easily. This was amply proved in this final League match, when Dirk conclusively defeated Roy Stephens of Whitstable S.C. (a St. Lawrence player of some years ago), who had gone undefeated most of the season, including beating Asad. This was Dirk's 102nd 1st V appearance, a record bettered only by Alastair Shaw with 141 appearances and Richard Bedford with 104. Both Asad and Dirk were considerably better than the other members of the side, but whereas Dirk's game improved all-round as the season progressed, Asad's stood still, and his fitness was often in question. (Too many 'Big Macs'?)

The other cause of our comparative lack of success was that we did not have a strong No. 3, as we have in the last 2 seasons. This comment by no means intends to devalue the contribution Alastair Court made throughout the season, but I'm sure he will agree that he would would have been happier playing lower down.

Nevertheless, on a number of occasions he ensured a 3-2 victory after Nos. 4 and 5 had lost. But in reality we had two No. 4 standard players — one of them had to play at No. 3! Alistair's presence at 3, justifiably, as he was often fresher than Robin Thomas at 4, who had heavy commitments to both rugby and hockey, sometimes enabled Robin to win. Both these players improved their game, Robin rather more; he struck a very good patch at the end of the season, when he almost defeated the Whitstable No. 4, a very competent and confident player indeed, who had crushed him at the start of the season.

The 1982-3 season of squash can best be described as disappointing, for all our sides. The 1st V, after some most encouraging early successes, including a first-ever win over Tonbridge School, in the 1st round of the Premiere National Schools' Competition, and a win for the second year running over Ardingly College, were twice defeated heavily, by Hurstpierpoint College in the Premiere 2nd round and by King's, Canterbury in the Kent Schools' Cup preliminary stages. In both these matches sweating courts played a significant part; we, the away side in each case, adapted to them less well. By beating St. Edmund's, Canterbury well on their courts, and St. Lawrence College by a whisker (had Greg Hammond, their No. 1, a long-standing opponent of ours from back in his days as an 11 year-old at Holmewood House, not lost his contact lens at 8-8 in the 5th against Asad Zia, I fear we should have lost!), we reached the final, knock-out stages of the William Lambe Kent Schools' Cup. But our reasonable hopes of success, after we had come so close in '81-'82, were dashed 1-4 in the semi-final by Tonbridge, who, to strengthen their side, produced an excellent No. 1 whom we had never seen before (a Hockey and Rackets player); in the 3rd place match we repeated an earlier result against Sevenoaks School, with a close 3-2 win. In other inter-school matches we easily defeated Eastbourne College and Cranbrook School.

In the Kent League, we could only win four times in 14 matches, although several of our defeats were only by the odd tie. This caused us to be relegated, in the next-to-bottom position. (But, in view of the potential weakness of next year's side, we have withdrawn from this men's league, in which we have played, as the only school-boys' side, for six seasons. It was felt that even in a lower Division the '83-'84 side would be unable to offer men opponents realistic opposition. I hope they prove me wrong!) Several times we had to play without 34

1st V Results Played 26 Won 13 2-3 v Old Suttonians 3-2 v Sevenoaks School 3-2 v Ardingly College 5-0 v Eastbourne College 3-2 v Tonbridge School 3-2 v St. Lawrence College 0-5 v King's, Canterbury v St. Edmund's, Canterbury 4-1 0-5 v Hursrpierpoint College 4-1 v Cranbrook School 2-3 v St. Lawrence College v St. Edmund's, Canterbury 4-1 1-4 v Tonbridge School

The one place which required filling from last season, at No.5, was taken by Nick Ward, a keen player who had played very little representative squash for the School before. Used to the hot courts at home in 'the Gulf', he is a strong player off the back wall and can kill the loose ball with considerable power. But he too often played a very stereo-typed game, with little recourse to attacking shots at the front of the court, content to pound the ball to the back with monotonous and alltoo-predictable regularity. As he was often a slow starter in a match, and is not quick on the turn, he could be picked off too easily by an opponent to whom he often made a present of the ball, after working hard to get it up. His real enemy was a lack of confidence, for when he could be persuaded (and with what difficulty!) to use drop-shots and attacking angles at the right moment, he proved that he had the ability to produce them to telling effect. His enthusiasm, commitment and effort were always excellent. Nick's younger brother, David, being the No. 1 Colt player, came in as reserve a number of times, but, especially in the League matches, was often over-awed by the occasion or his opponent; his game is still very predictable, beside having some technical weaknesses.

The junior sides, from Colts to U14, could register only a single victory between them (the U14 V beat Holmewood House U12 V by 3-2), although individual players did fairly well. David Plommer, who played for them all, continued to improve and always gives a 100% effort; Shola Abudu, with an astonishing reach and plenty of speed, was a useful find at U14, and Michael Gillies, coming in January from the other Holmewood House, in Essex, was a most welcome 'ready-made' player. These three could form the basis of a useful Colts side in two years time. Since all of this season's 1st V will have gone next year, I foresee a lean spell for our squash ahead; the rate at which these young players, and others as yet undiscovered (I hope), improve will dictate the length of this spell. For them our pressing need is to find a high-quality advanced coach to bring on their talents, since my own coaching skills on court are insufficient for this. In this context I am sure that S.V. players of 3 or 4 years ago will be saddened by the tragically premature death of A. AbouTaleb ('Abou' to those he coached and knew)' who coached our best players with his inimitable skill and charm for about 2'h seasons, contributing such a lot to the improvement of our standard in those and subsequent seasons.

In the internal competition the anticipated results occurred: Westminster gained, with the utmost ease, a 4th consecutive win in the Inter-House Senior Competition. Cornwallis, for their first time, won the Junior Competition, beating Lambe's 2-1 in the final.

The individual Championship results were: Open: A. Zia beat D. Siewert, 3-0.

Under 16: D. Ward beat D. Plommer, 3-0.

Under 14: D. Plommer beat M. Gillies, 3-0.

Colours: Full Colours to: A. Court; R. Thomas.

Half Colours: to: N. Ward.

Under 14 Colours to: D. Plommer, M. Gillies; S. Abudu.

(K.O. 1st Round)

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(K.O. 2nd Round)

(Kent Schools' Cup: Semi-final) 3-2 (Kent Schools' Cup v Sevenoaks School 3rd Place Match) *Kent Schools' Cup: Preliminary Matches Kent League: Division 5 West (8 Teams) P.14 W.12 Whitstable S.C. 2 P.14 W.9 Tonbridge S.C. 3 P.14 W.8 Gore Court S.C. 2 P.14 W.9 Sutton Valence S.C. 2 P.14 W.10 Woodstock S.C. 2 W.4 P.14 Y-Sports S.C. 2 P.14 W.4 S.V. School P.14 W.0 Sheppey S.C. 3

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63 points 54 points 49 points 49 points 47 points 32 points 31 points 9 points J. McC.

HOCKEY 1st XI

back row L to R: G. G. Able Esq., B. Gedney, C. Beech, P. Sunnucks, T. Bowcock, G. Galstaun. front row L to R: S. Hills, M. Hagan, R. Thomas, A. Harris, D. Glenister.

Glenister at inside left were complimented by the more direct approach of Kent U16 captain, Paul Sunnucks, at inside right. These latter two players, together with Tim Bowcock, Greg Galstaun and Richard Ward, should provide a very sound base for next year's eleven.

Both Ben Gedney and Bill Daniel adapted to new roles well as the season progressed and Chris Beech will undoubtedly do well in club Hockey once he adds a little more discipline to his natural ability: it is unfortunate that he reached the Upper Sixth at such a young age as a player of his potential should have had two years at first team level.

HOCKEY RETROSPECT Captain: R. J. H. Thomas Vice-Captain: M. Hagan Secretary: A. C. Harris 1st XI Won 6 Drawn 6 Lost 13 After a promising start which included an exciting victory over local rivals Cranbrook, the team's progress was seriously disrupted by three weeks of snow-bound pitches, and the XI only really recovered towards the end of term when some good Hockey was played both at the Frank Mason Tournament and at the Oxford Festival.

Robin Thomas played consistently well at centre-half and he was duly rewarded with his selection for the Kent U19 team; when he led his team on to the pitch against Framlingham he created a new record for 1st XI appearances, which now stands at sixty-seven. His receipt of the Master i/c's prize was recognition of his out-standing service to the 1st XI. Mark Hagan proved to be a reliable sweeper with a penchant for striking short corners and Stuart Hills kept goal with courage and skill. Amongst the forwards, who combined well at times, Andrew Harris showed both pace and stickwork, whilst the delicate skills of David

Team from;

C. F. Beechยง, T. J. Bowcock, W. R. J. Daniel, G. Galstaun, B. Gedney, D. C. Glenister*, M. Hagan*, A. C. Harris*,S. R. Hills*, A. N. Millar, J. P. Sunnucksยง, R. J. H. Thomas*, R. K. Ward. ยงHalf Colours *Colours.

Both House matches finals were won by Westminster who achieved the double over Cornwallis, although penalty strokes were required to separate the two teams in the senior final. St. Margaret's took the league title.

To conclude my eleven seasons as Master i/c, I offer the following observations on Suttonian Hockey.

The hard pitch has been a great help to skills training in recent seasons, but we are also blest with one of the best grass pitches in Kent, and credit for this must go to 36

the groundstaff. I am enormously grateful to Ron Ledger and his colleagues for their great service to School hockey — a service which is often sadly lacking at less fortunate schools.

During my period at the helm, we have had several good teams — 1973 and 1977 being vintage years — and twenty-one boys have gained County honours at one or more levels, six playing for the South East and one being capped for England.

This reflects a great deal of work put in by my colleagues, who have given so freely of their time to run the various games from U13 upwards.

The greatest pleasure for me, however, is to note the large number of Old Suttonians now enjoying club hockey at various levels of sophistication: this, surely, is the ultimate proof that what we try to achieve on BM8 in mid-January really is worthwhile. However, for the afficionados, I offer the following twenty-two trialists for my 'super-team' of the last eleven season: Ian Licence GK Simon Licence Mark Hagon RB Charles Ricketts Roger Dunn LB Richard Hemsley Edwin James RH Paul Sunnucks Roy Taylor CH Robin Thomas William Westacott LH Gordon Milligan Paul Latham RW Tim Risby Stephen Cranmer IR Richard Crampton Mark Benson CF James Skinner Mark Russel-Vick IL Ian Malkin Trevor Clarke LW David Glenister G. G.A.

have been victories for S.V.S had our forwards been served with better passes. This weakness in mid-field persisted throughout the season and in an area that will need careful working on next Easter Term.

Our only win came against a weak Sir Roger Manwoods' XI, and we scored 6 goals. Perhaps our best game came against Chatham House, where we were unlucky to lose 2-3 after an excellent team performance.

This was followed by, perhaps, our worst effort — the away fixture against St. Lawrence. A performance adjudged so poor that during the game we lost the touch-line attendance of our sole supporter!

J. Thorne captained fairly efficiently and certainly put in a great deal of effort, but too often witnessed the throwing away of advantages. Our goalie, D. Hollins, performed admirably under trying circumstances when it seemed, at times, that he alone was in our half. L. Dodson and A. Millar looked promising up front, but rarely had enough of the ball to score goals as often as we needed to. N. Brake brought a sort of stability to the mid-field, but our wingers were under-employed when the use of them was essential to set up scoring situations.

W.R.A.T.

2nd XI Played 12 Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 7 Cancelled 3 The season started badly with a disheartening defeat by a 'rampant' Trinity XI, 7-1. Their collective skills and overall discipline proved too strong and exposed a noticeable lack of composure amongst our players when under pressure. Tonbridge also a strong team and we again lost, though the margin was not as great.

After these early set-backs the team's form improved and there seemed to be more purpose in the training sessions. There were close and exciting games against Cranbrook, Eastbourne, Skinners and the O.S. team.

Although they all resulted in draws, they might easily

3rd XI Played 8 Won 5 Lost 3 `They don't play badly for a gentlemen's team' was a comment heard from a senior master whilst returning from an away match.

This was true; despite the fact over half the original team was eventually lost or 'elevated' to the 2nd XI during the term, the 3rds had an extremely successful season, winning five of eight games and playing that unique brand of hockey known only to 1st XV forwards. The side was led for the first two games by N. Brake and thereafter by B. Saint.

This was a well balanced side whose strength lay in the amount of possession gained by the halves: Stevens, G. Jones and Saint and the scorching shots from the back of the opposition 'D' by the forwards, notably I. Hunt. Special mention ought to be made here of G. Jones, whose unique tackling ability left many opposition wingers dazed whilst keeping Hubble and Freeman in constant demand for replacement hockeysticks. The final line of defence alternated between Machin and Marino, the former neolithically intimidating, the latter very quick off the goal line.

A great deal of determination was shown on the field, with players combining well as a team; and this, coupled with the great enthusiasm generated, led to a highly enjoyable season. Four-goal defeats were meted out to Trinity, Croydon, King's (Rochester) and Eastbourne.

The only crushing defeat was suffered at the hands of a skilled Tonbridge side. By far the closest match was against the M.C.R., which saw both sides locked in battle for most of the game, with G.G.A.'s secret signing from Underhill producing a lone break to score at the last minute the only goal of the match.

In all, it was a good season, played with gusto and spirit by a team which are, after all, still searching for a suitable battleground to replace its existing one at Goose Green!

Team from: August, Brake, Craddock, Dodson, S. Harris, I. Hunt, G. Hunt, G. Jones, Machin, Marino, Muwanga, Richardson, Saint, Stevens, Townsend, Tyley, West.

L. P. Lloyd

Barry Saint

County Honours 1983 R. J. Thomas Kent U19 Kent and South East U16 J. P. Sunnucks J. R. Bristow, Kent U14 D. G. Plommer G. V. Lister

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breakaway goal which was enough to give a victory.

