The Cantuarian December 1990 - August 1991 by OKS Association

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THE CANTUARIAN VOL. LV No. I

DECEMBER, 1990

CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

VALETE

OBITUARIES

FOCUS

SERMONS

MUSIC ANO DRAMA

BOOK REVIEWS

SIXTH FORM TALKS

VISITS AND TRIPS

CHAPI-AIN'S NOTES

HOUSE NOTES

IMAGINATIVE WRITING

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

SPORT

ACTIVITIES

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T HE CANTUA RIAN

Editors: Sassa A . Amaouche, K.S.; Toby J. N, Brown, K.S.; Ewan C. Kerr, M.S.; C harlotte J. Mendelson. Art Editors: Thomas W, H . E ll is, A.S.; Elisa A, Hudson, A,S. Photographic Editor: M ichael 0, Gillespie, Senior Editor: T. T homson, M.A., D.Phil.

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On 24th November , a membe r of Tradescant, Leon Katz, was very seriously injured while playing ru gby for the Colts. The who le co mmun ity has been deeply affected by this acc ident, and will co ntinue 10 support Leon and his family in every possible way. 3

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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent honoured the school With h presence on 22nd November, when she unveiled a plaque to COmmemOr er the official opening of the King's School Recreation Centre. T~e Headmaster's speech delivered at this event appears elsewhere in this iss: of The Cantuarian. e

The Countess of Snowdon visited the school on 12th December and unveiled a statue, presented to the school by Mr. Paul Pollak, to commemorate Ihe opening of Walpole as the first girls' House. The statue, which will stand in Walpole, bears the following inscription: Walpole

GUANYIN ONCE A GOOD MAN BUT NOW A GODDESS WAS PLACED HERE WHEN IN 1990 WALPOLE HOUSE BECAME THE FIRST GIRLS' HOUSE AT THE KING'S SCHOOL

A new history of the school has just been published. Entitled Imps of Promise. Imps of Promise A History of the King's School, Canterbury, it has been written by the well. known author Thomas Hinde. Copies can be purchased direct from Ihe Headmaster's office for £27 (postage and packing included). Cheques should be made payable to 'The King's School, Canterbury'. A review of this appears elsewhere in this issue.

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Building Fund Campaign

John Ward, C.B.E., R.A. has signed a limited edilion of 200 copies of his cover drawing for the O.K.S. Handbook. Copies may be purchased from the Headmaster's office at £35, but must be collected in person. Monies from the prints will go to the Building Fund Campaign. Cheques should be made out to 'The King's School, Canterbury'.

Dr. Clare Anderson has joined the Biology Department (and the Scan ish contingent) after three years as a Research Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge - an abrupt change of life-style of which her employer is certainly sensible. She has been studying biological clocks and photosynthesis in desert plants and brings this sk ill to bear in dealing with the tender hothouse plants of the Remove. Mr. Michael Burton, a graduate of Wolfson College, Cambridge, spent thirteen years as a journalist but has not found the leap across to History teaching a particularly big one. He enjoys cricket squash, tennis, singing and visiting village churches. He has a special interest in African History - part of his primary education took place in Africa - and modern international relations. His wife is secretary to the Executive Director of the Chaucer Hospital. Common Room

The survival of Geology, sometime one-man, sometime one-woman department, has been assured by the arrival of Mr. Richard Churcher, whose Geological studies at Hull University were followed by two years at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London reading Chinese. Part-time teacher, part-time vigneron and bee-keeper, here is another true Renaissance man in our midst. The South Circular continues to assert at King's the particular academic influence which il brings to bear on those who have been nurtured in its neighbourhood. Mr. Robert Douglas· Fairhurst was educated at Eltham College. From there he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge where he read English, apparently developing a particular interest in 'the body in literature' on which, judging from his finals result, he must be a leading authority. He is also interested in comic theory, this interest presumably emerging from the former. 4

Ralher more local conditions prevailed upon Mr. Martin Franks, who attended the Geoffrey ucer School before going on to King Alfred's College in Winchester. He then worked as Ch~liceman in Southampton. Hejoins us to teach Craft, Design and Technology. An even easier a Peer leap than that made by Mr. Burton, perhaps. His wife is a nursing sister and works at c~~ Whitstable Health Centre. I Miss Helen Holland, who teaches French and Spanish, was educated in Scotland and took her degree at St. Andrew's. She has dipped i,!to Basque, Cantonese and Chinese, plays the guitar and has a partIcular concern for conservatIOn Issues. Miss Sarah Mills studied Physical Education and Sports Studies with Education at LOughborough U~iversity of Technology. Her appohltment is not e":tirely unconn~cted with Ihe arrival of girls 10 the Shells and Removes, and she IS teachmg P .E. 10 the RecreatIOn Centre and helping with girls' games. Mr. Timothy Parker was a pupil at Radley, where he was presumably a 'wet bob', as he has been involved with rowing in one way or another for the past eighteen years. He studied Chemistry al Lincoln College, Oxford, and is now Resident Tutor in Luxmoore, trying to achieve what he sees as the goal of all King's staff - the ability to be in a minimum of two places at once. There is now an Assistant Director of Music in the person of Mr. David Sheath, sometime Organ Scholar of The Queen's College, Oxford and more recently music teacher at the Leys School in Cambridge. He hopes to help with rugby and cricket but is not optimistic so far about finding time to pursue his recreational interests of cooking and gardening. His wife has been leaching at Forest School in London but hopes to work in this area. An appointment in the field of Information Technology has been combined with one in the Malhematics Department. Mr. Peter Watmough is another recruit who is no stranger to career leaps, but he has been in teaching for some time. His wife is also in the medical world working as a secretary, and he has five children. The third Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe has been awarded jointly to Professor Lawrence Danson of the University of Princeton and Dr. Richard Dutton of the University of Lancaster, who will deliver a lecture at King's on Friday, 18th January 1991 at 7.30 p.m. at which his share of the prize will be presented. Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman scholarships have been awarded to Ottavia Moll, St. George's School for Girls, Edinburgh and Christopher Creissen (SH). The Hoffman Awards

We congratulate Matilda Mitchell (BSR) on two counts. At the end of the Summer term she won the Kent Young Writer of the Year Award, a competition for which there were more than 25,000 entries. Her poetry was submitted by the school without her knowledge, and as a consequence she was interviewed on B.B.C. Radio 2 and invited to read her work . The B.B.C. instantly announced that her voice was so compelling on radio that a career in broadcasting was indicated. She has also won this year's Jowett-Sendelar Competition for Classics Essays for her dissertation on 'The Women in Homer's Odyssey'. It all fits together. In the fo!mer competition a prize was also awarded to Andrew McNaught (LX) who shares Ihe dlstmcllon conferred upon the school's entries of being 'of consistent merit', a plaudit worth ÂŁ50 to Andrew and a further ÂŁ 100 to the school. In the latter competition a major prize was a~y~rded to Morgan Clarke (MT) for a n essay entitled 'What impelled the Athenians to go to SICIly m 4151'. Anna Patten (MR 1988-90) has been presented with the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award . She IS only the second member of the school to have gained this distinction, the first being Annabel DaVIes (MR 1987-89). Distinctions

MERUI BIBLIOTHECJÂ£ SCH. REG. CANTUAR FIERI SOCIUS DONI GRATIA QUO DOMUS

SIDEBOTHAMIA SUAM CUM SCHOLA SOCIETATEM PER XXX LUSTRA FELICISSIME SUSTENTAM COMMEMORA VIT

Henry Hawkins (BR) and Roger Gardner (BR) have played for the South-East of England U der 18 Hockey team. At County level, Henry Hawkins and Robert Cooling (BR) have played f ~ the Under 18s; and the school has had three representatives in the Under 16 side: Roger Ja rdner, Andrew Woolnough (BR) and Edward Sayer (MR). lain Overton (BR) and Andrew Ridings (MR) have been awarded Army Scholars hips by the Ministry of Defence. In memory of Brigadier N. D. Wingrove, O.K.S., the school has been presented with a gift by Dr. and Mrs. Wolf Tillman of Alderney to be devoted to prizes for pupils who intend to join the Army.

Military Matters

T he first 13 + coÂˇeducational charity event was a 12-mile sponsored walk to raise funds for the local charity Mustard Seed, which is concerned with the su pport of those in mental distress. T he pupils raised ÂŁ786. In September the school hosted a conference fo r Sixth Form pupils given by Oxfam and entitled 'Front Line Africa'. O ur own pupils were joined by those of Clarendon House, St. Edmund's School, Queen Elizabeth' s (Faversham), Simon Langton School and Sir Roger Manwood's School. o utreach

Mrs . J. B. Sidebotham has decided to commemorate 150 years of the Sidebotham family's association with the school by an exceptionally generous gift to the Library. This will enable us, each year, to acquire a book or books that we would not otherwise be able to afford . The books will contain the bookplate illustrated opposite: the word MERUI is the Sidebotham family motto, incorporated into the inscription composed by Mr. Mackinstosh. Mrs. Sidebotham's gift will also enable us to produce a tablet of the school graces, for use at formal lunches and dinners. We are most grateful to her , as to her fami ly, for both the loyalty and the generosity. The Sidcbotham Gift

The Librarian would like to thank Professor and Mrs. Rycroft for the gift of several books, and particularly for a copy of The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Space, which Professor Rycroft edited. Mr. P. Teeton, Dr. W. R. Pickering, and several anonymous donors, including 'someone who wanted to put something back into the Library' . have also kind ly given various books. e. Alan B. Clemetson (MO 1937-42) has sent us his Vitamin C; A. G. S. Davies (GR 1949-53) has given us issues of The Journal oj Ihe Slephenson Locomotive Society, one of which refers to The Cantuarian; the Hellenic Foundation has presented us with the splendidly illustrated Macedonia; and Dr. A. L. Rowse has added to his generosity , that now extends over a period of some fifty years, by sending us several of his books, including the Contemporary Shakespeare edition of Henry V. ('Try this experiment!', he writes.) We are most grateful to them all. Library

The latest edition of Conference & Common Room, the journal of the Headmasters' Conference Schools, is monopolised by members of staff, past and present. Michael SI. John Parker, now Headmaster of Abingdon School, gives an 'individual view' on the Aberdeen Conference; Robin Pittman, Headmaster of St. Peter's School, York, reveals a page from his diary (and explains that he was inspired to keep one by Nigel Nicolson, who gave a talk on the subject at King's); and Dr. Maltby writes a letter on John Mitchinson's emphasis on a broad curriculum in the Sixth Form. The Headmaster, however, does not appear in that part of the 'team photograph' that is exposed on the cover, but we gather that photogenic members of the School will be featured on the front of the next issue. H.M.e. Echoes

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Mr. Pragnell has produced a Ar h· Local History published with support from ~he Cal~~~;b~~lyS~rtvet of theI City of Canterbury . Society. It measures 33· h .d . Y ounCI and the Cant b ' bUilding within the limits of the medieval ci~; :!I~.I e and 24 mches deep and Show:~v~~

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The School was represented by M H d Michael Powell, which was held a~· St e~a ers~n caththe MeI!l0rial Service for Septe b H· C . mes s urch, PiccadIlly 'Onward Christian SOldie~/[rron:sA ~~~~;~b~~y c~;,~)c¥~nsf werle recalled in the Si~~i~i6~~ Kathleen Byron, who made her name in sam f . . e Irst esson was read by the actr of Alaric Jacob (SH 1922-25). The London 'i.-ilm~~~t~~~rowell's classic films .and is the w~:! memory, and the second volume of his memoirs is to b wabsldheddlcated to MIChael Powell's .. . e pu IS e shortly A not her dlstmgUlshed O.K.S. film director Carol R · . .. Th~ Man Between. It is the first biography of Reed a;~d, IS the subject of Nicholas Wapshou's fa.dmg .reputation. In the autumn the National Filr'; Th ~n attempt to revive his (undeservedly) with his 1968 version of Oliver,' for which he won aneo~~.ir~t on a season of his films, ending The Seventh Art

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Michael Law (W 1973-78) featured in a r .. the noble art of Tea Dancin He I ecem article m The Observer on Reviewed eleven-piece ensemble of YO~~g pr~;e~~i~he fl~CadIlIYdDance Orchestra, an the sparkling if slightl d . na payers eva ted to 'recreating betwee~ the ~ars'. The writer do~s not me:ti~e~e;;:t ivt7nglrsh tea-dance music of the period to the dlscerDlng reader when told that he ' brings a t h L;~ IS an O.K.S. but thiS IS obvious of recreatIOns ... The result is beguiling'. ouc a a most academic rIgour to the job Edward Lucie-Smith (SH 1946-51) has published I . theSIS of which is described in the Sunday 7",. ~ va ume ~ntltled Art Deco Painting the the trappings of modernity without itself bei~;~~~i~afr~~ocatl~e': art deco painting assu'med for breakmg ground in revisionist art history. . e reviewer congratulates the author

). h · . Lord Deedes, writing (believe ·t Gower (LN 1970-75) as th I o~ not ;n t e Daily Telegraph, regards David from the belief that the qU~I~rc etr pa Sportsman. His definition emerges in an age when reliabilit and lies a true sportsmanship are out of fashion he writes, is not a man for shareholders Y'He ~ssured ~uccess are the things that count. Gower, mexplicable. A sportsman.' . an emgma .. .a flawed genius, careless and Playing The Game

The parents of Crispin Hodges (T) . The Road IO,OOO-mile drive from Marble Arch returned dUrIng last summer from a was regarded as being 'a little mad' ~o ~ong ~ong. Such an undertakIng To Ankara Y entls. Gazelle reporter Dominic . Nutt. Crispin accom anied th HIs Housemaster's success in convertin~ him to ~~~nvo~ of s;~y-flve teams as far as Ankara. m his commem to Mr. Nutt that the travellers 'def· mterlIls a tandard Change are recorded 1m e y wore strange clothes'. 8

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Michael David Anthony's The Becket Factor describes mysterious events in the Cathedral Precincts, including, apparently, murder and espionage, as a In new Archbishop is being chosen. The appearance on page 1 of 'a King's 5 hool master, white-haired and with the face of a boy' promises some interesting local colour C a roman iJ clef even - but references to 'prep rooms' and to ' the usual Boxing Day sherry -';rty at the King's School' reassure us that this is entirely a work of fiction. p Jeanette Winterson's recent novel Sexin/J. the CherrJ: includes John Tradescant the Younger a significant character. The T.L .S. reviewer desCrIbed the book as 'a sort of Botany for B~ginnerS meets Swift, Defoe, Hans Andersen and Mary Poppins, the New Physics and Green politics' . We look forward to reading it.

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It was widely reported in November that an epoch-making meeting took place on the evening of the first round of the Conservative leadership election at the home of Tristan Gare/-Jones (GR 1954-60), then Minister of State at the Foreign Office and a former deputy chief whip. Those present had all voted fo r Mrs. Thatcher on the first ballot. The following morning, according to the Sunday Times, Mr. Garel-Jones rang his fellow O.K.S. Charles Powell (GL 1955-60), who was with the P.M. in Paris, with the message 'It's all over'. Which suggests that the grey suit story was a myth and that it was pinstripes all the time. Charles Powell's opposite number in Dublin when he was Mrs. Thatcher's private secretary was another O.K .S., Martin Mansergh (LN 1960-65). In a letter to The Independent before the Events of November , Nicholas Browne (LX 1961 -66) suggested that the two men might get logether on an old-boy basis and sort out the Anglo-Irish talks without recourse to politicians. Tout passe, Mias . ..

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Major Moves

As a consequence of a recent Cabinet reshuffle, the holiday address of James Lamont (T) is now II, Downing Street, London S.W.1. The father of O.K.S. Sophia Baker (GR 1983-85) is now Secretary of State at the Home Office.

Our attemion has been drawn to a confrontation between Mr. Jack Straw, Labour's education spokesman, and Mr. David Jewell, Master of Haileybury. Testing ... The former announced to a meeting of independent girls' schools that he would not allow ' private' schools to set up their own examination system, as suggested by 'some headmasters'. Mr. Jewell insisted that such a move was not generally supported by his colleagues. He continued: 'We, like you, have our mavericks. We have the High Master of St. Paul's. You have Ron Brown.' Mr. Straw retorted: 'But we arranged for Ihe deselection of Ron Brown.' The Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board has found a supporter in the person of Shafik Saba (SH). The Sunday Times, commenting on the falling standards precipitated by 'diluted' A-level courses, quotes his defence of the Board's Chemistry A-level - 'the most lraditional in the country' according to the reporter. Shafik described the course as 'demanding but worthwhile'. He assured his readers that he felt confident about the exam ination because he has to sit tests every few weeks, and is 'expected to know everything already'. Conversely, G.C.S.E. has come under attack from the Heads of English of the Etan and Rugby Groups. Mr. Brodie was one of those who signed a letter to several newspapers claiming that recent proposals from the Schools Examinations and Assessment Council constitute a threat 10 the serious stud y of literature, and that the assessment procedure is a bureaucratic nightmare. The case continues. Testing,

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We are gratefu l to Mr. P. C. H. Holmer (W 1937-4 1) for drawing our attention to a regrettable inaccuracy in The Times Diary of 27th August 1990, in which it was opined that the play Sir Thomas More, 'partly ghosted by Shakespeare', to be given its London premiere in September, had been roduced only once before, in Nottingham in 1964. This observation, made by the director of ~he Stage One Company, generated some astonishment in O.K.S. circles. Mr. Holmer recalls that the play was staged at King's in November 1938, having been edited and published by Canon Shirley. Mr. A. D. Wilson (OR 1935-40) wrote to The Times on thismatter, quoting the paper's own critIC of the day, who descnbed the playas 'remarkably excltmg ... the performance was Dod enough to leave the mind free to speculate on Shakespeare's own presence'. The critic ~as Hugh Walpole. The Times, not given to publishing extensive reviews of school productions, also printed a substantial photograph of this event. Mr. Wilson has kindly provided a photocopy of Ihe programme, signed by members of the cast, including A. D. Parsons (MO 1937-39). He played the part of Falkner, a ruffian. He later became British Ambassador at the United Nations, a post he occupied at the time of the Falklands War.

A play For All Seasons

Mr. Tennick, in conversation with his AÂˇlevel Latin class, discovered that while he was an undergraduate at Worcester College, Oxford, the father of one pupil was there at the same time, the grandfather of another was Provost of the college, and the greatÂˇuncle of a third was his Philosophy tutor.

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VALETE PETER JOHNSON (K.S.C. 1980-90) The word 'polymath' has been much bandied about here in the last few days, as the departure f Peter Johnson, after ten years at King's, has drawn near. The use of this term in the context o P F. J. represents an attempt, by those who invoke it, to describe the immensely wide range or i~tellectual skills Peter's learning encompasses. He has taught, in the school, Mathematics, o eli ious Studies, General Studies, EcPol. and Economics. So far as I know, he has not Ront~ibuted to the teaching of any language here, although an entry in The Cantuarian of 1982 cakes it clear that, if he had, he would have been more than qualified to do so: referring to ~n article by Peter entitled 'A Suggested Understanding of the Eucharistic Words', in Studia Evangelica, the 'This and That' item states: 'The languages needed to understand it include Latin, Greek Hebrew, Syriac, German, Aramaic and a smattering of English.' I can add to this list, from personal experience. I once overheard a conversation in the J. C. R. between M. J. V. and P. F. J. - the former running the bar, and the latter being a customer, at the time - in which the etymology of certain words in the Roumanian language was being discussed! On another occasion, when Peter and I were observing to each other how, in our earlier days, we both would have hated to have acted on stage, Peter did say that he was once in a Chekhov play when he was an undergraduate - but then modestly added (in the most enviable of throw-away lines) 'But they wanted me to be in it because it was in Russian, and I could speak it a bit.' It seemed, therefore, highly appropriate, then, when I walked towards the Shirley Hall on the last day of term, alongside Peter on his way to his final School Prayers, that he was in deep conversation with M. J. T. on a nice point of Latin! Of course, my main interaction with Peter has been concerned with his Mathematics. In this sphere, his scholarly and meticulous approach has been manifest to all, as have his rigorously high standards - both in his own mathematical arguments and those expected from his pupils. This style has often not been appreciated by pupils young in age and/or lower in mathematical ability, for Peter is not one who finds it easy to (as he would see it) demean the subject by communicating it in any manner that is not exact, pure and rigorous. However, to those pupils _ usually at the senior end of the school - who derive a realjoy from Mathematics precisely carried out and elegantly presented, Peter Johnson has been a genuine inspiration and r(lle-model. (1 teach one such pupil at the moment in 6a who was taught by Peter for all three of his presixth-form years, and the depth of his knowledge and the breadth of his understanding at the beginning of 6b astounded me daily. His response to quite a number of topics I introduced at that time was to say: 'We did that with Mr. Johnson in the Shells!') Peter's legendary high standards do, I am sure, derive materially from the mathematical ex periences of his own school days in Melbourne, Victoria, about which he used occasionally to reminisce to me. He talked fondly of his own favourite mathematics master - whom I recall only by his nick-name of 'Twaxy'. Twaxy apparently had a very simple marking scheme for mathematics problems: if all correct - full marks; if wrong in any respect (even just an arithmetical slip in a solution otherwise invoking the correct argument and logic) - zero marks! Peter once confided to me that it was about half a decade later, when he was an assessor for one of the Examining Boards in Australia, that he first encountered the concept of the 'followthrough' mark! As Peter pointed out, though, the Twaxy upbringing did instil in him, and his contemporaries in the class, a sense of the vital importance of absolute clarity and accuracy. Such is the longer-term effect that schoolmasters can have on their pupils and there may very well be a number from this school within the last decade who will be actively involved in Mathematics in the course of their careers and who will carry something of Peter Johnson with them. On a more personal level, I have also had the benefit and privilege of sharing with Peter some problems in my own research area of Mathematics and (as is the case with similar collaborations with Paul Pollak) I have found this a great joy and stimulation. A nice example of this occurred t3

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on a trip that P. F. J. , H. J. P. and I made to Berlin in February of 1990. En route, We Sto overnight m a small town I know, now called Kelmls/La Calamme and now situated in Belg?~ about 5 km. from Aachen, Germany, but, before the First World War, it was a tri-partite re .m, known as (Prussian-, Neutral-and Belgian) Moresnet. Before the journey started, Peter a~~~ had got together to try to solve a particular mathematical problem and we had made so headway with it,. but it was sti!1 not rigorously dispo~ed of. At breakfast on the morning (a Sund:i after our overmght m Kelmls, Peter made a conj ecture about our problem WhiCh, if it could be proved as a theorem, would complete our deliberation on the matter. In the euphoria of th circumstances, we somewhat grandiosely named this our 'Moresnet Conjecture'. Later tha~ morning, we went to mass at Aachen Cathedral, and, while H. J . P. communicated, and p F . J. observed the s~lendour of the ceremonial, I found the incense and th~ atmosphere highl ' condUCive to other higher thmgs of hfe hke mathematical thought and, durmg the service dUI ~ completed a proof of Peter's breakfast-time conjecture. We both felt (though, in retro;pect a little smugly, perhaps!) that this was a true paradigm of what a mathematical co llaboratio~ ought to be! I have so far made no mention of the considerable religious side to Peter's activities at King's For more-informed comment on this I consulted the Senior Chaplain who told me that Peter'; value was that he was a/ways there, very much as a priestly presence, and that he was utterly reliable. As P . F. H . put it: 'His is not a social Gospel , more a spiritual Gospel; he was always at the devotions, in very much a sort of monastic kind of way.' No account of Peter would be complete without mention of Philippa, who has been such a support to him and has also made her own mark on the local community, in her own right as Warden of St. Nicholas' Hospital. They both have been touchingly generous in the numbe; of times they have invited to their home (to sample Philippa ' s superb cuisine and Peter's more. than-adequate cellar) the undersigned institutionalised bachelor, incapable of returning such splendid hospitality. I especially remember the way they helped me out when, within two weeks of my taking over from Paul Pollak, I was faced with being the host to a n Eto n Group Meeting (King's' turn for this coming round only about every twelve or thirteen years!) and had to accommodate and entertain my invited speaker who was an eminent lady from the Oxford University Mathematical I.nstitute. It would be difficult to th'ink of a colleague more appropriate to keep company with an Oxford don for , by common (though usually unspoken) consent in the Common Room , Peter is indisputably assumed to be intellectually its most gifted member. Indeed, it is a matter of some considerable surprise to me that the Church, or an Oxford or Cambridge college, has not spotted Peter's worth before now. Our gain from this is to have has the benefit of Peter at King's for ten yea rs; the Church's gain is that they now have Peter still at a yo ung enough age for him to make a distinguished contribution to that organisation, too, as he takes up his new Crown Appointment as a Residentiary Canon of Bristol Cathedral. Peter said in his valedictory address to his colleagues that he will not miss G.C .S.E . coursework, but he will miss what he described as 'the companionship of the Common Room'. We shall miss him, also , a nd we all wish Peter and Philippa, together with Sophie and Simon , all the very best for their future happiness and the success of their new venture.

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JOHN DEAN (K.S. C. 1980-90) Seen in retrospect, the 1980s have been a good decade for independent schools. General Galtieri's im prudence was to facilitate the 'Thatcher decade', and it is easy now to forget how hostile events and currents of opinion seemed a mere fifteen years ago: trade union power, the widely-held view that 'the unions will never let the Tories govern again ', the spectre of hyper· 14 PETER JOHNSON (T.R. H.)

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inflation , even. And in education, therefore, the very real possibility that schools independent of the State might find themselves in a climate so hostile, with so many things loaded against Ihem, that resistance to a State Comprehensive monopoly would become hopeless. By contrast, the 1980s have been rich-seeming years. The increasing certainty of Conservative rule the limitation of funds to the maintained schools, and, perhaps most of all, the whole ethic of p~ivatisation, accompanied by fiscal policies that favoured previously hard-pressed fee-paying parents, all these things have brought business in. Business. Because in another sense the decade has not been so good. It has ended with very real doubts for many independent schools, as well as for maintained ones, whether they can continue to attract good young Honours graduates into school teaching, with distinct shortage areas in the very subjects where economic opportunities are greatest. Money is the word. Not only does the disparity between what many graduates could earn out of teaching and what they can earn in it act as a short-term disincentive, but the whole climate of values becomes hostile 10 the ideal of service to others, favourable to self-acquisition. Money. Money and management. Lucky then - or deserving, maybe - the institution that sustains the belief in its members that dedicated service is a good in itself, that to give is humanely fulfilling, that a school as distinguished as King's has a continuity that outlasts individual contributions and yet that those contributions are recogn ised and valued. And luckier still - or the more deserving - that institution if such an ethOS extends beyond the teaching staff to those numerous other employees on whose skills and work it depends. 11 is in such terms that John Dean's ten years of service deserve to be considered. For all of those who saw him walking at speed around King's in those years, and knew his work at close hand, it was evident that he was both tireless for and utterly dedicated to the school. At all limes he had at heart the best interests of the school, its staff and its pupils. If, at times, there was the sense of there being too much for John to do, it was because he always tried to do everything. And what couldn't always be done because resources were finite, he still tried to do, out of good will. Above all, John was a great 'hands-on' man, expert at everything he put his hand to, building a great rapport with his team of tradesmen and workmen which was based not only on the warmth and friendliness of his own personality but a lso on their respect for his varied skills. This, moreover, extended to the sub-contractors John used, who similarly were good craftsmen who respected him and became themselves involved with the school, so that one felt there was always a good standard of service and value for money. Within the tight budgets one observed to be a dominant feature of King's life, John Dean was (one felt) always economical in his spending of the school 's money. Peter Pilkington v.:rites: 'John Dean first appeared on the King's School scene when he was in charge of the building works for the new Mitchinson's House. Wilf Robinson immediately spotted that he was an able and talented man and approached him with the proposal that he should succeed him. John had the great gift of practicality combined with a real care and interest in ancient buildings. He had a sturdy commonsense and a strength which enabled him to resist the more fanciful ideas of various architects. He devoted enormous time to establishing good relations with the teaching staff and was always ready to help when any crisis occurred. He had his moments of irritation but they never lasted long and I think everyone in the Precincts regarded him as a friend. He built up an amazingly devoted team of workmen and they had a skill and dedication which is rare in the modern world. My whole family depended on him and, in fact, the Works Department's gift to me when I left was a D.I.Y. book with the inscription, "We don't know how you will get on without us" '. One of John's great assets was his friendliness, even when under the kind of pressures that are bound to occur in the Precincts environment. To a remarkable extent, he kept an open door and was always accessible to members of the school community, besides maintaining good relationships with the Cathedral stafr. He was part of a decade at King's, a part of an era. May the era ahead be as well served. S.C.W. 15 JOHN DEAN (T.R.H.)

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OBITUARIES JAMES DE VERE ALLEN Reprinted from the Sunday Telegraph of 12th August 1990 James de Vere Allen, a highly original historian who has died at Mombasa in Kenya aged fifty-four, had just finished his exhaustive History oj the Swahili People. The book is now in the hands of an American publisher. Its author, who relished controversy, was full of hope that his magnum opus would provoke a rich flow of academic bile. In a much-travelled life de Vere Allen worked at the Duke of York School, Nairobi, studied history in Malaysia and taught it at Makerere, Uganda. Later, he joined the Kenya Museums service and adopted an unconventional way of life in the island town of Lamu. Friends found it hard to believe that his financial state was quite as bad as he claimed. There was no doubting, however, that his numerous articles displayed a distinctly contentious and class. conscious view of the world. James de Vere Allen was born in 1936 of Australian parents who had settled in Kenya. He was educated in England at the King's School, Canterbury, where he was a King's and Milner Scholar (1949-55). His enormous lofty brow matched his reputation as the most brilliant boy in the school. He developed an attachment for Canterbury and its Cathedral haunts that lasted for the rest of his life; and in one of his summer holidays he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro wearing his school straw hat. At Oxford, where he read Mods and P.P .E. at Magdalen, he began to take and interest in politics. In particular, he became a pillar of the East Europe Society, in which capacity he secured a notable selection of emigre speakers - including General Bor-Komorowski, hero of the Warsaw uprising during the Second World War. In 1976 de Vere Allen moved to Nairobi University, where he became a Research Fellow in the Institute of African Studies; he was also a visiting Fellow of the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University. In 1977 he published his translation of the classical Swahili poetic materpiece, AI-Inkisha/i. The introduction and a wealth of notes reflected his deep knowledge of and empathy for the Muslim civilisation in East Africa. During the last four years de Vere Allen, unmarried, had lived with his mother in the hills above Mombasa, surrounding himself with a well-formed Digo retinue, and creating a ÂŠ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH LTD. spectacularly beautiful garden.

HARR Y LONGRIGG (K.S.C. 1985-89) Harry Longrigg entered Walpole House in January 1985, from Marlborough House School. Beneath the quiet demeanour was a warm and friendly nature, and he soon established himself as a popular member of the house. He had a considerable sporting talent, which undoubtedly could have taken him into the first team in a number of sports. In the end it was the individualistic game of squash that attracted him most, and he became a valued member of the 1st V. Nevertheless, his passion for soccer, so evident in his public support for Charlton Athletic, drew him also into the School 2nd Xl. He developed an interest, too, in the C.C.F., becoming a sergeant in charge of adventure training. For most of his time at school Harry made himself out to be an average student. In June 1989 he brought his true talent to bear, and achieved three grade As at A-level. At his memorial service in August 1990 the large number of O.K.S. in attendance bore witness to his capacity for giving and attracting friendship. As a result of their generosity, and that of others who knew him, a Harry Longrigg Cup was presented to the Squash Club in November. M .J.V. 16

(Elisa Hudsofl'

FOCUS OPENING OF THE RECREATION CENTRE THURSDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER The following is the text of the speech addressed to Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent by the Headmaster: Your Royal Highness, \! gives me the greatest pleasure to thank yo u on behalf of the school for coming here today to open forma lly the Recreation Centre, the largest building undertaken by the King's School si nce the Shirley Hall was completed in 1957 . The plaque which you have unveiled will be placed on the staircase leading to the first floor and will act as a reminder of yo ur generosity to us. We are deeply sensible of the time and trouble you have taken in joining us this morning. This is not, of course, the first time that your Royal Highness has visited us. On 7th July 1975 you opened St. Mary's Hall. The late Duke of Kent also visited us several times before and during the War. Later this morning your Royal Highness has kindly agreed to use the diamond stylus with which, ,?n 12thMay 1938, he signed a piece of glass now in our dining room, to inscribe a sIm Ilar pIece wh Ich we shall also mount. In a moment I shall have the pleasure of showing you the Recreation Centre. We shall see Ihe 25 metre swimming pool, the fitness suite, the netball courts that lie outside, the squash courts and the restaurant and also watch some hockey on the all-weather hockey pitch. We shall not Ihough see any games performed here in this hall because of the complications of clearing il. As you will see, in order to protect the floor, we have had to lay a carpet so that the school could be here today on this happy occasion. You will know that this term the King's School, the most ancient school in the country dating back to 597 and the time of St. Augustine, became fully co-educational. The merit of this building is that much of the sport that goes on here can be played by boys and girls together. Furthermore il can also be used by the wider school community and is indeed a place of re-creation for all of us. In today's educational world, both pupil and teacher are perhaps stressed as never before. Here we can relax from learning and marking, enjoying the superb facilities which our architect and builders have provided for us. You r Royal Highness, I would not want you to think tharthis building is only for the school. It has long been our policy that as a privileged part of the local community we should make ou r facilities available to the city. As with our other buildings, both individuals and organisations in Canterbury are already enjoying these facilities. Most important among them are pupils from maintained schools. Further, and I know this wou ld please you most, the Recreation Centre will be available for charitable purposes. As my Lord Mayor will tell you, the King's School plays a very important part in helping to assist those less fortunate than ourselves. We hope that within the facilities provided here, we have given something to the wider community as well. Our school has no endowments and a building such as this can on ly be provided by the generosity of parents, old members and the wider community of Kent. We have therefore appealed to all our friends to assist us in this endeavour and many of those who have donated monies to this building are present with us today. On behalf of the school I sho uld like to thank them most warmly. We still have a long way to go to achieve our target but we are nearing the halfway mark and all of us have been much enco uraged by the generosity of so many. We have other projects we want to do in order that our school shall maintain its place among the foremost educational institutions in this country. But today we rejoice that the first project in our building fund campaign has been realised and is already being enjoyed by so many both within and without Our Own community. t7

OPENING OF THE RECREATION CENTRE (Michael Gillespie)

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The Duchess of Kent so appreciated th e very warm welcome extended to her at the official opening of the new King's School Recreation Centre and she has asked me to write and thank you, and all those involved, for your kindness and hospitality. Her Royal Highness was tremendously impressed with the excellent new facilities, which she is sure will help and inspire all t hos e who use them. The Duchess was delighted to have h ad the opportuniti of meeting so ma n y of your governors, staff and st udents a nd she was most grateful to everyo n e for taki n g such trouble over h er visit. Her Royal Highness has also asked me to thank you for the two copies of the King's Hymn Book a nd King ' s Prayer Book so generously presented to her whi c h will forever remind her of a very happy visit to your School. With renewed thanks and best wishes.

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Your Royal Highness has won the affection of the British people for your untiring concern for the under-privileged and handicapped in our society, no more so than in your work for the Hospice movement. It is with very great pleasure that I can tell you today that we have decided 10 help one of your charities. At the end of the academic year we have a Festival known as King's Week of plays, of concerts, of art, of dance and much more too. It runs for a week and is of a standard that few school could match . We have decided that the proceeds from the fina l symphony Concert should be given to the Jacqueline du Pre Appeal of which you are a Trustee. This Appeal has been set up with the support of Jacqueline du Pre's husband, Daniel Barenboim. Its aim is to help young musicians suffering, as his wife did , from degenerative and crippling diseases, whet her at home or in specialised nursing accommodation and also to finance a Music Building in her name at St. Hilda's College, Oxford where she held an Honorary Fellowship. We hope that by this gift we will indicate not only our gratitude to you personall y bul also our continui ng concern for the disadvantaged , that they might enj oy fullness of life. In the meantime, as an immediate token of our gratitude to you, your Roya l Highness, I would ask the Captain of School, Toyin Fadeyi and the Senior Gi rl, Beverly Tarr, to present yo u with a COpy of the King's School Hymn Book and the King's School Prayer Book.

SPONSORED SWIM FOR OXFAM SUNDAY, It th NOVEMBER

The first spo nsored swim in the new Recreation Centre swimming pool was organised by Luxmoore and Walpole to raise money for Oxfam, the charity of the term. Almost everyone in the two houses who could, swam. Those who could not take part helped count lengths with Mrs. Behrens, Mrs. Booton, Mrs. Aldridge and Mr. Parker. Walpole girls strove to swim furt her than Mrs. Pickering and her fam ily convoy . Luxmoore boys did not have quite such a hard task lO outswim Mr. Aldridge, Mr. Bradley and Mr. Bee as they battled up and down a la ne dominated by a sort of Dreadnought in the shape of Charles Rob inson. An unknown visitor in kamikaze goggles who had been let in for a gentle paddle by mistake ma naged to escape before being Slink without trace . Spectators grad uall y became awa re of a long distance marathon in progress between Zoe Chambe rlin a nd Andy T homas. When five o'clock came they had to be slOpped (or they wo uld be still swimming) with Andy on 162 lengths and Zoe on an amazing 166. There were plenty of swims over 100 lengths which were generously applauded by parents and friends who had come to watc h. Many thanks to all those who sponsored the swimmers and enabled over ÂŁ1000 to be raised. H.E.J.A. AND J .D.P.

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SERMONS ADMISSION OF SCHOLARS SUNDAY, 9th SEPTEMBER Mark 9, 36-37: 'And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me" '.

We have just put our new scholars in our midst. I have no doubt that lik e the rest of the 217 new boys and girls joining our community this term, they felt nervo us, even vulnerable It must b~ so much easier for the Rugby iJlayers returning from their tour of Australasia, s~ much easIer for those members of the chOIr who have already sung In Concert and Service in this Cathedral. They know their way to Birley's: they know the difference between Palace and P3. Yet what the Gospel tells us is that Jesus identified himself not with the secure and safe those who know their way around, but with a nervous child being gaped at by all. ' Mark places the disciples' discussion on who was the greatest in the context of J esus's second prediction of his Passion. The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him . Jesus' life is moving to its climax, death on the cross as a common crim inal at the hands of the occupying power to whom he will be delivered by his own people. He had spelt it all out to the disciples; but they did not understand his saying, and they were afraid to ask him . Like so many of us they were afraid of facing reality. Of course, they ought to have known that it could only end like this. They were no stra ngers to suffering - no strangers to the knowledge that God's purposes are achieved not by power, but by powerlessness . Were they not in origin escaped slaves? Had not Moses had to die on the far side of Jordan in order that his people could enter the Promised Land? Did not the exiles in Babylon lik e a second Moses have to die in a heathen country in order that their children might once again possess their land? But contemporary Judaism longed fo r a triumphant Messiah, longed for a deliverer from the cruel Romans, longed that Israel might once more be a political power. So the disciples refused to face facts and instead debated who was the greatest. But God does not work through principalities and powers: thay are ranged against him . He entrusts his future to a baby floating in a bas ket in the Nile; to a baby lying in a manger in a backyard of an inn. God can only be God in naked vulnerability. So Jesus sets a child in their midst. He does not choose a child for innocence: children are not innocent. He does not choose a child for silence : children are not silent. He chooses a child because children are dependent, vulnerable, at the mercy of adults. Like the Son o f Man, they have not status: like him they suffer rejection, abuse, torture and death - even in our own so-called civilised society. Christia n discipleship, if it is to be true, cannot be about rank, office, hierarchy: it is abo ut service - being without status, at the mercy of one's masters. Of course, all too often, Christians like the disciples of old have sought to avoid this ugly fact. From the time of Constantine, they have sought to master rather than be mastered; like the worldly they are terrified of being dependent, vulnerable, powerless. Like the worldly they court success , debate who will be greatest. Those who are prepared to become like children will always be a minority - but it is with the powerless that God makes himself known, achieves his work. For it is only in our nakedness that God can truly be God within us - when we have nothing to rely on and stand before him in our utter dependence - then he can clothe us as he clothed the first man and woma n in the Garden. We don't have to be innocent. God is not put off by our shame: it is our efforts at self-protection that keep him out, make any talk of faith redundant. But worst of all, Christian preachers have all too often chosen to twist our Lord's injunction to become like children. It threatens their structures, their security, their power: instead of embracing powerlessness, they have enjoined meekness, subservience and built the Saviour in their image - gentle Jesus, meek and mild . 20

But nO reading of the Gospels could support such perversion. The prophet fro m Nazareth 's assertive, angry, even violent in the cause of the Kingdom. He attacks the Jewish a uthorities, :hroWS the money-changers out of the temple. Nor is He tempted to restrict that anger to his fellow men. Like. th~ patriarch Jacob, Jesus wrestles with God in Gethsemane; like the unjustly suffering Job, cnes In anger at God on Golgotha - my God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? There is nothing meek or mild in that final onslaught on the God who refuses to answer, and allows Jesus to suffer that ultimate act of powerlessness, which we all must suffer - death itself. If then, the cost of discipleship means embracing a naked vulnerability, it need not be lived out in silence. It is the guilty disciples who have been discussing power who remain silent at Jesus' questionIng. As parents and teachers know, no word is more frequent on a child's lips than 'why?'. It is also the essential ingredient of all scholarship . And that 'why' is to challenge not only the principalities and powers of this world, but God himself. And for the disciple called to fo llow by his master, that challenge must echo from the very crosS he enjoins him to take up. For it is only there that stripped of all protection and pretension, the disciple is made most fully vulnerable, only there that his outstretched arms can embrace total powerlessness. Amid all our anxious afforts to ensure the security of tomorrow, few have grasped the Gospel's essential radicalness. But it is those few who herald the coming Kingdom - a Kingdom characterised not by the disciples' discussion on who shall be greatest, who will have most power, but by a powerless child standing vulnerable in their midst. A.C.J. PHILLIPS.

A MARRIAGE SERMON FOR ANTHEA AND STEVEN WILCOCK THE HEADMASTER Saturday, 22nd September Two texts for Marriage. The first is from the Book of Proverbs: 'Three things there are which are too wonderful for me, fou r which I do not understand: the way of a vulture in the sky, the way of a serpent on the rock, the way of a ship out at sea; and the way of a man with a girl.' The other from the actor, Mr. Robert Redford: 'The secret of a good marriage is it's gotta move. If it stops, it's dead.'

In ancient Israel there were a group of people called the wise: we'd call them King's Scholars. They were concerned with helping people understand how to live their lives. Believing that God had created order out of chaos, they sought to find out what that order was, to see how one thing related to another, how society functioned, how the natural wo rld and science worked. The wise looked at people, objects and ideas and tried to work out their pattern, their structure and their order. But the wise recognised that no t everything could be explained , that some things were so IT! ysterious that they would never understand them. Such were the soaring flight of that gia nt bl~d of prey, the vulture, and the swift gliding movement of the legless snake. And to a people fllghtened of the sea, so was the passage of a ship. But there was a fourth mystery which was greater than all these other mysteries in sheer wonder, the way o f a man with a girl. No amo unt of WIsdom could explain love : it could only be experienced. 21

., You and I have today been invited to witness a mystery, the mystery of Anthea and Steven 's love. For this is what marriage is, a nd wha t marriage must remain if it is to continue to be a living relationship. The mystery is tha t Anthea and Steven have a lready said that one is accepted by the other, not as one wa nts to be, but as one is. And mo re than just accepted, one is wanted' wa nted for one' s self. And in the luxury of marriage, one find s out the tru th o f the myster ' - though one still cannot ex plain it. One find that through the acceptance of each other on~ acquires a freedom and independence for oneself o f which one never dared to drea m. F;r the res ult of marriage must be a gradual healing of the wo unds - an ending of all d iscord within us as we enjoy each other's love. Mysteries are rare and special thi ngs to be treasured, a nd over which one should a lways feel awe and surprise . Mr. Redford says: ' The secret of a good marriage is it's gotta move. If il stops, it's dead.' He is ri ght. For the one thing one must never do with a mystery is to take it for granted. There is something strange about it - and the feeling o f stra nge ness , of something o ut beyond to which one stri ves, but never quite reaches, must ever be present. O ne must Work at one' s mystery, live it out. For just as the mys tery thriller keeps our nerves on edge, so should our mystery marriage keep us sensitive and alert to the awesome miracle o f our love. Marriage is lik e that other great mystery - faith . For in res ponding to God we fi nd ourselves accepted no t as we wo uld like to be, but as we are. Whatever we have done, like the father of the prodigal son , God still runs out, not just to welcome us, but to bless us. We do not have to do a nything, be a nybody. We only ha ve to accept the love he offers us, and thereby become truly free. My prayer is that both Anthea a nd Steven may fr om the mystery of their own love deepen the mystery of their faith. Their first act in their married life is to pray at this a ltar. T hey have come as they are, to offer themselves as they are - first to God , a nd then th rough H im to each other. They are accepted by God , and sent out into his world with his blessing. May they indeed live happily ever a fter in their love and in His. A MEN.

WHAT IS TRUTH?: A SERM ON THE VERY RE VD. DR. WESLEY CARR, DEAN OF BRISTOL Sunday, 26th Novem ber Had she lived, Mrs. Pilate would have been a very proud mother. In schools such as this there are usually boards on which honours and achievements are listed. Even if it is not es pecially the ambition of a boy or girl to have their name on these, it is almost certainly mother's hope. Young Pontius Pilate probably looked for a successful career; Mrs. Pilate would have hoped for much. Her wildest dreams have been surpassed. For nearly two thousand years and throughout the world the name of Pontius Pilate is recorded and recalled. Here in this service, as Christians do everywhere, we have said: ' He was crucified under Pontius Pilate'. The greatest honour is to be remembered not on a boa rd on a wall but in the memory of people, a nd Pontius Pilale has achieved this. Pontius Pilate is a man for our age. For it was he, according to St. John, who asked the key question in the Gospel - 'What is truth? ' . Christia ns are as human as a nyone else: they tend to blame others for their own failin gs. Because Pilate ultimately authorised Jesus' crucifixion , his remark is usuall y treated as cynica\. ' Whal is truth? said jesting Pilate and did not wait for an answer'. H e is treated as someone who has no time for fundam ental questions of truth and uses a catchy question to escape from Jesus. 22

But today we can hear him more clearly. H e seems less cynical and more someone who arliculates the wistful question of every person: ' What is truth? ' or 'What is tru th?' . Or , as we might now put it, ' Where can I find an y meaning or ho pe o f clari ty?' . Pilate's tragedy then beCOmes that he as ked the question but was unwilling to engage with anyone to find some answers. Jes us stood in front o f him , but P ilate ended the dia logue. And he was not even able to talk with the crowd outside. H e engages with no-one - as Matthew puts it, he washes his hands _ and so is left alone with his question. The Christia n hope this mornin g fo r all who ask P ilate 's question is twofold. First , truth and meaning can a lways be sought because they are based in the largeness o f God . That means that Ihe answers can never be complete, but that such glimmers o f the tru th that we perceive always invite a further search. It is a matter of ho pe , not discourage ment, that the quest has no end . Last week the Archbishop announced the founding of the Michael Ramsey Chair at the University of Kent here in Canterbury. In his speech he spok e o f Ra msey's ' thought ful holiness' . Few, if any, of us here as pire to be such holiness. We know we are not made of such stuff. But we can as seekers a fter tru th, be people marked by holy thoughtfulness - that is, a n eagerness 10 Jse all of ourselves, es peciall y our minds, to join and sustain that search for truth to which wistful Pilate directs us. Second , if the hope of truth is found in the large ness of God , never forget that God' s greatness always stands before you on a human scale. Jesus stood before Pilate. Our neighbour sta nds before us, whether they be our actual neighbour here or our partners in the world, such as those in Afr ica to whom yo ur offerings this morning will go. If God 's majesty invites us to thoughtful holiness in pursuit of truth, it demands o f us a holy worldliness - acting or doing the truth _ which stops us becoming isolated from our fellow men and wo men. The wo rld used to be di vided into two groups - believers a nd unbelievers. The latter also divided into atheists and agnostics. Believers trust in God and believe that this matters. Atheists claim that there can be no God , but this, too , matters. Agnostics a re less sure and agree that Ihere is a quest ion but that it matters. Recently a new gro up has been discerned. They have no name, although ' nulla fid eist' has been suggested (I do not think it will catch on as a title). T his group is sim ply not interested in questions of tru th and God - the y do not matter or, in another phrase, 'It's boring' . Pilate historically has come out of his wistfulness badly. H oly thoughfulness and holy worldliness seem to have been too much for him and , as a res ult, he is sometimes portrayed as the cynic to whom the question did not matter. But histor y may have been unfa ir and in Pilate's question we ha ve ours, too . Whatever the case , each time you now say that line - ' He was crucified under Pontius Pilate' - may God confront 'you in searching belief, committed atheism or enquiring agnosticism because you remain someone to whom the question matters .

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MUSIC AND DRAMA INFORMAL EVENING CONCERT MONDAY, 1st OCTOBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Trumpet Concerto (Slow Movement) Matthew Brown (Trumpet)

Hummel

'Thou didst blow' from Israel in Egypt Antonia Bond (Soprano)

Handel

Sonatina Michael Peat (Descant Recorder)

Edmunds

Sonata (Second Movement) Edward Millard (Saxophone)

Telemann

'Her Song' Joanna Clarke (Soprano)

Ireland

Sonata in E minor (First Movement) Elanor Dymott (Flute)

Bach

Violin Concerto No. I (Slow Movement) Michael Chesterman (Violin)

Bruch

INFORMAL EVENING CONCERT MONDAY, 15th OCTOBER, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL Rhapsody No.3 Alex Driskill-Smith (Piano)

Dohnanyi

'0 Cessate di Piagami' Mark Dobell (Tenor)

Carissimi

Sonata No. I - Hornpipe a I'lngiese (Vivace) Aaron Birks (Bassoon)

Galliard

'My Own Countr y' Barnaby Stevenson (Baritone)

Warlock Quilter

'Love's Philosophy' Hsien Leow (Soprano)

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THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 21st OCTOBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL This was an extremely well-attended concert and I doubt anyone of the large audience went away disappointed, for it was an evening full of music which breathed professionalism. It began with a startling trumpet voluntary played by Richard Dibley. This came from the gallery with the hall lights out. The effect of the lone trumpet playing the first bars of Mahler's Fifth Symphony piercing the darkness provided an enchanting beginning to the concert. The second item, the prelude and fugue Bach goes to town, was ably played by William Bryant, Alice Ford, Tamsin Charrington and Rupert Mead on four clarinets. The staccato effect in particular gave the piece a sparkling vitality. A strong feature of the concert was the constrast between the various numbers. The next piece demonstrated this extremely well . It was a stunning interpretation of Debussy's Jardins sous 10 pluie from the Suite ÂŁStampes. The pianist was Satoko Yamaguchi, and the most striking thing about her playing was the sensitivity of the phrasing, giving a marvellous fluidity to the sound. Though this was a hard act to follow, it was done excellently by Tom Del Mar leading the Mozart Horn Quintet. The string players performed with intelligence and feeling, providing a good atmosphere for some very stylish horn-playing. The themes were well stated by all and the balance between the parts was very good, In contrast to the instrumental items the following two were for voice. First, I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables was sung by Alice Ford, with great feeling and particularly good diction. After this Michelle Traylor, Patrick Osmond, Harriet Campbell and Sarah Mullen with continuo supplied by Satoko Yamaguchi on the piano played two movements of a Concerto (Op. 8, No.6) by Pepusch for four flutes. T he slow movement was gracefully performed with good communication between the players. The second (fast) one contained lively playing and a feeling of enjoyment was put over. A Telemann Cello Duo in C minor from Oliver Hinton and Nicky Venn was a very tricky piece, but was brought off with a great deal of finesse. I was particularly impressed with the Allegro movement which demanded athleticism from both instruments. The intelligent use of dynamics added considerably to the effect. The violin and viola duet played by Kate Neill and Cassie Knight was by Mozart (the first movement of K.423). The rapport between the players was good and as a result the faster passages were well together. Though the dynamics were a little lacking in variety, it did mean that the sound travelled very well . The combined House Song was an arrangement of two Sullivan operatic numbers by Tom Del Mar under his pseudonym Mo nsieur Monbrecia. This was great fun, and both Houses seemed 10 enjoy it immensely, including Oliver Hinton who conducted with enthusiasm. One of the best items of the evening was by Racial Harmony, who did two numbers. I was particularly impressed by their rendition of Prince's Purple Rain , which contained a compelling guitar solo from Matt Howard and excellent vocal from Ko la Sonaike. The evening was one I enjoyed tremendously and it was a fitting opening event to, I hope, many more musical twinnings. Congratulations to Tom Del Mar and Cassie Knight for their IIreless energy putting the concert together, and producing it in an atmosphere of friendly professionalism. JONATHAN SAMPSON.

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LUXMOORE HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 21st OCTOBER, IN LUXMOORE The Luxmoore Games Room is not famous for its acoustic, but the va ried programme of the House concert, and the intimate atmosphere which necessari ly attended it, ensured that it was an enjoyab le occasion. A setting of The Mikado featured nin e instrumentalists under Julian Woodward plus Jasper Beauprez playing all the other parts on the piano. This worked we ll until the three lillie maids defied th e spirit of coeducation and seemed reluctant to announce themselves, musically speaking Jasper provided another Symphony Orchestra in support of Robin Norris a nd Chris Ziegler fo; a version of the William Tell overture, and all three coped bravely with the fact that the telephone rang constantl y in a different key. Alex Maines a nd the ubiquitous Jasper provided impress ive piano solos on a n instrument whi ch was not quite the one Beethoven o r Faure had in mind. There was plenty of spirited singing, in one case from a cosmopolitan choir performing a chorus in E nglish abo ut the poor of France in the nineteenth century! The co ncluding item was the Luxmoore Song, ' mostly by R.P.B.' - I find t his hard to believe as it contained no reference to cricket - wh ich left Mr. A ld ridge's successors with the macabre threat of being haunted by C har les Robinson' s ghost looking for so mething, anylhing to eal. Pe rh aps that was why Ihe three lillie maids kept a low profile in the overture. Anyway, the talent and enthusiasm disp layed despite the fact that some items seemed slightl y under -rehearsed, made it clear Ihal the mus ieai spirit of the present members of Luxmoore will su rvi ve the forthcoming move. D.P.H.

INFORMAL EVENING CONCERT MONDAY, 5th NOVEMBER, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No.2 C har les Davies (Piano)

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Concerti no (Second Movement) O li ver Nash (Horn)

Larsson

'Ergiti Amar' Zoe Harmsworth (Soprano)

Searlalli

Sonatina: Rondo Matthew Brown (Treble Recorder)

Arnold

Rondo in D Graeme Humphrey (Piano) Jeremy Bines (Piano)

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' Ich Grolle Nicht' Angus Hulme (Baritone)

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INFORMAL EVENING CONCERT MONDAY, 19th NOVEMBE R, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE C rusell

Cla rinet Concerto (Slow movement) Frazer Hughes (Clarinet) Prelude Op. 8, No. II Tim Marso n (Trumpet)

Scriabin Dodgson

CircuS Pony Hal Sclater (Flut e) '0 God, have mercy ' from SI. Paul Matthew Wh iteley (Bass) Merr y Tune Andrew McNaug ht (Do ub le Bass)

Mendelsso hn Patachich Debussy

Syrin x Elanor Dymott (Flute) 'Ah, Ilelinda' from Dido and Aeneas Eliza Lum ley (Soprano)

Purcell

SOUTH PACIFIC THURSDAY, 29th NOVEMBER - SUNDAY, 2nd DECEMBER, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL 'Some enc hanted eve nin g' ... a nd it certainl y was; from th e beginning to the end o ur attention was held by the energy of th e performers and by the brilliance of Rodgers a nd Hammerstein's Icore (every so ng a winn er). The staging o f this production in vo lved well ove r a hundred people and cong ratu la tions must be give n to eac h one. Andrew Dobbin must be co ngratulated o n his imaginati ve and intellige nt set. Those of us who wa lked into the Shi rley Ha ll ex pecting palm t rees and sa nd we re initiall y a little bemused by thc up-ended tramp o lin e, the (climbing? ) frames and the sloping ca rpet. However, th e trampoline turned out to be a sc ree n o n to whic h topical Ga uguin paintin gs and photographs of all equato rial coastline were projected, setting the scene and atmosp here mo re precisely than a traditional set co uld. The fram es became, amo ng other th ings , temporary army barracks. The ca rpet smoot hly alte rn ated between sand a nd flooring. The set d esign made a use of stage space which was both exciting and workable, fu ll y exploited by the lighting design. Bali Ha 'i was created by the draping forward and up o f muslin, Em ile's house by the placi ng on stage of a few pieces of appropriate furniture . The set which felt so bare at first glance never felt so fro m the moment the lights we re dimm ed . The Orc hestra, directed by Stephen Pinnock, merits a special mention. The Overture a llowed them to esta blish the fact o f their eno rm ous co ntr ibution to the success of the even ing ulltrammelled by acto rs. T he fact of thei r musical proficiency is further strengt hened whe n yo u lil ten to the o rch estra o n th e o ri gi na l film reco rdin g and realize that they are every bit as good. ' LIIIIIIC Y gave a stro ng pe rfo rm ance throughout as the cock-eyed optimist, Nellie . Her gaw ky realizat ion of love when dea ling with Emile wo n o ur immedi a te sympath y; she bringing a sense of spirited naivety to washing th at man rig ht o ut of her hair (but it possible to rinse him away) and humour to th e rev ue duet 'Honey Bun', handling sex ual block ing of this number with brisk practicality, as d id a ll the gi rls. Barnaby . Luther go t the right balance between si ncerity and comedy, and he was more than t in heading up th e male chorus of sa ilors who burst o n stage (and o ut o f their shirts) hall with their talcnLcd enthusiasm. Their 'There is nothin' like a dame' was infectiously

- many a member of th e a udi ence was humming it as they left. C hey ney Kent met fficult d emand of playi ng th e midd le-aged Emile with quite confidence , both in his ro le and as fat her to his cha rmin g French-s peak ing famil y. The shape ly Bali Ha'i natives 27 PAC IFIC (Michael Gillespie;

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left us in no doubt as to what created the lure of the island for the American sailors alth ' oUgh they faced fierce competition from the pert but bubbly nurses. South Pacific, despit~ appearances, is not altogether a happy musical. The sparse metalli set unobtrusively underhned this. It IS a highly controlled anger against Bigotry and War ('Yo ,ne got to be taught to hate and feaL .. to be afraid. of peo"le whose skin is a different sha~:" which actually fo;ms the centrallellmotlv of the piece. Emile and Nellie very nearly do not' ) thelf act together under the weight of the prejudices she has hitherto not questioned and ~ht brave and corre~t Lieute'!ant Cable who must surely have a golde,! future ahead of him (playe~ by Ben Young) IS killed m actIOn. He IS a casualty of the war which has imposed itself On th i~la,!ders, bringing with it the birth of gre~d; Bloody Mary's has made a small fortune out o.~ nppmg off the armed forces who are statIOned there. Her ' Happy Talk' is actually part of rathe~ sinister. scheme to acquire ,an ' upwar<!ly mobile' American. for her daughter. The pla~ backflfesleavmg her, ~fter Cable. s death, with a gn~f-stncken child who genuinely had fallen m love with him; the Silent hug give'! to her by Nelhe was one of the most poignant moments of the productIOn. The way forward hes not w.lth the adults but with the children, Ngana (Anna Record) and Jerome (Graeme Parkm), thelf mnocence and parentage requiring tolerance and hope, and also peace, so they may stay alive to grow. If a criticism can be made of the evening it would be that the actors did not peel back these layers as much as they co,!ld have: However, one can only make such observations because the general standard was so high and mdeed It would be wrong to say that the sinister aspects Were completely ignored. This production was out to entertain and it did so; I found the evening both refreshmg and highly enjoyable. Andrew Dobbin has yet again retained his directoriallaur.ls in leading the girls. and boys .or the school to such a high levelM achievement. They obviously enjoyed the expenence of bemg mvolved and so did the audience, watching them. CLARE EDWARDS (LN 1980-82).

SHELL DRAMA COMPETITION St. Mary's Hall maY.n<?t be the most coveted stage for aspiring young actors to perform upon - mdeed there was a dlStmct lack of a stage - yet, by the end of the evening the very makeshift theatre had witnessed ten plays brimming with enthusiasm and the desire'to have fun. The plays performed were varied if somewhat dated. Tradescant introduced a transvestite Mitchinson's (a mixed house) seemed to have placed the wrong sex in the dresses whilst Scho.o.i House were co~pli.mented on. their appeara~ce ~f boyish innocence, thus the public school image of old was mamtamed. Is thIS what the adjudicator mea!!t when referring to dated scripts? A Savmg Interlude was perhaps the only entry from a glfls' house. Walpole's complimented stereotyping of At The Disco contained some very authentic and much commented upon costumes of which Tradescant's Dracula Spectacular would have been proud. The directors of each pl~y had evidently spent much time and effort on transforming each grou,? of Shells .mto effecttve compames of actors. Parttcularly impressive was Broughton's buddmg Polanski who had transformed the very comphcated Professor Tarranne into a watchable and enjoyable performance. Marlowe's mixed directorship was also praised - so the sexes can work together! Meister Omers' terrorists proved tobe s ta~s, shadowing even the stuntmanship of The Grange, which proved to be one of the many mgredlents of a wholly enjoyable play. The Grange's first position was a deserved placing for a play in which all seemed to enjoy every moment of their public scrutiny. Congratulations must surely go to the directorship of Alex Mumford and Myles Jackman , whilst Linacre's choice of script deserves much of the credit for its second placing. . This year's competition was overflowing with the spirit of fun and co-operation which resulted m many good performances and a difficult decision for the adjudicator. Thanks are due to Mr. Douglas-Fairhurst for an extensive and honest appraisal of each play and to Mr. Wainde for his organisation of the evening. SASSA AMAOUCHE.

CONCERT BY THE BAND AND THE SECOND ORCHESTRA SUNDAY, 91h DECEMBER, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

A fair-sized audience gathered anticipating a n evening of pleasant entertainment, and th~y not disappointed. The evening began with the Band, conducted for the flfst time m we{rormance (to my knowledge) by David Sheath. Since the hou s~ lights went down at the pc . ning of the concert (to the obvious annoyance of some of the audience and the consternatIOn bfg~i S would-be note-taker) the remarks on the Band lack some detail! It was obvious, though, 0. tt they have the benefit of a good number of First Orchestra players amo ng thelf number, Ihd they were able to produce a satisfyingly crisp ensemble. The first piece, Fandango by Frank an kins (arr. E. Werle) was particularly rousing, and was a good chOIce for showmg off the ~~~d'S skills. Following this, the Brideshead Variations by Geoffrey Burgon (arr. Bram Wlggl.ns) perhaps not quite so effective as music, though the Band played them well enough . Juhan ~~~dward then showed a smooth technique as the trombone sol,?ist in Blu e~ on the Slide, by Sluart Johnson, giving a most effective and styhsh performance which ~as senSitively supported. r ally in the first part of the concert there followed a medley of Big Band tunes. I confess ~~ style of music is not quite my cup of tea, but I am sure there was much no.stalgla and content t ~o.ng the (invisible) a udience. Mr. Sheath is to be congratulated on producmg such a pohshed ~erformance from the Band in his first term here. After a brief interval, the Second Orchestra took their seats . T he general standard of playing was not as high as that of the Band, but it must be remembered that there were very few p la~ers who. could be called acco mplished: most play for fun at a falfly modest level, a nd Wilham McConnell coaxed the best, as always, out of his y~ung charges, des,?lte some almost tnevltable lack of crispness and cla rity. Excerpts from TerpsIchore by Praetonus gave all sectlOn~ ofthe orchestra an opportunity of taking the lead : the brass showed perhaps more rhythmiC tnsttnct Ihan the other sections, and the strings sounded a little thin when on their o~n, but the performance held together well. T he following Peasant Dance by Woodhouse was SUitably rustiC, and Beethoven's Hymn to Joy (from his Ninth Symphony) was played with a sense.or structure and some effective dynamic contrasts. T here followed one of Mr. McConn.ell's ' Iolhpops', Reel Fiddlin', which consists of six Scotti~h reels strung together m an attractive way. The several solos were managed very well , especially that of the leader: altogether It was one of the m,?st enjoyable performances I have heard of this work. The evening's entertainment concluded With A Boy is Born, a medley of carols constructed by Mr. McConnell and dedicated to Peter Joh,!s,?n, whose last term this was at King's, and who has been one of several members of staff appreciative of the opportunity and experience the Second Orchestra has given to their offspring over a number of years. There was a large number of recognisable carols, and on~e more Mr. McConnell's arrangement shared the interest throughout the orchestra. ConSidermg th ~ m.at~nal he had to work with , this was a well-negotiated concert, and the players were as enthUSiastiC m thelf playmg as ever .

At the end of the evening there were the customary refreshments, and a collection was taken which has gone towards helping Leon Katz, one of the Second Orchestra's regular me,!,bers who was seriously injured earlier this term. It is pleasing to be able to report that the grattfytng slim of over ÂŁ350 was raised. A.R.A.R.

â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ BOOK REVIEWS IMPS OF PROMISE, A HISTORY OF THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY THOMAS HINDE (James and James, 1990) It might seem at firs t sight somewhat surpris ing that a schoo l such as King's, with its clai to un matc hed l ongevit~, shou ld ha ve had so little written abou l it in the way of serious his to~ns T hIs apparent neglect IS not dIffIcu lt to expla in , however. Only in the present centur y has I{ King's School - as opposed to indIVIdual O.K .S. - made any thing li ke a significa nt impa et o n the natio na l life. c T he Scll?ol's setting, of cour~e , has always be~~ quite exceptional - and in this one includes the intangIble elemen t, that mlnghng of the sp Iritua l with the worldl y whic h is so potent an mgredientin the whole Canterbu ry phenomenon. This magic of the place has und o ubtedly exerted an attractIon over memOlf-wnters and, more l at~er l y, no~ehsts - Dickens, Pater, Maugham and Walpole, to name o nl y the best known. There IS room, m fac l, for a separate stud y of King's as a fIctIOnal phenomenon - and then, perhaps, for another o ne, on the influence of its fiction on Kmg's.

Until now, howeve r, only two regular histories of the school ha ve been wri tten, namely those by Woodruff and Cape (1908), and by Edwards (1957). Shirley's reign still had five years 10 run ,:,hen the second of these was pubhshed, a nd so much has happened since then, both to King s a nd to the educatIOnal scene of wh Ich It IS a part, that anothe r study might a lmost be considered overdue. F;ven more pressing, perhaps, is the need for adequate treatment through the VIsua l medIum - Somethmg of that grey stone, of those tower ing pinnacles of the music and green law ns and the flo wering May ,' which so powerfully affected the imagin~tion of Hugh Walpole when he wrote those words, has been crying ou t to be caught in fin e photography and published with a text to match it. So it is altogether appropriate that Messrs . James and James sho uld have commissio ned a stud y of th e King's School as the sixth in a new series of school histories - others published so far are about Westminster, St. Pau l's , Manchester Gra mmar School, Shrewsbu ry and C harterhouse. They are undoubtedly near coffee-table volumes - large in form at modest in length (this o ne is 11 8 pages all told), and la vishl y illustrated; but perhaps King's is n~t ill served by the genre, and in any case there need be no doubt about the seriousness of the author's scholars hip . Thomas Hinde has undoubtedly done what his own Winchester wou ld have called his muggi,ng, and depl<?ys his eruditio n with easy aut hority and the skill of a practised writer. T he book s photographtc nches serve to amphfy rat her than merely illustrate the text. Sometimes indeed, th~y become almost too assertive, as.when a handsome picture of St. Augustine's, oppos it~ page 6, might be thought to suggest that thIS property had been associated wit h the school fro m an early date . T he earl y episodes, subjects of so much over-heated enthusiasm in the past are treated wi th cautio us sobriety. Indeed, Hinde's narrative only really warms into life when pe;sonalities appear on the scene, in identifia ble and notable form . School histories always show this tendency of course, but King's is perhaps even more prone to it than most - and one may suspect that Tho~as Hinde's Winchester upbringing, with its em phasis on institutio ns and continuity , may have left him so'!'ewhat unprepared for the King's cult of personality . However, he makes a gallant attempt at makln!! sense. of that ambivalent figure John Twyne, whose Headmastership spanned the period of the Dissolu tIOn, and hence the re-foundation of the school. (Wh y is it , incidentally that so many Headmasters of King's can fairly be described as ambivalent?) Due obeisance 'is paid similarly, to distinguished early O.K.S. such as Marlowe, Harvey and Tradescant. Another: Spencer, is perhaps over-praised: when Hinde gives him credit fo r inaugurating the study of comparative reli gio n with his De Legibus Hebraeorum Ritualibus et earum Rationibus of 1685, 30

he is possibly less than fair. to T homas Godwyn, whose Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, Used by /Ie A "cient Hebrewes, pubhshed In 1624, claimed to show 'what customes the Hebrewes borrowed ~rom Heathen people: and that many Heathenish customes originally have been unwarrantable imitations of the Hebrewes'. However, we must not cavil. The raw violence of the seventeenth century and the more sophisticated excesses of the eighteenth century both bore heavil y on King's. It may, indeed, be questionable whether the upheaval of civil. war was as damaging to the proper activity of th e school as ,were the sly corruptions practIsed In the mid -eighteenth century by Dean Lynch and hIS protege, Osmund Beauvoir. Hinde's account of the former suggests that there is a long history behind the Precinct Iradition descnbed by a modern O.K .S., John Batchelor, In hiS novel Breathless Hush. The worthy strenuousness of the nineteenth centur y seems to suffer by comparison with the highly coloured episodes that precede and follow it. But the achievement of Mitchinson and Ihe other Vic to rian headmasters in turn ing what had become a decrepit grammar school into a public school - minor, adm itted ly - was to provide the real foundation for the developments of Ihe twentieth centur y. It is easy to under-estimate the intensity of feeling and the strength of will that lurk behind the whiskered, im passive visages that glower at us from so many grainy, posed photographs. The last of that Victorian line, Galpin , is perhaps the most under-rat~d as Hinde hImself suggests; he did more for the school, arguably, than anybody else until ShIrley, but he suffered from the fatal weakness, in King's terms, of a lack of picturesqueness - hence he is nearly a non-person.

Latter and Birley flit almost inconsequentially by, as we sense the imminence of true greatness, Then, at last, apotheosis - whether of Shirley or of King's, it is hard to decide, There can be no doubt about the compelling power which this extraordinary man exercises even today over those who have to th ink and write about him. Hinde's text flares into life at his arrival, with every sentence suggestive of excitement and brilliant potential. What is striking, seen from a little dista nce, is the extent to which this phenomenon was not concerned with what we nowadays think of as ed ucation . Fred wanted success , measured by all the indices that were current at the time: scholarsh ips at Oxford and Cambridge, national sporling trophies, laudatory mentions in the press, royal visits, a nd gli ttering, well-noticed social occasions. He was not particularly interested in the processes of schooling, however, and wrote of Ihem as merely exercises designed to toughen the mind o f the individua l. His preoccupation was always with personality, its development and adornment - a n older ideal runnin g back Ihrough the Enlightenment to the Renaissance, He was dismissive of examinatio ns, and curricular reform; heaven kn ows wha t he wo uld have made of G .C .S .E ., the National Curri culum , teacher app raisal and the other a ntics of our political masters at' the present tim e. Canlerbury provided a theatre pecu liar ly suited to Shirley's particular talents and proclivities, and he flour ished there to such an extent that he was ab le almost to ignore the world beyond Ihe PrecinCIS. However, the earlier phase of his career at Worksop, and, still more important, Ihe episode of wartime evacuat ion to Cornwall, both show clearly that he did not need Canterbury so much as Ca nterbury needed him . His pre-emin ence was personal, and charismatic . Alt hough King's expanded dramatica ll y durin g his time, it s growth was insecurely based in material and organisational terms - as his successor Newell found and bore rueful witness. Fred seemed to many at the time to be a creative genius; perhaps, in a longer perspective. he should be seen as a genius a t prompti ng ot hers to creale - sometimes by the cruel method of putting them 11110 situat ions in wh ich they had to create or perish! On this understanding, Shirley's treatment of his leaching staff was perhaps his greatest area of weak ness . Hinde comments that 'the teaching staff knew that he considered them expendable'; most amb itious headmasters are probably prone 10 Ihink that way - butthe wiser o nes know that a truly strong school must have a strong staff, self-respecting a nd well-respected . Hinde a lso touches o n wha l he calls 'the King's School specia l problem of cooperating with Ihe Dean and Chapter ' . We a re treated to a little o f the innerness of this perennially fascinating Slory - but it is still on ly a gli mpse, and glim pses a re a ll that we are lik ely to gel. It is somehow characteristic that the book' s portra it photograp h of Fred is taken over his shou lder, as it were, 31

,, while he faces away secretively, almost evasively. (For that matter David Edwards' earl' I' of Shirley portrays him on the cover full length from behind.) , ler Ife As if ~onscious that any posts~ript to the Shirley story runs the risk of anti-climax, Hi shows hImself ready to run r!sks m hIS treatment of Newell, Pilkington, and even the pres~de mcumbent. A longer perspectIve WIll be n.e~ded to Justify or amplify his characterisation of thent three a~ respectively the would-be admmlStrator, the practical creator, and the sympath Se humanlser, but the fact that these are self-evidently interim judgements will not diminish ethIC book's appeal. t e A~d this is, altogether, a most appealing book .. It would not claim completeness - the format forbIds It, a~d there IS httle.or no treatment of vanous tOPICS whIch some wou ld consider essential mgredle,:,t~ m a school hIStory, such as sport, the development of the curriculum, or the personahtles of any teachers other than the headmasters . The King's tradition of drama and more latterly! muSIC .g~ts a ralf mentIOn, but d~tal l s are u~avOldably lacking. Nor is there an' very sub~ta~tJal, statistIcal base,. for those :vho hke such things. Numbers of pupils, their origin; and destln.atlOns, and so. on, receIve only bnef and oc~a~ional treatm~nt except for the comparison of the penod 1780-8~ with 1830-60. There are a few Irntatmg mlspnnts and sli ps: the misspelling of Caesar, Terance m a hst of Enghsh authors, the Angus Dei, eighteen years between 1699 and 1707. To pIck on ~uch faults, however, IS merely to underline the care with which this book deserves to be read. It IS, beyond doubt, a most worthwhile addition to the stock of our knowledge about the school.

M. ST.JOHN PARKER.

Copies. of the book can be purchased direct from the Headmaster's office for ÂŁ27 (postage and packing mcluded). Cheques should be made payable to 'The King's School, Canterbury'.

THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING IN EUROPE PETER ELVY (MA, 1952-57; McCrimmon" 1990) As Jesus spoke to the pressing crowd from a boat, he 'bounced' his voice off the clear water of the lake. In so doing, he marks the beginning of the so und projection of the Gospel. He was a mass-commUnicator, changing hIS style to meet the new situalion and speaking in a way Ihat would hold the largest number of people. Peter Elvy's book is an impressive study of the communications network of Europe today. Some of it is technical but is generally very readable and stands as a challenge to anyone who IS concerned WIth what Elvy beheves IS the pnmary task of Christianity - communication. He particularly emphasises the importance, both constructive and destructive of the 'shrine' in our living-rooms - tel~~is ion. Television pictures OUf fantasies and provides ~ur escapes, fixes OUf stereotypes and UnifIes our accents and language. We are, of course, in the midst of a television revolution. Elv~ tells us that, in Eu~ope alon~, by 1996 there could be 160 separate satellite channels. TeleVISIOn WIll cross frontIers breakmg down national boundaries . The message of his book is that Christianity must be prepared to be involved in this revolution' ~t ~annot aff~rd. to, miss out .o~ ,3 mea~s of communica.ti~n. Communication is 'Everything': I~ IS every Chnstlan s responSlblhty. ThIS means. that Chnstlans must be creative, they must take flSks -. there WIll be opportunities to own satelhte or cable networks, there will be opportunities to pr<;lVIde matenal fo~ the natlO~al corporatIOns. Such opportunities must be taken up. Quoting Cardmal Mana MartIni , a JesUIt pnest and PreSIdent of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences: 'In the past, the Church has built hospitals and great cathedrals. Now with one tenth of the money, we could build the media, not simply to say something but so that through modern icons, there can be communication of the heart. ' ' 32

This is both a li vely and interesting research account of broadcasting in Europe as we ll as b 'ng a challenge to all Christians, not just the evangelicals. The possibility is that his ideas will CII be taken up by the extreme few, as we have seen in America. Who else will respond? Does gl;;stianity have the organisation and the will to respond? Peter Elv y's message is clear: it must respond if it is to fulfIl the Gospel. G.R.C.

NOTES FOR HILL WALKERS WILLIAM McCONNELL Reading a map and using a compass are skills which most people imagine they can master very casily: yet it is surprising how many get it wrong. Sometimes this is a mailer for hilarity. I remember a night exercise organised by boys for the staff where two of us were dropped in thc woods beyond C hilham a nd found that (according to the grid reference given to us) the first checkpoint was two hundred miles west of the Scilly Isles. However, on the mountains, in bad weather, a small error in one's instructions, or in one's reading of them, could be fatal. Bill McConnell's book meets a long-felt need. It takes the reader carefull y but lucidly through the different stages of planning a mountain walk . It shows you how to work out on the map where you are and where it is you want to get to. Then it takes you through the compass and how to use it to find your way to your destination. Instruction in essential First Aid is given _ on the hills this is a must, as those from King's who have been called in to help with mountain rescues can confirm. Another safety measure is the route card, which enables the walker to avoid hazard by carefu l planning. In fact, to illustrate how it is done, Mr. McConnell includes at the back of the book a number of route cards which he himself has used, and looking through these brought vividly to mind treks with him and parties of cadets through his beloved 'last wilderness' in Wester Ross.

Not the least valuable thing about the book is that it is enclosed in a waterproof cover and can easily be carried in a rucksack. It will be an admirably useful aid to anyone contemplating mountain walking; and its looseleaf format enables you to add to it your own record of the walks the book wi ll give you the confidence to undertake. M.J.V.

SIXTH FORM TALKS LORD ARMSTRONG OF ILMINSTER; MRS. AUDREY EYTON; SIR REX NIVEN; THE EARL OF STOCKTON. Lord Armstrong of I1minster began this year's series, giving us 'The Ship of State: A View from the Engine Room'. There can have been few more experienced stokers, for Lord Armstrong had been Principal Private Secretary to two prime ministers, and Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service for a third: a leading newspaper described him as Mrs. Thatcher's right hand man (though some Australian attornies may have used terms less flattering). The relationsh ip between Lord Burghley and Queen Elizabeth was taken as an initial exemplar for the relations hip between a leader and her servant. Taking words from the latter to the former out of his wa llet, Lord Armstrong quoted with evident feeling. The talk then moved to the historical background to the creation of the cabinet, and an explanation of the principles of COllective respons ibility, as well as a kind of guided tour of the physical layout and architectural curios of Whitehall and the Cabinet Office. Lord Armstrong gave a detailed description of the 33

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VISITS AND TRIPS DIARY OF A RUGBY TOURIST Monday, 9th July - Wednesday, 11th July We assemble at Tradescant for the short period of tramlllg possible before we leave. Temperatures are risi ng, but even in 30 degrees, people are working hard , generally out of desperation on the part of manager and players, who are faced with the realisation of how much ecds to be done. Captain and coach are (surprise! surprise!) among those found guilty by the ~irsl kanga roo court, but given unexpectedly benign sentences. The tour uniform lends a civilised lone 10 the tour press photograph, and the barbecue before we leave gives a last chance for mums 10 remind their offspring to clean their teeth, change their underwear, write or phone home, etc. Thursday, 12th July - Saturday, 14th July The intricacies of the Interna tional Date Line elude us all, even the geographers on the staff; all we know is that the a lmost non-stop flight puts an intolerable strain on the 'facilities' on (he aeroplane, and that we see the same movie twice, whose theme, as with one of the others on show, is hookers in L.A. We hope this is not an omen for Mouzourou on our return journey.

After arrival at Auckland and the first of many mass muggings of McDonalds, we travel Ihrough very English-looking surroundings to our motel. Here we have but a short time to check in before moving on to Ede n Park and the game between Auckland and the Australians, won 16. 10 by the home team, am idst the kind of showbiz presentation that would be frowned on back al 'H.Q.'. Returning to the motel we switch on the T.V. to find a re-run of the whole game, which had a lready been shown li ve. Sunday, 15th July Awaken to switch on the T.V. to encounter a nother fu ll re-run of the game. Saturday night had given us our first taste of the' B. Y.0.' restaurant which predominates here (this one owned by Chinese but serving Italian food). Quite si mply it means that the first time you go to one, you send N.L.P. down th e road to buy the wine. It had such a deleteri ous effect (the effor t that is) that he a nd P.T. were unab le to stay awake at all during the meal. Threats of a ll manner of recriminations ensure th at there is fu ll attendance by staff and boys for the early morning run. Coming out of the motel is difficult owing to the heavy pedestrian traffic - Auckland must have the highest incidence of 'jogger's nipple' per square mile . The run proves to be eventful, with Giles Andrews showing his leadership qualities, a nd treating his group to a round tour of the Auck land 'Domain' - twice. That he still beats some of those in groups who have managed to fo llow S.E.A.'s directions and do it once only says more on Ihis occasion about their state of fitness than that of Giles! It is an interestin g run - lemon trees, a ll manner of sub-tropical vegetat ion, co lonial-style wooden houses, and not a shop open anywhere. Oh, and of course rugby pitches . . . A special deal is struck for breakfast, but the unsuspecting hoteliers do not expect the locustlike devastation that ensues, and they are not the first to learn too late that you should not offer thi s party choices, becau se th e simple answer to 'A or B?' is 'Yes'.

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short trousers a nd dormitori es a re just some of the things that point to a different outlook. Our boys are introduced to their hosts, manage for the most part to commun icate via a grunt and the absence of eye contact (to the dismay of the management), and disappear to their billets, man y travelling up to a n hour away. On reac hing their temporary home, they, like all of us, have the chance to put their feet up in front of a roaring fire and watch the T . V. - and another showing of the Auck land-Australia ga me. 35

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tender hearts at K:S.C. is as sadistic as this, but it offers a pointer to the kind of toughness ta ken for granted 10 N.Z. We spend the morning on the side of a mountain, taking rides on an artificial toboggan run that endangers the wellbeing of all involved, but takes most of the adults back to childhood years as challenges are issued and taken. R.C.W. and N.L.P. finish honours even, though the latter has perhaps the most spectacular fall recorded for posterity on videotape. The matches in the afternoon are disappointing; again the 2nd XV perform creditably, losing only 7-14, but the 1st XV, playing against another successful team that have recorded eleven victories in thirteen games, succumb to some powerful running by a John Kirwan lookalike on the right wing. T he crumb of comfort is that the team rallies strongly in the last quarter of the game to score two tries, as it learns to live with local variations in law interpretation. Friday, 20th July A day of relaxation - we bid farewell to the sulphurous air of Rotorua, and call in to see the Agradon;e (various members of the party being photographed in a variety of poses with one of the lll!'eteen kmds of sheep that constitute the main entertainment), the trout farm at Rainbow Sprmgs, and, most notably, Whakawerawera, a Maori village set in the midst of hot pools and geysers, the most spectacular of which, Pohutu, erupts while we are there, and on this landscape forms a surreal, almost extra-terrestrial experience. It is a day also of travel and we push on to arrive in the evening at our hotel beside Lake Taupo. ' Saturday, 21st July After another popular early morning run and a good breakfast, the whole party takes a fishing trip on the lake, the l~rgest 10 the North Island, the crater of an extinct volcano measuring over nearly 400 square mIles. We are assured the trou t jump out onto the rods, but in the misty conditions that deny us a prime view of the lake, after four hours, fishing the combined total for the party of forty-eight, is seventeen, the biggest a 6Y2 pounder by John Moss. In the afternoon we watch the A ll Blacks beat Australia in the First Test on television - an opportunity which repeats itself several times over. Sunday, 22nd July After the obligatory early morning run, there is the prospect of a six-hour coach ride to Wellington, provided snow is no longer blocking the route. The journey reveals wonderful scenery, but a nonetheless potentially boring time is relieved by the coach driver. We have become used to the tradition that all coach drivers in N .Z. must give a commentary as they drive along, on pomts of mteresL The stamma of thIS partIcular driver enters tour party legend, however, as lVe are treated to hIS knowledge of hIstory, Maori legend, geography, geology, botany, agriculture and architecture . The party awakens as we enter Wellington, and are greeted by our hosts at Scots College. Monday, 23rd July The morning begins with a guest appearance on local radio by Messrs Andrews (Joby) and Young. A sightseeing tour of this beautiful city, the city of sails, follows morning assembly at the College, where we share the guest 'spot' with the Otaki scholar. In the matches that follow the 2nd XV secure the first win, but unfortunately, despite a spirited 1st XV showing, once mor~ by the. forwards I,n partIcular a 6-13deficit with a few minutes to go is increased by two tries flattenng proportIons for the home SIde. To the fore in this particular game were two interesting players - Sports Scholars at Prop and Number Eight, hand-picked from Fiji by the College hcadm as ter! Tuesday, 24th July In addition to injuries slowly accumulating (the Fadeyi hamstring, amongst others), a very debllrtatmg flu rears Its head! but the halt and the lame manage to make the ferry crossing over the Cook StraIts. The staggenng rug~ed beauty of the coastal waters is one of the scenic highlights of the tour, and we proceed from PIcton to Marlborough, in the midst of the wine-making area of New Zealand. At the end of a long day, our reception is thankfully low-key. 37

• Wednesday, 25th July The school exhibits ma ny of the problems in policy a nd practice that colleag ues in the state sector in England would recognise. O ne interesting initiati ve however is the local radio station operated and ma nned thro ughout the day by th e boys with an annua l turno ver o f $NZ 500,000. The 2nd XV game precedes the I sts, and given that some o f the party are I ~ bed III , and that th ere are only thirty-two fit players in the pa rty, the defeat of the second SIde IS no surprise. In the 1st XV game, the overwhelming impress io n .is o f superi o r abili ty o n th e pa rt of the King's team, but also of a team ravaged by illness and mJur y, and travel ~weary . Alread y wllho ut BOla Marquis Bill Ha rris makes his last appearance o f the tour , endmg Just afte r halftIme, and a match that ought to have been won easily is lost amidst a welter o f unfath o mable decisions. T hursday, 26th July It has been hard to believe tha t, as we ha ve been told, th e scenery gets better lhe fu rther south we travel - but it does. The coas tal road o ffers such spectac ula r scenery as to IIlSplfe to tal awe: we stop to witness the seal colony on one side of the ro ad, and glance to th e other, where the sno w capped peaks of th e Southern Alps rea r up almost ve rtically. Further a lo ng the road even th e most a mateur ish pho togra pher WIll be able to capture the stunnmg beaut y of Kalko ura bay a nd cherish it forever. No poses requi red here - nature does It all , by Itself. In the best traditIOns, we arrive on time in Christchurch, and our luggage foll o ws on a n ho ur later.

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Sunday, 29th July Fears that th e ever-expanding waistlines of the adults of the party threaten th e excess baggage allowance prove groundless , and after an unexceptional flight we arrive in warm, sunny Sydney . Unfortunately, Australian immigration spot our bags, and generously mSlst on washmg the boots of everyone in the party, one by one. One and a half hours later, we emerge to meet the coordinator of the Sydney leg of the trip, who explains that our second ,opponents have dropped out but that a lternative arrangements have been made. We reach Kmg s, Parramatta a nd retIre to ~ur billets. Meanwhile, the captain has become the latest to fall prey to th e flu bug. 38

""onday, 30th Jul y The day is spent sig htseeing in Syd ney. Upo n o ur return to th e school, we d iscover that . levitably the match is to be a gra nd a ffair. The whole school will be wa tching, and there will ~e a dinner. Rugby is in a ny case a serious business here, with thirty-fi ve (yes! ) teams at all ages in addi tion to soccer and cross-country teams. At a 1st XV G. P .S. match, cro wds of 2,000 or Olore gather to wa tch the 1st XV, the climax of a day o f rugby. Give n th e phys ical a nd mo ral stateoft he party, con fide nce in the ma nage ment is not high (t ho ugh we would hardly admi t it! ) Tuesday, 3 1st J uly We wa ken to the sound a nd sight o f po urin g ra in - no t exactly music to o ur ears, but given the strength o f the team in the fo rwards, it might help, and of co urse it should dampen the ardour of the home suppo rters. The 2nd XV, borr owing a player fro m the ho me side, are slaughtered by the ho me 3rd XV. What follows in th e I st XV game is heartwarming . On a mud bath and in incessant rain, the side give the perfo rm ance o f the tour , a nd play controlled ru gby which defi es the conditio ns. An unluc ky pena lty is conceded , but the score stays at 0-3 un til the last seconds o f the game, when Parramatta snatch a try. T he res ult , however is immaterial, as so much of the rugby has been of a quali ty to restore fa ith in the value o f the to ur. The histori c occasion is completed at the dinner, with the usua l exchange of gifts, and speeches, and th e head bo y-elect ma king his pu blic deb ut , deputising for the voiceless capta in, who had no netheless risen from his sick bed to play. Wednesday, 1st August - Saturday, 4th August We depart from Parra matta a fter fi ve inches of rain in twent y-four ho urs. O ur second match is called off, and so the pa rt y ex perience somethin g a kin to the fam ed abo riginal ' walkabo ut' . Boys disappear to billets flun g far a nd wide o ve r Southern Sydney, o nly to be glimpsed fro m lime to time moving from McDonalds to McDonalds. It is an opportunity to see the usual sights, th e bridge, the harb o ur, th e O pera House, a nd some not so usual , before regrouping for the onward journey .

A cyclone (windspeeds over 120 km / ho ur) passes in time fo r us to be able to depart for the ai rpo rt . An otherwise boring day is brightened by our first breakdown o f the tour, a nd the threehour sit o n the hard shoulder fills the time nicely before checking-in time. We have alread y become aware that the procedure at every airport is unique, but Sydney ta kes the prize for the most cumbersome bureaucracy so far. The ha ppiness of our da y is completed when we discover upon our arr ival fo r o ur o ne-night stay in Auckland that we have overtaken the cyclone that has headed cast fro m Sydn ey, a nd it kee ps us company overni ght in Auckland. Sunday, 5th August - Wednesday, 8th August Flying on, the mood cha nges as we approach the coral isla nds surro undin g Fiji. We enter another wo rld; we discove r that ' Fiji time' corres po nds ro ughl y to th e concept o f ' Maori time', and so immigrat io n form a lities procede at a leisurel y pace , and we eventuall y make our way down dusty roads past cane fi elds and wooden shack s to th e hotel. Despite the ma tch to be played on Wednesday, this is the holid ay period of the tour. T he Regent desc ribes itself as paradise, and does not fall too far sho rt: canoeing, wind-surfin g, wa terskiin g, swimming, golf, volleyball , impeccable service in fa ntasti c surroundings. T he fact tha t a round of drinks costs more than the weekly wage of an average Fijian can be convenientl y fo rgotten until a fter a short taxi rid e into town, and extravagance com es easil y until it comes to pay ing the bill. We revel in the intoxicating atmosphere, a nd relax. The matc h against Ratu Nav ula is a n exciting prospect, hav ing seen the relish with which the hotel port ers indulge in extravaga nt handling a nd runnin g in their games o f beach ru gby aga inst the boys . T he fac t tha t this side is unbeaten against English sides , having pla yed three, including a strong Stoneyhurst XV, suggests that the longed-for win might still be o nly a dream . T here IS no 2nd XV game, a nd a rri vi ng at the school, the team cha nges in a corn er of a pa rched fi eld. There are no flags, a nd the sets o f goalposts do not match a nd lean drunk enly. At the beginning of the game, thin gs go exceptionally well. We dominate possession, and control a ffairs, going 39

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ahead by two tries; however, on the few occasions when they get the ball, the home side r and handle in breathtaking fashion, and just after halftime, they draw level. Fortunately ~n everyone's intense relief, we dig into all our reserves of stamina, and some New Zealand siYlo driving play brings its reward with more tries, and a WIN. e Thursday, 9th August After a full day at the hotel, we are sad to leave, and fly on to Los Angeles, where thank to the International Date Line, we arrive before we set off. We have been privileged to dee som: of the same movies again, but the pilot adds to our store of new experiences by 'dummYing' the first landing, and going round again. Friday, 10th August Disneyland swallows the party in its entirety, and leaves some of us pondering why it is the English who are said to be lovers of the queue, when it is here developed into an art form. Any remaining cash or credit is rapidly exhausted on the bewildering range of attractions. Saturday, 11th August En route to the airport, most of the party are treated to the tour of Universal Studios, fake earthquake included, while those who forewent this pleasure passed their initiative test, and met up with R.C.W. at the airport to form the advanced guard and begin the (unique again but most efficient) booking-in procedure. ' Sunday, 12th August Once again we meet up in flight with Radley College, whose playing record on their very similar tour is parallel to ours, but whose evidently stronger XV has come closer to winning on more occasions than we have. It does not matter now - as we touch down, we reflect on the marvellous experiences had by all, and vow to do it even better. .. next time. R.C.W.

A LECTURE AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY - SIERPINSKI'S GASKET Tuesday, 25th September With only a vague idea of what to expect, our party of five (four boys and Mr. Rooke) set off for London to attend a lecture about a funny triangle. This triangular amusement came in the shape of a fractal, most commonly seen as a colourful image on a computer screen or in a scientific magazine. The particular fractal in question was, on the face of it, a simple geometric shape, but the closer one looked, the more complex it became. Our trip took us to the Royal Society, in Carlton Terrace, to hear Dr. Ian Stewart of the University of Warwick speak about three encounters with this unusual image. After a quick cup of tea, we had to make our way to the lecture hall where prizes were being awarded to young mathematicians for their success at the recent International Mathematical Olympiad. Then Mrs. Margaret Hayman of the Royal Society introduced Mr. Stewart, who is an expert on curves with fractional dimension (fractals) and has written books on the subject. He is well known for his ability to explain the complexities of this branch of mathematics in an amusing yet stimulating way, and his talk lived up to our expectations. The triangle is formed by a very simple geometrical process of removing smaller similar shaped triangular pieces from a big triangle ad infinitum until what is left is virtually all 'hole" This shape was linked with other phenomena all connected with maths, and the audience was presented with some of the oddities of such a pattern which sprang from some unlikely COrners. The lecture was followed by questions, which were honestly answered by Mr. Stewart, revealing the extent of the understanding of fractals and the obvious open-ended questions which many theologians try to answer!

I would like to thank Mr. Rooke for taking us to the lecture, which gave an insight into a branch of maths that is so unusual and so interesting. DANtEL HULLAH.

40 GLORIOUS MUD (M.P.H.D.)

HISTORY DEPARTMENT VISIT TO PARIS 29th October -

1st November

'J can't believe we're in Paris'. This comment was far less stupid than it sounds for the fine, ersistent drizzle was highly reminiscent of the fair shores of the country we had left behind. there was one difference though - everyone was speaking a foreign language! We had all ssembled some five hours earlier at Dover Hoverport, and all on time too! (Surely a first for : King's visit.) Now at the Gare du Nord in the early afternoon we began three packed memorable dayS in Paris, seeing the sights, riding the Metro and sampling the famous cuisine.

After dumping our luggage in the chambres adeux en bois of the Ires chic International Youth Centre, we set off for the Restaurant Chartier anticipating our first gastronomic delight. This pictureSque, typical Parisian restaurant provided one of the most welcome moments of relaxation of the whole trip, and left some members of the group ruing the missed chance of sitting at Dr. Maltby's table, where the beverage was sesfrais. Next was Sacre Coeur and Montmartre by night. The breathtaking view of Paris, the backstreet nightlife, the Parisian drizzle and the pricey cafes were (almost) all well worth the climb. From here we trailed in Dr. Maltby's wake al a frantic pace - which we were to become accustomed to during our stay - through the red light district, which was, we were assured, relatively quiet, and to the Arc de Triomphe. There, those whose breath was not taken away by the majestic structure, took a breather before cruising the Champs Elysees.

Early next morning, following our croissant breakfast, we set off for Versailles. Quote of Ihe day: 'The weather looks better. . . ?!' It didn't rain, it merely blew. The sheer size of the palace and its magnificent opulence provoked mixed emotions - it was time for a group photo. Later, fortified on baguettes, some visited Marie Antoinette's 'Petit Hameau', some visited the 'Grand Trianon'. Brian and Moll y visited both and some reached neither. Back in central Paris we experienced the spiritual nature of Notre Dame and the lively streellife of the Latin quarter. After bavardanl in the boulevards and yet another gourmet meal, the group split up either to once again mingle with the masses, or to visit the Tour Eiffe!. Words cannot evoke the magnificent view and spectacular illumination of perhaps the best-known of Parisian landmarks. Suffice it to say that those who went are never likely to forget it. The third day was lived at the same vive allure as the previous two. Fontainebleau palace alt hough a Maltby mile from the station was worth the walk . Yet, more memorably, this was the day when suddenly, Kalie n 'bail pas la! The group went ahead to La Conciergerie too soon to hear Katie broadcasting over the station P.A . but thankfully some gendarmes Ires charmanls took care of her. On the way to La Conciergerie, still used as a prison today, Tony, now obviously at home, directed some Frenchman in a flawless accent (well almost). Body searches, a quick tour and a bop with the buskers finally took us to the Louvre and its striking glass pyramid roof. Inside there was enough for even the philistines among us to get excited. Day four found us in the Musee d'Orsay and with a last chance to buy Granny that last postcard. We had survived, even thrived on, 'Touristmania', never to forget the breakfast tickets, Ihe Chinese intruder late at night, the lusty busker renditions of James Brown and the Pink Panther, and the sign in the train window bearing the message 'Reserve Dr. Maltby - 16 personnes' .

The return journey in our reserved seats passed quickly most of us too tired to notice the hovercraft reaching 70 m.p.h. and yes, you guessed it, the cold and drizzle of England. Thanks for this memorable holiday must go to Dr. Maltby, who will henceforth in my mind be 'Le Doc' and Mrs. Hopkins who always had a spare Metro ticket. How did she do it? SEBASTIAN ROSATO.

PARIS SET (Margaret McCauley)

CHAPLAIN'S NOTES T he term began with a grace -

For what we are about to receive may the Lord m k

trul~ thankful. In School Prayers on the first day of the Autumn term these words were a ~i e Us

~emInder that all that was to follow In the !Ife of the school communi ty was under Gad. G~ely IS the q~alIty of thankfulness w hIch underpins the way the comm uni ty operates a nd the work ace of God s grace, the gIft of lIfe freely gIven, has been a central theological issue for Pra 109 for worship and for debate during the term. Ye",

School grace or grace at school has not always evoked pleasant thoughts. Sir John Betje commented 'I think of it as a prelude to scraping of chairs, meat with tubes in it such as is ~~n found at school; and a prospect of cold tapIoca. pudding before games in the afternoon.' Th~ Revd. NIcholas Bury O.K.S. made a sImIlar pOint In hIs sermon at Mattins saying that if h w~re to speak about his school days then there could be on ly one topic for ~ sermon _ Helle HIS memory of hIs lIme at school gave hIm seve r~1 Ill ustratIons of pain and desolation which left the present generatIOn of pupIls and staff feelIng that maybe life is not quite so bad aft a ll. Other preachers have discovered the workings of God's grace in different areas of ex perienc~r The Revd. Andrew Kirk,. Dean of Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham reminded us that the Church was Involved In world-wIde mISSIOn and was not commanded to be insular or inward lOoking. The same theme was taken up by The Very Revd . l:!r. Wesl~y Carr, The Dean of Bristol. He drew our att~ntlOn to the character of PIlate, stressing that If we are to sur vive intellectually and aVOId being overtaken by boredom and apathy, we should also ask the question 'What is truth?' (Dr. Carr 's ser~on is printed elsewhere. in this i ~sue) The fin al Cathedral sermon of the term was a lIvely, stImulating and often amusing examinatIon of some of the questions which are raIsed on BIble Sunday, the second Sunday In Advent. The Bishop of Durham left us in no doubt that Christianity demanded intellectual curiosity, faith and reason, emotion and intellect working together. Clearly at the back of hIs mind were the dangers of blind fa ith and he certainl y opened the eyes o f many to the challenge of the Gospel. How is God's grace at work in the world? This ethical question was behind a series of talks given to the sixth form on Sunday mornings. The questions were 'Can War be Just?' Where Does Life Begin?' How does Judaism cope with the Holocaust?' and 'What is Euthanasia?' The ground pla n for discussion and debate was laid out by 'ex perts' who kind ly gave of their lIme to come to talk In school: Professor RIchard Norman from the University of Kent Peter Davey, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Christ C hurch College Canterbury, Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok and Dr. S. R. Kirkham from The Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury. These talks are leading towards a sixth fo~m confe~ence on Theology and Ethics which is to be held early In the New Year, an event whIch IS desIgned to be of Interest to all in the sixth form not only those who are studying Christian Ethics for A- or AS-level examinations. ' Through the Chapel Council the school nominated Oxfam and its work in Zimbabwe as the school charity of the term . Not only h~s there been fund-raising on a grand scale - the figures show generous gIVing and great enthUSIasm for the Walpole/Lux moore sponsored swim _ there has a lso been deba te . Early in the term the school hosted a sixt h form conference entitled 'Front Line Africa' which was attended by pupils from eight Kent schools. The staff of Oxfam South East gave four presentations during the day and the discussions led to a greater awareness of the problems which a development agency attempts to solve in the developing world. Mr. Ivan Manning, the father of Wayne, brought to our attention the needs of those held hostage in the Gu lf region and the Lebanon. Through his own experience of escape and through his conversations with the families of hostages he damanded that we take action. For one brief moment on a Saturday morning the Mint Yard was a place of prayer. Yellow ribbons hung on the trees and we were the centre of attention as we called for the rea lease of those held captive. A week later a miracle happened and many held hostages in Iraq and Kuwait were freed. Maybe those in power watched the B.B.C. Television News at lunchtime on 1st December when pupils from King's were heard and seen appealing for internationa l justice. 42

Th sunday Sun g Eucharist in the Crypt of the Cathedral has been for many a central feature h: ir Christian worship . At .a service on 2nd Dece,!,b~r a presentation was. made to Pet~r of ~ son and his WIfe and fam Ily. There IS an apprecIatIOn elsewhere In thIS Issue of Peter s ) 0 ~ibution to school life, but I wish to add ~y own thanks for his wo~k as a Chapl~in, his con tion and his prayerful concern for the spmtual health of the communIty. We WIll mISS hIm devotlY and he leaves for Bristol with our thanks and good wishes. grea , God's grace has also been discovered at work through the routine of Prayer a nd Worship h ugh out the term both in House Prayers a nd in large school acts of worship. In the Shirley t rfl three Doctors - Maltby, Hands and Humberstone - have led prayers in add ition to Peter r~ nson and myself. The Monitors have shown their Advent Colours and led prayers for a week, o :r theme being how verse 13 from Psalm 139 may apply to teenage life. Hymns and Psalms ~e e been sung and members of the Music Department, both pupils and sta ff, have contributed af~rther graceful and creative dynamic to worship . Geoffrey Cocksworth and other members a f staff have led Year Group Prayers in the Crypt of the Cathedral and day by day the Servers a d sacristans have prepared for the 7.30 a.m. celebration of the Eucharist in either the Memorial (;apel or St. Augustine's Lower Chapel. In addition, in the Memorial Chapel there have been lunchtime Communion Services, Sung Compline services and a Memorial Service for Harry Longrigg. On Saturday 17th November at 6 p.m. the parents and some friends of Harry Longrigg gat hered to offer prayers for him fo llowi ng his death during the summer. An address was given by Martin Vye a nd music and poetry were offered as we prayed that hope and consolation would emerge from tragedy . An obituary for Harry is printed elsewhere in this issue. Term began and also ended with the Grace . When thinking of the term past, there have been moments when prayer has seemed easy. The community has come alive at significant events such as the Community Carol Service in the Crypt of the Cathedral with pupils sharing Christmas with many of our fri ends from groups and organisations in C:anterbury . .However, there have also been times of testing when we have had to reach deep Into our spmtual resources. For example, we have had to sho w our courage in supporting Leon Katz and his family, and then we may have turned to familiar words for help . These may have come from the beginning of the School Prayer Book, where a letter written by Brother Lawerence (Nicholas Herman of Lorraine) about A.D. 1690 is quoted . An extract reads, 'God lays no great burden upon us a linle remembrance of him from time to time, a little adoration: sometimes to pray for his grace, sometimes to offer him your sorrows , sometimes to return thanks for the benefits he hath bestowed upon you and is still bestowing in the midst of your troubles . .. You need not cry very loud: he is nea rer to us tha n we think.' May God's grace be with yo u and a ll whom you love. P.F.H. Donatio ns to C hari ty - Autumn term 1990: C ued Speech, Canterbury The Pilgrims Hospice Sick Ch ildrens Trust Relate (Marriage Gu idance) Christ ia n Aid Umbrella Canterbu ry Cy renians Oxfam (including £1,000.00 raised by Wa lpole and Luxmoore from a sponsored swim). C hristmas Gift Fu nd for the O ld City o f Canterbur y

£ 100.00 £75.00 £50.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75 .00 £2,200.00

£700.00 P.F.H.

flouse VNotes SCHOOL HOUSE

'F?f oft, when on my ~ouch I lie in vaca nt or in pensive mood. . . Thus spake Captain Couch, Jon Moss, and continued in Wordsworthian vein: ' ... they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude.'

But alack, we weren't able to reproduce on the sports field What we had admired on the altar of televisual entertainment. But what is sport but idle banter amongst shallow men? (Fear not Broughton, 'tis but a jest!) For culturally we were, as usual' unsurpassed, except in the House Drama, and then losing only by a Y-chromosome!) We dominated South Pacific, offering up from this august establishment the director, stage manager leader of the orchestra, and lighting crew. Consider also if there be any doubt in your minds, the unrestrained passion' of Messrs Kent and Young, and the effervescent (up-)stage(ing) presence of James 'Mr. Bean' Phipson, forgetting not Christopher Creissen (who incidentallY, is to be congratulated on being awarded a Calvin and Rose Hoffman scholarship) and the numerous other starlets amongst our number. While some may have been lured by the glamour and frivolity of the stage, for others the spotlight was very much on matters of worldwide ecological importance. The gauntlet was taken up by Max 'no man-made fibres' Davie who coordinated an intrepid expedition in aid of the Worldwide Fund for Nature, raising the princely sum of five hundred pounds sterling. Yet let us delay no longer in addressing tales of love and heartfelt affection - shedding new light on scandals dredged up from the cloacae of rumour and insinuation. Whilst others laid roots in the fertile soils and noxious odours of that leguminous haven (the T. V. room), young Daniel Longhurst prostrated himself on a So ph-a of his very own . Who else has fallen prey to this lusty varlet is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, Alex Homan and Luke 'the stein' Klugman explored in a West-erly direction. but only George Skelton ventured on (no doubt sporting his cherubic new surplice, for which he earns a congratulatory pat on the back from all and sundry). Gerald and Craig's youthful desires were quickly satisfied by a Mac-attack. (Costs only ÂŁ1.47, and takes about two minutes.) Not so David Kennerley, for whom four weeks and a rare command of foreign tongues proved insufficient to master the surname of the pot of gold at the end of his rainbow. Jos found a baser metal in his pot. On a less sordid note, even the Captain of Rugby showed us an inner glow of romanticism - revealing a chink in that steely armour, and spending the Wyn-ter evenings trying to keep warm . But be not so rash as to consider all our amorous exploits an unqualified success . What our younger brethren lacked in savoir-faire they more than made up for in youthful enthusiasm . Call us o ld-fashioned, but we were under the impression that it is polite to let the young lady know first when you're going out with her - Dev! And Guy, if you would not begrudge us this small token of advice - the only thing that should have a ring through its nose is a bull! And so, it remains only for us to welcome Mrs. Vigano into the fold, and Ming the calldog into the ever expanding menagerie of wild and exotic creatures. Hearty thanks are also due to Dr. Dobbin for his Friday dispensations of the liquid lifesaver, and our very own live-in St. Nicholas of Northgate for his dedicated patronage of the Wagon Wheel industry. Pat has now punched a hole in the ozone layer, and her protege, Guy Belliere, having earned a mention elsewhere in this epic document, has graciously surrendered his post concluding these unassuming paragraphs to Nicholas 'Iock-up-your-daughters' Miller - without whom no House Notes would be complete. THE COUCH SAVAGES.

Adam Pett (5a)

Death ot a Friendship T gether through the balmy kiln-dry months of summer Â°e went fishing by the frolickin~ stream . . ~ diving in and out of it, washIng the swelter off our gloWIng skIns playing hide and seek in eddying corn â&#x20AC;˘ Together we climbed the majestic oak and dragged up wood to sculpture our tree house . Through the forest we galloped our steeds, Leaping logs and dodging sunbeam arrows, Holding the woody knoll against all aggressors; But on the horizon, clouds assembled, oppressIve and relentless, And the fields dried up and the stream shrank. It was then that my parents moved, too far away. Vears later I returned, returned to relive past memories. The stream was choked with industrial offal And the stench of rotting fish poisoned the air. A Sainsbury's had swallowed the fields, Devoured the trees, And the air was muggy with fumes. I thought I caught a glimpse of him in town I waved but I'm not sure he saw me. . Quickly he too was consumed by the ever-expandIng people. Alone I departed.

Andrew Ruttell (5a)

Catch a Falling Angel Simple white Is tempted, Dims and falls In black. But under earth Is under world Where heat screams With bitter lust And blacks the white With dying soot. Wings withering Kill the illusion. What once could fly May not return . The fallen angel lands And hates.

Tim Marson (5a)

Death of a Musician 'You should see an orthodontist, you know.' The dentist's words rang ominously through his whole body As he bit together, exposing his crooked teeth For all the fateful, assembled gathering to see. 'Will it affect my trumpet-playing?' The overbearing orthodontist denied it would; He had had many musician customers, he was told , Through a sycophantic, straight-toothed smile. He remembered when he picked it up afterwards, And tentatively put it to his lips. He remembered the discomfort, even pain: The inability to play notes considered basic before. He remembered the frustration, the anger Of not being able to play at school, The embarrassment of being forced to drop out, His envy of those who filled his place, and his own self-hate. But he also remembered a time not long ago, Yet intangibly far from the present, A time when his playing seemed distant, Like a dream - unrelated to now. All that had gone before was lost, forever. The brace came out - the trumpet stayed where it was; The rejection of not being able to play would have been too much. He could not 11ft it with pride once more. Years later, its dust-frosted case was found In a cold, undisturbed little attic. It was raised again to his tight, pursed lips, But tears reached the mouthpiece before his breath.

The Shower of Love has Drained Away

Stephen Carey (5a)

There are bright hazy days which will never leave us: The face that gave life with its smile. Who wakes you at the start of each morning? Who makes the toast just the way you like? WhO packs your lunch box with your favourite sandwiches? The elusive Father Christmas who knows what you like. The same who holds your hand now and then Or used to before you became big. When you come home, crying and crumpled, Whose is the hug that makes it all better? The person who takes you to the glowing sands And the rolling seas, with your own yellow spade. A! night-time giants and dragons flyaway As she sits on my bed and reads me a story. My own hot milk, a pat on the head And a kiss on the cheek from my loving protector. Chair frames sit in all the corners, Their lines illuminated by the sickly porridge-light. The room is awash with antiseptic, And figures stuck in the bog of emotions. A cup of clear brown liquid stays cold next to The crumpled suit which is slumped over a chair. A small child can't quite see through the tears, But can sense the body amidst tubes and bleeps . On the trolley, his loving protector, Whose hand he so dearly wants to hold. His story teller. Did he say he loved her?

Sweet Little Pussy Cat. . .

Hugh Gledhill (Shb)

A warm bundle of razor-soft fur, shaking gently like an old washing machine. The purring stops, the cat's head snaps round, and contemptuous eyes spare me a glance. With cat-like slowness he lifts himself up and processes out of the room . Outside the prowling vagabond polices his terrain, angry tail twitching ruthlessly, flickering like a serpent's tongue. The glint of power in his eyes like gold sovereigns is all he reveals at the sight of a timid grey tail, fleeing into the rhododendron . Stealth-stalking, death-walking, h~ pursues on his silent velvet pads. He shoots a furry grey arrow, with five ivory tips, it hits hIS prey, and the tiny vole stands paralysed . He tosses the vole into the air with a deft paw movement. Now the vole sees a blurred, detached view of ivory backwards-raking ivory tombstones, sharpened to daggers, bordering a blood-tongue . The vole floats down through the bloody air like a feather. You can smell death now. And soon he tires of the game, the vole falls to the ground, and tiny beads of pearls condense on the warm body. Not being able to find another toy, he returns indoors. A caressing hand lIoats down through the bloody air, like a feather, and says in honeyed tones, 'Ah, sweet little pussy cat' .

But the Flame Burned Low and.

Chris Creissen 15al

CLICK, TIC, TIc, Tic, tic, ti ... 1. â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ CLICK, TIC, TIc, Tic, tic, ti ... t .. My footsteps bounced, hollow, Around the corridor, lit Dimly from the dirty ceiling. I followed the signs: 'Ward 2B'. It was upstairs. I stopped at the bottom, Looked up, looked back, Wiped the tears from my eyes. 'Be brave,' I said, And vomited in the bin. Then I ran, up the stairs, Away from the vomit, But I had no strength, And at the top of the stairs, I crumpled, Like an old man, dying. I don't remember how I reached His bed, but I did. I sat by his side and stroked His head - cold. His lips were stained with blood, His eyes were glazed, And his arms lay stiff, immovable, But all I saw was his Love. The only part of him That wasn't dead Was Me.

48 I T.R.H.I

are the order of the day for new g irls at King's Canterbury. Britain's oldest school, founded in 597 by St Augustine, has become the latest bastion of tradition to fall for the att~actions of co-education. . Kmg s has allowed 30 gtrls, mamly aged 13, to c~oss tts hallowed portals for the first hme thiS autumn term.

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ONE OF Britain's oldest schools has broken with a tra· dition of almost 1,400 years to bring it into the 90s. The King's School in Canterbury last week launched itself as fuUy co-educational, dropping its boys-only tag afler centuries of single-sex tcaching. Headmaster Canon Anthony Phillips said the move was "a nalUral progression" for the school after the introduction of girls to the sixth fonn in 197 1. "Girls fanned a third of the sixlh form, with more applying every year." The school was becoming more like a mushroom with a huge bulge at the top - it was a logical move to go co-educational. "The re was a real need for change. It became clear many parents wanted their children to be edu cated at , the same school, and changing atti tudes meant that it ! became 'unnatural to have an all -boys school." loi s view is supported by head girl and sixth -fonner Beverl y Tarr, who is in her last year at King's. "Educa lion is a prepardti on for life, where girl s shou ld be able 10 compete against boys and work with them." "It will be totally natural to have mixed cla sses and there will be great benefits for pupil s." I School captain Oluwatoyin Fadeyi, who is a150 in hi s last year, said : ~ Th e boys are trying to get used to a big ~ chan ge. Some even feel that 'their' school is being invaded by girl~ and others are ~ lit~le excited, .but the general feeling I S that co-education IS a good thIOg . But the tradilional King s unifonn will not be dropped 10 accommodate the new arrivals. Girls wiU wear pin stripe skirts, wing collars and black jackets, an almost ./ "mi rror-image" cfthe boys' unifonn .

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regretted she would not wear the new uniIonn. "1 think it's as smart as the boys'," she said. "It is much more easUy recognisable. I wish I could have worn the new unifonn."

Attire The new girls and their new Itt1re were on show on Friday. Theboy 5<:hool has about 700 pupils, s and girls. Headmaster Canon Anthony ~PS said: "People have said ""73 would be a little frightened " hen we w e nt fully co educatiOnal but this is not true

BRITAIN'S oldest school will be fully co-educational from Friday, but is making f~w concessions .to ~he gITls 10 adapting its traditional umform . The King s School, Canterbury, which traces its history bac~ to the year 597 when 5t Augustine founded the p~ory ~nd began educating boys for t?e church, has ~dmltted gITts only to the sixth form until now. The wmg collars and ~Iack jackets worn by boys at the school for a century wIlI .be part of the new uniform for the girls, together with pinstriped skirts.

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , T H E KI NG 'S Schl' ol, Canterbury, Britain's old est public school, whi ch has been educatin g boys fo r 1,400 years, is to go Girls join the boys II King's, CanteriIury, fuUy coÂˇeducalional . It fo llo ws a period o f wIich went fully co-educrional INs tenn, 01 the 230 change in the eightic s, schools belonging to the 1IeIIdmasIen' when girls we re allowed Colder.." ..., 60 _ admit girls throughoIrt the school in the sixth fonn for the first time. From the s tart of thi s Autumn tenn, girls aged over 13 will be also admitted. But the school docs not intend to alter its traditional uniform of wing collars, black jacket s and pin stripes to , accommodate its modcrn I co-educalion policy. ! and we have more applications Girls are to wear wing I' from boys than before. collars too, along with black ja cke ts and pi n - ' "We are not educating clones here but individuals, although you striped skirts as part of a can My the unifonns are idiospecial unifonn designed syncratic." to fit in with the school's traditions. King's School is famous for its traditions. Its history is traced to The headma ~ ter, Canon 597 when St Augustine founded Anthony Phillips, said : the priory at Canterbury and "For some dozen yea rs began educating boys for the now about a third of the Church. sixth form have been girls Many of the later monastic and there can now be no buildings are still in use by the doubt that the education school, which remains on its of both boys and girls has original site in the Cathedral Pregai ned greatly as a cincts. result."

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Death of a Friend

Matthew Alabaster (5al

AS the days grew biller once more, The thoughts that kept me warm Were of happiness, of food, of family, and of presents: Wonderful packets wrapped in gay colours, Each combining something different , something special, for me and for everyone there. Things we could play with , wear, and keep. They formed a welcoming pile, Which would gradually be harvested as the morning sped on . All had been brought by a wonderful man, who knew me so well, Giving perfect presents to everyone, But taking nothing in return . Bot year after year I never saw Santa, And with questioning wonder at the electric fire Blocking the chimney, I asked how he did it, how he was everywhere at once, How he carried so many presents. Mother looked, laughed, 'Oh, Matthew' And Santa died with her smile.

'Hades' Horace the School Teacher

Shailen Jasani (5al

We situs, he standus, handi down his trousis. I whistle, he shoutus, out comes his rulis! He spankus my handibus: I return to my deskis: I see that glorious grin! Hadius sitibus on the deskinorum, D.skibus collaptibus, Hades on the floorum. We laughibus, he blushibus, cleans his vestiorum: And carries on teaching. At nightus, silentius, lights outi. We waiti, half an hour, then fighti, With water, pillows and pistoli. And then the lights are turned on! Then, one day, we hearibus thi shouti. Jump down, wear slippibus, and run outi. We crowd round, she slappus Hades, And I feel sweet ecstasy!

Death of a Fisherman

Stephen Carey (5a)

Kissing his wife as she sleeps, He creeps downstairs, gulps down A mug of thick coffee, and slips A bread roll into his waterproof pockets. Donning his mustard-coloured coat And a hat that his wife knitted, He shivers as he steps into the frosty morning With a dark blue sky sheltering his head. Murmuring good mornings And smiling at the seagulls, He picks up his lobsterpots and nets, And throws them on A boat-shaped assortment of planks. His skin pricks as the icy seawater Seeps through a hole in his hobnail boots, And he launches his boat into another day. Wearing a daft old woollen hat, A daft old man is sitting next to his own sign: 'Captain Bluebeard's Boat-Trips', In light blue glossy paint. His weathered face is massaged By the floating smell of chips, And his eyes scan the jetty, Catching arcade machines and candy floss. His gaze finally rests On a quaint old wooden boat. A glimmer of recognition Floats to the surface of his memory, But is washed out again with the early morning tide.

Andrew Ruffell (5a)

The Mannequin 'Lardergate: this is where you'll do History .. .' Here we stand, Awkward in our new clothes, One hundred boys, all cloned from the same black polyester/ cotton and starch molecule. 'Palace Block: Languages and Music Departments .. .' There they stand: A small, select group Of larger boys, chatting and joking nervously, Thinking that they are different. 'Here finishes your tour of King's . . . ' There he stands, A smiling mannequin with no identity, Pleased to be conformist In a place where nothing ever goes wrong, wrong, wrong ...

Andrew McNaught (S6b)

The Hanging The gallows was made of old wood, With wet steps Like the steps up to the doctor's surgery That I went to with my son. I slipped climbing up the steps, And was grabbed from behind by two warders. Their hands felt like my mother's, Catching me when I fell as a baby. As the mask came over my head The noise quietened, Like the lasso going round the colt's head, Ending its freedom.

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Tramp

Philip Aldrick (Sa)

No one could spare an unimportant phone call Or chocolate bar for this decrepit animal Who hunted in the gutters. We would not even fill his cupped hands With words of pity. We would often speak of him as a joke, Or mock his unclean face and paws. His knotted beard gathered the filth of the streets. We wondered about his role in life: he was incompetent, Not strong enough to support even himself. He had lain in the streets all day, And in the shelter of the bins by night. He had been an annoying 'thing' That people had to step over to get to work. We decided that he was insignificant. Then he disappeared . Suddenly there was no outstretched hand, No annoying 'thing' that was in the way. But also there was no joke, no scorn, No mockery any more. We knew now that his job Was to be laughed at and ignored . He gave us our place in society And labeled us as what we are. He was found, at peace now, As we hunted in the gutters.

'When all are one and one is ali, to be a rock and not to roli' - Robert Piant. As you can see, the pseud pseudos of last year have left and taken their quotations with them. Mr. Woodley will be the first to recognise that the U .C.C.A. rush seems to have been overtaken by the P.C.A.S. rush (much to Brian's disgust!) What we lack in mental strength, we make up in musical force. With the able support of the Walpole girls, Thomas Del Mar organised an excelient House Concert, the highlight being the rendition of 'We are dainty little Fairies' by the angelic 'twins', Grange and Walpole. Why conductor Oliver Hinton never took his baton out of his pocket, only he shall know. We have taken a leading role on the rugby field this term, having three of the four senior team captains and the vicecaptain of the other (our venerable Head of House) on occasions. Kery Mouzourou and Desmond 'that's not my bottle' Chum have both played for Kent U18. Oliver 'Leper' Hinton and Kola 'I hate Manchester anyway' Sonaike have also played in the 1st XV. The 2nd XV's stunning season has centred on the brute force of Wayne 'superbrain' Manning and the elusiveness of Chris 'Romeo' Pattman both on the field and in the classroom. The stunning skilis of Ben Peachey and his accurate foot definitely deserve a mention for kicking many a point for the 3rd XV. For once we are weli represented at the bottom of the school, and only lost out on the Under 14 rugby sevens owing to a broken arm. We also proved that we could bounce balls as weli as pass them by winning the House Basketbali, even though Mark 'Hyperman' Feli did his best to let M.O. win. Meanwhile, after the dismal failures of previous years, training for the House Cross Country has already started. (Await the result in next term's Cantuarian with champagne at the ready.) Thomas Del Mar has been brushing away the cobwebs on his tracksuit. Our thespian qualities were brought to the fore in South Pacific, Oliver Hinton, James 'Bleach?' Osmond and Wayne Manning's shoulders ali taking starring roles. They were ably supported in the orchestra pit by William Bryant, Richard Dibley and Thomas Del Mar. We think we came very close to winning the House Play Competition, written, produced and ably acted by Kola Sonaike with notable supporting parts from Miles Thomas, Myles Jackman and Alex Mumford. (His voice drove everyone quackers.) The Grange continued to be the social centre of the school with half of Broad Street having the problem of which Howard to visit; Matt seemed to get the rough end of the deal. With the added work pressure 6a hormones were stimulated. Wayne's yearning Flowed twice daily, Miles did his bit for Middle East relations and Des 'said it with chocolates'. We will leave the other ones out, except to say that one of our girls from last year seems still to be with us. Kery has done his best to make the younger girls welcome. He has been making an earlier start now that he's found a bell. Those who are interested in the amorous exploits of Romeo Pattman may refer to the Rotulus for a fuli listing. Suffice it to say that his Lake of tears soon turned into a puddle. Ali that can be said for the She lis is that they tried. We would like to welcome Miss Kealy, our new Matron, to the house. She has settled in very well (even managing to handle the very contagious 6b P .S. Itis and the ever interesting ailments of Sahir Jeelani). We would also like to thank Mr. Holiand, who seems to have enjoyed the more relaxed atmosphere of Grange prep time and the antics of Ben and Miles in the T.V. room. Finaliy we would like to thank the cleaning and linen room ladies for making us look tidy both in The Grange and around the school (though a haircut or two would not go amiss). We hope Mr. and Mrs. Woodley have enjoyed their last Autumn term in The Grange. Our grateful thanks go to them for their hard work this term.

THE GRANGE

THE OLD GRANGE.

WALPOLE

As th e time has come to reflect o n this o ur fi rst term We i Walpole feel ' dead proud' (in the words of one 6b) . Sept~mbern t he arri val o f the new Walpudlia ns and the co ntinual flas h of press cameras , when Wa lpole seemed like a ra bbit warren fuII o f silen t, rather terrified little girls, seems light years away. The H o use , we ass ure o urselves, is now we ll a nd truly established O n the sports fie ld Walpo le has achieved somethin g that n~ House can ever have achieved before : 'our girlies' made u th e entire UI4 hockey X I under th e skil ful eye of none otht. th an ou r m ulti-talented H ousemistress. Ta msin and Ruth also starred in the 1st VII netba ll a nd Nicky swept away in the 1st X I hockey . T he ' health y' House att it ude was a lso apparent in o ur wee kl y in-House ae robics an d self-de fence sessio ns. (The ceilings are now under structura l repa ir. ) We also have a record of ten girls in the Naval sectio n (well do ne, Elaine!) and Our reside nt Biggles (alias A nn a). H owever , Wa lpudli a ns have always been fo lk of many ta lents (!) and t his certai nl y remains so . O ur entry fo r the H o use sketch competition can only be described as stunning, if one line was a little ' stiff' (remember Tamsin?). Shell Dra ma is com ing togeth er as 1 write, under the highly competent directio n of Ru th Ki rk. Wa lpole has been especia ll y we ll represented on the musical side, with 'o ur girlies' in the Symph ony and Second O rches tras, Crypt a nd Chapel Choirs a nd South Pacific, and thus our H o use Concert was a rea l musical feast. Together with Our beloved twin we laid o n a n eve ning o f entertainment whi ch showed not o nl y th e great talent of some individuals, but mos t of a ll o ur way of working together and pulling o ff 'group effo rts'. T he G ra nge's 'dainty little fa iries' will long be re mem bered . O n the acad emic front th e ' Pole is retaining its 'highl y intellectu a l' image. T he ve ry fac t th at more th an half o f our 6a have struggled thr o ugh the nightmare o f Oxbridge shows ou r true calib re. Exa m. res ults througho ut th e H ouse were high, a direct res ult, we a re convinced, of th e fact that our Shells and Remo ves always work solidly thro ugh prep, never causing a distu rbance . 1 have alread y mentio ned man y ta lents, and o ne o f these which can not be forgotten is Our social prowess. T he twinning a rrangment got off to a fl ying start: o ne t win was briefl y Beckoned to Walpo le where he has now firml y Bra nded his name . A Lot of th e yo un ger members o f the House suddenl y developed a keen interest in meteorology. While India brushed up on her hunting s kills , J o led the pack o f junio r hunters to numero us co nquests , trapping anythin g in th eir path. Ta msin tended her lost sheep with touching pasto ral care, while E laine took up fi shing but fai led to reel in a nythin g. Cassie retained her ties with Ireland. Rachel set her hea rt o n Bra nds Hatch and, not content with mo nito rship in th e 'Pole , the H ead o f H o use developed str ong mo nit orial ties in Bro ughto n. The high-spirited Remo ves b rought excitement to a ll our li ves (and th ose of others); Kate a nd Nao mi di d their best to contro l t hem. A n enor mo us tha nk you is due to Mrs. Behr ens , o ur T ut o rs and t he lovely ladi es for their in va luable help in different a reas . I sim ply ca nno t th a nk Dr. a nd Mrs. P. enough for all th ey have do ne, with the help of the mo nitors , to create such a hap py H o use spirit. N ,CKY V ENN.

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Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. But who is Ihe goose ... ? With seasonal Ihoughts in our minds we can look back on anal her action-packed term in which sport, for a SIan has played an important role in the life of your average M.O' resident. Andy Hill and the conspicuously absent Denzii brought home the Golf Trophy, and Christian Ball also contributed much before landing in the rough . The Baskelball team won gloriously through to the final, and only narrowly lost to The Grange. despile the absence of two regular players. Alex Ellison's fencmg prowess has contmued (Iakmg him even to Russia), but his skills in other areas have been less impressive Oily v .d. B. has also had a good fencing term, and Brian Su~ brought home the H ildick-Smith Cup . Our league Hoc key . ' . team, including the legendary Dave Atk ins, reached the semis under Andy H ill , while Damian Jones raised a ' lot of money' for charity through his canoeing: could th is explain why all Ihe girls fancy him? On the theme of charity, incidentally, M.O.'s responsibility for the Community Carol Service has now been established as a regular feature - but we still can't seem to guess the numbers for tea correctly! Return ing to rugby, all years (well, nearly all) have given strongly to school teams and 10 Ihe House Sevens, with Steven Lau's UI4s being especially keen and successful. Nick Papa's Sporting achievements have been impressive, with stints for the ISIs, but sometimes slightly dubious . Jon Press apparently also did something impressive for the 2nds at Epsom, but we have to take his word for that. Ogres Veitch, Turner, Turner and Chia likewise made their mark . Mastermind De Burca has captained the successful School Academic Chellenge learn, and we have had worthy people trying for Oxbridge. Matt Gourmand has been ubiquitous from Ihe South Pacific to the swimming pool, and won a lidy sum for his Hoffman magnum opus. The House Drama Competilions saw the Shells in most promising form under Duncan Parrish, While the seniors presented a fresh view of Nicholas Nickleby with Chris, C harley and James proving their worth on stage. Chris has also led the Navy, along with Giles, and with help from Jon they all got lost on a Night Exercise. Rolly's Karate continues to impress all bullona, who gave him the chop. Other romances have joined Chi ll and his Bird, Nicky T. and Damiene, Josh and a kitchen sink, and Jon and the Candyman, not to mention the lodgings triangle of Brian, Damian a nd a dog called Shep. Ed. Peer's three-day re ign and the emergence o f the Gating Brothers li vened up the term, and there is a vicious rumour that the other Ed. made his first utterance . Thanks go as ever to the cleaning ladies, Mrs . Johnson and Mr. Miles, without whom ... BILLY AND JOHNNY.

56 DARK EXIT (Jospehille Loo)

The highlight of the term must have been Mr. Reid's 'agricultural aria' at the House Party, not forgetting Lucy from Hoath, (cor! what a pair of legs!), and 'Cilla' Bond - worra lorra laffs we had! On the lakes, Nick 'Nigel, the potatohead, spud astromuff' Prince nearly won everything, but Tom 'wasn't expecting to win anything anyway'. Dawson 'Dippy' Bowling excelled himself. .. he crashed once and then sank in different races in the same Regatta. Will Davies played for every single senior ru gby team (and the squash team) a nd Jake played for the Fourths, twice! Rob Williams appeared for the Fi fths, and Mark Lissaman was linesman for them . Andy Ridings played in every match for the Seconds and Ed Sayer played for the Colts 'A's and the junior teams were well represented as well. 'Speth captained the Second's girls hockey (somehow!) and courageously led them to the annual victory - And rea, Jo and Toni also backed up their captain and Jane pumped iron instead - maybe following the example of a few of the 6b girls. In the boys' hockey, Ed Sayer got his Kent Colours and also fixed a place in the 1st XI. On the musical side of our term, we must not forget the three lonely nurses from South Pacific, Jane, Toni and Fiona, together with Jo 'Bali' Broadley - and we all give our best wishes to Toni in trying for a Choral Scholarship at Oxford , and also all the others trying for Oxford. The Second Orchestra and the Band as usual were well represented by us as the majority did not realise the talent in Marlowe ... Talking of talent, we swiftly move on to the subtle social side of Marlowe. Wizzy played three hours(?) of sport a day and wanted to get toned up, but on the chess board he lost his queen. According to various sources, Lawrence was getting in to Bond-age but was keeping it very quiet. Around the school Fiona Khan 't Mike up her mind, but she did manage to make her Mark (and her Craig, and her Ben . .. ) and whilst Seb had a Sturdy base within Marlowe, Marion had the will to be coached in squas h. Meanwhile we in 6a are feeling a bit old and grey with the amount of goings on and asking-outs in 6b. Finally, we must thank Trevor for keeping the house clean and tidy, Mrs. Creissen for looking after us and all our ailments, the tutors for keeping us working and out of trouble, and last, but by no means least, Mr. and Mrs. Reid. THE MONITORS. P.S. Whoops! Nearly forgot. Wizzy was captain of chess.

MARLOWE

57 HAUTE COUTURE (Charles SebJine)

LUXMOORE

SI1e II -Iess but not hopeless Lux moore co ntin ues t Simon 'Avai lab le' Clinton holdin g Our torc h ver a ~.ersevere, he had I!'uch .choice) as th e captain of th e 5th {ylgh (as if Irrepr.esslble Side- ki ck C hris 'Dougal' Warner and : tth his selectIOn of Fifths. Whilst not being Captai n of S h va ned graced the 1st XY with his prese nce got inj ured canodol'iOYln was closely followed by Stephen S~un And M Net. He Yassos . Chris Postans and Ben '9:millim~tre' 6us c aught and the 2nds, Ben 'Bone-structure' Wyatt t riumphede~~t~o~hd With and Richard Gos lmg fumbled with the 4ths. MeanWhi le 3rd, less promment sportsmen m our drast ically depleted d e, th e . deCided to dnbble their way to fourth place in the 1' 0111a lO . . . league, havmg led for most of the season a nd th R 0 ot ball . event ua ll y go t some points in th . d 'I e emoves we lcome aid of Walpole, we ra ised over ÂŁ 1 000 for Oxfam th e In oar eague, Wit h Ihe repo rted on elsewhere in this Iss ue, an d , yet ~gain , we hit th e~~ree~su~/~nt Sp~nsored SWi m, the teet h With O .A.P.s. We came, we saw, we did a little shop . La nter ury, a rm ed to been a cha ntable house. pmg. . . uxmoore has alwayS .

We welcome Mr. Parker as Our new li ve-in tutor and Mrs Bo . have made last ing impressions within the House a nd we hopeo~~nas Ou r new Mat~on. BOlh memorable o nes. elr years a t KlIlg s will be The House co nce rt, shortl y befo re half term demonst ra ted . d I' . the audience for hours. South Pacific and n~m ero u ; o th a myna. a talent which entertained t hroughout the term, hig hlighted thes~ musica l skills. lUlc~r, ~[~~~won~, or~,estras and choi rs lead trombone fr o m Luxm oo re a nd Andy a nd Chris's du lcet t 00 prO Vides ana l her wi th in th e Choral Society. . . o nes arc a Orce to be recko ned

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us G lasgow rea ll y IS miles better (or is it Edinbu rg h?) A nd ~t I~ t a; ew 10lve f~r hfe and ass ures a t hiS feet. Ben 'I cou ldn't help it ' Wyatt briefly ve;ll~lred to M Sj oy m I1als t1e elUSive ~ I 'd re was Taylor-made. Fred was G led to b b k' . a l owe, w 11 st Ilen O usey s lUll true love. Ri chard Sall y-ed fort h a nd ~ic~c w~~ttobthledlsw lllg 01'1 thm gs and braced himself for a y 11110 t 1e great WrJd West Last, but ce rt ainl y not least, we say th ank yo u to tl Ald'd . I' . ' . and to the Matron and dom es ti c staff fo r all th eir ha'~cJ n ges o r eve rythlll g th ey ha ve dOlle k term. wor anel perseverance throughoullhc J Oli N.

We the members o f Galpin's, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice , ens ure domestic tran quility, provide for th e common defence, pro mo te the general welfare, and sec ure th e blessings of li berty to ou rselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish these House Notes for the hierarchy of Galpin 's. A ll legislat ive power ves ted at th e beginning of th e year was not unnecessarily abused, though the House's level of co nsum ption of intoxicating liquor sometimes exceeded our legal qu ota: bot h 100lsie and Sturge had problems in identifying laws. With regard to sex , the rights of citizens of th e House of Galpin's were neither denied nor abridged. Max . seems to have ratified his day-to-day routine. Tom having knelt !""=-' o n his first, then landed the second though not without a few a les , and Angus whetted his appetite, having taken the plunge. On account of sport no amount of appropri ate legislation wou ld force Max out of rugby until recei ving his 1st XY tea m colo urs, after wh ich too much nec king fo rced him to retire - from rugby. Further co ntributio n to this arti cle came in force fro m our ethnic minorities - Bess and John playi ng for the 1st an d 2nd XYs respectively. To conclude this section, the House had considerab le successes in inter-ho use competitions. The junio r football six-a-side finished second as did the junio r rugby. The senio r hockey, however, under Marcus' fine leadership, claimed 44 goals whilst on ly co nceding 9. Steve proved to be a fin e asset to the foo tball team despite Ihe final results not quite being up to Galpin's standard. To promote the progress o f science and useful arts, mu ch went on this session. Many joined Ihe pilgrim age to Bali Ha'i wh ich Steven o nce aga in hi ghlighted with some typicall y tropical so unds. A lso on stage , Galpin 's performed ad mirab ly in the House Drama competition and we look forward to o ur H o use play (next term) - Pirates of Penzance - in which School House and Broad St. wi ll have t he ho nour to perfo rm a longside truly great actors, so numerous in Ga lpin 's. The House's participation in societies was undou b tedly led from the front by Ian Phillips, whose severe lack of spirit at th e beginning of term in re-es tablishing the Wine Society has no w bec n redeemed by fruitfu l ventures timetabled for next term . Our tha nks must go in copious quantities to a ll the ladies who work so hard to keep the house running as smo othly, a nd looking as respectable, as it d ocs . Full fa ith and credit sho uld a lso be given to Mrs. B, Dr. and Mrs. Hands for a ll th e time and effort that they have given toward our good health and domesti c tranquility this term.

GALPIN'S

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LINACRE

Linacre, unli ke other Houses, makes no claims to be an empire However, emerging through the ranks of our Commonwealth' o ur 'classless society', members of the House have risen to th~ 'commandi ng heights' in all fields of work and play . But a House is not to be judged enti rely on acade mic and SPOrtin prowess alone. Spirit and camaraderie ensure that Linacre i~ the best, our 'opening batsmen', unfortunately no longer batswomen, enter the fray well-equi pped. Nevertheless the Ho use has excelled on the rugger pitch 'Strutter Lo bster' went dow n under and picked up a first tea ~ colours tie. T he lower ends of senior rugby have been heavily subsidised with more of the Linacre Heavies: Piers , 'Olabola' Flynn , Wellie, Dan a nd Nick. A third of the Colts XV were __ _ Linacre men, led by Jim. Myles and Ben both got County honours, with Myles going on to represe nt the South-East. In the Removes , Andy Wilson a nd 'Leppy' O'Keefe played for the main XV, whilst Ollie ' Bisto Boy' Carter played fo r the Cs and did a bit of chillin ' elsewhere. T he juniors also made it to the final of the rugby sevens. Forget rugby for a moment and consider football, hockey, rowing and Pelham . The seniors won the H ouse league, preparing themselves fo r an assault on next term's 1st Xl. T he juniors won the House hockey league a nd little Billy Swans, when he wasn' t making bets abo ut his virility, pulled a few stri ngs and found him self in a Great Britain eight. Pelham swam infinite dis tances in the swimming pool but is havi ng chilli n' problems. Socially, we might have lost our girls (is there a logic in this?), but we've found others amongst the screaming hordes. Dave ' Gev burt' fell in love with Laura . Matt Craddock found someone on the same wavelength but then his radio stopped wor king. Chris Penner continued in the Pennerite tradition. 'Muttley' sang fa r too loudly in Asse mbly and consequently was confined to a long-distance affair. 'Charle' and Nick, despite grooming, litres of aftershave a nd red jeans couldn ' t find those elusive girls . . . 'Can I draw a picture of yo u?' was an original but not wholl y effecti ve chat up line. Steve's onto a longie and we do n' t know exactl y what's going on with Jim . ' Finbar' Saunde rs had more sense than to accept a virility bet: either he's too mature or he knew the bet would have been a dead loss. 'H iya Burgs' jumped out o f his stud y window to escape from some girl: will he or won' t he remain chaste? But what would life be without our cleaning ladies? We wo uldn 't be able to practise our teamaking skills fo r Mary and Glenda fo r starters a nd fo r this we are eternally grateful. Without Mrs. F. where would we be? I'd be in bed sleeping th rough Assembly much to my grief. Last, but as the adage has it, by no means least, there are our Housemas ter and Mrs. T hane to thank fo r another great term ... He might have been late for the odd pocket-money session but we'll fo rgive him that. .. O h, and there's Tony and his body and his all-in-one Lycra to mention too. HAMILTON.

At the start of term, King's pupils huddled round their radios, listening with growing alarm as the news crack led over the ether. .. 'An Imperial spokesman has declared that the territory previously known as the McClear Memorial Library has been irrevocably absorbed into the Empire, and will now be known as the New House Library. The spokesman justified this act on the grounds that Broughton A-level results (100"70 passes; 82"70 at A or B grades) showed Imperial supremacy in the academic world which necessitated academic Lebensraum . . .' Meeting in emergency session, a shocked Sports Committee declared that on that logic, Broughton might also claim the rugby, hockey and soccer pitches, the athletics tracks, Scotland H ills and most of the Lakes. A spokesman for the Broughton Monitorial Guard (average height 6ft. 2in .; average weight 13Vz stone) asked what went on in a Library anyway. But the School was saved by the timely arrival of the rugby season (Broughton's religion) which look up all spare aggressive energies (and ended up with us taking over the Chaucer Hospital). Early House training was cunningly disguised as a World Tour. The Broughton seniors showed Iheir true colours in the last match by beating Fiji (almost) single-handed. Once the term got underway, we found ourselves regularly fielding at least six members of the 1st XV - indeed, by Ihe end of the Epsom match eight Broughtonians were playing in the 1st XV! And of course Ihere were the Captains of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th XVs. And at the junior end, our valiant lads wo n the Wenley U I4 House rugby trophy, so the great tradition looks in safe hands. (Sorry, nO pun intended.) Indeed, our juniors showed they could do it whatever the shape of the ball , powering through to the finals of the indoor soccer five-a-side on an unbeaten record. 'Best leam by miles,' said organiser C.P.N. 'There'll be no justice if they don't win.' So of course Ihey lost. Broughton got to the final of the senior sevens matches without too much difficulty, wilh no points scored against us. There we met The Grange. Then the battle started. Neither side could break the other; it got darker and darker - full time; extra time - no one could see anything time. A few metres from the Grange line we were going all out, but Bill Harris wenI down injured and Mr. White stopped the match. So near and yet. .. It was the only wise decision, as conditions were getting silly. Where's that floodlighting? Still , an honourable draw wil h some good friends. Meanwhile the Jl6s were playing some quite superb sev~ns - no blood and guts here, but fasl, elegant, flowing rugby. Marvellous stuff and a splendid final against Trad. (what a rugby area St. Augustine's is becoming) - they really deserved that. Anyway, three out of four trophies are now tucked away in the cosy cup warehouse (even if we have to loan out one!). All these efforts were at a price; by half-term the Chaucer Hospital was as overcrowded as our Trophy Cabinet, Andy Hyatt and S.J.G. managing to have operations on the same day. (Whose spare part went into whom??) . Those left forgot to send Get Well Soon cards, (oops! - we do care really) but had great fun in the House Drama contest: everyone thought Broughton' s effort (w ritten and - in the absence of Andy - produced in just four days by our amazingly multi-Ialented Matron) a superb effort. Everyone except, alas, the adjudicator. Not enough serious women - or, indeed, any women - in it? Well, that's our excuse! NOI surprisingly the rugby Colours court started to look like Broughton House Assembly: congratulations to Tim Bagswaw, Bill Harris, Henry Hawkins, Andy Hyatt and Bob Wallace for winning First Colours; to Simon Pattullo for First Team and Second Colours; Joby Andrews and Paul Pacaud for Second Colours. But what are mere School Colours this term? Timmy 'U .C.C.A.' Bagshaw and Big Bob getting County Rugby Colours (and they'd already got first Colours last term , for rowing; sorry we forgot to mention that, lads - just typical Broughton modesty). In the meantime a few of our

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hockey players warmed up for next season by gelli ng County caps. Well done, Henry Hawk' A nd y Woolnough, Rob Cooling and Roger Gardner - who just missed a County JI6 r In" cap as well, but had a preliminary go wit h the 1st xv anyway . T hen of course there ar~gbhY Divisional players and - well, we mustn 't bore you. t e Off the fi eld but on parade, Bob got a stick with a sil ver knob, and la in did even beller getf a stick with points at both ends and a lovely ha t with a red band - so no one was s~rp .. lndg when, just after ha lf term, he became a real li ve Gherkin . lie

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The Official Social Whirl whirled - thanks to Linacre, Bailey and Grange. T he unofn e" whirl whirled even faster. The Shells and Removes took to chi ll ing and cr uisi ng - there's n~~1 a permanent groove (and gos h (Josh?) do we mean groove, man) from Broughton to Walpol Never mind, Dan. Still, they a ll claim th ey were just follo wing the example of the Head of Hous~' who dropped Maths but not Venn diagrams . The Fifths seemed a bit o ut of it, till Roger 'Root: Gardner decided to play out of his year group. In 6b Za beer 'The Pelvis' Kha n transgressed from fantasy to reality. Andy 'Goose' Cunnin gha m tried to imp rove his German but failed his oral. Meanwhile, Simon 'Nufti' Pattullo went for a dip in a La ke but failed to improve his tec hnique . Dr. P.C.P. Rhythm had a minor allack of 'stubble trouble' but Henry 'The Best A Man Can Get' Hawk ins soo n smoothed things over. Big Bob gO! his Christmas decorat ions up early, only to have th em removed by the 'H ice' Skippy ! Tim ventured up the A mazo n during the summer but found that he had no pass ion for conservati o n wo rk, whilst Andy, Our second Head of House, a lso found stud ying Plant life was not qu ite his scene and so far has nO! managed to Land himself in th e dales. As usua l we have to thank those who keep th e sho w going : Tony puts the buildin gs right. Matron puts us right (and does absurd ly more than any matro n co uld be expected to). The cleaning lad ies put the rooms ri ght (despite the amaz in g challenges we give them) . The T utors keep III ha rd at wo rk - we ll , most of us - a nd as for o ur res ident Tutor, he's still practising for palllo (peler Pan). And last ly of course, th e ma n who wields th e sceptre a nd his conso rt: Mr. 'Mall" I'll give yo u Maths' and Mrs. Graham. T hey have created what must, without the slightcst dOllbt : be th e happiest a nd most success ful house of a ny schoo l anywhere, let a lo ne Ki ng's. (That '\ the video secure for a not her te rm! ) B ILL HARRI S.

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TRADESCANT

A new era of success and sadness has commenced in Tract 0 the sporting front, back , front, we have had many Vict~rie~ or close shaves, Mr. Walder. Our phantasmagorical! phlatulent Head of HOllse, Johnny, has been kicking arou ~ with the Phursts (and been awarded Phurst Colou rs)' Tha n . P., Apdy H., Simon D. and Benny May comprised a'third ~r the bltmg 4th XV, whilst Johnny G. and Chris P. starred in the 3rds. Matt (Capt.) and NICk played 1st V Squash, with Malt makmg cameo appearances a mere eleven times. 'Oxford" h expostulates. ' Miss Scurr,' we retort. We wish him the be~t o~ luck, along with Tom and Francis - Oxford we mean! Trad are now the proud holders of the junior five-a-side Footbali Lea~ue Cup. Hurrah! We came second in the senior outdoor . . .. . verSIOn (on goal difference), and were also r~nners-up in the . . . senior Hockey League, losing In extra time to Jammy Galpin's CongratulatIOns to our vahant teams. Of course we mustn't forget the Roddy McKenzie Squash Tournament, organised by 'Chalybeate' Crispin, cha irmanned by Matt (who was banned from entering on the grounds that he was too good), and won by 'Florida Legs' Shepley. Hayin!\ wo~ the 1990 Limbo competition, Albert als,? played his part melodiously in South PacifiC, In which Barney starred as a drunken transvestite and Simon Dowse said his first line on stage (with thirty minutes' notice). Hugo and Tim contributed orchestrally. Our House Drama entry was highly commended - I think we came second - and we look forward to defending our Shell Drama Trophy at the very end of term. With the Games Room now full y operational the Sn?oker Tournament is nearing its conclusion (in which Cr i ~pin will play no part, having been dlspatch~d unceremonl.ously by Gu~ Towlson). Whilst D.J. IS licensed to drive, Nick seeks h.cence of a different sort With th.e beauti fu l blonde of Bailey. But on this subj ect, Simon M.'s five-day tests have come to a frUItless conclusIOn, whlist Gaz Walder took a very quick trip to the 'Lake District'. Jim's Dad is now the Chancellor - but that's not big news, so on to 'Charlie' whose endless supply of German imports continues. ' Despite all our successes however, this has also been a term of great sadness. First we had to say goodbye to Daniel Williams, and then we learned of Leon's terrible accident. The sense of shock in the House has been almost tangib le at times and we all pray with every fibre of our being that he will make a full recovery, although we know it will take time . Our hearts go out to Dan and his parents - please know that we are all with you. Finally we thank Miss Brine, whose 'ant'ics have kept us a ll in good health, the Tutors, Mr. Teeton and Mr. and Mrs. Dix. We are grateful for a ll your hard work . THE NEW GUINEA ROOM.

Having survived declining numbers and a mind-numbing, marathon fourteen-week term, Mitchinson's can look back with considerable satisfaction. We have long been renowned for our academic reputation and yet this term excellence has extended far beyond the classroom. Were we to lay claim to the title top house ... well, maybe not. On the sporting front we now boast two captains of sport. Congratulations to Simon Crossley for being appointed captain of soccer wh ile still in 6b and to Richard Majlinder for managing to combine Oxford with captaining the highly successful school badminton team. To name the stars of the school rugby teams would be an exhausting task. Suffice it to say that we walked the U 15 house rugby under the able captaincy of Stuart 'Try-hard' Freeman. This is not to forget our male and female fencers (we hope Hugh and Graeme make it back from Leningrad), the valiant mixed senior hockey team and the successful UIS indoor football team. Were you to peruse the cast and orchestra lists for South Pacific, you would be left in no doubt as to our plethora of budding thespians and virtuoso instrumentalists. As for Sarah Brett's performance in Blithe Spirit, we have it on authority from a dramatist across the Mint Yard Ihat, had he been judging the House Drama, the result may well have been very different ... We leave it in the capable hands of our Shells to redress the balance under the guidance of Jonathan Willis (who is dying for a mention). The highlight of the term was the Charity Walk which went ahead despite the weather conditions and which raised ÂŁ800 for Mustard Seed. Rebecca Power is to be congratulated for organising ii , as are the walkers for. .. yes, you guessed it. .. walking it! In view of all this activity it should not come as a shock that socially things have been rather quiet over the last twelve months, even unchanged. However Hannah G ledly Crossed the bridge when she came to it and Flora was Remooved to Linacre, seeking a more muscular type before breaking off inter-house relations before it got too serious . Finally, academic . .. (and you thought it was not going to get a mention!). Shameer Jasani became an honorary scho lar in September and his twelve A grades were matched by Edward Peters. The three new scholars in the Shells (who have not always exhibited their undoubted intellect, Jeremy!) mean that the number of scholars in the House has now risen to eleven. At School level, Elisa Hudson was awarded an art scholarship and Charles Davies (appropriately) won the Mitchinson's mathematics prize. At national level, Kieron Mohindra had one of his poems published and Morgan Clarke won the prestigious Jowett-Sendelar essay competition. The Oxbridge candidates will try not to spend Christmas worrying and waiting. It only remains for me to welcome our new matron, Mrs. Creissen, and to thank Dr. and Mrs. Maltby for guiding us through yet another term, the tutors, Pam and Gloria for battling against all adversity to keep the house in immaculate condition and Ron and Rose for feeding us so well. Personal thanks go to Kousik, without whose ever-present smile life might not be so bearable.