After this we did not look back. We stuck primarily to our defensive hockey. Our 0-2 defeat by Eastbourne felt almost like a win! Against Cranbrook we did have our chances and only lost 0-1. Perhaps our best game of the season was 0-6 to Kent College, who were an extremely useful side. We finished the season in a euphoria of excitement with a 3-1 win over Skinners', with 2 goals from Grainger, who looked faster and sharper as the season progressed, although he had had little enough chance to show his talent at centre forward. Mathias worked hard throughout the season and managed the last three successive games without being spoken to by an umpire. Jenner, perhaps our most polished player, was very good on tackling and possession, but, as last season, still has problems of distribution. Atchison played his part nobly in defence, even though he yearned to be up front. De'Ath and Maylam had some nifty stick work at times, and Pound mi. grew stronger as the season developed.

The B team enjoyed its 3 games, losing to Kent College (0-5), and Tonbridge (0-9), and drawing with King's Canterbury (2-2).

In all — a disastrous season in statistics, but not wholly without some element of rejoicing in teamwork; psychology and determination.

Team from: Ashton, Atchison, De'Ath, Grainger, N. Grey, S. Jenner, Lucking, Mathias, Maylam, Miles, Nicholass, A. Pound, Sagoe.

B.R.D. Under 14 XI Played 11 Won 4 Drawn 4 Lost 3 This was a season in which all games proved to be very close. Eastbourne were probably the best side we came across, but undefeated Kent College and Tonbridge sides also gained one goal victories. Defeats of King's (Rochester), King's (Canterbury), Cranbrook and Chatham House were justly inflicted, but, as in all games, the result was in doubt until the final whistle.

Bristow was occasionally superb in goal and showed tremendous promise. Harrison and Clifford were solid, if a little slow at the back, whilst Palmer and Lister proved to be strong at half-back. Sunnucks was the most prolific goal-scorer, but Plommer, particularly on the hard pitches, displayed the best stick work. Gillies, Fenton, Carlton and Congdon all improved significantly during the term and all eleven players enjoyed some very exciting games.

G.H.A. Under 13 XI Played 4 Won 3 Lost 1 Cancelled 3 Brockhill Trophy lost Goals for 12 Against 10 The best game of the season was the second match against King's (Rochester). A very spirited second half by the opponents ensured that our defence was well tested, but they failed to find the goal.

Overall, it has been an average season, with all members of the team playing enthusiastically and well.

Reid as captain, played many good games, well backed up by Akoni ma. in goal. His best form was shown in the Brookhill tournament.

Goal scorers: Grove (3), Sturdy D (1), Miles A. M. (2), and Johnson (1).

Also played: Generowicz, Heine, Griva N. G. Griva N. L., Scott B. Van Gyseghem, McCarthy, Dean.

Thanks to D.P. and Mrs. S. Haywood for their help.

M.E.F.P.

Under 16 XI Played 11 Won 3 Lost 6 Drawn 2 This was a disappointing season by any standard, mainly because the team was capable of playing good hockey, but only rarely produced its best form in matches.

Against King's (Canterbury) the team played its best game, though the second-half performance against Eastbourne salvaged a win from what had seemed an inevitable loss. From this it can be seen that a lack of consistency and effort was the main failing, coupled with the inability of some good individuals to blend together.

In goal Aboul-Hosn played well, saving the side from humiliation on several occasions. John Norman and Galvin-Wright were solid in defence, the former, perhaps, the find of the season, though both were slow to turn. Paine and Cook too often failed to mark their wings tightly in their effort to support the forwards.

Haynes settled into the centre-half spot and played with no little skill and much determination. Stone on the right wing was a potential match-winner, but received far too little of the ball. Ward played well, but lacks vision when on the ball; his best position is probably further back. Rowley at centre-forward ran with great determination, but often got out of position in his efforts to get into the game. Bristow and Waters, the left wing pair, had their moments, though both were a little slow at times. Warren played a number of games in various positions and was a useful reserve.

The team was made up of the players mentioned above, and colours were awarded to Haynes and Ward.

C.R.G.S. Under 15 XI Played 11 Won 2 Lost 9 In the first half of the season it seemed we might be in line for the Guinness book of Records – for the number of goals conceded. The second half, however, was a very different tale.

We started off well against Trinity (0-0 at half time!).

All tried hard but Mathias stood out in energy and determination. Both of last year's goalkeepers being no longer available, we had hastily converted Sagoe to goalkeeper. He played very well indeed against King's, Rochester, where but for him the score could easily have been 16-0 not 6-0. We had had to bring in four reserves for this match. After a disappointing performance against Sir Roger Manwood's, we then had the elements combining with choice of ends and a better team than us (Chatham House) to produce a 13-0 defeat. It went to prove, if proof were ever needed, that it is nigh impossible to teach a new hockey formation with salt and pepper pot in the Refectory just before leaving for a match. With a sweeper against St. Lawrence, we did better (only 0-6!), only to reach our nadir at Tonbridge on the mud in plimsolls (as a result of false or misunderstood information!) when we fell to pieces to the tune of 0-15!

The encouraging note during the whole season was that, although we panicked at times and were frustrated, we never gave up. With a formation of three backs and only four forwards we turned to a defensive game. Mathias took ever the captaincy from Jenner, and for 85% of the game against King's Canterbury the ball was in or near our circle. With heroic defence, even if not pretty, we kept them at bay. Miles and Nicholas, were determined that they should not break through our defence. Ten minutes from the end Pound mi. stole one 38

L. P. Lloyd

1st XI Results Trinity King's Rochester Cranbrook Sir Roger Manwood's Chatham House St. Lawrence St. Edmund's Caterham Sutton Valence HC Hockey Association Artists HC Tonbridge King's Canterbury Eastbourne Old Suttonians Kent College Maidstone HC Frank Mason Tournament Skinners

lost won won drawn lost lost cancelled cancelled cancelled cancelled lost lost drawn lost lost lost lost 10th won

2nd XI Results Trinity King's Rochester Cranbrook Sir Roger Manwood's Chatham House St. Lawrence St. Edmund's Caterham Sutton Valence HC Tonbridge

lost lost drawn won lost won cancelled cancelled cancelled lost

1-3 1-0 4-3 3-3 1-3 3-5

1-4 1-3 2-2 0-8 1-8 2-3 2-5 4-2

1-7 1-3 0-0 6-1 2-3 0-2

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0-2 0-0 2-2 0-3 1-1

King's Canterbury Eastbourne Old Suttonians Kent College Skinners

lost drawn drawn lost drawn

3rd XI Results Trinity King's Rochester Cranbrook Sir Lawrence Caterham Tonbridge King's Canterbury Eastbourne Kent College

4-2 won 4-1 won won 1-0 0-1 lost cancelled lost 1-6 2-0 won 4-2 won lost 0-1

1st XI at Oxford Framlingham Abingdon Queen's Taunton Sherborne Allhallows

drawn drawn lost drawn lost

1-1 5-5 0-1 2-2 1-5

1st XI at Frank Mason King's Canterbury Borden St. Edmund's Sir Roger Manwood's Grammarians Tonbridge

won drawn lost won won lost

2-1 1-1 1-3 7-0 2-0 2-3

CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM back row L to R: A. Hickman, D. Curtis, F. Hinde, M. Ainsworth, M. Rothenburger, D. Chambers, A. Young, C. Lallyett Esq., G. Sturdy. front row L to R: D. Siewert, T. Chantler, A. McGinty, P. Willett, N. Hirst.

CROSS-COUNTRY REPORT thank Chris Parkinson, Michael Gordon and Mark Gaddes and the senior boys who assisted with the training and administration during an arduous season.

Despite having only five senior runners this has been another remarkably successful term, in which the Juniors won all their events and the Intermediates and Seniors won most of theirs. A great deal of the credit for this success must go to the Intermediates, who were constantly called upon to help raise the Open sides, but as a result were unable to compete at the Open and Intermediate levels on the same day.

RESULTS Juniors — won 5/5 events Intermediates — won 3/4 events Seniors — won 5/8 events Full Colours — Chantler, Willett Half Colours — Hirst, Brady U16 Colours — Bickley, Chambers, Hickman, Sturdy G., Young U14 Colours — Abudu S., Fox, Moll T., Morris

As usual, the season opened with the Knole Run, which had a record number of entrants; we again improved our relative standing by finishing twentyseventh out out of forty-four schools. In the Maidstone Area Championships the Juniors won their event for the first, time beating eleven other schools, and the Intermediates retained their title, making them champions for the third successive year. Other successes worthy of mention were the wins against Duke of York's (Open), Judd School (Intermediate and Junior), King's Rochester (Open) and Cranbrook (Junior). I

Lallyett Cup — Bickley Bentley Cup — Chantler Nations Cup — Cornwallis House The Baton — Cornwallis House C.I.K.L. 40

THE KNOLE RUN

The Team - five minutes to go

Tom Chantler — that course gets tougher every year

The Start — three hundred and fifty line up

Stephen Brady (371) — phew, glad that's over

Nick Hirst (375) — how much further before lap 2?

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Photos: C. I. K. La!!yeti

1st BASKETBALL VI

back row L to R: D. W. Taylor Esq., G. Tsui, G. Galstaun. front row L to R: D. Glenister, I. Grundy, M. Muwanga, C. Beech.

BASKETBALL Captain: Moses Muwanga and Ward were shooting well, there was little opposition could do, as the score of 110-62 against Maidstone School for Boys suggests. In a friendly game against King's Rochester they won easily 47-14, with Haynes scoring 26 points. However, in the North and Mid-Kent Cup they were completely outclassed by Howard, losing 29-84. Epps and Warren also played well at times, while Brown, too, worked hard to improve his skills. Of the younger players, Abudu and Nathan showed promise.

Haynes and Warren were re-awarded their Junior Colours, while Brown, Epps and Ward also received theirs.

The Inter-House Competition was again held in the form of a Tournament on a Sunday afternoon and provided some entertaining matches. In a low-scoring Senior Final Cornwallis eventually beat Lambe's 8-4, while St. Margaret's deservedly won the Junior Competition 24-4, beating Westminster in the final.

The Senior squad only played six matches, winning all but one. They successfully turned the tables on Cranbrook this season, winning 33-29 at home and 33-24 away. The first match was particularly close fought, going into an extra period. In the away game they were down 9-17 at half time, but quickly established better form during the second half, taking it 24-17. They played well to beat Maidstone Grammar 37-27 and, with Muwanga scoring 26 points, easily outplayed Maidstone School for Boys, winning 51-36.

In the North and Mid-Kent Cup competition they lost to Hundred of Hoo by 34-38, when they failed to keep the ball away from Foster, a Kent player, who scored 34 points for the opposition! In the final game of the season against the Masters' Common Room they only managed to scrape home 42-40, after leading 24-14 at half-time. They were a team of enthusiastic, all-round games players, rather than basketball specialists, though Muwanga developed his game well and at times played with great skill. He was awarded his Full Colours, while Beech, Galstaun, Glenister, Grundy and Tsui all received their Half Colours.

The U16 team, captained by Angus Warren, should really have won the Maidstone Schools' League competition, but sadly lost their shooting form in critical matches. They beat Maidstone School for Boys and Astor of Heaver both at home and away, but lost on three occasions to Maidstone Grammar, including the final, finishing second in the League. When Haynes

Team Records: Seniors: Played 6, Won 5, Lost 1. Points for 230, points against 184.

Leading scorers: Muwanga 78, Glenister 47, Beech 36, Grundy 33.

Juniors: Played 9, Won 5, Lost 4. Points for 423, points against 406.

Leading scorers: Haynes 147, Ward 110, Warren 70, Epps 65.

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CRICKET RETROSPECT 1983 Captain R. D. Coate Vice-Captain: R. H. J. Thomas Secretary: D. G. Curtis

CRICKET 1st XI back row L to R: G. G. Able Esq., D. Paine, D. Glenister, B. Saint, T. Bowcock,

P. Willett, D. Pickard, Esq. front row L to R: R. Morton, D. Curtis, R. Thomas, R. Coate, B. Gedney, P. Sunnucks.

1st XI: Played 14: Won 1: Drawn 4: Lost 9.

As the figures show, this has not been a successful year for the School XI. It was, perhaps, inevitable that we would struggle somewhat after losing eight of last year's magnificent team, but our struggle was made much worse by the wettest May in my fourteen years at Sutton Valence. Whilst Canterbury and Rochester escaped at least some of the heavy storms, the rain `zeroed' in on our ridge with monotonous regularity, depriving us of any grass practice before half-term.

Our batting, starved of much needed nets, collapsed time and time again, and it was only in the last week of term that we began to find something like our true form, narrowly missing victories against Maidstone Grammar School and Ratcliffe, losing to a good King's (Canterbury) side in the penultimate over and achieving a well-deserved win over the Duke of York's.

Richard Coate captained the team with increasing authority and led by very good example; he was our most consistent batsman, bowled with considerable pace once the wickets dried and fielded with complete commitment. Robin Thomas disappointed with the bat after his explosive performances last season became a useful off-spinner and remained a good fielder. David Curtis and Paul Sunnucks, too, did rather more with the ball than the bat, although the latter, together with Richard Morton, showed enough ability to suggest greater deeds next year. The successes of the season, though, were undoubtedly Barry Saint, who rose from the ranks of last year's third eleven to take twenty wickets, and Ben Gedney, who became a completely transformed batsman when he dropped down the order to be undefeated in his last four innings.

It may not have been a successful season, but the spirit of the team has remained in good order, and many of the mini-bus journeys have been hilarious affairs thanks to Peter Willett's keen wit in the self-appointed role of court jester.

Team From:

T. J. Bowcock, R. D. Coate*, D. G. Curtis*, B. W. Gedney§, D. C. Glenister, D. 0. Machin, R. S. Matthews, R. Morton§, D. J. Paine, B. H. Saint§, J. P. Sunnucks*, R. J. H. Thomas*, R. Ward, E. P. Willett. *Full Colours. §Half Colours.

Traditionally a retiring master i/c cricket picks his best XI from the sides he coached. After eleven years associated with the 1st XI, this is a difficult task, but I submit my chosen team below with apologies to those omitted, many of whom have a very strong claim. May I, at the same time, express my thanks to Ron Ledger and all the groundsmen who have provided the high standard of service necessary for good cricket and also to the many members of the Common Room who have assisted with cricket and given me much encouragement. In particular, I must single out Bob Chance whose work at the U14 level (often under floodlights!) has been largely responsible for the many good players we have produced. Finally, my best wishes go to David Pickard for a successful season next year and beyond.

G. G. Able GGA's XI — (1972-1983) 1 P. R. Latham (WK) 2 M. R. Benson 3 M. T. Russell-Vick 3 J. E. Skinner 5 D. C. G. Foster 6 A. R. Shaw 7 R. B. Taylor 8 T. R. Sunnucks 9 E. A. H. James 10 R. D. Coate 11 D. C. F. High 43

v Ratcliffe College. Match drawn R.C. 133 (Thomas 4 for 12) S.V.S. 115 for 6 (Coate 30, Gedney 23 n.o.)

Winners of Cricket trophies 1983 Senior House Competition Founder's Junior House Competition Bennett St. Margaret's House Leagues Individual Cricket Cup and Master i/c's Prize R. D. Coate Fielding Cup R. J. H. Thomas R. L. Kay Prize for most promising young cricketer S. C. Sunnucks Leading 1st XI Averages Batting Innings Not Outs Gedney Coate Sunnucks Morton Thomas Curtis

13 14 14 14 14 14

Bowling

Overs 177.3 46.0 123.5 149.0 117.4

Coate Curtis Sunnucks Saint Thomas

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Highest Score 30 77 34 49 40 35

Maidens 55 15 28 36 15

Runs 390 124 336 363 392

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0 0 0

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Average

197 286 202 186 179 162

21.88 20.42 14.42 13.29 12.78 11.57

2nd XI Played 5 Won 1 Lost 3 Rain stopped play. It also restricted practice — and that might be our only admissible excuse: the 2nd XI entered the Sutton Valence equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records by not being able to have a 'net' or play a match of any kind on grass until one week after half-term.

Bad weather apart, we did not play well. Cricket is 99% inertia and 1% frantic, 'vital' activity. The team as a whole 'switched off' completely on too many occasions with the result that catches were dropped, wickets given away and runs conceded, when alert players should not have failed.

Individual performances are worth mentioning, in particular: Harris S. and Waters, who batted doggedly at St. Edmund's, Thorne, who bowled frequently and sometimes accurately (he also captained the side) and Matthews, who should go on to make runs for the 1st XI. A few others may find themselves similarly promoted, but they will have to show greater determination and concentration than this year.

The final match of the term was a victory, against Bethany School.

C.P.M.K.

Wickets Average 10.83 36 13.77 9 20 16.80 20 18.15 20 19.60

1st XI Results ✓ St. Lawrence. Match drawn S.V.S. 190 (Thomas 40, Curtis 35, Coate 31, Gedney 30, Sunnucks 20) S.L.C. 123 for 5 (Thomas 3 for 34) ✓ King's, Rochester. Lost by 59 runs K.S.R. 210 for 4 dec.

S.V.S. 151 (Coate 32, Thomas 30 Morton 20) ✓ Dover College. Lost by 2 wickets S.V.S. 113 (Morton 49, Glenister 20) Dover 114 for 8 (Sunnucks 4 for 36) ✓ XL Club. Match drawn XL Club 136 for 8 dec. (Saint 4 for 27) S.V.S. 96 for 8 ✓ Band of Brothers. Lost by 73 Runs B.B. 136 (Coate 4 for 20, Thomas 3 for 28 S.V.S. 63 ✓ M.C.C. Lost by 37 runs M.C.C. 183 for 7 dec. (Coate 3 for 17) S.V.S. 146 (Willett 30 n.o., Gedney 28, Sunnucks 25) ✓ St. Edmund's. Lost by 43 runs St. Edmund's 113 (Coate 6 for 20) S.V.S. 70 (Morton 21) ✓ St. Dunstan's. Lost 128 runs St. Dunstan's 222 for 4 dec.

S.V.S. 94 (Sunnucks 26, Curtis 25, Coate 20) ✓ O.S. Lost by 27 runs O.S. 101 (Saint 5 for 31, Coate 4 for 27) S.V.S. 74 ✓ Masters' Common Room. Lost by 2 runs M.C.R. 87 (Coate 3 for 12) S.V.S. 85 (Morton 24) ✓ Maidstone Grammar School. Match drawn S.V.S. 162 for 7 dec. (Coate 77, Gedney 29 n.o.)

M.G.S. 106 for 9 (Sunnucks 4 for 36, Coate 3 for 25) ✓ Duke of Yorks R.M.S. Won by 59 runs S.V.S. 142 for 8 dec. (Gedney 24 n.o., Thomas 24) D.Y.R.M.S. 83 (Coate 4 for 24, Saint 3 for 10) ✓ King's, Canterbury. Lost by 5 wickets S.V.S. 164 for 9 dec. (Sunnucks 34, Curtis 32, Coate 31) K.S.C. 165 for 5

3rd XI Played 1 Won 0 Lost 1 It was unfortunate, indeed extremely sad, that five fixtures had to be cancelled as a result of the incredibly wet weather, for the team, though not greatly blessed with talent, under the leadership of Andrew Tyley showed great enthusiasm.

In the one fixture that was completed King's Canterbury were bowled out for 93, Prosser taking 8-49, but our batsmen could only muster 40, including a lusty 16 from Merchant.

Team from: M. J. H. Ainsworth, A. R. Castle, G. T. M. Chapman, D. S. Hollins, T. A. 0. Martin, W. E. McNab, Z. Merchant, J. R. Mortley, R. P. Norman, D. J. Prosser, B. K. Quartey, R. C. Rintoul, A. J. Tyley.

D.W.T.

L. P. Lloyd

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Under 15 XI Played 6 Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 3 What a start to a cricket season! By half-term we had had just one practice on grass — and that was on a rather rough B.M. league wicket. We had, I must admit, also played two matches — one away on the Rochester Alps, and one at home on the B.M. match wicket. We lost to Rochester, scoring 99 in reply to their 132 for 6, and, defending a modest 86 against Maidstone G.S., we almost managed to win but, despite Pound's 5 for 12 and Peacock's 2 for 5, we couldn't dislodge their number 11 and they finished with 59 for 9.

After half term we lost to King's, Canterbury, and to St. Edmund's, drew with St. Dunstan's, and finished with a win against Bethany.

Maylam, this year's captain, used his bowlers well, apart, I thought, from underbowling himself on one or two occasions, but he had a very disappointing season with the bat, scoring only 15 runs in his six innings.

Peacock, who always opened the innings, was the most consistent batsman, getting into double figures on five out of six occasions and finishing with an average of just under 20, but by far the highest score was Hewson's 71 not out against Bethany.

The most promising feature of the season was Pound's bowling — slow left arm round the wicket and of all this year's team he is, I think, the most likely to be the first to find a place in a future 1st XI. In six matches he took 18 for 189 — a fine performance for which he was awarded his colours.

The following twelve boys played in the team during the season: R. J. Ashton, S. P. Atchison, S. J. A. Cawley, M. J. Exon, G. F. E. Hewson, N. R. Jardine, J. K. Lucking, K. A. Mathias, W. J. R. Maylam, C. D. Peacock, D. G. Plommer, A. M. Pound.

M.F.B.

L. P. Lloyd

Under 14 XI Played 10 Won 5 Lost 4 Drawn 1 When one considers that much of the first part of the season was spoilt by inclement weather, the Under 14 group developed rapidly both as a team and individually, as the results of the last few matches indicate. Within a relatively short time a group of boys with varied skills and abilities had been moulded together as a team; four of the last five matches were decisively won and team spirit was encouragingly high.

However, as the boys ran excitedly away after their comprehensive defeat of DCPS in the last match, one was left with the feeling that, despite tremendous improvement, the boys still lacked knowledge of many of the finer points of the game, those often indefinable aspects that show they have a real feel for cricket and that can only come with match practice and a constant absorption in the game.

That said, there is no doubt that this was an above average year with 14 or 15 players vying for places. As Captain, the youngest of the Sunnucks brothers (Stephen) proved a revelation. He certainly does have the instinctive feel for the game, rarely seen in players at this age. He encouraged other boys; he made astute bowling changes; he listened to advice and he was rarely out of the action. Possibly, he did not score as many runs as he should have done, but he has such a range of strokes that he will certainly score many more in the years to come. He cuts and hooks with rapier-like sharpness, but must remember that such shots should be carefully stored up in an innings and then unleashed once one has had time to appreciate the pace of the wicket. He scored a very stylish 83 against Holmewood house, but it was as a bowler that I shall most remember him in 1983: his mixtures of leg-breaks, off-breaks and in-duckers baffled most of the sides we played as his 35 wickets at an average cost of only 5.68 runs clearly shows.

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Amongst the others, Lister's hard hitting produced three scores of over 50, but he must learn to build an innings and play a little straighter; Clifford bowled delightfully towards the end of the season moving the ball away from the bat; Barber, the other regular opening bowler, generally bowled steadily and he removed at least one useful player per game; Bristow was the liveliest fielder and, coming in at number five or six, usually realised the need for quick runs. He accumulated well by hitting the ball hard and always being on the alert for sharp singles. There were two more than competent wicket-keepers in the squad: Lister, probably the better of the two, with much potential, but with a proneness to take the ball in front of the wicket, and Gillies who proved a safe, unspectacular 'keeper and a busy little batsman, who added character and colour to the side. Fenton was a rather stodgy opener, who will improve and, hopefully, bowl some off-breaks, while I admired the determination and enthusiasm of Pomeroy, Badman and Cooper, all three of whom added valuable contributions.

Victories were recorded against St. Edmund's, Bethany (by nine wickets), Holmewood House, DCPS (dismissed for 17) and Churchill School, though one of the most exciting games was the 25-over match versus Tonbridge School who won only in the final over.

Those who played were: N. M. Badman, J. C. Barber, T. Bampton, J. R. Bristow*, S. D. Clifford, M. E. Cooper, E. F. Fenton, M. Gillies, R. J. Harrison, G. B. Lister*, D. Plommer, E. D. Pomeroy, E. W. J. Ramus, A. Reed, A. P. W. Rogers, S. C. Sunnucks* (captain). *Denotes Colours R.D.C.

Under 13 XI Played 5 Won 2 Drawn 0 Lost 3 The season started poorly, with the first half of term `washed out' by the incessant rain. The lack of practice on pitches seemed to dull enthusiasm, and, as a result, I felt that the team never displayed quite the determination to succeed.

When we finally managed to get out onto grass for games we were effectively humbled by strong teams from Friar's, Grenham House and Kent College.

Our victories came against Bethany School, with fine bowling by Knowlden (4-5) and batting by Heine (23 n.o.). Our other victory came against a weak D.C.P.S. XI, winning by 9 wickets (Knowlden 6-8). This was our first victory over a D.C.P.S. side for many years.

There were a few individual performances during the season that were encouraging: Heine's progress as an opening bat, Know!den's development as a bowler and Akoni's skill and speed behind the stumps. Reid captained as best he could, but, perhaps, did not use his bowlers as well as he might. The fielding, generally, was slow, through lack of practice, though there were some excellent catches.

Team From: Akoni ma, Bishop mi, Generowicz, Griva ma, Grove, Heine, Knowlden, Lloyd, McCarthy, Miles A., Sturdy mi, Reid (captain).

W.R.A.T.

Foundation Trophy Open S.V.S. 158 Westminster City 94 Emanuel 56 v King's Canterbury, St. Lawrence and St. Edmund's Under 17 Open King's, Canterbury 176 King's, Canterbury 163 127 S. V. S. 134 S. V . S. St. Lawrence 124 St. Edmund's 101 St. Lawrence 79 Under 15 S.V.S. 157 King's, Canterbury 151 113 St. Edmund's

ATHLETICS REPORT With the departure of the majority of the succesful 1982 team, it was inevitable that this was to be a year of re-building. Nevertheless, the Senior Team managed to win most of its matches, and the U15 Team had a very successful season. Kingsland and Harris won county honours, but the captain, Ho was certainly the most accomplished athlete (Long Jump: 6 metres 50 cms; 100 metres: 11.2 secs; High Jump: 1 metre 78 cms). Harris progressed over the year and reduced his 400m time to 51.8 secs. Brady was was rarely beaten, even when competing in the Seniors (his best time was 2 mins 2 secs for the 800m!). Others, such as Richardson, Okesanjo, West, Piper and Bicklet, made useful contributions.

The Foundation Match was, again, won with embarrassing ease, and victories were gained at all three levels in a new fixture against Seaford College and Brighton College.

With some very good Juniors at the lower end of the school, the future looks very bright indeed.

As in previous years Mark Gaddes and Keith Lallyett were a tremendous help in the training of athletes, and other colleagues were also most willing to assist on match days. I would like to thank them and all the athletes for making my last season such an enjoyable one.

G.H.A. Results v Cranbrook and King's, Rochester Under 16 Open Cranbrook 138 S.V.S. 114 S.V.S. Cranbrook King's, Rochester 70 King', Rochester v Sevenoaks and St. Edmund's Under 17 Open Sevenoaks 105 Sevenoaks S.V.S. 80 S. V. S. 22 St. Edmund's St. Edmund's Under 15 Sevenoaks S.V.S. St. Edmund's

v Brighton College and Seaford College Open Under 16 S.V.S. 177 S.V.S. Seaford 139 Seaford Brighton 51 Brighton Under 15 S.V.S. Seaford Brighton v Kent College and Brighton College Open Under 16 137 Kent College S. V . S. Kent College 96 S.V.S. Brighton College Brighton College 86 Duke of York's Cup 213 1 King's, C'bury 2 Dover College 183 Cranbrook 172 4 Duke of York's 164 5 S.V.S. 129 6 St. Edmund's

121 97 90

Clours Full Ho Kingsland Harris A.

106 67 19

Half Brady Richardson West Piper Chantler

Junior Bickley Congdon Abudu S. Morris

Senior House Athletics — Westminster Junior House Athletics — Bennett Star Awards Competition — Cornwallis

93 1/2 821/2 46 47

124 123 117 142 125 96

131 112 72

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v Kent College v King's Rochester v Bethany School

Senior Won U16 Won U15 Won Senior Won U16 Won U16 Won U15 Won Westminster Founder's Westminster Westminster Holdgate/Aylmer Drawn

Senior Swimming Cup Senior Relay Cup Penguin Race Water-polo Cup Junior Swimming Cup Junior Relay Cup Records 400 yards Freestyle BD iv.