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BAILEY

Bailey has firmly established itself as a leading independ House, excelling in all field s o f school life . Everyone has bent involved in some form of activity whether it be dra ma sp een or music. Orts I

Eliza Lumley and Camilla Palmer were undoubtedly the st in South Pacific and dominated the stage with enthusiasm aarJ professionalism. They were convincingly supported by M' n Jane, Pippa and not forgetting George. Remaining on 'I~' dramatic. front, ~ai ley made its ma,rk in the inter-house dram! competItIOn receIVIng commendatIOn from the judge - well deserved thank s to the director 'Milia, and all the cast. . The new 6bs proved to be valuable sporting team member and played alongside our now 'p.ro' 6as. We can hardly fail to menuon the hockey teams conSidenng BaIley dominates the first team - and has captains of both the hockey and netball teams. Keep it up, girls! Our new American guest has certainly made her mark at the boat club and, come rain come shine, Ingrid rules the 'keep fit ' scene. To conclude Our Sportin ac hievements, a mentIOn of Helena BIggs, seventh m the South-East fencing finals! g Elanor Dymott joined Clare Goldwin and Zoe Harmsworth as another music schola r - all performing ~dmirably in every event and certa inly paving the way fo r a successful concert with Tradescant m the Lent term whIle Becky works to sUr up some dra ma with Broughton. It would be improper to write the House notes without including its busy social life, and wc would all hke to thank George and Tabby for our 'much talked about' social evenings which appear to have set a trend. As for gossip, well, Bailey is certa inly not lack ing. At first the 6b felt they needed Mohr of Trad. - then quick ly changed their minds . Ingrid Scurried over thcre but got no further than the Matt. Jo found Linacre a very Caring house (Laura found herself in the hands of the law !) and we are all convinced that Katie Wilsoon realise the merits of hcr own year, as will Ta bby who once believed Luxmoore was Ousing with charm. Bev had a divinc experience just in time fo r C hristmas and joined Caroline and Abi in the telephonathon. Eleanor found Truffles tasted too bitter so turned to the sweeter White chocolate. The gossip is endless but before we leave you , a little word of adv ice - if in doubt just say no - Jane did (sevcrai times!). And on that note it just remains for us to thank Ms. Exelb y for all her help and support and to Mrs. Bellairs, a matron greatly apprecia ted by a ll for her care a nd kind words. A huge thank you to both . RAPUNZEL.

BROAD ST. RADIGUNDS This term has had a good share of novelty - new faces, new

form s, new masters, and, of course, new houses. Yes, (drum , roll), here begin Broad St. Radigunds' first-ever House Notes. ~ On the sporting scene, Bradigunds Belles played a n active ,. - - part in both hockey and netbalL In the 1st XI hockey team, we had Flo van Notten, Kate de Lotbiniere, Laura Daley, Susie '!' Trayling and C lare Haslock braving the pitch ; and members of the 1st netball team included Sarah Jackson, Sara h Daley, Katie Comer and Sophie Landale. House Drama made a brilliant start, as the play Between Mouthfuls wo n the House Drama competition . Thanks and congratulations go to Kate Jackson and Katie Comer for their .. enthusiastic direction of a talented cast - Susie Trayling, Lucy . Cavendish, Holly Wyn Pugh, Anj i Rao and Tara F itzgerald. Mo ving on to song and dance, man y were involved in South Pacific, both on and off the stage. Among the dainty. American nu~~~s were Lu~y Cavendish nd Susie Trayling; and the more hghtly-clad, exoUc nauves of Bah Ha I mcluded Bnony CrozIer, taura Singer , Jeein Lee, Samantha Newbery and Anji Rao. In the orchestra was Kate de Lolbiniere, while Charlotte Weston, Laura Daley and Sophie Clarkson were mvolved backstage. On a more intellectua l note, the spollight fa lls on Matilda Mitchell for her success in poetry _ IWO W. H. Smith prizes and her very own poem read on the radIO . Round of applause, please! Now fo r the part everyone is really looking for - a brief report on Bradigunds' multitude of achievements in the social sphere. First a little re-cap on Galpin's couples of not-too-Iongago: Ihe Webbs, the Aitchisons and the Williamses. More recently, Daley visits have resumed Ihc Flo of unWayning interest in the Old Grange; and Leila hasn't Laked a few MIles to and from Ihe Grange herself. Stepping over hill and Dale, Tom fmally Landed m Radlgunds; Charlotte found a Skeleton in her cupboard, but it was n't wearing a 0.1.; Iona took to Rollmg.m M .O.; while Emma prefers Naughts and crosses in Luxmoore. Kate and Peach are sull havmg frUIty fUll, Charlotte is st ill Papa's girl, and, last but not least, Mash has shown consIstency m her laSle for Boat Club blonds. Our gratitude goes to Mrs. Kerin and Mrs. Carter for their matronly rule, and to the cleaning ladics Lyn, Barbara , Beryl , Anne, Jenny and Julie, Heartfelt thanks must also llo to Mr. Henderson, who has made it through a substantial number of gIggly House Assembhes, for hIS help and patience.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mitchinson's House ,

The King's School, Canterbury. Kent. lith December, 1990. Dear Sir , Nineteenth-century illustrations of the school are remarkable for the large proportion of buildings that SpOrt creepers, and the numbers of mature trees th at abound. Sadly the situation is very different now . Bearing in mind the old proverb, 'He that plants trees loves others beside himself', is it not time to make amends for the short-sightedness of previous generat ions, and implement a determined programme of planting? As a start, I am sure that some Virginia Creeper on Mitchinson's would be universally welcomed .

Yours failhfu lly, EDWARD PETERS.

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

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T he Canoe Club has seen a new man take control of the paddles this term. Mr. Frank of th e C.D.T. Department has released Mr. Vye to take u p his new responsibir S as the C.O, of the C,C.F, lI y T he club has grow n in numbers since the beginn in g of term, a nd they look for ward to further grOWth come the spring. During the winter months the club has been using the pool at the new Recreation Cent to teach its members new sk ills such as roili ng, capsize drills and rescues. Two of the membe rs have recenl~e gained their 2 Star awards, for canoe ing sk ills. C hri stop her Penner and David Bywater, both 6b. y On 11th November three pupils entered their first compet ition at the Kent Open Slalom. Chris Penne came first in his class whi lst the other two made a good effort representing the sc hool. Next term the; plan a trip to Nottingha m, the Mecca of the canoe slalom wor ld. Thanks to Damian Jones, Captain of Canoein g, for a ll his hard work this last term. CANOE

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T he outlook for the season did not seem bright, with a team who we re largely lasl year's none~too-s uccessful U nder 16 tea m. However, we had decided to enter the Times knockout tourna ment as well as the Kent Senior Schools' League, and were delighted when the o ld rivals , Simon Langton, were sou ndly thrashed in our first Times matc h. Especially pleasing was William Wisbey's win on board one, which was unexpected. The match as a whole, though was replete with errors, and th is has been the continuin g theme of the term. Again st Harvey Gramma; School, in both the Times a nd the League, our opponents were not so careless as Langton had been and our lower boards seemed in unnecessaril y benevolent mood: in the end we won through in a tight T;mes match by winning the top three boards (all three ve ry good perfor mances) long after the bottom three had been comprehen sively lost. In the last match of the term, again aga in st Simon Langton, but this time in the League , benevolence went even furth er, with two completely won games being th row n away at the very end, and one other being rather carelessly lost. The result means that the final League match, next term, must be won five~nil if the team are to go through into the knockout stage. Hopefully the Chri stmas spirit will have been well and truly left behin d by then . Mention should be made particularly of Pau l Winchester, who started on board four and moved to board three after the first match: unlik e everyone else, he played doggedly throu ghout, winning all his games, a nd was in particu lar instrum ental (in a long~drawn-out ga me at Folkestone) in our winni ng through to the semi-fi nals of the Times tournament. CHESS

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Times Schools Tournament: Round I: Bye. Rou nd 2: v Simon Langton, Canterbury (A). Won 5-1. Round 3: v Harvey Grammar School, Folk estone (A). Drawn 3-3 (awarded match on board cOll nt). Kent Schools' League (Seni or): v Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone (A). Won 3 ~2. v Simon Langton, Ca nterbury (A). Lost 1-4.

A. R.A.R. CHOIRS

The Chapel Choi r repertoi re was: Give us the wings of faith 9th September Bullock 23rd September Though I speak with the tongues of men Bairstow 14th October Hail, gladdening light Wood 11th November They are at rest Elgar Weclkes 9th December Hosanna to the Son of David Carol Service, 12th December A dvent Responsory Palestrina Jouberl Nowell, Nowell Howells Here is the little door Sing Lullaby! Basque Noel, arr. Willcocks poulenc Quem vidistis pastores Mathias Wassail, wassail, wassail

My thank s must go to all th ose who have given so generously of their time a nd talents. It was almost eW soprano line at the beginning of the year a nd the new members did well to rise to the challenge . T ~ere have been so me very good performances of a repertoire that has stretched them . S.D.P . The Cr ypt C hoi r's Sunday repertoire was: William Byrd Ave Verum Corpus 16th September C. Hubert Parry My soul, there is a country 30th September arr. Brian Trant Deep River 21 st October Anton Bruckner 18th November Ave Maria Otto Go ldschmidt 2nd December A tender shoot In addi tion the choir also sang for the Wedding of Miss A nthea Wilcock on Saturday 22nd September, for which the music was I waited for the Lord by Felix Mendelssohn (Soloists: Zoe Harmsworth and Eliza Lumley). M,D,H,

T he inaugural meeting of the School's Green Society took place in the Walpole House Room on 21st October. We were fort unate enough to be addressed by the fat her o f Julian and Adrian Faulkner. Mr. Faulkner is involved in the World Environmental Conference to be held in Brazil in 1992. He suggested that King's might join selected schools throughout the world to take readings o f river pollution, traffic exha ust fumes a nd acid rain. T hese readings would be coll ated and presented to the Brazil conference . Two other meeti ngs were held this term and approaches were made to the City Council. It is hoped to coordinate and consolida te School policy on green issues through regular meetings next term.

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This has been a quiet term fo r the Society, but parties have visited Shell Research a t Sittingbourne a nd Quest International (a company a mongst the world leaders in the fragrance and flavourings industry) at Ashford for their Open Days. Both visits were much enjoyed, with stud ents gaining excellent understanding of the workings of the sites and of the professio nal expertise o f the staff. Visits to th e University of Kent for the two Christmas Science Lectures were also arranged. Professor Charles Taylor from the University of Wales, who gave the 1989 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, spoke on 'Exploring Music - the Science a nd Technology of Tones and Tunes' and Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell fro m the Roya l Observatory, Edinbu rgh on ' Black Holes in Space'. Both lectures were o f the customa ry high standard for the events. Next term's lecture titles include 'The Science of Soap Films a nd Soap Bubbles' , 'The Role of Ozone in the Atmosphere' and 'The Role of Animals in Medical Research', We sha1l also be sending parties to lectures at the U.K.C. Physics Centre. C.l,R .l . HARV EY

The J azz Club 's activities this term have necessarily been a little ad hoc, since many of our players had commitments in South Pacific, and the Shirley Hall was also largely devoted to that venture. Nevertheless, Julian Woodward, this year's Musical Director of th e Club, has, by dint of organising sessions at times other than th e normal Activities s10t, ma naged to get the Traditional Band a nd the J azz-Rock Band into forma tion , and he has even been a ble to initi ate the start of a repertoire for the Big Band that he has assembled. Early next term, preparations will be in hand for a Big Band Charity Concert tha t is slated to be presented in the Shirley Hall right at the end of the term, on Thursday, 21st March. R,B,MA,

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This term the sc hool was ho noured to host a cou rse by Master Harada, the Prill . of the Shotokai Associat ion, give n at the sc hool Recrea ti ona l Cen tre.. clllal

It was something o f a bapti sm of fire for th e club and myself. Strivi ng for Ha Se nsie' s exact ing standards is chall eng ing at a ny lime, but when leadi ng a practice, your every breat h s: :da scr utinized. He is , however, a very understa ndin g a nd hu moro us ma n, with an inc redib le range o f il1lcrc m\ (P o tte ry bei ng one of them I foun d.) He is a fan of most spO rL S a nd has a keen int erest in bio~ mcc ha~~\'

and sports science. He ofte n menti ons that his a im is to produ ce good coaches, not good Karateka TI~\

one wi ll give the ot her. but witho ut coaches t he skill s are lost to the next ge ne ratio n. ' The ti me when K~rate was taught on a 1,2,3-type basis wit h an in structor shout ing orders, has co me to an end. I want to ensu e ' re my inst ructo rs ma tch the ir ability to do Ka ra te wit h the ir ab ilit y to teac h it.' The course itself was held on Saturday afternoo n and Sund ay morni ng. Th e a im of it was to develo 'oizuk i' , a lun ging punch, and 'gaduu bwai', a swee ping block. Increasing the power, speed and tilllin~ of these t wo techni ques encaps ulates t he bas is of Karate tra ini ng. Karate-do Sho to ka i practise met hods o ft en involve cont inuous movement, wh ich gives mobility and help\ relax the body. During the co urse Master Harada gave numero us demonstra ti ons, showi ng how movement a nd use o f the bod y are crit ica l to Karate. O ne of the most impressive of these was when a senior instructor, Mr. T ony Leuw, was asked to co ntinuously attac k Harada Sensie. Initially Harada showed that a si ng le attack is easi ly deflected but in doing so th e defender ofte n te nses and is th ere fore unable to move qui ck ly e nough to escape a se~ond or third attack. He t hen allowed Tony Le uw to attac k aga in a nd Harada moved in what al most appeared slow moti o n, yet Tony's furio us attacks fell inches short of Master Ha rada's con tinuously mov ing body A t first he moved bac k from the attacks, t hen he turn ed at right ang les fr om t hem , finall y he see med to step t hroug h t hem. Tony would 3nack, but before he could fin ish his move, Harada had slepped fo rward a nd twisted effor t less ly a roun d t he pun ch . From thi s pos it ion Harada did a perfectly co ntro lled CO unterst rik e to To ny's throat, sendi ng hi m sp rawlin g onto th e g round . Watching thi s a nd lea rnin g t he prac tice met hod s tha t lead to th ese abi li ties were Ka rate practitio ner\ frolll London, Slo ugh , Sout hamp ton, South Wales a nd Durham. The sc hool co nti ngent was pro minent and des pite the exhaustin g pract ices t hey kept wo rkin g and co nce nt ra tin g, ga inin g great ly from the high level of in st ru ction. Richard Evans and Edward H illi er maste red t he Sat urday tec hni qucs, find in g that ' relax ing' can be very diffi cult. Emma Ca mpbe ll d id well o n Su nday, a nd ga ined co nfi dencc from practisi ng wit h a fema le black be lt from the Durham C lu b. T im Nea lon and Hal Sclate r ca me through th e couP,e with hono urs . James Dean's pract ice ca ught Master Harada's cye a nd he was co mplem ent ed several tirnc\ on his nat ura l at hl etic a nd Karate ab il ity. We ll done to everybody who attended this memorable co ur ~e and thank you to Dr. Mallion for pa tie ntly capt uring it a ll on video. J.i\.C.K.

'T he past is a foreign cou ntry: they do th ings differe ntly there,' wrote L. P. Hartley in The Go~Between, bu t neit her tim e nor cont ine nts we re barriers to thi s term''i intrepid Marlowe Society li terati. Professor Raymond C hapman, forme rl y of the Lo ndon School of Eco no m ics, led us o n a Cook's tour of Shakespearc's dra matic art wh ich left us adm iri ng both the Professo r's lu cid exposition a nd the way in whic h Sha kespeare's pla ys are so much more than th e sum of asides, imagery, var iat ions in mood and pace, and a ll the other building~ b l ocks of drama. Ms. Exelby introduced a d iscussion on Peter Ackroyd's Challerlon, an interweaving o f th e lives of Thoma'i C hatterton, a n eighteent h-cent ury forger of medieval poems, a nd Charles Wyc h wood, a modern author. Out o f this complex, a llu sive novel, with its cha ins o f imagery invo lving food, colo ur, painting and ch ildren, ca me a se nse of the way in which a ll wr iters li ve off th e past. Fi na ll y, M rs. Te nnick ope ned a disc ussion of Gabr iel Garcia Marq uez's Love in fhe Time of Cholera, a dramati c love story se t on the Caribbea n coas t. Mrs. Te nn ick's skilful ana lysis ra nged widely thro ugh the wo nders of t hi s Nobel Pr izew inn in g wr iter's world, explori ng hi s masterl y study of g ri ef, ageing, journey ing, fe uding, the outs id er, pri de, fata li sm , lo ve, a nd the power of hi s co m ica ll y exaggerated an d ritu a li zed techn ique, known as magical realism. 'It's o nl y time th at wins,' sai d Mrs. T en nic k, q uoting Ma rquez, but by the end of the di scussion a ll were feelin g that it was Mrs. Tennick who had triumphed ove r th e riches of Latin America n cu lture.

MARLOWE

P . .I.B. 70 JUST WILLIAM (llury Metro)

Rugby Football

t HE SCHOOL XV Mlcr a wonderful month 'down under', we began the season outwardly with high hopes. bUI I must confess to viewi ng s inwardly wi th a greater sense of forebod ing than I would ever have admitted. To be frank, our back play on Ihlnghad been at times shamefully poor ami I fea red for further embarrassment duri ng the season at home. As it happened, Igh our strength as a team always Jay with the forwards, it was never overwhelm ingly so, and the team was infinitel y a balanced than last yea r' s XV. It was also defensively far more secure, despite the appearance in the reco rd of btUCor tWO large sco res, wh ich were in al least IwO cases eccentricities, and scarcely reflected the games. If the side d~dc not win the number of matches it would have liked to, it did not simpl y stem from its own inadequacies, (including ,I a aill the lack of a convincing goalkicker) but was also due to some extent to the muc h higher standard of play )el~~gsl all the teams, for a lmost a lil he games were entertai ning a nd a lt ractive to watch, and the tries scored by our ~mCkS were as good as any you cou ld wish to sec (i f not quite sufficiently numerous!). Key in juries a lso played their art disrupting the rhYlhm o f the team. p' â&#x20AC;˘ III analysing the sid e, one notices immediate ly a number of 'su rprise packages' - the most d ra matic being the rise of Bob Wallace from the obscurity o f the 4th XV to county player in half a seaso n, but a lso including the o ut standing performances of J ohn Moss at prop, who, had he not been injured, might well have been also selected for Kent. T here cannot be many schools who could boast four county front row forwards, but that is nearly what we had, in Messrs MosS, Mouzourou, Webster and Chu m. Unfortunately, injury of one kind or an~ther mea~t .that this was never a lu xl~ry, and it was indeed fortunate that we also had such an excellent reserve hooker m Max Wil hams. On ly on one occasIon was any of the combinat ions fielded beaten, which sad ly was to lead to the comprehensive defeat in the win d and rain al Berkhamsted, where each of the home team's sco res ca me from close-range scrums. This was odd , since thanks a lso 10 'the boiler room' usually of Wallace and Bi ll Harris, we spent most matches going forward in this phase of play. possession from the lineout on the ot her hand was erratic , even though Wa llace had some very inspi red days, and was not always the best source of clean ba ll. Too often we got the first touch, but clumsily, which made hard work for everybody. Tim Bagshaw at NO.8 was sometimes the culprit here and his hands sometimes let him down elsewhere, but he was an industrious forward in a ll phases of play, and a most powerful presence. He is really best suited to lock forward, but served the needs of the team well. At o pen side flanker, Andy H yatt was in perpetual motio n, aggressive and fearle ss - and the loss of him through injury for matches was a blow. His determ ination to return to the side before Christmas after a ca rtilage operation was typical, and when he came back, he carried on as if he had not missed a moment.

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We had our greatest success when Oily Hinton at scrum-half was ab le to break effectively to li nk with the back row, or 10 kick accurately into the box, not j ust as an end in it self, bu t the means by which we engineered pressure situations and gave OU f backs more time a nd space. His partner at n y-ha lf for the majority of the season was Henry Hawkins who had a very successful season, but looked an infinitely better prospect when heÂˇ moved to full back, from where he read the game well , timed his running into the lin e to great e ffec t, and tackled heroically in defence. His successor at fly-h alf, Steve Dav ies, had a baptism of fire in some ways, but has the sk ill to come th rough a nd be a n important player next year. Our cent res included Sim o n Pattullo, who showed sou nd judgement and kn owled ge of the game, but "'ho looked less comfortable whe n fa ced with a cen tre of real pace, and Jon J o hnsto ne. J o n a lso appeared in the back rowan occasions, where , it has to be sa id, he appeared to be more at home, but did a fir st-class job in either position . Our most penetrat ing runners were Toyin Fadeyi and Seun Oshunkoya, but unfortunate ly, the former' s hamstrings were to let him down again , and we sawa ll too little of his outstanding attacking (and defensive) qualities. Seun. on the other hand, played in every ga me , added poise unexpected in one so inexperienced to the balance and pace we knew he had, and provided some exq uisite moments fOf a ll to enjoy. The individual try of the season, on the other hand, belonged to Ben Young, whose solo effort against Tonbridge deserved to be more than just a consolat ion score. Ben is one of those rare people who is actually quicker o n a rugby pitch than on the ath letics track. and he had a n excellent lerm, in every respecl, including, remarkab ly for him, only o ne game missed through injury. There were ma ny others who appeared in the side, playing well, and most will have gained valuable experience which will enable them to playa leading role next season. However last mention of individual players must go to the captain, Jim Waddell. A selfless, intelligent player, he does everything tidily, a nd without fu ss; so unco mplicated is his play Ihal it cou ld easil y be dism issed. He will admit to having to learn how to captain, and he will admit mistakes, but so fierce were his demands of himself that he also expected the same high standards of everybody . It is surely no coincidence that, after he left the field at the begin ning of the ga me against Du lwich, we failed to win a game, though some were very close indeed. Well though Kery Mouzourou undoubtedly led the side, and inspirational tho ugh he was, o ne could not help but feel that J im, with a n easier perspective than his at hooker to view the game might have been able to gent ly guide the tiller to sligh tly greater effect. l owe a debt of th a nk s no t just to Jim a nd Kery, but to all those who played for a most enjoyable exte nded season. Standards in a ll respects have always been of the highest and enthu siasm and dedication have never waned . My thanks must go further afield: to a ll the masters who gave up so m uch of their time 10 coach and /or referee, to a li lhe parents who supported all the teams through thick a nd thin, 10 Theresa fo r 'manni ng' the First A id station again, and to the groundsta ff for keeping the pitches in such splendid fettle. R.C.W. 71

THE SCHOOL XV (Richard Befl"ell) Sianding: A. S. Davies, Q. R. W. Webster, A. J. C. Hyatt, W. J. C. Harris, R. H. Wallace, T. E. B. Bagshaw, M. R. Williams, H. F. C. Hawkins, J. W. L. Moss. SO;lIin g: O. 0:. Oshunkoya, S. L. G. Pattu.110, K. M. Mouzourou, J. R. A. Waddell (Capt .), J . C. Johnsto ne, . A. FadeYl, B. E. W. Young, O. H. Hinton .

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Team/rom: James Waddell (Capt.), Timothy Bagshaw·, Desmond Chum, Stephen Davies, Oluwatoyin Fadeyj W'lr Harris·, Henry Hawkins· , Oliver Hinton, Andrew Hyatt·, Jonathan J ohnstone·, John Moss· , Kery Mouzourou.' 011 IafI'I Oshunkoya·, Simon Pattullo , Robert Wallace·, Quentin Webster, Ben Young.. ' u5eu1l Also played: Joby Andrews, Arsalaan Bessarat, Simon Crossley, Roger Gardner, Vassos Georgiadis, Andrew McN Myles Orsler, Nicolas Papageorgio u, Kolarele Sona ik e, Max Willia ms. aught, • New COlours. RESULTS P layed 13, Won 6, Lost 7. Points for 11 9, Points against 183. v Chislehurst & Sidcup (H) . Won 15-9 v Kent College (A). Won 18-6 v Sevenoaks (A). Won 4-0 v Du lwich (A). Lost 10-33 v Duke of York's (H). Won 18-0 v Tonbridge (H). Lost 8-30 v St. Paul's (A) . Lost 10-39 v Epsom (A). Lost 6-10 v Berkhamsted (A). Lost 0-26 v Cranleigh (A) . Lost 0-11 v K.C .S. Wi mbled on (H). Won 11 -4 v Felsted (H). Lost 8- 11 v Eastbourne (H). Won 11 -4

2nd XV With so many of this season's 2nd XV probables having toured Australasia in the summer, it was going to be interCSlin to see whether they embarked on a domestic season fit, eager and relatively experienced or with their limbs weary an~ palates jaded. Fortunately it was more the former as they swan ked arou nd in their fa ncy tracksuit s and trained With gusto. In the first ma tch they met an athletic Seven oaks side who held them to a 4-4 draw, but it was im med iately clear that there would be few , if a ny, packs who could match ours in the tig ht. The same fo rward domi nance prevailed at Duke of York's where we squandered several kickable pena lties but scored a classic running try. The kicking throughout the season was d isma l, and the sooner pupils at this school learn the importance of reliab le goal-kicking the beller. A week later we scored one of the best wins of a very good season when S1. Pau l's were beaten in a tough match which was sealed in the dying moments by a sweet drop-goal by Steve Davies at fly-half. Wins away at Berkhamsted and K.C.S. Wimbledon followed , and then came o ne of the hardest games of the term when we met Eastbo urne whose powerful backs ran a t us in attack a fter attack, on ly to be repelled by some heroic tack ling. Our forwards looked slow to the breakdown, but a moment of magic fr om Steve Davies, capitalised o n by a flying C hris Poslans , resulted in the try that won the ma tch. We then went into half term with an altogether easier game agai nst Kent College, and as we put our feet up we wondered whether we would st ill be unbeaten a t Chri stmas. T hings certainly looked good against Dulwich when another beautiful try, scored this time by the strong running Simon Crossley, saw us through to arguably the best win of the term. But then came Tonbridge. We gave them a try in the opening minutes (which was clinically converted from the edge), and despite having the better of much of the rest of the game, we were never able to match the athleticism of their backs, especially as we were playing with what was effecti vely the 3rd XV backHne. Our feeb le goal·kicking resulted in a score that rather fl attered our Kentish neighbours, but they probably deserved to win nevertheless. The Epsom game was a travesty of justice . Pinned on their line for most of the game , they won by one conversion. That we d ropped the ball no fewer than three tim es over the line did not help, but overall we were too predictable with our ext ravagance of possessio n, a nd as soon as we moved the ball a ll the way down the line we scored. By then, however, it was all too late. A good win over Cranleigh preceded the final narrow defeat against Felsted when we let the opposit ion use the st ro ng wind to better effect, and then failed to match them in the loose. It was during that game that I wondered whether the length of the season for some of the team was beginning to take its toll. It was nevertheless a most successful season as the results show. Almost every game was close and exciting, and much good rugby was played. The front five were awesomely effect ive and provided the platform for a ll the victories. Paul Pacaud and John C hia were powerful props and George S kelton a No.2 whose actua l hooking improved noticeably as the season went on. Andy Ridings (my player of the season) was admirable both in his playing - would we havt won any lineout ball wit hout him? - and his whole approach to the game , and Bess was always massive, usually effective, a nd just occas io nally fit, whilst Wayne Mann ing was a committed and powerful No.8. T he flanker s varied, but despite some lack of control from a ll of them, Messrs Hamilton, McNaught and Georgiadis were often impressive in both attack and defence. T he three-Quarters unfortunately underwent so many enfo rced cha nges due to inj uries to fir st-team players that no real cohesion was possible. Jo by Andrews was generally sound at sc rum -ha lf, especia lly o nce he had speeded up his pass, but there were too many demands made on inexperienced players at n y-h alf once Steve Davies had been purloined by the 1st XV. At centre Chris Postans came into the sid e and sho wed some good to uches, a nd Nick Papageorgiou, when not inju red or guest ing for the 1st's, looked confident on the ball . The wingers, John Rhodes and J on Press, showed fl eet ness of foot , a nd although both were rat her slight, they managed to stay on their feet longer as the seaso n went on. There were too many changes at full -back too, though Simo n Crossley did show fi ne attacking Qualities, and if he can discipline himself not to let the high ball bounce he could become a very good player indeed . Much of the credit for the season's success should go to the chief coach, Mr. Milford, whose ex perience a nd insistence on high standards at a ll times showed the way. Paul Pacaud was a captain who led by example, both in training and o n the field, and the team itself was for the most part talented, disciplined , and civ ilised . I enjoyed being associated P.A.E.D. with them and wa tching them play. I hope I am invited to do so again next year. 72

. ul Pacaud (Copt.), Joby Andrews, Arsallan Bessarat , Jo~ n Chia,.Si!1lo n Crossley, Va.ss~s Georgiadis , Marcus re~m. Pwayne Manning, And rew McNaught, Nicolas Papageorgiou, Chnstlan Pattman, Chnsuan Postans, Jonathan Hll!Tllltojnhn Rhodes, Andrew Ridings, George Skelton.

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RESULTS Played 12, Won 8, Lost 3, Drawn 1. Poin ts for 118, Points against 48. v Ke nt College (A) . Won 31-7 v Seven oaks (H). Drawn 4-4 v Dulwich (H). Won 10-0 v Duke of York's (A). Won 7-0 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 4-10 v SI. Paul 's (H). Won 10-4 v Epsom (H) . Lost 4-6 v Berkhamstcd (A). Won 3Âˇ0 v Cra nleigh (A). Won 13-3 v K.C. S. W imbledon (A) . Won 14-0 v Felsted (H). Lost 9- 12 v Eastbourne (H). Won 9-3

3rd XV

3rd XV have, yet again, enjoyed a fru itful and, for the most p~rt, victorio~s season . qur opening run. of ei$ht . Th~ each of them convincing o n the fi eld, if not from the scorelme, emphaSISe the sus tamed effort put In by the vlctones'mber, all season Both the backs and the forwards had moments of chaos and splendour, but for the most . learn me part played good solid rugby. . Our first match , at home v Sevenoaks, perh aps in~pired the c~)I1fidence from which our unbeaten run em~rge~:Jh~ ds took most of the possession and Guy Belhere, a bastion of back row power, scored two superb md ivi ua fO. fw3 buke of York's were our next opponents, and with the team resting on i!s la urels, or sho u!d ~ say .la~rel , th,e tTies.. of victo ry was closer than it might have been. The backs played welt, With ~lex Homan flll~mg hiS knack, maJ~~ris Postans showing good pace and vis ion. Peachey, with a level of accuracy which proved consistent thro ughout ~~~ season, was the match winner, slotting home two d ifficult conversions. . St Paul 's tough as ever were beaten by sheer determination. The three o riginal front row members , ~ohn Chla, Geo~ge Bru;ner a nd Georg~ ~kelton, proved one of the team's most valuable assets, but were promptly whisked away for 'higher' duties by Mr. Milford. In the subsequent games against Berk hamsted and K.C.S. Wimbledon, the rugby was perhaps less adventurous, a.nd the advantages of having a sound , fast fu ll back were noted. Thanks, Charlie! E~stbourne were the ~eventh suc~es~lVe learn to suffer defeat a t our vicious, mauling hands. The unstoppable Turner tWillS emerged, by their ow n admiSSion, as the 'Loose play-King'S.' . After half term we beat Dulwich convincingly, but the ease of our victory was omino us of the matCh. to co~e. TOn~ndge broke our unbeaten run, and we were lucky to escape Quite so lightly. Their superior baU-han?hng s~lils .and ast~r backs eventually took their toll . (l have pro~ised not t.o ~e':ltion Mr. HuUah's or Mr. Klugman ~ contfibullo~S ~o t e arne's outcome.) At Epsom , despite changmg-room Jovlahty,. we lost by on~ try and our tackh~g became dlst.lIlctly ~oor! We ended the season well, with a gutsy performance agamst Felsted, With guest star Thanal Paxton showmg us how it sho uld be done.

ANDREW CUNN INGHA.M.

Team/rom: Andy Cunningham (Capt.), Ben Peachey (Vice-Capt.), Guy Belliere, George Br~xner, John C~ia, Simon Dowse, Craig Fer ia, Dave Fraser, Piers Gollop, John Grant, ~Iex Homan, Luk~ Klu8;man, C hrIS Pearce, ChrIS Postans, Jon Press, Tom Ruffell, George Skelto n, James Turner, Nick Turner, Charlie Veitch, Ben Wyatt . Also played: William Davies, Richard Gosling, Andrew Hart, Angus Hu lme, Ben Ousey, Thanai Paxton.

RESU LTS Played II, Won 8, Lost 3. Points for 11 7, Points against 70. v Sevenoak s (H). Won 28-4 v Du lwic h (A). Won 17-4 v Duke of York' s (A). Won 12- 10 v T o nbridge (H). Lost 0-7 v SI. Pau l's (H). Won 12-7 v Epsom (A). Lost 6- 10 v Ber khamsted (A). Won 10-0 v Cra nleigh (A). Lost 0-12 v K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Won 18-0 v Felsted (H). Won 14-13 v Eastbo llrne (H). Won 10-3

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Hopes were hig h as half term approached that the 4th XV might reach the r . h' built ~p an indomitable spirit and a forward power scarce ly less awesome dri , InlSh 109 tape undefeated. The learn h ~speclaUy a highl,>' e~ci ling victory <?ver St. Paul's. But at thai point sadl; th;I~~/ e.mselves t~ some sterling triumphid It emerged, had Innleled a nasty bite on a Berkhamsted player N~body'o d Imlsffidwahs a ruptly ended. Someo 1, Eastbourne match. . wne up, an I e learn was banned r nt,

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Once the ,unbeaten r~cord was lost, however, travelling was hard althou h h F blushes a~~lIlst Tonbndge, scor ing the o nly King's victory of the 'da in: I. e ourths wer~ able to save. the school' game, dnvlllg themselves over the line to clinch Ihe game at the end Th ~dd un~qUl voca lly phYSical forwa the fearless a nd determined efforts of Richard Gosling. Richard suslai ned a b~Ok~~ ~I ge wm was owed in .Iarge part ~o at the close of Ihe ga me. As a consequence he was absent from the school for t ose a[1d frlactured Sk ~11I1Il an inCident a nd a shock to the who le team. wo wee s. t was a fn gh tening injury

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[nJury also caused the a ba ndonment of the return matc h at the Duke of Y k' dom lll at in g when, fiftee n minutes from the end , an opposing winger sustai l~~ :'sJ~lpee~Oe'd"tbhS kwere leladin g 3-0 and Th b k d d . ro en co larbone e ac s pro uce some sparklmg moments du ring the season but few of the . . tremend ous e~rlY record was largely the resu lt of some high-standa rd fo rward P I~.woUld hesllatc to ad milthat the From the fIrSt game the fo rwards, driven o n by lain Overton est bl' h d d . a sunn y afternoon they shoved Sevenoaks some rodi io d' ' a. IS e . a Olnlnance over their opponents 0 i~ the to.ugh later away fixtures at Dulwich. EpsomPand ~ra~fei~~I~~~~~'r~nacr~::II;rd ~re. 25-yard shove in the loose. An~ victory III at least the first two of these matches. lelr own as the team nearly Snatched T he .Howard twins tack led like tigers throughout the season and Dan Howard I d h f . followmg the capta in's injury towards the end of the seaso~ Max Davie a d ~. ~ ~ o~wards with great comm itmem well. worth their weight in the second row, Wellin gton WiIli~ms was a starwart l~t p~cp.eyear showed that they Were ~ 1 1l Scott drilled the backs from scrum-half, and the kickin n -h If f . an Important factor in the team's success. Ben May was ever-p~s~~lt fn tfle ~n~~a~~:gla anFd Jo~athan Parker was as far as the Seconds at o ne point in the season. I ave raser s advance led him John Flynn was seldom matched by opponents for pace on one wing nor AI d H f Paxton at full-back or wing scarcely d ropped a catch and showed that his' pac 'd Y ab~lt. or pOdwe~ on the other. Thanai . " ' e an mo I Ity ma e him a hard man to I For a new master tak mg Ius first team at King's they were a deli h W' h i ' . sop. they needed little coach ing. My thanks to a ll members of the team ga~d tol ~h t Ie baslc~ mastered , ~nd hl.gh ly mot ivated, also to colleagues who re fereed , P. W .F., D.J .B., and D.J .R. e many w 0 stepped III to fi ll gaps. Tha nks

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The/ollowing played in/our or more gameS' lain Overton (Ca ')() W' II' S (V' Francis, David Fraser, John Flynn, David Gogg ins Richard Go~li'ng ~n~;~l 'i-111 ~·e-~~p~.), Maxwell Davie, Richard Nicholas Loc~eyear, Benjam in May, Jonathan P~rk er, Than~i Pa~to n, ~velliJ~~~~n '\V~lia~~~ard, Matt hew Howard, The/ollowlflg also played: Rory Ca mpbell, Desmond Chum Sil cr W' . '. Feria! J oh n Grant, Lutz Hostert , Myles Jackman, Ch ristopher l~pp b~;liel[~l~~n, ~ll ~m ~~vles, Simon Dowse, Cra!g NOrriS, Paul Pacaud, Christopher Pearce Cra i Sa unders J 'b OilS, a eer an, Luke Klugman, Rohlll C hri stopher Warner, Rob in Wi ll iams, Bri~n Ya~. ' aco us Summers, Thomas Sweeney, Charles Veilch,

RESULTS

Played II, Wo n 5, Drawn I, Lost 4, Abandoned I. Poinls for 90, Points again!'>! 56. v Sevenoaks (A); Won 16-0 v Dulwieh CAl. Lost 6-8 v Duke of York s (A). Drawn 4-4 v Tonbridgc (I-I) W 86 v SI. PaUl's (H). Won 8-0 v Epsom CAl. L~st 9~1110 v B~rk~ams(ed (A). Won 12-7 v Cranleigh (A). Losl 0-7 v KlIlg s, Rochester (H). Won 20-4 v Duke of York's (A) Ab' I d v Eastbourne (H). Lost 4- 10 . . <U1{one

~ The 5th XV has not won a match for years and tradit.ionally anyt.h in g less than a 50-poin t .defeat has been regarded Illlost akin to ungentlemanly conduct. However, thiS longstandlllg record suffered a major reverse at the start of as a when we won an astounding victory against SI. Pau l's. We even merited a mention in the fo llowing Friday ter~regatiOnal practice . Boys who had been long lost reappea red from all sorts of obscure sports a nd suddenly (for CO~ut five days, until the day of the following match), everyone wanted to play for the 5t h XV, T here was even the 8ungcntleman ly) suspicion that we might have a reserve. { Despite team changes - Wellington Williams and Jon Parker shot up to the 4ths, Andy Thomas went back to rowing d Matthew Whiteley retired - the team a lso came perilously close to victory against both a King's Rochester Colts ~;, XV and against Eastbourne 4th XV. In the la tter match the entire 5th XV played as the 4th XV and, for my money, Ihis was by fa r our best game of the season. After half term the effects of colder weather, 'Oxbridge' pressures and the call for replacements in higher teams made '1 harder and harder to ra ise a 5t h XV. The 5th XV reverted to its more convent ional mode of defeat (with honour , 1 r c'ourse) but nOI wi thout threatenin g glimpses of star qua lity owing to the guest appeara nces of W illiam Davies, with o magnificent drop goal to clin ch three point s at Dulwich, and Nicolas Papageo rgiou, whose brilliant guer rilla tactics :ev~rly impeded an unrelent in g Tonbridge attack. ToP try scorer was Chris Jepp, whose play at ny -ha lf was d ist inctly upmarket for the 5th XV, but the best try of all came (agai nst Eastbourne) from a spectacular run by Dan Jevons, Dick Francis is anot her strong player and played as much for the 4ths. Rob Norris (one of seve ral Luxmoore discoveries) was a nimble serum-half and Robert ('N ibbles') Craig won all the points for hair sty le. Incidentally 'N ibb les' was a brilliant tactical move and, in fact, not unlike the Gc'rm an pre-19 14 Schlieffen Plan, Ihe Dilly tactical move to be consciously planned (all term) by the 5th XV. By the time of the end-of-term 5th XV Social the SI. Paul's victory and balmy September weather were distant memories. The lasl fixtu re (against St. Augustine's) was cancelled as we were down to four players. The 'Social', a week later, was the best attended session of the term. The coach has st ill to overcome the effects, which were truly uplifting. By this slage also the identity of the captain was becoming more widely known. The splendid team photograph (where were Myles, Zabeer a nd Nick; and why does John Flynn appear in it?) put the question beyond doubt. In the pack, Myles Jackman and Nicholas Roden provided a lot of the shove. David Goggin s being the fastest around the field was the natural forward leader. He also played for the 4ths. Lutz Hosten kept more than the right flank strong and did much to advance inter-European team/referee relatio ns as he progressively learned the rules. Zabeer Khan did make a practice to work on his hooking. He played hooker nonetheless. Thomas Sweeney upheld the gentleman ly tradition or the 5th XV and is wi lli ng to play nex t year. My thanks to many others who fitted in to make up the 5th XV, In Matthew Craddock, Rory Campbell and Cra ig Saunders, Linacre certain ly did us proud. My thanks also to the 'old pros', Jake Summers (a nd the tremendous support of his parents), C hris Warner (who showed what ca n be done in trainers against Du lwich), and especia lly to the captain Simon Clin ton. Such were Simon's near magical powers that whenever we were desperately short of a player at the last moment he would prod uce one, seemingly li ke a rabbit o ut of a hat. They generally ca me from Luxmoore in the rorm of a tempora rily decom issioned Colts 'C' player, such as you ng Guthrie or Ziegler. The latter, not inappropr ia tely, scored a try in th e game aga in st Rochester Colt s' A' XV. The captain is to be congratulated on the distinct io n of captaining the 5th XV fo r two successive years a nd the whole team in this 1990 season. The victory will surely be savoured fo r many years to come. But I wonder what S1. Paul's will have in store when we play away to them next year? ' H .R.O.M.

RESULTS

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Played 6, Won I, Lost 5. Points for 39, Points against 9 1. St. Paul's (H). Won 16-0 King's, Rochester Colts 'A' XV (H). Losl 10-14 Eastbourne 4th XV (H). Lost 4-10 Dulwich (A). Lost 3-18 Tonbridge (H). Lost 6-28 Epsom (A). Lost 0-21 S1. Augustine's (A). Cancelled.

Players from: Simon Cl inton (Capt.), Christopher J epp (Vice-Capt.), Sim o n Bowker, Rory Campbell, Matthew Craddock, Robert Craig , William Davies, Richard Francis, David Goggins , Simon Guthrie, Lutz Hostert, Myles Jackman, Daniel levons, Zabeer Khan, Mark Lissaman, Robi n Norris, Nicolas Papageorgiou, J o nathan Parker, Nicholas Roden, Craig Saunders, Jacobus Su mmers, Tho mas Sweeney, Andrew T homas, Christopher Warner, Robin Will iams, Matthew Wh iteley, Ch ri stop her Ziegler, Wellington Williams.

Colts 'A' XV There has been a steady and very noticeable improvement in the standard of rugby played by a ll members of . learn during th is season. Many players have made their mark and developed individ ual and tcam sk ills ready for se~~IS rugby next year. lOr The first match against Sevenoaks was played on a pitch which required several va riations to the laws 10 make 1 possible . There were local rules concerning overhanging trees and scru mmages which might be moved 5 metres Or ~ ay to avoid ' natural o bstacles' on the pitch. Play somet imes went out of sight if it strayed into one of the many hoUoo re but the game progressed in a good spirit. Losing by 12 points to 8 sp urred us to improve o n OU T general team p\",S a nd decisionÂˇmaking on the pitch. There were good performances from Ed Sayer, Ben Craddock and Roger Gardn ay the latter making a try-saving tackle which will long be remembered. er, Against Duke of York's we scored fo ur tries in what was a good a ll-round team performance . Roger Gardner and Neil Cole gave fine displays of wing play and Stuart Freeman had a n outstand ing game in the pack. At St. Paul's we met worthy opponents in what was a tough game against a big, mobile and well-drilled side . Holdin them i!l too .high esteem we stood back and a~lowed an. easy try in the fir~t few m~nutes ~ut then ~ettled down to ou~ task wuh rehsh. Harry Dobbs had an outstandmg game In the centre, tackling fe rocIOusly time and time agai n snuffing out dangerous moves and Quickly regaining his feet to win the ball . Good work from Roger Gardner and Stua rt' Freeman was rewarded with a try each. In the last minute a fo ul on Jolomi Irone in their in goal area as he was about to galher his own kick ahead and score was only rewarded with a pena lty 5 metres in field and the game ended at the next stoppage with a disappointing score of 12 points to 8. Against Berkhamsted on our own first team pitch we played a fast open game which gradually wore down the oPposition in a hard-fought game. Two converted tries late in the second half gave us a score line which was a tribute to Our fi tness and selfless team play. Ed Sayer, playing his first game at full back, scored two tries and Myles Orsler celebrated his move from the Junior Colts with a fine try. T he game against K.C .S. Wimbledon proved to be a very tight but exci ting match with rew mistakes made by either side , We entered the fina l two minutes at 3 points all when Quick thinking by Myles Orsler, when awarded a penalty 5 metres out, took him over for an unconverted try. At Eastbourne we played on their magnificent first team pitch in what was, fo r me, the best game of the season. The teams were well-matched and they each produced a very spirited and skillrul performa nce. Ben Craddock left Ihe fi eld with a knock on the head but he was such a key player that I decided to a llow him until half-time to recover. We, therefore, played on for a full ten minutes with fourteen men and inev itably conceded an unconverted try. During the second half we gradually gained the upper ha nd and during injury time after a sustained period of pressure Luke Wi lliams found a gap in the centre and went over for a try. 4-4 would have been a fair result but with the last kick of the match Jolomi Irone converted to produce a win. The match aga inst Du lwich was our toughest. They had outstanding props and they were slightly better than us in the line. We therefore had very little ball and they ran in three tries giving them a comrorta ble 17-0 lead at hair-time. Leon Katz and C heyney Kent excelled themselves during the second hair to contain their opposite numbers and Stuan Freeman had an o utstanding game on the flank, Fitness and team spirit ensured that there was no fu rther score and a ll concerned should be j ustly proud of an excellent second half. Tonbridge brought out the best in our side . They, as a lways, were a skillful and fit side but our teamwork in what had become a well-rounded side, proved to be too much for them and we out-played them in a ll departments. Iolomi Iro ne crossed the line at the end of a well-controlled period of forwa rd pressure, giv ing us a 4-0 lead at half-time. We maintained our superiority throughout the second half but failed to convert our adva ntage in to points. Late in the second half and against the run of play their right wing scored a magnificent try by the corner flag in true Underwood rashion to produce the final 4-4 draw. Our season ended at Epsom with a tragic injury to P rop Leon Katz. Although the referee (an ex-society rereree) reports that it was a freak accident caused by slipping reet in the front row and involving no roul play, it must surely provoke serious consideration of the New Zealand policy or ' Non Combative' scrummages at this age and below. We played in the Sackville Seven-a-Side Competition and were unfortunately narrowly beaten in the fina l by Judd after exciting and very competent performa nces during the day. During the season Myles Orsler and Roger Gardner made their fir st fifteen debuts and we will be seeing much more of these two talented players in the future. Myles a lso played twice fo r the County 16 group and Ben Craddock was reserve. Myles has since gained selection for the London Area team which plays against the South-West later this month and we wish him well. I would lik e to thank James Rawlings for bein g a superb captain ably assisted by Ben C raddock as vice-captain, Thanks must a lso go to Mr. N, Phillis for coaching the 'B' X V. K.E.J.M.

Team/rom: James Rawli ngs (Capt.), Stephen Carey , Neil Cole, Michael Cotton, Ben Craddock , Harry Dobbs, Paul Dupuy, Stuart Freeman , Roger Gardner, Dav id Handley, Jolomi Irone, Leon Katz, C heyney Kent, Heron McConnell, Myles Orsler, Da niel Quin, Edward Sayer, Gi les Tennick, Luke Williams.

R ESULTS

P layed 9, Won 4, Lost 3, Drawn I , A bandoned 1. v Sevenoaks (A), Lost 12-8 v K,C .S. Wimbledon (H). Won 7-3 v Duke of York's (H). Won 23-6 v Eastb.ourne (A). Won 4-6 v S1. Paul' s (A) . Lost 12-8 v Dulw l~h (A) . Lost 17-0 Berkhamsted (H). Won 23-9 v Tonbndge (H). Drawn 4-4 v v Epsom (A). Abandoned

C~~'B'XV

Sevenoaks Most memorable was Dan Qum s run As in previous YJa~s th: s~a:lyl:I~!a:vl:~ ;;:'t~:~i~~rol~~~r:lgn~v~f the best individual tries of the seas~n. Aga~lr\r of Ihir,ty yards ~ ~ e~r~ork's side we were more than a match for them. !,hree tries came from the tmg~ a~ ud much 100prce I'n u ~ruce Darlston and Andy Woolnough) , which shows Just how open our stYI~ 0 r.u g . y IS, , back (Rob 00 I g, , " " Berkhamsted could not match It. Wlthm the flTst One or the team's finest ch aracten~Ucs was umty a nd tela~ SPIfI~ stablished a healthy lead, Owing to an injury to a ny quarter Hugo 5~even son scored the first o~ J'!r~on:el~~11: :anys c:nuch for a side that players of Nick's calibre are Rob Weston, Nick ,JOhytstobne came ~f a;. PJ~~ J!~es Evans and Rob Cooling created the most memorable move ide-lined. A combination etween, as air I ' d would have clicked on well beyond fo ur. James ~f the season. If,poi~ts could b~ ~I~~~df~~ ~~d~ot:veen ~~~~~~~~~~~ from the line-out a nd on this occasion it bore fr~it. Lamont and DaV id Hmdley wor. e . ' C S Wimbledon, and hoped to do so agamst Just before half term we mamtal."ed our. unbeaten record. agamst K~f'McConneli Magic it was always going to be Eastbourne. Du t with out ~ur captam adnd hiS deputhYeaa~~ !el~~t~ot~~C~t was however, tremendous to see Ben Cossens . .' h h'll battle As the pom ts mounte up, so our an UP, I d' a'ruJl-front al co unter-attack in an attempt to get us back mto t e game. spear lca IIlg , d . Dulwich after half term he had an excellent game. Nick Komnino~ was a player W h~ I~proved a ll }~asgo~t :~ry a~~~:~y indeed and narrowed last year's losin~ margi',1, On a pitch the Width of a. scr~m-. a s pass we u Ie b his hard forward driving a nd pick-ups m Mike Cotton, a qu iet but IIls~lfat lOnal p3;ck p~ayer, se} ~I gre.at exariht wfth a milk bottle . R ichard Henderson came th lS open play . Hugo Stevenso n d id ,:,ot ~Iay m d gamhe 0 OWing a th~ng He slotted into an already good-spirited and on and played properly for the first lime an gave t, e game every I . cohesive side rcmarkably well and earned everyone s respect. f R b Coo'; ng had f h h h ' some ways our most un ortunate. 0 Tonbridge was o~r.best perro rm ance 0 b t ~ s~~s~n, t dU~a~~1 Singh later joined him with a broken nose . P laying 10 end a most promlslllg season ",:,hen ,he ro ~ IS eg an I ed extremel well . We were very unlucky to lose wilh four tecn men against :ronbfl~e Irf nevdr I~e~~~~~~~eit~n~h~ :i~e for the fiist time and feverishly beavered away as they scored ~n t~e last mlllutes, eo rey e. u ular for the side, was playing for the 'C's, but .a,fter in the loose, wlllmn ~ as my: h valu able baflll. Mk IlesHEdlran~'ta ~~ndOusIY as he did a ll season . Hc is a very spmted their games had fini shed Jomed us as a an er. e p aye re ,

young rugby playcr. d row was uite awesome (Giles Tennick and Dave Epsom turned o ut to be t~e last matc\~f ;he se~~o:!~ ~~~lsJ~~~nation Of th~ scrums. The opposition did not o utplay was Hang ley) and h ~~~~n~~\~:~Y t~S3~~~ t~ei~rl?~e for twenty minutes without scoring a point. US~o~\~~::e :entioned J a mes Lamont could al.most be a crime for not only was his handling good from the lineout bUI also in the part y at the end or the season With cups of tea. " Many than ks to N .L.P. ror all he has done this seaso n, and the team send all thClr best Wishes to Leon Katz. JAMES EVANS AND ROBERT WATSON .

ri d e y able leader of the backs; to James Evans, I wou ld like to add my thank s: lO R~b Wes~on ' l a dlllc p aye: a;~u~; command such respect from his peers. And o ~~~a~:~~i:;;eat~:~I,I ~~e~n~r~e:at~~vc~IPo~y:;;y ;I~~:an~~e~~fe. I thoroughly enj oyed the season. N.L.P, (V'

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Ti,e Team: James Evans (Cap!.), ROSier! ~e~tod H lCd- s:t. Alastair Hine N'icholas J ohnst~ne, Nickolas Komninos, Edhnann, Geofrrey de Burca, DaVId Han ,eY,'QI~ a r I e7 S.r gh' Hugo Steve~son Andrew Woolnough . R James Lamont, Heron McCon nell , Dame

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RESU LTS

Played 8, Won 4, Lost 4. Points for 76, Point s against 66. v Sevenoaks (A). Won 20-0 v Eastbourne (A). Lost 0-24 v Duke of York's (H). Won 28-0 v Dulwich (A). Lost 0-10 v 51. Pau l's. Ca ncelled v T onb ridge (H). Lost 0-4 v Berkhamsted (H). Won 12-4 v Epsom (A). Lost 0- 12 v K,C.5, Wimbledon (H). Won 16-12 77

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Not ~~o bad. Fr u~ traling though. Keen gang. Not enough ~ames to exploit potentia l. Fau lt s against Seven very spln te~. One m istake cost the match at Eastboun~e. Splendid dcf71~ce against Tonbridge and o ne SUper If . coaks but two from five yards Qui : happens under pressure. Pity. Nasly cond itions at Epsom: bit of inexperience ?tlceded too well. Unu sual. Wet ,and cold. Powerful opposit ion. C:h ris a nd Jamie captained well: Geoff and Ti;ll IO~ I lackit leaders. Rob tac.kled fur~ously .. Jon al~vays look,cd letha l, hke.~ans. M~x ran around a lot, like Nick and .Jilti~ serum learned a lot. Simon enjoyed II. ChrIS played In lots of pOSitions. Phil gave good service. Good fUll Overall. m. Leo

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RESULTS

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P layed 4, Won I, Lost 3. Points for 26, Points against 60.

v Scvenoak s (H). Won 14-4 v Eastbournc (A). Lost 6-12 v To nbridge (H). Lost 6-10 v Epsom (A). Lost 0-34 Team from: Chris Lobb, Jamie Ray ner (Captains), Philip Aldrick, Leo Bowder Anthony Corn ish Neil C Geoffrey ~e Burca, Miles Edlmann, J ulian Faul~ner, Nicho las Georgiadis, Matthe\~ Gou rmand, Sin~or~ Guth ri~lll~~~on, Heddle, NIcholas Johnstone, Hans Madueme, TmlOth y Marson, Douglas Mu llen, Christos Rodopoulos, WilI ialll'R ert Andrew Ruffell, Max Warner, Jonathan Willis, Christopher Ziegler. osato, Touch Judge: Mark Gaskain.

Junior Colts 18' XV Half term should never have ex isted for the team: we won all ou r matches before and lost all but one after d The season started ext~emely wel1 against Seveno~~ s: we scored eight tries and converted five (tries by TO~1 A IJ~fd ~. C harles Doust , Luke Smger, James Dean and VCSIfI Ibru ). We werc very happy that evening. Our sccond match ag .g , Duke o f York's was. more of a st ru~gle. Their side was quite good a nd fairly strong in the backs, but :'e Illan:~r: to b reak thro ugh ~hclr defence three tIm es and let them thr0t.-tgh only o nce. It was an enjoyable match to wa tch. I think the w~o le team wll1 remembcr th7 mud bat h that was .ou r tlmd ma tch at Berkhamsted! Going up the slope and against the wmd, we managed to mamtam a very good half-tllne score: o ne try each. We were gri nning when the wh ist le bl for the start of the s~cond half. Go ~ng do\yn with the.wind behind was goi ng to be a treat. A nd it was! Fi ve rninu~~ mto th~ seco nd ha lf It started to. dnzzle, five m.ore m mu tes a nd the heavens opened. It was difficu lt to sec from the touch-hne who was who. Everyt hmg, faces and kits, had turned grey. The ba ll was like a bar of soap but we still managed to score ano.t her six tries and co nvert t~o. T he follow.in g Saturday .was to .be such a contrast: the sun was blazi~lg and the score qUIte close. We scored th ree tnes, one of which was beautifully kIcked by Jay Spencer over their defence and into their i ~-goal area where he fell on it to score! ~ur tackling, howe~er, was rather weak and they managed to break through tWice. Eastbour!le gave us another easy nde. Most our tnes were scored by Ryan Mannering, our inside: centre. We were stronger III the forwards and took the opportumttes well, but lacked a little in cohesion a nd tackling skills. The second half of t~rm ",:,as less fru~t~ul ~esp ite ou~ good bac k m ov~!S . We defended extremely well agai nst Dulwich and '!I anaged to draw III spite ~f two IIlJunes. To nbndge, howe~er, d id not give us a cha nce: they were big, fast and we did not tackle. It was our firs t def7at and what a sco re! Agamst Epso m, we had most of the possession, but they man~ged to score a try. Very fru st.ratlllg! We c.o~ld have dra~n or maybe \~on against Cran leigh: o ur capta in, Tom A ldnd~e, was. forced to leav~ the pitch through IIlJ~.try a l.ld, oW.lIlg to a last mmute illness, we did not have a subst itute. Two tnes aga mst when plaYlllg fourteen men agamst fifteen IS. I feel, a score of wh ich wc should not be ashamed! We travelled a long way ,for o ur fi.na.l m~tch t? play in a snow ~torm in Felsted. It started very well: Jay Spencer, after a great run, sco red o ur fIrst t r ~ wlthm fi ve mlllut~s. Over-confidence was to be our downfall! Richard HUllle and Jay Spencer scored another two tnes but at the end It was nol enough. We could not convert OU f tries. They converled their fina l one! Never mind, we can a lways blame it on the snow! I would like. to than k all those par.ents wh o braved the elcments to come and su pport us home and away. It was great ly apprecIated by the team and Its coach. Many tha nks to P.W.F. a nd D.M.A . for their expert re fereeing. M,P,H,D, Team/rom: T homas Aldridge (Capt.), Elliot AshurSI, Rob in Ball , O li ver Carte r, James Cheese man Michael Davies, James Dean, C harles Doust, W illiam Drinkwater, Benjamin Goggins, Thomas Grant Dav id Han son' Richard Hume Vesiri Ibru, Thomas Jackson, Christopher Kenwright, Alexander Macdonald-Bell , Ala;tair McGregor, Ryan Mannering: James Odell, Alex O'Keefe, Lawrence Potter, Ben Rolfe, Luke Singer, Robert Swanson, Daniel Williams, Julian Wooderson.

RESULTS

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Played 10, Won 5, Lost 4, Draw n 1. Points for 138, Points against 76 . Sevenoaks (A). Won 42-0 v Dulwic h (H). Drawn 0.0 Duke of York's (H). Won 12-4 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0-26 v Epsom (H). Lost 0-4 Berkhamsted (A). Won 32-4 K.C.S. Wimbledon (H). Won 14-8 v C ran leigh (H). Lost 0-8 Eastbourne (H). Won 26-8 v Felsted (A). Lost 12-14

Junior Colts IC' XV =--:-s car the Pathetic Sha rks came of age. T here was a large and ent husiastic squad for most of the season and five Thl s~ven fixtures were won. We were definitely at our most impressive before half term, scoring 124 points without oLlt O~ing a single point against. Strong, determined running was the main featu re of these early victories with sheer conc~ore than compensa ting fo r any lack of tact ics and tech nique. After half term th ings became tougher as OU f best gLltS s evaporated away like the morni ng dew and the tea m was largely rebuilt under Adam Bissil's captaincy. Still , playe~ins out of fou r for a techn ically weakened side was fa r from shameful. We o nly really looked out of it against a tWO ;ssinglY robotic Tonbridge XV. Ou r most pleasing victory was against Epsom who already had Harrow's scalp de~r r their belts. Mathew Hillier 's early lone tryon a Birley's tem porarily turned into a Mekong delta paddy field plu s un ~y all hour of stou t defence was su ffi cient in what was potentially our most difficult match. Many thanks to a ll n~r turn ed o ut for us and especially to Adam Bissil for his many bravura one-man perfo rmances as captain! Also ~a~ks to D.M.A. for home refereeing and being my plenipotentiary on Wednesdays. S,M,W,

Team/rom: Adam Bissil. (Capt)! S tephe~ Adams, Mark Bentham·Rice, Oliver Carter, Sim on Cook, Alistai.r ~ urz0f!' es Dean, Michael Dav lcs, Wtlh am DaVIes, James Deverall, Harry Eman uel, Marcus Foster, Matthew H Illier, Ne ll

~~ki ns Humphrey Jones, Ch ristian Kenwright, Alexander Macdonald-Bell, Daniel Macey, Scott McLean, A lexander

M~ines Theo Moore, C hristian More, Kieron Murphy, Matthew Pink , Edward Pitt, Curzon Rolla, Daniel Ryan, Benedict Shank l;nd, Frances Summers, James T itchener, Gus Wilkinson. RESULTS

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Played 7. Won 5, Lost 2. Points for 190, Points aga inst 68. Sevenoaks (H). Won 64-0 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 0·42 Duke of Yo rk's (H). Won 38-0 v Epsom (H) . Won 4-0 Bcrkhamsted (A). Won 22-0 v St. Augustine's (H). Lost 0- 14 Bethany (H). WOIl 22-12

Under 14 lA' XV At last some Shell rugby players who had experience in other positions apart from the scru m! Having relied on developing efficient 'forwa rd play in the past few seasons, it was a welcome opportunity to expand our back play. As the results below indicate, th is team scored 250 points and failed to score in only one game. On that alone it could be j udged a sllccessful season, but it was the rapid improvemen t in team a nd individuals' play that makes the better indicator of success. From the first unt idy match against Sevenoaks till the defeat by Tonbridge, the boys learnt a great deal and although there were changes of players and positions they managed to have a run of seven wins. Some of this success was due to the prolific scorin g of Matt Edwards at No.8 and Alex. Ogedegbe in the centre, both of whom scored a hat-trick of tries against SI. Paul's. Edwards soon bettered this by scoring six tries in a n outstanding performance against K.C.S. Wimbledon where he was always in suppon especially after b reaks made by Kamana and Ogedegbe in our centre combination. ' Also in evidence in this ma tch was Ogedegbe's ability to kick the ball from his own 22 up to our opponents' try-line and the effect ive work of Davies at scru m-half keeping the ball alive a nd switching the direction of play. The scrum was begi nning to take shape wit h a solid but mobi le fro nt row of Haswell, Hewett and Lau, su pported by Stevens and the consistent Roberts in the second row. Our back row was small but mobile with McGregor and LoxtonEdwards support ing Edwards and themselves scoring, against Eastbourne and Du ke of York's. A journey to Eastbourne is never ideal preparatio n for a match but despite conceding an early try the side proved their worth and recovered through some ind ividual efforts by Ogedegbe. Determination and support a llowed Jeelani and Wiseman bot h to score. W ith confide nce now riding high the team proved too strong for Kent College which was a relief for Ben Loxton-Edwards, whose brother was having to mark Ogedegbe. In this game Paris added size and a competitive spir it to the front of the lin eout and the forwa rds prov ided good ball for Wiseman to set the backs going with even the wings getting the ball and McConnell sco ring. For Dulwich a nd the p rospect of tougher opposition to come, Stevens moved to prop and de Haan added some solidity to the back row tackling. With Massingham beginning to posit ion himself better at fu ll-back the team put in a very tidy performance against a strong Dulwich team, scoring some fine tries through Edwards, Ogedegbe a nd Kamana. This was one of the best team performances and was an enormous improvement from the first game. It was then disappointing to see the side underachieve against Tonbridge and make so many basic mistakes. Having had a good stan when Ogedegbe ran in for a try, the team lacked cohes ion a nd had little idea how to defend against the inclusion of Tonbridge's full-back in to their li ne. Effort was not lacking in the nex t game against Epsom where Jeelani fi nally had his wish granted and moved from wing to wing·forward to link up with Edwards. One defensive slip allowed Epsom to Score and despite a few opportun ities through brave play by 'odd-job' Lau we m issed cool heads when it mattered. The need for co llective concentrat ion was in evidence against Cran leigh when a commanding lead was whitt led away when poor tackling and lapsed concentration allowed the opposition to score in the 'inju ry time' added on by Mr. Milford.

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This was after a superb tfy by Ogedegbe when he finaJly caught a crash ba ll and sa iled in under the posts. 0 and Kamana engineered two good tries agai nst Felsted from penalty moves, but this was not enough againstg~leghe a nd competent side who exploited OUf weaknesses in defence . To conclude, I wou ld like to thank all the pia e aTat hope they call continue to learn and develop their own skills while contributing to a team effort a nd who kno~:s ahOd may improve on this season's results next yea r. I ey I would like to thank Matthew Edwards for being such a reliable and responsible captain. He led by exam I the field, being the top try scorer, and played in every match a nd with Dunstan Kamana saved ma ny tries b/fic on covering tack les. The season would not be possible without th e invalua ble help of my colleagues, Mr. Teeton a n~CbCt Hands, who braved all weathers and last-minute selections and despite losing many things they kept a sense of humo r. "fhank you to all ~h.e parents for their support a nd advice, to referees, grou ndsmen and all boys who helped run ~. hne or host our visitors. t I

S.E.A. Team: Matthew Edwards (Capt.), Michael Davies, Rafael de Haan, Michael Haswell, Russell Hewett, Sahir leela . Dunstan Kamara, Steven Lau, Ben Loxton-Edwards, Tristan McConnell, And rew McGregor, Ben Mossingham , Alexand':' Ogedegbe, Jamie Pa ris, George Roberts, J ames Stevens, Sqot Wiseman. r Also played: Alexander Bi.n gham-Wilson, Ranji t Gaind , Julian Hinves, Ad a m Jackso n, Nicholas J enki ns, Micha I Preace, J ohn Sweny, Sebastia n Vance. e RESULTS

v v v v v

Played 12, Won 8, Lost 4. Points for 250, Points against 105. Seven oaks (H). Lost 14-18 v Kent College (H). Won 40-0 Duk e of York's (A) . Won 28-0 v Dulwich (H). Won 12-0 St. Paul's (H) . Won 32-0 v Tonbridge (A) . Lost 4-25 Berkharnsted (H). Won 20-6 v Epso m (H). Lost 0-4 K.C.S. Wimbledon (A). Won 42-4 v Cr-a nleigh (H) . Won 22· 16 Eastbourne (A). Won 26- 10 v Felsted (H). Lost 10-22

Under 14 '8' XV It rarely occurs that a team completes a seaso n with a 100% record . No, this was not the most success ful rugby team this year. The complete opposite is the case. On alm ost every occasion we were at a physical disadvantage. At this ale this is a significa nt fac tor in the opposition's favour. However I do th ink that with a little broadening-o ut, the development of already promising sk ills a nd the resulting confidence wh ich result s from the former two processes , ma ny of these boys will play in more esteemed teams in future years . It might have been understandable if, after a string of heavy defeats, a feeling of resignation a nd despair had set in . However, in the case of this team their determination to earn the respect of their opposition increased as the season progressed. With the exception of the games against Ihe Duke of York' s a nd Dulwich we were ncver beaten in th e set scrums. Play in the lineouts improved as the term progressed. However it was in the loose and in the bac k lin e that the real problems arose. Lack of pace, defensive skills and initiative cost us dear in every game.

P.T.

Team: Nicholas Jenkin s (Capt.), Benjami n Alexander, Alexander Bingham -Wilso n, Thomas Bucher, Rudolphe d' Arjuzon, Maurice Fakoury, Michael Haswe ll, Julian Hinves , Max Holmes, Neil Hopkins, Adam Jac kson, Hamish Lemmens, Patrick Osmond, J ames Smit h, John Sweny, Sebastia n Vance, Robert Wallace. Dylan Wyn Pugh. RESULTS

Played II , Won 0, Lost II . Points fo r 32, Points aga in st 254.

Under 14 'C' XV This was the most exte nsive fi xture list the UI4C team has had to date. Thou gh they were a little way off match ing the results obtained by last year's record -breaki ng team, they frequentl y acq uitted themselves with distinct ion and character. There was no chance to playa' D' fixture this term. but it should be ment ioned that the team had many very creditable reserves , always eager to wait in the wings or on the touchline. In tight situations. the pack were never worsted. Perrin and Osmond were excellent in loose and tight situa lion ~, Rosato gained in confidence, and in Roman, Gourmand and Clarke there was a specialist fro nt row in reserve. Moore and Mann were powerfu l locks who never quite acq uired the mobilit y they were ca pable of, a crit icism which could also be levelled at the earlier ga mes played by the back row of Bell and Petrie, and Gledhill, Morrison, or Dc Haan. Petrie and Perrin were the players who im proved most in th e co urse of the season. The half-backs took time to sett le. Sebline partnered Cole or Stazicker, the for mer dist inguishing himself by some accurate kicking, and a good head for defensive tactics. At centre and on the wing, attack ing play improved considerably, with particularly stro ng running by Bray, a nd good use of crash ball by Wigley, but tack ling tended to be left too oflen to the full backs, Jeans a nd Wacher.

80 PERSPIRATION (William Scoll)

There were some closely fought and exciting games. We scrambled in against Sevenoaks, and, encouraged by the d XV scored in the last minutes against an unbeaten K.C.S. Wimbledon team. Eastbourne, a new fixture, brought lr other' good fight at the fini sh, whilst the games against Bethany and Felsted produced the best play of the season, a~th the backs looking confident and at times almost inventive, and, in the latter game, the back row developing greatly ~~\ ced to the breakdown. The Duke of York's UI3A were too quick for us on the flanks. St. Paul's were faced too rl~ in the season, and Tonbridge produced far and away the best 'C' team I have seen at this level. Two minutes ~~ lapsed concentration against Epsom produced an unflattering score line. The captain, Charles Bell, was largely responsible for the gusto with which each fixture was taken. There can be o doubt that this vocal chords are good for many a congregational practice. Mr. Teeton again aided us great ly by "is clear advance selection of the 'B' team, and Mr . Huilah, Mr. Jackson, and Dr. Thomson did a variety of favours, hhiCny refereeing at home, and accompanying the team on away matches. The greatest debt is to Mr. Anderson. Even in C .season when there was so great a temptation to co ncentrate on his own team, he put the interests of the year group , and of future King's rugby, above them, ensuring a sound training for ail boys in the laws and techniques of the game. large number of boys playing rugby at senior level, and the increased competence with which they do so, are his perhaps inadequately art iculate reward, and it was excellent to see his own team have so successful a season. I am sure that severa l of this very promisi ng 'C' team are capable of going on to play' A' team rugby, as many of their predecessors have before them. T.R.H. Team from: Charles Bell (Capt.), Nicholas Bray, Parry Clarke, Josh ua Cole, Robert CorbaJly, Christopher Dain, Jordan Frieda, Paul Gaskell , Hugh Gled hill, Stephen Gourmand, Benjamin de Haan, Alistair Hawkins, Max Holmes, William Jeanes, Thomas Mann, Thomas Moore, Douglas Morrison, Danny Nasaifuddin, Patrick Osmond, Paul Perrin, Duncan Petrie. Corwin Roman, Michele Rosato, Edouard Sebline, Thomas Stazicker, Rochard Tozer, Thomas Wacher, Andre Wigley. RESU LTS Played 10, Won 5, Lost 4, Drawn I. v Sevenoaks (H). Won 8-4 v Eastbourne (A). Won 10-8 v Duke of York's (A). Lost 28-4 v Bethany (H). Won 20-4 v St. Paul's (H). Lost 20-0 v Tonbridge (A). Lost 38-0 v Berkhamsted (H). Won 20-4 v Epsom (H). Lost 16-0 v K.C.S. Wimb ledon (A). Drawn 8-8 v Felsted (H). Won 26-4

Badminton The construction of the Recreation Centre, replacing the problems of St. Mary's Hall, has seen the number of badminton players ex plode, and the School teams have benefited as a consequence, all achieving com mendable success. The 1st pai r in the UI9 team, Richard Majlinder and Ch ris Newbery, entered the East Kent Schools' Tournament with an unbeaten record, and failed to reach th e final s in the Tournament by only one point, losing to Gravesend (who won the Team and Pairs Cups for the fourth year running). The 2nd pair had a mixed season, winning 'on ly' nine out of fourteen rU,bbers. Nic k Shepley tried out various partners before finding happiness in Miles Thomas. Their unfortunate loss to both Dover College's pairs, by a larger margin than our 1st pair won, resulted in our on ly lost tea m match of the term (and then only on games). In the Tournament, the 2nd pair just failed to qualify for the semifinals, coming third in the preliminary round-robin stages in their group. The U 16 Team also had mixed results, winning two of their three matches. Chris Newbery again played the key role (when there were no Ul9 fixtures !) together with Matt Belliere, James Greenwall and Jamie Rayner. The U16s look most promising for the future. The first Girls' match in over a decade was also held this term, our team proving far stronger than they themselves had expected, winning 3-1 against SI. Lawrence. The fun they had must surely translate into more fixtures in the future. We were able to show off our new SPOTtS Hall on the Sat urday after its official opening by hosting the East Kent Schools' Tournament. Our thanks to all the staff, especially those who prepared the food ! Our thanks also go to Mr. Mathews, Mr . Jackson, to our bri lliant coach Mr. Pat Davis, and to our re-stringingexpert Mr. Churcher. Minor Sports colours were awarded to Richa rd Majli nder and Ch ris Newbery. RICHARD MAJLlNDER AND R.J.M. RESULTS U19: Played 6, Won 5, Lost I. Tournament: 1st pair. Semifin als; 2nd pai r: Preliminary stages. Team: Richard Majlinder (Copt.) (7), Chris Newbery (7), Nick Shepley (6), Miles Thomas (4). Also played: Brian Yau (I), Jonathan Bailey (1), Matthew Belliere (I), Samant ha Newbcry (1).

81 INSPIRATION (Michael Gillespie)

U16: Played 3, Won 2, Lost I. Team: Chris Newbery (2), Matthew Belliere (3), J ames Greenwall (3), Ja mic Rayncr (2). Also played: Andrew Waddc ll (1 ) , Ben C raddock ( I). U19 Girls: Played I, Won i. Team: Samant ha Newbcry, Abiga il Bissill, Ha nnah Gledhill , Claire Ncalon.