A. Koster 400 yards Freestyle A Div. D. Siewert Colours Full: A. Millar, Grundy, N. Ward Half: Nagy, Trotter U16: Koster, D. Ward

THE SWIMMING YEAR

Captain: James August Once again, the beginning of the year was affected by the weather, but the squad trained with zest for its first event, the Bath Cup, in London. Against the best of British Public Schools, however, it could only gain a disappointing 51st place out of 60.

The first match was against King's Canterbury, in which the Seniors won an historic draw, having lost last year.

The triangular match against Christ's Hospital and Eastbourne produced excellent individual performances from August, in the 50m breaststroke, and Siewert, in the individual medley. Koster, who had a good season, winning most of his races, returned a good time in the 100m backstroke.

As last year, Tonbridge fielded a very strong team but, although the School lost in all divisions, there were encouraging performances from Jenner S. and Palmer, in the Juniors, Koster, Ward D. and Carlsen in the U16 and Miller A., Ward N. and August in the Seniors.

When asked to comment on our defeat the Tonbridge Coach reminded us of the reduction of a swimmer's drag co-efficient achieved by using a bathing-cap. It is hoped that the School can be persuaded to buy some caps before the start of next season.

This season water-polo was taken more seriously and, with Grundy as captain, the squad managed to hold its own against most opposition.

The House swimming Finals were held on the customary last Tuesday and Thursday of term, and two relatively warm evenings saw Westminster collect three of the four trophies, the Relay Cup this year going to a very strong Founder's team. Mrs. August kindly presented the trophies. For the second time the Junior House competition was staged separately with a team from Underhill competing.

Thanks go to James August, the captain, for his effort and enthusiasm, and to Mr. Piper and Mr. Parkinson for their hard work in coaching the teams and running the matches.

Simon Nagy Results Drawn Senior v King's Canterbury Lost U16 Lost U15 Won Senior ✓Duke of York's Lost U15 Lost ✓Brighton College Senior Lost U16 Lost U15 Lost Senior ✓St. Lawrence College Lost U16 Lost Senior v Tonbridge School Lost U16 Lost U15 2nd Eastbourne & Christ's Senior 2nd Hospital U16 2nd U15 49

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1st RUGBY FIVES

THE HOUSE GOLF COMPETITION The House Golf Competition was played this year on the 30th June, a day when rain constantly threatened but fortunately never fell in sufficient quantity to damp the players' enthusiasm. Because of the enforced absence of some of the better golfers, teams were of either two or three, over three rounds of the course, with only the best two scores counting. Conditions were not easy and it was very creditable that three players scored individual rounds of fifteen (two over par) during the afternoon. The top two houses with the scores that counted were as follows:

back row L to R C. P. M. King, Esq., N. Ward, T. Ho, R. Coate, A. Doree

front row L to R M. Millington-Buck, I. Grund y , A. Court, 0. Martin.

FIVES With all of last year's 1st IV back for another season, it was not surprising that, at the top, we had our best results for some years. Unfortunately, though, the other teams fared less well, and the prospect for the next few years are decidedly gloomy. Not only do we look like having very few players of any real potential, but also we shall be without Chris King, whose enthusiastic help in recent years has been much appreciated by all concerned with the game at S.V. Furthermore, once the Appeal Programme gets under way, we shall be deprived of half of our courts. No wonder I am so depressed! (One piece of good news is that the R.F.A. is about to publish a coaching manual and so in future, with luck, I shall know what I should be doing on games afternoons).

As so often in recent years, Westminster monopolised the internal competitions. Ian Grundy (W) beat Alastair Court (W) in the Open Singles final, reversing last year's results, and together they again won the Open Doubles, beating the other two members of the 1st IV, Owen Martin (F) and Mark Millington-Buck (F), in the final.

Christopher Brown (W) again won the Under 16 Singles, and in the House Match final Westminster took their revenge on Founder's, who had beaten them so convincingly last year.

All four members of the 1st IV were awarded their full colours.

M.F.B.

First:

Westminster

Second: St. Margaret's

Jason Bristow 49 Andrew Millar 51 100 53 Ali Graham Luke Dodson 53 106 R.E.H.

THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Some of us had almost come to believe that this event was inseparable from rain, wind and cold, but this year the incredible happened: on Tuesday, March 15th, the sun shone and it was not far off being a balmy afternoon.

The greenkeeping staff had the opportunity to prepare the course the day before, Field Day, and although rain till lunchtime ruled out a close mowing, the greens were not too bad. Sadly, Mr. Marchant was not well and for the first time since 1977 the opening drive was not from his club. Captain Bruce-Russell set the pace in the first half of the field with a commendable 33, including a rebound off the goal post in front of the third tee. The winner came from the last group — as the organiser had hoped even though it was not to be his year. James Bristow and Alastair Graham tied on 31 with the cup going to Bristow on the countback, bad luck on Graham, but it provided a stirring finish.

After an admirable 2 at the first, Bristow made a nonsense of the second and it was iron nerves — or absence of them — at the fourth which gave him a 4 and the Championship.

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REPORT ON TENNIS 1st VI Summer 1983 With two disastrous seasons behind them, this year's 1st VI were not fancied to do much better than their predecessors, especially as the squad was largely untried. Furthermore, the first two fixtures were scheduled for the 3rd and 4th sessions of term, which meant that team selection had to be based on just a few hours' tennis practice. However, where skill and teamwork were lacking, determination was not, and the squad was able to gain confidence from the encouraging start made agaist St. Lawrence in a curtailed match, and at rainy Sevenoaks.

In fact, although there was some rain almost every day until half-term, the gods smiled on Sutton Valence, and we lost only one afternoon all term to the weather.

Our next match brought us another victory, against Cranbrook, but it was now clear that the team lacked balance. Indeed, whatever first pair we fielded, only four sets were gained all season against an opposing first pair (even if lesser pairs were usually despatched). For the first six matches, Alistair Court, the captain, and Ian Hunt played together, but the partnership rarely flourished, both having a tendency to lose patience too soon. Alistair often played some excellent tennis, and deservedly, as No. 1, gained his colours towards the end of the season. Away from Alistair, particularly, Ian's temperament let him down, but he also showed himself capable of good tennis. His place was taken by Adrian Moll, a 14 year-old of much promise, although as yet lacking in height and power, who played with considerable skill and assurance, and won Under-16 colours.

Our Waterloo came against a very strong Kent College who all but 'whitewashed' us. This match heralded the deterioration of Alex Trindade's play, hitherto stylish and effective, which meant changes were now required to the second pair. Luke Dodson, later to gain half-colours, always gave 100% effort, even if his technique could sometimes be faulted, and was a stalwart at No. 3. King's School Rochester were narrowly defeated, mainly thanks to a good performance by a temporary, but fairly solid 3rd pair of Moll and Philip Chui. Philip was rarely allowed the same partner for consecutive matches, but always gave of his best, maturing pleasingly throughout the term, and ended up as the only ever-present in the team.

Dover College also defeated us heavily, but we played with much spirit to be the first team this season to beat Bethany. Christopher Brown made an encouraging debut in this match, although he still has much to learn before he fulfils his potential. We fielded an examweakened side against King's Canterbury (4 of our 6 on the day were under 16), but cannot complain about the result. The team made amends at St. Edmund's, where only a nail-biting 7-5 win in the final set played ensured victory. Paul Tsui and Paul Cook also represented the School this term. The team again played very well in the Old Suttonian match, which was as exciting as it was good-humoured.

This season, results exceeded expectations; next year, with some experienced youngsters coming through, we can perhaps expect the sort of results achieved this year.

TENNIS 1st VI back row L to R: M. A. Gordon Esq., A. Trindade, C. Brown, P. Chui. front row L to R: L. Dodson, A. Court, I. Hunt.

The coaching of Dominic Wood is quickly bearing fruit, and my sincere thanks go to him, to C.V.A. for his active help, and to A.R.D. for his good counsel.

The Leagues were won by St. Margaret's The Inter-House Tournament was won by Cornwallis House The Singles Tournaments were won by A. Moll (Senior), and J. Bickley (Junior).

M.A.G. Under 16 Tennis The season was a happy one for the members of the Under 16 team; they won four of their matches and lost only one. Moll's departure for the senior team, after the opening match, left Cook and Brown in the first pair.

They achieved easy victories over a number of relatively weak opponents, but sometimes showed a want of resolution when faced with more skilful ones. Of the others, Young played with style and consistency, and Beruffi — curbing a fiery Latin temperament — with admirable steadiness. They were all well supported by Bell, Evans, Lyle and Stone. Most matches were held on the all-weather courts, on which the bounce of the ball is rather variable. Some consider that the surface provides a good test of skill; others that it is quite unfit for tennis. Strangely enough, winners usually tend towards the former, and losers towards the latter opinion.

C.V.A. Results 1st VI v St. Lawrence v Sevenoaks v Cranbrook v Kent College v King's School, Rochester v Dover College v Bethany v King's School, Canterbury v St. Edmund's, Canterbury v O.S. Under 16 VI v Eltham College (KLTA Cup) v Cranbrook v King's School, Rochester v Dover College v Maidstone School for Boys 51

Won Drawn Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost Won Drawn Lost Won Won Won Won

2V2-11/2 41/2-41/2 3'h-2'h 1/2-51/2

5-4 21/2-61/2 5 1/2-31/2 11/2-71/2 5-4 3-3

E. L. Catchpole

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OLD SUTTONIANS SECTION THE OLD SUTTONIANS ASSOCIATION 95th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Head Boy (J. P. Thorne, Founders). In the absence through illness of the Headmaster, to whom good wishes from the members assembled were sent, the reply was given by Mr. Michael Fairbank, Second Master and Acting Headmaster.

His speech was witty and informative and members present are grateful to him for what he told us about the plans for the future of the School.

This was held at the School on Saturday, 25th June 1983.

E. D. G. Bunker (1954-M) was in the Chair.

The following routine business was transacted:(a) The accounts, presented and explained by the Hon. Treasurer, I. A. D. Lyle (1953-M), were adopted. (b) The following were elected or re-elected to executive positions in the Association.

Addresses of Executive Officers of the Association are:Chairman: E. D. G. Bunker, Tattlebury, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9JU. Tel.: Home Maidstone 890497.

Office 01-709 0744.

Hon. Secretary: G. J. H. Croysdill, Mount Pleasant, The Common, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2AF. Tel.: Cranbrook (0580) 713813 and (0580) 891720.

Hon. Treasurer: J. W. W. Taylor, 2 Hillside, Maidstone Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9RD. Tel.: Maidstone 891306 and Office 01-437 3344.

Hon. Dinner I. F. Kay, 73 Bush Hill Road, WinchSecretary: more Hill, N21 2DP. Tel.: 01-360 3005 and Office 01-367 4211.

Hon. Keeper P. 0. Barnett, Belfairs,. 22 Garden of Records: Lane, Royston, Herts SG8 9EH. Tel.: Royston 0763 43839.

President: E. A. Craven, (1924-W) Chairman: E. D. G. Bunker, (1954-M) Hon. Secretary: G. J. H. Croysdill, (1965-F) Hon. Treasurer: J. W. W. Taylor, (1965-F) Hon. Auditor: I. A. D. Lyle, (1953-M) Hon. Dinner Sec.: I. F. Kay, (1941-M) Hon. Keeper of P. 0. Barnett (1931-W) Records: The Committee: Name Retires A. W. Dixon (1966-M) 1984 E. J. Evans (1953-W) 1984 M. A. Maberly (1955-F) 1984 M. F. Beaman (1952-W) 1984 M. J. Bartlett (1954-W) 1986 C. R. G. Shaw (1955-W) 1986 M. Hatcher (1974-L) 1987 E. D. G. Bunker (1954-W) 1987 A. Shaw (1982-L) 1987 1987 M. A. Palmer (1959-L) (c) Thanks were given to the retiring officers: Hon. Secretary: M. F. Hatcher (1974-L) Hon. Treasurer: I. A. D. Lyle (1953-M) Hon. Auditor: J. B. Pugh (1944-M)

RULES OF THE OLD SUTTONIANS' ASSOCIATION (1983) Preliminary 1.

This Association shall be known as the OLD SUTTONIANS' ASSOCIATION (`the Association').

The Meeting then passed on to the main business of the evening, namely the discussion of a Revised Set of Rules of the Association presented by a Sub-Committee consisting of M. A. Maberly, M. F. Hatcher and J. W. W. Taylor. The proposed New Rules had previously been sent to all members of the Association. They were thanked by the Chairman for their work.

After the discussion and minor alterations the New Rules were adopted. They are printed below.

The meeting was then closed and members foregathered for the 95th Annual Dinner, in the School Refectory.

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The objects of the Association shall be: (a) to provide a means whereby all former pupils and staff of Sutton Valence School (`the School') may to their mutual benefit maintain a link with each other and with the School; and to establish and promote such links; and (b) to assist the School and promote its interests, whether by means of financial support or otherwise.

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The Association shall consist of ordinary members together with such honorary members as may be provided in sub-rule (2) of Rule 4.

Membership The ordinary members of the Association shall consist of: former pupils of the School; persons who are or at any time have been members of the teaching staff of the School; and members of the Sutton Valence School Governing Body.

THE 95th ANNUAL DINNER OF THE OLD SUTTONIANS ASSOCIATION The Dinner took place, under the Chairmanship of Michael A. Maberly (1955-F) on Saturday, 25th June 1983. He was supported by 58 Old Suttonians and guests. The health of the Queen and that of 'Absent Friends' were proposed by the Chairman of the Dinner and that of the School and its future prosperity by the

(2) A person who, in the opinion of the Committee, has rendered signal service to the School or to the Association, may be elected by the Committee an honorary member of the Association and thereupon shall not be liable to pay any subscription fee

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11. On the death, resignation or removal from office of a Trustee, the Committee shall take steps to procure the appointment by the Association at a General Meeting of a new Trustee in his place.

but shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership.

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6.

No person shall be admitted to ordinary membership unless he has paid a subscription under Rule 13.

12. The Trustees shall in all respects act, in regard to any property of the Association held by them, in accordance with the directions of the Committee.

Committee and Officers (1) The affairs of the Association in all matters not in these Rules reserved for the Association at a General Meeting, shall be managed by the Committee of the Association (`the Committee').

(2) The Committee shall consist of not less than five nor more than ten members of the Association (exclusive of ex officio members) who, with the exception of the ex officio members referred to in Rule 7, shall go out of office after five years, but shall be eligible for re-election.

Subscriptions, Finances and Accounts 13. (1) Subscription to membership of the Association shall be on payment of such sum or sums as the Committee may determine.

(2) The method of collection of the subscription referred to in sub-rule (1) of this Rule shall be determined by agreement between the Association and the School.

(3) The Committee shall have power to co-opt any one or more members of the Association as it may deem appropriate.

(3) The Treasurer shall keep such proper books of account as will enable him to present at the Annual General Meeting or at any other time if required (on reasonable notice being given to him) by the Committee, an accurate report and statement concerning the finances of the Association.

(4) The Committee may appoint one or more subcommittees for such purposes as it may deem appropriate.

(5) Three members shall constitute a quorum of the Committee, and two a quorum of a sub-committee.

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(4) The Treasurer shall arrange for the accounts of the Association to be audited each year by a qualified Auditor.

(1) The following shall be officers of the Association: the President, three or more Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Dinner Secretary, the Keeper of Records and any one or more officers whom the Association may from time to time appoint; and it is hereby provided that all the officers referred to in this sub-rule shall be ex officio members of the Committee.

General Meetings 14. (1) Each year there shall be an Annual General Meeting of the Association.

(2) Notice of the place day and time of the Annual General Meeting and of the business to be transacted thereat shall be given in writing by the Secretary at least twenty-one days before the day appointed for the meeting.

(2) With the exception of the Vice-Presidents, each of the officers referred to in sub-rule (1) of this Rule shall be elected annually by the Association at a General Meeting, provided that no person shall be eligible for the office of President unless he has been a former pupil of the School.

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(3) Notice of any proposals or motions intended to be made at the Annual General Meeting shall be given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before the date of the meeting.

(3) The Vice-Presidents shall be the Master of the Worshipful Company of Cothworkers, the Chairman of the Sutton Valence School Governing Body and the Headmaster of the School, and such other persons as may be elected by the Association at a General Meeting.

15. (1) A General Meeting of the Association may be summoned at any time by the Committee, and shall be summoned upon any twenty-five members of the Association delivering to the Committee a written request for such purpose.

(4) No person shall be elected an officer of the Association unless he has consented to stand for election, and has been proposed, seconded and duly elected at a General Meeting.

(2) Notice of the place, day, time and purpose of a meeting summoned under sub-rule (1) of this Rule, shall be given by the Secretary at least twenty-one days before the date of such meeting.

On the death, resignation, or removal from office of an officer of the Association, the Comittee may appoint a member in his place.

(3) Notice of any proposal or motions intended to be made at such meeting shall be given in writing to the Secretary at least seven days before the date of the meeting.

Trustees (1) There shall be two Trustees of the Association who 9. shall be appointed from time to time as necessary by the Association, and who shall be ex officio members of the Committee.

16. (1) At any General Meeting of the Association, every member of the Association shall be entitled to be present, and every ordinary and honorary member shall be entitled to one vote upon every issue raised.

(2) A Trustee shall hold office during his life or until he resigns by notice in writing given to the Committee, or until a resolution removing him from office shall be passed at a General Meeting of the Association comprising two-thirds of the members present.

(2) In the event of equality of voting, the Chairman of the Association (or in his absence the Chairman of the meeting (who shall be a member elected for the occasion by the meeting before any other business is transacted)) shall have a casting vote.

10. All property of the Association shall be held by the Trustees for the time being in their own names for the use and benefit of the Association.

(3) At any General Meeting a quorum shall be constituted of ten members of the Association who are present.

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(4) The Secretary shall take minutes of the proceedings at all General Meetings of the Association.

(3) If the Association shall not within six months of the date of the first resolution resolve upon the disposition of any such balance, the same shall be divided equally between all persons who were ordinary members of the Association at the date of the first resolution.

Services 17. (1) The Association shall arrange a Dinner or other function at such time and place as the Committee may determine.

(4) Notice of a meeting under this Rule shall be given in writing to all members of the Association by the Secretary at least fourteen days before the date appointed for the meeting, provided that any accidental omissions to send such a notice or the non-receipt of the same shall not invalidate any proceedings or resolution.

(2) The Association shall publish an Annual Report and a news letter from time to time.

(3) Members of the Association shall be entitled to receive a copy of the School magazine upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine.

Commencement

24. These Rules shall come into force on such a day as the Committee may appoint.

Conduct of Members 18.

The Committee may suspend the membership of any member whose conduct is or has been in the opinion of the Committee contrary to the interests of the Association or injurious to its reputation.

These Rules replace the former Rules of the

OLD SUTTONIANS' ASSOCIATION Revised and enlarged at the Annual General Meetings, 13th April, 1904, 4th May, 1911, 30th April, 1914, 3rd May, 1922, 1st May, 1940, 1st May, 1946, 6th April, 1949, 23rd April, 1953, 30th April, 1958, 12th May, 1970 and 12th May, 1979.

19. Immediately upon the suspension under Rule 18 of the membership of any member, the Committee shall: (a) cause a meeting of the Committee to be summoned for a day not later than the seventh day following the suspension; and

OLD SUTTONIAN SPORTS ACTIVITIES

(b) give notice to the suspended member of his suspension and of the grounds on which it has been made, and inform him that if he so desires he may be present at the meeting referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-rule.

O.S. wishing to take part in any of the following activities should write to one of the organisers without waiting for a personal invitation.

20. At a meeting convened under Rule 19, the suspended member shall be given an opportunity to answer the allegations made against him.

Cricket. The matches against the School and the Old Suttonians Cricket week. E. D. G. Bunker, Tattlebury, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9JU. (Maidstone 890497). or P. R. Latham, 29 Ingleside Close, Beckenham CR2 8JN. (01-650 2865). And for the Brewers' Company Cup Competition, only, J. W. W. Taylor, 2 Hillside, Maidstone Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9RP. (Maidstone 891306).

21. At a meeting convened under Rule 19, the decision of the Committee, whether to reinstate the suspended member or to terminate his membership, shall be taken by a majority comprising two-thirds or more of the Committee present, and shall be final.

Golf. P. dePinna, Bruins, Wythwood, Haywards

Alterations of Rules 22.

These Rules may

be revoked, added to or altered by a majority comprising two-thirds of the members present and entitled to vote at any General Meeting of the Association of which notice has been given under Rule 14(2) or Rule 15(2) of these Rules, giving full particulars of the proposed revocation, addition or alteration.

Heath, Sussex. (H. H. 54883).

Hockey. S. R. Norris, The Quest, West Street, Harrietsham, Nr. Maidstone. (Maidstone 859515).

Fives. M. F. Beaman, c/o Sutton Valence School, Maidstone ME17 3HN. (Maidstone 842278).

Squash Rackets. J. McCormick, c/o Sutton Valence School, Maidstone ME17 3HN. (Maidstone 842157).

Dissolution

23. (1) If at any time the Association shall pass at a General Meeting by a majority comprising twothirds or more of the members present a resolution (`the first resolution') of its intention to dissolve, the Committee, or failing them the Trustees, shall take immediate steps to convert into money all the property of the Association, with power to postpone the conversion of any particular property if the Association at a General Meeting shall so authorise.

Tennis. M. A. Gordon, c/o Sutton Valence School, Maidstone ME17 3HN. (Maidstone 843200).

Athletics and Cross Country. J. Posnette, c/o Sutton Valence School, Maidstone ME17 3HN. (Maidstone 843200).

Rugby Football. R. D. Chance, c/o Sutton Valence School, Maidstone ME17 3HN. (Maidstone 842100).

(2) Out of the proceeds of such conversion, the Trustees shall discharge all debts and liabilities of the Association, including the expenses of such conversion, and, subject to sub-rule (3) of this Rule, any balance remaining shall be disposed of by them as the Association at a General Meeting shall resolve; and thereupon the Association shall for all purposes be dissolved.

Note. For games against the School players must be under Nineteen Years old. This is by request from the Rugby Union.

The telephone number of the Masters' Common Room is Maidstone 843200.

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NEWS OF OLD SUTTONIANS

Colonel Alan P. Baker (1943-B&W) wrote in September to tell us that he had retired from the Army and now lives in Cornwall at Polruan-by-Fowey, (PL23 8PJ) where he does much sailing as an instructor with the Fowey Sailing School. What other spare time he has, has been spent in 'modernising', (he says it could be called 'doing up') an 18th century cottage, with rewarding results.

There seems to be a migration of O.S. to the Duchy.

Sydney Wooderson (1933-W) has moved to TR6 OJQ, Denis Abraham (1936-M) to Crossways, Tredenham Road, St. Mawes and a few of the Bott family, J. D., J. H. and J. H. H. — 1944, 1942 and 1970 — all use Kennall Vale House, Ponsanooth, as an address. Which ones actually live there is a mystery. R. A. Geake (1935-M) lives at Landrake Saltash and J. D. Harris (1980-W) — Little Treharn Farm, Saltash. H. G. Merrix (1920-W) seems to be the '0. I.' of the colony, living at Springbank, Flushing. H. R. Moore (1928-M) is at Carnmenellis, Redruth, Paul de G. Thornhill (1931-B&W) TR27 6DL and John H. Worlledge (1939-L) is at Carriage House, Infirmary Hill, Truro.

Dare we suggest a 'lobster party'?

Mark Hatcher (1974-L), former Hon. Secretary of O.S.A. tells us that he is now 'of Clement's Inn' as well as of the Inner Temple.

Graham J. Sagar (1978-C) is serving with 4th Field Squadron, 21st Engineering Regt., R.E., in Europe, B.F.P.O. 48.

Michael Coote (1975-F) started a C.Q.S.W. course at Bristol University in October 1983. He is sponsored by the Home Office and this may lead to an appointment as a probation officer in a couple of years.

Rev. David F. Edwards (1933-M) revisited the School 50 years after leaving. In the meantime he had gone to Selwyn College, Cambridge with his brother, who has now retired to Bexhill with the rank of Lt. Col., R.C.T. The latter had gone to Sandhurst from University, whilst David took his degree in English and then entered the Church in Rhodesia. He also became a teacher of English in that country. He stayed on in Africa when Rhodesia became Zimbabwe and continued his work in nulawayo until recently, when he move to Harare. Not surprisingly he was surprised by the changes that had taken place at Sutton Valence during the intervening half century, but was pleased that he could remember most of the older buildings he had known all those years ago. He was surprised and delighted to find photographs of himself and his brother — and their friends — in a personal album of another O.S., now kept in the Muniments Room. His address in Zimbabwe is now 5 Vanguard Close, Emerald Hill, Harare, Zimbabwe. His brother, T. F. Edwards (1932-M), lives at Bexhill. (TN40 2NZ).

G. W. B. Cawthorne (1933-M) and his wife made a trip to Australasia in Autumn 1982 to visit their son, Dr. C. N. H. Cawthorne (1972-M) in Tasmania and other relations in the Southern Hemisphere. Their trip took them to Western Australia where George had time to renew acquaintance with Rev. S. V. Weare (1933-M), who had been in St. Margaret's with him. He was also able to meet one of our Senior Old Suttonians, Col. John Angell, D.S.O., M.C., (1908-L) in his home at Margaret River. George took a Cassette recorder with him and brought back recordings of some of his conversations with them. Conversation with Weare was chiefly about mutual friends in St. Margaret's in the '30s' — The 'clink' of a sherry glass came out particularly clearly, while Colonel Angell, although in his nineties and blind, spoke with astonishing clarity about his time at the School. Both his father and grandfather had been at Sutton Valence and both had been Masters of the Clothworkers Company. The Colonel is also a Liveryman of the Company, but his absence in Australia prevented him taking the highest office. Col. Angell also spoke about his early years in Australia and in the 1914-18 War and his account of the Armistice of 11. 11. 1918, when he was in command of the 4th Bn. The Machine Gun Corps, was moving in the extreme. It will go with the Colonel's 'Reminiscences', which he was kind enough to write for the School Archives some years ago.

We thank George Cawthorne greatly for his thoughtfulness in getting these records for us.

Rear Admiral A. P. Comrie, C.B., R.N., (1942-W), retired from the Royal Navy on 13th June 1983 and now lives at Havant. (P09 2PX). We wish him a long and happy retirement.

On Tuesday, 13th September, Admiral Comrie (1941-W) paid a long promised visit to the School, his first for over forty years. It was good to renew personal acquaintance with him although he has been one of our better O.S. correspondents and we were able to learn directly from him what had happened to him since he joined the Royal Navy as a seaman in 1942 and progressed to his present senior rank. His final work was in the supply and equipping of the various types of aircraft needed for the Falkland Islands Campaign as well as providing the means for them to take off and land on the variety of ships which they used. We were astonished at what had to be done and what was done in the short time available between the Argentinian invasion and the departure of the Task Force, which relieved the Islands and their inhabitants.

For his part the Admiral was astonished at the changes which had taken place at the School since he last saw it and he visited some of the older recesses in Lambe's House of which he hadn't known the existence when he was Head of the School in 1941. It was a great pleasure to able to walk and talk with him during his all too short visit. We wish that more of our senior members would come and see what changes have taken place between 'then and now'.

We lost touch with D. T. Bromwich (1968-M) about five years ago. In giving us his present address he told us that he had spent the intervening years in building up his own business as a distributor of bar, catering and refrigerating equipment. His address is W13 9SB. Dr. N. P. Scott (1973-F) gave us news of his wedding in August 1982 and tells us that he is at present Senior Registrar in Diagnostic Radiology at the John Radcliffe Infirmary, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and at Churchill College, Oxford. He was also kind enough to send us up-to-date addresses of several of his schoolfriends.