The Boat Club Sculling Squad This has been a re latively successfu l term under our new leader Mr. Parker. He has definitely brought wi th hi great dea l of charactcr, bu t his ha t collect ion is very limited! The most success ful scu ller of the term has to be N~ a 'Nigel Spud' Prince who has won five races and an interview with thc Kenlis" Gazelle. The girls have also been SUC~;Clk u. The first head of the term was at Maidstone with Spud and lona winning their catagories. The next was at WeybridS and again our star Spud won and the rest of the results were very mixed. Ha lf term was then upon us, but this did not stop the real men from sc hool competing. The first race was at Marlow whic h appea red to be a lota l disaster but Nigel managed to win and also beat for the fi rst time Tom 'Sunshine' Fil by. Hampton was the next head and afle some very dodgy timing by the timekeepers Nigcl still pulled off a win. Pangbourne was thc next head and no-one manag~ to win, but some good results were had. Docklands was cancelled but this did not stop us from go ing up there to find out. Walton was the next head. Here Su nshin e and Spud came third in their pair against some very good OPpOSit ion These are all the results to date, and with Burway still to go we hope that we ca n finish off the term with a good result: Now the thank yous. Mr. Willis has never ceased to amaze with the speed and skill which he mends the boats. Mr Graham, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Rcilly and Mr. Hooper have all helped down at the lak es. Mr. Parker has done a greai job at organising us, and we hope that he has enjoyed his fir st term. Btl.! S\\'ANSO'

Henley Royal Regatta 1990 The Summer term ended 100 early for a report of Ihe VIII's performance at Henley, and I hope that readers will forgive this rather laIc account. It wasn't the toughest of draws, it wasn't the easiest of draws but it was challenging. We were to meet Hampton 2nd VIII, certain ly not a slow crew , then, if successful it was likely to be Sa lisbury School U.S.A. and if successful against them we would probably meet Eton - we cou ld hardly expect to go much further! Hampton 2nd VIII proved to be less difficult to beat than we had anticipated and, once we had established a fa irly casy lead. we were never really threatened. Indeed, had we known that Hampton's 1st VIII was to perform as poorly in the competition as they did, we might becn less afraid of their 2nd V111, but it was no bad thing to have gone into our first race with the adrenalin flowin g. The Friday race against Salisbury School from the U.S.A. was a n unknown chal lenge - on the face of it Salisbury seemed, from the time for their Thursday race, not to be all that fa st but race times are very often deceiv ing, hiding thc true pacc of a crew. The crew was less nervous as thcy boated for the race and clearly a ll aboard felt that we would win. This mood of confidence was maintained inlo the early stages of the race when we estab lished a half length lead but, after the Barrier, Salisbury started to come back and, by half~way, at Fawley, th ere was only a few fe et in it and soon Salisbury looked to have a significant lead. Looking from the launch I mu st say I thought that it was all over but it was clear that Salisbury had over-strctched themselves in gaining the lead and they looked fragilc. Could King's exploit this or had we too expended too much energy already? Suddenly we seemed to sense Salisbury's plight and our rowing became more detcrmined and, first we started to hold Salisbury and then to move back at them. As the crews came to the enclosurcs a race of epic proportions was developing and with the Stewards' Enclosure rising to support the 'home' crew King's found hidden reserves and pulled past Salisbury to reach the finish, a canvass ahead. Vcry rarely in this sport does a crew lose the lead and then manage to regain it and go on to win; all who rowed in the VIII in this race ca n a nd ought to be proud of their achievement. Twenty-four hours is not cnough for schoolboys to recover fully and it was not surprising that the next day, aga i n~t Eton, the crew cou ld produce none of the life that it had shown the day before, and our defeat by about two lengths was not surprising and, in itsel f, not a bad result - we had won our regatta the day before - that was what mattered. It was a good regatta for King's and a happy way for me 10 bow out as coach of the VIII. I only wish to add that Bcn Long and Bill Swanson went 011 to represent Britain in the Co upe de Jeunesse, Ben in the coxed four and Bill coxing the VIII. They are both 10 be congratulated and, 1 hope, emulated by others in thc future. R.M.H.

Henley Crew: Bow James Brett, 2 Timothy Bagshaw, 3 Charles Robinson, 4 Benjamin Long, 5 ChrislOpher Hall, 6 Robert Wallace, 7 Thomas Filby, Stroke Jamcs Waddcll, Cox William Swanson. 82

YELLOW RIBBON DAY (Michael Gillespie)

Fencing -:;'hiS term has undeniably been fu ll of outstanding achievements, both in school matches and in individual com petitions. o three school matches were won by convincing margins, largely through the efforts of the second team, who frequently uJ to make up for inexperienced thirds. Against King's Rochester. we ma naged to avange last year's unlucky defeat h~ I a 47 -34 victory. Worth proved much easier, although OUf third epee team still managed to lose 9-0! Much praise ~lt ~e to Oli van den Broucke for win ning all his fights , boosting the scareline to 54-27. K.C .S. Wimbledon fie lded 15 tsappointingly weak team, turning what is usually a very close match into a safe 38- 16 win. Alex Ellison found excellent ~ ~ losing only th ree fights o ut of eighteen in the fi rst two matches, while Shafik Saba proved himself a true captain ~~h ~onsistent ly good sabre results and even a victory or two at fo il. As usual King's dominated the Kent schoolboys' competitions, winning a total of five titles. In the senior fo il , Alex k the g~ld, with Oli th ird and Shafik. cracking under pressure, a d isappointed fifth. James ' B!oggs' Crawfurd at tO~ \Von the ju nio r fo il at his fourth and fina l attempt , joined in the final by Ray Man, Fraser H ughes and Charlie ~ro\Ve We were a lso successful in the Kent Novices competition wh ich had a large entry of adu lt fencers. Shafik took he b r~ n ze medal, with O li a nd Fraser fourt h and fifth. In a tougher-than-usual Kent Men 's tournament, A lex and ~ames both made it th rough to the final, where they surprised everyone (including themselves) by fin ishing second and Ihird respectively. Rumou r has it that this has earned Alex a place in the Kent Senior team , but it is not yet definite. The pressure was on at the Kent Schools' sabre competition, with Shafik and James defending the senior and junior litles respectively. Both were successful, but not without difficulty: James won the vital fig ht 5-0 amid some controversy, wh ile Shafik beat A lex 6-5 in a barrage in the seniors. Hugh Gledhill a nd Graeme Parkin, fencing sab re fo r the first lime came second and thi rd in the under- 14 event. A nother tit le we retained was that of the Kent three-weapon team competition. The 'A' tea'!l, u nch~nged from last. year, \~on fourteef! ?f their fifteen ~igh ts. while the 'B' team came a close th ird. We sadly did n.ot WIO an~ medals 10 the girls' competit io ns, but Georgma Salmon , Sarah Mullen and Tiggy Biggs a ll reached the fmal of their events. In the South-East competitions, Alex Ellison won the under-IS foil and epee and came third in the sabre, unquestionably the school's best ever res ults a t this level. J ames jo ined him in all three fi nals, but had to settle for second, third and fifth. In the under-IS girls' fo il , Jen ny Gill did very well to come fo urth against much more experienced opposition. At the under-I6Ievel, we had only two fina lists: Charlie Crowe at sabre and a much-improved Ray Fu at fo il. We have competed in fewer open com petiti ons than usual, but so me of our results have been amazing. In the Whitgift under-I 7 epee compeli!i,?n, fea turing mos~ of the national squad fence~s, Alex Ellis<?n won a close-fought fi na l against the national champion, while James and Bnan Sun came fourth a nd eighth respectively. As always. many, many than ks are due to Paul Romang who has been untiring in his coaching and equipment-mending. Mr. Jennings has been great, a lthough some of us still find his driving a touch hair-ra ising. Dr. Bridge, despite his fulltime commit men t to swimmin g, has kept up his armoury work, and we owe a great deal of o ur success to his ability 10 solve even the most baffling of electrical faults. However, the club really wou ld not be the same without the fencers themselves , and this term has been one of great success for fence rs of a ll ages and abilities. Special than ks are due to our illustrious captain, Shafik, Brian Sun (the V.C.), who has been awarded the John Hildick-Smith cup for his contribution to the club, Alex and O li. JAMES CRAWFURD,

Girls' Hockey 1st XI Trials at the beginning of term filled me withi'opt imism - o n the pitch in fro nt of me I saw considerable talent and impressive 'depth'. For this reason, the selectio n of a 1st XI was an exceedingly d ifficult task . However, this has also had its benefits, fo r whenever ill ness a nd injury have struck in the 1st X I there has a lways been a host of sk ilful players from whom to chose a replacement. The team's perform ance during the fi rst ha lf-term alm ost lived up to my high expectations. A 2*0 defeat by Cranbrook in the first fixture of the reason revealed the necessi ty to introduce a change of system , for '5,3,2, 1' was leaving the team blatantly vulnerable in defence. A fitness cam paign was also high up on the list of priorities . A week later, with a change of system ('4,2,3, I , I ') and a couple of spri nt sessions around Birley's behind them, the team notched up a 4Âˇ2 victory against a somewhat disorganised, but nevertheless sk ilfu l O.K.s. side. The highlight of the seaso n so far came very early on in the term. The Kent Schools U I S Tournament was to prove more eventful than an yone cou ld have imagined. Every match played had to be decided on pena lty strokes, but that was only half of the d rama. After the second match, Elisa H udson had to be taken to casualty fo r a suspected broken ank le. Whilst Jo Broadley (GK) drove Elisa and me to the hospital, Georgie Grant (LW) was nominated to don the pads and kickers and stand in goal to face ten penalty strokes to decide which team was to go through to the next round. In spcctacular sty le Georgie saved a lmost all of the strokes and, despite having had absolutely no prior practice, our ?wn stroke ta kers drove several flicks in to the back of the net to place us securely in the q uarter-fi nals. J o was back In goal to save the penalty strokes from T unbridge Wells and the team suddenly fou nd itself in the sem i-fi nals against an exc~ptiona lJ y stro ng Queen Elizabeth's side. Despite being without th ree of our regular players, (Camilla, Nicky and Ehsa had a ll had to be replaced), King's pulled out their best ever team performance and somehow held their stun ned opponents to a draw, only to be denied a place in the fi nal by those inevitable penalty strokes.

83 JUNIOR GIRLS XI - THE FIRST GENERATION (Richard Bef/nett) ~Q"<,!il/g left to right: Sam Curlewis, Michelle Traylor, Isabel Dean, Jo Houghton.., Sinead O'Callaghan, ,ar.net Campbell, Isabella Marozzi, Georgina Salmon, Sa rah Mu llen, Mrs. Janet Pickering. Sslltmg left to right: A nna Record, Amelia Stewart, Ki rstin Gaymer, Mi riam Lwanga, Nicky Strong, Jessie Potter, arah Thackwel l.

Back on the King 's School astroturf, four successive and exciting confrontations all ended in draws. MYSlc ' the team did not seem able to score until the opposition had put the ball between our own goal posts. HOW:IOll5ly. the time that half tecm came around we had reboosted OUT confidence by 'clock ing-up' two fine victories against ~er. by Valence and U .K.C. Ullon After half term it was curio usly a different story. The first match against a very weak St. Edmund's side turned t? be a disaster, for, after having ~ad 991110 of t~e pre.55ufe, the team was d~feated b~ two go~ls to one. T he lasl OUI fixtures were all agamst very experienced and skilful Sides . They defe ated us In style with supenor passing a nd a g fOu r level of team determ ination. realer However. all optimism is not lost. With considerable emphasis on passing patterns and working as a team lath than relying on individual skill. the remainder of the season promises to be very successful indeed. er It would not be feasib le here to mention each individual's contribution to the team's performance this term Th are however certain aspects of team play to which I should like to refer. The defence has gone from strength to st~eng~~e Jo Broadley's confidence in goal continues to increase and Nicky Venn and Susie Trayling have both proved to be eXctiJ . sweepers. Kate de Lotbiniere and Flo van Notten have impressed me with their well-timed tackles and close mark~nl and , in the centre, Clare Haslock's work-rate. thoughtful distribution of the ball and impressive determination h~nl continued to inspire her team-mates. The forwards and link players have a ll made spectacular runs for goal with lauve Daley being far and away the top goal scorer by an impressive margin of eleven goals. I should also like to ~ongratula~' Camilla Lacamp on her sound captaincy and tireless enthusiasm, both on and off the pitch. e S.K.M. Team: Camilla Lacamp (Capt.). Joanna Broadley , Laura Daley. Catherine de Lotbiniere. Georgina Gran t Zoe Harmsworth, Clare Haslock, Elisa Hudson, Hannah Reid, Susannah Trayling, Florent ine va n Notten, Nicola Venn Rebecca Williams. â&#x20AC;˘ Also played: Pippa Adamson. Jane Dyson, Benedicta Fritzen, Laura Lenox-Conyngham, Elspeth McGregor, Camill, Pa lmer. RESULTS: v C ranbrook (A). Lost 0-2 v U.K.C. (H). Won 3-0 v O.K.S. (H). Won 4-0 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 6-1 v Dover College (H) . Lost 0-3 v St. Edm und's (H), Lost 2- 1 v Simon Langton (H). Drawn 2-2 v Cran leigh (A). Lost 0-5 v St. Lawrence (H). Drawn I- I v East bou rne (A), Lost 0-5 v Sevenoaks (H). Drawn I-I v Epsom (A). Lost 0-2 v Kent College (H). Drawn I-I v Geoffrey Chaucer (H). Lost 0-2 v St. Lawrence (H), Lost 1-4 Kent Schools UJ8 Toumamellt:

v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 5-3 (on p,s. ) v S1. Lawrence . Won 4-2 (on p,s.) Quarter-Fillals:

v Tunbridge Wells. Won 5-2 (on p,s,) Semi-Fillals:

v Queen Eli zabet h's. Lost 1-4 (on p.s, )

2nd XI The statistics suggest that the 2nd Xl season was little short of a disaster. Fortunately, this is far from the truth, fo r despite achieving only a single victory, there were so me fine individual and team performances, Elspeth McGregor must be commended for the determination and work-rate with wh ich she captained the side. Pippa Adamson made some spectacular solo runs up front, but somehow luck always seemed to be on the goalkeeper's side. Camilla Palmer, Jane Dyson a nd Emma Campbell all deserve a ment ion for the tremendous improvement in sk ill which they have demonstrated over the term, and Matilda Mitchell cannot be om itted, for there has been none so determined as she on the pitch. Unfortunately, the 2nd team did not manage to field the sa me eleven players twice, for illness, injury, music and Oxbridge commitments seemed to be rife. For this reason, the team lacked cohesion, wh ich is such an essential com ponent of a successful side. Benedicta Fritzen joined the side very la te on in the term, but has already enjoyed so me magnificent performances and obviously has natural fl air for the position o f goal-keeper. I hope tha t she a nd Anne Thoma will st ill be with us for nex t season . T his report would hard ly be complete without reference to the term 's one and only victory again st Cranleigh. Sudden unavailability of 2nd XI players meant that four U,14s (Kirstin Gaymer, An na Record, Amelia Stewart and Nicola St rong) had to be drafted in at the last minute. The opposition was also in a somewhat disorgan ised state, However, King's really worked as a team for the first time this season and there were excellent performances fro m the junior players. Pippa a nd Kirstin fina lly sent the ball thundering against the backboard to defeat C ranleigh by 2 goals to O. I look forwa rd to many suc h performances next seaso n. Finally, my sincere than ks mu st go to Mrs. Woodley and Mr. Henderson for all their in valuable assistance with both the 1st and 2nd Xis th is term. S.K.M. 84 A LONG JOURNEY (Rachel Dillwiddy)

• Team jro!n: Elspeth McGregor (Capt.), Pippa

Adamso~1 Ant~nia B~nd.

Elanor Dymott, Jane Dyson Be

Fritzen. Jeem Lee, Lau ra Lenox-Conyngham, Andrea Lew Is, Mati lda Mitchell, Samantha Newbery, Camiil pnedltta Victoria Robson, Fong-Teng Tsoi. Anne T homa. a almer, RESULTS:

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v v v v

Cranbrook (A ). L ost 1-2

v St. Lawrence (H). Lost 0-4 v Scvcnoaks (H). Lost 0-4

Dover College (H). Lost 0-1 Kent College (A). Lost 0-7 Simon Langton (H). Lost 0-2

v Sutlo n Valence lst XI (H). Lost 0-2 v Cranlcigh (A). Won 2-0

JUNIOR GIRLS The season could not have got off to a better start. with a narrow victory agai nst Cranbrook after only a

of practice sessions to select a team from the very first intake of jun ior girls. The abunda nce of talent was Cviden~O~pIc

from the stan, but. it took a li.tt le while to identify !he best po~i.tions for some pl~yers. Alth o~gh we lost OUf next ~haht matches all were, m fac t , qU ite close and played m good SPirit. Our forward Ime became IIlcreasingly strong a r~ season progressed. Ki rstin Gaymer and Nicky Stro ng worked most effecti vely toget her down the lert side and t. e Campbell proved herself to be a high ly competent and ent husiastic right-winge r. We have had a few problems rr.'tl accurate shooting, but Samantha Curlewis, Sarah T hackwell, Joanna Houghton and Jessica Potte r have all take With the challenge of cent re forwa rd andlor right inner position with some success and all show great promise. We up been blessed wit h a good choice for the defensive line-up: Georgina Salmon, Sarah Mullen and Michelle Traylor a\c consistently reliable backs, Anna Record played like a little terrier at right half, Priscilla Parish's ability to hit Outstandm; well as centre resulted in the ball reaching the wings frequen tly and accurately, and Sinead O·Callaghan. at right half was definitely the most improved player of the term with a very classy sty le of play. Amelia Stewart adapted well t' the diffe rent posit ions in which she was required to play and proved effect ive both as half and as inner. Ou r ga~ against SI. Lawrence and SI. Edmund's were memorable not just because of the large margin of our victories, but beca\UC we were really playi ng together as a team. It was marvellous to fi nish the term with another win - and yet another hat-trick fo r Kirstin who scored an amazingjourleen goals this term. It also gave Miriam Lwanga another oPPOrtunity to display her goalkeeping skills. However, Miriam has not onl y been a steady saver throughout the season she has also been a brilliant captai n, always giving advice and encouragement throughout the periods of play and ready to gi\'c praise and constructive criticism afterwards. There is much good material to build on in our squad and we look forward to a very successful season next year. Our thanks go to Mrs. Pickering and Miss Mills fo r their help and enthusiasm and to Mrs. Wood ley and Mr. Henderson for occasionally taking matches or practices. We are also extremely gratefu l to the fa ithful band of pupils and parents who came along to offer very welcome and valuable support - could Mrs. Record please arrange to bring Nicholas to all our matches next year? MIRIAM LWANGA AND J.D.P. Team players:. Miriam Lwanga (Cap~.),. Harrie.t Camp~ell, Samantha Curlewis, Kirstin.Gaymer, Joa nna Houghton, Sara h Mullen, Smead O'Callaghan. Pnscilla ParISh , JesSica Polter, Anna Record, Georgma Salmon, Amelia Stewart Nicky Strong, Sarah Thackwell , Michelle Traylor. ' A lso played: Isabel Dean, Alex Diez de Rivera , Isabella Marozzi, Melanic Lut her, Lott e Moor, Amy Shepherd. RESULTS v Cranbrook (A). Won 3-2 v Sevenoaks (H). Drawn 0-0 v Dover Co llege (H). Lost 0-2 v Sutton Valence (H). Lost 0-1 v Kent College (A). Lost 0-4 v St. Edm und's (H). Won 10-0 v Simon La ngton (A). Lost 0-4 v Herne Bay Hockey Club (H). Drawn 0-0 v St. Lawrence (H). Won 9-0 v Kent College, Pembury (H). Won 5·1

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Squash T his term has seen the revival of King's fort unes at squash. The more amenable surroundings in the Recreation Centre. and the addit ion of two new courts have meant th at more people tha n ever before can play the game when they want to . In addition to this Dr. John Potter , an ex-Oxford Blue and Mr. Ron Gawler, the over-65 champio n of Britain. have played regularly with team members and the resulting improvement in our results has been extraordinary. Matt Willi fe r, the captain and 1st string, had the most difficult matches to play but. for a variety of reasons was never fully fit. Despite this he won three times and was within a whisker of a win against Eastbourne. The strength of the team was in its depth of quality. Will Davies, who started at 3rd string and worked his way up to 1st string by the end of term, was a tower of strengt h and was unbea ten unt il the last match of the season. Against Eastbourne he was two games down and saved match points in the third and fourt h games before running his bemused opponent in to the ground to take the last game without the loss of a poin t. Always keen as mustard and supremely fit , he was an in spiration to the whole team. Mati Odgers lost only twice and played with a maturity unusual for one of his years. H is wins aga inst Harrow and Tonbridge were particularly memorable. He also did valuable work as secreta ry and coach to those girls who wanted to learn the game. Peter Kenyon, after early disappoi ntment against Harrow, improved beyond recognition in att itude and stamina and in the Tonbridge match beat their 4th st ring, losing on ly four points in the process! T his was a record margin by a King's player in the twenty-five years of this fixture. Finally Nick Shepley won every match at 5th string and lost only three games in the seven matches he played in!

C lours were awarded to Will Davies. Matt Odgers. Peter Kenyon and Nick Shepley at the end of the season .

~ullea~s results, with last year's for comparison, were as fo llows: 1lt 1S y Opponents Last year's result

Kent College. Won 5-0 Won 3-2 Harrow School. Won 3-2 Lost 1-4 St. Edmund's School. Won 5-0 Won 3-2 Astor of Hever. Won 5-0 Did not play Did not play Eastbourne College. Won 3-2 St. Lawrence Ramsgate. Won 4-1 Won 3-2 Tonbridge School. Won 3-2 Lost 0-5 Felsted. Lost 2-3 Lost 0-5 nly remains for me to thank the Kitchens for providing food often at a moment's notice and Denise Walsh and It o,aff for all their willing and gracious help for the term. R.P.B. hers

ACTIVITIES C.c.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION Term began wit h the closely matched batt le for succession to the title of cadet R.S.M. finally settled at Warcop. d with a large number of cadets staying on after taking the ir Certificate. We were able to form the latter into a Junior an C.O.s' methods of instr~ction cadre, whi~h has been pursuin~ an intensive advanc::ed cou rse in drill and weat><?n traini!lg, N'd which will be responSible for the recrUits next term. On thiS score. we are hopmg for a good number of girls commg an intO the C.C .F. .m January. II was part icu larly pleasing to sec eight of last year's recruits on summer camp at Warcop, and they have formed the backbone of the fifteen strong squad that have been worki ng towards their Army Proficiency Cert ifica te. The main emphasis has been on map and compass work, leading to a pract ical test out in the countryside near the end of October. After that they proceeded to learn how to set up base areas, and to pat rol. An exercise in hours of darkness on Sco tland Hills gave them a ~rs t taste of the challenges of this sort of work: next term they will be tested in patro!craft on a full weekend exercise. Field Day on 18th October was devoted to orienteering. After a warm, dry early autumn the heavens opened, but fortunately the rains stopped for a sufficient ly long time to allow the exercise to continue . It was a difficult course, in dense woodland near Barham. Cp!. Pritchard and Cdt. Emanual were the individual winning team, and overall platoon winners were Quebec. The annual Inter-Section night exercise took place on 24th125th November . In contrast with other years it was not cold - but it was wet! Nevertheless. all four teams showed considerable vigour. The sma ll team of senior N.C .O.s did well . win ning the third stage on their stealth and d irection-find ing, although the R.A.F . and R.N. managed to beat Ihem overall , with their superior speed. Easter camp in 1991 will be from 23rd to 30th March, and will again be at Aultbea Camp. Loch Ewe, in N.W. Scotland. Finally, at the time of writing fo urteen cadets are about to go to Hythe to take part in the Tri-School Shooting Championship against St. Edmund 's and Sutton Valence. Also we hope to send Sgts. Bruxner, Homan and Penne r and Cpl. Pritchard on either the U.K.L.F. or Frimley Park Leadership Courses in the Easter holidays. M.J.V.

NAVAL SECTION

Atthe start of th is term the sect ion was split up into two parts to study for promotion, the LIS. became Ju nior NonCommissioned Officers (J.N.C.O.s.) and joined with the ot her sections fo r an Officers' course, while the rest of the section studied fo r their LIS . examination . During the te rm we were expecting a helicopter to pay a fl yin g visit. Unfo rtunately owing to overseas commitmen ts. they we re all on standby. During the term we have had two night exercises. The first, Operatio n Press Gang , was 'different' and in volved a large number of people wandering around in ten-mile circles. T hey only real ized this when they saw a clue that they had been there before!! The second night exercise was a competit ion between the two sect ions which was a success for the simple reason that we won!!! Our Field Day was informative rrom the Fleet Air Arm who showed us their survival suits, gave us their sweets and let us ruin the helicopters. All the time they kept a smile on their faces and told us that if we joined we should join the engineering corps (there is no drill!) During the afternoon the coach took nature's call and sprung a leak!!! Mr. McConne ll was forced to chat up women in the street, asking for large quantities of water. Because of this problem we spent the next hour in the engineering department wait ing for the coach while a large number of people left for no apparent reason!! After the coach was .fixed and everybody collected from around the base we set off for the Submarine Museum and then to Canterbury. The term ended wit h the Royal Navy again showing the other sectio ns that we are the senior section , not only win ning the inter-sect ion night exercise. but also organising fo r the whole Navy and a number from the ,ot her sections to go skiing. (How about going to some real snow next time?) A write-up would not be complete without a thank you to Mr. McConnell and our coxswain who have kept the Naval Section going all th is term. HENRY SHELFORD.

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01ENTIAL OFFICERS COURSE AT H.M.S. OSPREY AND R.N.A.S, PORTLAND ,

hree members of the School's C.C.F. Naval Section arrived at Weymouth station uncertain of what to expect. We

~ been invited to attend a two day P .O.C. (Potential Officer Candidate) course by Lieutenant Commander J. Franks

O.K.S. - the Air Engineer Officer of 702 Lynx Squadron based at R.N.A.S. Portland. We were promptly driven at H.M.S. Osprey and issued with security passes. The Wardroom seemed to us to be rather like ~o ~ve-star hotel, where we were given lu xury treatm ent. After an excellent supper (Royal Navy food is renowned) we were allowed to wander around the base to see what s oing on. Under the leadership of Coxswain Davies, who claimed to know the area, we ventured to the top of wa rla nd Bill to get a better view of Weymouth, the Air Station and the Base. Unfortunately, on arriving back at the P~es, LIS. Miller realised that he had lost his security pass! Fortunately the guard had seen us go, and let him back in. g Early the next morning we were presented with the programme: a lecture on survival in flight and in the event of accident, fo llowed by a fifteen-minute flying 'experience'. After lunch we would be given a tour of the station, contro l a~wer and finally the fire station. Everything ran smoothly until the time when we were strapped into a Lynx helicopter ~ait ing for take-over. On his routine inspect ion, the pilot noticed a fault and the aircraft was deemed 'unfit for flying duties'. We therefore returned to the Wardroom for another excellent meal, with the added surprise of sitting next to H.R.H. Pri nce A ndrewl! After lunch, we were finally able to get airborne thanks to the commanding officer of 815 Squadron - Lieutenant commander S. Isacke, R.N., O.K.S. who arranged a two-hour flight with his squadron. We flew from Port land to the Bristol Channel and back, providing ample opportunity for the pilot to show us some aerobatics and for me to prove my suscept ibility to air sickness. To end the day, Lieutenant-Commander and Mrs. Franks very kind ly invited uS home with them for dinner . Wednesday began at dawn. After a quick breakfast we were driven down to the harbour to board the Broadsword Class (Type 22, Batch 2) Frigate H.M.S. Coventry with which we were due to spend the day. After a tour of the ship which lasted until 10.00 a.m ., we went to 'Standeasy' in the Wardroom where we met the Officers. The ship was currently training foreign Navy P. W .O.s (Principal Warfare Officers) on board, and the programme for the day involved being attacked by Hunter aircraft and tracking a German submarine. The three of us were given three shifts, one on the Bridge, one in the Operations room, and finatly one on the Lower decks, Oight deck and in the engine room. I spent the morning on the bridge with the Second Officer of the watch learning how to plot and take fixes. Later on during the day I learnt about the Ops. room, flight desk, control room, and perhaps most interestingly the engine room where LIS. Millar and myself were given a complete tour and explanation oflhe four massive turbines used to power the ship. On entering one of the engine compartments, our Marine Engineer guide discovered a small fire in progress! We were out of the compartment in seconds. The Engineer emerged a few seconds later, drenched from head to toe in water, to complete our tour. We returned to H.M.S. Osprey at 11.30, extremely tired. At 8.00 the next morning we were on our way back to London. We had begun the course with a view to joining the Navy. By the end , two of us for certain had decided our futures. Finally, I must say thank you very much to Lieutenant-Commander Franks, R.N. (who being an O.K.S. will no doubt read this) for arranging such an excellent 'acqua int ' course for us. IAN MILWARD. ha

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ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION During the summer holidays Sgt. Simon Bowker and Cp!. James Turner successfully completed their Hying Scholarships. Simon added an extra ten hours solo flying and thus obtained his Private Pilot's Licence. J/Cpl. Anna Brand went solo in a glider and becomes the fir st girl to achieve gliding wings in the Section. We wish her luck with her application ror a Flying Scholarship. A party of eight cadets, (Nicholas Turner, Robert Clayton, Guy Towlson, James Bridges, Nicholas Forrest, Rodney Jackson, Andrew Groves and Wi lliam Welbourn) spent an interesting a nd lively week at R.A.F. Coningsby. Sgt. Simon Bowker has been nominated as Head of the R.A.F. Section and Brian Sun, Anna Brand and Andrew Groves have been promoted to J/Cpls . They have been attending a J.N.C.O . Cadre this term and will be well prepared to help run the Section in the future . Two new recruits, Bruce Goldin and Alex Martin joined the Section this term. We started the term with some shooting on our .22 range and the following qualified for shooting badges: S. Bowker, E. Hillier, B. Sun , R. Jackson, (Marksman); B. Goldin, (1 st Class); S. Cook (2nd Class). The Hovercraft was cleaned and given a minor service and has been in operation on Blare's and the Green Court. Cpls. James Turner and Nicholas Turner have been giv ing Part II training in Aircraft Know ledge, Principles of Flight and Aircraft Operations to all the First Class Cadets in preparation for an examination next term. Field Day was spent at R.A.F. Manston, but unfortunately the weather conditions li mited the flying programme. AI.I members of the Sect ion have had one night in a Ch ipmunk this term. Eight cadets have had some gliding experience IhlS term. The Night Exercise seemed to be a resounding success for the R.A.F. team but by some strange scoring system the Navy team managed to win by a sma ll margin. We finished the term with two visits to the Sk i-A lpine dry sk i-slope .

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O.K.S. PRESIDENT'S NOTES I ere has been a considerable amount of O.K.S. activity over the last few months, both sporting and social, and

Th~PS most importantly, O.K.S. support for the School Appeal. For the latter, there have been several function s held

per nd Ihe cou nlry, the main object ives being to raise the awareness of the Appeal wit hin the O.K.S. Additionally it ~rou ed Ihal every member of the O.K.S. (both who did and did not attend one of these events) will be encouraged lS 10

~:ate to Ihe AppeaL Indeed, a considerable amount of money has already been received from O.K.S., both personal alions and from Ihe companies/organisations for whom O.K.S. work. At the receptions the Headmaster spoke about

d~nAPpeal the Recreation Centre at Blore's and, of course, gave us an idea of future film s for the school. These functions

. . . er held ;t the followin g locations: Madame Tussaud 's, London - 27th Seplember Jerusalem Room, Westminster Abbey, London - 8th November Lambeth Palace, London Âˇ 26th November Trinity Co llege , Oxford - 27th November Corpus Christ i College, Cambridge - 10th December Cricket SI. Thomas. Somerset - 23rd January 199 1 The reception in the Jeru salem Chamber (by very kind per mission of the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Michael Mayne, O.K.S.) also gave the O.K.S . who attended the chance to hear a very talented string quartet of pupils at the School who were conducted by Stephen Pinnock, and helped make the evening even more enjoyable. We wish the School every success in ach ieving their target as quick ly as possible. I "

O.K.S. LONDON SUPPERS On 29th November thirty-five O.K.S. gathered at the Antelope Tavern, Eaton Terrace. This was the third anniversa ry of Ihe presen t London Suppers, which are held on a Quarterly basis . The Antelope is proving to be a popular venue and is rapidly beco ming established as a regu la r O.K.S. meeting place and provides us with a good ambience and good food. After th ree years, Mike Brown is handing over respons ibility for London Suppers to Richard Wilson (LX, 6 1-66). Anyone who is interested should COOlac! Richard at 86 , North Road . Highgate , London, N6 4AA. Office telephone: 081-446-6611 '

O,K.S. A.G.M. AND ANNUAL DINNER 1991 The next O.K.S. Association Annual Dinner will be on Friday. 22nd March 1991. Following the great success we had last year, it will be held again, for the second year running, at the Whitbread Brewery in the City. As those who attended last year wi ll recall, the facilities and the food and wine were excellent. Dress is black tie and O.K.S. are encouraged to bring wives, husbands, girlfriends a nd boyfriends. We shall again have circular tables for ten people, as this is more sociable and facilitates making up groups of friends. We shall try to arrange for ta bles of simila r age groups to be near each other; and. if possible. so lo guests will be seated wit h contemporaries. ' The bar will be open a t 7.00 p.m. and O.K.S. are asked to make full use of this period to meet their friends fo r a get-together before the dinner. Afterwards the bar will be open until 12.30 a.m. There will be two prizes, based on winning ticket numbers. Tickets will be ÂŁ27.50 per person - an unavoidable increase in line with inflat ion, but will be excellent value. Please contact all your O.K.S. friends and make up one or more tables for what I am su re will be an extremely enjoyable evening. The Canterbury Pilgrims have also met recently and a full account of their recent event is given below by Ewan Pearson and Mike Brown concerning the boat races and Pilgrims Ball respectively. We wish them well for next year as well. Finally, may I take this opportunity to thank the O.K.S. Committee for all their hard work, particularly Mike Hodgson (Secretary) and, of course , Barbara Slimming. My best wishes also go to Mike Brown who will be taking over from me as President of the O.K.S. Association in 1991. I know he wi ll have widespread support, and we all look forward to benefiting from his tremendous enthusiasm and commitment to ensure the continued success of the O.K.S. Association. PETER VALPY.

THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS BOAT RACES After an interval of many years, an ancient tradition was re-enacted, on the lakes at Westbere on 1st September. The afternoon before the Pilgrims Ball was spent (by most of those present) trying to remember what rowing was a ll about and regaling eac h other with old ta les of 10-length victori es (mostly fr om the imagination). whilst a minority of us who could still remember which end of the bat to ho ld grabbed one each and took to the water with fine compet itive spirits (and not a sma ll Quantit y of the real stuff also).

We were hon~ured to have as g~ests the first (and only) VIII of the Colet Boat Club. and later (much later ' afternoon, the pick of the St. Pauls Seho?' Boat Club. Arter some sc ratch ing of heads it was remembered th ) In the were old boys from St. Paul's, so all was fme, a lthough they did look a bit professional in matching kit _ n al Co'n to scare the gentlemen of the Pi lgrims though. at enouah Boats were selected by the time-honou red method (first come, etc.). and a warm-up limit of three years wa d ~Iar.ed. First to blast off were C~l~t ~ Pil~rims . A side-by-side race down the cut, over 500m. Many loud noises later, catapu lted across the flnlshmg hoe about a canvas o f clear water a head. Relief a ll round. Ilanml Nex~ do~n the track were Pilgrims v the K;.S.C.B.C. selected crew . After jockeying for coxes, the Pilgrims a fate :-Vlt~ Richard ~ooper, grat~ful that their .res~rve cox Peter ' I'U keep the bows in the a ir' Ament fe lt the ~cePltd umpire mstead. Resigned to a ~Ire fate, t~e Pllgnms set off at the start (-ish), only to discover after two st rok~ 10 the School had yet to move. Lifted by th is news the Old Boys rowed away to a fine victory of two lengths t h1hat and woofs (from a fo ur-legged supporter) from the bank. The tradition that King 's rowers can go on to e~e a ct ten things was preserved! T he same cannot be said of St. Paul's, however, as the Colet crew were soundly beaten 8btater St. Paul's VIII. n y lhe

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The fourth and final race brought together the boys of the two schools. This is where an ancient tradition was re t Befo.re the days .of many reg,atlas, s~hools ~ould race each other in private matches, and one high point for sK~~~' was Its race agamst St: Pa".'l s. In this year s m~tch much was at stake, the two crews being adversaries throu h ~h s summer season. In a fme display of watermansh ,p, St. Paul's came through at the end to win by about half a he In true Nat. Champs style , no times were taken for any of the races (to avoid embarrassment) . ngt . T he Committee of The Canterbury Pilgrims Boat C lub would like to extend their thanks to the crews and suppa from The Colet, St. Paul's,. K.S.C.B.C: and of course the P ilgrims for makin~ t~e event a rea lity, and to Mrs. Pea~rs and Rev. Peter Allen for laytng on the dnnks and food . The crews have all been mVlted for a re-match in London ncxt )-ear.n

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There was a~ extremely s!-,-cc,essful Pilgrims Ball fo llowing th~ racing on 1st September, celeb rating the Centena of the foundation of The Kmg s School Boat Club. In a splendid red and white striped marq uee on the lawn behina Bro".'ghto!, Hous,e, some .102 Pilgrims and frie':lds, including Anthony a~d Vicky Phillips, dined and danced to the music of B!Uy Richards Lazy RIVer J~zz Band and Michael Law (O.K.S.) and IllS Piccadilly Dance Band with lively and romantic musIc from the 20s. The a uction of a large h ~ m and tombola were co nd uc~ed with so me fla ir by Pilgrims' Chairman Peter Ament. A large number of tom bola pnzes ranged from a case of wme and a quantity of Scotch whisky to _ a slice of toast. A really excellent dinner was orga ni se~ by Bruce Allen and a strong vote of tha nks was moved to Bruce. to Peter Allen and a lso to Stephen Graham for helpmg to make the event such a success. The proceedings concluded at around 1 a.m. with a barbecued lamb roast provided by Derry Williams of the Three Horseshoes, Lower Hardres. M.B.

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Mike Backhouse ha~ been contac.ting members of the O.K:S. interested in reviving the fortun es of the rugby club. He reports an encouragmg degree of mterest and fixtures are bemg arranged with Taunton Old Boys Whitney Buccaneers Cranbrook R.F.C. and Tonbridge R.F .C. " . Stuart Armstrong reports that the golfin ~ society c<;lI:,tinues to thrive and that the membership has now reached ninetyÂˇ eight. In the first round of the Halford Hewitt compet l tlo~ the O.K . ~ ..team lost narrowly to a Charterhouse team boasting two former Walker Cup players. In the Grafton Motrlsh competition the O.K .S. team quali fied for the fina ls from the south-east region, but went out during the knoc.kout. Apart from !hese major tournaments, many enjoyable hours have been spent by O.K.S. golfers on courses and m club houses durmg the fifteen fixt ures of 1990 as well as at the LOl:'don and Canterbury suppers. It is encouraging that some young schoolleavers are coming forwa'rd to play for the socIety. One or two have expressed an interest in sailing. If anyone likes the idea of an O.K.S. sailing weekend on the Solent, Peter Ament would like to hear from him or her at Rofford House, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, P041 OSH. 900d ~.K . S. squash players are being contacted by Alistair McFie in the hope that the team can give a good account of Itself m the Londonderry Cup. The team has a lready proceeded to the second round by virtue of a bye! If any O.K.S. would like to join an O.K.S. sporting club, the relevant sports secretary would be keen to hear from them. The addresses of the sports secretaries are as fo llows: Cricket - Stephen Lark, 21 Sweyn P lace, Blackheath Park SE3 OEZ. Fencing - Darren Evans, 81 Manor Forstal, New Ash Green, Dartford, Kent DA3 8JQ. Golf - Stuart Armstrong, 36 Queensbury Place, Camberley, Surrey GUI7 9LX. Hockey - Julian Starns, Twinney Acre, Upchu rch, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 7HA. Rowing - Peter Ament, Rofford House, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight P041 OSH. Rugby and Tennis - Mike Backhouse, Beech Cottage, Water Lane, Hawkhurst, Kent TNI8 5DE. Sq uash - Alistair McFie, Sheepland, Detillens Lane, Limpsfield, Surrey RH8 ODS. MtCHAEL HODGSON 92

~usrRALIAN LETTER 1990 ESTERN AUSTRALIA . ' . rter (MO 44-58) following his retirement has been workmg as an envlronmental.consultant on a range <:>f prOje.cl.s Colin po ld mining to water research for the Government. Still to be see n gently sculhng on the Swan, he tnes to VISit

(rom go .d ley every thlr year. .' . Hen Wiseman (H 24-29) has recently visited the U.K. and stayed with h,is bro.ther E. P. (Bill) Wiseman but otherWise finds (;fOrg. ,mporaries a bit thin on the ground! As a result of the meetmg With Graham Yearwood he hopes to contact his con e . hn Price and Robm Grlffllhs. Jo Page (28-32) plays table tennis for the local league team, which triumphed. He is also Treasurer for the only J. Sha,""'ian three-day event held in Western Aust ralia. equ cH rbin (MO 45-51) and his wife have recently had a son, and hope to return to the U.K. an d make I' lim t he peter a . K" third Harbm at mg s. . ' . ' . . . Cranfield (LX 62-67) writes from central Indonesia where he I~ workmg as an ,.ndependent ml.nmg c~ms~ltal:'t. TillS peter ,location nctessitales a six-hour river trip by speedboat! Previously he was trymg to get a project gomg m VIetnam, prescn . . but overseas capital was not forth commg. 'ORTHERN TERRITORY . . . R (LX 61-65) writes from Darwin that he has just spent his eagerly-awaited s~bb~tical from the.N .T. Fife Ser.vl.ce, 1'!Rili ,~e the wcstern Pacific with his wife and eight- a nd six-year-old sons. The hlghl.lghts .of the tnp were the dlvmg ~~d v'sits to remote atolls. He now find s the call of the sea stronger - from behmd IllS desk!

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Grant (MO 3842) has now retired from his solo general practice, and is earning his Iiv~ng by I~cums round. ~ustraha. P~~iS now able to spend more time flyin g his twenty-five-year-old Czech aeroplane and mst ruCtlng at ~he ghdmg club. I h Watkins (SH 61-66-70) works as an Agricultural officer in the Publicity Unit of t~e Dept. of Pnmary. lndustry, 1 u~. h in volves some rad io broadcast ing. He a nd his wife are in the midst of renovatmg a large FederatIOn home, :it~~ superb views. At weekends they also run 'The Trickle Inn' at one of Hobart' s tourist attractions.

VICTORIA Ro er Sullon (W 50-56) now manages William Noa~l Ltd., 0':le ~f the oldest broking house~ in Australia. This firm gas originally associated with Klein wort Benson pnor to thei r WIthdrawal from the Aust rah.an market. He would be :ery pleased to hear from any O.K.S. brokers with ~n intere~t. in the Australian market. He IS also keen to hear from any members of 54-56 cricket and hockey teams, If they VISit Melbourne. . . .' Peter Weatherhead (SH 37-42) has just spent his annual holiday in a week travelling t? the centre m a ~IP.er Chl~ftam as he says, a cross between backpacking and sitting reading the GeographiC! He IS thoroughly enJoymg reltrement, without causing the slightest ripple! Alexander Gillies (GL 61-66) writes that he has recently rediscovered the O.K.~. ?y. coincidence and now regularly meets with David Sm ith , Tony Bailey and David Wheeler, all of whom left Galpm s 10 1966. They now meet over a glass or twO of red to put the world to rights! . Allan Blaxland (GL 55-60), after an, all-too-Iong period of unemployment th~nks to the pilots' strike, h~s now returned to the U.K. to fly with Air Europe. It follows that he resigned as Austrahan Secretary and would hke to say that he has eonsidcred it a pleasure and privilege to serve the AssociatiC?n and to thank ~II those who have take~ the trouble to keep ill touch by replying to newsletter requests. (Many replies expressed their thanks to Allan for hiS work over the years). Derek Fearon (GR 4041) reports that he and his brother Basil (OR 34-39) have es~ablished a thorough Austral ian dynast.y of eight children and twelve grandchildren. Derek is amused to see that the hst of O.K.S. members notes that he IS REITERED - a most interesting condition he thinks! Gl'Ilham Young (SH 59-63) continues to work for Shell in a planning ro.le, an~ ha~ just ~omplet~d his M:B.A., an achievement that enab les him to concent rate on work and have more time With hIS fami ly. He IS travelhng to the U.K. in May, and will include a trip to Canterbury. NEW SOUTH WALES Gu)' Fletcher (W 51-57) has been a lecturer in Physics at Macquarie University for the past twenty-four y:ars, m~st of it as a Sen ior Lecturer. He completed a Ph.D. in Lase r Light Scaltering in 1975, studying on a p~rt-~Ime baSIS. Apart from this, he and his wife are keen sailors, tennis pl~yers, opera, and conce~t-goers. T~ey now hve m the Blue Mountain s _ so me fifty miles from Sydney, rural and with very much cleaner air. It remams to be seen how long they can to lerate commuting with birds at 5.45 a.m. and commuting to Sydney at 7 a.m.! Mark levitt (MA 53-56) is Commercial Bank.in g Manager of the !"at~onal Mutual Roya.1 Bank in the City. He is also the Bank's represe ntative on a Business Migration Programme, whIch 1Ovolves travel to Smgapore a.nd Hong K;0ng. ~ark is married with two sons and lives on the Central Coast. He still plays cricket, soccer, badmmton and IS RegIonal Master at bridge.

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,.i Andrew Civil (W 76-80) is a contracts ad minist rator with Barclay Mowlem Constructions - a very competitive' currently going th rough tough times . Andrew and his wife leave for the U.K. in No vember fo r his Brother's In~u~lry a nd a visit to the Continen t. Andrew is keen to contact Nick Watso n (W 75-80) and Ala n Milne (W ding, Stanley Curtright (MO 4446) retired as Senior Develo pment Officer with the Comm o nwealth Bank in Pat in J uly 1989, a nd a~art fro~ some casual accoun~ing wor k !s full y occup,ied wi!h grandchild ren and Ovcnr:m,aUa a round the ho me. H Is leUer mcludes some memones o f IllS flfst d ays a t Kmg 's fi fty years ago , with great cl ~ Jobs

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T he highlights o f the year for the Sydney O.K.S. were the Harbour trip to welcome Graham Yearwood and his wife, and the visit o f the School Rugby team to play King's Parramatta. The ha rbour cruise was a happy a ffa ir, attended despite a trocious weather, by ten O.K.S. and their wives. Our than ks to Duncan Campbell for organisi ng the even; so efficiently. The rugby match was played in pouring rain, which made the pitch a quagm ire. Nevertheless the lSI XV match was an entertaining game and a cred it to the Canterb ury team made up from next year' s pro babies that on ly lost 7-0. After the match we were all invited to a most enjoyab le d in ner attended by bot h teams, and our thanks are due to the King 's School Parramatta for their warm welcome a nd hospita lity. QUEENSLAND Robert Ferguson (GR 28-3 1) has lived in Aust ralia since 1938 and has had no contact wit h any O.K.S. until very recently when he met Peter Harding at a Travel Conven tio n in Hobart. He was born in Melbourne and returned from the U.K. in 1938 to start a banana plan tation - a comb inat ion of a drought and the war ruined tha t vent ure. He then jo ined the R.A.N.R. and then transferred to the 2nd A.l.F. to serve in the Middle East a nd New Guinea. Chris Cantor (MA 67-71 ) is a practising psychiat rist with a mix of private and sta te practice, in addit ion to a research posit ion. His wife teaches English as a second language to migra nts. T hey have two young child ren. Patrick Murray (GR 45-51) is st ill practising in Toowoomba. Next April he is pla nning to visit the Co ntinent and go skii ng with a pen friend (male) fo und for him in 1947 by h is housemaster, and then on to the U.K. to meet his daughter in London and hopefu lly to Can terbury. Pat rick is still en joying tennis, photography, French , loca l h istory and a very happy fam ily life.

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O.K.S. NEWS Professor T. Stapleton (1938) has been awarded an Honorary P ro fessorship at the Fourth Milita ry Medical Un iversity of The People's Republic of C hina. A bron ze bust of h is head has been made. One cast is in the chairman's room of the senior brokers of The Fourth Military Medica l University and the other in Profcssor Stapleton's home. The Revd. K. D. Agnew (1953) has been elected Rura l Dea n of the Deanery of Collompton in Devon. A. G. S. Davies ( 1953) recently had an article in the Journal of the Stephenson Locomotive Society. Dr. G. F. Nash (1953) writes that the Teifhard Review, Vo l. 24, No.3 (1989) includes a note by him on Pro fessor J. E. Lovelock's theory of Ga ia whic h he considers wou ld be of interest to O.K.S. D. H. Livesey (1954) retired in 1989 after th irty·three years with the Hong Kong Bank Group in the Far East a nd Middle East. He is presently in Dubai and would be happy to see any O.K.S. who may be in the area. G. T. Beweley (1961) now works in Public Re lations for the National Farmers Union after teaching English and Drama at Cranbrook School.

Wright (1967) has taken up the post of Head of Modern Languages at the Royal Gramm a r School, Worcester. C. N. Busbrldge (1972) writes: '1 have been examined and awarded the Archbishop's Diplo ma in C hurch Music G. S. C.M.) which is o nly op~n t~ t~ose holding the Fellowsh ip of the R?yal College o f Organ ists an~ a lso the .Choir. {A :p ~g Diploma of the same mslltullon .' He was the first successful candidate fo r three years a nd receIVed the Diploma tralOl the Archbishop at Lambeth Palace in November. 'It makes m e smile to th ink of m y academic record at King's fro me all my time and energy was spent in Music or on the river, and a ll my final reports solemnly declared me to wh~.r ot university material." You can imagine that with my d readful A-levels .. .I am very sympathetic to la te developers !~o~ J teach here at Bedford.' f Haddad (1979) is working o n his doctorate in Comparative Literature at Columbia Un iversity, N.Y ., U.S.A. G. f ' Haddad (1979) is work ing as a journalist in Beckley , West Virginia, U.S.A. p. f' Haddad (1979) is wo rk in g on his docto rate in Political Psychology at the University o f Maryland, College Park, U.S.A. N. D. Maynard (1979) became F.R.C.S. in J une 1990 and is now Surgica l Registrar at Guys Hospital. It Brown (Poplett a t school) (1 980) qualified as a chartered accountant in 1989 and has been working for Price \vaierhouse in Pittsburgh since September 1990. He would be very interested to hea r from any a.K.S. in his part of the U.S.A. . J lia Maynard (1980) still in the same fi eld, i.e. Music Agent, is changing jobs and in the new year ta kes up an appointment ~it h the opera house in Madrid ; meanwhile she is travelling 'down under', the first stop being Auckland where she'll meet Robin Finney, and in Sydney she will see Eddie Bishop (1978) who will be there o n ho liday for the test match . Lt. R. J. M. Williamson (1980) is serving o n H.M.S. G loucester as Navigator in the G ulf. J(aren Betts (nee Livesey) (1982) spent th ree years at the Internati onal College o f Oriental Medicine and quali fied B.Ac.M. fROM (U:K.) a nd is very much enjoying her work as an Acupu ncturist. She and her husband a re planning to move to Australia. LI. T. J. L. Williamson (1982) is on H.M.Y. Britannia as Watchkeeper and Bargemaster and currently in the West Indies and Brazil. Captain W. J. MeL. Scott (1 983) has been given an independent command , of a half-squad ron , with the Blues and Royais in Beli ze. Arabella St.John Parker (1984) having a tta in ed a degree in the History o f A rt at Manchester Un iversity is now working in publishing in Oxfo rd . J. W. McK. Newall (1984) is a consulta nt for General Portfolio Financia l P lanning Services, Tonbridge. He joined the company in March and is currently explo iting the poten tial in corporate marketing and sports sponsorship as well as continui ng to provide personal advice to individuals. He lives with two other O.K.S. Julian Camble (1984) a nd Rob Lowe (1984). Together with Tim Edghlll (1984) , Mark Edwards (1985), James Cunliffe (1985), Mark Mortlock (1 984), Andrew Thomason (1983) a nd o thers, he plays fo r The Gales Clu b founded at the begin ning of 1990. He a lso meets Julian Cousins (1 985), Jason Tees (1984), Charles Clouston (1984) and Nick Baker (1985). Dr. C. Jordan (1985) qualified as a doctor in June 1990 (St. Batholomew's Hospital). R. E. Strivens (1985) studied Chemistry a t Oxford for fo ur years and since has been a Chora l Sch olar at Wells Cathedral. He accepted a place at the Royal Northern College of Music to study singing for fo ur years a nd at the Cathedral in Manchester as a Lay Clerk. A t Oxfo rd he was much involved in bot h the ad min istratio n and perfo rmance of choral music, mainly with Schola Ca ntorum of Oxford and took two trips abroad with them and latterly organised his own choir going to Italy and France. S. D. Taylor (1985) successfully produced Berlioz' opera Beatrice and Benedict for the Cambridge University Opera Society. rusa Williamson ( 1985) graduated from Newcastie-uponÂˇTyne Polytechnic in June with a 2: 1 degree in Business Studies and is now working for the Ford Motor Com pany (U.K.) as a personnel graduate trainee in employee relations. Tanera Dawkins (1986) is doing a postgraduate course at the Royal College o f Music. N. G. McCarthy (1986), after graduating from Imperial, is working as a drilling engineer with B.P., and will be based in Aberdeen for at least two years. Victoria Wilson (1 986) is at law school in London before starting articles with Slaughter and May. Clare Edmondson (1987) after grad uating from U.C.L. is a bout to start a Primary P.G.C.E. course, hopefully at the London Instit ute of Educat ion. Miranda Merron (1987) is at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge reading Japanese . She has a full Blue for sailing, a halfÂˇblue for skiing and is Captain of the Un iversity Ladies Sailing Team. C. J. T. Job (1989) has just passed his R.C.B. and starts at R.M.A. Sandhurst in Janua ry 1991.

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ENGAGEMENTS Haswell-Charles C. C. Haswell (1973) to Sarah Folkes. Norton-Christopher NOrlon (1983) to Charlotte Bell.

MARRIAGES Ardouln-Sall y-Ann Ardouin (1977) to Paul M. Ed lin on 8th September 1990. Nicholas Gleed (ex-K.S.C. staff) I the organ, the reception took place in St. Augustine's Refectory and among the guests were many O.K.S. incfu~~ed Ian and Wendy White-Thomson, Edred Wright. Peter Henderson. Michael Law (1978) had to leave early to Pia the wedding of Caroline Topping (1979). Paul is a composer and Sally-A nn will continue her career as a concert si~ al and tcacher. itt Maynard-Dr. Nicholas D. Maynard (1979) to Fionn~ala O'Sullivan in ~ u gust 1990 in !<insale. Co.Cork. Andrew Maynard (1976) was best man and he and Julia (1980) contributed to the mus Ic at the wedd mg. a.K.S. present included PCI TrYlhaU (I 980} and his wife, Beth, Edd ie Bishop (1978), Andry Arends (1979), Nicholas Gill (1979), Stephania Almane~ (1979) and the Dowie fam ily. Robin Finney (ex-K.S.C. staff) arrived at the last minute from New Zealand. 51 WhUe-Thomson-Joh n H. White-Thomson (1981) to Meg Rowe on 15t h September at St. Mary 's Church, Ixworth Joh l~'s two Headmasters were present! The .Reverend Canon J. H. ~dmo nd s and The Reverend Canon P. Pilki ngton' David Seers (1981) arranged for a chOir to sing and a.K.S. prese nt mcluded Andrew McGrath (1981), Joanna Lawso~ (1981) and Felicity Unw in (1983). Barlon-Sebastian G. T. G. Barton (1982) to Susan Jones on 18th August 1990 in Canterbury Cathedral.

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Iqbal- to Amer Iqbal (1976) and Anita , a son, Zeeshaan on 26th September 1990. in Pakistan. Beddoes-to Christopher Beddoes (1979) and Julia, a daughter, Natalie Susanna, on 24th July 1990 in Bulawa~'O, Zimbabwe. Crockett-to Felicity Crockett (1979) nee Pawley, and Neil, a son, James Alexander, on 19th June 1990. Pawley-to Matthew Pawley (1981) and Judith, a daughter, Kat harine Audrey, on 18th July 1990 .

DEATHS Cloke-Frederick Cloke (1924) on 17th August 1990, aged 82. Allport-Nigel R. Allport (1927) on 8th August 1990. Baker-Robert G. A. Baker (I 931) on 31st August 1989, aged 76. Planter ofTravancore, S. India and farmer at Lovedo"n Farm Hock ley, Essex; father of H. A. Baker (1968) and grandfather to a. G. H. Baker (1990- ). Hayes- Major Willoughby N. Hayes (1937) sudden ly in August 1990, aged 71. Gouldsbury-Patrick A. Gouldsbury (1937) during the su mmer 1990. Hamilton-David M. Hamilton (1938). Brown-Captain David Brown (1939) . Mitchell-James Ian Mitchell (1940) on 21st July, aged 68 . Allen-James de Vere Allen (1955) in 1990 in Kenya, aged 54. An obituary for him appears elsewhere in this issue. Payne-Martin T. L. Payne (1960) in February 1990. Longrigg-Harry J . Longrigg (1989) during the summer 1990. An obituary for him appears elsewhere in this issue.

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~his & ~hal Friends of the school who only learned through these pages of the rugby accident which put Leon Katz (T) in hospital wil1 be anxious to know how he is. Leon is at Stoke Mandeville, where he can now sit in a wheelchair. Despite his extensive paralysis he will be taking a number ,?f G.C.S.E. examinations at the hospital this summer. We send hIm our very best wIshes and wIll keep our readers informed about his progress. 99

The death was announced in February of Ronald Groves, Who was to King's from Worksop College by Canon Shirley in 1935. It is rem~rkughl that he combined the roles of housemaster, head of science and bursa abl.e 1943, when he was appomted headmaster of Campbell College, Belfast. He left there to be r unlll of Dulwich College in 1954 and held this post with great distinction until his retirement i~~ler The Lower Master was a pupil at Dulwich for seven of those years. 66. Requiescat

Mr. Andrew McFall joined the Mathematics Department in January fu h swelling the ranks of the South Circular Scholars on the staff. 'Hen er educated at St. Dunstan's College, the University of Kent and St. CatheriW~' College, Oxford. He has held teaching posts at two maintained schools in Canterbury andn~s wife Amanda teaches languages at the Chaucer Technology School. He is adept at o;ganis' IS canoeing a,nd cyclin ~ trips, and ~Ians to introduce petanque at King's. We ~re warned to I~~f out for stnped T-shlftS and Galhc shrugs. (The Lower Master WIll only aSSIst with the lalter.) His pred~cessor in the Mathematics Department, The Reverend Peter Johnson, was inslalled as Resldenttary Canon of Bnstol Cathedral on 5th January. The service was attended by Ih Lower Master and the Chaplain. Technically, P.F.J. was a Canon from 18th December Ih: date of the Letters Patent, and was on the teaching staff for fourteen days as a Canon: Dr. Mallion's international fame in the field of Molecular Structure (in addition to Budd Holly Studies) has brought upon him the appalling task of reviewing over four hundred page~ (and this was only Part B) of a work intended to being together all known benzenoid hydro.carb,?ns. Dr. Mallion's j~dgement on the work is stern: it is written in a verbose (sic) , grandIose 'Jargon' style of Amencan Enghsh whIch IS often mcomprehenslble; there is a slackness of notation, confusion, self-contradiction and a paucity of actual information. Sixth-form mathematicians might do well to avoid committing such aberrations. The same good Doctor's shock at receiving a communication entitled Campaign for Oxford which concerned an appeal for ÂŁ220 million and invited him to pay 'by a single one-off payment: was increased by the spectacle of his very own video maker of yesteryear caught by the camera: the cover of the document shows four members of Oxford University, one of whom is Marlin Edwards (SH 1983-88). Mr. Woodley has had a letter published in Conference and Common Room. the cover of whic h displays two King's pupils standing on the Norman Staircase elegantly representing coeducation . The author has kindly provided the following abridged version of his letter: 'Thirty years ago, leading grammar and public school Headmasters would have been unequivocal in their defence of academic standards, but the comprehensive policies of the 1960s were like a juggernaut and we are still living with the consequences. The Socialist Educal ion Association then set itself three indeological targets: the demise of the grammar schools, Ihe abolition of O-Ievels, and the replacement of all school-based Sixth Forms by 16-19 terliary (technical-cum-academic) colleges. The first two of these objectives of left-wing theory have been achieved; the third was in rapid motion until 'opted-out' schools became possible in 1988. Our own Headmasters have not always been wise to the implications of these concerted changes (failing to foresee, for instance, what G .C .S .E. would do to our Summer Terms), but after H.M.C.'s Extraordinary Meeting on 16-19 at Dulwich last June things are more hopeful. What is crucial now is to pursue differentiation - of institutions, curricula, and examining systems - not further comprehensivisation. This is actually what industry needs, besides enabling us to retain intellectually satisfying A-levels' . The removal of the Common Room, caused by the expiry of the lease on its present premises, and the recent removal of the School Library to Sl. Augustine's, have brought about a number of changes to the use of school buildings. The Common Room is moving this summer from the north end of the Deanery to the medieval bakehouse known as the Marlowe/Mitchinson's Dining Room. A number of adjoining rooms are to be incorporated in this scheme : Ihe Tuck Shop, the Old Common Room and Dr. Mallion's classroom, as well as Mr. Henderson's flal Common Room

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first floor. The Tuck Shop will be rehoused in a new arrangement under the Shirley Hall, on Ih~ Archives have been moved from there to St. Augustine's. The room which accommodated aod ~ '~ool Library from 1939 to 1989 will now be used for private study, lectures and other 1~~he~ingS which used to take place in the Societies' Room or the Common Room. It will be g vn as the Schoolroom. kO o' Before his retirement at the end of January, Archbishop Robert Runcie came to the School in his capacity as Visitor. He gave an address at Pray~rs in IS the Shirley Hall and then answered questIOns at a smaller gathenng 10 the ielies' Room. The Archbishop also visited Walpole House and the Common Room. The Srrcial record of this event in the Visitors' Book is reproduced later in this section for the benefit Â°f~ur readers. It says: 'The Most Reverend Father in God, Robert Archbishop of Canterbury, o 191h January 1991, the day of his visitation, after he had presented the Captain of School oOlh Ihe customary golden sovereign, honoured the Common Room with his presence'. The wlvereign is by tradition, one which has been struck in the year in which the Captain of School ~as born. 1973 was not a good year for so~ereigns or even guineas, the nearest feasible equivalent owadays. In view of the fact that no gumeas were struck 10 mamland Bntam 10 that year, a f973 Isle of Man guinea was acquired for the occasion. The Latin inscription is the work of Mr. Andrew Mackintosh, who is also responsible for Ihe following: 'MORUS ERAM, MORI SUBOLES QUAM REGE JACOBO ANTE JUBENTE SATAM CHRISTI CONCEPERAT AEDES. ELiZABETHA SUOS CUM SEPTEM LUSTRA SECUNDA REXJSSET, CECIDJ MAGNA LABEFACTA PROCELLA, TILiA QUA CEClDIT, QUAM CURIA DICTA MONETAE NONAGINTA ANNOS OCTOQUE TENEBAT AMANTER . HOC MEMOR USQUE MEl TIBI SIT, SCHOLA REGIA, DONUM.' 'I was a mulberry-tree, descendant of the mulberry which Christ Church had previously received, planted by the order of King James. When Elizab~th II had ruled her peopl~ for seven periods of five years, I fell, shaken by a great storm, 10 whIch the hme-tree fell, the hme whIch Ihe yard named of the Mint held lovingly for ninety-eight years. Let this gift always remind V' ilation

you, King's School, of me.'

The salt cruet which has been thus inscribed was made out of the wood of the mulberry tree which stood in the Memorial Garden until the hurricane of' October 1987 and was presented 10 Ihe School by Mr. Paul Pollak.

The Archbishop's retirement has been marked by the publication of a volume of sermons entitled Tradition and Unity and edited by Rabbi Dan CohnSherbok. The contributors include several governors and old boys: the Deans of Canterbury and Westminster, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Provost of Southwark, and Canon Christopher Lewis among them. Of particular interest to our readers may be Lavinia CohnSherbok on 'Failing to Satisfy the Examiners, and the Headmaster 'On Leaving' . No, it is relrospective. It was delivered at St. John's College, Oxford, in June 1986.

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The role of Charles Powell, O.K.S. in the events leading to Mrs. Thatcher's resignation was chronicled in the last issue of The Cantuarian. Now Mr. Major's private secretary for overseas affairs, he was the only official with Ihe Prime Minister at Number Ten on the night it was decided to begin Operation Desert Storm. According to the Sunday Times, Mr. Powell took notes while listening on an extension to the forty-five minute telephone conversation between Mr. Major and President Bush. Hot Line

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Jeremy Cooper (MT 1984-86) directs the lnvicta Wind Orchestra, one 0 aims o f wh Ich IS to gIve concerts m support of deservmg causes. In Ja f th. the orchestra raised £ 100 for the British Heart Foundation at a can nuary Jeremy' s home church, All Saints, Mili tary Road. cen In Sarah Lonsdale (OR 1981-83) is no w a freelance journa list and has done a substantial am of work for various national newspape rs, including an article on co-educational pUblic sch oulnl including King's, for the Observer. 00 s, T he Arts Theatre in Cambridge staged in Ja nuary a production of Mozart's Opera /domen The director was Stephen Taylor (GR 198 1-85) and the producer Eleanor Taylor (GR 1986.8~)· who is still reading Modern and Medieval Languages at Trinity College where Stephen a d Mallhew (GR 1978-82) a lso went after leaving King's. n O.K.S.

It took the Crown Appointments Commission a n unconscionable time I nominate a successor to Dr. Graham Leona rd as Bishop of London. ThO Sunday Telegraph, considering the possible candidates ' in more tradiliona1 mould' pointed out that the chances of Canon Peter Pilkington being considered looked 'slim in the climate of 199 1' as a consequence o f his public school career. It observed that 'a century ago such a man would have been odds·on for a bishopric' .. T he High Master of SI. Paul's, coaxed by one or two members of hIS staff IntO expressmg an oplmon on the allendant rum our , is believed to have anno unced that he wou ld only accept the post on cond ition that his deputy wen I wilh him 'to do all the admin.'.

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Pundits of the sixth form talk will know beller than most that what connecls a conductor, an architect, and a retired H ead of House, is the Opposilion spokesma n on employment. One o f each of them has visited th is term. Stephen Barlow, O.K.S., just before conducting the bicentenary Magic Flute at Covent Garden, took us to his musical desert island. Grant Chum (SH) supplied the sound effects, which included visits from Verdi, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Mozart and Blitheman. The recording of Ihe laller's In Pace which Mr. Barlo w remembered affectionately from his schoo l days was alas no longer available in R.P .S.'s library, but to the rescue came M.D.H. , supplying a recording made while he was a chorister at Gloucester. Post-talk enthusiasms abounded. The Chaplain is soon to be seen at C ovent Garden, whilst In Pace has entered the repertoire of the Crypt Choir. Mansell Jagger, chief Planning Officer for the Canterbury City Council, explained Canterbury's architectura l history a nd gave ill ustrations of the extraordinary re-th ink planned by the designers of the 1950s: a Civic Way stretching from the tower·capped Town Hall in l1le Dane John Gardens through a newly-cllt gate in the Precincts Wall to the Cathedra l so uth entry, and a High Slreel relief road designed to admit as many car-carried shoppers as possible into the City centre. It made the school's controversial plans for Broad Street (also mentioned) sound thoroughly Green. Talks

Sir Patrick Nairne, formerl y P erma nent Secretary at the D.H .S.S. and Master of St. Catherine's College Oxfo rd , spoke on the backgro und to Yes Minister: aficionados of the serial may have been ab le to spot resemblances between a certain T.V. character and Sir Patrick himself. Sir Patrick ex plai ned the qualities a minister looks for in those who serve him , and the vi rtu es Ihey in turn look for in him . Sir Patrick's talk showed that he very clearly has both sets of qua lilies - and a sense of humour (not to mention mischief) to boot. It is some time since a Labo ur M.P. came to speak at King's, and, at the bidding of no less an a uthority than Mr. Kinnock, Ton y Blair was dispatched to poke a stick between the sixlh form bars. He spoke without a note (no reflection of Labour's manifesto) and gave a fascinaling insight into the rationale of the party's present policies. An a nimated and unusually lenglhy question time followed. Sixth-formers who would like to meet the speaker before the talk, as well as members of the Middle and Lower schools who wo uld like to hear the ta lk, are always invited to approach Dr . Hands. 102 l~on EnT CANTUA R

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Tara FitzGerald (BSR) has won first prize in the Canterbury Junior Chamber European Essay Competition. Her reward is a book token and an expenses Bra paid trip to Calais, accompanied by a friend, (Susie Trayling, BSR) 'to learn ",ore about the French way of life'. va

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Mark Dobell (GL) has been selected for the British Youth Choir.

A number of members of the School have distinguished themselves in County and National sports events. Tim Bagshaw (BR), Ben Craddock (LN), Myles Orsler (LN), Robert Wallace (BR) and Quentin Webster (LN) have played ugby in County matches, Orsler also achieving the distinction of reaching Divisional level a ;ear earlier than is usual. Matthew Willifer (T) was selected to run for Kent in the English Schools' Cross-Country Championships, a fairly rare distinction given that Kent is very competitive in Ihis Field. He came 68th, helping the team to second place. In Hockey, Roger Gardner (BR) played for the South East Under 17 team. It was reported in the local press that ever since he slarled in the U 14s, he has never been in a losing side. Andrew Woolnough (BR) and Edward Sayer (MR) were reserves. Matthew Edwards (GL), who had not played hockey before he came 10 King's, has, in his first year, been goalkeeper for Kent and was invited to a South East Under 14 trial. On the first occasion on which the school has entered a girls' VIII in the Schools Head of Ihe River, the crew managed to come fourth. The 1984 1st VIII seems to be building up quite a record. Messrs. Webb and Norton rowed for Great Britain while at school; in the 1990 World Championships in Tasmania, Nick Strange (Ihe I984stroke) represented Britain in the Quad Sculls; Steve Wright ro:wed in the b~onz~ medal winning lightweIght VIII. Kelron Allen (LN 1983-88) IS rowmg for Cambndge Umverslty thiS year. Anna Patten (MR 1988-90) has been awarded a Full Blue for swimming at Oxford University and hase been elected Treasurer of the O.U. Swimming Club. By the time he climbed into a Tiger Moth for a flight which was to become headline news, David Gower (LN 1970-75) had scored more runs than any other England cricketer on the recent lOur of Australia. According to the Independent, Gower instigated the wheeze of whizzing round Ihe ground where the match was still being played. He had wanted to take a water bomb aloft bul was dissuaded by the pilot. Thus, anyway, was born the expression 'plane stopped play'. Beyond Birley's

Bryan Keith-Lucas has presented to the Library a copy of A Kentish Parson, edited by himself and G. M. Ditchfield. Subtitled 'Selections from the Private Papers of the Rev'd Joseph Price, Vicar of Brabourne, 1767-1786, il includes a chapter on the Cathedral Precincts with many references to the School and to Osmund Beauvoir, the distinguished Headmaster. Price's comments are full and frank, and provide a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost (?) world of intrigue and gossip. The Librarian would also like to thank the editor of the Kentish Gazette for a copy of Canterbury's Great Tycoon, Frank Panton's account of the career of James Simmons, O.K.S.; David Barr (GR 1930-33) for his Twice Hooked; and Mr. M. J. Tennick and Mr. O . D. Wood for gifts of books . Library

Brigadier A.E.C. Bredin (1920-29) is wntmg an autobiography which promises to be of great interest to the School. His brother, Major-General H.E.N. Bredin (1926-34) was the subject of a full page profile in the Daily Telegraph in March. They come from a long line of Army Officers, and can speak of forebears fighting on both sides at Agincourt as well as a daughter/niece stationed In the Gulf in 1991. The Brigadier is universally known as 'Speedy', a llegedly because he was always a bit late for everything. He might find it reassuring to know that somewhere in our C.C.F. Army Section his spirit is still with us. Plus ~a change ...

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FOCUS THE KING'S SCHOLARS' DINNER SUNDA Y, 20th JANUARY

Headmaster , Lower Master, Colleag ues, King's Scholars: I had for many years a tennis partner who rarely said anything to me on court, or to anyone else for that matter. In early days he would turn up for matches on a heavy old motor-bike, ru~t and get down to practising his top spin service, leaving me to offer our opponents 'rough' ~r 's";ooth' in the carefull y modulated tones of a student of English Literature. In due course, he gradu ated to spo rts cars, still leaving me to say, with exquisite verbal felicity: 'We' ll take one into the sun ' , and later still to the Lotus and the private plane and a good deal else, still saying relatively little - though a loyal and respected partner all the time. His mind as a yo ung ma n had, of course, been full of electronic circuits, mine of Silver poets of the eighteenth century, and our friendship has been a continuing lesson in the relative economic utility of our respective mental configurations . Though not, I gather, with any great accuracy, Ezra Pound drew by a nalogy from what he knew of sculpture, a distinction between types of poets: carvers against moulders, th ose who release the forces within the stone versus those who've already shaped the material in their own minds. By these terms, I'm a moulder, I'm afraid, insufficiently observant of external phenomena _ an asset to Grange boys, this - but carrying within my head a n almost continuous verbal dia lectic, a constant, nagging dialogue of reflections and verbal perceptions. 'Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric, out of the quarrel with ourselves poetry', W.B. Yeats wrotebut he was often wrong, in prose, though magical in poetry. For th ose of us more ea rthbound than Yeats - and not Irish, anyway - it is easier to selfargue in prose, and so when the Headmaster kindly invited me, a month ago, to propose th e toast of the King's Scholars this evening I had no need to search for a topic: it was a quarrel already running around in my head, and had been for years. So I shall speak in praise of two conditions or values, partly contradictory, th at have acquired or held my respect in a longish span of school-mastering. ' . . I recall my first a fternoon in a London day school when I'd not been teaching long: I was rather in awe of this sc hool's reputation - at that time it still took th e very top Surrey 11 + scholars - and the more in awe of my new Head of Department, whose reputation was legendary and whose record of Ox bridge Scho larship success over the years almost equa lled Mr. R. W . Harris's here. I must have seemed like a half-trained puppy when I entered his room at the end of this first day and said: 'I've Lower Sixth Science first thing tomorrow morning: is there anything you'd like me to do with them?' He gave me what nowadays would be called strong eye contact a nd answered: 'Start them on Wittgenstein '. I went away, credulous and crushed ... But as for these two positives that compel my respect, the first of these is money. I recall reading of the most celebrated Speaker of the House o f Commons in recent years, Mr. George Thomas, now Viscount Tonypandy, tha t such was the culture he grew up in in South Wales that he had never met anyone who voted Conservative (perhaps he was lucky!) until he lVas twenty-eight. For my part, it wasn't until I got to Cambridge that I ever met an intelligent Contemporary - and I already knew, of course, that there were less intelligent and less nice people who did think like this - but an intelligent contemporary who would baldly say : 'I want to make money; when I leave Cambridge , my aim will be to make money' . Ironically , one or tlVO of those contemporaries have had so ns through The Grange, or King's, in the last decade, and I have been grateful. t05 (Jillion Woodward)

None of you, of course, are likely to have quite the same starting-point as [ did: the innue a ll arou'!d me of a co ll eg~ dedicated to producing teachers of, at best, C hristian standards ~ce the pubhc educau,?n ser~ l ce - not the ~ ubhc schools. All o f you, conversely, will have hOr the expen ence, whIch I dIdn't have, of pnvate fee-paYlllg, of famI ly capItal used, joint incomad stretched , hard-earned parentalemo[uments employed to.wards choice of school. So you wm all have a dIfferent base from mille at your age and you wIll , [ a m sure, be mo re realistic abo these thin gs than I was . UI [ am always un easy about the word ' dissident' being a pplied - as though they were peo I who'd a lways be a wkward and dissatisfied wit h everything anyway - to those who have resisi~ ideologica l conformity, questioned Lenin a nd the a theist State, opposed bureaucratic corruplio or embezzlement at the work-place, criticised Soviet tanks o n the streets of Budapest Or Pragun - or Vilnius - and risked imprisonment or Arctic exile by doing so. Or else exiles who hav~ escaped from the chamber of horrors that has been Iraq for twenty years. Perhaps 'dissenler' wou ld be a more neutral a nd betler word than 'dissident'. Unexpectedly - a nd I say this with a full sense of how small a price I have paid compared with those [ have just referred to - I have spent most of my teaching career as a 'dissident' a dissenter from the main orthodoxy of the past twenty-five years in Ihe segment of society wher;

I have earned my own living: secondary education, where, of course, a fa ith in comprehensive ed ucation and the elimination of all selective schools has been close to mandatory. And here, therefore, [ must praise money : money that you probably will anyway pay a higher respect to than I did at your age; money in the individual pocket which prevents the Slate monopolising ideas throu gh mo nopolising institutions; the economic strength and liberty Ihal at its best can underwrite political liberty; money that has kept me in my job for twenty years' money that has underpinned this school - this distinctive, at times wonderful school; money that gives us this very good dinner in this fine hall. So [ must praise those who foughl this particular intellectual battle when, in the 1960s, and 1970s, it was still very unfashionable 10 do so, notably the Institute of Economic Affairs: money the li berator.