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Ralph D. Bentley (1942-W) wrote from Montreal (JOP 1H0) to give us some of his more recent news. He left the Army 29 years ago and emigrated to Canada and the 'Oil Business' and spent 24 years with Gulf Canada in Toronto. For the last 5 years he has been with 'PetroCanada' the new Canadian National Company in Montreal. 'Gulf' had him travelling widely in Canada over the years but 'Petro-Canada' has opened the cage door and his trips seem to be like those of a wandering Baedekker. We hope that Sutton Valence may one day be included in his itinerary. He has one son and three grandsons in Denmark and another in Canada. He says that he likes to read 'News of Old Suttonians' in the `News Letter', etc. Well! Keep on sending it and we will publish it.

After several years of silence we have regained contact with Maj. Gordon D. Allen, Q.G.M., R.A., (1967-F). After completing 2 1/2 years active service in Oman he returned to Western Europe in 1977 and was married in August 1980. He was then sent to the German Staff College rather than Camberly. This meant a rapid German Course before they reached Hamburg in 1981. The Staff Course of two years is longer than that at Camberly and is a Tri-Service one covering material up to National Defence College level.

All this study was rewarded by a post as Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff — a German General who is Deputy Commander of NORTHAG — BFPO 40.

Old Suttonian readers of the 'Sunday Telegraph Colour Supplement' of August 1983 may have recognised one of our Senior Suttonians in Dr. Alec Vidler (1919-M) whom Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge singled out as one of the people who had most influenced life. They had first met as undergraduates at Selwyn College, Cambridge. As well as a modern photograph of the pair of them the `S.T.' gave a review of Dr. Vidler's career in the Church, which ended when he retired from being Dean of King's College, Cambridge, to live in Rye in his old family home, a 13th century house called the 'Friars of the Sack'. Even here Dr. Vidler's work was not finished, for he followed his father, grandfather and great grandfather in becoming mayor of the Cinque Port of Rye. Dr. Vidler's father and two uncles were at Sutton Valence in the 1870s and 1880s and writings by his father are quoted by BlatchleyHennah in 'A Short History of Sutton Valence School' (1952) and in early numbers of the School Magazine.

Many people will remember the television series when Muggeridge and Vidler followed the 'Steps of St. Paul' a few years ago.

This next term will renew the connection between the School and the Wooderson family. Miss Hilary Wooderson will be taking over the duties of Sanatorium Sister. She is a daughter of Sydney Wooderson (1933-W), the neice of A. T. W. and S. J. W., and the sister of P. S. W. as well as having had three cousins in the School about 1961. We wish her a happy stay at the School.

After a great number of years we have heard from P. J. Newbery (1946-M). His present address is GU30 7SH. After spending 19 years at sea with Shell Tankers as an engineer he has been based for the last 12 at Shell Centre in London providing technical support to the marketing of marine fuel and lubricants. He has four more years to serve before he can devote more time to his principal leisure interest — dinghy racing. At present he is

Commodore of his local dinghy racing club. Maybe he will also have time to come and inspect modern Sutton Valence.

Ian E. Maddieson (1966-L) has been back to the U.K. for a short stay this summer. He is lecturing in Linguistics at the University of California (UCLA) working on several research grants in the Phonetics Laboratory there. He is looking forward to having a book published by The Cambridge University Press on the Speech Sounds of the world's languages, to be titled `Patterns of Sounds'. After ten years' residence in the United States he has achieved the status of 'a permanent resident'. His main recreation these days is longdistance running, which he took up again after fifteen years without running a step. He is now mainly interested in 'ultra marathons', that is of distances beyond 26 miles and 385 yards. Whilst in U.K. he intended to run in the 'Two Bridges' race, a 36 miler, in Scotland involving a loop which crosses the Forth over the two main road bridges. His proudest achievement so far was in the Western States 100 mile race in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains in California. The course ranges from snow covered mountains over 9,000 feet in height to deep river canyons less than 500 feet above sea level where the temperature can reach over 100°F. In 1982 he finished 16th and hopes to do better next year. He said that he would try to run the 'A' course at Sutton Valence on his visit to the School in August to see whether he has slowed down since he was at school. His address in California is 1703 Oak Drive, Topango, California 90290, U.S.A. as well as the department of Linguistics at U.C.L.A..

We had an unexpected, but nonetheless welcome visitor on 27th August. After research in the Village R. H. F. Wylie (1943-W) was directed to the house of the 'OA.' in Langley. Richard was in England for the wedding of his younger daughter and took the opportunity of having a good look round the School and village, which he had not seen for many years.

Richard is now a consultant engineer on HydroElectricity and has been in Brazil after working in Britsh Columbia on the same type of project after the War. It was indeed good to meet him again and answer his many questions about schoolfriends of the early war years. This was at the time when numbers shrank to about 100 when the threat of invasion was imminent.

Richard joined the R.A.F. and did his air training in Canada where he was when hostilities ceased. He then went to St. Andrew's University to study Engineering.

His address appears elsewhere in this magazine.

Another South American migrant also visited the School in August for the O.S. Cricket Week, H. N. Macdonald (1959-W) came over from Peru, where he still works for Dunlop. He also was a student at St. Andrew's. He told us that he has still to increase the number of countries in which he has played Rugger at present the score is 18, we think, — but he hasn't stopped hoping. Surely he must be a candidate for a place in the Guinness Book of Records. (Ap. Post.

4401, Lima, Peru. — Office). Henry's younger brother, Bruce, is still with Galbraith Wrightson, Box 9716, Johannesburg, 2000, R.S.A. Sir Rustam Moolan Feroze, (1937-M), President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was made a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 11th June 1983. In the same Honours list appeared the name of Michael G. Taylor (1943-1947-M) 57

BIRTHS

who was made a C.B.E. for Political and Public Services in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Congratulations to both of them.

Peter Wicksteed (1967-C) is working for Ernst and Whinney, Chartered Accountants, in Las Palmas, Canary Islands. (El Calvario 12, San Lorenzo). His father, H. F. S. Wicksteed, (Master-1958 to 1960), recently moved to Bridgewater, TA7 8EQ).

ALLEN. In Germany on 12th September 1982, to Claire and Maj. G. D. Allen, Q.G.M., R.A., (1967-F), a son — Rory Gordon Durnford.

GRIEVE. On 30th June 1983, in Folkestone, to Linden, wife of Robert D. Grieve, (1965-W), a son — Philip Kenneth — a brother for James (aged 4).

Guy J. Goble (1939-M), writing from 3831 N.E. 90, Seattle, U.S.A. 98115, in July said that the arrival of News Letter No. 30, and all the plans for the future of the School reminded him of some of the changes which took place here during the last few years before the War of 1939-1945. He particularly remembered digging the foundations of the Fives Courts (1935), excavating the ragstone for the swimming Bath (1936) and the hard Tennis Courts in 1937. His final 'dig' was in the Air Raid trenches between Lower and 'Stoney' grounds.

(See `Suttonians' for 1937 — photo). He says that he has little idea of what the School and Village must look like nowadays and wondered whether an aerial photograph of them was available. Perhaps the `Suttonian' could oblige with one. Alternatively 'come and see for yourself, Guy'. We are sure that a guide would be available.

Robert D. Grieve (1965-W) has been teaching at South Kent College of Technology in Folkestone for the last five years. He is a lecturer in Food and Beverages in the Catering Department. Recently he gained a Distinction in the Certificate of Education.

WATSON. On 10th June 1983, in Brighton, to Barbara (née Levy), wife of Robert Alexander Vernon Watson, (1965-L), a son — Jame Matthew.

HALL. On 19th January 1983, in Washigton, D.C., U.S.A., to Edwin and Katherine Hall (1960-W, E.S.U. Student), a daughter — Katherine Rhodes.

LOVELOCK. On 10th November 1982, Anthea (née Walton) wife of Lt.-Cdr. David G. Lovelock, R.N. (1964-W) a second daughter — Rachel Anne.

BALCHIN. On 14th January, 1980 at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot, to Anne, (née Chaffey Vardaman), wife of Roger G. Balchin (1968-C), a son — Stephen Christopher.

MARRIAGES CLEMENT-COLLIER. On 30th July 1983, at Salisbury Registary Office, Major F. A .B. Clement (`Freddie') R.A., (1962-M) to Jennie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Collier.

N. D. Smith (1975-F) is now working in the Catering Department at Taunton School, Somerset. (TA2 6AD).

SCOTT-POVEY. On 28th August 1982, at All Saints' Church, Middleton Cheney, Nr. Banbury, Dr. Nicholas P. Scott (1972-F) to Gillian Povey. Gary Hughes (1973-F) was 'best man' and J. R. C. Young (1973-F), S. A. Mole (1975-F) and K. D. G. Allen (1970-F) were in the congregation.

Richard Barran (Master 1968-1971), who left Sutton Valence to teach at Sevenoaks, forsook Schoolmastering 4 years ago and is now running a firm which specialises in 'cultured binges' for tourists from abroad.

In these he takes his clients to the best 'shows', introduces them to performers, designers and producers and arranges a number of unique social events for them.

An article on his work appeared in the 'Times Educational Supplement' of 1st July 1983. His firm is called 'London Arts Discovery Tours' of W2 6QA. P. A. Carson, (Formerly Carlebach), (1937-M), who has been Hon. Secretary of Edinburgh Wanderers Rugby Football Club, home ground Murrayfield, for a number of years and whose home is under the very portals of this famous ground, has recently been elected President of this famous club. We congratulate him on this well-deserved and unusual honour. 'Carley's' address is 10 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6NH.

SCRAGG-APPS. On 7th May 1983, at St. Nicholas Church, Charlwood, Surrey, Christopher David Scragg (1969-F) to Jane Caroline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Apps, of Effingham Park, Copthorne, Surrey.

NELSON-SCOTT, On 8th July, 1982, at Birmingham Registry Office, David Ian Nelson (1966-C) to Jaine Fiona Scott, née Macdonald.

BALCHIN-VARDAMAN. On 8th October 1977, in the Chapel of the Bishops' School La Jolla, California, U.S.A., Roger Garth Balchin (1968-C) to Anne Chaffey Vardaman of La Jolla.

MASON-LICENCE. On 19th June 1982, at Old Coulsdon Church, Richard Philip Mason (1969-L) to Michelle Anne Licence.

MANOOK-BLUNDELL. On 4th December 1982, at Petts Wood Methodist Church, Orpington, Kent, David Larkins Manook (1961-M) to Susan Patricia Blundell.

HAIGH-PICKERING. On 4th February 1983, in Johannesburgh, R.S.A., Ian Michael Haigh (1973-L) to Adonna Jean Pickering of Castle Dawson, Northern Ireland. M. Rimmer (1974-C) was present at the ceremony.

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HOAD-REES-OLIVIERE. On 24th September 1983, at St. Stephen's Parish Church, Dulwich, Philip Vivian Hoad (1976-W) to Sonia Lilian Bernadette ReesOliviere, formerly of Plymouth, Devon.

WESTMACOTT. In Vancouver, B.C., Canada, in 1982, Phyllis, widow of R. B. Westmacott (1913-L&M) first Head Boy under Headmaster Holdgate and the Governors of the United Westminster Schools and a former Hon. Sec of O.S.A.

GOLDEN WEDDING

SKURRAY, On 16th March 1983, Alan Arthur Skurray (1921-W) of West Bay, Bridport, Dorset, Alan Skurray was cousin of late S. G. Allnut (1922-W) and second cousin of T. G. and C. J. Knight (1964 and 1966-F).

After leaving Sutton Valence he went to Birmingham University and gained his degree in Biochemistry, following this with a First Class Certificate in Malting and Brewing. He had been Head Brewer with J. C. and R. H. Palmer of Bridport from 1948 to 1974, when he retired.

NEATE-SPALL. On 13th July 1933 at St. Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, Alfred Neate (1927-W) to Olga M. Spall of Leicester. — Congratulations.

ORDINATIONS PEARSON. On 28th June, 1982 in Canterbury Cathedral, Geoffrey Charles Pearson, Master 1977 to 1981 was ordained Deacon to serve as curate at St. John the Baptist Church, Folkestone.

He received the Order of Priesthood from the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Canterbury Cathedral on 26th June 1983.

NUNN. On 25th January 1983, quietly at Brook Hospital, Major Fenton Lewis Nunn (1933-W). father of Phillip Graham Fenton Nunn (1969-W). Fenton Nunn was an outstanding wing three-quarter in a very successful Rugby XV in 1932 and also no mean athlete at the shorter distances. His attendance at Old Suttonian functions was invariable.

DEATHS We regret to record the deaths of the following former members of friends of the School.

LANGMEAD. On 16th September 1982, after a short illness, Andrew Lidstone Langmead (1961-M), aged 38 years.

BRIGGS. Peacefully on 21st April 1983 in his 86th year, Major Sydney Pallant Briggs (1915-M).

Sydney Briggs came to the School in 1911 and was one of Headmaster Holdgate's first pupils, the 25th in fact. He gained his Rugby and Cricket Colours and was Head of the School in 1915 before going to R.M.C., Sandhurst and 'passing out' as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. He saw service in France in 1916 and retired from the R.A.F. in 1929. He then worked for Martin Walter and Co. in Folkestone. He joined the R.A.F. Regt. in 1939 and was Adjt./Q.M. of 51st Bn. Kent Home Guards. He served in the Allied Control Commission in Germany until 1949. He was a regular attendant at all O.S. functions and his last visit to the School was a couple of years ago to the O.S. Dinner. He was a loyal member of the R.A.F. Associsation and came to two of the Association's Commemoration Services in the School Chapel in 1979 and 1980.

HEWITT. On 29th August 1983, at his home in Sark, Channel Islands in his 91st year, Dr. Norman Sinclair Hewitt (1911-L). Norman Hewitt was one of the 4 or 5 boys who came with Headmaster Holgate from Magdalen College School, Brackley to take over the Headmastership of Sutton Valence in 1910 when control of the School passed from the Clothworkers Company to that of the United Westminster Schools Foundation.

He witnessed the building of the present Main School and St. Margaret's and Westminster Houses in 1910 and 1911. (See S.H. of S.V.S., p 75). He left Sutton Valence for Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained a First Class Honours in 1st year May's Exams, together with a College Exhibition. After Cambridge he went to The London Hospital and took his degrees in Medicine in 1922. He practised in York until 1946 when he moved to Sark and became the first Medical Officer appointed to that island after its Liberation from the Germans.

After 10 years he retired to live in the island. He was buried at St. Peter's Church, Sark, on 2nd September 1983 in the presence of most of the islanders.

Norman Hewitt had been a member of O.S. Cricket teams in 'Weeks' both before and after 1914-1918 War and despite his long absence from the School he alway took a keen interest in it and contributed his account of the changeover in 1910-1911 to the school Records.

CHAPMAN. On 13th November 1983, suddenly, in hospital, Eric William Epton Chapman (1925-W), former Governor of the School, trustee of United Westminster Schools, Hon. Secretary, Old Suttonian Association, Chairman of O.S.A., trustee of O.S.A., and Vice-President.

An appreciation of his work for the School will be published in the next issue of the 'Newsletter' and the Suttonian 1984.

DAVIS. On 4th December 1982, Mr. G. F. Davis, a former Governor of United Westminster Schools. Mr. Davis had attended many functions at the School in the past and when he retired to the north of England had requested that news of the School should still be sent to him.

ADDRESSES OF MEMBERS OF THE OLD SUTTONIAN ASSOCIATION Up to date Lists are maintained — providing that members will let us know when they move house — by E. A. Craven at the School ME17 3HN, The Hon. Treasurer, The Hon. Keeper of Records, The Headmaster's Secretary and the Appeal Office both at the School, ME17 3HN. These will forward letters to members of O.S.A. or provide their addresses.

Changes of addresses for Old Suttonians overseas will be published in 'The Suttonian' or News-Letter but on

WHEATLEY. On 30th December at a nursing home in Poole, Dorset, Lady Alexandra Eileen Wheatley, window of Sir Mervyn James Wheatley (1898-L) former M.P. and President of Old Suttonian Association.

BRYANT. On 25th July, 1974, at Romford, Essex, after a long illness, Richard Sinclair Bryant (1938-M).

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account of expense and of frequent moves by members an overal printed list will not be published.

The large number of 'new gaps' in the address list is very saddening. Members of O.S.A. are urged to notify any changes they may make in their addresses.

1983 T. K. T. Ho, 16th Floor 10 Wan Man Road, Waterloo Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

1983 A. J. McGinty, 5 Earl Grey Avenue, Murambi, Mutare, Zimbabwe.

1983 J. L. van Gyseghem, 7 Rue Rousseau, 4220, Jemeppe, Belgium 1983 N. J. Ward, c/o Air Traffic Control Office, Box 397, Dubai, U.A.E. 1983 M. C. K. Wong c/o Mr. Wong Yee Soong, 69b Robinson Road, Flat A6, Hong Kong.

1983 Asad Zia, 20/2 Civil Lines, Sunnyside Road, Karachi, Pakistan, c/o Asif Zia, 20 Rue de L'Aspergiere, 1247, Anieres, Switzerland.

1965 D. A. Johnson, Box 163/15, Olympic Drive, R.R.3,Leicester, North Carolina, 28748, U.S.A. 1927 D. E. Oates, News Letter returned from Capetown, R.S.A. 1927 C. S. Bunyard, Bunyard Designs Inc., Wilton Centre, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 03086.

1980 K. Ng, News-Letter returned from Hong Kong.

1962 J. N. Brice, News-Letter returned from Seattle, U.S.A. 1966 S. K. Miller, News-Letter returned from Wilbraham, U.S.A. 1925 G. A. Acres, 222 Navigation Road, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS OF OLD SUTTONIANS OVERSEAS 1976 R. J. Fetherston, 597 New South Head Road, Rosebay, Sydney, N.S.W., 2029, Australia.

1928 A. R. Martin, 1059 Eden Crescent, Tasswassen Delta, V4L 1W8, British Columbia, Canada.

1954 L. R. Latham has left Kenya to live in U.K. at CR2 8JN. 1933 Rev. D. F. Edwards, 5 Vanguard Close, Emerald Hill, Harare, Zimbabwe.

1971 Dr. Donald G. Lloyd, D.D.S., Box 174, North Lake, Wis., 53064, U.S.A. 1942 R. D. Bentley, P.O. Box 1152, Hudson, P.Q. JOP 1H0, Canada.

1956 M. A. H. Ayres, c/o Gray Mackenzie and Co., Box 210 Bahrein, Arabian Gulf.

1937 J. H. Gurr, 8000, Munich, 71 Koenigsweiserstrasse 71, West Germany.

1966 I. E. Maddieson, Dept. of Linguistics (Phonetics), U.C.L.A., California, 90024. and 1703 Oak Drive, Topanga, California, 90290.

1967 A. G. Seddon, 8 Hunter Road, Ladysmith, Natal, R.S.A 1982 J. del P. Montero, News Letter returned from Tenerife.

1975 P. G. Bax, 53 Fairlight Road, Queensborough, 4093, Natal, R.S.A. 4093.

1955 R. A. Griffin, Le Faget, Chemin de FontainePoivre, 69370, St. Didier au Mont d'Or, France.

1979 Mahmoud, Assim 34, F.62, St. 27, Islamabad, Pakistan.

1979 Mahmoud, Aatif 34, F.62, St. 27, Islamabad, Pakistan.

1943 R. H. F. Wylie, Eng. Exec., Area de Energia e Hydro, Promon Engeharia SA, Ave. 9 de Julho 4939, 01407 Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil.

1983 K. Abudu, 132 Broad St., P.O. Box 2572, Lagos, Nigeria.

1983 M. R. Brown, c/o Mrs. W. Brown, Thorbecklaan 226, The Hague, 2564 B.W., Holland.

1983 F. G. A. Hinde, Mpeni Estate, P.O. Box 5598, Limbe, Malawi, Central Africa.

OLD SUTTONIAN CRICKET 1983 Brewer's Company Cup A well judged toss of a coin in the 'Swan Inn' saw us through the first round to a second round tie at Denstone when we were comprehensively outplayed by the side which has dominated the competition since its inception.

Old Suttonians versus the School After two washed out years 'Old Man J.P.' allowed us to play this year and O.S. won a low scoring game on 25th June.

O.S. Cricket Week No Rain. Results: Won 4, Drawn 2, and lost 3 matches with 7 of the 9 games played being very close, either the result or in time. 35 players took part. Our outstanding innings was played by David Foster at

EXAMINATION RESULTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Name

College

Subject

Result

R. C. Barham (1980-F) P. G. Mattingly (1978-L) P. V. Bax (1975-L) K. Ashrafi (1980-M) A. M. T. Pollock (1982-C)

Heathfield Coll., Durham Sch. of Org & Management Univ. of Natal R.S.A. Sussex University.

Cent. London Poly. Inst.

Philosophy Accountancy & Finance Quantity Surveying Structural Engineering Urban Planning

B.A., Cl II. Div 1.

Class III (Hons).

N. W. Chatterton (1979-B&F) Portsmouth Polytechic Institute S.E. London College R. F. Head (1981-L) R. I. Bedford (1980-M) W. I. Read (1980-M) D. I. Richardson (1980-L) D. Novi (1978-W)

Urban Land Admin.

Nat. Diploma. Business Studies. Accountancy Law Soc. Sciences. (Econ) Combined Studies Geography

Leicester University Leicester University Leicester University Nottingham University 60

B.A. Cl. II. 1.

Passed 1st Yr. Exams.

Proceeds to 2nd Year.

Passed Distiction L1.b., Cl. II.1.

B.A., Cl. II. 1.

B.Sc., Cl. II. 1.

B.A., Cl. II. 1.

Ashford in a very hostile environment. Mark Dodson, forsaking the kilt of the Gordon Highlanders, showed that they must play some cricket as far North as Aberdeen and after spending some time on reconnaissance against the Lynxes proceeded to smash the bowling all round the county thereafter. Neil Richards bowled well — as always — and Marcus Fairbank's 7 wickets against the Dragons were the high spots with the ball. Once again our thanks go to the Headmaster for allowing us to use the facilities of the School, to Ron Ledger for putting up with us on the Upper and to Janet Bunker and Jim Shewbridge for seeing that we and our opponents were well victualled.

L. Lloyd Middlesex

Art F. Hinde Brighton

Degree in Geog.

S. Humphreys Thames

Degree in Business Studies

OTHER COURSES C. Beech Watford

H.N.D. Advertising A. McGinty Mid Kent

H.N.D. Computing This list was complete and, it is hoped, accurate at the time of going to press.

Cricket Week 1984 Will take place at the School from 11th to 19th August. The increased support from the younger group of Old Suttonians in 1983 was most encouraging and we hope that those of them who took part will come again and encourage their cricketing friends to come along too.

Write to E. D. G. Bunker, Tattlebury, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9JU, or 'phone Maidstone 890497.

VALETE Westminster CORNELL C. E. J. (1982-W); 0 levels; C.C.F. L/Cpl.; Rugby U16B; Cricket U15A; Fives U16; House Play. Going to college.

Address: Westfield House, Penshurst, Smart's Hill, Kent.

COURT A. R. (1978-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Captain of Tennis; Cross-Country Junior; Tennis 1st VI; Fives 1st IV; Squash 1st V; Full Colours: Tennis, Squash and Fives; Senior Play; House Play; Clay Pigeon Shooting. Going to Polytechnic.

Address: The Oast House, Mariners, Westerham, Kent.

UNIVERSITY ENTRIES K. Wong Newcastle

Medicine J. Hitchman Trinity College, Cambridge

Economics B. Saint ('84) St. Catherine's College, Cambridge

Engineering N. Jackson Imperial, London

Elec. Engineering

GRAY M. S. (1979-W); 0 levels; C.C.F. L/Cpl.; Rugby U16A; Tennis U15; House Play. Going into Farming.

P. Anderson Southampton

Elec. Engineering M. King Surrey Metallurgy A. Tyley Bath Architecture M. Rothenburger Lancaster Geography A. Harris Liverpool Geography A. Abudu Sussex Economics D. Machin ('84) Dundee English A. Zia Clark Univ. (U.S.A.) Physics B. Quartey Seattle (U.S.A.) Civil Engineering M. Wong L.S.E. Accountancy N. Ward Warwick Accountancy I. Grundy Loughborough Geography and Economics I. Hunt Salford Humanities

Address: Higham Farm, Kenardington, nr. Ashford, Kent.

GRUNDY I. H. (1978-W); 0 and A levels; 0 level Prize; School Prefect; Capt. Rugby; Fives, Judo and Water-polo; Rugby 1st XV, U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey U16A; Cricket U14A; Athletics Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Swimming Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Fives 1st IV, U16, U15, Basketball Senior, U16; Full Colours: Rugby and Fives; Half Colours: Swimming and Basketball. Going to University after year off.

Address: 24 Beresford Park, E. Twickenham, Middlesex.

HAGAN M. (1978-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt.; Hockey 1st XI, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket U15A, U14A; Full Colours: Hockey. Going into banking.

Address: 9 Droveway Gardens, St. Margaret's-atCliffe, Dover, Kent.

HUMPHREYS S. P. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Head of House Holdgate; House Prefect; Athletics Junior; Swimming Intermediate and Junior; House Play.

Going to polytechnic.

POLYTECHNIC ENTRIES

Adress: Byways, Oak Lane, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent.

HUNT I. M. (1980); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt.; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XV; Hockey

S. Harris Central London

Degree in Urban Planning T. Ho Central London

Foundation Course: Accountancy 61

in America.

Address: 20/2 Civil Lines, Sunnyside Road., Karachi, Pakistan.

3rd XI; Tennis 1st VI; Senior Play. Going to university.

Address: Orange Court, North End Lane, Downe, Kent.

MILLAR A. N. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt.; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd XV, 3rd XV, U13; Hockey 1st XI, 2nd XI, U16A, U15A; Cricket U13; Athletics Junior; Swimming Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Squash 1st V; Shooting; Half Colours Swimming; Lifesaving. Going to Camborne School of Mines.

Address: inquire and School.

Founder's ANDERSON P. R. (1976-B); 0 and A levels; Senior Scholarship, Winstanley, Wood, LVI Maths, Chemitry and Physics Prizes, Form and Distinction Prizes; House Prefect; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Athletics Junior. Going to university to study engineering.

Address: Cedar House, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent.

ARCHDALE I. R. (1980); 0 levels; going to college.

Address: Boarley Mount, Boarley Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, Kent.

BELFRAGE D. A. (1978-B); 0 levels. Going to college.

Address: 22 Westwood Road, Maidstone, Kent.

DEAN-HUGHES C. E.(1981); 0 levels. Going to Maidstone G.S. Address: Harwood House, Aviemore Gardens, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent.

EVANS R. M. (1978-B); 0 levels; Distinction Prize; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey U15A, U14A, U13; Cricket U14A, U13; Tennis 2nd VI; DoE Bronze. Going into business.

Address: Keeper's Cottage, Green way Court,Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent.

GEDNEY B. W. (1978-B); 0 and A levels; 0 level Scholarship; Distinction Prize, LVI Biology Prize; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt.; Rugby 2nd XV, 3rd XV; Hockey 1st XI, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Cricket 1st XI, 2nd, U15A, U14A; Senior Play, House Play; Hunting Society. Going to university.

Address: Dairy Farm, Chainhurst, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent.

RUBIN P. J. (1978-F); 0 and A levels; Grades 3 and 4 Trumpet; House Prefect; DoE Silver and Bronze; Senior Play, House Play; Choir and Orchestra. Going to Boodles Club as trainee.

Address: South View House, 226 Tonbridge Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent.

SIEWERT D. (1977-H); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; Captain of Squash; Rugby U14A, U13; Hockey U14A; Cricket U13; Cross-Country Senior, Athletics Senior; Swimming Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Squash 1st V, U16, U15, U14; Full Colours: Squash and Swimming; Half Colours: Cross-Country. Going to university or polytechnic.