But there's another value, or positive , that 1 want to praise , that at best exists in a creative tension with the first, at worst is in continual and a ngry quarrel with it : a sense of service, a sense of the public good . It is a commonplace that the [980s we re the Money Decade: the age when more money was made faster and with less tangible goods to show for it than in any olher; when greed - though one can be too austere : part of this was simply democratisation - greed and the black economy boomed along wit h Japanese imports; when some of our less special King's boys could leave here, go into the City, and wilhin a few yea rs btl earning incomes Ihal mocked those who'd laught them; and when many of our best O.K.S . rap idly joined the financial sector and the 'highly educated young white men bay ing after Ihe scent of money' , as Tom Wolfe puts it. I shall not do so, but some of you will ha ve the res ponsibi li ty for dea ling with very large sums o f money in your lifelimes, and face moral choices thereby. So far as profit-making goes, we are a ll conscious at present of the implications of a cruel regime having been ar med dangerously, bUI lucratively for those in volved. A King' s School memory here, from sometime in the mid or later 70s when the Shah of Iran still seemed to be at the height of his power, and an a ll y of the West, Ihough one we somelimes felt equivocally a bout. A high-powered delegation toured our public schools: Ihe British Empire had been served by a disciplined elite, and the Shah had his first pub lic school built and wailing only to be staffed and opened. Everything went well over discussions and lunch between a King's gro up an d the Shah's team, everything was approved of, until Canon Pilkington said, 'And there's one other thing that's very important to the school we are: the relig io us inheritance'. There was silence. and then their most senior represenlative said coldly: 'H is Imperial Highness will nol wish to cncourage religion in his school ' . We we re slightl y shocked , know ing very lillie of what we have since had to learn about money, rel igion, a nd Ihe Middle East. More likely , the decisions abo ut mone y and ethics yo u will have to make wi ll be in more

mundane circumstances than these, not even a mini-Gu inness, 1 hope; but I trust that whatever 106 THE G REEN COUI{T (Josephine Loo)

r occupation you will keep in mind the public good. We must not let our society slide towards yOU paration of the moneyed classes, protected by expensive security screens, and the rest; and a ~e if we want to keep institutions of high cultural value, with their commitment to quality ye ~hing in Sciences or Arts, we cannot afford either to slip back into the collectivist - egalitarian t~umpt;ons dominant not long ago: before Mrs. Thatcher's challenge to them, to be frank. a And this is my challenge to you, as King's Scholars: in a sense, to be political; not to let things ss. not to live only in closed, privileged groups; not ever to use your own gifts only in the P~rs~it of private profit, even though there can be good in building private capital; and even fhOUgh I am aware that these ideals are becoming in some respects harder to serve, and that he Good Samaritan now needs to be carrying plastic gloves. In the years just before ~ousemastering I represented on the City Council this Northgate Ward around us here - from the lOP of the Old Dover Road to the Vauxhall Avenue estates off Sturry Road - canvassing the first generation of Broughton and Tradescant eighteen-year-olds almost before they'd arrived in their studies; and it taull.ht me a lot. I l earned; I served; and the School got some of its most contentious planntng apphcattons, wtthtn the Prectncts, through the Ctty Counctl. . . As a fellow-toiler, I salute Dr. Maltby for all his hard work, and Mr. Vye; and for what they do locall y I acknowledge all those colleagues and pupils who contribute to the Social Service wo rk that Mr. Barham led for many years, and Mrs. Davis now. And this sense of responsibility to one's place and time is, I believe, not least a duty of those of us privileged to teach literature - and the more privileged if we teach you. A brief, personal memory here, of the time when I made to a distinguished Headmaster the English teacher's lament that we were always more heavily loaded with marking than anyone else. 'Ah', he replied, 'but, you see, you are in a different position from men who teach German or Greek: they have to know German or Greek'. But on this occasion I was not crushed: I do believe in teaching literature, and in the moral value of doing so. In the Nobel Prize speech he was not allowed out of Brezhnev's Russia in 1970 personally to deliver, Solzhenitsyn wrote, of the writer's duty - and it is a duty I believe to be laid on those of us who teach literature: Once we have taken up the Word, there is no evading it afterwards: the writer is not an outside judge of his contemporaries, but an accomplice in all the evil perpetrated in his country or by his people. If the tanks of his fatherland have bloodied the asphalt of another country's capital, those brown stains spatter the writer's face fo r ever. .. And if the well-to-do surrender to materialism, to the lust for comfort at any price, the stench of" their speech mingles with the writer's breath. Friends, let us try and help, if we are worth anything at all. Friends, let us try and help . For all the excellence of the evening, the food, the company, this is a sombre time: and one in which we hold in some small measure responsibility for values that others may be dying for tonight. And it is in that reflective, but also forward-looking, spirit that I ask the Headmaster and my colleagues to rise and drink the toast of - THE KING'S SCHOLARS. S.C.W. Reply of the Senior Scholar: A famous scholar once said, 'Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously and carefully; for I look upon it that a man who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.' His equallyfamous biographer wrote on hearing this, 'I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks scemed rivetted to his plate; nor would he, unless in very high company, say one word, or pay the least attention to what was said by others.' The company has indeed been worthy of the wonderful meal, and the meal has indeed been worthy of Johnson's Synod oj Cooks. t07 MtTCHINSON'S SNOWMAN (H.R.O.M.J

It is easy for us to forget just why we should put on a gown every morning before s h so it is right that we should have this opportunity, once a year at least, to come here anct\OOI, to scholarship in action. On behalf of the Scholars, [ thank yo u, Mr. Woodley for so r'Slen a complement to so fine a meal. ' IIllng This is the fourth in the newly-revived tradition of Schola rs' dinners. For the revival of tradition, and for this evening in particular , Headmaster, yo u have our thanks, a nd they h the been well-earned . aVe So, Ladies and Gentlemen of the King's Scholars, [ would ask you to rise, and to drink . h me the health of the staff of the King's School. WII TOBY BROWN.

THEOLOGY CONFERENCE FRIDAY, 1st FEBRUARY The first Kin g's School Theology Conference was held in the Shirley Hall a nd was addressed by three eminent speakers, a ll in the forefron t of their field. Canon Anthony Phillips spoke first on 'Ethics and the Old Testament Prophets.' . Having advertISed hIS book God B. c., 'excellent value at ÂŁ2.50', of which he IS now the sole dlStribUior he first gave a lucid a nd lively introduction to Old Testament thought and history. He then deVOled a lmost the whole of his talk to the prophet Amos. It became evident that Amos challenges us today just as he challenged the eighth-century Jews. Centra l to his argument was the contention that Amos was concerned with 'Natural Law', a moral inclinatio n instinctive ly present in us a ll. It is for this reason, he concluded, that the asse rtion ' You never see a poor Jew ' arose, for they learnt how to treat each other under the gUidance of the prophets almost three thousand years ago. Professor Leslie Houlden's 'New Testament Et hics' was an attempt to examine the way in which the New Testament is or is not usable in our own day. His first question was whether it is now possible to li ve by the New Testament, and his conclusion was that C hristianity has found it hard to reconcile itself to the di fferent views propounded in the Gospels and the draslic injunctions of Jesus . He then addressed the question of whether it is right to try and li ve by the New Testament, pointing out the danger of fossil ising God in his first-century setting and stressing that present circumstances are so different to those in Jesus' day. Professor Ho ulden felt that the New Testament is therefore inadequate to our needs if taken at face value and thai consequently adaptation is both necessar y a nd indeed inevita ble if it is to fulfil those needs. But he did still stress the overriding im porta nce of the New Testament for Christian Et hics. Professor David Brown offered a wide-ranging, highl y erudite lecture entitled ' Christian Decision-Making'. He began by discuss ing conscience, tracing the views of Newman, Freud and Piaget before concluding that it a lone can not lead to decisions. He therefore stressed the need for informed conscience and the fact that empirical facts have to be addressed especially in the light of scientific development, thus stressing the importance of reason. He finally turned to the Christian tradition, contending that the Gospel invites us to a differe nt le vel of existence whereby we can disuss morality only if we share the disposition which Christ had of all-embracing love . T he final question and answer session provo ked some interesting discussion and confirmed that there is indeed a great interest in theological and ethical questions today . Next year" Conference is plan ned on the subject of 'The Nature of God'. Meanwhile our tha nks go to the speakers and to P.F.H. and G.R.C. for the organisation . SEBASTIAN ROSATO. 108

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THE BRIDGE SQUARE PIANO

o Monday, 4th February, a concert was held to inaugurate the Square Piano which has very . ~ been loaned to the school by Dr. James Bridge. This instrument, the forerunner of the ~~!rn pianoforte, dates from the early nineteenth century and has been installed in the Old synagOgue. The square piano differs considerably from its modern counterpart. It is much smaller, has Iher-covered hammers instead of felt-covered, has only one string per note a nd has a very I~~ Ie key action. These characteristics result in a much quieter sound than the modern piano, 51 d~d barely enough to be heard more than a few feet away: it is interesting to note that originally In ba ffle would have been fitted to dampen the sound still further, as it was considered too fierce! ~he simple acti~Jn a lso means that little pressure is req.uired t~ ,?ake each note ~ound, and that ,ery rapid playmg IS therefore possible. However, rap id repetItIon of one note IS very difficult, and Ihis explains the development of the so-called 'double escapement' action which is the basis of all later planas. This particular squa re piano is by William Philips of Little Tower Hill, London, and is a fine example of its type . . It is of a ll wooden ~onstruction with a decorated case , although the legs are a Victon an addItIon. T he compass IS five octaves to F and It IS tuned to A = 415.3, a semltone below modern pitch . It probably dates from between 1806 and 1810 and is therefore ideal for Ihe performance of the music of Haydn and Mozart and their contemporaries. It will be of enormouS value to those studying this repertoire, and we may look forward to many future performances. D .S.S. The concert progra mme was as follows: Sonala in F, Hob. 23 Allegro Ewan Kerr (piano)

Haydn

'Cara Sposa ' (from Rina/do) Eliza Lumley (soprano)

Handel

Fantasia in D minor Michael Chesterman (piano)

Mozart

'Sli ll the Lark ' Victoria Moffatt (soprano)

Lindley

Sonata in E, Hob. 31 Allegro moderato Christopher J epp (piano)

Haydn

Piano Quartet No. I Rondo (Allegro) Jonathan White (violin), Richard Gipps (viola), Elanor Dymott (cello), Satoko Yamaguchi (piano)

Mozart

ACADEMIC CHALLENGE Readers of The Canluarian may be unaware that hidden in our midst is a hotbed of such awesome intellectual powers that only an elite, hand-picked by Prof. Brodie from the surround ing fog of cerebral wa ntonness, may ever hope to darken its porta ls. This select band have reached pinnacles of academic excellence rare in the history of our illustrious foundation. Having crushed Tonbridge to become South-East champions in 1990, our merry troupe of wandering geniuses 109 CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS (Jollolhall Mel/I/ell)

set about conquering the world once more, despite losing half its chosen initiates to Oxfo University. The new team contained fresh blood, youthful vigour and an encyclopaedic knowledrd of the pseudonyms of the Bronte sisters. Our quartet of juvenile brilliance comprised Geoerrse 'Road atlas' de Burca (Capt~in), C harlotte 'Mendels?n' Bronte, child prodigy Michael 'Spo~r. Davies and Theo 'Too sensible to have a nickname Moore. The 1991 campaign began with a rout of the home team (St. Edmund's), and continued wilh a victory of such earth-shattenng proportIOns that other teams were seen to fhng themselves at the feet of the conquerors in reverent awe. Then in a magnanimous gesture of benevolence we conceded merely the title of victor to those less intellectually fortunate than ourselves; and even then it was only by one bonus pomt. May they choke on their ROSie Lee. With the advent of sixth-form houses ! the Inter-House Academic C ha llenge Competition expanded this year to include both a semor and JUnior competttlOn. The C.D.T .. department designed and produced two magmflcent new matchmg troph ies for the competttlOn : trees of knowledge, with bases on which the names of the winning houses can be insc ribed. We are very grateful to the C .D.T. department for presenting these highly aiJpropriate trophies. The print of St. Augustine's and the Bodey Cup, both of which have at different times been Academic Challenge prizes in previous years, now go to the house(s) with the best record in the Senior and Junior competitions respectively - currently Linacre (hotl y pursued by The Grange and Mitchinson's) and Meister Omers. Congratulations must go to Linacre and Meister Omers on their triumphs in this year's Senior and Junior House Competitions, and humble thanks to our friend and mentor Prof. Brodie and his cast of many accents. C HARLOlTE MENDELSON.

South East Championship 1990 Fina l: King's 1991 King's 1st Round King's 2nd Round King's Semifinal

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Tonbridge 440

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St. Edmund's 260 Queen Elizabeth's Faverham 460 Maidstone Grammar 540

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Winner 1. 1976 2. 1977 3. 1978 4 . 1979 5. 1980 6. 1981 7. 1982 8. 1983 9. 1984 10. 1985 11. 1986 12. 1987 13. 1988 14. 1989 15. 1990 16. 1991 Seniors Juniors

Other Finalist

The Grange Luxmoore Marlowe 250 Walpole 240 Linaere 320 The Grange 280 Linaere Meister Omers School House ? Marlowe 380 Linacre 260 The Grange 390 Linacre 260 Mitehinson's The G range Mitehinson's 280 Marlowe 180 The Grange 290 Meister Omers 140 Linacre Mitchinson's Mitchinson's Galpin's no competition no competition Meister Omers 5 10 Linacre 300 Linaere 580 Meister Omers 710

The Grange 310 Mitchinson's 200 110

THE TRAINING OF MUSICIANS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 11 was in 1951 that the Headmaster of King's, Canon Shirley, told me of his plan to create nus ic faculty in the school. He felt convinced that musical talent should flourish alongside ah~ academic and within the umarefied atmosphere his school could provide. During our interview \e limely presence of a gifted young violinist practising Bach next door to the Headmaster's IIUdY _ and in a school period - underlined Canon Shirley's sincerity. Clearly, the Headmaster snlended to make King's the most musical public school in the country. I agreed to become his : iano man', an appointment that was soon to bring me into fruitful collaboration with some lSlinguished musical colleagues and a broad spectrum of talent. The following year saw the firsl King's Week and within a decade a musical tradition had been established from which a hosl of musicians, now prominent in the profession, have emerged . I now fear tha t the subseq uent revolution in the training of yo ung musicians in this country could pose a real threat to the musical life of a school like King's. Most public schools have Iheir choral societies and orchestras, but it may well be argued that the formation of such specialist music academies as Chetham's, the Menuhin and Purcell schools renders the training of solo musicians inappropriate in a sc hool like King's. A pianist's facility, like a cricketer's ball-sense, is acq uired young. Its cultivation at secondary level must remain uninterrupted; hence the role of the specialist school with its relaxed academic background affording amp le practice time. Yet there are highly intelligent young musicians, no less ambitious to succeed, who demand a more challenging and catholic environment. These are Ihe least likely among our future musicians to become 'orators without a topic'. It is what you are that matters . I am only afraid that the degree of flexibility desirable for their well-being may become lost am idst the welter of the timetab le at King's . There have a lways been those who feel that th e unsocial isolation of the pianist in his practice room runs counter to the character-building advantages of corporate leisure activities that promote Ihe learn spirit, like Rugby or, so far as music is concerned, those activities that enlist the largest number of participants. Such a policy that can also incorporate the less gifted may enjoy a wide appeal; but there is another side to the coin. It may not be generally realised that the inslrumentalist or singer must harness a rigorously logical discipline to the technical preparation and str uctural planning of a performance . Its execution, on the other hand, calls for th e most spontaneous and volatile response. The wider application of this rare combination of chess-board strategy with 'centre-court' reaction can hardly be overvalued. Furthermore, pianists in particular are habitually encouraged to memorise. It may have been noted that 'concerto' pianists who appea r in King's Week invariably play by heart. I am told Ihat this ability is again mirrored in other non-musical activities. To demonstrate instrumental or vocal skills, alone, on the concert platform, combines responsibi lity with courage, selfsufficiency with projection - a ll valuable attributes in the realisation of other ambitions . Finally, and apart from its practical advantages, the true value of suc h training resides in the nature of music itself. As the most abstract of the arts the language of music is international. Its humanising influence cuts across barriers of race and religion; and at its greatest it penetrates beyond the power of words to reveal otherwise un charted regions of the spirit. RONALD SM tTH.

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MUSIC A MUSICAL SOIREE MONDAY, 21st JANUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Trio in D minor - Op. 49 (second movement) Quartet No.5 Humoresque for piano trio Trio in D minor - (first movement)

Mendelssohn Wesley Dvorak Mendelssohn

Violins: Jonathan Sampson, Michael Chesterman Viola: Kate Neill Cello: Zoe Harmsworth Piano: Stephen Matthews

CHAMBER AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERT IN AID OF CUED SPEECH SUNDAY, 27th JANUARY, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL A wide range of musical activities at the school was displayed at the charity concert in aid of Cued Speech for the Deaf, when soloists, ensembles, a chamber orchestra and the full symphony orchestra, conducted by Stephen Pinnock, combined forces to provide two hou rs of first-class musical entertainment to an appreciative audience. Albinoni was virtuall y unknown until recently, when a scholarly reconstruction of the Adagio from his Oboe Concerto became a popular piece and joined the ranks of the Hundred Best TUlles. Two of his short concerti (in D and E minor) made an excellent hors-d'oeuvre to the musical feast. Alexander Driskill-Smith was the brilliant piano soloist in Chopin's Scherzo in B flat minor - a piece that tests the technique of famous executants. Michael Chesterman had the advantage of a professional accompanist in Grieg's Violin Sonata in C minor (first movement), so that synchronisation of changes of tempi were smoothly achieved. Satoko Yamaguchi then held us spellbound with her polished performance of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in D, Op. 10, No.3, before a Willd Ensemble contributed the first movement of Mozart's tuneful Serenade in E flat (K.375) with appropriate zest. In pleasant contrast an ensemble of eight string players created the nostalgic mood of Barber's Adagio. The familiar strains of the Overture to The Barber 0/ Seville by Rossini began the items by the impressive symphony orchestra, followed by a refreshing no velty, a Suite of eight Russian folk songs pleasantly orchestrated by Liadov. Finall y came the morale-boosting patriotic tone poem Finlandia that Sibelius composed when his country was under Russian domination a century ago, bringing the concert to a triumphant conclusion . D. B. EPERSON.

BRASS AND HORNS M4STERCLASS WITH JOHN WILBRAHAM FRIDAY, 1st FEBRUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE John Wilbraham began his Brass Masterdass with a flourish, playing Jeremiah Clarke'S Prince 0/ Denmark's March on the piccolo trumpet, pointing out the fact that it is not Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary as the Promenade'S concert innovator Henry Wood, led people to believe. 112

He then gave a brief history of the trumpet, and played the above pie.ce on the baroque natural m et which has no valves or keys. Mr. Wtlbraham went on to gIve a detaded account of t~U i~lroduclion of valves on cornels and flugelhorns. Mules were lhen discussed and he de~onslrated lhese with Gershwin's Summertime and Dave Brubeck's Take Five. Matthew Brown was the first pupil to play and he gave a musical account of the slow movement f Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. John Wilbraham praised his tone quality and musicality, and ooinl ed out some physical faclors such as posture and the need to relax. The best way to cope P'ith nerves, he said, was 'to admit to them'. Tom Del Mar gave a music performance of his â&#x20AC;˘ mbitious choice of Strauss's Horn Concerto No. I ; here, John Wilbraham stressed the need ~o lay with 'an open throat' to achieve a good open sound. Julian Woodward's account of Go~don Jacob's Trombone Concerto was spirited and showed some technical dexterity. Here again John Wilbraham suggested a more relaxed manner and posture. He proved his point about brealh control by playing most of Bach's Air on a G String in one breath! Richard Dibley played the lyrical slow movement of Peeters' Sonata for Trumpet. Richard was advised to adopt a more correct trumpet embouchure. Matthew Whiteley was the last performer, playing the Hunting Rondo from Mozart's Second Horn Concerto. This again was a spirited performance, but he could be made better through correct technique and a relaxed manner to achieve musical style. John Wilbraham and Stephen Pinnock joined forces to condude with a virtuoso and humorous account of Herbert Clarke's concert polka Lake 0/ Bays. I think I can safely speak for everybody who attended the class in saying that John Wilbraham provided an informative and thoroughly enjoyable evening. Everyone went away inspired! MATTHEW BOOTH.

OPEN ORCHESTRAL REHEARSAL WITH LIONEL FRIEND SUNDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL Mr. Friend has conducted extensively with Sadler's Wells and the B.B.C. Symphony orchestra, so we were extremely privileged to have him direct us for a morning. The work being rehearsed was Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel overture. After an initial playing through of the music, Mr. Friend broke it down into sections, explaining to each part of the orchestra in turn some of lhe finer points of phrasing, expression and dynamics thaI could be applied to the overture. The horns especially benefitted from this - their solo opening was transformed into a lone prayer, as was intended. We all thank Mr. Friend for giving us such a fascinating insight into how to perform this music, and we wish him well with his trip to the U.S.A . SEBASTIAN DAWSON-BoWLING.

CHAMBER CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA THURSDAY, 14th FEBRUARY, IN ST. LAWRENCE JEWRY CHURCH, LONDON At lunchtime on St. Valentine's Day, the King's School Chamber Choir and Orchestra gave the first of a series of concerts in the magnificent Wren church of St. Lawrence Jewry, a series in which they were to be succeeded by Charterhouse and St. Paul's . The Choir, conducted by Michael Harris, began with Parry's My Soul, there is a country and two motets by Bruckner. The motets were perhaps an ambitious choice, but one that was justified by the choir's pleasing tone and their exemplary attention to the conductor. In the Bach trio that followed, Sebastian Dawson-Bowling, who once again demonstrated his prowess on a spinet of his own making, ably accompanied flautists Kate de Lotbiniere and Chris Jepp and cellist Elanor Dymott. III

Eight wind players gave a spirited performance of the first movement of Mozart's lov nat Serenade K.375, under the direction of Mr. David Sheath, and the choir completed the eoely E with an enthusiastic rendering of three negro spirituals, in which they combined most effeetncen the sostenuto singing req uired by Deep River and Were you there? with the lively rhyth~~ely Dry Bones. of London was locked in snow and ice and the audience was accordingly somewhat thin b there was a most appreciative reception and general agreement that if the standard set by Kin ~t were to be maintained throughout the series, the series would indeed be memorable. gs CATHER tNE HANDS.

MITCHINSON'S HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 2nd MARCH, IN THE SHIR LEY HALL

The size of this concert's audience was very impressive, particularly since it was competing with the Walpole/Grange play. The audience, mainly comprised of parents a nd the House itself was treated to an evening of ve~y well contrasted musical items of a consistently high standard: The concert was very well organIsed by Charles Davtes and ran very smoothly and profeSSionally It began with a str ing q~artet, SchuberCs Quartettsatz in C Minor.. performed by Michaei Chesterman, C harles DavIes, SophIa DavIes and Elanor Dymott. ThIS was an mteresting and demanding piece, and a good choice for the first item as it opened with an aggressive theme moving throu gh the instruments as. they entered in turn . It was a very high standard of performance, with good una nimity resulting in the excitement of the music being well cOnveyed through the dynamics and contrasting styles . The Quartet was followed byt he Choir , who performed The Winter Nigh t is Ch ill and Bright, Iyncs and muSIC by Dr. Mltchmson after whom the House was named, a nd Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elizabeth Poston. The Choir seemed confident and professional , and the pieces were performed very musically with good phrasing and excellent so prano solos from Flora Collingwood. Both the Choir and the audience seemed to enj oy the performance. The next item, Jeremy Bines (on the piano) playing No .1 of Three Rondos on Folk Tunes by Bart6k, was simply superb. The talented young musician handled the simple but technically demanding themes with seemingly faultless ease, and very natural phrasing and musicality. In a dramatic contrast, Always with me, always with you by Joe Satriani was performed by Morgan Clarke on the guitar and Sarah Brett on the piano. Morgan achieved the transformation of what could have seemed a somewhat trite melody into an exhilarating (if a little loud) example of guitar playing at its finest, using a good variet y of effects and styles, notably his two-ha nded-tapp'ing section . 'A Classical Upheaval' was a very enjoyable combi nation of music and slapstick arra nged and performed by Ollie Nash and Aaron Birks. Ollie kept up the humour and interest in the performance while Aaron demonstrated his competence on the piano , particularly in the jau style, in their arr ange ment of popular tunes as a continuous duet. T his performance provided a humorous contras t to the serious content of the rest of the concert, and was very popular with the audience. The next item, the Adagio and Allegro from Konzert in E Moll by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, showed that music does exist for three strings, a n oboe, a bassoon and a harpsichord, and was well played particularly by Aaron Birks on the bassoon. This was followed by an unusual item for a house concert, Thomas Robertson playing Aubade, by Rene Bartoli, and a traditional flamenco tune, Faruca, on the aco ustic guitar. The two pieces contrasted well and were very competently played with good dynamics a nd increasing confidence. This quiet a nd calm performance was followed by The Band : Morgan Clarke, Richard Herbert, Simon Crossley, Simon Bowker , and Sarah Brett o n vocals, performing The Cure's Boys Don't Cry. The performance was well-rehearsed and a ll the players seemed very competent . Sarah was particularly good on the vocals, and injected them wit h drama so that the overall performance was exciting and compelling. The performance wou ld probab ly have had even more impact if there had been more communication with in the band, and between the ba nd and the audience .

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The Band was followed by another superb solo performance - Michael Chesterman on the Âˇolin playing the slow movement from Concerto no. 2 in D Minor by Wieniawski. It was an V~citing and moving performance of a consistently high technical standard, and very hard to fault. e The concert was rounded off with the whole House moving to the stage, and hence somewhat depleting the audience, for the House Song, 76 Trombones from The Music Man by Meredith Willson, animatedly conducted by Sit;'on Bowker. The House sang with enjoyment and enthusiasm and gave the concert a spIrIted end mg. Thanks and praise must go to Charles Davies for his superb organisation of the evening, demonstrated particularly by the remarkable contrast of items included, and the perfectly smooth ru nning of the programme. The House would li ke to thank Elanor Dymott for so kind ly lending her services to the concert. It was a very high standard event, and it was nice to see so much ta lent coming from all ages of the House. The evening was thoroughly enjoyable. Congratulations t~ everybody involved . KATE NEILL.

INFORMAL EVENING CONCERT MONDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE Bach

Partita in D minor (Prelude and Courante) Charles Davies (Violin)

Vaughan Williams

'The sky above the roof' Camilla Lacamp (Soprano)

Marcello

Sonata in F major (Largo and Allegro) Luke Jamieson (Cello)

Gal

Rigaudon Michael Peat, Matthew Brown , Ruth Kirk - Reco rders

Vaughan Williams

'The Roadside Fire' Jonathan Sampson (Baritone)

Toldra

'La Fanta'

Richard Gipps (Viola)

SCHOOL HOUSE CONCERT SUNDAY, 3rd MARCH, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S DINING HALL With many School House musicians already rehearsing The Pirates of Penzance, and a crowded calendar occupying most of the usua l concert venues, it took considerable perseverance to organise this event . It was well wort h it. The House Matron, Mrs. Vigano, had converted the Hall into a Palm Court with extremely attractive plants and flowers, the Housemaster had provided food and drink (narrowly escaping wrongful arrest in the process) and the atmosp here in which the music began was highly civilised a nd convivial. Two Barbershop quar tet items opened the concert, expertly sung by Laura Singer, Ben Young, Jonnie Sampson and Alex Hardy. Ben Young then played a Sonatina on the reco rder, accompanied by Mr. Stephen Matthews. His dexterity and breath control were most impressive 1Il what was a fast and technically demanding piece. Mr. Matthews then accompanied Jonnie Sampson in a Danse Espagno/e for violin. I did not get the impression that Carmen and castanets t 15

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were quite Maestro Sampson's scene - it sounded a bit sedate for Seville - but when he reach the amoroso section the playing demonstrated great conviction as well as expertise. Messrs. You e(j and Hardy returned to give us Tenor and Baritone, the title rhyming with the line 'a man eng be happy with a voice to call his own', admirably proved by the two singers who could haan no cause for gloom on this account and clearly delighted the audience. Alex then moved to t~e piano, and the School House Strings were joined by Richard Gipps (LN) for a performan/ of Jamaican Rumba. Even with Matt Odgers doing his famous impersonation of Edmundo Ros e these gentlemen had as much difficulty freaking out in a Caribbean sort of way as lonnie and S.J.R.M. had experienced in being hysterically Hispanic, but it was all most charming. Mal! looked distinctly more at home with conventional percussion playing an improvisation With Che>:ney Kent producing a fine, warm sound on the saxophone to the impressively rhythmical backlOg. There followed a spectacular 'interlude' involving lames Phipson and Ian Milward On the bagpipes. If only the Queen Mother had been there. My instinct for achieving a considerable distance between me and bagpipes was entirely overcome by the brilliance of the sound and the view we had of the players starting the machinery and eventually trying to stop it. After all this excitement we needed the coolest of the cool. Who could fit that description better than Jim Waddell and Ben Young with their own arrangement of Sisler Moon? We then returned to foreign parts - Dixieland this time - where the band featured an accomplished saxophone solo by Bruce Darlaston, and Edward Millard playing both clarinet and saxophone in the same piece. Tim Marson (TR) assisted with his trumpet, but disappeared when the Barbershop Quartet fired the question 'Are you from Dixie?', with a merry 'hey nonne', During all these proceedings Messrs . Shelford and Spencer had worked hard as discreet and efficient waiters . We all felt sorry when it was over, which is as fair a compliment as any to all concerned.

D.P.H.

MARLOWE HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 9th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL

Although the postponed concert had to be on a date when several performers could not be present (Geography field trips, etc.), a large proportion of the House were there to show Marlowe musicianship at its best, with five outsiders to plug the gaps. I was disappointed that more of the piano accompaniment was not tackled by Marlowe pianists, two or three of whom were not used . However, we did gain by the telling contribution of Aaron Birks (MT) in the discreet yet sophisticated background he provided for the Four Yorkshiremen sketch (Monty Python adapted). Unfortunately I missed the Marlowe Orchestra through the wrong assumption that the concert began at 8 p.m. But a respected colleague told me that the large orchestra found their feet in Purcell's lnlrada and Saraband (Suite in A) after the brass had found their li ps with a few initial splutters, and that they took on the contrapuntal entries of Handel's Fugue (which?) bravely, with Lully's King's March coming across with conviction. Mr. McConnell conducted. Next year perhaps a member of the House can take on this exacting task. From the ensuing well-known Handel Concerto in F, here played with plenty of aplomb and dexterity on the recorder by Matthew Brown (though tuning was sharp), to the final Lumberjack Song, the concert went through with linking commentary from Bruce Goldin (largely audible) smoothly and successfully, though a bit on the long side. We could also read our programmes, a pleasant change from the darkened auditorium so inconsiderately favoured by Certain Other Houses . The singing items were a duet from Vivaldi's Gloria (Laudamus Te), the Pres des Remparls from Carmen, and You were wonderfullonighl (Clapton). Fiona Mackenzie sung all three, with Antonia Bond her partner in the first. Bright and confident projection of these extrovert pieces 116

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vas what we needed and got. Fiona was joined by Toby Brown, Andrew Kirk and Giles Temiick

~n that rare combination, a House Trombone Quartet. Whoever arranged Handel's Where'er ~Oll walk from (Semele) did a good job, as these players showed. I liked the programme's assertion that we were walking 'ere! Another rarity, a harpist, gave us the Salzedo La Desirad and Cabezon's Pavane and Variations . Adrian Pay is no beginner by the sound of it, and his selection of pieces from the great Spanish masters was judicious. The electric guitars of Robin Harvey and Richard Hulme (MO) struck up a sympathetic duo in what was presumably a creation of their own. Robin's more flamboyant share demonstrated his burgeoning flu ency, and solid support came from Matthew Odgers (SH) on the drums. The musical ideas had been asse mbled with some sense of form, and I would only plea for quite a lot less decibels in the a mplification next time, thus reducing the da nger of premature deafness ! Britten's Pan for solo oboe is a masterpiece, a nd Sebastia n Dawson-Bowling played it with intelligence and a much improved tone. T his is music one can go on interpreting more subtl y ad illjinitllm. The ano nymous origin of the Trumpet Duet which fo llowed did not seem to cramp the style of Matthew Brown and Robert Heddle from whose Manuscript Book the piece was stated to have been extracted . A thin texture is hard to present effectively, but there was little sign of nerves. A reduced Marlowe String Ensemble altered their programme unannounced , but I doubt whether many people thought they were hearing the deleted Silver Shin y Rag as the dulcet tones of Handel's Gavotte (which?) tripped forth. The other two pieces were Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof) and Walking in the A ir (from The Snowman ). Adrian Pay wearing his other hat and Luke Jamieson on the cello seemed confident and secure, backed up by a music staff viola and piano (McConnell and Matthews). I also enjoyed the Marlowe Band numbers, though the Haydn March jor th e Royal Society oj Musicians needed shortening. Two Harold Walters pieces and a traditional American folk song (Simple Girls) were more concise and given plenty of zip. There remained the Monty Python adaptions. First the afore- mentioned Four Yorkshiremen (played by Goldin, Heddle, Pett and Tennick) who were from my seat 100'70 incomprehensible. Up front there was much amusement, so I was happy that others were happy, and sat back to admire the extempore piano accompa niment. And rounding off the concert, twenty or so of the House sent us away with the Lumberjack Song, spirited and well together. Well done, chaps! R.P.S.

TRADESCANT AND BAILEY HOUSE CONCERT SATURDAY, 16th MARCH, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S DINING HALL

A large audience, much enthusiasm, a variety of musical styles, plenty of involvement by everyone and a real sense of house spirit were the qualities that made up a n evening that was much app reciated by parents and friends alike. This was the first time that the houses had combined for a house conce rt. There were a number of solo performances which deserve mention. Simon Mohr gave a sensitive performance of the first movement of Ravel's Piano Sonatine which despite an unsteady moment in the middle had some subtle contrasts , Clare Goldwin was very brave to attempt the Kreisler in which she displayed considerable panache and determination. Caroline Shenton played C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in G with accuracy and Albert Power delighted everyo ne with Schubert's Impromptu in A flat in which he achieved some excellent pianissimo playing on a n instrument which is not particularly outstanding. Hugo Stevenson played a Handel Sonata on the xylophone which seemed to work very well despite an unfortunate slip in the middle from which he skilfully recovered. Tim Marson was brave to attempt the Prelude for Trumpet by Scriabin which taught him the importance of practising long notes to improve his embouchure. t 17

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There were two solo song items. Eliza Lumley sang King David by Herbert Howells in . she showed that she had learnt a great deal from the Masterclass given earlier in the te;hl h Brian Rayner-Cook, and Hsien Leow delighted everyone with a song by Michae l Head in w~. by her pleasing persona lity shone through. Ich Chamber music featured several times. T he concert in fact opened with three movements f a P iano and Wind Trio b~ Hugo Cole pl~yed by E lanor Dymott and Barnaby Stevenson :~rn Stephen Matthews at the plano. ThIs provIded an enchantmg opemng wIth ItS sustained melOdth lines and exciting counterpoint. The audience greatly appreciated the String Boogie for Str Ie quartet led by Clare Goldwin. I don't think that I have ever heard boogie for string qua:~g before, but it certainly seemed to work. et O ne of the highlights of the evening was the performance of Autumn Leaves and Long Joh by the Jazz Tacticians. I couldn't help but admire the way in which Ela nor Dymott Barnab" Stevenson and Tom Dyson exercised their skills as improvisers showing a n assured gr~sp of th~ ha rmonic outline of the music . House choirs always provide a popular moment in any school concert programme. Baile sang I wanna be loved by you and Tradescant offered The Teddy Bear's Picnic. T here was n~ only spirited singing but entertaining actions which were muc h appreciated. The variations on the Trout theme song by both the girls' and boys' choirs offered the moS! unusual it~m of the evening. In the style of Wagner and Mozart's A little night music one wondered If Schubert mIght have turned III hIs grave . It was a PIty that there was not time for more variations.

The whole evening was well presented and stage-managed, which made me forgive what mighl have seemed rather a long programme. T he most important thing was that people enjoyed making music together a nd for me that is what the success of the evening was all about. Many congratulati ons to everyone. S.D.P.

HOUSE SONG COMPETITION MONDAY, 18th MARCH, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL Adjud icator: David Flood, Organ ist, Canterbury Cathedral

School House Let's call the whole thin g off Cond uctor: J onathan Sampson Accompanist: Ben Young

Gershwin

Bailey I wan na be loved by you ConductoL Clare Goldwin Accompanist: ML D . S . Sheath

Kalmar, Stothart and Ruby

Grange Animal House Conductor : Oli ver Hinton Accompanist: Ben Yo ung

Stephen Bishop

Marlowe Hey, Banana Conductor: Antonia Bond Accompanist: ML D. S. Sheath

M. Hurd

Meister Omers (2nd) The Vagabond Conductor: Nicolas Papageorgiou Accompa nist: Alex Driskill-Smith

Vaughan Williams

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Lllxm oore , Captain Stratton s Fancy ConductoL Jasper Beauprez ACcOmpamst : ML D. S. Sheath

Peter Warlock

Walpole LullabY of Broadw~y . . conductor: CassIe Kmght Accompamst: Satoko YamaguchI

Harry Warren

Broughton . swing Low, Sweet C ha n ot . Conductor: WIlham Hams Accompa mst: ML D. S. Sheath

Traditional

Milc/Zinsoll's Seventy-Six Trom bones Conductor: Simon Bowker Accompanist: Charles Davies

Meredith Willson

Tradescant (3rd) The Teddy Bears' Picnic Conductor: Barnaby Stevenson Accompanist: Tom Dyson

Bratton and Kennedy

Broad St. Radigunds (1st) (They long to be) close to you Conductor : La ura Singer/Sop hie Landale Accompanist: Kate de Lotbiniere

M usic . Hal David Words: B. Bacharach

Galpin 's Maxwell's Silver Hammer Conductor: Angus Hulme Accompanist: Christopher Jepp

Lennon and McCartney

Lillacre

Tom Lehrer

She' s my girl Conductor: Matthew White ley Accompanist: Mr. D. S. Sheath

BIG BAND CONCERT THURSDAY, 21st MARCH, IN THE SH IRLEY HALL The challenge of following Sholto Byrnes as leader was taken up and managed very successfully by Jules Woodward - he led a Big Band with possibly 50'70 new members, at a time when the need of serio us study for the impending exams left very little time for lengthy rehearsals. Added 10 Jules' problems was the sudden illness of his clarinettist, Alastair Hine who went down with a temperature of 101 two days before the concert; but into the breach came Will Bryant who gave up as much time as anyone could possibly expect to practise - bravo! The concert got off with a traditional jazz rendering of the Black and White Rag, Jules leading in the instrumentalists fro m the rear of the ha ll . Three Big Band numbers followed the intra : Strike up the Band - a good rousing start, fallowed by a fin e rendition of Arty Shaw 's arrangement of Begin the Beguine with Alastai r Hine appearing as Lazarus from his sick bed to play the clarinet solo. T he next piece chosen was the Glen n Miller-style Tuxedo Junction. 11 9

T he Jazz Tacticians took centre stage next, a newly-formed quartet introd ucing Elanor Dym flute! Tom Dyso n, pia no, Barney Stevenson, sax a nd Chris Creissen, guitar. T hey entenai~It , us WIth A utumn Leaves, Long John a nd an mterestmg verSIon of A hole in my Pocket. cd T his diversion was followed by the Big Band playing My Blue Heaven, a combi natio n of th softness of Glenn Miller and the sweetness o f Tommy Dorsey. e The Traditional jazz section took us up to the interval with Alastair Hine playing the soI spot like a vetera n performer in Clarinet Marmalade. Blues in C took us up to the break 0 A fter the musicia ns had - to quo te Jules 'greased their slides' - 'The Mag nificent Seve ' continued with two further 'Trad ' pieces - Tishomingo Blues and Kansas City Stomp. JUI~ then introduced the Big Band players individua ll y - T rumpets Ric hard Dibley (resplendent is flamboyant waistcoat), T im Marson, Matthew Brown a nd Mike Gillespie; Drums - Hu ~ Stevenson doing a n absolutely splendid job; Trombones - Fiona Mackenzie, Angus H Ulm~ Alex Neame and Alex Hardy; Saxophones - Richard Gipps, Mr. (Bill) McConnell Barney Stevenson, Laurence Epps a nd Mark Dobell ; Clarinets - Will Brya nt; P iano - To~ Dyson ' and Guitar - Chris Creissen. This informality over , they played the Fats Wa ller number Ain ,i

Misbehavin '. We were then treated to a Jazz Rock interlude consisti ng of Watermelon Man , What if I don 't a nd Canteloupe Island. T he Big Band began the final run down with a ded ication to Dr. Mallion Bugle Call Rag a very slick and ro bust perfo rmance. The Coun t Basie compositio n Corner Pocket received a~ excellent translation in the style of the Mas ter, even to the Basie piano 'tin kle' . A further dedication was made by Jules to 'mum and dad ' - A lexander's Rag Time Band which included two very fine individua l performances, one by Tim Marson (trumpet) and the other by Hugo Stevenson, showing off their excellent technique to their best. That should have been the final item on the programme but the audience weren't letting them go . The encore chosen was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band. This first performa nce of the new Big Ba nd indicates that, as they play more together, Jules will have a collection of players to be even more proud of than he must be now. It was encouraging to see so many of the younge r members of the school becoming actively involved in this status band . A specia l 'Mentioned in Des patches' awa rd must go to Barney Stevenson for the consistent work he performed a ll through the concert. T ha nk yo u all for a very pleasant evening. This must , o f course, include a ll the bac kstage workers - lighting and sound crews who do so much unsung work to make the resoundingly successful shows we a re used to seeing. R.F.G.

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DRAMA THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND KING'S YOUTH DRAMA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 2nd and 3rd FEBRUARY , IN ST. MARY'S HALL ' I didn't know how to do it. I just got into it , a nd I knew that I wa nted it somehow to resolve itself in a breathtakingly neat, complex, but utterl y comprehensible way'. Tom Stoppard's wo rds descri bing the process of creating The Real Inspector Hound could equall y have come from the mouth of a K.Y.D. cast member, describ ing the process o f staging il. The company left themselves two and a half weeks to rehearse, d irect and produce. In true K.Y. D. style 'everyone did everything'. Tom (Moo n in the play) managed to spend half that time in the Sanatorium , whilst Mila (Mrs. Drudge) moonlighted in A Flea in Her Ear. Talent, then, rather than rehearsals gave Hound its slick pace and sharp edges . The caricature o f the classic whodunnit , with its blood-red herrings and heavy-handed coincidences, was the cause of much light-hearted amusement. Mila Palmer's overdrawn a larm as Mrs . Drudge, the turbanned charlady, was particula rly entertaining a nd Matt Willi fer's debut st int as broadcaster of the conveniently sinister news flashes was hilarious. Nick King provided us with a delightful 'camp' Casanova, although his taste in clothes fen sadly short of his taste in wome n. Barney handled his mul ti-layered role to ngue-in-cheek, and must be commended for his deft manoeuvres on wheels. Similarly, the good-humoured send-up of critical styles provided us with a comic contrast between the over-cultured, pompously pseud Moon (Tom Dyson) and the philistine-plainspoken Birdboot (Albert Power). Unlike the more restrained Moon, the flamboyant Birdboot readily exchanges an ordered perspective o f illusion and reality for the opportunity to enact his fa ntasy. Albert's stylish performance emphasised both the comedy in the paranoid self-ri ghteousness of Ihe lascivious Birdboot as he attempts to justify his stage existence (,She needs me Moon. I've gal to make up a four . '), and the charac ter's capacity for tragedy. His death marks the beginning of the play 's denouement , as the build-up of menace is dissipated into a nightmarish chaos of colliding and merging planes o f illusion and reality. Moon is fin ally fo rced to relinquish his concept of a rigidly enshrined reality and face nonreality. His ea rlier speech is rendered prophetic by 'T he Theatre' - a 'bloody coup d 'etat' does indeed take place , but not as pa rt of the second rank, of the third. Actors usurp the critics' seats, 'real life ' (even death) takes place on stage , as P uck ridge (Ba rney), the third-rate critic, kills off his two superiors. Tom delivered his speeches with considerable flair . His was a da rkly brooding Moon, embroiled in plots a nd fa ntasies to ass uage his frustrated ambitions, but whose horror when confronted by a fa ntas tic reality full y illustrated the dangers of wish-fulfilment. The K.Y. D. cast was strong; their casua l attitude relayed itself onl y in the ease with which Ihey ma nipulated the a udience thro ugh a range of reactions: laughter, suspense, bewilderment , horror, fascinatio n ... Hound is indeed a very black comedy. The set was sim ple .. . but effect ive - thanks to the Harvey Centre for the splendidly authentic wireless that dominated the stage with absurd dignity. The prefator y Agat ha Christie recordings furth er demonstrated that what the cast lac ked in time, they made up fo r with innovation. The lales of murder, mys tery a nd suspense that filled the air emphasised the miscibility of drama wuh life. The critics ' seats were strategically placed on stage blocks isolated from the stage, ye t st ili detac hed from the ' real' a udience. T he actors, however, momentaril y stepped down on to Our level to reach the main stage, thus delegating to us a n uncomfortable limbo-like status caught somewhere between planes of reality. By the end of the play, we were thus left wondering whether In terms of a nother focus beyond our perception, we too were no more tha n actors in a play. REBECCA W ILLI AMS. 121

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A FLEA IN HER EAR THE BROUGHTON AND BAILEY HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 9th and 10th FEBRUARY Broughton, a house not normally renowned for its cultural finesse, sought this elusive qu r in joining forces with Bailey in this French farce by Georges Feydeau ..The play's title gav~ lIy no clue as to Just ho~ ~hls cultural balance was to be redressed and we arn~ed expecting a 'CliCh~~ recIpe of rumour, mISInterpretatIOn, hystencal nuns and clergy caught wIth their trousers dow Farces of that sort usually merit titles such as 'Oops, there go my bloomers!' rather than ~ Flea In Her Ear, but although this play may have lacked promiscuous clergy the Hotel Co d'Or gave a setting on a parallel with the classic satire of Faw/ty Towers. q The plot may have been a little hard to follow in places but this did not detract from th rapid pace and almost slapstick humour which the actors m~intained successfully throughou~ the performances. Aaron Jarrett was largely re~ponslble for thIS, wIth arole demanding constant mterchange from anstrocrat to hotel porter, hIs more than capable actmg clearly distinguishing between the two contrasting characters. His wife in the production, the elegant Raymonde Chandebise, was also played with the sort of style that we have come to expect from Camilla Palmer. These two provided the back-bone of the cast with memorable performances. The farcical element was evident in the presence of Baptistan, alias Joby Andrews, an excellently portrayed dirty old man whose accent certainly retained authenticity where his boxer-shorts might have let him down,. and of lain Overton's H~rr Schwarz who added to the chaos perfectly. Andy Hyatt was an tmpresslvely. thuglltsh BaSIl Fawlty. Andy Cunnmgham was uncharacteristically extrovert and melodramattc, sWIrltng hIs Spamard's cape; Ollte Kent was a convincingly suave and distinguished French gentleman. Bill Harris, as a fine Dr. Finache, and Anna Lake tried hard to 'improve' Feydeau's script adding their own selection of double entendres. Indeed all the actors seemed to have found their various characters, despite the fast-moving action and dialogue. In spite of the numerous carefully-timed entrances that a farce of this type demands not one was misjudged and even the almost casual use of the prompter seemed to complemen; the general atmosphere. The well-designed set fine ly contrasted with the chaotic stage atmosphere, and the simple scene shift for the second half introduced a fitting change of mood from the seedy hotel to an aristocratic dining room. Particularly effective was the revolving bed which always seemed to revolve on cue - a tribute to the skilled work of the set builders . Cultural finesse certainly didn't elude Broughton or Bailey on this occasion, and this was reflected in the great appreciation of the tightly-packed audiences on both nights. The success of the production was largely due to the accomplished and enthusiastic direction of Sarah McGuire (the first matron to producc a House play?), and the warm tribute paid to her on the last night by the cast indicated that they had enjoyed the performance as much as the audience. ALEXANDER HARDY AND NICKY VENN .

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BOUNCERS THE GRANGE AND WALPOLE HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 2nd and 3rd MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL In this version of Bouncers the play was reworked for a large~ cast than the original four, . h the addition of extra scenes to mclude some of the Walpole Jumor glds -:- many of these WIt s had been developed by the girls themselves. The outlme of the play IS SImple: we follo~ scen~ory of an archetypal Friday night out in a town in the North of England. The actto~ IS Ih~ve ed and commented on throughout by four nightclub bouncers. In many wa~s these fu~ctlOn SU a detached Greek chorus who strongly disapprove of the horseplay and antIcs they wItness a: ht after night. It was important to note that, whIle the fou,' remam~d stereotypes, theIr attItudes n g cleady differentiated. Alex Mumford was the reflectIve and tImId one whose attempts to ~ert~Ugh never quite came off; Christian Pattman's bouncer was a happy-go-lucky one who f~und it easier to agree with everyone rather than to take a personal stand; Myles Jackma.n accurately captured the persona of the automaton thug whose brain always lagged behmd hIs . ns Outstanding was Kola Sonalke as the Ill-at-ease Lucky Enc. He was not compatIble ac:~ hi; job and the play's greatest lyricism came in his soliloquies in which he felt protectIve ;~wards those he was paid to be aggr~ssive to. Thefour worked togeth~rin a natural way and the production was framed by theIr sltck and a musmg rap wlth some ongmal sounds from The Grange's own band. Bouncers aside everyone was looking forward to the Friday night disco. Careful preparations were made from ihe moment a day's dreary labour or aimless unemployment had ended. The ritual grooming and the Dutch courage of alcohol were all portrayed,. the two sexes keepmg quite separate until the encounters on the dance floor. The four mam gIrls accurately captured the hype of such an evening. Anticipation was the mam drug that drove them on. Ruth Brand, Tamsin Charrington, Rachel Dmwlddy and Elame Oltver became c~rtoon cancatures of a whole working class subculture seeking dramatIc release after the restnctl<?ns of a 40.-hour week . The four 'lads' also made their plans, however they were much more retIcent, playmg out the ntual with little real enthusiasm. The northern nightclub was accurately recreated with a real disco and some tacky pink and silver paintwork. Everything was set up for ane evening's frolics, but somehow nothmg worked out as the characters had envisaged. As the self-generated ~ype wore thm and the effects of the 'ten pints' and endless 'pina coladas' wore off~ the essentIal emptIness of these Itves became apparent. Time and much money Invested, yet stIll the lonely walk home -:- not even enough for the taxi fare. Much of the pathos was underpmned WIth outrageously Inappropnate, but highly effective, music from the more ~opul~r classical. repertoire. The rapId ,changes of scene and mood were done with great profeSSIOnalIsm by all Involved a~d St. Mary s Hall was agam successfully transformed. The Walpole Shells were, for many, a hIghlIght. TheIr self-ass~rance in self-created roles in a serious modern play was most commendable and the" parody of BlInd Date' was acclaimed by the audience on both nights. Thanks to Messrs. Wainde and Douglas-Fairhurst for opening a window on a world remote and alien to many involved but lived in by many in towns throughout the land. Itwas an ambItIOUS choice for a school play but the careful cuttIng and excellent productton made It a great success. W.R.P.

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OLIVER TWIST THE MEISTER OMERS HOUSE PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 9lh and IOlh MARCH, IN ST. MARY'S HALL

'Oliver, Oliver, never before has a boy wanted more!' Oliver would never have wanted mo had he been sitting in one of the two front rows watching the first joint Meister Omers productio râ&#x20AC;˘ because this performance had everything! n, Although there were a number of rapid scene changes, the principal action took place in and around a London bookshop which sold only German volumes, a thieves' kitchen supplied With Budweiser, Guinness and Carlsberg and a workhouse operated by a curvaceous young woman with a weakness for literwawy (sic) men . The set, master-crafted by Messrs. Miles and Trowell cunningly allowed these rapid changes without any loss of realism, played host to a well-directed and cleverly-performed 'Keystone Cops' chase, and even permitted a spectacular death for a spectacularly-played Bill Sykes (well done, Nick Turner!), whilst the breaks seemed less acute thanks to the sensitive and appropriate piano playing of Alexander Driskill-Smith. As with any St. Mary's performance, the audience experienced a close physical invOlvement which was used to good effect by such diverse characters as a very lugubrious Mr. Sower berry ('I do enjoy a nice sickly season') and the Pieman, who offered me a particularly revolting meat confection. Meat, of course, was at the root of the trouble. 'Don't give 'em meat, it puts too much spirit into 'em' might have been a plea from the Bursar to the Catering Department but actually was a suggestion to the unfortunate Sowerberrys suffering from the depredat io~s of a lively Oliver (played with the right combination of pallor and spirit by Graham Parrish). 'Give it gruel' was the advice offered by the guest New Zealander, but this might have detracted from the cast's great strength, which was uninhibited physical involvement. Uninhibited to the point of the 'dead girl' helpfully rearranging her own hands before being carted off, Mrs. Mann (Charlotte West) partially undressing the marvellously simple Mr. Bumble (Matthew Gourmand), and The Dodger/Charley Bates (Duncan Parrish/Dylan Wynn Pugh) roughing up Oliver so effectively that we feared a fatality. The production included a number of modest cameos - a disappointed Mr. Grimwig (Geoffrey de Burca), who likes his muffins but had to make do with eating his head, a beautifully shrill Mrs. Sowerberry (Chloe Oakshett), a role model for an Eastern European policeman (Richard Evans) and an excellent Fagin (Charles Doust) who summed up the raison d'etre of the whole business . . . 'Women are clever, and we can't get along without 'em', Well done to the producers Tennick and Miles, and to all the participants, frontstage or back. P .S. James Chandler was terrific as a signpost! W.R.P.

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(M.J.T.)

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THE PlRA TES OF PENZANCE THE SCHOOL HOUSE, GALP[N'S AND BROAD ST. RADlGUNDS PLAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY , 16th and 17th MARCH, IN THE SHIRLEY HALL One plays around with Gilbert and Sullivan at one's peril. W. S.G., for all his faults as a dramatist, wrote quite tight plots with ve ry little superfluous dialogue, and Sir Arthur, for all his limitations as a composer, was capable of thumping good tunes to complement and enhance his colleague's libretti. Fiddle around too much with either and the whole structure can collapse . Vet fiddle one must if one is to reduce The Pirates oj Penzance, one of the most popular and most lively of all the Savoy Operas, to manageable proportions for even the most talented of Houses . How many amateur societies have struggled, religiously, through the full text: but how many have left their audiences bubbling as exuberantly as did the School House - Galpin's _ Broad Street - Radigunds production. From the first burst of the Pirates onto the stage, reminiscent of the charge to the J. C.R. on a Tuesday night, to the final notes of Poor Wandering Ones the audience was entertained to a lively and excellent musical and dramatic performance. [n G. and S. the quality of the music is vital, and Sullivan was well served not only by the ability of the soloists but also by the proficient orchestral adaptation (controlled by Robert Scott) which gave sympathetic support for the singers withou t ever over-dominating. Thus there was strength and colour in the set pieces and gentler backing for the solos and duets . Tim Hands' baton was always in control and the management of the enormous cast of chorus and principals was masterly. One hundred and two on stage at times, [ am told , though the ingenious choreography made it impossible to count. With so large a cast it is invidious to pick out individuals, yet some mention of those who gave so much pleasure must be made. From the start Angus Hulme's Pirate King was dominating and worked well with his side-kick (Laura Singer) whose delightful Ruth made one think of an incompetent au pair instead of the normal Gilbertian sad fat old lady. When they were joined by Frederick (Mark Dobell) in the Paradox trio the result was a beautifully bala nced number, balanced both musically and dramatically. Frederick was youthfully ingenuous and gave a performance far more convincing than many more experienced have perpetrated. One of the highlights was his second act duet with Mabel (Victoria Moffatt) and the latter's rendering of a skilful adaptation of Poor Wandering Ones was a heart-throbbing moment. Alexander Hardy was a nicely restrained modern Major-General and it was good to hear his patter-song sung rather than rendered in the normal fashion . The splitting of the part of Sergeant of Police was a sensible move with so much talent available and Max Williams, though he played his part in traditional manner, raised spontaneous rather than traditional laughter. The unexpected and effective arrival of Queen Victoria (Matilda Mitchell) to check on proceedings provided an unusual climax. What makes the Savoy Operas so different from many other operettas is the part played by the chorus, and here a great deal of fun was had by all. The Pirates - all noblemen who have gone wrong - were just themselves and General Stanley's daughters, if a little thin vocally, were clearly individually-minded young ladies. What must surely be one of the largest choruses of policemen ever seen made one reflect on the purpose of the Force and all were so adeptly costumed by Sheila Bennett a nd Juliet Vigano that they blended neatly into the unassuming set. Technically the production was of the standard we have come to expect and Andrew Dobbin's lively direction always kept one guessing at what might happen next: despite the cuts it was normally possible to follow the plot. There is a contemporary cartoon of G. and S. watching one of their operas. Gilbert is thinking 'Oh, my poor words' and Sullivan is thinking 'Oh, my poor music'. They might have thought that of this production but they would probably have been wrong, for the audience which so enjoyed this sho w were not the traditional slaves of duty. We left humming the airs and chuckling at the extraordinary a ntics of the Police. One's only regret was that there was not more of it. G .D.W.

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BOOK REVIEW MORE WRESTLING THAN DANCING DAVID MOREAU (SH, 1941 -46; HUTCHINSON, 1990) Two or three years ago yo ur reviewer switched on his wireless rather early for the nine O'clock news and heard' .. . and when it came back from the laundry, the bill said "one bell tenl" '. On any O.K.S . of the thirties or forties this was bound to act like Proust's madeleine, only supercharged. The Tank ! Who could be talking about this man, one of King's School's legends (the reference was to his clerical surplice), on Radio 4? It turned out to be one of a series of reminiscences broadcast by David Moreau under the general title of More Wrestling than Dancing, beautifully delivered a nd addictive. David Moreau has now published a version that has an autobiographical shape but is still really a march-past of scarcely credible episodes. They are yet ~where your reviewer has di.recl knowledge), near enough, the pI am truth. When the blurb says HIS education m England li ved up to the most flamboyant fantasies of thos~ .who seek to abohsh the pubhc schools . Most of his motley gallery of masters could be clasSIfIed , kmdly, as suffenn g from nervous troub le', it is being as factual as a telephone directory. Like The Satanic Verses the account begins with a fall that presages much: the five-year-Old Moreau was attempting to fly from a tree in Tanganyika . Throughout the book he is o I'len travelling through the air, downwards in furth er falls, upwards after meddling with explosives and more or less on level keel in the R.A.F. a nd as a pnvate pIlot. Sent to wartime Bntam for his schooling he entered a small world which mimicked the great one in all the glorious and terrible uncertainty of the time. A curious crew of eccentrics and inadequates had been recalled to the common-rooms of both prep and public schools. Even their original members developed exaggerated traits of personality and behaviour: pre-war constraints had disappeared and 'Ihe

war-effort' gave real or unsurped

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David Moreau's memories of these me':lagerie~ are sharp,

detailed and accurate (though ShIrley s eyes were blue, not green). The major frUItcakes are charitably re-christened (but the pseudonyms are on a par of impenetrability with Maugham's Tercanbury): a ll else is as undisguised as the stink of dogfish in 'Burnwell' s' wooden laboratory hut at Carlyon Bay or the rattle of Moreau's home-made gunnery in Harry Curtis's underground vegetab le store. David Moreau's memories of King's and J .K.S. take up rather less than half the book bUI any O.K.S. who shared even a part ?f that period with him will want to own it, if onlÂĽ to call it in evidence when accountmg for hImself to hIS nearest and dearest. It IS also of conSIderable interest to alienists. And to anyone looking for a good light read. P.P.

VISITS AND TRIPS FENCING TRIP TO LENINGRAD SUNDA Y, 9th DECEMBER - SUN DAY, 23rd DECEMBER At 5 a.m. on Sunday, 9th December, a rather tired Paul Roman g drove an even more tired ' spacious 18-seater minibus' into a deserted pub car-pa rk in the depths of rural Kent. On~ by one devoted parents, having braved the sudden snow and the early flSe, arnved with thell' excIted but'somewhat apprehensive offspring. After a frantic loading-up session, and forcedly bne~ farewells, 'The Trip' began with the sad remark: 'That' s the last pub we'll see for two weeks ! At Heathrow , a spate of last-minute shopping took over, where the duty-free shop was raided for chew ing gum (valuable bargaining tokens in Russia, we were assured). As England slIpped away beneath us, were served a British Airways breakfast in our 'V.J.P. class s~ats ' (or was it Economy, Paul?). The suggestion that this would be our last food for a fortnIght was met by groans a ll round, primarily because it was such an awfu l last meal. 126

Our first view of Leningrad was grey and cold, much like all subsequent such views. T he pilot, vith Paul beside him in the cockpit, announced that the temperature was - 2Â°C, pretty warm for the time of year! O nce we had passed through customs, we were met by our Russian hosts amid typically Russian chaos, and the ladies of the party were presented with red ~oses, cour tesy of Leningrad CIty CouncIl. Commumcatlon was somewhat taxmg, usuall y mvolvmg translatIon from Russian to French/ Germa n and then into English. We would never have su rvived without Shafik's G.C.S.E . French or the amazing. skills of Mr. Jennings (T.L), our official interpreter, who picked up the RUSSIan for 'cheers' m no time at a ll! We were driven to the Olympic Sports School which we discovered was to be our home for the next two weeks. Initia l disappointment at not staying with families gave way rapidly to relief al stayi ng together, especially among the younger children. Our worries about food were dispelled after our first meal: there was plenty of it, and it tasted better than school meals, even if no-one lVas really sure what it was! Alex somehow managed to survive on a diet of bread and Mars bars, which by the end of the trip were cha nging hands for vastly inflated sums. The ti metable for each day consisted of three sessions: a sightseeing trip, fencing training a nd evening entertainment. One factor much appreciated by all, especially Shafi k ' lazy rhubarb' Saba, was the time of breakfast - a thoroughly civilised 9 a. m. This was, of course, coun tered by Ihe length of the late- night chats with C hris Buckingham and T.J., which often left us with a mere five or six hours rest. (I use rest in the broadest sense of the word, Sharfeek a nd Alex .. .). The touris m aspect of Leningrad was truly amazing, with so many huge palaces, museums and cathedrals, as well as the world-famous Kirov ba llet 'which we might see' . Among our visits were the Summer Palace, where Sha fik fell in love with the cha ndeliers , the Winter Palace (Hermitage), where he fell in love with an Italia n tourist, and the Pushkin Palace, all by the same a rchi tect. The artwork was perhaps the most impressive thing of a ll , with the Hermitage full of Gaugin's, Van Gogh's and Cezanne's work, to name but a few, a nd every church or calhedral glittering from top to bottom with gilded icons (all signed 'Sasha 1990'). The one factor Ihat was always the same wherever we went was the black-market trading. You could hardly slep out of the coach without being as ked to buy a 'wery hood Russian military hat' for prices rangi ng from $1 to ÂŁ 10. Watch-swapping was a much more promising suggestion, and the free American Express sponsorship watches vanis hed rather rapidly! Graeme won the 'Friends of Ihe Rabbits' award for highest number of fur hats, while Alex managed to amass several hundred badges . (1 gather he has already recouped his losses by selling three to Mr. Teeton. Who ever said Alex was a mug?) The training sessions took a much more varied form tllan ours, although they were equally casual. A lot of time was spent improving general fitness, mainly by playing basketball, which gave us a chance to see just how good their sportsmen are, although Alex and Shafik did score a few baskets! The swimming was slightly mo re even, a lthough Paul proved too heavy for even Ihree of us to throw into the pool. The fencing sessions consisted of a gen tle war m-up followed by electric fe ncing and individua l lessons. The standard of coaching was excellent, although their slyles differed greatly. Sha fik remarked after a lesson with Alexander 'the Pillowhead' that it lVas 'great to have a good sabre lesson at last' , while Alex and Jim found Alexei's casual, initiativeimprov ing lessons very useful. Ray, I'm sure, enjoyed his lessons with the somewhat overbearing Vera, not to mention his fights with Misha. Graeme and Hugh benefitted greatl y from their lessons with Igor, who may be coming to coach here in the near future. The standard of the club fencers was quite high, although Shafik tired of fencing Alec, the club's only sabreur, and went to another club to train with the Russian Senior Squad coach for a day. Alex beat several of their epeeists, including a member of the U.S.S .R. VI? team, while all the foi lists won a fight every now a nd then. . Perhaps the best part of the fencing was the competitive aspect: we fenced in five competitions In len days! The first on the list was the local V20 sabre competition, where Shafik was unlucky 10 only make 10th, Alex achieved a deserved lith , and Jim was very unlucky to ma nage 12th. In Ihe team event the following day, we came an expected 4th out of four teams, but we did manage a 5-3 defeat against the winners. (All right, so we lost the other two 5-0, but never mind.) 127

- ------ -- - - - ---The equivalent foil everHtook place towards the end of the trip, and our results we~e even worse It was a tough competItIOn wIth twent~-elght ~ntnes, so Akx, Ray and Hu&h dId well to Wi~ any fights at all . ShafIk also went out III the ftfst round, wIthout even wlllnmg one fight bu then he's a sabreur - enough said. Jim squeezed through to the last sixteen with a few na;ro~ wins, where he finally came 10th. The next day saw another team competition and a change of placing - 5th out of fIve thIs tIme. The scores were closer thIs time, WIth Alex and Shafik fencing well , but J im fell apart completely under pres~ure. The. real s~cc.ess sto~y must have been Shafik's stunnlllg 92nd place .out of 130 top fencers III the Lenlll)Srad A ÂĽrade mteroational. This was part of the world champIOnshIp senes, and It was an amazlllg expenence Just to Watch let alone compete in . Alex, Ray and Jim also fenced, but would prefer to keep quiet aboutthei;

scores. The evening activities were, surprisingly enough, often the !"ost enjoyable part of the day, although they varied greatly m form and quahty. Our rtfst evenlllg was somewhat dlscouragcing since, WIth all ad ults ,havmg 'dnnks' WIth the ~choo l s headmaster, we were left almost alone in the apartment, and made several ve.ry abortIve attempts to talk to the RUSSIans downstairs, with even our best 'Strastvoechy' meetmg only blank stares. Fortunately, when thlllgs got more organised we were taken to a circus, ballet and puppet theatre, among others, which were greal fun . The ballet was too modern for most people's liking, but Caputan Chiurt and T. J " Ihe connoisseurs of fine entertainment, said it was good so we all agreed. T.J ., not having saled his cultural appetite, went to the Kirov as well , but could only get one ticket! In addition 10 these excursions, a number of parties, etc. were arranged by members of the fencing club, including two birthdays (including Alex's 17th), a trip to a baroque concert (or was it a comedy?), and a farewell disco. Shafik, Jim and T.J. sacrificed the disco for a night at the 'jazz club' (one of the miracles of glaznost), which we all enjoyed. Meanwhile the others were dancing the nighl away, with H ugh mDnopolising Lena, Alex danci ng wi t~ Ga~nor Dav!es, and Ray and Misha getting it together at last. Graeme found the vodka, whIle NICk, Gay s 10-year old son, slole Lara off him! After a last-minute packing session and a lunch of cabbage soup (they do have other things on the menu, honest), we were ferried off to the air[lort on Sunday, 23rd December. The farewells were long a nd emotional, alt hough Caputan Chlurt managed to hurry us through customs eventually. Unfo rtunately, the flight was delayed several ho urs , but there was a duty-free shop a nd a bar so all was well .... We met another English gro up from Lancing, who'd been staying with families to the east of Moscow, and had, by all accounts, had a far less enjoyable lime. It is only left for me to thank the one and only Paul Romang, his wife, Joy, Mr. Jenn in~s, Chris and Dawn Buckingham, and Dr. DavICs, for orgamsmg such an excellent fortmght, keeptng us under control, and getting us all back safely. Above all , our warmest thanks are extended to Leni ngrad City CDunci l, the Olympic Sports School, a nd our mysteno us sponsors, who we hope will be able to carry out a return someday soon. 'Spasibo y dosv idanya'. JAMES CRAWFURD,

6A SKI TRIP TO LES DEUX ALPES Everybody gathered for the first 'Team Talk' of many the day after the end of term. Many had already entered the holiday spirit and sat silent, smiling at the arrival .of the Headmaster. T he next morning at the sprightly hour of 2:30 a.m. we were awoken by a Jubilant N.L.P. and before long we were heading towards Gatwick, where 'The Team' hit Burger King and Mossy's music hit all of the other people waiting for planes. On arrival in Lyon we were introduced to the joys of a Quest holiday in the form of a long coach journey and Jo the manic rep. We had yet to meet Billy Idol of 'Really Wild Show' fame, but we did have our first encounter with the Huddersfield lads. For the boys on the back seat the journey was a 'merry' one, despite the driver's desire to put an end to Ed's tendency to catch fire, and to promote Widespread bladder explOSIOns. 128

The snoW was fantastic for the whole week and nicely padded some of the more spectacular fails . 'Veg-he~d' H~dges managed to drag himself away from the video games for arguably the mos l impreSSIve. MIlia seemed to have an Illbullt balance problem WIthout a remedy, despIte the attention given by Jason, or was it Tony, the ski instructor, and Sheena's death-wish went wrong and she hved. N.L.P. managed to wipe out his entire ski-class and was rewarded with hiS fining system bemg used agamst 111m. Pity prevailed and he escaped being fined for his iceskat ing too . MosSY was justifiably fined for his efforts in the direction of Jeanette, the much admired deliverer of the recurring sardines and other such delicacies, most of which Andy managed to eat before they reached the r~st of us. The sardines were not absent from the Black Tie dinner, which is more than can be saId for most of Lucy's possessions and Tom's abundance of topics for discussion. The evenmg also saw James 'Shandy' Phillips in fu ll flight. Emmaline 'The Video Queen' was as ever present, although the camera was at one stage captured by John so he could record parts of Jeanette for posterity. Emm also excelled herself, along with Alex and Kate, boogying at L' Avalanche. Equally exciting entertainment was provided by the unforgettable 'Dublin Boys' at Mike's Bar. We also managed to fit in an amusing trip to the bowling alley. Alex was convinced the bowling manager was Jack the Ripper. This seemed trivial and comic until he found a toe in his bowling shoe. Emm again showed her finesse on the slopes and was promoted to the 'advanced' ski class taking with her the fleshy all-in-ones to join the li kes of James 'Zazzy' Tory. The last night, as well as the trip to L'Avalanche, saw the formation of Travis Removal Services Ltd. and Sheens being chatted up by the most of the Huddersfield lads and the winner of the Tony Slattery lookalike competition, all of whom were a little the worse for wear. Did Andy ever say 'Suck on that'? It remains a mystery, as does the cause of his fODd rejection problem . Ric hard suffered from a similar problem which he chose to wallow in. T hanks must go to the ever-tolerant Mr. Phillis, the Jacksons and Mrs . Woodley. They all helped towards making a superb holiday and provided many laughs, N.L.P.'s orange shirt to name but one. CHRIS THOMPSON.

HOCKEY TOUR NOTES We started the trip on Wednesday, 2nd January, having to get up at 3 a.m . to catch the plane (wh ich we almost missed thanks to Mr. Phillis fo rgetting to return a video). The same morning the Captain pulled his Achilles tendon li fting sui tcases (very easy to do, so I'm told), which was to plague him throughout the tour. Arriving on Wednesday afternoon, our first impression was of a dusty, slightly backward country with a litter problem which would make any thirdworld country proud. Following a fitness test we decided to sample some local brew(!) which was cheap providing you avoided the British bars. The next day we had some morning training on a nearby pitch after which we had a match against a local club side whom we beat 4-3. They decided however that they would 'seek their revenge' and the next day put up against us a tougher side who just beat us 3-2. Saturday afternoon was free so we went down to the beach to playa Phillis Oxford pastime 'ragger', by the end of which at least three of us had a semi-permanent injury . In the evening we deCided to go bowhng where James Lamont 'bowled us over' with his wrist action. The next day we awoke refreshed and ready to take on the Spanish world, which was just as well as we found ourselves up against the third-test ladies' side in Spain. It was composed of broad, hairy and rather unfeminine Spanish women who, realising they couldn't out-play us with skill tried 10 out-act us by throwing themselves onto the ground and pretending we'd knocked them' over. How could we, since they weighed more than us? Anyway we managed to squeeze one more past them and beat them a satisfactory 3-2. We felt we had to go bowling again in the evening 129

to limber us up for a match the next day against a national league side, and sure enough Monday we found ourselves in pitched battle against a side who were simply better than on (although Mr. P hillis would give other reasons), and a final result of 5- 1 did nothing to di scred~s us, with the captain slotting in a fine goal. II However, hockey did not take up all our time. For starters Mr. Phillis' schoolbo y looks w ere highly desired by a young hotel waitress who, despite refusing to wear deodorant, was u appealing, although Mr. Phillis would have none of it as it wo uldn't have gone all the w~y'~e the altar rail. Mr. Thane just looked on in sympath y. Since Mr. P hillis seems to be the obje ~ of this resume, one should mention the daily 'team talks' we had in the conference room ~ the hotel where such catchphrases were born as 'match pace', 'triangles' and 'go in hard' whic~ a lthough sounding good when said loudly during a match, served only to con fuse us ~o end He a lso persisted in saying 'Allez - we go no w' at every opportunity and although we tried I ~ put up with this, we were very relieved when he finally lost his voice. Many an evening free was spent chatting to experts who, despite being fellow countrymen, succeeded in conning us senseless . 'Shandy ' Shepley was one who frequented these bars, one time in particular with unfortunate results. On Saturday night a girls' school from Ipswich arrived , but no-one could be bothered to lalk to them until Sunday when Andy tried particularly hard, showing them his Kent badges bUI lost to Roger who still writes to them. ' On our last day, Monday, some stereotypical ' lager louts' from Britai n arrived, claiming 10 have been 'inside'. By the end of the trip we all felt that we'd enjoyed it tremendously, played some good hockey soaked up some rays and sampled the delights o f San Miguel, all of which we wou ldn' t forgei for a term or so. We'd like to thank Mr. Phillis a nd Mr. Thane for a very successful tour. C HA RLES VEITCH .

6A EUROPEAN ECONOMICS CONFERENCE AT ALDEN BIESEN SUN DAY, 3rd FE BRUARY -

SATU RDAY , 9th FEBRUARY

We arrived at the sixteenth -century chateau in the afternoon of a cold February day, and proceeded to get very cold wandering around the gro unds in search of clues. After that initiation it was introduction time. Beverley and Charlotte presented our world o f oak beams a nd stone masterpieces, and the other schools were visibly shocked by the glimpses o f privilege they were given. In their turn the Friedrich Ebert Gymnasium, the Athenaeum, and the Lycee des Pontonniers showed a generous sense of humour, a nd a similar taste for Ie hard rock. Each morning we took part in discussion groups, and were expected to speak mainly in French. Everyone was expected during the course of the week to give a report on one day's discussions to the full conference. During one such discussion a Ger ma n teacher ex pressed discontenl al the British members' cautious approach to European unification. Peter Speicher delivered a brillia nt, though borrowed, reply: 'Non, non , non! ' The highlight of the week's conference was the Model Council of Ministers. King's provided both the British and the Irish delegations. The latter were remembered for their wearing of Ihe green, whilst the former had that Mr. Major lookalike, Ed Peters, at their head . The British proposed the motion that aid should be given to Eastern Euro pe, fin anced by a transfer of resources from the C.A.P. This provoked emotional responses from the rest, especially the 'Irish'. T he U.K. was a lso overruled when the Germans proposed the dissolution of national armies, and the creation of a European force. Following a humorous delivery by the 'Irish' delegation, the session was dramatically interrupted by the news of the I. R.A. bomb attack on Downing Street. 130

In Ihe afternoons we visited a number of cities . It was carnival-time in Aac hen, where ties nd shoelaces are traditionally cut by you ng .girls, and we kept out the minus 16 degree cold ~y stomping and sll1gll1g. T he Rubens house 111 Antwerp was a contrast to Dante's Chasms of Hell , otherwise known as Ford Works, Genk. Everyone from King's contributed to European relations. Angus Hulme charmed us with Basin Street Blues on the piano, and met up with his Bonn Belle. A Belgian, Muriel, discovered her nli_dePRESSant, whilst Hsien talked with Mr. Tambourine Man . The last evening, in the castle :urrounded by deep ice, was warm with emotion. Hearty thanks to Messrs. T urner and Vye for their help before and during the conference, and for arranging everything (and showing us ho w to dance); to the Flemish Community for Iheir superb hospitality; and especiall y to Mr. Michael Hart for his inspirational organisation. S IMON BOWKER.

GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP THURSDAY, 7th MARCH -

SUNDAY, 10th MARCH

We arrived at the Castle Head Field Centre through the cold Cum brian drizzle prepared for any weather we might encounter. .. Justin had a single spare shirt and one pair of shorts. A fter our sum ptuous meal the boys found , to their delight, runnin g water in their luxury cupboards. The drawback was that the water was running across the ceiling a nd down the walls. Meanwhile Ihe girls luxuriated in deep shag-pile carpets, etc. During our first lecture in the old chapel we were introduced to our tutors and warned about the hostile environment, surrounded by vicious livestock, we were in , and given many invaluable delails about the background of the glaciation course with much 'I rish talking' by Murray. The next few days had us walking up mountains a nd bouncing on bizarre inter-tidal jelly by day and colouring things in and washing-up by night interspersed with the odd relaxing game of football in the gym . Vicky showed us all there is to know about Till Sediment Analysis, Tony Frew wore Zoe's tights (and looked great?) , Bill Scott made cinematic history with a superb 'documentary' - style video (compulsive viewing if just fo r Justin's fleeting guest appeara nces) and Jim and Jo surprised us a ll with their whirlwind romance. We saw man y fin e examples of spurs, drumlins a nd a large variety of other glacia l landforms bOlh erosional and depositional while the field-centre tutors explained their presence using knowledge passed down to them by the undisputed king of Glaciology - N.L.P. (apparently). Unfortunately the return journey home was not as smooth as expected with a (stressful) 90,000 mile or so tail-back at the Dartford Tunnel but Kery kept us all entertained, and eventually we got back to school a mere twelve hours after leaving Grange-over-Sands. Our than ks must go to the tutors at the centre (Frank Murray, Clive a nd Martin) and the Geography Department for making the whole ex perience possible. J AKE SUMMERS.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES When Canon Paul Oestreicher , Director of International Ministry at Coventry Cathed visited the school to preach at Mattins on 13th Ja nuary, tension in the Gulf was running h.'~' His sermon, which in many ways was a Quaker view of war, helped to provide a backgro~ . for our thi!,king and prayers during the anx ious da~s of Ja~uary . Later in the term a mem~d of the Bntlsh Red Cross outlmed the need for medical aid 10 the Gulf regIOn . This helped t r underline the serious return of the conflict and throughout the term prayers have been said .0 the Shirley Ha ll, in the Crypt and in the Memorial Chapel for a ll involved with the war. Wh;" the Archbishop visited the School on Saturday, 19th January, there was much talk about thn rights and wrongs of war, the ethics of conflict and the just nature of military involvement i~ the Gulf. On the day followmg hiS VISit to the School, the Archbishop led a televised service from the C rypt of the Cathedral calling the nation to prayer for the pursuit of peace and reconciliation: In School on that day we welcomed Mr. Ivan Manning, who talked to the sixth form about hiS personal expenence of bemg a hostage 10 Kuwait. The Sung Eucharist on the same day was celebrated in the Upper Chapel of SI. Augustine's and many members of the SchOOl will remember that morning as the time when a Service took place with a n overflow of over fifty people listening in St. Augustine's Dining Room. The work of St. Augustine's Theological College has been in our minds during the last term . In the Lower Chapel there are stone tablets in m~m?ry of priests who we re trained in Canterbury and who left to serve the Anglican church and mlSSIonan es . From the penod of great missionary expansion of the Church, these stones record that men left Canterbury to work in faraway places. One memorial to William Hey (priest admitted to the Foundation 1st December 1860, died 28th November 1867) reveals that he travelled to Madagascar. When our Lent Visitor, Adriantsimba Liva, a theological student from Antananarivo, Madagascar fir st saw this he immediately recognised that Hey was one of the founding fath ers of Anglicanism in Madagascar. Over a hundred yea rs ago, Canterbury provided a training ground for the Madagascan Church and this term we received a priest-in-training who could give us insights into our C hristian faith and Church life. Adriantsimba Liva stayed in Galpin's while he was a resident in School, addressed House assemblies, led prayers and visited each Boarding House in the School. He quickly made friends and through his quiet manner, gentie humour and deep reverence for God, he was able to throw new light on School life. He stressed the need for discussion , prayer, and a n awareness of the presence of God. By his own presence in the School he was able to direct our thoughts to the needs of the Anglican church in the developing world and help us pray for a deepening of our faith in Canterbury. Adriantsimba Liva was involved in the School Confirmation Service which took place on 10th March (the Bishop of Dover, the Right Reverend Richard Third confirmed thirty-four members of the School at a Sung Eucharist in the Nave of the Cathedral) and also took part in our Confirmation preparation training days when we visited SI. John's C hurch, Margate. Our links with the Church in Margate have deepened during the last three years. Confirmation preparation takes place through classes in School , followed by an investigation into the life and work of St. John's, Margate, under the guidance of the Vicar, Canon Norman Baldock, the Curate, the Reverend Clive Gregory and many parishioners. We were able to discover not merely how the organisation of a parish church functions but how members of the church are often seeds of hope within community projects. Our awareness of a sense of community came alive when we visited projects in Margate which included the SI. John' s Workshops, the Childrens' Society, the Charlotte Centre and the Home run by Doris Pargeter. It gave those who were seeking to be confirmed an insight into some of the demands of the C hristian faith and some of the possibilities . Behind our thinking during these visits was the parable of the mustard seed. The seed seems to have taken firm root and we are working at deepening our links with Margate, so that we can continue our.contact with the people who have welcomed us with their generous hospitality. tl2

A Eucharist has been celebrated daily in school throughout the term .. Sacristans (kd by Justin burgh with assIStance from Ewan Kerr) and Servers have helped wah these services and the ROX ers and Sacristans held their own Dinner in the Gateway Chamber at St. Augustine's . The ser\ er at the Dinner, Dr. Humberstone, said that during his schooldays he had been deprived spet~e opportunity of going to the Eucharist at 7.30 a.m. every day. One or two Sacristans who f'~d 7 30 a.m. very early for prayer envied his deprivation. School prayers in the Shirley Hall I ing the term have been led by School Monitors, Dr. Hands, Dr. Humberstone and the dur dmaster in a ddition to myself, and eight members of sta ff have led Year Group Prayers H~~e Crypt'of the Cathedral. T he Chapel Council has met twice during the term and proposals ~ worship next term include events during King's Week and evening House services. T hrough ~~ Chapel Council and work in many School Houses, we have supported the Charity of the ~ m the Imperial Cancer Research Fun d . A staff member from that C hanty vIsited the School a~~h; beginning of term and returned recently to say ' thank yo.u' when cheques totalling. ÂŁ850 ere presented. The C harity selected for the Summer term IS the L' Arche Commumty 10 ~anterbury and already there is ta lk of highlighting both the work done locall y and the plans which the L' Arche community have to open communities in Poland. During the Summer term we will witness the enthronment of a new Archbishop, an event of local, national and inte.rnational significance. Also during the Summer term we will complete our preparations for a VISit with pupils t? Madagascar, an.event whIch though on. a ml.nute sc~le by comparison, will a lso be of local, natIOnal and mternatIOnal slgmflcance. Adnantslmba Llva asks me to thank you for your generous, friendly hospitality during his visit a nd he joins me in wishing you a very Happy Easter. P.F.H. Preachers at Mattins - Spring term 1991: Canon Paul Oestreicher, Director of International Mission at Covent ry Cathedral The Right Reverend J. D. G. Kirk ham, T he Bishop of Sherborne The Reverend P. F. Hullah Sunday Sixth Form Talk Speakers have included: Ivan Manning Roger Gale M.P. Lower School Service Preachers have included: The Reverend Sian Yates Luke Williams O.K.S. (Schools Partnership World wide) Mr. G. R. Cocksworth Members of the School baptized at the School Eucharist in the Cathed ral Crypt: Vesiri Ibru, Brian Sun, J ane Tennick Confirmation Candidates: School House Philip Grove Matthew Knight Josceline Sclater Henry Shelford The Grange Vesiri Ibru Wayne Manning Miles Thomas Joshua Tod

Galpi n's HOllse Alastair McGregor

Bailey Sally Baker Anna Lake

Linacre James Crawfurd tJJ

Walpole Zoe Chamberlin Isabella Marozzi Meister Omers Damian Jones Brian Sun

Broughton Oluwafemi Fadeyi Alistair Hawkins O liver Kent Nicholas Spiller Peter Spiller

Marlowe Matthew Brown Ben Loxton-Edwards Tristan McConnell Jonathan Norman Jane Tennick

Tradescant Julian Hinves Neil Hopkins James Morgan

Luxmoore Toyin Fadeyi Patrick Pitta way Mark Sorauer

Broad Street Clare Haslock Victoria Jones

Donations to Charity - Spring term 1991: Imperial Cancer Research Foundation Comic Relief (money raised by The Grange) The Church in Madagascar (SI. Paul's Theological College) Cued Speech British Red Cross (Gulf Disaster Appeal) Christian Aid Cyrenians (Canterbury) U .S.P.G.

£850.00 £ 145.00 £ 100.00

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flouse ~otes Alas , we come to you quoteless, but fear not, readers, the next instalment of the School House Papers (recently uncovered in the corner of a dusty attie in Clungunford) are as torrid, gripping, throbbing and fruity as those they succeed. Captured in these timeless scrolls is a record of how the Gods descended in fury upon us, purging us of our youthful vigour and wantonness with a plethora of plagues and pestilences. 'Nay, Nay, a nd thrice nay!' cried the multitudes, but it was so . That quiet sanctuary of mental stagnation and meditative inertia (the T. V. room) was tainted by the loss of the video - struck down by a malignancy so venomous that even Daniel couldn't overcome it. As if this wasn't punishment enough, from the heavens burst forth a mighty flood, sweeping before it not only Ph ipo's R.S. coursework (the Gods show no mercy) but a lso documents of a more sinister nature, intercepted by Pam, but now safely in the hands of Guy. As the waters raged around uS our Patriarch, Dr. Dobb in donned flat-cap and wellingtons (the Salopian's defence in the fa~e of adve rsity) and kindly offered shelter from the deluge. Indeed, a n Ark might perhaps have been more fitting for the positive plague of beasts innumerable that have swum , crawled and scampered into our midst within the last term. Our company now includes cats, dogs, (and hybrids), ger bils, terrapins, Mouldy, fish and a snake (or IWO?) Wiping tears of despair from our eyes (after that last joke) we drove ever onward through snow and ice; and yet further disaster obstructed our path . From the cosy warmth o f the House Library, incompetence once again reared its ugly head in the form of the Acadamic Challenge Icam - whose wits were clearly still frozen. Vet from the very jaws of catastrophe the Hiee arose like a phoenix, the raw power of our musical talent fu elling its fires . lonnie Sampson inspired ~ Musical Evening to thaw even the coldest heart a nd justly earned acceptance into Ihat fervent sect, namely the Monitorial Body. With culture as the very lifeblood o f our community, we await the enriching ex perience that is Gilbert and Sulliva n with pious anticipation. As the icy waters retreated, the sweet fragrance of romance invaded our nostrils, stirred up by our very own 'Noah' Dobbin (do you know 'er? 'Cos we do, tee-heel) With water as our Iheme, Ben Young sough t to Ford the stream of life, before discovering a HOLE IN HIS BUCKET!! Daniel's Lenten vows of chastity soon dissolved into his usual state of amorous confusion . No mucking about for l onnie and Shafik, who were both looking fo r a settled relationship. Less success ful was Guy de la Billiere, fresh from conquests in the desert sands, who sallied forth on the Tamsin quest. He lac ked patience, however, and as a result the frui ts of his labours were as no thing. His brother, who lacked no patience, and in no way discouraged by Sir Guy's singular fa ilure, endeavoured to take on the whole of Walpole en masse. Vet enough of this froth a nd rococo verbosity. It remains but for us, yo ur humble scribes, 10 eXlend a firm, dry, but slightly yielding handshake of gratitude, conveying in its warmth and pliability our gushing appreciation and heartfelt thanks for services rendered and experiences shared.

SCHOOL HOUSE

THE COUC H SUR REA LI STS.

IJ5 SIl AFIK AND IGOII I T.I .J.)

THE GRANGE

The last few days of the Autumn Term were full of excitement We shared the semor Rugby cup after an admirable draw with Broughton . The Shells also pulled off an Immense victory i their drama competition under the admirable directorship(?) of Alex Mumford and Myles Jackman. This quite subUy lead me (and why not?) on to this term and Bouncers. Under th~ 'Iaugh-a-minute' twosome of Mr. Wain de and Mr. Douglas. Fairhurst (to whom our most grateful thanks are extended) this play, centred on a disco, was a great success. The fou; bouncers were Kola 'Leeds is lovely' Sonaike, Chris 'going steady at last' Pattman, Myles Jackman, and Alex '???' Mumford. Thanks also to the Walpole Girlies for sUPP ly;~g a few roles (and very well I might add), but the biggest cheer must be reserved for our resident kebab man, Sahir 'chilli sauce, my friend' Jeelani whose flexibi lity was proved in an amazing impression first of a taxi and then as a hot dog seller. The whole house was stunned by our performance in the intellectual disciplines of chess and Academic Challenge. Under their leader Ben 'that's my party!' Peachey, the chess team overcame the challenge of Bailey in the first round (3-0). This victory must surely be put into the annals of the archives: Mr. Rooke was quoted as saying, 'This is the first chess match I can ever remember T he Grange winning!' A hearty round of applause to the three individual vanquishers, (though we were removed by L inacre in the following round). Academic Challenge was an even greater success . Though underdogs in each of our three matches we eased into the Final having disposed of Walpole (it was cruel to draw two house as close and affectionate as ours together so early in the competition), Mitchinson's and Marlowe (homes of three of the most senior Scholars in the school) . Linacre beat us in a closely-fought final. Special mention must surely go to Simon Maggs who acted as our guiding star (who. on a free transfer from, ironically, Linacre, must surely go down as one of Mr. Woodley's most ast ute signings in his reign). 'So, have you actually won any cups?' I hear you all cry. Well, actually ... Yes. Our juniors have been on sparkling form: Chris 'Pinky' Newbery and Jules 'has anyone seen my scientific calculator' Faulkner beat School House to win the junior Badminton cup . Under the able captaincy of Henry 'type-cast' Gage, the junior Hockey side gained an admirable victory over Tradescant to win the junior House cup. After an epic final against Luxmoore we drew 2-2. We won the cup, on penalties. We scored all ours, and they missed all theirs for 3-0. On the school sports field we were well represented. The 1st XI Hockey team were graced by the presence of Jimmy '78 not out' Osmond and Chris Pattman; they were both awarded First Colours. The 1st XI Soccer team had its nucleus in our house; Ollie 'smelly' Hinton, Ben Peachey. Kola 'another mention' Sonaike all playing regularly. Simon, Graeme and Dave 'wearing shoes at last' Fraser also made appearances. Bill 'The Ch ill' Scott captained the Seconds, and Des 'Cadbury' s' Chum captained the Thirds. We proved ourselves on the sporting front once agai n with Ben Peachey and O liver Hinton both gaining full first colours, Kola Sonaike being awarded both first team and second colours, and Bill Scott, Dave Fraser and Brian Yau all gaining second colours . Ricky Dibley and Tom 'At last, I found a sport I can do' Del Mar ran for the cross-country team. These two have both been awarded first team colours. The school basketball has been dominated by Grange, eight players being picked: Kola, Miles, Brian 'a lillie off the sides' Yau, Des, Dave, Chris, Graeme and Simon. Mark 'Hyperman' Fell may have also played and deserves a mention anyway. Miles Thomas has once again proved his agility on the sporting front and has been awarded full Badminton colours and First Team colours in Squash. The social calendar has been less full this term; with all that sporting prowess, mind-numbing competitions and lots of work being done as well, I for one have cut back on my social 136

engagements, but not inf~tuations . The Bay has been a hive of activity, Dan dividing his time between the pho~e and hts So~th London borough without the pork; it was not obvious why he was sltll learn 109 hIs two tImes table. BIll has yet again failed us, but there again, Ollie's term has been far greyer; havmg to watch how Merv Hughes deals with googlies is more than anyone can handle. Valentine's Day was a fruitful day for some' with the innovative idea of carnation deliveries, we received a fair few, and sent the least. '

On Comic Reliefday, we won the auction for the 'Red Nose'. We pledged £100 after giving ourselves a £30 hmlL The rest of the !"ormng .was spent vigorously fund raising, and a final total of £145 was raIsed! CongratulatIons are 10 order for the whole house. A special thank yoU must go to Ben Peachey at this point for captaining the Academic Challenge, the chess and the football, whIch he dId admirably and yet more with the raising of the £145 for Comic Relief. At this point I feel it necessary to put across a more serious poinL The reaction of some towards our house has led most of us to adopt the Millwall adage 'Nobody likes us we don't care'. To be arrogant, this is a very successful house; we can pull together much better than most (as our fund raising on Comic Relief Day showed), but we also have an element of individuality in us all; so please let it flourish. Finally, thank you to the cleaning ladies, the linen room ladies and Matron for keeping us in good order. A specIal thank you to Mr. and Mrs . Woodley; they get a lot of flak for us and we are grateful for it. We are also grateful to the tutors who back up Mr. Woodley very well. THE OLD GRANGE.

WALPOLE

Building on the firm foundations laid last term, Walpole now goes from strength to strength. Despite an absurd outbreak of 'flu which dragged on and on and on . . . and left only Housemistress, Matron, and a sprinkling of resilient girls alive and kicking, Walpudlians have continued to flourish in all areas of school life. Although this term has been relatively short, we have managed to cram it full of action - life in Walpole could never be described as dull. First and foremost, the Walpole-Grange House Play, Bouncers, was superb, a refreshingly different production (grateful thanks to Messrs. Douglas-Fairhurst and Wainde) which featured some excellent performances, particularly from our four resident tarts and their little imitators! Continuing on the 'cultural' theme, Walpudlians still make . ... va~t contributions to the musical life of the school: not only IS our smgmg 10 Assembly vaguely Improving, but also our House song promises to be a real gem, Walpole's dulcet tones being stunningly conducted by Cassie and skillfully accompanied by Satoko. While we may have found the Academic Challenge rather too much of a challenge in the end, thIS IS a clear example of Walpole's strong belief that taking part is far more important than always. winning. However we are familiar still with the concept of academic success, with three 6a havmg gamed Oxbndge places (CONGRATS!) and 'Cilia' Mullen winning the Headmaster's Poetry Prize. Our resident bilinguals came into their own during Liva's visit: a very enjoyable evening. . The heavy snow brought Walpudlians of all shapes and sizes out into the cold to participate IUthe snowball /burying fights on the law n: all highly civilised of course, with only one broken ~vlndow. Four Shells made a concerted effort to 'seal' up the snowman competition, but, alas twas not to be. On the hockey and lacrosse pitches, netball courts and lakes this has been a yet more dynamic term. Ruth, Tamsin. Cassie and Elaine continued to help the school's netball teams to victory. t3 7

Congratulations go to Ruth and Tamsin for netball colours and Nicky for hockey colours. India and Alice both brandished their sticks in the lacrosse team .. T he junior netball A team only lost (just) one match, and the B team put up a brave fIght. T he JUnIo r hockey team mamtaIned their form idable reputation by being runners-up m the Kent Schools Tournament. Anna was, of COurse Queen of the lakes and we now have at least five fencers (including the ' t~ree Becket musketeers'!i We had a go at the junior INDOOR mter-House hockey , we won t mentIon the OutdOor competition. Congratulations go to Ruth and Tamsin fo r Netball colours and to Nicky for HOckey colours. On a romantic note, Walpole introduced a new fund-raising.a~tiv i ty to Valentines Day by selling and delivering carnatIons throughout the school. ThIs brIllIant Idea - the braInchIld of one of our multi-talented 6b - raIsed ÂŁ150 for ImperIal Cancer Research and brIghtened the lives of many young romantics. I hope the event will be repeated in future years. Romantic involvements (or should I say 'social relations') still thrive in the 'Pole. The Shells continue to swap, mix and match, try and test, etc. and the Removes live life to the full (whatever that may entail. .. ), Sinead, Harriet, Karen, Nicky and Michelle all going for that long-term challenge. Nothi ng was good enough for Tante, however, as having been Guyded away from School House by a skinn y-legged hockey player, her sore throat soon put her off. Meanwhile, Helen is still rambling on her nature trail with a nother School House sheep and Alice was briefly Bent towards a Young 6a . Someone remained firmly attached to her Broughton counterpart, can't think who - yawn! (No t my idea! ). Finally, man y, many thanks are due to the Lovely Ladies and the tu tors; to our magnificent matron for her amazing hard work; but most of all to Mrs. Pickering for her inexhaustible effOrl which has made the House such a n all-round success. N ICK Y VEN N.

MEISTER OMERS A is for Alice. B is for BR - and a Chill y non-journey. C is for Chicken - Josh ' sideburns' De Haan and Alex 'it is a sport, actually' Ellison going for a quick 54, while Jim ' it's been a long year' Doust wanted to play dirty. D is for Drama - thank s to Mrs. T. and the crew: 'Twist - a cultural extravaganza' (Kentish Gazette). E is for Erecting the set in St. Mary's. F is for Football - Nick Papageorgiou's other colourful activity, which also got Hans 'please not the Oaks' Madueme unusually mobile. G is fo r God - what have you done with Dave Atkins' History and Politics projects? H is for Hockey - Charlie 'blac k-tie' Veitch captaining the 2nds to improve his neckwear again, Jon 'oh for the valleys' Press also honoured at last , with Andy 'cereal packet' Hill and Ed 'fog' Peer also chipping in . Other hoc key stars include Josh, Dave 'relegated' Atki ns, Charlie '1 like cucum bers' DOllst, Jam ie 'Ugh!' Rayner Steve 'Kylie' Lau, and Tom 'it's o nl y a brace Bucher.

I is for Relationship - purely platonic Papa. J is fo r Junior Academic Challenge won with a little help from Geoff 'well interrupted ' de Burca. l J8

K is for Kick-box - alternative Saturday night viewing with ' Chuck Norris' Veitch and Jim van Damme. L is for Linacre - we all agree ... M is for Moose - has a brother who won the Lower School Science Prize, came 3rd himself. N is for Nick - the invisible Turn at House Assembly. o is for Oxford - well done EdEE! P is for Penalties - narrow loss to football champs. Q is for Quaffing - And y's dad's glass collection impressed H.M. as did his personalised exeat. R is for Racool - clothing over half MO with his own clothes - but then that's cool! S is for Smith - Drisky keeps taking the country's music cups.

T is for Touche - fancy Fancers Oli and Alex fightin g fit in National Finals. U is for Unmentionables. V is fo r Valentines - we heard you the first time, Jon! W is for Winner - Damian paddles for Gold . X is for Xylophone - well it is! Y is for Yak - comes just after Q. Z is for Zoo - than ks to Matron, M .J .M. and the Ladies for looking after the cages . B ILLY AND JOH NNY.

MARLOWE

We were proud to watch four of our flock gambol across the Memorial Court to wooly-pully success - or for those less sophisticated among you who need things spelled out, Will 'Chill ' Davies was awarded 1st Colours in both Squas h and Cross Countr y (despite a suspected collapsed lung), Ed Sayer achieved 1st Team Colours in Hockey, Jo Broadley 2nd Colours in the same, and Abigail Bissil 1st Colours in Badminton. Since J.R.T. has had a chance to get her oar in - well done our girls - awesome progress!! On the subject of oars, Tom Filby and Gel-Boy Prince were selected for the Great Britai n Squad Training Camp at Easter and the other Marlowe rowers have been bringing up the rear with a vengeance - look out world , here they come .. . Inter-House sporting activities were primarily captained by ... Yes, you guessed it, that jack of all trades, Wizzie, without whom Table Tennis, Badm inton a nd of course Chess would simply not be the same! Congratulations to the Remove footy team for winning the footy final, brilliantly captained by Gazza Bissil. More culturally, the Marlowe House Concert, though unavoidably postponed in the snow, lVent splendidly and was very well sup ported . We were pleased that almost all the House l J9

contributed in some way. Items were somewhat different, including a harp solo by Adria p ay, a trombone quartet and a classic sketch with a difference . .. All were of high standand r . . The dust is beginning to settle on the scandal manual - Jo, Janet and Jim X 2 - for m mfo see the last three or Cantuanans (ZZZZZZZZ) . Tarzan Pelt wanted something from B .~re but we thi nk she prefers a man in uniform to a man in a loin cloth. Sorry Tarzan. Valent~' ~y Day got everyone nowhere, fast, again. ne s Many intellectual congrat ulations are due to Toby Brown, Jake Summers and Andrea L . for gaining places at Oxford . Well done. ewlS Fina ll y, we ,:"ould a lili ke to tha nk Trevor for a ll that he does , without whom Marlowe would doubtless fa ll mto sordid depths of squa lor, Mrs. CrelSsen fo r can ng fo r a ll our ailments a d o f course Mr. a nd Mrs . Reid for a ll their hard work . ' n J ANET AND JONNY.

LUXMOORE

As Luxmoore prepares for the Axminsters, the lace curtains and the Laura As hley invasion, normal existence continues. . On the sporting front, Steve Dayies played some very mterestmg footba ll for the Ists and Richard Gosling and Ben Ousey played for the 2nds. Chris Postans and Rob Norris served with the P hillis Flyers and Nick Wo rkman wan ts to be mentioned for playing two matches for the 2nds . Chas took his place in the 1st VIII for the second year ru nning and Andy stroked the 2nd VII I. T he House Footie Team made the final (Broughton having previously rallen by the wayside) against T he. Grange where a ' class performance' all round (but parllculariy by the other SIde) meant T he Cup has made its way to a probably long-lasting home. T he Academic Challenge saw our presence in the semifinal . . against Linacre whose true display of sportsma nshi p must be noted. Meanwhile, Chns Warner IS proud to be known as the School Captain of Bridge, closely supported by Paul Sorauer. Musical talent lies in the capable hands of J ules Woodward as he directs the Big Band Concert and J as per, who is to have some of his compositions performed in the Cathedra l. The later part of the term saw a Monday night exodus of the entire sixt h fo rm Tutors and Co. to The Pizza Place (cunningly coincidi ng with H .E. J .A.'s birthday) where Jules demonstrated his redeco rating abilities (tiled surfaces a speciality) and Vassos proved his ability to maintain a stiff upper li p. Social successes (and failures) a lso deserve the us uall y incomprehensible mention. Christian's Sink sank, as did Wooders and Workers; but Stan the man bounced back, spat out the Pips and we nt runnmg Hone . Chas broke even Stevens whilst Steve ru mmaged thro ugh the Flora and fauna. Simon went for the Big Mac (temporarily losing his 'A' status) which left Jules feeling a bit of a gherkin . Meanwhile Richard was auditioning for Oliver Twist with Ben 's old Clarks on as poor Vassos's hopes for roma nce were looking rather Grey. It only remains for Mr. and Mrs. Aldridge, Mr. Parker , the tutors , Matron and all the cleaning ladies to be thanked fo r their persevera nce and afforts to keep us on the straight and narrow, a nd their almost constant display of smiles . o

THE FAMOUS FOUR AND A DACHSH UND CALLED FLO. 140

Miles Edlmann (Sa) Flashing Wllh Ihe Kingfisher's Iridescenl inleresl, The elusive birdie, "ad Ihe big one Ihal gol away, II is Ihe fleeling, final Iry. II is nol squeezing Ihe 'pickle bullon' "od napalming screaming orphans Or blowing people up. Bul Ihen, happiness is nol Man's favourile paslime.

Hugh Gledhill (Sha)

Expensive Christmas

Adam counled Ihe orange molorway rescue lelephones as Ihey blurred pasl Ihe camber of Ibe windscreen. He feU a boU of excilemenl in his slomach; he could nol help smiling. As Ihe ear lefllhe molorway and Ihen lurned inlo Ihe Elizabelhan Sporls and Counlry Club he noticed Ibal Ihe crisp blue sky, gleaming like an icicle, was dulling. The Claylons gol oul of Ihe car wenl in Ihrough Ihe main enlrance. Indoors Ihere was a founlain wbich Irickled in drops from lop 10 bollom, as Ihough it were crying. Adam bounced on Ihe Ihlek spongy carpel. He tiUed his head back and saw a huge chandelier. It was so high up Adam began 10 feel as Ihough Ihere were lois of fish swimming in circles in his slomach and head. They followed impressive gilded signs 10 Ihe Walerside Reslauranl. They found Ihe resl of Ihe family silling around round plaslic lables with small parasols like Ihe ones Adam had seen outside cafes in Blackpoollhe year before. There was Uncle Sluariand Aunly Liz, Uncie Arlhur aad Aunl Jane and Granny. They all gol up and approached Ihe Clay Ions. Adam smiled and kissed or shook hands wilh Ihem all; bul Ihey were nol smiling. Then as Ihough someone had pulled a lever Ihey all attempled a smile. Adam fell uneasy. His parenls were hugging and kissing everyone and his molher kepi shrieking with falsello laughler. Adam shrugged and dismissed II Briefly he Ihoughl of all Ihe people spending Ihe Chrislmas period alone or on Ihe slreel or al home with families bul nol enough money 10 make Chrislmas enjoyable, money. Adam wenl for a swim with his cousins, bUllhe aduUs were huddled logelher around a plastic table. After a while Adam wen I 10 gel his parenls. He climbed oul of Ihe pool and followed Ibe shiny melal bar which surrounded Ihe pool round 10 Ihe aduUs. Jusl Ihen he was slopped by a pool allendanl, a young boy of aboul sevenleen wilh a shorl slubble growing on his face. He had slilly eyes and reminded Adam of a mole. . 'Can I help you?' is whallhe boy said, but Adam feU he mean I 'Whal Ihe hell do you Ihink you're doing?'. Adam replied Ihal he was going 10 lalk 10 his parenls. 'Well, I'm afraid you can'l go 10 Ihe Reslauranlarea unless you are wearing shoes.' So Adam climbed back inlo Ihe pool. He did nol swim. He feU cold and his fingers had wrinkled up. Afler lunch, Adam and his cousins were asked 10 go for a walk. By Ihis lime Adam was between feeling miserable and angry. They wenl 10 walch people play squash. It was now dark oulside and was beginning 10 rain. He went 10 find his parenls. They all smiled al Adam when he approached, walery, apologelic smiles. The aduUs kissed and shook hands and deparled. Adam heard Uncle Arlhur say 10 his dad, 'I'm glad we've sorled it oul, Edward .. .' Adam did nol even say goodbye. He Ihoughl of all the people who would be walching television now, togelher round Ihe fire. But Ihis lime he was nol sorry for them. 141

Escape

Stephen Carey (Sa)

When I think back, He was always there, in the corner, Throughout the changes in my life. He was just a small, lifeless patchwork frog, With a disordered array of colour and pallerns, Faded green stripes rudely interrupted By violent purple and red, With dreamy white clouds Gliding across a hazy blue patchwork heaven. His green and blue sequin eyes Always took a sympathetic view on my life. Strangely enough, this lifeless frog Was the most active object in my childhood; His musty smell would befriend my senses And we would be taken into each other's lives: Together we could escape from all our troubles. This was a friend who didn't argue, Who never became angry, Who never expected anything from you; And yet he was always there. Even now, part of me still lives inside him, And always will.

The Place Where Sam Lives

Chris Creissen (Sa)

Dappled light spreads blotches of colour over the path I follow, carelessly; Reds, greens and browns flicker into my eyes and I'm back, Back where each one of us has journeyed from. That place where 'I' rules O.K. It was a world of 'me' and 'want' and 'you' and 'get', A world of toys and games and friends to tea, all revolving around Me. In my room was a sacred place, a place to hide and sit and dream,

A place where no one shouted, where no one teased or ruffled your hair, A place where I was safe and the only person that knew was Sam. For a while, Sam was always by my side, playing pretend, and laughing, But when we had an argument he went away and then, one day, he Never came back. That was when it ended, wasn't it? When we all had to Start growing up, being sensible, 'acting our age'. The sun is sinking over a world of light-hearted pastimes, And every day the sight of that place with the dappled light grows Dimmer and hazier and less distinguishable from the blur In the back of my mind, and yours. 142

Anna Lake (A6b)

Chaos Is Come Again

I sit imprisoned in thoughts, People around - my abductors They stare, at me, They jeer, at me, My mind rages - yet no escape. I walk alone on the pavement, People around - yet they scorn me. I want to escape, I want no restraint, My mind in turmoil - I have to be free. I struggle to be put at ease, No one around, though their presence intrudes. I walk by myself, . Even talk to myself _ I battle agamst wind and the rain, I am my own friend, in this isolation. Sensing the parallel to feelings inside. Wind pulls at my being. Rain washes me clean. I begin to feel free - to savour my liberty . I feel no restraint on my thoughts. At last I express the true meaning to life I can live and be selfish I can grant my own wish I feel the euphoria and life has a goal. I endure the sensation that awareness is slipping I try to fight back but those others are winning. They stare, at me, They jeer, at me, Imprisoned again I sit once more, Chaos is come again.

Geoffrey de Burca (5a)

For A Friend I am running across the road to the black

of the wood and the hidden bunker. Hiding inside I explore the warmth of our mischief, and the secrets we share, and the thrill of denying to parents and siblings is ours alone. I am laughing straight through the woods to the ditch where we dive and burrow. More than happy are we, the closest of friends like brothers and lovers. Then it came overnight: like a chill wind it bit into me, dragging me three hundred miles, no time to explain. Our intimacy is shallered by separation, a non-traversable void. As I lie on my bed, huddled like a dormouse, the sait of my loneliness trickles down my cheek . I yearn just to say to you once goodbye, Goodbye. 143

Older And Wiser

Stephen Carey

We congralulale ourselves for being so malure, The goodness of being old. Bul why Ihen do we sigh When coasting back Ihrough Ihe haze? Our warm falher sun was always smiling full On his special children, And we were lying, and laughing Under a cloudless sky. The lawn was a bed, lis sweel smell a blankel. And funny Irees, wllh skin like grandad's, Held us up so Ihal Ihey could admire Ihe small children. We'd ooze In cool, jellied spawn, And crown ourselves In freshly-cuI grass. We swam In blue, and we sang In while, And we'd venlure oul Inlo a clear slarry nlghl. And Ihe Infallible grown-up would scold And squeeze oul lears Ihal lurned 10 laughler In a huddle of beds Ihal very same nlghl. Bul blossoms fall, And Ihe sun has sel, And Ihe only door back now Is our pillow.

Sarah Mullen (Sha)

Innocence When I was young, Perspective was differenl: A dropped lolly was A dlsasler, Fireworks were miraculous, Picnics were bliss, Everylhlng had a purpose; Fulilily did Dol exlsl. Emollons were slronger, More promlnenl, Bul short-lived.

Prejudices made now I am older Have slronger bases And conlaln more knowledge. Man-made objects Are slill miraculous, Bul nalural Ihlngs are even more so. Nolhlng now Is lolal bliss, Bul everylhlng has a cerlaln beauly. Emotions are hidden Bul perpelual. I oflen look back with shame On Incldenls and remarks I made when I was young. Bul why? Allhal lime Innocence prevailed. Whal was wrong wllh whal I was doing? A social blunder, a misdemeanour, Made no difference. I was 'only young' : Why am I so ashamed of whal I did Ihen? Perhaps because I am so dlferenl now. 144

As H.R.H. Queen Elizabelh II once said, 'The only worthwhile notes are fifty pound notes'. So, why bother with the House notes? As respected and well-loved monitors in the house we feel it is our duty to inform our followers of ali the wonderful successes of the term. First and foremost, the play The Pirates oj Penzance. Galpin's produced several talents (and actors), namely Angus and his P .V.C. trousers in the staring role as the Pirate King and Mark as Frederic the five-and-a-half-year-old pirate. Max led his piglets, and Jonnie White, Jules Kingsland, Tom Jackson and Chris Jepp were the Samuels. Meanwhile, most of the rest of the house were involved as either Pirates or Pigs, (or nothing, Ian). Ists first: Hockey. Congratulations to Marcus and Steve who were awarded first colours and first team colours respectively. Although not in the Ists, Matt Edwards only managed to play for a mere ten teams. After just twelve hours in goal he was awarded a place as Kent keeper. Furthermore he soon became a South-East trialist. Chris Jepp played in the 2nd XI. In footbali, Dave Goggins was inspiring in defence for the 1st Xl (getting 1st team colours) and Chris (Webb) was sheer magic at right-half for the 4ths. Several members of the Shells and Removes had a swipe in the house footy and hockey. The Removes footy managed a semifinal appearance and the Shells footy are in the final to be played later in the term . In the junior house hockey we lost to Trad in a sudden death penalty shootout, and Ross came a noble second in the ali-important snowman building competition judged by none other than the H. M. himself. On the not so sporting side I am pleased to annouce the revival of the Buliy Club (President: J. Aitchison, Secretary: C. Webb). One ignorant member of School House, on being asked why he wasn't watching Bullseye said: 'What's that?'. The foliowing is growing by the Sunday afternoon, and Ricky Gou lden should be appearing on it some time in the Autumn season. (Remember: take your time!) Ian once more worked wo nders with the Wine Society. We look forward to the first talk, preferably before we all leave . On the subject of society, we wonder what happened to it, with a complete lack of social excitement on the part of the sixth form, although the Removes were slill striving to be cooler than a Mr. Freeze in a Walpole fridge, and the Shells (whatever happened 10 thirteen-year-old innocence?) kept themselves well immersed in extra curricular activities; especialiy Hamish, who, it seems, is wanted by many for a quick Fling . Apparently Alec wishes 10 announce a change of address to 84, Broad Bean, but whether or not there's treasure at the lOP of the pole remains a trade secret. As we didn't officially welcome Mr. Sheath and Dr. Anderson to the Ho use in las t term's notes, I hereby officialiy welcome them, and say, from all of us, heartily, 'welcome'. Thanks also to Dr. and Mrs. Hands for their guidance throughout the term and 'Happy Anniversary' . Thanks too to Mrs. B. for looking after us and thanks of course, as usual, to the ever suffering ladies who toil ceaselessly to keep our studies habitable. WINSTON.

GALPIN'S

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Lent: a time for givi ng up and 'quiet meditation' as the S . Chaplain would say. January, February and March' r:~' or nippy months, a time for long-johns. And so the gene;al a her of the term is not really conducive to much activity of a~ra inspiring proportIOns, let alone any actIVIty at all. But t1~' elephant stands proud on the window ledge in the front halle our new mascot reminding us to carryon 'prodding in th ' penumbra' and plodding on regardless... and that we did w't~ a touch of class here and a smattering of style there. I So with the chilly weather, a new philosophy. The 'take chill pill' philosophy eased into the minds and limbs of 6a no~ :chill' as in ch!lrm members of the o~posite sex, but 'chill ' as In a general Winding down after the n gours of Interviews and exams last term. Sensing the 'chill' R. W. T.'s vigilance prompts him to remind us via the notice-board, 'eight weeks to A-levels and G.C.S.Es., boys' . So we get serious. On the point of seriousness, interviews and exams, our four Cambridge candidates all gOt offers. Matty and his rather potent larynx blasted their way to a choral scholarship at Gonville and Caius and Lyze cruised her way to a Trinity choral award . An ex-member waltzed into Oxford . .. This must be down to a knowledge gained from spending four years in Linacre Find me a house that surpasses this record and I'll find a 'thicko' in the house, but I promis~ nothing. Even Tony's heading for Oxford ... Poly. T he thing is we don't need extravagant house libraries to prove ourselves unlike the cerebrally less well endowed fraternity. Further proof of our superlative intelligence comes in the form of the Senior Academic Challenge cup and the Senior Chess cup (thanks, Paul) . We rest our case, or, even maybe: our case 'chills'. For the sake of all pseuds and to satisfy the religious a mongst you I quote a Corinthian: ' Now here are the diversities of gifts, but the same spirit.' And hey presto, there's more to Linacre than just a pretty brain. Samir and Ben played throughout for the 1st XI football, a nd John's silky skills a nd Dave's dubious dribbling made up a part of the 2nd Xl. Oily, a mere Remove also put in an appearance for the 2nds. Pete continued to play 1st V squash and 2nd XI hockey alongside Matt Craddock who managed a match in goal for the Ists too ... The less said the better maybe. Luke captained the Colts, and Andy, when not humbling the vice-captain of cricket in the indoor nets, captained the Under 15s. The rugger boys played sevens this term, alongside Pelham, the multi-talented wo mbat, and it's heartening, to say the least, to see five of the Colts Sevens side coming from this house in the mighty for m of Jim, Ben, Luke, Ste ve and Myles. Myles an intelligent ogre, went on to an England rugby trial. Bloggs continued to poke swords through people rather well. Bill, who incidentally needs a hai rc ut, continued as Captain of Boats and 'Captain Gormo ' Nick nosed his way into the 1st VIII. Ewan and Piers put one foot in front of the other rather quickly for a phenomenally good cross-country team. Last but, God forbid, by no means least as tradition has it by now , we come to 'traingular torso' himself: Hulk Higgins from the land of Hogan. 'Well swell Pel' has finally got his first colours and is due to swim in the Southern Counties championships next term, by which time he will no doubt have perfected the manufacture of the tightest ever swimming trunks in C.D.T. Despite the mellowness and 'pusillanimous pacifism' encouraged by the monitorial body, Chris a nd Viv played soldiers along with umpteen other Linacre patriots and scoffed at our 'Hey, wow, give peace a chance, man' pleas as a result. 'Socially' - what a euphemism - Pel has taken the plunge too, though what Lardergate has to do with swimming I don't know. Dave and Lol played the divorce game, but are now back to playing 'Living happil y ever after' . Rory's found love in a cellist. Justin fo und it, lost it, and has gone back to being a chaste sacristan : 'Biya Antonia'. 'Craigy Baby' has hit it off with his C.D . player and we expect this to be a long-play affair. The sartorial elegance of Piers (super-slick) at the M.O. social has fo und him a new friend in Jim Turner. We wish them well. Normal service continues with Chris and Steve. The designer after-s have 'chillers' Charle and t46

N'ck wiIl resume some sort of service after their fashion show ... What's a King's girl compared t~ Yasmin Le Bon, guys? 6a on the whole look pretty past it. .. Who needs girls anyway?? Well folks, one wouldn 't want to be accused of verbal diarrhoea so it just remains for me thank Mary, Glenda, Joyce, Maureen, Lorraine, Shirley and Mrs. Skeet for keeping us and ~~If rooms nice and unsmelly: I' ve been told not to write anything about Mary and Glenda. Mrs. Farrell , as usual, has been a wonderful person and matron. And so we come to Stormin' Randall T hane, a 'Schwarzkopf' of strength, man of men, u holder of peace and justice. Many thanks to him and Mrs. Thane for putting up with us and o~r melodramas. Until next term, our last at King's. Let Linacre, this 'mother of houses', proceed victorious and woe betide a nyone who stands in the way of the fat elephant. In the words of Pel the 'gagster', we' ll now 'shut up, and sort it out'. HAMILTON.

Argh!! No t the House notes again!! Thus cried many a head of house - well , this one anyway. This term has been exceedingly short and dull , so the House notes will follow suit. The House play played hilariously (much credit and thanks to Mrs. McGuire). Bill , Bob, Tim were 37"70 of the 1st VIII (and 50% of its weight?) Harry Dobbs and many Removes rowed. James Evans gave up rowing for squashing - bang goes his purple gown. Andy Hyatt, 'Nufti' Pattullo and Joby Andrews footied whilst Paul Pacaud attempted to save. lain Overton ran (in hot pursuit of Jane Dyson, or was it Matt! ) Henry (Triple Colours already) Hawkins lead the bent-stick brigade wit h Tom Ruffell, Andy Woolnough and Roger Gardner following (and Rob Cooling further behind with two bent sticks!). Congratulations to Tom on 1st Team Colours; Andy and Rog., on full 1st Colours. 15% of Broughton fi ft h form with 1st Colours already! (So where did that Hockey cup go, then?) The Academic Challenge did not really challenge (but we realised that some house full o f women (almost) needed to win something!) Once again Tim , Nufti, And y H. , Henry and Joby rugby'd (making up most of the 1st VII) . T he Shells had a pillow fight that lasted all term. Ho use funds thanks them. The term will reach its frenzied climax with the House Song competition and the House Cross countr y - WOW!! Social life has been postponed this term (or is it just that Dr. Rhyt hm (q. v.) could not 'beat' Melanie into submission), but some battled on : Henry tried to pull a pint, whilst Joby tried to Brand himself as a roma ntic but ended up rather more Ruthless than expected ! As for Nufti he was and always will be bewitched (if it were not for Grange! ). The path from Walpole to Tl 5 became ever more worn. . . The only real surprise of the term was that T he Grange think Bill Harris' gown wort h ÂŁ90 or so . T hey are showing taste at last. Thanks to the Barons of the Empire who have kept me in good mood all term by supplying my every need , although half of them were sent out to the Lake District to entertain the troops of the Geography Department. T ha nks also to the cleaning ladies who have done their usual chores brilliantly; to the resident house tutor and to Mr. and Mrs. Graham for making this short term seem so long. (Well, the U.C.C.A. forms are in now, so who cares!)

BROUGHTON

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TRADESCANT

There.was a man,a mint and a lovely table. The man brou the mmt and put It on the lovely table. After eight weeks f~t mint decayed. The man was prompted to say, 'There is a b de mint on the lovely table .' a Talking of Badminton, we won the House championship fa that sport. Also the Senior Cross-Country ... we could go 0 r but we'd be lying. For example, Hockey - we didn't win tha~' We did reach the finals of the Juniors and the Seniors, though' We also narrowly lost the Squash in the last game of the lasi match of the final. By getting knocked out of the Senior House Football in the semifinals we declined the trophy . . . and Andy Nicholls displayed a fervent preoccupation with monorails. That boy's got a one-track mind. Some more notes: Do re mi fa so la ti do. Ah, that's better .... . . On the whole sport went well for Tradescant, if you'll permit us to use such a value-loaded term: 'well' , in our consideration, implies the general satisfaction, if such satisfaction exists, (or would be allowed to exist under any named set of circumstances) of the general populus of Tradescanr Thus Dan and Jolomi did 'well' in First XI Football; Simon Mohr and Thanai did 'well' t~ make the Second XI; Crispin and Mike Cotton would be 'well' advised to get a football lesson - they were only in the Thirds. Hockey was 'good' - if 'good'ness suggests a level which is not crassly mediocre but exists on the commendable side of the commendable/not commendable continuum. Thus, under a pious leader, Nick Shepley and Jim Lamont were inspired to 'good' play and served the First XI 'well'. 'Skill' - the pragmatic realisation of the 'good' as understOOd by the aesthetic, if subjective (and we on balance he is) observer - was displayed by Jonny Johnstone, D.J., Ben and Derek for the Seconds and Thirds. 'Excellent' is the only apt description of Trad's Senior Cross-Country team - Matt, Tom Andy and Nick comprising half the School's 1st VIII and the Senior House trophy is gracing our shelves. We came second in the Juniors too, with Julian Hinves winning the Individual. Matt ran for Kent in the Nationals. D.J. got off with Nathalie and Claire from Belgium and France respectively, but is currenlly dating Rebecca Power (MT) . Chris Pearce got off with Charlotte West (BSR). Derek is going out with Rosie (BL). Nick Shepley went out with Anna Lake (BL) - now he isn't. Mr. and Mrs. Dix are still going strong with their fourteenth year of marriage. Congratulations all round. Tom 'Edward' Dyson, Barney 'Mark' Stevenson and Simon 'Elliott' Mohr performed well in their various capacities for the House Concert, Jazz Concert and 'Rock Steady' to come (as did Hugo and Tim) Barney, Tom and Albert 'k' Power stole the 'lime' light with K. V.D. (Where did you get all that fresh fruit from, Bert?) Meanwhile Guy '3 x 39 = 117' Towlson and Tim 'ABC, wouldn't mind a cup of tea' Marson are still getting on like 'a' house on fire. The sinister giant sauna episode should have a mention - no more visits to the greengrocer , eh, J.J .? Finally , thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Dix and Miss Brine. Special thanks to Charlie of course. And to Mr. Holland. Our gratitude also to the cleaning ladies for cleaning and being ladies. THE MONITORS.

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Summer at King's is synonymous with tourism and we are therefore proud to release the first 'House guide' of that architectural anachronism we affectionately know as Mitchinson's. Admire if you will the lavishly stocked house library the breeding ground for the senior semifinalists and junior finalists of the Academic Challenge. 'They lost', we hear you say. At the risk of belittling our vanquishers we can only reply that we at Mitchinson's rejoice in true academic achievement, a fact to which our University offers clearly testify. One recipient of such an offer resides in study I and yet Liz has got into more than just Oxford this year .... The less said. .. Elisa Hudson was awarded first colours for hockey while Rebecca Power played for the school Lacrosse team. Opposite are the quarters of the school Badminton captain ably assisted in the inter-house event by Luke 'Smasher' Feathers but narrowly losing in the final to ... someone else. Ronnie 'F.T.' Chopra was unfortunately unavailable for comment, after all 'time is money'. A slightly less savoury aspect of the richly furnished first floor is the fifth form hovel. When Billy wasn't playing for the thirds and Stuart wasn't goalkeeping for the spectacularly unsuccessful junior hockey team and Jon wasn't playing for the Colts As, they finally resorted to printing TOILETS above their door in the hope of luring some unsuspecting member of the fairer sex. .. bad luck. Wandering upstairs through our very own hall of mirrors one soon enters the palatial gamesroom to see the unbeatable table tennis team being put through its paces by Binoj 'Topspin' George. Moving along the corridor we came to the 6b Study wherein you may chance to meet half of the Girls Rowing VIII, the Captain of Soccer, a star before his time, and John Major! While you pause to catch you r breath, an unmistakable aura of social ferment pervades your every sense. Hannah discovered a craving for speed while Simon wandered around Birley's in search of flora ... and fauna. The three in-house couples not be outdone all suffered as a result of the 'one-year itch', the Fifths went to ludicrous lengths and the Shells didn't have a clue. Coming to the end of the corridor one could be forgiven for thinking that the tour had ended and that we were all of a sudden back at war. What with Robert 'Stairwrecker' Adams, Giles ' It came away in my hand' Hay, Graeme 'Lactic Attack' Parkin and a number of other presumably frustrated adolescents complete renovation may soon be necessary. And yet you may chance to converse with the finalists of the five-a-side junior house football if you can clear away the rubble. The sixth form studies remain. Here, among others, dwell Chas and Si the organisers of the successful house concert and our 3rd XI hockey contingent. This whistle-stop tour will have you wondering who could possibly motivate such a promising empire. The author would like to take the credit, but admits that the success and thanks are due to Dr. and Mrs. Maltby who may well set up their own house for their ever-expanding family. Thanks also to the tutors, Pam and Gloria,. Mrs. Creissen for attending to the inevitable preCross-Country injuries and anxieties and to Ron and Rose for house lunch - may it R.I.P. SEBASTIAN ROSATO.

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Bailey appears to have made it through another successfulte with not too many difficulties. After the initial euphoria ar~ excitement of entering a new school the 6bs setUed and t~ House achieved a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere . e The main event of the term was the Bailey/Broughtoll Hous play which despite all fate threw at us in the form of snow an~ nu proved to be an amusing evening - enjoyed by all. Credit must be given to all the cast (both the original cast and the stand-ins) as each and everyone played their role with energy We congratulate MilIa, Lisa, Anna, Julia and Ingrid o~ splendid performances . Another House event is looming when we twin with T radescant for our H,?use Concert. Success is anltclpated with our reSident MUSIC Scholars leading the . . proceedings, a nd we tha nk Claire Gold wi n for all her hard L . - '--~, work. We are a ll wai ting with trepidation for our charity event of the year - drum roll - yes it's the long awaited Shell /Remove disco! - largely due to the efforts of Nicole and E lanor. It appears to have been enthusiastically received by all those in the Lower School. Also for charity, our own Rosie parachutes for MENCAP in the last week of term. Bailey continues to dominate the sports field, we already have the number one netball, tennis and hockey players a nd now Julia Kitchener-Smith loo ks fi t to lead the squas h team (Bailey v. Rest of School). Philippa, Moll y a nd Lisa continue to wave the row ing banner and Sarah a nd Vicky joined Ingers (our resident keep-fit queen) for their weekly class . Congratulations to a ll those who rece ived colours - there are too many to name, well done. On the academic front, whilst we fa iled to get further than the first round in the Academic Challenge - not surprising considering we were against the eventual winners - we wou ld all like to congratulate Eliza Lumley and P hilippa Katz on gaining their Cambridge places. Now is the time to wish a ll 6a the best of luck with their A-levels and eventual choices. Hang on in there! Now, to be sociable is defined as being' friend ly a nd companionable'. Well in that case Bailey definitely qualifies . So without further ado we shall now dive into the realms of puns and subtleties associated with this section of the House notes . Milla wandered round Paddy-fields looking for a long lost relative. Eliza found 'school' work more interesting than foo tba ll (eh! Gary) - unlike Elanor who retained her sweet tooth, but this time for Lion bars. Katie was left Dangling in Grange, whilst Anna preferred more Traditional dogs. The magnificent seven remained the same - but Jane still says no! All that remains for me to say is thank you to Ms. Exelby fo r all her support, and Mrs . Bellairs for a ll her kindness and consideration throughout the term. BEVERLEY TARR.

150 LA CROSSE (Jollatliall Mellllell)

BROAD ST. RADIGUNDS C hristmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, and already the smell of mulled Ribena and the cherubic voices of chattering ~ ---=-== _I girlies skipping hand in hand are floating in festive clouds above the rooftops of Broad St. and Radigunds. The friendly, caring e:===---'.- - - and sharing atmosphere of our close-knit community has boosted our academic, athletic and aesthetic prowess to unprecedented pinnacles of achievement. m , O f the water-babies of Broad Sl. and Radigunds, Tara voiced _. her authority over the boys, winning the Top Four a red ribbon for the first time this millennium, and the 6bs made up a substantial part of the 1st VIII. Tremendous success has been iÂĽJj,fF'+,==::.t:--Ct! achieved by Sarah Jackson. Sarah Daley and Katie Comer who '<.--7< ~ as our representatives in the 1st Netball team have remained almost unbeaten this season, won the Eastbourne Tournament, and been rewarded by getting their First Colours. Sophie slunned at lacrosse, and Kate a nd Katharine kept fit. Tara's literary sk ill was rewarded by a weekend for two in Cala is, while Katie no longer 'L' Lane became our first 6b to be upwardly mobile. And then, of course, we won the House Song Competition, with a passionate rendering of Close 10 You; but, with a Singer in charge, what would you expect? All thirty-one of the Major-General's daughters greatly improved the ornamental value of Pirates - 'all of them are beauties' - and thorougly enjoyed the opportunity to sport their exotic nightwear! Matilda gave a royal command performance, and the Force was with Susie. Vicky's outstanding coloratura display has won her numerous Oscars and B.A.F.T.A. awards . Charlotte West also starred, but in the Meister Omers play. Socially we are as ept as ever. Emma is still Camping out on Luxmoore, but has moved her sleeping bag. Chantelle spent a Long time in School House, whilst Iona blossomed as Delilah and Anna's plans for a hard-working term were foiled - or was it the other way round? Debbie has obviously found that Hinting has some effect and Holly is still learning to walk. Sophie found out it can be all too Ousey (or Georgiadis) to get side-tracked from work ; Anji, however, has the right idea, doing most of her work in Linacre, happily putting Pen to paper. The Bells lolled for Camilla, and Daisy and Max did their amazing impersonation of a light switch. Harry is still Consorting with Queen Victoria. Many thanks to Mrs. Kerin and Mrs. Carter for looking after us so well, and also to our indispensable cleaning ladies, Lyn, Barbara, Beryl , Anne; Jenny and Julie. We would also like 10 thank Mr. Henderson for guiding us through another term, quenching our thirst and improving our Twiglet consumption on Friday nights. THE BATH ROOM.

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 'O ne pair wins, a few others get places, and the rest 3re nowhere' . King's seemed to fit into the last category . At the Kent Schools bridge competition, after five hours and one plate of dodgy sand wiches, we were nowhere, sq ueezed into sixth place, one point behind Tonbridge Girls, and so lamentably out of the competition. Matt playing the wrong contract couldn 't help. However a quick 'debriefin g' later, we were sure victory at Oundle was on the cards. unfortun.ately Confirmatio n broke uJ? the usual (1) pairs, and so we, craftily t,oak fi ve players instead of the traditional four. After so me stunnmg play we launched ourselves mto the fm al three boards. However a small erTor lost us the whole match. Bridge has also flo uri shed as an activ ity, with up to four tables r unning simultaneously and all levels of sk ill catered for. Many thanks must go to a,D.W. and A.S.M. who have helped immensely. CHRIS WARNER.

BRIDGE

The term has been so mething of a disappointment, with last te rm 's expectations unfulfill ed . In th e Schools' League. the 5-0 win needed in order to go through to the knocko ut stage was narrow ly missed, by a llowing a draw in yet another error· ridden game that sho uld have bee n easily won. In the Times Competition, we were drawn against Palace Wood, a strong primary sc hool, in the semi·fina ls: needing to win by a large margin in order to be awarded Ihe match (because of the age handicap system in operati on), the school team in fact suffered the indignity of losing the match instead, aga in with some below·par play. Near the end of term, there was a friendly match against Whitstable Chess Clu b, wh ich was a well·contested affair, and although the result was another loss for King's the match was an enjoyable and instru ctive one. In this year's Inter·House competitions, Broughton and Linacre reached the Junio r Fin al, with Broughton Ihe victors, whilst in the Seni or Final Linacre defeated Marlowe. A.R.A.R.

CH ESS

RESULTS

Tillles Schools Tournament:

" Palace Wood (A). Lost 2-4. Kent Schools' League:

"SI. Edmund' s (H). Won 4.5-0.5. The Chapel Cho ir reperto ire thi s term was: Howells Mattins, 10th Februa ry Like as the hart Jasper Beauprez Word s and Music for Lent Kyrie Praise to thee Lord Jesus Schutz Blow Salvator mUlldi Hear my prayer Purcell Wood Co nfirmati on Expeclalls expectavi Elgar 10th March Ave verum Missa Rorale Coeli and Haydn Missa Brevis Sfi. Johallllis de Deo By far the most important und ertak in g for the choir thi s term was the Kyrie by J asper Beauprez. This is a ve ry demanding work with some extremely difficult intervals which stretched the choir in every way. Everyone was full of ad miration for Jasper' s skills as a compose r. We all felt th at his Kyrie was something that cou ld have been the work of an experienced and we ll·established composer of many years standing. Perhaps Jasper will give us a nother masterpiece to perform soo n? My thank s must go to Mr. Harris a nd Mr. Sheath for some splendid organ accompaniments and help generally. Not least, of course, to everyone who has attended all the rehearsals week by week and maintained such excellent standards. CHOIRS

S. D.P. This term has seen the Crypt Choir continuing to thrive. While our primary role is to help lead the worship in Sunday morning Euchari sts, we have a lso enjoyed a number of outside engagements. With only threequarters of an hour each week in which to rehearse, the choir have to learn to work as professionals, with the emphasis on sight-read ing and quick thinking. The widening of our reperto ire to take in more secular 153

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music has placed extra d emands on their talents, and it has been im pressive to watch the consequ . in standards. en t nse Just before half term we took part in tw o conce rts. The first was as part of the tr ip to St. La Jewry in the C ity of London. This was an occas ion mu ch enjoyed by a ll - including the altos Wrenee a welcome opportunity to make mu sic without any ot her distracti ons. The programme was repea-;- and the next evening as part of a char ity concert in St. Augustin e's Dining Hall , where the results Wcr ed on better - the altos by this tim e really enjoy in g themse lves - alt hough the Bro ughton water syslee evd,n attempt to make a lasting impress ion . m Id Lastl y, I wou ld lik e to thank everybody for their good-hum oured hard wo rk - the results have b well worth it. een T he fo llowing was the term 's reper toire: Sunday, 20th Ja nuary A spotless rose . Ewan Kerr (first performance) Sunday, 27th January Teach me, 0 Lord . Willi am Byrd (SolOist: Ehza Lumley) Thu rsday, 14th February Locus iSle Anton Bruckner Aye Maria My soul there is Huhen Parry a country

Friday. J 5th February Concert for Sick Children's Trust St. Augu stine's S unday, 3rd March S und ay, 17t h March

Three spirituals: Were you there?

Deep River Dry bones Drop, drop, slow tears The Lamentations oj Jeremiah (Pt. 11 - exce rpt)

arr. Brian Trant arr. Bria n Trant arr. Phyllis Tate William Walton Thomas Tallis M.D.H .

J ust as y~u th?ugh.t it was sa f~ to ass u.me that no one ca res about thirteenth-century Bab ylOnIan hl stoTlography wit h partIcular refe rence to vestime nta ry systems.. . DURNFORD is back. The thinking person' s Reith Lec tu res have once more shaken the high heights and deep depth s of King' s historica l consciousness, and we co nfidently predict that the exhumation of this society will mer it our school a place in the histo rical annals of our successors, if for no other reason. The first in a lengthy series of these remarkable meetin gs was given by Mr. M. R. J. Burton on the subject of African History. His ta lk was well-informed and extreme ly interes tin g and those who attended it have at last so methin g to talk about at cocktail parties in the Tanzanian embassy . We are particularly gratefu l to Mr. Burton for having plu cked up sufficient courage to address th e multitude of assembled luminaries, whose integrity as a group was as yet untested , so soon in his (we trust) illustrious career at King's. Our next Asse mbly was addressed by Mr. P. J. Brodie who gave us a fasc inatin g talk on the modern historical novel. Having asked ' why bother with me?' he went on to show why we should , as observat ions about the more profound aspects of this genre floated to the surface of a sea of lasciv iousness. Unfortunately we were prevented from hearing an ex tract fr om a 'book about Vietnam' on the ground s that it is ' rather rude' . Surely not. Reports have been seeping through to the vice-presidents that Mr. G. D. Wood has take n so me junior members of the Society to Ramsgate 'for Hi story ' . Apparently they 'learnt a lo t of Hi story and it was fu n '. Their literary style may have some way to go, but it is good to see historical indoctr in ation taking place at such an earl y age. Our latest meeting was eavesd ropped upon by throngs of visitors in league wit h the Canterbury branch of the Historical Association. We were addressed by Dr. J . S. Mo rrill , who gav e us an informative and interesting talk on the Parliamentary cr isis of the seventeenth century. Unfortunate ly free copies o f the 1991 exam paper were not fort hcoming, but we are most grateful to him for co min g down to speak to us. Talks by Bis hop Gilbert Burnet, Lord Macaulay and Oliver Cromwell are anticipated in the nea r future. The vice-presidents wo uld lik e to thank Mr. Wood fo r making it all relati ve ly poss ible and for prov iding the tonic water and olives, and James Crawfurd for bein g a scientist. DURNFORD

C HARLOTTE MENDELSON.

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This was the first meeting of the European Parliament Debating Union held at King's and despite a poor turnout, the standard of the speeches was relatively high. The J:. school was fortunate enough to have Head of the European Parliament at the ondo n Office, Martyn Bond, to precede the debate and to chai r ques tions from the floor. L Mark Fell , a newcomer to the debating scene, introduced th e moti on 'This House does not believe there h uld be a European Parliament' and proceeded to give a brief resume of Martyn Bond's accomplishments . S O was ed ucated at W inchester and Q ueen' s College, Camb rid ge as well as the universities of Hamburg Hed sussex. After four yea rs with the B.B.C. his experience has included Press officer to the Council of M'nisters in Brussels, B.B .C. representative in Berlin, and Senior Administrator in the Council of Ministers, :minating with special responsibility for relations with the European Parliament. In 1989 he was appointed ~ead of the European Parliament and this was in an eloquent position to direct the evening's proceedings. Matthew Willifer, seconded by Albert Power, proposed the title. They argued that Britain wou ld loose 't identity and sovereignt.y should there be a European Parliament, comparing our coun try with that of ::e U.S.S.R. and Scotland. They pointed to the division which they believed would occur within the Council of Ministers amongst nations. Both were good orators and worked well as a team. In opposition were Benjamin Peachey and Samir Satchu. Ben attempted the difficult task of speaking with very few notes which led to some stuttering and pauses; however , once he had gained more confidence he produced some convincing points. He accused the opposition of avoiding the title and criticised them for talking about a United States o.f Eurol?e rather than a Eur?~ean Parliame~t. H e saw st!ength emerging fro m unity and stated that a fo reign pohcy would most deflOitely not be dictated. Samlf then follow ed on with the most convincing and well-presented speech of the evening. He began b y illustrating that the motion was in fact d.efe~ ted ~s there is a E ur~p ean Parliame." t already established and thu~ we as a co untry must continu e to UnIOnIse With Europe. Samlr concluded With a humorous reference to cTlcket vocabu lary as Ihis had recently become popular amongst some polit ical personalities. Questions from the flo~:)f were. entertaini ng a~d proved that we were not all ign<?rant Of. Europe ~nd what it involved. Mr. Reid questIOned whether 10 fact people took European electIOns seTlously, usmg the 15% vote for the G reens in the last election as an example, much to Ben Ensor' s fury. Beverly Tarr then asked Mr. Bond to comment on vari ous reserv ation s she had. She believed that , if one advocated a Europea n Parlia ment , on e was de facIO seeing Europe as a single politica l identity in either a unitary or federa l form. Having established thi s fact, she questioned how the traditions and peculiarities of each nation wou ld be fu lly respected in the economic social and foreign spheres, drawin g on the Euro-sausage as an example of the minor controversies arising. Mark Fell feared that Britain might merely become a pawn in Germany's desire to dominate the econom y of Europe, whilst Simon Bowker questioned how the European Parliament wou ld ensure that nations comply with various statutes. However, whatever reservations one might have had, it was a resounding victory for the opposition with only fi ve, including the two proposers, voting 'for' the motion. Yet I feel it my duty in the light of such a result to point out that most of the a udience had made up their minds prior to the debate. I found the evening extremely enjoyable and hope very much that as Europe's role in British politics increases so will th e interest of the pupils, and that next time there will be greater support for this event.

....p.D.V.

BEVERLY TARR .

Enthusiasm has remained high in the Green Society this term and meetings have been well attended. Showing remarkah le organisational abili ty, members were ab le to lie in bed on the Sunday morning when the newspapers were transported for reCYC ling, successfully conning Gi les Tennick into flounderin g abo ut on top of a mountain of newsprint affording much amusement and dry-cleaning expense! The ove rwhelming amount of literature ava ilable on global enviro nmenta l issues has rather edged to o ne side the practical steps initi ated within the school, and ent hus iasm fo r recycling in wan ing. But ideas are crysta llizing and it is hoped that next term the school wi ll be targeted wi th some compelling reasons for 'goin g green' . A good worki ng relatio nship has been establis hed wit h the loca l press and our first news item has been prin ted. We are exp loi tin g our link with the Minister of the Environment, and we are beginn ing to target by letter influential organ isations and people. M .B. GREEN

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The term started with Dr. Cyril Isenberg, Unive rsit y of Kent, giving his celebral d demonstration on 'The Properties of Soap Films and Soap Bubbles' . Dr. Isenb e showed the fascinating shapes adopted by soap films and bubbles when formede~g var ious frameworks. The pr inciple of minimum surface area was extended to solve problems of find' In the best solutions to network problems. Finally light interference patterns associated with soap films w~ng discussed and demonstrated. re Dr. James Bridge talked about the stratospheric ozone depletion problem. He explained the com Ie balance of the chemical reactions taking place in the upper a tmosphere, underlining the role of C.FPC x s and other 'pollutant' gases in the destabilisation of the situation. The reasons for the formation of Ih Antarctic hole in the ozone layer were outlined. e 'The Role of Animals in Scientific Research' was the topic for Dr. Judy MacArthur (aided by Dr. Pete Ellis) from the local centre of the pharmaceutical company, Pfizers. After a factual introduction 0/ MacArthur lead a lively debate, which naturally centred on the moral issues involved. She skilfu lly fi~lded q uestions from every angle and encouraged a large number of the audience to make contributions. The ra nge of opinion was very wide and, although individual viewpoints will not have changed dramatically in many cases, everyone present will not appreciate more fu lly the complexities of this vital topic. Parties also attended two lectures at the University of Kent. Professor Peter Wells, from Bristol General Hospital, gave a presentation of the Institute of P hysics 1991 Schools' Lecture 'Seeing ins ide the Human Body' . He gave an excell ent survey of the methods available for scanning the body and illustrated his talk with liberal use of slides and videos, even demonstrating the operation of an ultra ~so und scanner on himselr. Professor Alan Chadw ick, Un iversity of Ke nt , ta lk ed about 'Solids for Energy Applications', Outlining the chemistry re lated to batteries and electricity production. C.J .R.J. HARVEY

T he Club's activities thi s term have been ent!rely devoted ~o preparing ~o~ the Big Band Co ncert on Thursday, 21st March. ThiS concert, which thiS year IS III aid of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the Charity of the Term, is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantuarian. This term, however, has been an incredibly busy one, so far as commitments of members of the Band have been concerned, with a plethora of House musical and drama events - all taking place before the Big Band Concert and all of them, therefore, taking more immediate priority! Nonetheless, Jules Woodward (quietly and discreetly supported by Mr. William McConnell) has managed to coax about 80070 of the Band (an 80070 frequently made up fro m different combinations of the personnel!) to his rehearsals - which, themselves, have had to take place at venues that it took some ingenu ity to secure. The Big Band has consisted of: Richard Dibley, Michael Gillespie, Tim Marson and Matthew Brown (trumpets); Julian Woodward, Angus Hulme, Alexander Hardy, Fiona Mackenzie and Alexander Neame (trombones); Barnaby Stevenson, Mark Dobell, Lawrence Epps, Richard Gipps and Mr. William McConnell (saxophones); Alastair Hine (clarinet); Tom Dyson (piano); Chris Creissen (bass); Hugo Stevenson (drums); Julian Woodward (direction). Giles Tennick (trombone) also participated in some of the earlier rehearsals, bUI sadly had to drop out when he discovered that he was not go ing to be free on the even ing of the Concerl! Also taking part in the Chari ty Big Band Concert are the Trad Band {Tim Marson (trumpet), Julian Woodward (trombone and direction), Barnaby Stevenson (saxophone), Alastair Hine (clarinet), Tom Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen (bass) and Hugo Stevenson (drums) - this group played at an 'away' (School) Band Concert at Brambletye School on Tuesday, 12th March) which has met during Activities times, Ihe Jazz Rock Band (Tim Marson and Matthew Brown (trumpets), Barnaby Stevenson (saxophone), Julian Woodward (trombone and direction), Tom Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen and Hugo Stevenson (drumsÂť, and a new group, energetically led by Barnaby Stevenson, who, in anot her sense, could well also call themselves the 'Trad' band, for 60% of them come from Tradescant House! In fact, they are called The Jazz Tacticians, and consist of Barnaby Stevenson (soprano saxophone and direction), Elanor Dymolt (flute), Tom Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen (bass) and Hugo Stevenson (drums). I heard them for the first lime at the Tradescant~Ba iley House Concert on Saturday 16th March. (playing sans Chris Creissen (SH) who was in Pirates oj Penzance that evening) and they gave a quite electrifying performance. llook forward very much to hearing more from them. Fi nally, 1 should like to thank Mr. Tennick and his so und helpers (Grant Chum), a nd Mr. Eva ns and hi s team (led by Jos Sclater and Daniel Long hurst) of lighting men for their invaluable technical help wilh the Concert. The calm support of Mr. Brodie, on 'front~of~house' and ticket sales, and some rapid and efficient printing by William Foster, are also very much apprcc iated. R. B. MA. JAZZ

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And there was only silence'. Ce ntral to Shu saku Endo's novel Silence these w~rds may be, but one could hardly use them to describe this term's Marl<?we SocI:ty meeting. Continuing the international flavour of this year's Marlowe Society's chOice fboo ks for discussion, Silence is the work of one of Japan's most eminent writers. The novel is ~ wonderful o esh of complex Christian ideas, applicable not just to a Chri stian society but to o~~ o~ varymg degrees m belief. In introducing the novel, Mr. Woodley gu ided us through such compleXities m such a way as f 00 involve both the faithfu l and agnostic. I In Silence, each characte r is forced to question hi.s raith, life and wort h. Stif!1ulated. ~y Mr. W<:,odley, we 100 began to question the lives of such men and their Import.ance to our ow~ socle~y, religion .a~d eX istence. D bate was at times passionate, and always valuable. Followmg the group diSCUSSion, we splIt mto smaller ~herings each led by a member of staff. It was in these discussions that the finer points o~ the ~ovel ga e explo'red. The culmination of this was the discovery of the intensely personal level on which Stle'!ce ~~~~ked , fo r this is not a book of universal truths but bewildering questions that require us to prOVide Ihe answers. At the end of a meeting which co uld have continued for much lon ger if prep had not. beckoned, we had realised, through our differences of reading and opinion, the brilliance of a novel w~lch many us probably would not otherwise have discovered. Thanks are due to Mr. Woodley for leadmg the meetmg, as well as to the other staff present. I

SASSA AMAOUCHE.

After our usual relatively somnolent Autumn term, the Spring term has proved exhaustingly full of incident. We opened with a convivial C:atullus evening, ~ new format which we hope will be repeated next year . A deputatIOn went to Dulwlch to hear Jasper Griffin, Peter Jones and Michael Winterbottom on Virgil. John Muir (Vice~Principal of King's College, London) came to talk to us on 'Virgil and the Future in the Past'. Popular demand took a gr~up 10 hunt down The Trackers oj OxyrhYflchus at the Royal National Theatre: a rumour that c1og-dancmg will be added to the list of Act ivities has yet to be confirmed. T hen towards the end of term one group saw Frogs ('blissfull y enjoyable', The Times) and Electra ('dire', The Times) punctuated by a to~r round Ihe Elgin Marbles and a quick dip into the National Gallery; and another group brushed ~p theIr Greek 10 see Oedipus TyrallflUs at King's College, London. What's all this about dead and dYlllg? M.J .T. PAT ER

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Lattergate, The King's School, Canterb ury. l /til Marcl., 1991. Dear Sir, I am grateful to Edward Peters for bringing to our attention the lack of creepers and mature trees compared with nineteenth~century illustrations. In consultation with Mr. Dobbin, I have been planning some replanting, but this has been held up owing to the possibility of re~ordering the entrance to King's. These plans have now been abandoned and I would hope that we could do something both o.utside The Gran~e and to coyer Mitchinson's walls. Following the fa ll of the lime tree in the centre of the Mmt Yard, I was given a donatlon by a former parent for a replanting . However, as there are extensive plans for altering School House once the Appeal has been successfully concluded, we have decided not to do replanting in the Mint Yard for the time being. In any event, we would not now wish to place a tree in the centre of the Y~rd but perh~ps place trees in the corners, thus keeping an open space and making the Yard usable for audIences watchmg plays in King's Week. One planting has taken place in Lattergate Garden. This is a Morus Nigra (Black Mulberry) and ~as been given to the School by Mrs. St. Clair~Tisdall in memory of her husband, a former O.K.S. Such gifts are always most welcome. Yours faithfully, A. C. J. PHILLIPS. t57

Hockey

1st XI

~lked away from the last game of the season aga inst the O.K.S. and looked back over the last four matches suddenly dawned o n me that this young side had eventua lly done remarkab ly well. In

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nineteen goals. played some splend id team and individual hockey and shown tremendous grit and determination

~~ we battled away from a sIrin g of disappointing resu lt s before half term.

The results were d isappoin ting, as a ll involved wit h the 1st X I th is season knew that only two of the matches should have been lost. To carp at th is stage though would be d oi ng them a slight injustice for even knowi ng wha t they could have done fo r a team so young (variously five fifth formers a nd fi ve 6b) they deserve to be congratulated fo r what they have achieved: a beller than 50150 record a nd a style of hockey that caused the O.K.S., both recent and those slightly longer in the loath, to say tha t this year's 1st X I was one of the best King's they have seen. During a most successful and enjoyable to ur to Spain bo th on and off the fi eld in J a nuary, the Ki ng's fo rmation changed from 3·3·3· I to 4· 3· 3. This demanded a greater degree of team work and tactical awareness tha n has been asked of any ot her of my 1st X is a nd they coped well. Again st Bena l Medina, the third best women's side in Spain it work ed a treat. We did well to win 3w2, refusing to be bullied by older women. The system held under pressure when playing a.g ainst a Spanish men's First Division side. It took them ha lf the game to break down the defence; a victory for us, given the clrcumstancesw' Against Chat ham House, ou r first sc hool match, we conspired to lose a game that should have been ours. A missed penalty nick and a basic defence error (which gave them a second goal in the space of two minutes) cost us the match. In tWO games we were beaten by two separate top-class players. The Langley Park England cent re-fo rward was given far tOO much room by the de fence and had a fi eld day. The same sort of day was enjoyed by a Nat ional League cent re w fo rward who played for Canterbury. He was too fast and his dribbling too mesmeric for us to cope with , though it was beautiful to watch. II would be churlish to ignore what did go wrong in the first half of term. On ly a few of this year's team leave. Those who remain must learn from the mistakes. By far the biggest reason for man y of o ur losses and drawn matches that should have been won was lack o f physical and mental commitment. We often arrived too late in the tackle and were tOO weak to keep the ba ll when tackled or tack ling. The difference between C ran leigh and King's was painfully obv ious. We tOO often lost concentration and gave away far too much possession in severa l of ou r games. On some occasions we had no desire to win , most noticeably against Cranbrook. Against a side struggling to get to grips with artificial grass it looked as if we fe lt sorry fo r them and the game petered out in a goa l-less draw. In the next ma tch v Duke of York's I saw the kind o f grit a nd co ncentra tion needed . With a great ly weakened side we played controlled. aggressive and intelligen t hockey. But the questi o n must be asked 'W hy do we have to have our bac ks agai nst a wall before a swi tch on?' The same happened in the Fra nk Mason T o urnament. Two weak pe rformances , two defeats. To sa lvage some pride we needed to win the next fou r games and they were not easy. We won all four a nd took away the group trophy. And it was th e k ind of attitude that prevailed in the last fou r victorious matches of the term. If only there were more of it. Immediately a ft er half ter m we mel Kent Co llege, a magnificent and pacey side. Sadly we had five key players missi ng. including our captain a nd goa lkceper. (It might be more a ppropriate for this report to appear in the 2nd XI resume). It would have been interest ing to take them on a t full strength. Those who came in from the 2nd X I were out of their depth , though they d id their very best. The inj uries and illnesses for the Duke of York's match caused us to change our formation back to 3·3·3· I , a nd that is how it stayed. Christian Pattman was much happier as a half a nd, although inclined to dribble too much, had a bigger impact there than in forward line. Once he manouvred himself beyond people he had a particu la r talent fo r making them look sill y behind their backs. Sadly Roger Gardner missed much of the season through inju ry and his place in the half-li ne was taken variou sly b y Steven Con no lly a nd Christ ian Postans. Steven grew in stature with each game he played and he and we can only th in k of what might have been if illness and injury had not plagued him . He and his brother Ma rcus combined very well on the left ha nd side of the pitch, Marcus scoring o ne of the most spectacular individua l goals o f the season , roofi ng the ball into the net, having d ri bbled a third of the pitch. Dave Kennerley, centre-forward , played bravely through injury and showed a knack for scoring. If hi s dribbli ng skills im p rove he cou ld be a promising p rospect fo r next year. Tom Ruffe ll on the wing was hindered by a string of exceptional left -backs. In the latter ha lf o f term as he learned how to pass the opposition he gave us many chances. Among the backs, two newcome rs, Robin Norris and Edward Sayer, need to be congratu lated , particula rly Robin . He came from a lmost nowhere to be a relia ble a nd skilfu lleftwback. When Andy Woolnough was not pirouett ing aroun d the ball at free h its, his tackling was superb a nd attackin g runs from sweeper dangero us. James Osmond. a member of the side for two years, a lth o ugh pron e to the odd lapse in concentration, thoroughly deserved h is co lours. James Lamont as a goal keeper was a revela tion. Unskilled and inexperienced and a long way from bein g a 1st X I goal keeper in November, by the end of the season he was one of the better keepers on the circuit. In no other player has there been such a n improvement. It is never easy being a ca ptai n in 6b yet Henry Hawk ins has carried the mantle with style and mat urity. Respected by all in the side, he has led by example putt ing II OllJo into every match, even when those arou nd him did not look to be d oi ng the sa me. He is a very sk il fu l and determi ned player. He has scored n in eteen goals in school matches, o ne Of them the best indi vidual goal of the season. He is a know ledgeable and experienced player and I have appreciated hIS wisdom off the pitch and his leadersh ip on it.

159 (Elisa Hudson)

The School has again had a rich crop of representative players a nd my congratulatio ns go to them: Henry H . (South East Under 18 and Kent Under 18); Roger Gardner (South East Under 18 - youngest player at the 1991 Div~~kInS Tournament - and Kent Under 16); Andy Woolnough (South East Under 17 and Kent Under 16); Ed Sayer (KentlSlonal 16); Matt Edwards (Ken( Under 14). Also many co ngra tu lations to the Under 15 Bs who, as a team, have nO~bder beaten fo r two years. ten As this season, once again tinged with the thought of what might have been, draws to a close I wou ld like to Ih the substitutes, particularly Phil Grove; R.W.T. for his patience and advice; the masters i/c teams fo r all the time ~nk have put in under difficult circumstances at times a nd the grou ndsman . And finally my thanks to the team. ( ey N.L.p

Team/rom: Henry Hawkins (Capt.), Marcus Connolly, Steven Connoll y, 路Roger Gardener, David Kennerly Ja

. Lamont, Robin Norris, J a mes Osmond, 路Christian Patlman, Christian Poslans, Tom Ruffell, Ed Sayer, Nick S'hcPk es 路Andy Woolnough. y, Also played: Matthew C raddock, Philip Grove, Charles Veitch.

路News Colours RESULTS Played 14, Won 6, Drawn 3, Lost 5, Goals for 34, Goals against 41. v Sl. Lawrence (A). Drawn I-I v C hatham Ho use (H). Lost 2-3 v Langley Park (A). Lost 0-5 v Canterbury H.C . (H). Lost 4-7 v Cranle igh (H). Won 1-0 v Kent Co llege (H). Lost 2-13 v Chanc rh ouse (H). Drawn 2-2 v Sutton Valance (H). Won 5- 1 v Cra nbrook (H). Drawn 0-0 v Sir Roger Manwood 's (H). Won 5-1 v Duke of York's (H). Won 3-2 v Reed's, Cobham (H). Won 4-3 v SI. Edmund 's (A). Lost 0-2 v O.K.S. (H). Won 5- 1 Goal scorers: Henry Hawkins 19 David Kennerley 5 Marcus Connoll y 3 Steven Connolly 3 C hristian Patlman 2 Spanish Tour: Played 4, Won 2, Lost 2. Frank Mason Tournament: Played 6, Won 4, Lost 2.

2nd XI ,I

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Things seem to go in phases, and 1 could start this season 's report in exact ly the same way as last year's. Again the season has been enormously frustrating, the team has fought hard, oftcn ski lfu llly, but, just as last year, in most matches we could not score goals . Perhaps the difference is that this year we sta rted the season well , and most of the results were very close. Having only had a couple of practices, we played Chatham House on Birley's , and did ext remely well to hold them to 2-1, although even in the first game one had the feeling that we could have scored more often. Then we played Simon Langton at Polo Farm, winning 4-1. We dominated the match, passing accurately, with Steven Connolly scoring from the na rrowest o f angles. Against C ranleigh on Birley 's we began to show so me class with Dave Kennerly scoring a hattrick, and I think we felt after three matches that this co uld be a very successful team. Then the 'flu hit, and injuries began, and a definite turning point was faced with Charter house o n Blare's, in bad light. They were a much better side and deserved to beat us, but our confidence was badly jolted. Then we stupidly lost two matches we should have won. Against an agricultural Cranbrook on Birley's we had hundreds of chances. but now we'd lost our forwards to the 1st XI, and we never really found rep lacements. A goal against a ll the play was infu ri ating, and a similar th ing happened against Duke of York's on their parade grou nd: luck was not with us. It has to be sa id that our defence has been very tight a ll season, and many opponents found it almost impossible to break th rough. Jon Press has become a very sound tackler, and wou ld often move the ball out effectively. Ben May was 'wall-like', jabbing away with his stick. Peter Kenyon's squash sk ills made him very quick over short distances. Charlie Veitch commanded it a ll from the back playing a captain's role, shouting, and keeping everyone going when we were onc- or two-nil down. Charlie despite everyt hing made sure that this was in the end an enjoyable season. After the snow and half term another phase began with us holding very good sides to narrow wins . Kent College loo ked superb on Blare's, and we all thought it was going to be about 8-0 , but after two early goals we closed them down, and even scored onc back in the second half. Against SI. Lawrence on their grass pitch, we were consta ntly under attack but we defended brilliantly, with Matthew Craddock pulling off so me excellent saves. He improved enormously this season after we got him some new kickers. In the last three matches we looked like the better side, and certain ly we should have beaten Sir Roger Manwood's. The forwards were start ing to look more like scoring. Chris Crowe worked hard on the wing. but could run out of space . Ed Peer fed so me useful balls through from th e ha lf line. Jon J ohnsto ne gave authority in the midd le, hilling hard, with George Skelton running around the '0' like a lunatic after a new set of underwear. Andy Hill on the right wing played with enormous enthu siasm even if most of his tackles were illegal. Andy could often be seen driving down the wing like a steam train, hair tied back but ending up leaping onto the back netting with a wail of despair.

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1ST XI HOCKEY (Richard Bennell)

II was a tough new fixt ure against Reed's but again the backs held together well, and we won the second half as sua\. Our last match against the O.K.S. wa~ .our fa~our ite surface o~ ~i rl ey's and we had Ph il Grove back quietly U anising the play from the centre-ha lf posit Ion. NIck Shep ley also JOined us for the last few matches and great ly Â°lrr~ngt hened the half line; but it was Chris Jepp who shone in the last match play in g a tremendously fiery second half shieh opened up their defence. Again everyone sa id we shou ld have won, since we had so many chances and played ; well , but that 's been the story of the Seconds this season. R.W.T. ream/rom: Charles Veitch (Capt.), Matthew Craddock, Christopher Crowe, Andy Hill , Christopher Jepp, Jonathan Johnstone, Peter Kenyon , Ben May, Edwa rd Peer, Jonathan Press. George Skelton. Also played: Steven Con nolly, Philip Grove, David Hodgson, David Kennerly, Nicholas Shepley. RESULTS

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Played II , Won 2, Drawn I , Lost 8. Chat ham House (H). Lost 1-2 v Eastbourne (A). Cance lled Simon Langton (A). Won 4- 1 v S1. Lawrence (A). Lost 0-2 Cra nleigh (H) . Won 6-3 v Kent College (H). Lost 1-2 Charterhouse (H) . Lost 0-3 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H). Drawn 0-0 Cranbrook (H). Lost 0- 1 v Reed's (H) . Lost 1-2 Du ke of York's (A). Lost 0- 1 v O.K.S. (H). Lost 1-2

3rd XI Someti mes it is possible to pinpoint the moment wh ich turned your team's seaso n. In the case of the 3rd XI it was when Dave Atk ins was put through by a smart pass from midfield, shrugged off two challenges as he stormed towards the Reed's School '0 ' and, veering off to the right, fooled the opposition goa lkeeper with the sweetest of strikes into the left-hand corner of the goa l. It was hi s third goal of the game , and it was the best moment of his team's season . Sadly, it came in the last few moments of the fina l game of the season. Nevertheless, it cl inched the team's only victory, and it is tempt ing to think that if such a moment had come earlier in the season things might have been different. Until that fi nal game there seemed to be a pattern which was repeat ing itself wit h boring monotony. In five successive matches, again st Cranbrook, Duke of Yo rk's, Kent College, SI. Law rence and Sir Roger Ma nwood's, the 3rd XI had slarted well, established themselves as the superior side, and the n either lost momentum, or else conceded a breakaway goal, after which their heads went down and they fin ished the game, in several cases, the second-best team. P robably Ihe hardest resu lt was again st Ken t Co llege when the team led 2-0. only to be pu lled back nea r the end. To some extent the side never recovered from the start of the season. Against Chatham House the 3rds were the beuef side, and created severa l chances in fron t of goal. Bu t on ly one o f these was converted, a sharp stri ke by George Skelton. A missed penalty stroke and a co uple o f lapses at the back left the team on the wrong side of a 2- 1 resull. Th is was fo llowed by the two slrongest opponen ts the 3rds faced all season, and 5-0 drubbings on successive Sa tu rdays were responsible fo r the cr itical loss of confidence. At least the team did not lose aga in after th is for a furt her th ree matches, but this sequence of five disappoin ting games should have brought at least a couple of victor ies. The irony was that the 3rds should never have won on that fin al afte rnoon in Surrey. In drizzly weat her on a wooded hillside at Reed's, with the scores from England 's rugby gra nd-slam decider being called out fro m the touch line, the 3rds came back from the dead to produce the champagne mome nt of the season. Dave Atkins scored the fi rst of his goals before the home side, late to arrive, had got themselves sorted out at the back. But gradually the home team's superiority started to tell . T hey clawed back co ntrol in the mid fi eld , and were soon raiding down both flanks. Their equaliser came just befo re half-t ime , and their second not long after. The 3rds' heads started to d rop as they got wetter and Reed's pressed harder. It was going to be another of those resuits, it seemed. But a moment o f luck came on a rare attack when the home goa lkeeper and a defender got into a mix-up, and Dave Atk ins nipped in for his second. Even then Ihere was no predicting the outcome, and Dave's hat-trick , clinched just before the end, was a momentous climax. The most potent combinat ion throughout the season was the speed and control of captain John Bailey on the right wing, crossing to Dave Atk ins at the back of the '0'. Dave scored all but two of the side's goals during the season, including a sparkling st rike from the tightest of angles, against Kent College . Alex Homan also gave good su pport up rront throughout the season, as did Jonat han Mennell on the left wing. In midfield the strength of Joshua De Haa n was oft en crit ical, as well as the careful possession o f Alex Martin and the steadiness of Crispin Comonte; at the back the solid combination of Matt Howard, Dave Hodgson, Dere k SvastiSalee and Michael Gillespie was capa bly marshalled by Angus. Possibly the star player in many o f the games was, however, the undemonstrative goalkeeper, Nick Miller. His judgement and accurate kicking came to the rescue of the 3rds on many occasions, and in the fi nal game at Reed's his brave goalkeeping played as important a part in the victory as Dave Atk ins' hat-trick . My than ks to all members o f the team fo r an enjoyable season, and my congratulatio ns to them for continuing to show such spirit, sportsmansh ip and for titude in the face of thin fortune. M.R.J.B. Team from: Jonathan Bai ley (Capt.), David AIk ins, Crisp in Como nle, Joshua De Haan , Michael Gillespie, David Hodgson, Alexander Homan, Dan iel Howard, Matt hew Howard, Angus Hu lme, Alexander Ma rtin, Jonathan Mennell , Nicholas Miller, Derek Svasti-Salee. 161 7 UP (Christ ian Webb)

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4th XI Perhaps it's funny to start thinking of 1984. But, having just succeeded Mr. John Parker with the 3rd XI then I recall ou r fi rst match on a windswept recreat io n ground a bove Ramsgate and a I- II defeat by C hatham House 0' only score com ing from a shot from the half-way line, two defenders' deflections, and a magnanimous piece of ho~r umpiring. e King's hockey, at this level, has grown to look a lot more professional in the interven ing years, and even the 4th look their happiest when put on an a rtificia l surface. Moreover, ambitious new horizons have opened up, and as th! local gram mer schools have fo und it ha rder to produce teams in depth, so long motorway journeys have opened u a new-calibre fixture list. And there's the rub: Surrey! Why is it that so many Surrey pu blic schools - and Berkshir~ - produce games players by the region, boys who look as though they were born to chase, strike a nd stop a moving ba ll , before moving on in la ter life to play eighteen good holes of go lf? Sufficient analysis! But the fact is that in three of our four matches (Duke of York's were humbler Opponents and we ought to have won) we were outclassed by teams with greater sk ills and athleticism, but that within our limits we played wit h spirit and very reasonable ability. Ben Ensor was a tenacious and encouraging captain , Mark Dobell a brave goalkeeper (and William Foster substituted well against Epsom), Chris Walder was a menacing winger (in both senses) and Paul Winchester provided some real qu ality and surely must play in a higher team next year. Other useful player~ (Gillespie and Martin) moved in and out of our team, and Messrs. Fell , Peters, Williams, Grant a nd Gundry were all good, regular team members.

S.c.w TeamJrom: Ben Ensor (Capt.), Mark Dobell , Mark Fell, William Foster, John Grant, Simon Gundry, Alex Marlin Edward Peters, C hris Walder, Wellington Williams, Paul Winchester. ' Also played: James Doust, Michael Gillespie, Dan Jevons, Derek Svasti-Salee. RESULTS

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Colts A XI Resu lts a rc only meaningful if there is a parity among the competing teams. The boys who played for this team were main ly from lasl year's UI5 B team ta king the place of those who were promoted to the 1st squad plus the boys who opted fo r other sports. T his meant that when they played against schools whose policy it is to keep boys in their age group, we were im mediately at a d isadvantage with eight players not available. The other major facto r at this age group is the absence of a Colts side in the same schools and when ma tched against 3rd X l sides we often found that the older boys we re stronger a nd fa ster , but not necessari ly more skilful. Despite all this, the players themselves showed determination and a willingness to compete, and their own skills improved wit h the experience. It is to their credit that their team play developed and they more than matched some older or more skilfu l teams. With the problem of 'Ou and the weather it was difficult to maintain a consistency, but three players, Bellien, Rayner and Wa rner managed every game, a nd the reserves who stepped in, often at the last moment, always gave of their best. The season looked to have begu!1 badly when on grass at Chatham House we were 2-0 down in seven minutes. However one feature of this team has been its resilience , a nd when Luke Williams rifled in a shot from the top o r the 'D' the fi ght back had begun. After James Grindley clinically converted a penalty corner we had earned a throughly deserved draw and had recorded the best result of the day. On astroturr against C ranleigh a nd with the inclusion of Ed Say~r we matched a skilful side a nd the derensive work or Waddell , Warner and Rayner was surpassed only by some herOIC goalkecping from Matthew Belliere. After that game it was a shame that we never fie lded the same side and had as many as StX missing against Duke of York's when brave efforts were unjustly rewarded by a goal against us in the fin al second or the game after Neil Cole had to go to hospital for three stitches in his fore head . Again a very weakened side proved no match for Cranbrook despite Sanam Shah stealing a goal in the first few minutes. 162

After half .ter ~ t h e~c were soI?c good performances against St. Lawrence and Kent College. Henry Gage was begining con trol mid field With deft stlckwork and a sense of st rategy. ably helped by Jonat han Willis at left-half who rarely I~oppcd funning and was the real worker in the side. Neil Cole on the right wing was rewarded for his efforts by two Soals against K~n.t College and we missed his speed in the last game against Reed's. For this game we were also without bustling act ivity of Paul Dupuy, our short corner st riker and penalty fli ck taker James Grindley and the calm steady lay of Andrew Waddell. However in Sanam Shah we had sk ilful left wing replacement, a nd no more could be asked Pf Neil Crumpton who made up for his lack of experience by gritty determinatio n. Mark Gaskain proved to be a solid , ~e1iable pillar in defenc~ and Jonathan Mitchell, despite not having th e speed for the right wing, provided some useful tOuches. T he 3-0 scorelme unfo rtunately does not show the effo rt all the boys put in or the number of missed chances' but then that could be said fo r the whole season. ' I would li ke to thank alll hose who played, for their willingness to work hard and fo r their sense of humour. A special thanks 10 Luke Williams who proved a reliable and strong leader as captain and to Matthew Belliere who had an outstanding season in goal. S.E.A TeamJr.om: Luke ~illiam s (Capt.), Matthew Belliere, Neil Cole, Oliver Dean, Paul Dupuy, Henry Gage, Mark Gaskain, James Gnndley, Jam ie Rayner, Sanam Sha h, Andrew Wadde ll , Max Warner, J onatha n Willis. Also played: Phi lip Aldrick, Neil Crumpton, Andrew Groves, Jonathan Mitchell, Hamish Pritchard , Andrew Ruffel1 , Edward Sayer.

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v Cranieigh (H). Lost 0-7 v Cha rterhou se (A). Lost \ -4 v Duke of York's (H). Lost 1 ~2 v Duke of York's (A). Drawn \- \ (N umerous games against the 4t h X I were either drawn or lost) Those who pJuyed: Jonathan Mitc h ~ lI , Edward J~nnings (Capluills),Phi li p Aldrick, Vivian Ben nett, J ames Bridges, Anthony Cor msh, Nell C rumpton , Ohver Dean, Nicholas Forrest, Mark Gaskain, Andrew Groves, Rodney Jackson, Nicholas Johnson, C hristopher Lobb , Hamish Pritchard, Andrew Ruffell, Sanam Shah , Alexander South and Dominic Sweny.

JUNIOR COLTS XIs This has been a throughly enjoyable and successful seaso n, for a large, skilful and enthusiastic group of players. The A XI was the strongest for several years. Hav ing lost narrow ly to an exceptionally good C hatham House side in the first match, they played with confidence and some style, on a variety of surfa ces, in their remain ing games. The strength a nd character of the team were apparent aga inst a good Charterhouse side, against Duke of York's, where o~e individual threatened to defeat them on his own, and aga in st SI. Lawrence, where they played bad ly, but were 51111 able to summon up reserves of skill to snatch a victory. If this XI can stay together next yea r, they will eventually prOvide the basis for a successful 1st Xl. The st re~l?th of the team was not so much in its individuals - there were no 'stars' - as in its teamwork. Kipp EI-Mesman 10 goal made some good saves, though his positional sense was a little uncerta in . Tom Aldridge and James Murch had a good understand ing, and their strength and powerful hitting relieved much of the pressure at the back. Andrew Wilson was a calming in flu ence at centre-ha lf, and grew in autho rity as a captain; he spent most of the season 163

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in a defen sive role , but showed that he could add a forcefu l presenc~ in attack when required ..James Cheeeseman Rya n Manneri ng in contrast ing styles, were subtle and forcefu l a t wlllg half, and Tom Grant, m an attacking midlia~~ role, showed gre~t skill, and will be an even more valuable play'er as his ta~t ical sense develop~. Cha~les Doust onl~h left wing was probab ly the best forward, and he worked especially well with the strong-runnmg Juhan Lewis-Jo ~ and their inter-passing was the most exci~ing fe<1:t ure of the ~tlack . J ay Spencer, at cent re forward, ha~ the knac~~f scorin g g?als, and .altl}ough he was pro~lgate ~lIh chances m. t ~e latter s tag~s of the.'erm, he. was. easily the leadin scorer. Finally, Alistair C urzon on the Tight wmg had neat stlckwork, creat mg openmgs by hiS slo ll, rather than b& speed or powerfu l centres. Y The B XI was, in its class, at lea ~t as good as the A. "fhey a~e now unb~ate n for ~wo years, and they ~chieved their impressive record this year (fou r.wms and a draw) desplt.e havmg to us~ e l~ht ee n different I?layers. Their SUCcess was obviously due to consi der abl~ skill! but even more ~o thelT great determmat lon and the ~onflde n.ce t~~t they would be victorious. This was more eV ident In the match against Ch art~r~ouse. Much of the cre~ lt for this SPlTlt goes to Harry Emanuel, whose positive encouragement, even when he was IIlJured and on the touchh ne, gave the team much of its character. Several ind ividuals made considerab le progress over the season. Dan Ryan d eve l ~ped into a lively a nd enthusiastic goa lkeeper, who was challenging fo r a place in the A XI by the end of the season. ~ uh a n yvooderson made great strides, particu la rly as a goal scorer, and Ad.am .Bissil showed trem.e ~d o u s pace.on the Tight wmg. James Dean was the team dynamo; he always seemed to be play mg III almost every posItion o n the fIeld, a nd appeared on the team sheet in several o f them. Myles Orsler, who captained the team when Emanuel was missi ng, was a most powerful presence, and his skill is developing rapidly. Of the other regular players, Ed Milla rd was solidly reliable at the back; Augustus Wi lkinson tack led sharply and struck free hits powerfully; James Deverall was energet ic and had a fierce shot ; and Domninic COCklin was a forcefu l and aggressive centre forward. The C XI was also ski lful, with several players, notably Tim Nealo n, William Drinkwater, Marcus Foster and Chris Kenwright, who were unlucky no~ to be playing at ~ higher level. The match results hardlr reflect the season's progress _ injuries a nd illness mea nt that It was never pOSSible to put out a full a nd representative team. P. G. H. AN D D.S.S. RESULTS A XI

v Kent College. Draw n 2-2 v SI. La wrence . Won 3-2 v Reed's, Cobham. Won 5-1

v C hatham House. Lost 1-2 v Cranleigh. Won 3-1 v Charterhouse. Won 2-1 v Duke of York's. Won 4-3 B XI

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v Epsom. Lost 1-6 v Cha rterhouse. Lost 1-3 v Duke of York's. Lost 1-2 A X I: Andrew Wilson (Capt.) , Tom Aldridge, James Cheeseman , Alistair Cu rzon , Charles Doust, Kipp EI-Mesmari, Tom Grant, Julian Lewis-Jones, Ryan Mannering, James Murch, Jay Spencer. Also played: Adam Bissil , James Dean, Dan Ryan.

B X l: Harry Ema nuel (Capt.), Adam Bissil, Dominic Cock lin . Simo n Cook, Ja mes Dean, James Deverall , Ed Millard, James Odell, Myles Orsler, Dan Ryan, Gus Wi lkinson. . Also played: Dele Alakij a, Oliver Carter, William Drinkwater, Marcus Foster; C hris Kenw right , Timothy Nealon.

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For nine of the eleven boys who took the fi eld against Chatham House in early January this was their fir st competitive game of hockey. Wc were un lucky to go down by twO goa ls to one. Thereafter fo llowed two rather disappoint ing ga ~es against Cra nleigh a nd Charterhouse, the latter beating our defence on fou r occasions, After coming down to carth wuh a thump we prod uced a marvellous d isp lay of hockey against one of the best under 14 sides in East Kent, Du ke of York' s. T he team descrved more than a draw on the day. After a long pcriod of no outdoor sports owin g to sn.ow we once aga in acq uitted ourselves very well against the powerfu l Simon Langton side. A draw was a fair reflection of a game played at a fur ious pace on the astroturf at Polo Farm . Kent College must consider themselves very fortu nate to have walked off with a win and even more so by the margin of that victory. Two unlucky goals saw us go down 1-3. We were deservedly beaten by the polished Sir Roger Manwood's, although it was only in the last fift een minutes Ihal the difference in class became apparent. A I-I draw was representative of the game against S1. Edm und's. In early 164

~Iarch the team participated in the East. Kent UI4 Tourna ment in Ramsgate. We did very well to reach the semifinals. 111 the last full game o f the season a victory was recorded at Reed's by the convincing margin of 3-1. By the end of the season the team had begun to play hockey and to realize that it is a team game. I say this because at times, and cr u c i~1 time~ at. t~at, we threw a ll chances of victo ry out of the window by players playing to what they perceived were t h e~r own mdlvl~ual st rengths a nd not to the team 's . More attent ion in futu re must be paid to players becoming more agile. A determlOed effort to stay o n onc's toes a nd to concent rate o n maintaining top fitness levels is essential if the resu lt s a re to be improved upon in future years. But now to the players themse lves. In goal Matthew Edwards began to represent Kent. His scrobatics helped to keep US in with a chance in many a game. He is certa inly someone to watch in the future. Steven Lau, Sqot Wiseman, Tom 8ucher and Mike Davies all represe nted the team in the back division. All were liab le to panic at times with the resu lt [hat dearing our 22 met rc area was not done as efficientl y as might have been the case. Sqot Wiseman however impressed in the right-half positi on on a number of occasions. At centre-half Sahi r Jeelani has la tterly developed into more of a [earn player. Wh ilst he possesses great skill . he needs to improve upon his dist ribution skills. Edouard Sebline a nd Torn Wacher both helped to fill the right-hal f position. Both are skilful and determined players who, with a little more pace, which will come as they grow, will be very useful representatives for the school on the hockey pitch. James Sm ith proved to be a very versatile player. He fe lt at ease in a half and fo rward position. He has an exciting hoc key future ahead of him. On the wings Dunstan Kamana and Jam ie Nicholson became almost permanent featur es of the team. Both possess use ful skills, although the fo rmer must learn to keep the ball on the stick a nd to squa re the ball earlier. I suspect that questions about these two players' fit ness could be asked. As inner, James Munday posed great problems for all opponents. He is a skil fu l a nd perceptive player who has a very promising hockey future ahead of hi m . Alex Ogedegbe. as captain a nd centre-fo rward, matured with every match that was played. He used his not inconsiderable speed to great effect, especially on the break. He mu st however be carefu l not to stray out of position . Whilst in terms of results this was not a vintage season , the tremendous improvement of the team and individuals over the season shows that they should develop into a force to be reckoned with in their Junior Colts year.

P.T. The/olio wing played at least three games/or the UJ4A team: Tom Bucher, Michael Davies, Matt hew Edwards, Sahir Jeelani, Dunstan Ka mana, Stevel La u, James Munday. Jamie Nicholason, Alex Ogedegbe, Edouard Sebline, J ames Smith , Sqot Wiseman. RESU LTS Played 9, Won I, Drawn 3, Lost 5. v Chatham House (H). Lost 1-2 v Kenl College (H ). Lost 1-3 v C ran leigh (A). Lost 1-2 v Sir Roger Manwood's (H) . Lost 1-2 v C harter house (H). Lost 0-4 v St. Ed mu nd's (H). Draw n I-I v Duke of York's (H). Drawn I - I v Reed's (A). Won 3-1 v Simon La ngton (A) . Draw n I-I

UNDER 14 B XI A look at the fixture card at the start of the season showed that the UI4Bs had been given five away games . The three very distant ones were lost - two qu ite narrow ly. Once the side had sett led down, games were handsomely won. This was a team whose strength lay in their will ingness to work fo r each other and comb ined together - on some of [he rougher pitches they found th e lack of individua l skill and physique showed up. In home matches a nd where the ball could be pushed slic kly under control, they were sometimes amazing. Josh Cole was an excellent captain with an abi lit y to read the game and distribute well from centre-half. The right wing comb ination of Andrew McG rego r and Charles Aitken sett led well and produced fin e moves and many goals. On the left, Ju lian Hinves and Ben Alexander (with Alistair Hawkins substitut ing too) kept the attacks from dy ing by feedin g the ball to the right. All three were usually in the right place to get in a shot. Michael Davies enjoyed his games as an attacking left-half and he and Russell Hewett improved through the term. James Stevens a nd Mark Harris were very fa st in defence with good clearance hits: J ~mes Morgan was the outstanding defender, usually marking the right wing out of the game. When he speeds up he Will be a very good player. Curzon Rolla has great potential as a goalkeeper but he must lea rn to get himself organised. The B Xl thoroughly enjoyed their season. It was fun to coach them and there is considera ble potential in the side. They a re prepared to learn. They appreciated the practices on the Polo Farm Astroturf and the extra practices on Monday on the Birley's Ast roturf. They particu larly enjoyed their practice games against the A XI! These games and those against the C XI showed that the whole age group has a lot of talent and no -one in the A or B XI shou ld think his place automatically safe for next year. H. E. l. A. Players: Curzon Rolla, James Stevens, Mark Harris, James Morgan, Russell Hewett , Joshua Co le (Capt.), Michael Davies , Charles Ai tken, Andrew McGregor, Ben Alexander, J ulia n Hinves, Sub: Alistai r Hawk in s. Also played: Steven La u, Edouard Sebli ne (promoted), Ben Massingham , J amie Paris, Michael P reece, Hamish Lemmens, Charles Bell, Michael Haswell . RESU LTS v C ran leigh (A) . Lost 1-5 v Kent College (A). Won 6- 1 v Charter house (A). Lost 1-2 v Sir Roger Manwood 's (H). Won 4- \ v Duke of York's (H). Won 5-0 v Reed's (A). Lost 0-2 165

UNDER 14 C XI T his was a side tha t pract ised with ent husiasm, played occasiona lly, usually in exotic places, a nd always had r What o ther a pproach is possible when onc of the key players is capable of the improbable act of a lmost brea k" ury. own fOOl by cl ubb ing it from a great height wit h his stick when trying to hit the small round yellow object alo In~ his The side changed often (so kee n were people to get in) but a lways seemed to share the sa me playing philoso l~gSlde? is. that the q ua lity of the hockey being played is d irectly pro porlio nal lo the amou nt of wind generated bY~h~' I~at in hitt ing the ball. Suc h was the tea m spirit, too, tha t they a lways preferred to huddle together in the middle o;'Uh:k pi tch, rather than spoil the nice st rip of green down the wings! t ~ Having discovered last season tha t if one practises o n artificial grass in order to develop ski ll , o ne is usually overwhcl cd by mo re 'agricu ltural' teams when play ing on the real th ing, the coach decided to practice on real grass. As a rc~ we slugged it out on equ al te rms with o ur oppo nents , and were a litt le unlucky not to have had a greater reward . Cert/ \t. we threw a way a deserved w in against Duke of York's , a nd in all the ot her ga mes, the ma tches were even only t~n y decided by defensive carelessness. T here are actu ally a num ber of very pro misin g hockey players in this ieam a d~ wou ld not be at a ll s.u ~prised to see so me of them play fo r A teams later o n . T ha nk yo u everyon e for a VERY enioY~bl season _ kecp practlslllg ! e

R.C.W RESULTS Played 4, Drawn I , Lost 3. Goals fo r 2, Goa ls agai nst 10. v C ranleig h (A.) Lost 0-3 v Cha rter ho use (A.) Lost 0-3 v Du ke of Yo rk's (H .) Draw n 2-2 v Epso m (H .) Lost 0-2 Team /rom: Charles Bell , Ben De Haan, Fem i Fadeyi, Ada m Fend ius, Michael H aswell, Ad am J ackson, Ben Jeanes Hamish Lemmens, Ben Massingham , Andrew McG regor , T ho mas Moore. Pat rick Osmo nd, Jamie Paris, Michael Preece' Michele Rosato, J a mes Stevens, Tho mas Stazickcr, J o hn Swcny. Simon Tyler, A lex Wald ron . '

Girls' Hockey 1st XI Several matches had been sched uled for this term, but with players being ca lled upon fo r vario us other school commitments, in additio n to the fo rtnight of wintry weather, o nly one ma tch and o ne to urna ment were to materialise. However, these fixtures proved to be most successfu l, wit h the fi nal match of the season against Sir Roger Manwood's being especia lly exciting. It was, prehaps , the tea m's most determined pcr fo rmance of the 1990 / 91 season . The following pla yers must be co ngratulated on being awarded colo urs: First colo urs: Reawarded: Camilla Lacamp , Laura Da ley, C la re Haslock, Elisa Hudso n, Florentine Van Notten . Second colours: Pippa Adamson, Joanna Broad ley, Cathcrine de Lotbi niere, Georgina Grant, Zoe H armsworth, Camilla Pa lmer, Hannah Reid , Susanna h Trayling, Nicola Venn, Rebecca Wi lliams . S. K.M.

RESULTS v Sir Roge r Ma nwood's (H .) Won 1-0

Kent Sevens Toumament: v Kent Co llege. Drawn 0-0 v Fu lston Ma no r . Drawn 0-0 Quarler-Finals: v Tonbrid ge. Drawn 0-0. (Lost 2-3 o n p.s. )

J UN IOR GIRLS Netball is the maj o r sport for the Spring term a nd the weat her conspired against some of our weekly practice sessions. H oweve r, so me of the squa d managed occas io na l ex tra training sessions with the senio r gir ls and we hope to enter some players for the U 16 District tr ia ls in A pril. We pla yed SI. Ed mund's j ust a fter half term win ni ng ea sily with good goals from each of the fo rwards - Nicky Stro ng, Kirsti n Gaymer (2), Jessica Potter, Sama ntha Curlewis, a nd Ha rriet Campbell . T his set us up nicely fo r the Kent UI S Area H ockey Tournament a t Queen Eli zabeth's School , Faversha m. We played six matches, drew th ree, won three - including the ma tch against the very stro ng a nd determined Pent Valley side a nd, thanks to excellent play by a ll the defence, d id no t concede a ny goa ls. We fini shcd second in o ur half of the draw - j o in t third o ut of fo urteen schools. Unfortunate ly we put ill a very tired perfo rma nce in the last match of the season; Herne Bay, a m uch im pro ved side from la st term, scored o ne goal in the first ha lf. Fo r the fi rst ten minutes of the second ha lf, our team played well a nd we eq ualised, thereaft er, in spite of some very good saves by Miriam Lwanga in goal, H erne Bay dominated th e game in the face of little resista nce .

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Many members of the sq uad enjoyed a trip to Wembley to watch the Womens' International. Engla nd v France, d the U 18 England v Wales matches. T he play was inspiring and we loo k forward to a successful season next year. b~r thankS go to Mrs. P ickering and Miss M ills for their co ntinued help a nd en th usiasm. MIRIAM LWANGA AND J .D.P. Teo m players: Miriam Lwa nga (Capt.), Harriet Ca mpbcll , Sa mant ha C urlew is, Kirst in Gaymer, J oa nna Houghto n, So1fnh Mu llen, Si ~ ead Q'Ca llagha n, P riscilla Par ish , Jessica Palter, An na Record, Geo rg ina Sa lmon, Amelia Stewa rt, Nicky Stro ng, MIchelle Traylor. Also played: Melanic Cu mber, A lex Diez de Rivera. RESULTS V SI. Ed mu nd 's (H.) Won 6-0 v Herne Bay Hockey Club (A.) Lost 5- 1 Kent Schools UI6 Tournament: v Simon La ngtoll. Drawn 0-0 v Sir Roger Ma nwood 's. Drawn 0-0 v Gcoffrey Chauccr. Draw n 0-0 v St. Ed mund's. Won 3-0 v Pent Va lley. Won 1-0 v Dover Gramma r. Won 1-0

Association Football 1st XI Last year's 1st XI was d isa ppo in ting but this term's team has been rea lly q uite exci tin g, and with the departure o f relat ive ly few players the situa tio n looks very promisi ng fo r next year . In thirteen ma tches there were o nly three defeats, against the bettcr fo ot ballin g schoo ls, and thc o nly fr ustra ting feat ure of th e season was tha t we should have wall more of the drawn ga mes. Ad mittedly, we never looked tremendo usly solid when defend ing but go ing forward we o ften played some deligh tfu l footba ll a nd created many, many scoring opport unities. Indeed thirty- fo ur goals in thirteen ma tches were proo f enough of o ur goal power. Wha t a prospect you ng Dan Quin is go ing to be - top scorer with elevcn goa ls and eligible for two more seasons . In the first match against SI. Edmu nd's , however. Q uin looked nervous in front of goa l and we cou ld not add to Sonaike's early goal, despite creat ing ma ny cha nces. They were the more physica l side, bu t Irone a nd Davies started well in midfield, while Hinto n impressed in goa l. We were under much pressure in the second ha lf and showed great spirit and determi nat ion to ho ld on to the slender lead. Then came one of the most excit ing battles of the term : a thrilling 6-4 away win on SI. August ine's tiny pitch. Davies gave us a 1-0 lead against the rUIl of play and th en the o ppositio n went ahead , o nly fo r C rossley to eq ua li ze with a beauti full y precise free kick. We were 4-2 down at the interval but displayed greater comm itmen t and better organization in the second ha lf a nd stormed to a d ra ma tic win wit h fo ur goa ls a fter the break. Qui n scored a ha t-trick and despite the loss o f So na ike (who was to rema in out of action until half term with that o ld knee problem) we still seemed a pOlent fo rce when coming fo rward . T his insp irational perfor mance was ,spurred by C rossley 's surging runs, H yatt's crunching tack les a nd strength in the a ir and the delicate foo two rk of Davies a nd Craddock in a tight midfield. T he sense of elation in the dressing room after the game was most pa lpable. Against Du lwich in the next game we fou nd fo r the thi rd time in successio n that we were up against a stronger, more physical side. They had more of a grip of midfield but we aga in created the better cha nces and sho uld have led at ha lf time but Dav ies missed an o pen goa l for choosing to shoot with his wro ng fool. In the second ha lf we shou ld have added to Qui n's goal be fo re letting Dulwich sneak back for a draw with a n equa lizer at the death . Hinton pulled o ff a superb full-length save a nd Craddock made a n o utsta nding contribut ion in midfield wht re he was saddled with much of the work, since by th e second ha lf bo th Davies a nd C rossley were carrying injurics . The learni ng process was contin ued when we faced Maidsto ne Gra mma r, who ta ught us a lesson in the first ha lf on contro l, ru nning off the ball, support a nd general awarcness. A t least in the second ha lf we competed more efficiently and prevented them fro m adding to their 3-0 half-t ime Icad. Quin chased willingly up front but we made few rea l chances. We conte mplated the visit o f Brentwood wit h some apprehension, given tha t Irone had inju red H into n in a train ing session, and the inclusion in Brentwood's side of the England Schools' striker and a n Independent Schools' mid fielder. Although we lost, we played very well. Hyatt snu ffing out the stri ker and Cross ley ha rrying the mid fie lder. We closed them down earlicr, gave them less space , a nd sq ueezed the midd le by pushing the back fou r up more qu ick ly. They were only 1-0 up at the brea k and then ca me Davies' dream of an eq ua lizer: he ra n the le ngth o f the pitch to celebrate. Seconds later wc shocked the o pposition with a n a lmost identical e ffo rt from Davies that skimmed the ba r. He combined well wit h Cross ley , Iro ne a nd C rad dock in midfield, thus we pla yed some of o ur best soccer so far. Frase r deputised well in goa l and loo ked a fine prospect fo r next year. Peachcy ma rshalled the defence in telligently, but up fro nt Qu in seemed out o f sorts a fter fa lling o ff his bike, with Irone, minutes before kick-o ff. A defeat, but a n ho no ura ble one. Enforced inactivity ensued with the February snows, so we missed an ideal opportunity to catch K.C.S. Wim bledon OJ.l the rebound. However, the magn ifice nt Sports Ha ll came to our rescue and Sana ike, recovered from inju ry. a lo ng wuh Davies, Craddock a nd Iro ne showed some lovely close control. Even the coach was secn neuing a few quality st rikes.

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In the first session after half term it soon beCame apparent that the boys had done little fitness work during . week ofr. Nevertheless. a 4·0 win the following day against Dover College was a clinically executed performan th~lr impressive goals from Sonaike (2), Davies and Quill. Peachey again showed a cool head at the back, Irone was W~tb with Sonaike in fro nt of him, and Crossley a nd Craddock were tireless in midfie ld. PPltr The followin g Saturday we travelled to Ca ire's, having left OU f striker Quill in the San. We did not get OUf act tog h 1 seemed tired, clumsy and even a little incoherent but a lso just happened to be on the receiving end of, by far and: tt, Caire's best performance thus far. We were too often caught in possession a nd let ou rselves dow n badly. way, This might have taught us a lesson, though., for we. were to re~lain undefeated in .ou r last six matches, four of whi h were away from home. We had much to put right agamst Westmmster and started With a most commanding firsttw C minutes when we should really have sewn the game up. Sonaike scored a beauty but was su itably deOated aftere~hY game for he knew he could have been on target with at least two more excellent opportun ities. Gradually we let West min e back into the game a nd it became a. close encounter, but they needed a girt from o~r defence, in the s.hape of an unfonu~:r back pass, to draw level. T he dejected faces after the match revea led that thiS was one game m which we had do te more than enough to secure victo ry. ne 1 have always believed that one of the signs of a quality side is the abi lity to obta in results wh ile playi ng badly And this we did a t Sevenoaks. They were fitter and more fu ll of running than we were, but they never really penet;ated We stuck to our task, but still 1·0 down with fifteen minutes to go, Goggins was brought on and this enabled us t~ push Craddock , who had done a fine job bolstering the defence, into an attacking midfield role. T he coach gave him the brief of winning the game for us and he set us on our way immediately by rounding the full· back a nd crossin for Davies to fmish off a stunni ng move. Sevenoaks' heads went down, Peachey surged forwa rd and un leashed a spectacula~ thunderbolt from a ll of twenty·five yards, which the goalk eeper could only parry into the net. We were 2· ) up and could have scored more. Next we tr~~elled to Leatherhead. for !l match v.ersus S1. J ohn 's, a fixture postp<?ned owing to the snow. Some of the lethargy vIsible at Sevenoaks was In eVidence agalll and we lacked any urgency or drive. We were awful, Quite honestly ' but a 2·2 draw was probably about the right result. S1. Augustine's then came to Birley's for a re·match, which was another tight affair. Tester and Andrews had Come up to the first team and both impressed greatly. It was a fairly even contest but we dominated for a spe ll in the second half, without fully capitalizi ng and let the visitors back in, as we had done against Westminster and Dulwich. With the spur of a Co lours Court the fo llowing Monday, individual pe rformances were much morc conv incing a nd Salchu ever·p resent along with Crossley and Peachey. had a sto rmer at right·back. ' The following day we faced some of the school's most effective players from yesteryear in the O.K.S. match: Norris Attwood, Northeast, Tony Brown and Pete Davies. The final scoreline of 8·0 im plies that is was easy, but anyone wh~ saw the game knows that the o ld boys were on top for many spells and created a whole range of excellent chances. Indeed, we were only 2·0 up at half·time. It was only la te in the ga me, when the old stagers started fla gging, that the match turned into a rout, with Hinton coming out of goal a nd even going close with one shot. Gosling and Scott came up from the 2nd XI and played well. One of the most satisfying points of the afternoon was Crossley's domination of Northeast. There was also the way Irone skin ned Pete Davies tim e and time aga in . For our final challenge we visited Reigate Grammar and turned on probably our best display of attacking football all term. It was a superb performance in which everone looked so sharp, Sona ike and Tester netting a brace a piece. The atmosphere on the minibus journey home was tremendous, for this was a victo ry that ended a very good term's endeavour. And there were so many positive signs for next season: the bu lk of the side will be here, we have no problem scoring goals. and so me of the players who shou ld figure prom in ently, such as Fraser, Gosling a nd Andrews have already had valuable experience this term. Many thanks to Andrew and his staff for all their hard work at Birley's and to Stewart and the kitchen staff ror keeping us fed and watered. A big thank you too to M. Cockswo rth, Mr. Jackso n and Mr . Oath for a ll thei r lime and expertise with the ot her teams. C. P .N.

Team: Simon Crossley (Capt.), Ben Craddock, Steve Davies, Craig Feria, David Goggin s, Ollie Hinton, Andy Hyatt, Jolomi Irone, Nick Papageorgio u, Ben Peachey, Dan Quin, Sam Satchu, Kola Sonaike, Graeme Tester. Also played: Joby Andrews. John Flynn, David Fraser. Richard Gosli ng, Simon Maggs, Si mon Pattullo, Bill Scott. RESULTS Played 13, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 3 (I postponed). Goals for 34, goals agai nst 23. v SI. Edmund's (H.) Won 1·0 v Westm in ster (A.) Drawn 1· 1 v St. August ine's (A.) Won 6·4 v Scvenoaks (A.) Won 2·) v Dulwich (H.) Drawn 1·1 v S1. John's, Leatherhead (A.) Drawn 2·2 v Maidstone Grammar (H.) Lost 0·3 v St. Augustine's (H.) Drawn 2·2 v Brentwood (H.) Lost )·3 v O.K.S. (H.) Won 8·0 v Dover College (H.) Won 4·0 v Reigatc Gramma r (A.) Won 6·2 v Col fe's (A.) Lost 0-4 First Colours: Simon Crossley (Capl.), Steve Davies, O llie Hinton, Den Peachey, Sam Satchu. FirSI Team and Second CO /Qurs: Ben Craddock, David Goggins, Andy Hyatt . Jolomi Irone, Dan Qu in , Kola Sonaike. Second Colours: John Flyn n, David Fraser, Nick Papageorgiou, David Sargent, Bill Scott, Brian Vau. Scorers: Qu in II ; So na ik e 9; Davies 5; C rossley 4; Peac hey 2; Testcr 2; and ) ow n goa l. 168

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2nd XI

Aft er a win less, a nd alm ost scoreless, first soccer seaso n a l King's with last year's 3rd X I, and having seen so me of Ihat team selected fo r Ih is yea r's 1st X I, J wro te this epitap h fo r this season before the first ga me ... BUT, this was a sto rm ing season. A rough but ready side blew away a lightweight St. Edmu nd's team, became ~pora r ily becalmed aga inst Du lwich and Maidstone, ship-w recked against Brentwood before gathering pace agai nst bove r College and Colre's to hurrica ne force at Westm inster. Momentum and mayhem contin ued as Sevenoa ks and Kent College were left in its wake befo re finally petering out against St. John's, Leatherhead. Amid the o ccasiona l frenzy of David Sargent's balancing acts. J on Parker' s tackles (I think) and Graeme Tester's 'clps the referee cou ld be see n signi ng Ben O usey's gat ing*sheet and bewailing the change in the off*side law. Personel ~hanged throughout the season and tactics went from 5-2-3 to 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 but no one really noticed - the 'go-and-get' t' style genera lly p revailed, total foot ball becoming percentage havoc. The side revolved a ro und the grand p rix pace ~f Vau a nd Ousey, the somewhat surrea l sk ills of Tester, Flynn and Papageorgiou and, in particular, the patriotic defensive ualites o f Parker, Paxton, Scott, And rews a nd Gosling. Indeed, some of the interceptions were of the 'anti-missile' ~issile variety. Above all, goalkeeper Dav id Fraser (not in goa l against Brentwood) could find a n excellent vocation in the security business: the penalty save aga inst Sevenoak s was outstanding. Altho ugh the tack ling was not a lways as discrimi native as it mig ht have been, by the Kent College game it was evident that the side had developed not only intOa fair ly form idable u n it but one which had acquired a good footballing style a nd sense. Much cred it goes to captain Bill Scott who was certainly one o f the most improved performers. Perhaps, one or two cou ld have made more d emands on themselves in pract ices but I am no Norman Schwa rzkopf and footba ll, believe it or not, is only a secord SpOri at King's. Despite so man y other commitments th is was a very creditab le effo rt. My tha nks a lso go to those who provided some of the funnier m oments: Jon Moss's appea ls, Des Chu m's quick turns, Dave Sargent 's pleas to play the whole game, Paul Pacaud's expression after Brentwo od's seven th goal. I could go on ... This was both a successful and enjoyable campaign. I am only sorry I cou ld not say more at the after-match briefings bu t repo rting rest rict ions dictate that we have to keep o u r secrets for another year. A last word from o ur left-w inger: ' Please don ' t take me off. My girlfr iend, her mother a nd grandmother are com ing to watch ' . Who said fo otball is not a family game?

G.R.C.

Team (three games or more): William Scott (Capt.), J oby Andrews, Desm ond Chu m, John Flynn , David Fraser, Richard Gosling, Jonathan Moss, Benjamin Ousey, Paul Pacaud, Nicolas Papageorgio u, Jonatha n Parker, Thanai Paxton, David Sargent, Graeme Tester, Brian Yau. A/sa played: Benj a min C raddock, Craig Feria, David Goggins, Sim on Mohr, Simon Pattullo, Robert Weston. RESU LTS Played 10, Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost 2. v SI. Edmund 's (H.) Won 5-0 v Colfe's (H. ) Won 2- 1 v Dulwich (H.) Drawn I- I v West minster (A.) Won 6-0 v Maidstone G.S. (H .) Drawn I- I v Scvenoa ks (H.) Won 4- 1 v Brentwood (H.) Lost 2-7 v Kent College (H.) Won 1-0 v Dover College (H .) Wo n 3- \ v Sc Jo hn 's , Leatherhead (H .) Lost 0-2 Scorers: TeSler 9; Moss 4; Sargent 4; Patt ullo 3; Papageorgiou 2; Ousey 2; And rews I.

SECOND GAME This gro up consisted of everyo ne in the fi fth a nd sixth form s who wanted to play soccer and who d id not ma nage to make the 1st and 2nd X I squad s. Twenty-eight practised regularly, and it was particularly pleasing to see how m uch some of the real begin ners improved d uring the term . The fifth for m members of the group played three matches as an Under 16 team , losing twice (once narrowly) to SI. Augustine's College and drawing with St. Ed mund 's. Otherw ise the matches were fo r 3rd and 4th Xis. Wit h such a small nu mber to choose from it became not so much a q uestion of selecting learns, but of establish ing who was fit enough to play. In the light of this observation it would be unfa ir to view the lack o f success (in term s of m atches won) as a bad reflectio n on anyone, as practices were well attended (and apparent ly enjoyed ) and everyone offered his best. Useful progress was made by most group members, and it is to be hoped that a ll will wish to play again next season a t some level o r anot her.

3rd XI There was a very noticeab le d rop in ability between the 2nd and 3rd X is this year and particu lar p ro blems were lack of speed in the defence and a general lack of skill when close co ntrol a nd precise pass in g were required. Going forward the team a lways looked li kely to score goals, b ut rarely with the regula rity that it looked li ke letting them in at the other end! However, despite some heavy defeats against far superior opponents, team spirit remained good and eve ryone who played contributed so mething wort hwh ile. Christos Rodopoulos made some b li nding close-range saves and, with a little more confidence in leaving his goal for through balls, shou ld d o well next yea r. In the midd le of the defence, J a ke Summers marked studio usly and Mike Cotto n tackled fi ercely. They were both badly missed when unavailable, as was Rob Weston who was injured fo r the 169 2ND, JRD AND 4TH XIs (Mike Waterman)

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last fOUf matches. Nick Georgiadis always gave 100(1/0 and improved a lot during the term. Crispi n H a cu ltured left fOOL a nd made some Stuart Pea rce-like interventions in bot h defence and attack. In midficyg~.s sho_cd passed thoughtfully and proved the best header of the ball in the team. Des Chu m covered a lot of grOund 111 RO\il0 forward when the opportunity a rose. Craig Saunders showed plenty of speed on the right wing and Chris z,anf Stormed a good player in the making, with his ability to take on and beat opponents. Dan Macey scored SOme files Cr lOOked in six matc hes) and could become an even more dangerous attacker if he were really prepared to praclismc goals hn, Hans Maducme was the only player to look consistently comfortable on the ball and, with his conSider~bld gel fit a real prospect for next year, if he is preparcd to tackle back cven half as quickly as he moves forward! e pace, I,

Teom: Desmond Chum (Copt.), Craig Saunders (Capt.), Michael COllon , Nicholas Georgiadis, Crispin Hodg C.~R.J. Macey, Hans Madueme. William Rosato, Christos Rodopoulos, Jacobus Sum mers, Ch ristopher Ziegler . es, aniCI Also played: Richard Francis, Aaron Jarrell, Luke Klugman, J o nathan Moss, Michael Webb, Robert Westo R Williams. n , obin RESULTS

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Played 7, Won 1, Drawn I , Lost 5. Goals for 13, goa ls against 35. Dulwich (H.) Lost 2·4 v Sevenoak s (A .) Lost 2·S Brentwood (A.) Lost 1·5 v Kent College 2nd X I (H .) Lost 1.6 Colfe's (A.) Lost 2·8 v St. John's, Leatherhead (H.) Drawn 2.2 Westminster (A.) Won 3·2

4th XI Out of th e rive matches pla nned for the 4th X I team, two were cancclled because of the snow just before half tcrm Our rirst match, away against Brentwood, was a real disaster. They were fast and had been playing soccer for two terms Our second match was to take place four weeks later, at home against Co lfe's. It was a much closer game! We ..... er~ 2·1 down a t half-time a nd managed to score another two goals in the second hal f, but so did they. Out last match at home against Sevenoaks, was another disappointment. They were too strong for us and, despite the efforts of ou; goalkeeper, we lost 4·0. Not a success ful season, but there was dedication and commitment in most of our playcrs. RESULTS

M.P.H .D.

v Brentwood School (A.) Lost 0·11 v Co lfe's (H.) Lost 3·4 v Sevenoaks (H.) Lost 0-4 Team from: Rory Campbell, ~axwell Da vie, Mi les Ed lm a nn, B.inoj George, Nicholas Georgiadis, W.illiam Hague, Aaron Ja rrell, Hans Madueme, Timothy Marson, Paul Pacaud, ChrIStopher Pearce, Adam Pelt, Marcus RlIlaldi, Charles Robinson, Sebast ian Rosato, Hugo Stevenso n, Julian T ydeman, C hristian Webb, Michael Webb, Robin Williams.

Inter-House Competitions The Senior II ·a·side Cup Competit ion was won by The Grange in a thrilling final against Luxmoore. The match was decided on penalties after the score was 3·3 a t the end of extra time. The Shell Indoor 5·a-side C up was won by Broughton against Ga lpin 's, on penalties, while the Remove equivalclII was co nvincingly snatched by Marlowe, who thrashed Mitchin son's 6·3 in the fina l. C. P.N.

Cross-Country

A quaint, out-of-the·way sort of place was chosen as the venue fo r this year's Cross·Country Geology Training Course, fi ve days before the beginning of the Easter Term. It was manned by a fine body of youths, who had chosen to give up vice and passions of rhe body for eight full weeks of ascetic sou l repletion. Physical deprivatio n and spiritual purity were the goa ls taught us by the Master Guru, Mr. Holland . It is to his credit that the nirvana of bodily and mental perfection was achieved in each of us, and the resu lt that he created will be indelib ly printed on the minds of CrossCountry fo llowers everywhere. Fifth in the Knole Run, out of thirty·three schools, and our best result si nce 'S I. Captain Matt Willirer came fourth, lain Overton forty-third, and Will Davies fony-e ight h in a field of over three hundred and fi ft y. Going a long way towards fu lfilling the Ecclcs iastes p roclamat ion: 'A nd in the time o f the visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble'. In such a manner we carried the banner of the King's School Cross·Country C lu b fo rward - Proudly, Firmly, Humbly, Nicely. Then came the District Championships where our mellie was proved. In fierce, growling, quadriceps·bulging competition, we were at our responsive, med itative best, and many a tear was seen in the eyes of grown men to see the spirit of Tomtile Dyson dismissing his fundamental disabilty to lead the race from the stan . But his limping figure was soon overtake n by his sympathetic comrades: Matt second , and five in the top ten, secured the fir st King's victory. The back 170

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p team must have been proud to sec liS mount that podium, whereon Ihe Mord Layer encircled

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and Will had all made the District Team with lam and Andy as reserves, as well as KuSlm Gaymcr and Isabel Dean, in the Junior Girls' Squad. The fo llowing match was OUf home fixture. which, despite a stro ng field of ten schools and Matt's absence through "!lness, we won. We won at Dover as well, even when Mall was d iverted half a mi le and our first four werc misdirected. file enemy had begun to understa nd ... Eight in the first fifteen out of sixty; victories from Jane and MatI. T here was Highgate too; a spectacular victory in the 'Five Sc hools'. with the first six in the top seven, and our seven and eight beating two number ones, popularising the refrain: 'Twenty-Five Po in ts - a nd we went thc wrong way',

Well Matt did anyway: The Geology Course obviously hadn't su nk in . J ules Hinvcs came a creditable fourth in thc jun iors, a nd Lawrence Potter a lso d id well in thc intermediates, while still a year you ng, followed by a fas t improving Oliver Henry. C ra nbrook hosted the finals of the Kent Champions hips, where we came last. On ly joking - we ca me fi rst of cou rse. Matt a nd Ja ne wo n, a nd o ur learn victo ry secured overall Kent League triu mph . with a lovely big trophy 10 prove it. It would be petty to list the scenes o f our ot her show-d owns, b ut Mall came fo urth in Kent, and helped Kent to come second in the Nat ionals. Jane overcame a potcntially fatal illness to become fi rst reserve for the Kent Team, running against peoplc a year o lder. Ewan and Will almost made the squad. In our opinio n they wou ld havc madc it, had they run faster; thcy' ll know bettcr nex t timc. Our seaso n, the bcst since the War of the Roses, p romptcd us to sing: I. Matt, Ewan, Nick - They're pretty quick lain is act ing capta in ; Tom isn' t, Will is often sick, Chorus: We are great - we're thc first eight. (Tronspose to G Major) 2. Andy's best o n Oat But who cares about tha t Tom del Mar and Piers Gallop This is a blank verse. (Chorus) (Rowdy. Care-Free and Distil/ctly COl/tillental) 3. We've got a hunch Richard's got ou r lunch Munch, Munch, MUIlC h, Mu nch, MUllch, Munch, Munch, Munch, Munch , Munch ...

(Repeal to Jade ... ) (With Poignant Melallcholy, yet Confident Underlying Pride) 4. It's not Fate or Luck We're lcd by a man ca lled Chuck .

(Final Chorus) MATT

WILLlI'ER

AND TOM DYSON.

from: Seniors: Matt hew Willi fer (Copt.r, la in Overton (Vice-Capt.r, Will iam' Davies·. T ho ma s Del Mar, Richa rd Dib ley,

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Thomas Dyson, Piers Gollop, And rew Hart · , Ewan Kerr·. Oecosiol/ols: Peter Davis, Jon Joh nstone, John Maim , Syed Shari ff, Nick Shepley, Robin Willia ms. Girls: Janc Dyson (Copl.r , An na Orand, Emma Campbell , Isabel Dean. Kirsti n Gaymcr, Anna Lake, Katie Lewi s, Sinead O ' Callaghan, An na Record. Illters: Willia m Bryant, Grant Chum, Nick Clarke, Oliver Henry, Darren Kingston, Douglas Mullen, Lawrence Potier. Jlllliors: Julian Hinves, Max Ho lm es, Kingsto n Hui, Benjamin Loxton-Edwards, Tristan McCon nell, J amie Paris, JohnPatrick Swcny . • = 1st Colours RESU LTS Saturday, 12th Ja nu ary: The Kllole RUII, Sevelloaks I, Dr. Challoner's 73; 2, Newcastle R.G. S. 145; 3, J udd 167; 4, Win chester 223; 5, K. S.C . 338 (out of 33 schools).(Willifer 4, Overton 43, Davies 48, Kerr 75, I-Iart 77 , Dibley 9 1, T. Dyson 106, Gollop 167, out of 259 runners)

SundllY 13t h Ja nuary : The O.K.S. Match - Drawn 40-40. WcdncsdllY, 16th Janullry: The District Championship 1st of 10 local schoo ls Seniors: (Willifcr 2, Kerr 7, Davies 8, Overton 9, Hart I I, Dibley 14, T. Dyson 15). Inlers: Pott er 14th. Senior Girls: J. Dyson 1st. Jllllior Girls: Gaymer 8th, Dean 11 th. 17 1

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Saturd ay, 19th J anuary: The Ken t League at home . Semors: 1. K S.C, 57 1; 2. Sevonoaks 562; 3. Tonbndge 562; 4, Cra nbrook 548; 5, Dover College 541 6 Sutto n Valence 539; 7. King's Roches ter 537. d<err 3, Davies 4, Ovenon 6, Hart 12, Dib ley 16, T. Dyson 22) Satu rday, 261h Ja nuary: The Kellt League at Dover College , Selliors: I, K.S.C. 577; 2, Dover College 567; 3, SUllon Valence 540; 4, Duke of York s 519; 5 King's Rochester 5 14; 6, St Edmund's 503; 7, Kent Co llege 487. CW illifer 4, Han 7, Davies 8, Kerr 9, Overton 10, Dib ley 13, Dyson 15) Inters: I, Dover College 556; 2, SI. Edmu nd's 541; 3, Duke of York's 536; 4, K.S.C. 512; 5, Kent College 479. (K ingston, Pall er 5 =, Mullen J 7, Brya nt 20, Clarke 36, Chum 37) Saturd ay 2nd Febru ary, The Kent ChampiollShips, Chat/wm . Senio~s: Willifer4, Kerr 14, Davies 19. Willifer was selected to represent Kent at the nationals, where he came 68t h. Senio r Girls: J . Dyson 9th. Tile Kent League at Ken t College Seniors: Han I , Overto n 4, Del Mar 12, Gollop 16. Illters: Kin gsto n 4, POller 7, Clarke 28, Mullen 31. . T hursday, 28th .'ebruary: The Kent College Relay (6 x 2 miles) Sen iors: I , Sevenoaks 553; 2, K.S.C. 55 1; 3, Cranbrook 549; 4, Tonbndge 546;~ , S,utton Valance 533; 6, Dover College 532; 7, Kent Co llege 525; 8, Duke of York's 523; 9, Kmg s Roc hester 517;

10, K.S.C. 0 506.

(Dav ies 3, Kerr 6, Hart 10, Shepley 23, Dibley 37, T. Dyson 38. Johnstone 39, Del Mar 43, Go llop 45, Williams 46. P. Davis 55, Maim 66). Illters: I, Cranbrook 554; 2, Sevenoaks 537; 3, Tonbridge 535; 4, Betha ny 496; 5, Duke of York's 49 1; 6, K.S.C. 487 ; 7, Kent College 476. (Paller 18, Kingsto n 23, Mu lien 29, Clark 38, HenrY,40, Bryant 47) Girls: I , Dover College 544; 2, K.S.C. 539; 3, SI. Edmund s 523. (J . Dyson I, Gaymer 8, O'Ca liaghan 9, Campbe ll II, Bra nd 15, Record 16) Saturd ay 2nd March: Bmill vel's Trophies, Leather/wad Seniors: 6t h out o f 20 schools. (Kerr 4, Hart 23, Oven on 39, Dibley 57, Del Mar 88, Goll op 102) Saturd ay , 9th March: Five Schools' Trophies, Highgate . Seniors: I , K,S.C. 25; 2, Berkhamsted 88; 3, Harrow 111 ; 4, Felsted 11 8; 5, Highgate 133. (Willi fe r I, Dav ies 2, Shepley 4, Kerr 5, Hart 6, Over ton 7, T. Dyson II , Del Ma r 16) Inters: I, Harrow 36; 2, Highgate 90; 3, Felsted 126 ; 4, K.S.C. 132; 5, Berkhamsted 141. (Poller 8, Henry 15, Kingston 21, Clark 22, Mu llen 31, Bryant 35. Ju niors: I , Highgate 36; 2, Harrow 86; 3, Felsted 123 ; 4, K.S.C. 1 ~5. (Hin ves 4, Lox ton-Edwards 15, Ho lmes 21, Sweny 28, Pans 29, McCo nnell 35 ) Saturd ay, 16th Ma rch: The Kent League Final at Cral/brook Sen iors: I , K.S.C. 556; 2, Sevenoaks 547; 3, Cranb rook 529; (o ut o f 7 schools). (Will ife r I , Kerr 5 Shepley 6, Hart 13, Dav ies 14, Overto n 17, T. Dyso n 22, Del Mar 34) Inters: I , Cranbrook 530; 2, Sevenoa ks 522; 3, Kent College 483; 4, K.S.C. 482; 5, Bethany 473. (poller 13, Kingsto n 16, Mu llen 22, Henry 25, Clarke 32. Brya nt 43 ) Girls: I , K.S.C. 430; 2, King's Rochester 366 (J . Dyson I, Gay mer 2, Campbe ll 3, Lewis 5, Lake 6) The Senior boys WOII the 1991 Trophy for the Kent League.

Inter House Cross-Country Scot land Hills were aptly covered by a foo t of snow when the compet ition was scheduled in mid-Febr~~ry, but a second attempt in Ma rch right at the end of term, was more pleasant - for the spectators , at least. Condillons were excellent: warm -even muggy atmosphere, fir m underfoot, no wind, and so it was no su~prise that Kent athlete ~.alt Willifer and Ewan Kerr both broke the previous Inter House record se~ by ~en Ray ment m 1 ~89. What. was surprlsmg was that Matt bettered it by 55 seco nds, an ex traordinary standard which Will d.oubtless remam unassailable f? r many years. Jane Dyson, Kent Senior Girls Reservist, a l~o set a new .co urs~ record which she wl!1 have the chance tt? l":Ipr?ve next year. Convincing wins came fr?m Nich.olas P n nc.e a~d Juhan Hm ves at Inter and .JuOlor levels, t~le latter !ndlcal1n~ that the T radescant tradition is bemg admirab ly mam tamed. In fac t, bo th J ulian Hmves and Sahl r Jeelalll bett~re the previous Senior cou rse record set by Roger Gard ~er in 1989. Despite excellent team effo rts by Trade~eant Selllors and J uniors, however, more consistent scores were achieved by Marlowe an~ Broughto n over.the.three boys age-g~ou ps~ Broughto n's outstandi ng strength in depth ensured yet another overall wm - the eleventh m fifteen years - yet II .wa satisfying that each of the top three Houses won an age-group cup, The Senior Girls cup was won comfor tably by Bailey, 172

hough it must be pointed out that the Ladies' staff team (S.K.M. and J .D.P., wit h help from the Ree Ce ntre) would ~ave WOIl by two points. Walpole J un ior Girls followed J.D.P.'s lead and competed effect ive ly in the Ju nior Boys' oJ1lpetition. 'My men have turned into women, my women into men ' (Xerxes. 480 B.C.). Ma ny thanks are due to ell who helped mark the course and offic iate at the finish, particularly A.R.A.R. who had the unenviab le task of recording producing the results,

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I, Matthew Willi fer, T, 18m.45, New Record; 2, Ewan Kerr, LN. 19m.31; 3, Wi ll iam Davies, MR 19m.44. I , Tradescant, 60; 2, Marlowe, 89; 3, Linaere, 108; 4. Broughton, 131; 5, Meiste r Dmers, 202; 6, Ga lpin's, 215; 7, Grange, 264; 8, School House. 266. I,Ja ne Dyson, BL, 18m.23, New Record; 2, Emma Ca mpbell , BS, 2Im.46; 3. Ruth Brand, W, 22m.23. Girls: I , Bai ley , 12; 2, Broad SI. Radigunds, 19,3, Wa lpole , 21; 4, Ma rlowe/M ilchinson's, 27. I, Nic holas Pri nce, MR, 19m.04; 2, Lawrence Potter, MT, 19m.38; 3, Giles Tenn ick, MR, 19m.43. Ifllers: I , Marlowe, 63; 2, Broughton, 140; 3, Meiste r Omers, 156; 4, Linac re, 177; 5, T radescant. 182; 6, Schoo l House, 183; 7, Lux moore, 189; 8, Mitchinso n's, 228; 9, Galp in's, 274; 10, Grange, 418. I , Julia n Hinves, T. 16m.21 , New Record; 2, Sa hir Jeelani, GR 16m.39; 3, Max Holmes, GL 17m.18 Juniors; I , Boughton, 63; 2, Tradesca nt, 123; 3, Galpin's, 127; 4 = . Grange, 199; 4 = , Me ister Omers, 199; 4 = , Marlowe, 199; 7, Wa lpole, 207; 8, Schoo l House, 219; 9, Mitc hinso n's, 268; 10, Linacre, 352. Combined Results: (Seniors + Inters + Juniors) I, Broughton, 334; 2, Marlowe, 351; 3, Tradescant, 365; 4, Meister Omers, 557; 5, Galpin's, 6 16; 6, Linacre, 637; 7, School House, 668; 8, Grange, 881.

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Badminton Although enth usiasm for Badminto n has generally remained high , there has been considerab le difficu lty in finding good second pa ir players for the first IV, Wit h Nick Shepley and Matthew Willifer playing ot her sports, Luke Feathers emerged as Miles Thomas' new second pair pa rtner. The Capta in , Richard Majli nder, ca rried on with Ch ris Newbery as the first pair, and they won five out of six rubbers, gai ning sweet revenge over last term's tournament winners, Gravesend. The second pair managed to win onl y one of their six rubbers, but might have doubled th is if setti ng rules had been applied correctly against SI. Lawrence. The Second IV had a disappoin ting result in their on ly match, losing all fou r rubbers to the Gravesend seconds. The UI6s had a mixed term, highlighted by James Greenwa ll and Matt Belliere's per rormance against a pair with a junior cou nty player. The gi rls have proved remarkab ly st rong against those of other schoo ls, and the introduct io n of co-cd will probably raise the standard eve n higher in the ncar future. Samantha Newbery and Abiga il Bissill lost only one rubber as the girls' first pair, also playing in the Second IV once, Hannah Gledhill and Claire Nea lon battled successfu ll y as second pair. What's more, they a ll (except Claire) have one year left to improve further! In the House U 19 Dou bles Tournament there were ent rants from nearly all houses, but it was no surprise to see who the three stro ngest were. Trad narrowly beat Grange in the sem is to meet Mitchinson's who , when it eventua lly came to the fi nal, played too scrappily to make much impression. The UI6 'doubles' event was won by Chris Newbery! There was another Grange lad there - to make up the numbers - but on Chris's orders he did not participate (barring se rving)! It was Badm in ton after all ; it was not cricket! Finally many thanks to Mr. Matthews and Mr. McFall for running the show and Mr. Davies for training the performers. Colours: Minor Sports colours were awarded to Miles T homas, who now joins Richard and Chris in the eli tist 'I can book early' club! Badminton Team colours were awarded to Luke Feathers, Samantha Newbery and Abigai l Bissill. RICHARD MAJUNDER AND R. J .M. RESULTS

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UI9 First IV: Played 3, Won 2. Lost I. Richard Majlinder (Capt.j (3), Chris Newbery (3), Luke Feathers (3), Miles Thomas (2), Ja mes Greenwall (I). Second IV: Played I , Lost I. James Greenwall, Willi am Wisbey, Samantha Newbery, Abigail Bissil l. U I6 Played 2, Won 0, Lost 2. Chris Newbcry (2), James Greenwall (I), Matt hew Belliere (2), James Rayner (I), Andrew Waddell (2). UI9 Girls: Played 3, Won 2, Lost I. Samantha Newbery, Abigail Bissill, Hannah Gled hill , Clair Nea lon, Sheena Mic haels.

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Basketball This season has been remarkable for a nu~ber of reas.ons, not least for the 100"/0 success rate of al.11cams: As We ho yevcr statistics can mean practicall y anythmg that you want them to mean - and on thl ~ OccaSIOn OUf a rea;~;hievc:nent is dampened by the fact that only si~ matc hes il~ to tal were playe,d. W h~ther or n ~t It was beca~se ~f o ur rc utalion, fewer tcams we re ab le to play us, tillS year, wh ich was a great (!lsapPOll1tment, gIVen OUf palatial II k

p d' . the Sports H a ll It has to be said too tha I the level of commitment shown has not been as one . '.' d h f b ill dl' . n ew surrou n lOgs In w lei have liked _ erhaps the extra distance to walk IS a deter,rent - an t c a l.n ?~ n l 0 ext ra a -lall lI~ g pracllce th~~ goes on spontan~ouslY is noticeably less. Maybe, too, there are Just too manY,actlvltles t~ choose from! Notwithstanding a ll these things, 1 doubt if toO man y players wou ld prefer to return to the Shoe Box.

Under 19s For the fir st ga me against St. Ed mund's, many were I!l~king their first app.earance o f the yea r o n the basketb~1I coun d ' h d Fortunately the opposition were sufficiently accommodatmg to a llow us ~Iowly to lumber mto OUr - a' It s dowethe old moves nooded back from the deep subconscious, the game too k a little sh ape. we led 30-6 at s tn e! an I as I d to our opponents' ge nerous man-to-man defence, Sona ike scoring ten. In t~e second hal f, S1. ~~~~~d~~ J:reen~e, ~~w a zo ne, tighte ned , bu t thankfully was sll sceptible to th e fast break, from wh ich Pall man helped himself to 18 points, giving him 22 for the match . . . t tall a lld muscula r Sulton Valence side was a tense affair, and close at tllnes. Another ten-point Th e matcI1 agams a . . If ' I d . t' d A . t WI' 'f b r i b So na ike in the seo nd ha lf ensured that a ha rd -earned slx-pomt ha -time ea was ma ll~ ame. ga.lIls ltlgl I, .u s YI k of it was again to be t he prob lem , a lthough after.a s0!ll llolent start, we p ushed mto a 13-polnl lead. Foul Size , or ac 'I h ever meant tha t for a la rge penod III the game we were una ble to have o ur strongest t roubb!e f<;>r key dP ayehras'd toOWlla ng 0' n for victory Sona ike's 22 points in ju st over one half, and a r un of four consecutive com matton , an we . baskets by Oshunkoya were vital. . . It almost goes without saying that the contribution of the captain, Sonaike, has been In valuable I~ every game, and I . .I d bt e of the best players who has ever been at th e schoo l. All others played Ihelr part, of course, b~ tl~nw~~;~u~f t~~ fa~t"that we were small in comparison to ~11 other teams, the ball handling sk ill s of Messrs. Tester, Thomas, Pattman and Oshunk oya in particular were essential to success. R.C.W

RESULTS Played 3, Wo n 3, Points for 143, Pain IS against 94.

v 51. Edmund's (H.) Won 57-20 v SUllo n Valence (H.) Won 35-29 v Whi t gift ( H.) Won 5 1-47 . . Team fro m' Kolarele Sona ike (Capt.), Arsalaan Bessarat, Desmo nd C hum , Da~id Fras~r '. Marcus H am~tyn't ~~Tl1~n Maggs, Matthew Odgers, My les Orsler, .Oluseun Oshunkoya, Nicolas P apageorgiou, Chnsllan PaHma n , Derek Svast i路Sa lee, Graham Tesler, Miles Thomas.