Address: Lerchen strasse, 2, 4130 MOERS 1, West Germany.

THOMAS R. J. H. (1978); 0 and A levels; Head of House; School Prefect; Hon. Sec. of Hockey; Capt. of Hockey; Rugby 1st XV, U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey 1st XI, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st XI, U15A, U14A; Athletics Senior; Squash 1st V, Set, U16, U15, U14; Full Colours: Rugby, Cricket, Hockey, Squash. Going to college.

Address: Highover, Udimore, Sussex.

TYLEY A. J. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, Clothworkers', Ricketts', and Music Prizes; School Prefect; Capt. of Cricket 3rd XI; Rugby 3rd XV, U14A, U13A; Hockey 3rd XI, U15A, U14A,; Cricket 3rd XI, U13; DoE Silver and Bronze; Choir and Orchestra; Head of Stage Gang. Going to university.

Address: Larch wood Grange, Linton Hill, Linton, Kent.

GREEN R. T. W. (1978); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd XV. Hoping to go to university, if not then business.

Address: on application.

JENNER I. P. (1981); 0 levels. Going to college in Cornwall.

Address: on application.

JACKSON N. A. (1977-B); 0, A and S levels; Scholarship, Distinction Prizes; Rugby U15A, U14A U13; Tennis 2nd VI; Fives U16, U15. Going to Imperial College, London.

Address: on application.

JONES G. P. (1978-B); 0 and A levels; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Athletics Intermediate, Junior; Full Colours: Rugby. Going to university.

Address: Ashurst Lodge Farm, Forsham Lane, Chart Sutton, Kent.

KINGSLAND S. J. (1979); 0 levels; 0 level Prize; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey U15A; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Swimming Intermediate and Junior; Full Colours: Athletics; Orchestra. Going into business.

Address: Stone End, Otham Street, Otham, Kent.

WARD G (1980); 0 levels; Capt. of U15 Squash; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15A, U14A; Atheltics Junior; Squash U16, U15; Basketball U16; House Play. Going to College.

Address: Chez Durer, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent.

WILLETT E. P. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, Ricketts Prize, Art Scholarship; Head of Holdgate House. School Prefect; C.C.F. R.S.M. Corps; Hon. Sec. Cross-Country; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd XV, U16A;Cricket 1st XI, 2nd XI, U14A, U13; Cross-Country Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Athletics Senior and Intermediate; Shooting VIII; Full Colours Cross-Country; DoE Bronze; Senior, Junior and House Plays, Hunting Society.

Scholarship to Canada, then Army.

Address: 19 Bedford Street, Kemptown, Brighton, Sussex.

ZIA A. (1979); 0 and A levels; Squash 1st V, Set, U16, U15; Full Colours Squash. Going to university

MACHIN D. 0. C. (1976); 0, A and S levels; Junior Scholar, MacDonald, Bossom, Derrick and Cloth62

workers' Prizes, Junior and Intermediate Reading Prizes, Distinction Prizes; Head of House, School Prefect, Suttonian Ctee.; Clerk of Hunting Society; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 2nd XI, 3rd; Cricket 2nd XI, 3rd, U15A, U13; Senior Play. Going to Dundee university to read English after year's teaching.

Address: Romney Way, Oak Lane, Headcorn, Kent.

MORTLEY J. R. (1980); 0 levels; Distinction Prize; Rugby U16A; Cricket 3rd, U15A, U14A; Shooting.

Going into business and later to college to study maintenance engineering.

Malthouse Farm, Smarden, Nr. Ashford, Kent.

ROWLEY A. P. C. (1978-B); 0 levels; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Athletics Intermediate. Going into business.

Address: Birchwood, Rye Road, Sandhurst, Kent.

SAINT B. H. (1976-B); 0, A and S levels; Junior Exhibition, 0 level Scholarship, Form and Distinction Prizes, Maths, Physics and Chemistry Prizes, Angell and Winstanley Prizes; House Prefect; Rugby U13; Hockey 2nd XI, 3rd; Cricket 1st XI, 3rd, U13; Half Colours: Cricket; Leader of School Orchestra; Stage Gang. Going to St. Catharine's College, Cambridge after year off.

Address: The Oast House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent.

Choir and Orchestra; Photography. Going to university or polytecnic.

Address: Home Cottage Farm, Bangers Road, South Iver, Bucks.

RICHTER A. J. (1980); 0 levels; Distinction Prize; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A; DoE Silver; House Play. Going to Dulwich College.

469 Lordship Lane, Lane London SE22 8JU. TOWN J. (1978); 0 and A levels; Rugby 3rd XV; Hockey 2nd XI; Swimming Senior; Clay-Pigeon Shooting. Going to university or into farming.

Address: Kildale, Maidstone Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9PT. TOWNSEND S. R. (1978); 0 and A levels; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, 3rd, U16A, U15A; Hockey 2nd XI, 3rd; U16A; Athletics Senior and Intermediate; ClayPigeon Shooting. Going into boat-building.

Address 57 Bath Road, Emsworth, Tunbridge Wells.

WARD N. J. (1976); 0 and A levels; 0 level and Geography Project Prizes; House Prefect; Swimming Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Fives 1st IV, 2nd; Squash 1st V, Set, U15; Full Colours: Swimming; Half Colours: Squash, Life Saving. Going to university.

Address: P.O. Box 144, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf.

Cornwallis AUGUST J. E. (1978); 0 and A levels; Distintion Prize; C.C.F. Sgt.; Capt. of Swimming; Hockey 2nd XI; Swimming Senior; Tennis 1st VI; Full Colours: Swimming; DoE Bronze; Senior Play; Fencing; Badminton. Going into business.

Address: 7 Faraday Road, Maidsione, Kent.

BEACH M. J. (1981); 0 levels; Athletics Intermediate; DoE Bronze; House Play; Choir. Going to Gordonstoun School.

Address: Ruxley House, Ruxley Corner, Sidcup, Kent.

BEECH C. F. (1978); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Capt. of Clay-Pigeon Shooting; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 1st XI, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st XI, 2nd, 3rd, U14A, U13; Athletics Senior; Tennis 2nd VI; Basketball Senior, U16; Shooting VIII; School Golf Team; Half Colours: Rugby and Basketball; House Play, Hunting Society. Going to art college after a year off.

Address: Hatchetts, Nonington, Nr. Dover, Kent.

Lambe's AINSWORTH M. J. H. (1981); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd XV; Cricket 2nd XI, 3rd; CrossCountry Senior; Football. Going to university or polytechnic.

Address: 36 Boulevard du Mont Boron, 06300 Nice, France.

CURTIS D. G. (1978); 0 and A levels; Head of House; School Prefect; Hon. Sec. of Cricket; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, 3rd, Cricket 1st XI, 2nd, U15A, U14A; Half Colours: Cricket and Rugby; House Play. Going into business.

Address: 23 Highfield Road, Pilgrim's Way, Kemsing, TN15 67N. ECKLEY C. E. C. (1978); House Prefect; Rugby 3rd XV; Cross-Country Junior; Athletics Intermediate and Junior; Fives U16, U15, U14; DoE Bronze; Senior Play, House Play. Hoping to go into Stock Exchange after year off.

Address: Rushmere Cottage, Stalisfield, Faversham, Kent.

GUY D. A. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Exhibition; Rugby 3rd XV, U14A, U13; House Play; Orchestra; Music Society Ctee. Going to university.

Address: Glebelands, Church Street, Eastry, Nr. Sandwich, Kent.

HENDERSON L. S. (1976-H); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt.; Capt. Shooting; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, 3rd, U16A, U15A; Hockey 3rd XI; Cricket 3rd XI; Shooting VIII: DoE Bronze; Clay Pigeon Shooting. Going to work in U.S.A. Address: Straw Cottage, Piltdown, Nr. Uckfield East Sussex.

HINDE F. G. A. (1976); 0 and A level; C.C.F. Cpl.; Athletics Seniors, Intermediate and Junior; Swimming Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Senior Play;

CHANTLER T. A. (1976-B); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Hon. Sec. Clay-Pigeon Shooting, Vice-Capt.

Cross-Country; Rugby 2nd, 3rd, U14A, U13; Cricket 3rd, U13; Cross-Country Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Senior and Junior; Judo Senior; Full Colours: Cross-Country; House Play; Judo; Clay-Pigeon Shooting Team. Going to agricultural college.

Chegworth Court, Harrietsham, Nr. Maidstone, Kent.

COATE R. D. (1979); 0 and A levels; Head of House, School Prefect; Hon. Sec. of Rugby, Capt. of Cricket; Rugby 1st XV, U16A, U15A; Cricket 1st XI, U15A, U14A; Fives 2nd IV; Full Colours: Rugby and Cricket; DoE Silver; House Play, Hunting Society; Clay-Pigeon Shooting Team. Going to Sandhurst.

Address: Long Barn, Waterman's Quarter, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent.

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Address: 64 Ellenborough Road, Woodgreen, London N22.

DANIEL W. R. J. (1979); 0 levels; C.C.F. Cpl.; Rugby 3rd XV, U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey 1st XI, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket U15A, U14A; Basketball Senior, U16; DoE Bronze; House Play, Hunting Society; Clay-Pigeon Shooting Team, Badminton U14 Team, Fencing Team. Going to college.

Address: 11 Weald View, Wadhurst, East Sussex.

DARTNELL T. (1979); 0 and A levels; C.C.F. L/Cpl.; Capt. of Clay-Pigeon Shooting; Rugby 2nd XV, 3rd; Hockey 2nd XI, 3rd; Cricket 3rd XI; Badminton 2nd; Judo Senior; House Play, Hunting Society. Going to university.

Address: 31 Readway, Gravesend, Kent.

HARRIS A. C. (1979); 0 and A levels; 0 level Prize, LVI Geography Project Prize; School Prefect; Hon. Sec. Hockey; Rugby 1st XV, 3rd; Hockey 1st XI U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 2nd XI, 3rd; Athletics Senior; Full Colours: Hockey; Half Colours: Rugby; DoE Silver; House Play; Badminton Senior. Going to Liverpool University.

Address: Waribu', 122A St. Helens Down Road, Hastings, East Sussex.

HARRIS S. P. (1978); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; C.C.F. Cpl.; Hockey 3rd XI; Cricket 2nd XI, 3rd. Going to polytechnic.

Address: Amberley, Packhorse Road, Bessels Green, Nr. Sevenoaks, Kent.

HO T. K. T. (1981); A levels; School Prefect Capt.

Athletics; Rugby 2nd XV; Athletics Senior; Fives 2nd; Full Colours: Athletics; Badminton Senior.

Going to Bath University.

Address: L32, Manor Way, Prittlewell, Southendon-Sea, Essex.

LLOYD L. P. (1977); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize, Clothworkers', Bloxham and Art Prizes; Suttonian Ctee., Hon. Sec. of Badminton and Fencing; Senior Play, House Play, Hunting Society; Choir, Orchestra; Sec. of Chapel Ctee., School Librarian, Suttonian Photographer, Observer Mace Debating Competition Team. Going to Hornsea College of Art. Address: Great Pacehurst Place, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent.

QUARTEY B. K. (1982); 0 levels; Cricket 3rd XI; Choir, Orchestra. Going to university in U.S.A. Address: 211, East, 51st Street, Apartment 9F, N. Y. 22 New York, U.S.A.

BRAKE N. A. (1978); 0 and A levels; Exhibition; Head of House; School Prefect; Rugby 2nd XV; Hockey 2nd XI; House Play; Orchestra. Going to university.

Address: Griggs Oasts, Grigg Lane, Headcorn, Ashford.

BROWN M. R. (1980); 0 and A levels; School Prefect; Rugby 2nd XV, 3rd; Swimming Senior. Going to university.

Address: Thorbeckelaan 226, 2564 BW The Hague, Holland.

DODSON L. V. T. (1978); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, Geography Field-work Prize; House Prefect, C.C.F. Sgt.; Rugby 3rd XV; Hockey 2nd XI; Tennis 1st VI, 2nd; Half Colours: Tennis; House Play, Hunting Society. Going to university, then into the Army.

Address: Birchwood, Honey Lane, Otham, Maidstone, Kent.

HILLS S. R. (1978); Scholarship, Distinction Prizes; House Prefect; Rugby 1st XV, U16A; Hockey 1st XI, U16A, U15A; Full Colours: Rugby and Hockey; Senior Play, Hunting Society; Clay-Pigeon Shooting.

Going to university, then into farming.

Address: Burleigh Farm, Charing Heath, Nr. Ashford. Kent.

KINGHORN T. H. (1981); Rugby U15A; Hockey U15A; Athelics Intermediate and Junior. Going into business.

Address: on application McGINTY A. J. (1978-F); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; C.C.F. Sgt., Captain of Cross-County; Rugy 3rd XV, U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey U114A; Cricket U14A; Cross Country Senior, Intermediate and Junior; Squash U14; Half Colours: CrossCountry; Senior Play, House Play; Choir. Orchestra and Woodwind Ensemble; Computer Society. Going to College.

Address: 168 Station Road, Aylesford, Kent.

RICHARDSON J. W. F. (1981); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby 1st XV, 2nd, 3rd; Hockey 2nd XI 3rd; Athletics Senior; Half Colours: Athletics; Senior Play; Hunting Society; Choir, Orchestra; Life Saving. Going to university, then into the Navy.

Address: Hathaway Cottage, Oak Hill Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.

ROTHENBURGER M. (1980); 0 and A levels; Joint Geography Project Prize; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd XV. Going to university.

Address: on application.

TINLEY D. J. (1978); 0 levels; Distinction Prize; House Play; Choir. Going into electrical engineering.

Address: on application.

WONG M. C. K. (1981); A levels. Going to L.S.E. (69B, Robinson Road, Flat 6A, Hong Kong / 154 Old Oak Road, London W3.

St. Margaret's ABUDU A. A. (1979); 0 and A levels; Distinction and School Prizes; House Prefect; Hunting Society; Male Voice Choir; Careers' Librarian. Going to university.

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