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A a insl Sutton Vala nce, we nearly threw away a 20- 14 lead in t~le final quarter by h~sitant play, ?eil~g forced .il.HO ~. h I osition marked man路to-man. We fllmlly managed to Will by one POlllt 10 an exciling r~路~~ngAml:~~rek~o~e ~~~f~d~rfte appeared in t he game against Wh it gift, where the d ri ving and fast路brea ks bt J~olte l~o~e: scori ng 28 points, a nd the d o minance of the rebounds by Matthew Odgers, Ben C raddock and Myes rs er a llowed for a comfortable victory. S.E.A. RESU LTS

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v Sutto n Valance (H.) Won 23-22 v Whitgift (1-1.) Won 54-30 Ben Craddock (Capt.), Julian Faulk ner, Roger Gardner ~ James Gri ndl~y, Jolomi Iro ne. C heyney ,~ellt,

Jame:s"~a~~ont. Douglas Mu llen, Matthew Odgers, My les Orsler, Jamie Raynor, C hnstos Rodopoulos, Rahul SlIlgh.

Under 14s

In their only game against St. Ed mund 's, the lack of skill and ,understanding of both sides ~af ballanbe~lbYk~:~e e~t~t~~~~II:: and e ffo rt of the players. The height advantage g iven to our sld.e by Ogedegbe a nd Jeel~1l1 p u~ t le ~ SIS. 0 With Edwards and Kamana meant th at we were alwa~s ahead, but It ended very close, mamly OWlOg to lOexpenence. practice, there is a basis of a good basketball Side. S.E.A. 174

RESULT v St. Ed mu nd 's (A.) Won 24- 16.

Team: Matt hew Ed ward s, Femi Fadeyi, Ranjit Gaind , Russell Hewett, Sahccr Jeeiani, Dunstan Kamana, Jamie Nicholson, Sqol Wiseman, Dylan Wyn-Pugh . our thanks to all those who have helped to officiate t his ter m for all the teams: Ak in dele A lakija, Daniel Drury, Dunsta n Kamana, Tha nai Paxton, Christos Rodopoulos, Rahu l Singh. Commiserations to t he Under 15s, who s hou ld be a fine side, that their ga mes cou ld not take p lace!

Fencing The term sta rt ed off with ollr best resu lts of the term' s three full matches: a close second in a t rianglar with King's Rochester and Haileybury. Strong performances by A lex E llison and Oli van der Broucke left us three point s a head after the foi l and sabre, but, as has happened far too frequent ly thro ughout the season, our epee let us dow n . O ur remaining school matches on successive days we re even worse. Away at West minster, we p roceeded to lose aU three foil matches heavily, a nd despite victories in t he first epee and both sabre matches , we were convincingly beaten . With everyone still recovering from the .previous day's exertio ns (especia lly Brian ... ), a defeat by King's Rochester in the all-epee match was no great surpnse. Fortunately, our competition results were of a much hig her standard, both locally and nationally. The first o u ting was 10 Ihe Kent Schoo ls' epee tournament where King ' s secured all six medals, with A lex winning the senior t it le a nd James Crawfurd retaining the junior trophy. The resu lts a t the British Foil C hampi o nships were to set the standard for the fo il team fo r the rest of term , with Alex ninth, O li eleventh and James fourte nth in the Under-18 event. Ray Man and Ray Fu both renced well in the U16 competitio n a nd look very promising for the fut u re. The Kent Schoo ls' Team Foil was, as usual a great success, with King's winning the senior, U16 a nd UI4 titles. An ou tstand ing performance by the senior B team earned t hem a silver medal, while the girls' jun ior and senior teams finished second and th ird respectively. The most impressive results of t he ter m have undeniab ly been in team foil compet itions. F resh from t heir success at the British Foil C hamp ionships, A lex , O li and James formed the school team for our fir st attempt at the Kent Men' s Team Foil competiti o n. After wins over Maidstone A, Tenterden Band B1ackheath, not for getting Junior Leaders and the 'sub-standard' Bex ley team, we found ou rselves up against Tenterden A in th e final. Alex a nd Oli ' the weak link' sct up a good start, fro m which we went on to a 5Âˇ4 victo ry - a triumph of youth over age and experience! Oli was, understandably, voted fi rst colo urs for his cont ribution throughout the day and, indeed, the who le season. The other new compet itio n on the calendar was the Natio nal Schools' Team Foil championships. Starting the day as seventh seeds, we cou ld not believe o ur luck when Oll r fir st opponen ts, C oopers a nd Coburn, managed to score a total of only IWO hits in five fi ghts. After so mewhat harder victories over Dulwich D, Haberdasher's, R.G .S. D a nd Millf ield , we met the favourites (or perhaps 'w inners by right' wou ld be closer), Brentwood, in the fina l. One victory by ~ac h member of Ihe team gave a 3Âˇ2 lead a t o ne stage, but with three G.D. team opponents, we cou ld not avoid a 5-3 defeal. With exactly the same team nexi year, o ur hopes are high. It is very filling t hat t he fin al fixt ure of term is to be the Briti sh Schools' Epee C hampio nships, which will be held in the Sports Centre. We a ll await t he result s hopefully, with A lex looking a strong contender fo r a place in the fina l. The sayi ng thai th e fence rs make the cl ub may well be true, but without the efforts of Pau l Romang a nd Mr. Jenn ings, Ihere wou ld be no club , let a lo ne one as successful as this. Alex Maines has taken over the th a nkless job of armourer with great co mpetence and devotion , fo r which I am eternally gra te ful. Shafik 'Captain Ma rvel' Saba has continued 10 do a great job as cap tain and achieved third place in the Kent Sen ior Sab re, a ltho ugh perhaps it 's time he started \0 let A-levels take precedence! Brian has spent cou ntless hours coachin g the you ng girls (and boys!) , with great success. Alex and Oli have p rov ided the backbone of the school team, and are doing their best to salvage the epee team, with Mike Farrell a nd Andy Nic hoUs improving ra pidly after intensive training. Once again, thanks to a ll those who have contributed to the running of the club , and congratulations to those who have fought so hard for the success we have enjoyed. JAMES C RA\WURD.

Lacrosse Lacrosse may not be o ne of the main s ports , but there is certainly a great dea l of ent husiasm a nd talent a ro und . We had a promising s tart and nearly won t he first match aga inst St. J oh n' s. However, the lengthy spe ll of bad weather a~d Ihe limi tati on of on ly o ne p ractice per week rendered t hings somewhat difficult. But a ll in all, spirits rema in ed high and M iss Mills was always ready to help a nd keep us together. Thank you! 175

We include a brief team profile: Char(otle: our brilliant, ever-faithful goalkeeper who ensu red that the opposit ion's SCOres rc (rela tive ly) low!

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experienced and ' unflappable' defender capable of some impressive tackles a nd One 0 dazzling interceptions. r two sound tacklers a nd masters of ' man-le-ma n defence'. Alice and Alison: our enthu siast ic and determined R.D. Rebecca: quick and skilfu l and played consistently well. Anna and Katie: Susie and Jalle: most versatile players , having fu lfilled both allack in g and defensive roles. keen a nd always there to bring the ba ll up. Debbie: bot h indispensab le and st rong players. Rosie alld India: great captain who was a lways very cheerful, encouraging and a very good player. We are 11 Sophie: gratefu l to her for keeping spirits up throughout the season. a renowned for speedy manoevres and goal scoring. Georgie: Thanks to everyone, we hope you a ll enjoyed our end of season match against the 'Purples' as much as we did fortunately, we didn't disgrace o urselves! '" GEORGINA GRANT. SOP H IE LANDALE AND CHARLO'ITE NESER

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Team/rom: Sophie Landale (Capt.), Jane Dyso n, Alice Ford, Georgina Grant, Deborah Gray, Joan ne (Rosie) Halsey Sarah. Jackson, India Jones, Alison Kennington, Anna Lake, Catherine Lewis, Charlone Neser, Rebecca Power, Susannah Trayhng. R ESULT S

St. John's, Leatherhead (A.) Lost 3 ~4 Epsom (H.) Lost 5-8 Bencnden (A.) U 15 Lost 3-9 3rds Lost 2-3 Wahhamstow Hall (A.) Lost 2- 15 Colours for the 1990/91 seaso n are awarded to Georgina Grant and Soph ie Landale.

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Despite a slow start in September and October, the 1st VII picked up good form late in the Autumn term. The first few matches were disappointing, but after some rearrangement with in the team, we beat Cobham Hall, and that malch was to give us confidence at the K.S.N.A. to urnament. Tamsin Charrin gton and Katie Comer worked well together in the circle, and Kat ie ' s shooting was outstandin g, Defence was also good ~ Sa rah Jackson managed to adapt quickly a nd successfu lly to her new position of Goal Defence, and her blocking was good, Sarah Da ley's face marki ng was, indeed, 'menacing'. She marked closely and effectively and made im pressive interceptions. Sophie Landale and Ruth Brand improved the most throughout the Autumn term. Sophie was a fast and reliable Wing Attack, and Ruth did some good leaps. Everyone played exceptionally well at the K,S.N,A, tournamenl. We won a ll the matches in o ur seclion a nd went on to play Maidstone G ramma r in the semi -fina ls. The game was a close one, but Maidstone won and wenl o n to win the whole tournament - the 'Shiao Yng' tactics o f the shooters worked too welJ! The term ended o n a successful note against Q ueen Eli zabeth's, Faversham , who with two Kent players were still beaten, T he Lent term also began slow ly ~ we had lost Sophie to lacrosse. but gained players from hockey, and the new tcam had great potential. The most exciti ng match was against Dover College, a very good team who were beat ing liS convincingly after the first half. However. in the second half, Cla ire Haslock fou nd her accuracy in the overhead passes into the circle, and the double blocking of Goal Attack out of the circle worked well. Even under pressure, the shooting by both Katie a nd Tamsin was fau ltless ~ in spite of 'tr icky' sunlight. The most unexciting match against Benenden who visited us for a twen ty~m inu te match, wh ich gave no time for us to sett le in - not even a cou ple of minutes fo r a shuttle! We lost 9Âˇ8 but Sara h Jackson was a bsent. We were very pleased to beat Ashford and Walthamstow Ha ll - both teams with a high reputation , The highlight of the season was the Eastbourne In vitation Tourna ment, C la ire Haslock was in jured but Laura Daley took her place and played wen, improving as the day went on. Ruth played especia lly well in the final against Easl bo ~rne - her interceptions infuriated the opposition. She real ly understood the game and adapted qu ickly as the situation required: 176

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Katie lOok so me cha nces at so me shots from the edge of the circle but never let us down. It was satisfying to beat St. John'S at East bourne and the bus ran nobody over. Sadly. their goal shooter fell over and was injured· Daisy's moment f glory. The final was a close one but we emerged the winne rs of the tournament. It was a good way to cnd the season, ~5PeCiallY as it was the lasl year that Kin g's. now a fu ll y cooed sc hool. could enter. lastly, I would like to thank Mrs. Woodley whose patience, dedication a nd support to OUf team has helped us towards uch a successful season. Without her driving we wou ld never have made it to the matches (even the collapsing chair 5'35 no obstacle for her); without the shuttles we would never have been so accurate; without her memory we would ~ever have worn our sk irts - or had juice at tournaments! We are very grateful. P.S. Reeally ! EMMALINE HAR RIS Team: Emmaline Harris (Capt.), Ruth Brand·, Tamsin C harrington·, Katie Co mer·, Laura Daley. Sara h Daley. Claire Hasiock, Sarah Jackson·, Sophie La nda le. • Colours RESULTS

v Wye College. Won 39- 15 v SI. Edm und 's. Won 37-8 v Ashford . Won 29-18 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Won 4 1-6

v Kent College. Lost 15-2 1 v Sevenoaks. Lost 17-25 v Su lt o n Va lence. Won 3 1-6 v Benendell . Lost 8-9 v Dover College. Drawn 30-30

Eastbollrne Tournament v Lancing. Wo n 10-4 v Welli ngton. Won 6-5 v St. J o hn's. Wo n 4-3 v Haileybu ry. Won 17-2 Semi-Filial v Epsom. Won 5-4 v Eastbourne. Won 8-7 Filial v Walt hamstow. Won 25-17 AI/lllmll Term 1990 v Sevenoaks. Lost 8-3 1 v Cranbrook. Lost 9-25 v St. John's. Lost 3- 11 v Cobha m Hal l. Won 14-7 v Queen Eli zabeth's. Won 12-5

2nd VII The 2nd VII have had an except ional season, and the whole team has worked splendidly toget her. Our shooters, Laura and Sassa were particularly cons iste nt, retain ing good ba la nce despite many bus-like defences . An to nia kept the team together well in the cent re. Her tactics worked a treat - what a master of subt lety she is; or else she had a very itchy derriere. Laura Daley was pa rtic ula rl y ath let ic - managing to dart over all parts of the court - what a star! Mrs. Woodley had trouble making the team take o ur tracksuits off in the cold weather - bu t Pippa proved to be an example to us all - what a role model. Our most fruitful match was at Dover College - Vicky discovered that she should have worn extra layers, while others just co uld not help shedding theirs. Cassie was a n exce llent blocker - the oppositio n just did n't stand a chance: Centre cou rt played particu la rly well, with the talents of Suzie, Laura and Antonia. Finally, we'd li ke to thank Mrs. Woodley for all her time, help and support - it is much appreciated. Team: Pippa Adamso n, Sassa Amouche, Laura Da ley, Cassie Knight, Laura Lenox-Conyngham, Antonia Lyon, Sheena Michaels, Vicky Moffatt , Suzie Trayling. S HEENA MICHAELS RESU LTS v Kent College. Lost 13-24 v Benenden Won . 11 -9 v 5evenoaks. Lost 16-21 v Wye. Wo n 26- 12 v Sutton Valence. Won 24- 18 v Ashford. Won 22- 18 v Dover Collcge. Won 42- 18 v Wa lthamstow Ha ll . Won 22- 10 Allium" Term

v Sevclloaks. Lost 10-25

v Cranbroo k. Won 15- 13 v 51. J o hn's. WOIl 18- 10

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Under 15 A couple of match!!s were a~ranged f,?f the few R cmov~ girls in order to give them a cha~cc to ~ompctc at thei level rather than be mcluded \0 She ll girls' games o.r bemg, excluded alto,gether. It was d lsapPolOting Ihat scve~ ~wn the likely Remove team players were unable to play In the first match aga inst Kent C.o!lege, an~ as the Under I 5 ~ of a lso included members of Ih,e Und,er 14 B ~eam for that match, the result ~as. not 5urpn,smgly, a ~ Iclory for Kent coneam The second match resulted ill a Win for KlOg's and four of the Remove gir ls played In It. Capta in Sincad O'Callagh eg~. tenacity and speed around the court deserve special mention. an s Tile/allowing Remove girls played: Sinead O·Callaghan. Harriet Campbell , Sa m Cu rlewis , Gillian luther, Isabell Marozzi. a J .A.IV.

RESULTS v Kent College. Lost 2·16

v SI. Edmund's. Wo n 26- 10

Under 14 A From the start of the season, the athletic ability of the Shell girls was very cvident, and the ovcrall resulls of thei matches have been very successful. The tea m has had seven wins cxcluding the Kent tou rnament where they were withou~ captain Kirstin Gaymer a nd were un lucky not to reach the se mifinals o f the preliminary round. In the Autumn term the team established itself without too much difficulty a nd the weekly game kept them in practice for this main netball term: Apart from the snow in the middle of the term, play has been unin terruptcd a nd wc have had some good weather for practices ~~ld ma.tch7s. Kir~lin proved a strong, reliablc caP.ta in, ho ld ing thc tea~ together fro m the ce ~ltre. Always keen and POSitive , Kirstin received play rrom the defence and di rected towards the Circle where shooters Pnscilla Parish a nd Nicky St ro ng did well to score many goa ls. Their overhead passes worked well, on the wholc . Centre court players Ka ren Robin son and Zoe Cha mberlin in te rcha nged a nd, a lthou gh very d ifre rent players, each added their own skill to the team - Karen with quick footwork a nd Zoe with her excellent marking. Amelia Stewan should a lso be commended for her neat footwork a nd well-timed jumps. Defenders Jo Ho ughton a nd Miriam Lwanga worked well togcther. Jo proved to be very quick at interccpting and Miriam's height was useful under the goalpost. The tea m worked hard at creating space and kept more to their own restricted areas, while accuracy in passing improved through out the term . There is room for improvement with dodging skills and ball-handling sk ill s, and next season we shall learn more about blocking in defence. It was a very good seaso n and congratula tions to the team.

J .A.W. The team: Kirsti n Gaymcr (Capt.), Zoe Chamberlin, Joan na Ho ughto n, Miriam Lwanga, Priscilla Parish, Karen Robinson , Amel ia Stewart, Nicola Strong. RESU LTS

Au/umn Term

v Cra nbrook. Won 16-9 v Cob ham Hall. Lost 4-J 3

K.S.N.A. Tournament v SI. J o hn Fishcr. Won 14- 1

v Dovcr G.S. Drawn 5-5

v Fu lston Manor. Won 9-2 v Christchurch. Won 10-0

v Highstcd. Lost 3·6

Spring Term

v Dover College. Lost 13-16

v Kent Co llege. Won 17-2

v Sir Roger Manwood's. Wo n 37· J v Walthamstow Hal l. Won 24-8

v Sevenoak s Won. 15-9 v Sutton Va lence. Won 14-5 v Benenden. Won 2 1-15

Under 14 B It was good to sec o ther S hell girls enjo ying matches against Bene ndcn, Sir Roger Manwood 's, and Wa lt hamstow Hall. All three ma tches wcre lo st against good standa rd teams, but throughout th e term, the players improved . Miss Holla n~ remarked o n how much progress the girls had made during the term; I a m grateful to her and to Miss Mil ls fo r thetr help and suppo rt.

J.A.W The following girls played: Isabel Dean, Natalie Freeman, Ruth Kirk, Sarah Mullen, Tanya Nash, J essica poller, Georgin a Salmon, Sarah Thackwell, Michelle Traylo r, Sa rah Ty ler. 178

GIRLS' VIII: THE FIRST GENERATION (J.E. T. Photographics)

RESULTS

v l3enenden. Lost 9-24 v Sir Roger Manwood's. Lost 5· 13 v Walthamstow Hall. Lost 7-27

Rowing

!§t VIII Having been sent home at the end of the Autumn term with a tra in ing programme, the squad returned to school to launch itself in to a level of train in g that was unprecedented. Wit h six cand idates for th e G .B . Juniors bac ked up wilh depth of quality oarsmen the potential for thi s year's VIII is co nsiderab le. Hampton Head was Oll r fi rst event a nd the pressure was put on ou r coxed four made lip of Quality and quantity 10 SCI an example to the rest of the club and win . The victory was gained but also shared with Sir Wil liam Bar laise School, after a particularly messy fi nish in volving a clash with anot her crew, suseq u.ently Seb-D.B. lost half h.is blade with still 750 meters to row. The VIII was made up of the best of the rest and the ir row was full of aggression and life. To beat Westminster and Shiplake and take 6th position amongst the top school crews in the country, with a supposedly IIcaker crew, was hugely encouraging. With long-distance trials for G .B. ca ndi dates it was again a 'wea kened ' crew that went to Burway Head of the River. With few of the other crews fro m Ha mpton the results were st ill im pressive after another solid row and the win ners medals were proudly distributed amongst the crew on the Monday. The full-strengt h VI II was selett.ed and put together for the Schools Head. With an average weight over thirteen stones SOIllC trouble was had in the fitting the crew into the Ray Si ms. This had been a nt icipated to an extent but it was very clear that the crew may sink the Sims on even a moderately rough Tideway. The Cle k was brought out of retirement and pressed into service. T he IS-year-old boat was soon steaming along in tra ining after Peter Wi lli s's magic touch had bought the boat up to date (a litt le). A bad row in the race d ue to rowing the co nditions incorrectly led to 10th place, (a better resu lt th a n the last three years). The times were close but the crew rea lised that excuses didn't win races. The next race was at Kingston and with a slightl y cha nged crew comb ination owi ng to illn ess a nd S.A.T.'s. Tra in ing before Kingston became much more aggressive and the boat began to move well, showing the true potent ial of the squad. The row was very good and showing a lot of guts especially going over the co urse at 36 for twenty minutes. With the Head of the River to do prospects look good as long as the crew remember how to row wit h a st ream. The G.B. candid ates have had successes es pecially puegones heroes Niek 'N igel' Prince and Tom 'Sunshine' Fil by who managed to get invited to the G.B. Assessment this Easter. Chad Robinson a nd Seb D-B . also did well in the second set ofl fi a ls at Peterborough when they came 20th and 14th . The other G.B. candidates don ' t really need to be mentioned except that Bob a nd Tim should try fin is hing th e cou rse. Fianally thanks must go to all the coaches S. J .G., T.J.P., J.t. and a lso R.M.H. and R.I.R. And of cou rse Mr. Will is who I think has been overworked having to update a IS-year-o ld boat in a' morn ing is ve ry impressive , thank you very much. Now we a re look in g forward to going to Switzerla nd and really learn in g how to row. P.S. Thanks to J ack (Sir) who has bee n very helpful fir st of a ll knowin g how to change a minibu s wheel, a nd a lso al Ki ngston managing to find a foo t st retcher for his VII I - not bad for a convic t! W. SWANSON AND

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151 VIII: I C. Robinson, 2 M. Williams, 3 W. Harris, 4 T. Bagshaw, 5 S. Dawson-Bowli ng, 6 R. Wallace, 7T. Filby, 8 N. Prince , Cox W. Swanson . Also rowed: N. Lockyea r, P. Haswell.

2nd VIII We came. We saw and we trained hard. However, owing to conditions beyond o ur cont rol we were forced first to ",love down to Pluck s Gutter, as Westbere had frozen, a nd then to stay off the water altogether during the snow. Our rlrSt race at Hampton was in a mixed eight rapidly thrown together, however this factor did not affect our resu lt or performance. O ur next public appeara nce was at Burway Head where a mixed Istl2ndl3rd eight beat Latymer Uppe r In lhe jun ior division and managed to get a medal out of it. After half· term we staged a rapid recovery a nd began to train for the big day - The Schools Head. On race day we all felt the row had not been up to our usual standard. however the result proved us wrong. Sixth surprised us all. We arc now looking forward to a good traini ng camp in Sw itzerla nd and havi ng so me good rows next terlll.

T.J.P. The Final Crew: Boll' Harry Dobbs. 2 Giles Tenniek, 3 Steve Carey. 4 George Bruxner, 5 Guy Bellicre, 6 Nick Lockyear, 7 Paul Maswell, Stroke Andy Thomas, Cox , Ian Milwa rd. Also Rowed: Fred Scarlen, Luke Jamieson, Tim Davis, Dave Handley.

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Under 15 It has certa inly been a st ra nge term for the Under 15 rowing. The eight did not make a n appearance until aft

Schools' Head but aUlhe hard work done by our cox, coach and captain , 'Pod', finally paid off and at the /r Ih~ writing, things at last look promising. Snow, ice, illness, injury and absence a ll combined to reduce the squad to a h~~ef of and resulted in there bei ng only a four available for Hampton and the Schools' Head. In both races the crew ~ ul, themselves to a standst ill but lack of practice meant that they were not in a position seriously to challenge the ov we~ winners. In the last two weeks of term, however, a group of ten has been rowing regularily, and my feeling is ~~a I i f we have a run of good hea lth and reasonable luck, we will be back in the hunt at the Nat iona l Schools Regana at the end of May. at

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Girls' Rowing It was history in the making when Mr. Woodward formed the first Girls' VII I. Very early in the season, for a ne crew, we made it to Hampton, closely followed by Burway (do not mention the word 'slide'!) W Since half term things have improved . The Schools' Head was enjoyed by a ll. We overtook three crews to fini sh fourth out of thirteen, beating amongst others St. Paul's and Westm inster. We hope that next term will provide scope for more enjoyment (maybe even a success?), despite the loss of Molly who has provided us with light relief throughout. Good luck wit h the sheep !?! We would lik e to thank Mr. Willis for his incredib le patience in mending ou r boat so qu ickl y on numerous occasions Al"!d, <?f course, o ur coach, Mr. Woodward. His avid ent husiasm and fait h in us a ll have enabled us to do well, and enJoy It! THE CREW

VIIi: Lisa Chandler, Flora Collin gwood, Sophia Davies, Louisa Jones, Sara h Woolm an, Anna Brand, Philippa Katz Gabrielle Ashton. Jenn ifer Gill (cox). ' Reserves: Molly McCauley (rowed at Burway), Marie Clarke, Viola Home.

Squash As usually happens after Christ mas, our results this term were not quite as good as before, largely because we play better opposition but a lso because our best players are usually needed for ot her sports. I would always defend the right of anyone to play more than o ne sport in a ny term, in fact 1 would encou rage it, but it was particularly unfortunate that the day before the Kent Finals three of ou r 1st V were in volved in a gruelling C ross-Country match a nd two of these played hardly any squash at all because of other commitments. Willi a m Davies was again a tower of strength at 1st st ring and during the season recorded the two most emphatic wins at 1st string in the history of squash at King's, losing a total of two points in the two matches! Matt Willifer never threatened to reach the standard we had hoped for, but he had good win s at the start of term against Brighton College and at the end of term against Cranbrook. As a lways his conduct on court was exemplary. Matt Odgers was excellent in every way and will captain the side next year. He had two great wins against Tonbridge. and a record third in all this season, and he organised the House squash compet itio n with great panache. Peter Kenyon had knee trouble throughout the term but finished with good wins against Scvenoaks and Cranbrook and a tragic loss against Tonbridge, when he was wit hin two points of the most heroic win of his career. Nick Shepley lost on ly once at 5th string and this was a vita l onc against Tonbridgc. He lost the first two games and was 1-8 down in the third . He then won this game against all the odds and reached 8-2 up in the fourth. His shattered opponent then clawed his way back into the game, finally winning 10-9 in the fourth! It was a sad end to his season, but if the lesso n is Icarn! that fitness for hockey and cross count ry don't necessarily mean fitness for squash, then a ll will be well. Mi les Thomas played twice before his leg gave way and he was awarded 1st team colours. Chris Newbery and Laurie Polter also represented the 1st V and should be regular members next yea r when the side could do eve n better. Finally I must thank Mr. Bradley for helping to coach the Juniors on Mondays and T uesdays, Mr. Wet herilt for running the Activities Squash and Dr. J. Potter for giving the side much needed coach ing du ring the term . R.P.B. RESULTS

v Cranbrook. Won 4-1 v Tonbridge. Lost 1-4 v Sevenoa ks. Won 4-1

v Brighton College. Lost 2-3 v Ewell Castle. Lost 0-5 v Bethany. Won 4-1 v Tonbridge. Lost 2-3

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ACTIVITIES C.C.F. NOTES ARMY SECTION We started the term with a n intake of thirty recruits. one of the biggest for years, and this gave OUf N.C.Os. inel d' the new crop of lance-corporals, plenty to do. In addition to the initial training in d rill and weapon-handling t'he r U l~g look pa rt in an assau lt-course competition. practised shooting at Hyth e Ranges on Field Day. and then in the las~rullk' had a taste of night patrolling o n Scotland H ills. wee The A.P.C. sq uad had morc than a taste of night work, o n the weekend of the 2nd/3 Td March. They went ou . the daylight to set up base camp and recce the area , al Acrise. a nd then spent the night patrolling against the junl. 1n N.C.O.s. This went well. apart from a mishap to Pau l Dupuy , and the fo llowin g morning a fighting patrol was slor out, and cleared out the enem y. The squad performed we ll , a nd passed their fie ldcraft test. ent At time of writin g we are about to set off to Aultbea, on Loch Ewe, for our Advent u re Training Ca mp, with ninctee cadets. n We welcomed into ou r ra nks two new officers, Mr. Martin Fra nk s, a nd Mrs. Caro l Saunders, both o f whom had a sort of initiation on the night exercise. My congratu lat io ns to our two cadet wa rrant offic ers, Overton and Ridings who o rganised the recruits' and the A.P .C. night exercises respecti vely. Fin all y, as a lways, my thanks to R.S.M. Booth ' ' without whom it would not be possib le. M.J .V.

NA VAL SECTION FIELD DAY We set orr fr om Canterbury at 4 p.m., and had a q uiet journey, disturbed only by the so und of Ian's hormones rising, to dinner, during which we stretched ÂŁ3.50 to its limits a t the Little Chef. After dinner, we set off once more and soon reached Portsmouth. We went on to H.M. S . Kent, a decommissioned destroyer, and having discovered ali the noo ks a nd crannies (not to mention legs) the ship had te offer (No entry sign? What No Entry sign?), we settled down to sleep on the waffle grid beds they kindly supplied. All except Henry that is, who had better things to do . .. We were awakened the next morning at 6 o'clock. all feeling a li tt le the worse for wear . Despite this. we undertoOk the long march to breakfast. during which the two Tims lost their sense of rhythm, direction. and Max his tem per. The S hells, with Elaine doing a great shepherding job (but where was Max?), departed immediately after breakfast for H .M.S. Collingwood, the navy's anti-aircraft weapon training es ta blishment, where they were able to handle some formidable weaponry (and Tim wasn' t even there!), and then o n to soak up some Nava l Heritage at the Submarine Museum a nd H istoric Dockyard. Meanwhile, the 'sen ior' members of the section went on the water for a day's boatwork on the Solent. When we set out the sky was cold and grey, the boats spewed black smoke at most speeds, and sp irits were a bit low. However, the sun was soon out, and its warmth, the quiet enthusiasm of the instructor, W.O. Jim Chetwood, to whom we owe enormous thanks, and the sheer fun of messing about in boats soo n uplifted us. We lunched on a jetty, o n the Gosport side, ploughi ng through thirty-eight packed lunches amo ng eight of liS. Only Ian seemed subdued: perhaps his mind was elsewhere. After lu nch, W.O. Chetwood made a confession ; he had run out o f thin gs to teach us! We spen t the afternoon, th erefo re, practisin g what we had learnt, coping with wind and tide among the yachts of Gosport Harbour. The day ended with a stat ion race which was won by the boat-bash ing antics of Henry 'W hat a cox' She lford . We then returned. polished off the remain ing packed lu nches, and awaited the arrival of the S hells, after which we returned to Canterbury, alt hough this time without the Litt le Chef's helping hand. Many thanks must go to Sub.Lt. and Acting Sub .Lt. McConnell , a nd Act ing Sub.L!. Teeton for organising the Field day, to W.O. Chetwood fo r his great instruction, and above a ll to Nick Miller. THE ADMIRA LTY

ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION We welcome three new recruits to the Sectio n, Douglas Morrison, Richard Tozer a nd Ross Wingfield and an ex-army recruit Steven Gowling. The term started where last term finished wit h an enjoyab le free skiing trip to the dry ski-slope. The fo ll owing week we were visited by o ur schools li aiso n N.C .O. who bro ught alo ng a video and talked to a group of cadets abollt some aspects of life in the R.A.F. Those cadets preparing for their part II examination were given some instructio n o n Nav igation by Wg.Cdr. Wen ley. Six cadets, Mark Bentham-R ice, Steven Cowling, A listai r Curzon, Bruce Gold in, Alex Ma rtin a nd Ryan Mannering sat the part II exam inat ion in th e last week of term and we await the results. J fCp ls. An na Brand and Andrew G roves sat their advanced exam in Principles o f Flight and their results should be with us sometime du ring the holiday. We had an exce llent Fie ld Day trip to R.A.F. Mansto n with lots of flying in the Chipmunk . Unfortu nately three o there visits were cancelled during the term owing to bad weather and school commitmcnts: The Hovcrcraft has been performing well and we are loo king in to the possib ility of building another one. T he Asscgal Trophy ShOOl took place b ut un fort unately our ma rksmen performed below par and only James Turner (95/100) got into the ninet ies. Seven cadets are fly ing out to R.A.F. Wildenrath in Germany for an Easter Camp (Alex Martin, Nicholas Forrest, lames Bridges, Rod ney Jackson, Robert Clayton, Guy Towlson a nd Ryan Mannering). Some are hoping for

182 H.M.S. ALLIANCE (Sue McCollnell)

nip in a Phantom - a parent , Wg. Cdr.Sp iller, is a squadron commander at R.A.F. Wildenrath. On his return from ~ermany q u.y To,":"lson will be attending a G li din g Course at R.A.F. Hen low a nd we hope to see him back next te rm with his ghdmg wmgs. My thanks to Wg.Cd r. Wcnley for his help and transportation over the term. It would be difficu lt to functio n without hiS assista nce.

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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME This has proved a mixed term for th e Award Scheme in the schoo l. As usual we have had a number of boys who, having successfu lly completed their Expedition in the Autumn term, have decided not to go on to fin ish their other sections. However, a nu mber of boys have persevered, and Sanam Shah and J ames Phipson have been awarded their Bronze cert ificates. I shou ld like to congratu la te them and thank them for the delicious supper they cooked fo r Mrs. Behrens a nd me at the end o f their cookery course. Many ot her boys will complete the award in the near future. Many are just wait ing to attend a Police Course. This has been prom ised fo r six month s but has nOt yet started. Our int ake of Removes to th e Scheme was lower than usua l, but th ey a re all busy a t the moment tra ining for their Expedition which will take place in the Su mmer term. Several sixt h form pu pils are also work ing towards the Gold Award and Damian J ones has made particu larly good progress, having completed several of the sect ions already. I hope that he and the other Gold members go on to gain this prest igious award in due cou rse. I should lik e to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Peter Brodie and Dr. Ron Pickering for their help with the Expedition training this yea r, Mrs. S. Farre ll and Miss H . Gr iffin for their help with First Aid , and a ll the other people who have been involved with the various act ivities fr om canoeing and badminton to caring for animals . Finally, I should like to thank Mrs. M. Behrens for her ent husiasm, her cooke ry sk ills and her help in genera l. P.A.w.

SOCIAL SERVICES VISITING OF ST. MARTIN'S HOSPITAL Every Tuesday and Thursday a gro up of volunteers from King's ma kes the journey to SI. Marti n's Psychogeriatric Hospital, in order to prov ide co mpany a nd enterta in ment for the patients, either by organi sing d iversion such as singin g popular so ngs of their day, o r simply by passing time wit h the patients. It has proved a rewa rdi ng activ ity fo r both young and old alike. Our thank s to Mr. Tennick for organ ising this scheme. MARION C RONIN, ADRIAN PAY .

MUSTARD SEED King's has for some time been involved with volunteer work at the Mustard Seed project in SI. J o hn's Place. It exists to support a nd advise people of all ages who have suffered so me form of psychiatric disorder or distress . Althoug h professio nal co unsell ors attend daily, working on a one-to-one or gro up basis, with approach ing 700 members atte ndin g per month, volunteer hel pers a nd fund -ra ise rs are essen tial. For us time spent there is as sim ple as hav ing a cup of tea and a chat , yet for many members, a general conversalion ca n be as therapeutic as professional guidance. The majori ty of members suffer fr om dep ression induced by the likes of unemployment, homeless ness a nd in some cases rape o r previous sexual abuse. . The role of Socia l Services a t school is essential for it enab les us to do so mething practical and play an active part in the loca l com munity. Altho ugh King's can on ly participate in voluntary schemes in a minor way, it sho uld be noted that (forgive the cliche) 'every little bit helps' . T hank yo u to all the staff who give of their time to organise and run the scheme, enab ling us to participate in such a worthy activity. MAR ION C RON IN.

KINGSMEAD We spent o ur social se rvices activit y at Kin gsmead. We were a ll given a diffe rent class to help the teacher with. The high light of our days were 'finger painti ng' and 'off-ground tag'. This resulted in mu lti-colou red tracksu its and ou t-ofbreath helpers . Sa ra beca me a specia list in ' potato-printi ng', Caroline's finger pain ting much improved and Michelle became renowned fo r her 'off-ground tag'. T he children, a lthough deprived, a lways wore a smile on their faces. We built up a good relationship with them, especially when it came to marriage pro posals! MICHELLE TA YLOR, CAROLI NE MOIR, SARA MILLWATER.

CRISIS AT CH RISTMAS 'Crisis At Christmas' was established in order to provide a temporary base for the homeless of Canterbury a nd the surrounding area. About a dozen Marlowe pupils vo lu ntee red to a rra nge the Prince of Wales' Youth Centre to accommodate up to fifty people. Christ mas Eve was spen t making beds, so rti ng clothes which had bee n donated, and putting tip Chri stmas decorations. A few days after, we return ed to Ihe task of tid ying a nd clea nin g, so as to leave no trace of its short-lived role as a home for those who were in need and who wished to spend Christmas in a frie ndly, welcom ing environment. Hopefu lly, the project will be repeated next year a nd we will again have the opportunity of offering our se rvices to the Citizens' Advice Bureau.

MARION CRONIN, ADRIAN PAY .

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O.K.S. PRESIDENT'S NOTES the School Appeal has continued to domi nate our thoughts during the first quarter of 1991. At the time of writing, the Appeal total stands at ÂŁ1.3m, eight months after the official launch. and the average gift, pledged over five years, was just under ÂŁ3,000. This is good progress, a lthough clearly the current economic clima te and Gulf War have had an effect and much remains to be done. The new Recreation Centre is an outstanding success and the next building rojeclS arc about to begin . We are all extremely gratefu l to O.K.S. who have contributed in an y way to the Appeal, ~ith gifts la~ge or small, and would like to encou rage all O.K.S. to give generously to this extremely worthwhile and exciting proJect. following the success of recent O.K.S. gatheri ngs at Madame Tussaud's, Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace and at oxford and Cambridge universities, plans are in hand for Regional meet ings in the coming months in the Mid lands, East Anglia, Lancashire, the Cotswolds and the Hampshire/Solent area, and the local O.K.S. will be receiving details shortly. These will be social get-togethers, but will provide an opportunity to hear about current events at King's. This has been made possible through the computerised database of the School Appeal Office. As a consequence, we noW have addresses of O.K.S. by county. If any reader would like to have such information relating to his or her own area, please contact the Associatio n's Assistant Sec reta ry, Mrs . Barbara Slimm ing, at The King's School. Returni ng to the Appeal, the next London function to raise awareness of the programme is at Britan nic House, B.P .'s head office, on 9th May. Hopefully the interest in such meetings will continue to be high and, of course, fruitful! Any O.K.S. wishing to receive furth er information on the Appeal should co ntact Pamela Dodd at the School.

O.K.S. GAUDY The 1991 Gaudy Luncheon will be on Satu rday, 4th May in Canterbury. O.K.S. who were at the School from 1958-1963, inclusive, will be invited. This event has proved to be very popular , wit h a record attendance last year, and prov ides an excellent opportunity for O.K.S. to meet their contempora ries and renew their contact with the School.

O.K.S. SPORT The O.K.S. sporting activities cont in ue to thrive with increasing fixtures fo r sq uash , rugby, tennis, hockey and of course golf. The respect ive organisers of the events arc continually 011 the lookout for new recru its. Please contact Mike Hodgson (c / o 25, The Precincts) in the fir st instance if you wish to get in volved.

CANTERBURY PILGRIMS BOAT CLUB Every year we seem to say that the results of this year have improved on those of last year. It is no small honour 10 the School Boat Club that the British rowing success of today is fostered by a few of the public schools who year in year out produce oarsmen able to compete against the best in the world and beat them. It is no coincidence that during the ten years of Richard Hooper's reign as 1st VIII coach, the School has been in the top handful of school crews, and has produced nine World, Commonwealth and Under 23 medals, eleven internationals and many Henley medal winners. In 1990 the Clu b's members showed their ta lent. Henley Royal Regatta produced two wins, Nick Strange in the Wyfolds and Andy Rudkin in the Double Scu lls. In addit ion there were three other, finalists: Mark Norton, as a member of the G.B. Development VIIl . lost to the Russians in the final of the Grand Challenge Cup, Steve Wright lost to Nick Strange's crew in the Wyfo ld s, and James Stearnes was in the final of the Ladies Plate. Steve Wright ca rried on to have an outstanding season, with two golds at the Nationa l Championships, in lightweight and heavyweight coxless fours. Then, along with Nick Strange in the quad scu lls, Steve was selected to represent O.B. in the lightweight Vili s in the World Champio nsh ips in Tasmania. The very strong VBI won a bronze medal and the quad was tenth. This was one of the most outstanding lightweight teams ever to have been selected. International success was also found by James Stearnes, who won a bronze medal in the Under 23 heavyweight VIII. James won his University of London pu rple for the second season running and return as Captain of U .L. in 1991. On that note, watch out for Kieran Allen who is at present trialling for the Cambridge Blue Boat. The Pilgrims wish Stephen Graham every success in taking over as the School 1st VIII coach; and in laying the found a tions for furt her successes in School and O.K.S. rowing.

APOLOGY The comm itlee would like to take tbis opportunit y to apologise to Michael Morpurgo fo r a series of errors which appeared in the O.K.S. Annual Report and Accounts in the O.K.S. News section. We would like to make the fo llowing correct ions: 1. Michael did not sell the video rights to his book to CBS / Fox: the production company did. 2. Michael's book is called Why the Whales Came, not Whe" the Whales Came. 3. Why the Whales Came is not a bestseller; it sells well. 4. The video is availab le in video shops a ll over the country a nd not just in remote areas. S. Pau l Schofie ld' s son is ca lled Martin, not Mark, and we apologise to them both for th is error. 185

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All the information that is published in Ollr news sections is provided by O,K.S. themselves, and we rely 0 information to be accu rate when we receive it. We do apologise to Michael for any inconvenience caused in th is ins~~hat Finally, I would like to thank the Committee for all their hard work, particularly Mike Hodgson and of COurse Ba ct. Slimming. Many thanks go to outgoing President Peter Valpy for his energetic and ent husiastic leadership and wer~ara forward to his continuing support in the future . OOk. MIKE BROWN Future Dates: O,K.S. Gaudy: 4th May. O.K.S. Supper: 16th May, The Antelope, Eaton Terrace, S.W,1.

O.K.S. CAREERS PRESENTATION 1991 It was a great pleasure to welcome back to King's a keen and enth usiast ic group of O.K,S. who were to talk about their work andlor experiences to 6b on the morning of Monday, lith Marcil. Members of 6b were able to attend three of twelve seminars covering a range of careers. The O.K.S. Presentation has very great significance. Not o nly does it show the interest the O .K.S. Association has in pupils at school, it represents the wideNanging activities of the Q,K S Careers Advisory Service which enables pupils, past a nd present, to contact O.K.S. and to talk to them about thci; careers. It is most useful, perhaps, for those beginning their final year of a degree cou rse, or fo r those who are thinking of changing direction. The Pr~senta~ion.is also the i~troduction to the,subject simply, 'what to do after school'. With about 90010 of our leavers endmg up m hIgher education, the PresentatIon leads mto advIce on the colleges and in stitutes of higher education, polytechnics and universities. their degree courses and B.T.E.C.lH.N.D. co urses. The format is simple: each O,K .S. talks to four groups of 6b for a short time and then opens the rest of the seminar up to discussion and questions (perhaps the most unusual this year being 'How do you launder money?'). The effects of the O.K,S. visit are obvious, For the remainder of term the careers room was packed with enquirers, My than ks go to all the O.K.S. mentioned below for giving up their time and, in some cases, voices to help our sixth form and especially to Michael Bai ley who organises the O,K.S. side of the Presentation, to Mike Hodgson for his interest support and work as Secretary and to Michael Brown, President, for his encouragement and talk to 6b on what th~ Q,K.S. Association offers the school leaver. The O.K.S, team com prised: Michael Bailey, Dav id Chisholm , David Entwhistle, Darren Evans, Anthony Moubray_ Jankowski, Sir Donald Murray, Michael Roberts, Peter Suchet, Christopher Wacher, Nigel Wright, Roger Wilkin, JOHN PARKER.

O.K.S. NEWS J. A. Sandeman-Allen (1936) writes: 'You will see from the letter heading that the Guinea Pig Club is one of my major responsib ilities and th is fact may be of interest in the magazine' , M, G. A. Spencer (1938) celebrated his golden wedding o n 18th February 1991 - with Audrey, flee Spashett. P. Ellicott (1949) writes: ' ... it was very interesting to read in the Australia letter that two of my contemporaries in Meister Omers, Porter a nd Cartw right, are a lso enjoying the same state of retirement Like Cartwright I remember a rriving at the Carlyon Bay Hotel in 1944 with its concrete roads lined with rhododendrons. As it was war-time one of our jobs was to dead-head all those bushes! Still that was a very enjoya ble first yea r at King's. Of course return to Canterbury brought greater facilities. I was keen on boxing and Canon Shirley was delighted that we had an unbeaten team. Eventuall y we secured a match against H arrow where we had a draw. Best wishes to the school'. M. E. C. Hili (1 952) has a family business marketing residential and commercial property in France and Spain, whieh trades as Beaches International. He is a lso involved in travel and was interested to read 'of the O.K.S, cricket to ur to Kenya which will be return in g at about the time Beaches' Safari Club arrives in Nairobi. We shall be on the Masia Mara and then the party will be breaking into smaller units staying in Mombassa, the Seychelles or mountain trekking on Kilimanjaro' . The Revd. P. H. Moss (1953) has resigned from the parochial ministry and has takcn early retirement; he is working with C.A.B. a nd with RELATE in Norfolk. N. Paine (1953) is a partner and executive director of a firm of consulting engineers, Bin nie & Partners, at Grosvenor House, 69 London Road, Redhill, Surrey. D. M. Edwards (1958) was Deputy Legal Adviser in the Foreign and Commonwealt h Offi ce until January 1990, was awa rded the C,M.G, in the 1990 New Yea rs Honours and is now International Law Officer to the Hong Kong Government . C, D. Powell (1960) : ' ... and C harles Powell , two loyal aides who became the best-known civil servants in the country, are knighted in Margaret T hatcher's resignation honours list. . .' M . A. B. Morpurgo (1962) continues to run his two 'Farms for City Children' - an educational charity which aims to enrich the lives of inner-city ch ildren by enabling them to spend a week of their school year living and working on ~ farm. Over two thousand city children visit the farms each year. He continues to write books for children, is a Whltbread P rize runner-up, and some of his books have been filmed. 186

R, D, Howard-Williams (l966~ is now a Major in the Roy~1 Ma rines and is currently serving as the Second in Comand ~f 42 Commando Royal Mannes, but expects to move on III t~e summer, possibly as an instructor at the N.A,T.O. school !n Oberbamm 'H,gaMu. 'Frmanl y. Major T. C. G. Hunter (1971) IS also serving in 42 Commando R,M. His next appointment S ear ess. IS on oard " . It D, Meadley (1966) is a. director of M ,H .M. Partnersh ip Ltd" a n architectural practice in St. James's. S. P. Blackmore ( 1 ?7~) wntes, 'After b~ing 'Directeur' for a year at Clulteau de Sauveterre near Toulouse in the south of France, 1 am takl~lg up ~he HeadshIp Of, Temple Grove Preparatory School in the Ashdown Forest in August 1991 ' . ~ , G. L. Lyle (1970) IS ASSistant Presentallon Ed itor for Radio 3. J, R, Stewart (1971) is employed by the National Cent re for Cued Speech. I972h) now lechwI'des in the Community and Continuing Education Department of Northern Co llege (Dundee }{, S. TOd)d (H campus. e as two c I reno A, C. ~a~~er (191. 3) is ,now in Ne~v York with Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, a large Californian-based law firm speclahslllg III l!tlgatlon, but WIll move bac k to England to become the resident partner of th,i' London off' . year or twO's tIme. Ice m a

J, D, Lyle (1973) is Musical Director, Bright on Same Sky Community Arts Trust. K'I~9rutman (1973) runs his own photo processing business in Bromley and Tonbridge. He is getting married in October

H~~£f t~~~~~'~l?~~~{~~~: 1~t~~!~;'~I~! ~~~J;!i~:~7J;~~Z,~:ii~ !~~ ~h~;e li~~Sa%~~~~~~:~a:I, ~~~fl~,Y~; K, J, H. Newman (1975) is an o rthopaedic registrar at St. George's Hospital. I. W, Miller (1975) and his wife, Adele, have two sons and are now living in Hong Kong Ian is Marketing Directo fo A .

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S':i ~h~~~i~~~ (1 975) lives in Switzerland with his wife and two daughters. He is there for three years working for Bank C'o~W~~:s~~ ~I,r~, qualified as a chartered accountant and, aftcr several moves, is now group financial controller MM~~~~r.ewman ( 1978) is an inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police; married to Jackie, they have a two-year o ld son,

Mdt~c~~rS:;~h~~~S~~I~~~~;ir~S ~~n~~~~ridge Wells and is in the sports sponsorsh ip and public relations world as a P. )Id' H · Nchwman) (1 ?79) is a technica l editor for Kaglemoss Publications. is married to Winky and has a five mont h o d aug t er, esslca. T~e Reven;nhd ~. III a pans III

"w' SI·I.SteveKn (1979) has moved to be a cu rate in Bournemouth, having had three and half years' experience e mg,

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S·~~f~:~!~iE~::~~I;! J~;':~~~~~,~;;t°§.~;~hb~~&;:'1 ~~e:L~;d~~'C~¥,~~i~f:u',~h~V:'. ~~~I~f~~,h~~~~'~~~~: Canterbury, Kent, CT4 5QZ), ' e WI un erla e work further afield, (3 Bank Cottages, Petham, G't~'R~!~a~: 9S8cO~~~f~~r ~e~~ing Ox: o rd in 1984, 1 went to Durh~m Un i ve~sity to do a P .G,C.E. and in September 1985 and am an assistant

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Howard Phillips (l9l7) Ni~he1 ,e It at ! hc ent of 1990 to become H 7admaster of Nower Lodge Preparatory School in 'Dorking. In J uly 1991 H~ward 15 eavmg to ecome Head of Englts h at Rokeby P reparatory School in Kingston and Nicholas Pye is a lso movin on to take up the post of Director of Studies at Rowan Prepa ratory School in CJayga te, Esher. g

T.~~r'a~: ~~::~I ~~~~~:lc~~J~~t~:~r9~~~ ~~a\~~~t:R1o~~~e:knyns Languages from Balfliol College, Oxfo rd i~ 1,9~7; married III Poole. as a programmer or three years before Jommg Ffl zzell J, ii'n~~r~~~~S~~t~ 9k8;~~Su;0;;~~gs~0~r~~~~Z~~~~Jfha~cdk!~t~;s~:~~~:~ ~1985) is in the publicity department at Dorling

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R, H. Briggs (1984) is wi th Clifford C hance in London a nd N. H, Briggs (1 986) wit h Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte. 187

w. G. Carlyle (1 984) is workin g on info rmat io n systems in J apan , but will p ro ba bly return this yea r 10 the Korn b ranch in Durham . Sister Eliza beth ( 1987) fun s a sailin g clu b at Bristol Uni versity and hopes to go o n to a rash "" degree in environmenta l stud ies. Uri er

Yasmln Essani (1984) has qualifi ed as a den tist a nd is now work in g in general practice in Ho rsham Sussex In May 1991 she will marry F. M . George (not a n a.K.S.) â&#x20AC;˘ .

Eleanor Taylor (1988) Tri nity Co llege, Camb ridge produced Mozart 's opera, Idomel/eo.

ENGAGEMENTS Bradfield- Charles W. P . Bradfield (1 969) to J udi th Parker. Carboni- James D. L. Ca rboni (1 983) to Elizabeth Patterson. Haswell- Jonath an J . O. Haswell (1978) to Sy bille Steiner. Essani - Yasmin Essa ni (1 984) to F. O . George. Murdoch- A ndrew I. M. Mu rdoch (1 985) to Susan ne Pearson. S hirley- Richard A. Shirley ( 1984) to Ali son Peacock.

MARRIAGES J o nes-Go ronwy N . J o nes (1 972) to Rim a Sin gh o n 30th J an uary 199 1. P laits-Martin-N igel B. P latts-Martin (1 973) to Mira nda Lorimer o n 29t h Ju ne 1990. Newma n- Kevin J . H . Newma n (1975) to Melissa An n Fo rd in May 1990. Rowla nd- Peter R . Rowland (1 977) to Teresa Glavin on 7th A ugust 1990. H ughes-Richard Hughes (1 982) to Eli zabet h Chapman o n 6th September 1990 . Collyer- Rosemary Collyer (1 983) to Robin H arper o n 1st September 1990. Hili-Robin G. Hill (1 983) to Fiona A llan o n 2nd J u ne 1990. Mu lhern- Ca ro line Mulhern (1 983) to Duncan Monro in J u ne 1990.

BIRTHS Seph lon - to Marcus and Virgin ia Sephton a d aughter, Tara Elizabeth , on 8th J a nuary 199 1. Keating- to Dr . Pa trick a nd Caroline Keat in g a da ughter, Rebecca Loui se, 0 11 26t h J uly 1990.

DEATHS Baker- Henry W. Bakcr (1 919) in Decem ber 1990. Budd- A rth ur Cha rles Budd (1919) in 1990. Reed - Robin Reed (1 922) o n 6th December 1990. Ruckwell- The Revd . Cha rles C . L. Buc kwell (1 924) o n 5th Ma rch 1991. McCall-M rs . Sl y McCa ll - wife of Barney McCa ll (Sta ff 1937-39) - in February 1991. Gro ves- Ronald Groves (Staff 1935- 1943) o n 13th Feb rua ry 1991. He was the first Housemaster of Walpole, acted as Bursar and Sen ior Sc ie nce Master. He left King's to jo in Ca mpbell College befo re bein g appointcd Headmaster of Dulwich College. A memoria l service fo r his li fe a nd wo rk will be held at Christ Chapel , A lleyn's Co llege of God's G ift, Du lwich, Lo ndon, on Thu rsday, 25t h April at 2. 30 p. m. Wilcox-Patrick W . Wilcox (1 948) in Zimbabwe on 13th December 1990 'aft er an illness which he bore with great fort itude - a n example to us a ll '.

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AUGUST 1991

THE CANTUARIAN VOL. LV NO.3

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CONTENTS PAGE

THIS AND THAT

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VALETE

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OBITUARY

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FOCUS

204

VISITS AND TRIPS

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MUSIC

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HOUSE NOTES

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CHAPLA IN'S NOTES

228

THE CLUIIS AND SOCIETIES

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SPORT

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IMAG INATIVE WIIITING

239

SPEECH DAY 1991

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KING'S WEEK 1991

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ACTIVITIES

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O .K.S.

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We were deeply saddened to learn of the death in April of Matthew Eyton (M .a . 1980-85). The funeral service, conducted by the Dean, was held in the C hapel of Our Lady Undercroft on 25th April , and was attended by a large number of O.K .S ., present and former members of the teaching staff and members of the schoo l. Canon Peter P ilkington , Headmaster when Matthew was a pupil at King's, gave the add ress, which is printed as an obituary elsewhere in this issue. A memoria l service for Mr. Rona ld Groves was held in Christ's C hapel of Alleyn' s College of God's Gift on 25th April. T he King's School and Walpole House were represented by the Senior Mistress, Mrs. Janet Pickering. Frederick Fletcher Finn , who was, according to the Archivist, the doyen of O .K.S., died on 26th Apri l at the age of ninety-six . He a ttended the school as a day boy from 1903 to 1913. Rcquicscant

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Mrs . B. J. Manning Press, mother of Christopher (SH 1944-49) and Malcolm (SH 1946-1952), who died in September 1990, made a bequest to the school to be used for the benefit of the Music Department.

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Stephen and Judy Woodley have completed twelve years in T he Grange, work and many achievements' over' the years are and tributes to their. hard . . h recorded elsewhere In this Issue. As Luxmoore b ecomes a glf Isouse, Hugh and Jackie Aldridge move to The Grange and No. I.St. Radigund's becomes an an!'exe to The Gran e for a year, supervised by Mr. Peter Br,?dle. Mr. Peter Henderson contInues to be Hous~master of Broad Street during 1991-92, feehng anxlOUS about what St. Radlgund herself would have made of it all .

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Past and present members of Luxmoore and parents celebrated the end of half term and the end of forty-six years of Luxmoore as a bo~s' house with a barbecue . Although it was rather cold the r~In held off until the end and more than one hundred and eighty people enjoyed a magmflcent meal and atronised the bar operating from Remove study windows - many thanks to the hcensee Mr. ~aul Pollak Although Mr. Dartington, the flfSt Luxmoore Housemaster, was not well ~nough Parhcularly to atten d hÂˇe k'10 dl y sent h,' s best wishes . and .0 .K.S . of all vIntages h " were I present. b fL welcome ;'ere Maj. and Mrs. Cairns : MaJ. Calms was one of t eDongmlda mem ers 0 luxmd.odore 1t f th There seemed to be a gathenng of the Clan Mc ona too. was sp en I . to a tecr h elwaRr. b' on here agal' n and to wish him well in taking exams from a wheelchair. Kmd see ar es 0 lOS 'd' . h d friends of Julian Woodward came back early to provi e Jazz 10 t e gar en .

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On 19th April, George Leonard Carey was enthroned as the one hundred and third Archbishop of Canterbury . The school was represented by the Headmaster, the Lower Master and twenty King's Scholars accompanYI.ng the Canterbury Gospels in the processlOn, the Chaplam and several semor members of staff who escorted distinguished visitors. M B d 'd d to stand in for a missing parent - the Chancellor of the Exchequer - and David D~~b~~~yemarked our colleague's arrival in the Quire by telling the world that the full might of the Cabinet was now assembled. . an members of the school saw guests arrive fo~ lunch. They were escorted to the Shlfl~y H:I1 School Monitors. (For further details of thiS aspect, please turn to the H~a~mtsterhs h . . . ) The Catering Manager Mr Stewart Smlth, was 10 charge 0 t e unc . ~P~:;vie~~;lb~g:~~rhe Independent, he said : "It'; going to be a very light, dainty meal, ve~y I~W budget and very easy to eat. ( .. .) The Church, believe it or not, d~esn't hke to go over t e top They like to keep it low-key - and they're very easy to please.

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~~~essment of England's second highest scorer's intellectual and philosophical ~blll\les, then Gower has a brighter future than the ArchbIShop of Canterbury or DaVid [cke. The Acting Ambassador in Madagascar, James MacAdie, has informed the Chaplain that Madagascar television showed pictures of the Enthronement M~ross e and of the Archbishop presiding over Songs of Prais~. The comment~ry I;: I es Malagasy was by The Rt. Rev' d. Reml Joseph Rabemrma, who menhone hat he had received hospitality at the King's School when attend 109 the Enthronement. The [dea for this broadcast came when Bishop Remi was sitting in the front of 82, Broad Street talk!ng to those members of the school who were planning to travel to Madagascar 10 July. The actlOg ambassador said that it was most cheering to hear and see news of Canterbury on Madagascan

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We congratulate Simon and Gillian Anderson, Stephen and Helen Matthews, Brian and Michele Bradburn and Jack and Julie Kenny on their marriages. Belated congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Arnott on the birth of their second daughter, Caitlin Joy, on a palindromic birthdate, 19-2-91. We congratulate Mrs . Marion Hildick-Smith on being awarded the C.B.E . in the Birthday Honours List. Lt. Col. M. H . Cooper (M.O. 1955-60) has been awarded the O.B .E . in the Gulf War Honours. Mr. Christopher Tinker, who was on the music staff in the seventies, and is now Director of Music at Sedbergh School, has just been awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Lancaster for a thesis on Imogen Holst. felicitations

One of the distinguished gro up of O.K.S. born under Victoria, Mr. L. W. Harrison (who entered the School before the First World War), has most kindly presented the School Archives with his O.K.S. blazer, tie, 2nd XI rugby cap and school repor ts. The two former items, dating from 1916, are some dozen years older Ihan the O .K.S. Association. What, then, do their colours - the same as now - represent? The School Archi vist would be very grateful for any information or speculatio n. The school reports are brief: indeed, their bulk for an entire school career is probably smaller than a single wm's report nowadays (for an 'interesting' pupil) . Toga Praetexta

T he Librarian wo uld li ke to thank Mrs. Esther Keesing-Styles for a copy of Unto the Perfect Day, the journal of Thomas Jaggar, Methodist missionary to Fiji, edited by herself and William Keesing-Styles (MR 1977), and Lt. Col. R. A. Finn (1916-25) for his generous offer of a copy of The Hooden Horse. We have also been able to obtain The Road to Nowhere (1936) by 'John Cropton' - the fascinating autobiography of David Stainer (1912-14; staff 1943-62). Amo ng the other acquisitions which may be of interest to readers of The Cantuarian are : War Leiters of Fallen Englishmen, edited by Laurence Housman and published in 1930, which includes a letter from Geoffrey Maclear (1900-06); a facsimile reprint of Frend's Peace and Union (1 793), published as part of Jonathan Wordsworth's series on 'Revolution and Romanticism, 1789- 1834'; A Perfect Hero by Christopher Matthew (SH 1952-57), originally published in 1980 as The Long-Haired Boy, but now reissued to accompany its serialisation on television, and Stewart Ross's History in Hiding, which includes a photograph of the Dark Entry on the back Library

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The Headmaster often refers to the wide variety of walks of li fe in which O.K.S . have become distinguished . The press cuttings we have received since our last edition continue to bear witness to this. It is pointless indeed to try to put them in any order other than Rotulus order. Mr. Martin Leslie (GR 1945-50) is Estate Factor to the Queen Mother and was recently presented with the Queen's Cup by the Princess Royal at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh. In the three years during which 1 have been responsible for compiling these notes, the name of Sir Charles Powell (GL 1955-60) has figured regularly. His resignation prompted an article in the In ternational Herald Tribune in which he is described as 'the Cardinal Richelieu of No . 10 Downing Street, outspoken and brusque, though (sic) the product of the upper-class King's School at Canterbury' . The Independent on Sunday of 24th March carried a substantial article on his last trip abroad as private secretary to the Prime Minister: 'Raising his voice above Ihe engines of the R.A.F. VC-IO, John Major remarked that by this point, when a foreign trip was over and everyone was relaxing, Sir Charles had usually written four thank-you letters, crafted O.K.S.

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a perfect minute of the discussions and prepared his brief for the next meeting with a head of government. The famous "Garden Girls", the supertYPlsts at No. 10, will mourn his passing "He's just brillia~t," one .of them said last week. HHe'~ such a motivator. He makes you giv~ 150 per cent but smce he gives 300 per cent, you never mmd ".' The reporter quotes Sir Charles' favourite example of the way in which foreign affairs can be/un: seeing Mitterrand returning with a bleeding hand from a walk in the Elysee garden with the British Prime Minister, he had the sudden nightmarish thought that Mrs. Thatcher had bitten the President in an argument about the E .C;. In f~~t it wa~ Mitterr~nd's pet do~ . The paper ~oncludes: 'Only occasionally do pnvate ofhce offIcials achieve his kmd of celebnty: Horace Wilson with Chamberlain, Jock Colville with Churchill. Powell may prove to have had had more influence than either.' Michael Morpurgo (GL 1957-63) has opened a second farm for city children at Treginnis in West Wales. At the opening ceremony the Princess Roya l unveiled a verse written by the Poet Laureate, a neighbour of the Morpurgo family at their first such farm in Devon, and carved on Welsh slate. Mr. Morpurgo has thus unwittingly (?) helped to calm down Mr. Auberon Waugh who was cross about the absence of verses on Royal Occasions by the Poet Laureate. ' Warwick Collins (MR 1960-66) has published New World and Challenge, described as 'a frightening blue-print for a future beyond the arms race'. He may well go down as the inventor of the genre referred to in the Sunday Times as the 'yachting thriller'. Dr. Michael Foale (SH 1970-74) wrote to the Headmaster in April to point out that he is to fly the space shuttle Atlantis in March 1992 to conduct investigations into the ozo ne hole, the greenhouse effect and other solar and terrestrial phenomena . It is hardly surprising that he sent regards to Mr. Butt, whose teaching clearly had a significant effect on his life . When he undertakes this trip the present incumbent of his former House will probably be heard to mutter that he doesn' t approve of 'abroad'. Alexander Shankland (GL 1980-84) occupied a full page of the Weekend Telegraph on 22nd March with a report from Brazil. The subject was not one which his former teachers would readily associate with him: 'Wild man of the rainforest'. Conversely, the first word of the piece is 'Philosophers'. Blythe Levett (BR 1985-87), the Headmaster's fir st Senior Girl , was co-president of the Trinity May Ball, and acco rding to the Daily Telegraph she discharged her responsibilities in a fairly forceful manner. In laying down the law with gate-crashers, models throwing tantrums and intoxicated barmen she exhibited 'the clout which has earned her one of the few decent jobs in the City'. We suspect that she will not be the last Senior Girl to achieve such a reputation. Andrew McDonald (LN 1983-88) has been awarded a First Class Honours degree in Zoology by the University of Liverpool. Congratulations to Sophie Paul (LN 1987-89) on her half Blue for cricket. Her father Jeremy Paul Roche (LN 1953-58) was Captain of Cricket in his day. Simon Bowker (MT 1986-91) has been selected for the Kent Sailing Team for the sixth year. He competed for the School and the County at the National Schools Sailing Association Regatta at Plymouth during the summer. We should be most interested to learn the identity of the O.K.S. who took part in an interview in Germany for the Telegraph Magazine, and referred to only as Grey Eyes . When asked whether he thought that the Labour Party will abolish public schools, he replied: 'I went to King's in Canterbury for four years and I loved it, it was wonderful.' Grey Eyes, please claim your Mars bar. The Modern Languages Department was featured in an article in the Financial Times on changing approaches to languages in schools. Dr. Humberstone's remarks about the way in which G.C.S .E. has released large numbers of schoolchildren from academic exercises which were meaningless to them were quoted in fu ll , but the writer omitted the rather important part o f his statement which pointed to the merit o f providing intelligent and motivated pupils with intellectually demanding courses as well as After Babel

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a deep und~rstanding of the nuances of S.N.C .F. timetables a nd a ready riposte if the chosen f1avo~r of Ice-cream has run out. T here was a photograph of 6b in the la nguage laboratory shoWmgwa Londoner teachmg French to a German using the Norwegian equipment which also helps a elshman to teach Spamsh to a Swede. Alex.ander Driskill -S~ ith (M.O.) has won three first prizes at the Hastings MUSical Festival: reCItal class under 16, concerto class under 18 and sonata class und~r 16. As a result of his 93 marks gained in the latter class playing the Ch opm Study Op.29, No. 19 and the Dohnanyi Rhapsody No 3 in C he :vas awarded the Jubilee Cup for the competitor with the highest marks in any s~lo clas; which IS open o;tly to amate urs. Also latterly he has found his way into the second round of the You ng MUSICian of the Year competition which will continue in the autumn. Gest.. Alexandn

King's netball team did outstandingly well on 9th March to capture the Eastbourne <;ollege. Invi tation Tournament, after a long and fiercel Busmess contested day splay m which three of the six matches played - all again~t schools more famous historically for their rugby prowess - were beaten b onl~ one goal each. The t ournament began in 1988, and Mrs. Woodley's team won it then an~ agam m 1989 . The one mterruptIon m Kmg's hold on the title was 1990' win ners Cranlei h captam Lucy Woodley. . . . g , Fa~t1y

T Ik ~rs. Thatcher having twice declined to talk to the Sixth Form John Foster as .. K.S:, the B.B.C.'s Chief Parliamentary Correspondent : accepted a ~ k f mVltatlOn to address the school on the causes of her downfall . Refusal to ta e no or a n answer was mentioned. Mr. Foster had interviewed several parliamentarians eSP~clal~ fo~ the film he brought with him, and a copy has been requested for the school's video arc. Ive y t e voracIous Dr. Malhon. Each mtervlewee was introduced by a la bel on the screen wlHch lllco[Porated the Kmg's school crest, occasioning much amusement for the audience but many prob ems for the B.B:C. 's computer graphics department. Parts of a N ine o'Clock News broaddcast had to be transmItted hve mstead of recorded because o f the difficulty of the crest's repro llctlOn.

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ySlcs m e Icme. Screens and scanners were to the fore dA un ~;1 d ~Ina Record (W) nobly allowed the large audience to watch the patterns created by he; S 00 ow on a momtor, and hsten to the sound of her arteries through a loudspeaker system ome s ~rpnse was caused by the likeness of the latter to the sounds produced b a stea ~ ~~c~r~tlv~; som~ anflet~ wa~ experienc~d when a technical hitch momentarily produced' no sound to b ' t ' ,0 esskor Â°fS mghmsPlfed hls.audlence byhis dedication to science, and we are very grateful o n spea ers or t elf generosity with thelf time.

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LATE GOWER (Reprinted from The Spec/a/or of 15th June 1991) Arm confined below shoulder level As if winged, the slight Lopsided air of a seabird Caught in an oilslick. 'Late' Gower, As of a painting by Monet, a 'serial' Whose shuffled images delight Through inconstancy, variety of light. Giambattista Tiepolo In his 'Continence of Scipio' created Just such a head and halo. For this descendant no confines Of canvas, but increasing worry lines, Low gravity of a burglar. Stance, posture combine To suggest a feline Not cerebral intelligence . A hedonist In his autumn, romance lightl y worn, And now first signs of Iris/esse, Faint strains of a hunting horn .

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VALETE ROBERT SCOTT (K.S.C . 1956-91) Despite the practical problems of the post-war period, there was much that was enterprising about King's music in the early 1950s, not least the first King's Week in 1952. But the foundations of future success were largely due to the appointments which Canon Shirley made in 1955-56: most important was that of Lt.Col. Meredith Roberts, the distinguished Kneller Hall musician, 10 be Director of Music, together with Edred Wright who took over as the School's choirmaster. Less significant at the time, but of incalculable value in the succeeding thirty-five years, was Ihe arrival in January 1956 of Robert Scott. There are so many facets to Robert's musicianship that it is difficult to know where to begin, but he will undoubtedly agree that its roots lie in the English choral tradition in which he was steeped from his early years at the Pilgrims' School, Winchester, and subsequently at Rugby and Pembroke College, Cern bridge where he was organ scholar. He has always had a 'singing' approach to music-mak ing and when Endred Wright became Director of Music in his turn, he found an instinctive ally in Robert, for they share a natural feel for phrasing and a belief that all music, choral and instrumental, must have a sense of line. Basses and baritones are easier 10 come by than tenors in adolescent voices and any choirmaster would count himself fortunate 10 have Robert's support in the tenor line, both for his own contribution and the confidence and security he has given to the less experienced around him. School Choir and Choral Society, Madrigal Society and Glee Club, in music sacred, serious or light-hearted, have all benefited for many years from his experience and ability. One less serious occasion, memorable now only 10 a few elderly members of the community, was his appearance in a masters' entertainment as Mr. Box in Sullivan's Box and Cox where his singing ability combined with a previously unsuspected acting talent. Although he has also given assistance to the Mathematics department, he was appointed to leach music and that has been his primary occupation. Countless boys, and more recently girls, have benefited from his patient guidance at the piano and whatever their ability have gained insight and enjoyment in their music. For several years he had a major share of A- and O-level Music, a nd there a re a number of successful professional musicians in the country who owe Ihat success in part to his scholarly teaching. An accomplished cellist, he was persuaded by Meredith Roberts on his arrival at King's to take up a double-bass a nd it was not long before his natural expertise sho wed here also. As with his singing, the reliability of his playing and Ihe continuity this provided to symphony or chamber orchestra over the years have been of immense value, and by his teaching he has also ensured a steady supply of pupils to reinforce Ihe doub le-bass section. If you play the string-bass what more natural than that yo u should play Ihe tuba in the military band also? Natural it may seem , but it still requires patience and hours of practice which Robert conscientiously gave to assist the band for many years . His own skill althe piano has been maintained by continual practice, not least to the benefit of the hundreds of pupils he has accompanied at concerts or Associated Board examinations. It is not surprising Ihat such a sensitive accompanist is often in demand outside the school, and he has been generous in giving his services to charity concerts. A successful symphon y concert conveys a fine sense of corporate music-making, while conversely a good solo performance can give both artist and audience a satisfying feeling of individ ual achievement. But the true enthusiast will tell you that no musical pleasure can measure up to that afforded by playing chamber music. Here perhaps Robert is most in his element, equally capable of playing piano, cello or double-bass to suit the demands of the music or the available players. He has a formidable knowledge of the repertoire, backed by a fine library of music and recordings, meticulously catalogued and always generously available for colleagues and pupils to use . He has been tireless in encouraging small groups in their performance at house concerts and informal occasions in the Synagogue, frequently spending hours writing out parts to su it an unusual combination of instruments. Many boys and girls will look back in later years with gratitude to Robert for having sown the seeds of a very special form of musical enjoyment. 197

Though not unique, it is rare for a master to spend his entire teaching career at King's in association with one house and remarkably Robert has served Walpole under no fewer than four housemasters and, 10 hIs fmal year, one housemlstress. All have learned to value his lOyal support, good sense and quiet humour, confident in the kno wledge that his tutor group would always have the right kind of attention, both academic a nd pasto ral. Anyone doing research in past Canluarians will soon lose count of the number of times that the initials R.P.S . appear beneath concert reviews, always fair and well-balanced, with criticism helpful and kindly meant and praise freely offered when deserved. What the same researcher may not realise is that RObert has also been responsible for organising all the other music reviews for many years so that school concerts, house music and all King's Week performances have been properly covered. In addition to playing the piano for Morning Assembly a nd Congregational Practice for over thi rty years Robert has also put in many hours of painstaking work on the different editions of the schooi hymnbook. Now after thirty-five years he leaves with the gratitude of generations o f pupils both for his own all-round musicia nship and the help and encouragement which he gave to them . The Common Room and Lardergate will seem strange without him but we hope that Abbot's Barton Walk will resound to happy music-making for many yea rs to come. D.S.G .

WILLIAM McCONNELL (K.S.C. 1979-91) Any school will fro m time to time have had members on its teaching staff who seem irreplaceable, and King's is no exception. It is difficult to imagine, though, anyone who has given more to King's in his own way than Bill McConnell, and who could leave more holes in a school's life. Bill came to King's in September 1979, together with the then newly-appointed Director of Music, Paul Neville, at the age of 48 a nd after a career with the Royal Marines Band. His time there - more tha n thirty years - was marked particularly by his being the first member of the Royal Marines Band to be awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (for outstanding service a nd dedication), a nd contained a highlight of a different sort when he was privileged to escort Miss Finland to her home after a trade fair. (This, I believe, is one of the few 'interests' he has not pursued further.) Of course, Bill was engaged by King's as a member of the Music department. He has taught violin, viola and saxophone to many pupils and some children of the teaching staff: he has not normally had 'high-fliers' under his wing, but has given time, patience a nd energy to all he has ta ught, discerning and nurturing talent, whatever it may be a nd however slight it may appea r, that others might have fo und more difficult to recognise. He has frequently been at work, teaching in the Old Synagogue, at 8 a.m ., and often stayed at school until late evening. He conducted the Band for a number of years, and, since taking over the Second Orchestra has made that ensemble his own, catering fo r the ' second division' musicians in the school a nd encouraging also a significant number of staff children over the years. Again, he has taken the opportunity to express his care and concern for these lesser lights of school music by encouraging them to attend Second Orchestra rehearsals, working towards concerts in an at mosphere largely free of the pressure needed to obtain the top-class results expected of groups such as the First Orchestra, whilst still coaxing from them committed and responsive playing when necessary. He has also been conscious of the unsatisfactory nature of much of the simpler writing for school orchestras, which leaves many instruments with little of real interest to play, and, not being one to allow a perceived need to go unsatisfied, has accordi ngly written both new music and arrangements which are far more 'democratic' and give all the instruments a chance to have their day. As far as performance is concerned, Bill has wa nted to give the Second Orchestra a regular platform, and he initiated the now regula r concerts at All Saints, Military Road as well as aiming for regular concerts at the school: in recent years the Second Orchestra have given the first concert of King's Week, and ha ve acquilted themselves extremely well. Besides these musical activities, he has always been willing to spend time with young pupils preparing for House concerts, and has been particularly helpful with those Houses which have been able to raise a small orchestra, giving them his encouragement and expertise, and coax ing very respectable performances from them . 198 ROBERT SCOTT (T.R. H.)

He has, too, been a loyal supporter of the Jazz Club, giving freely of his time to the saxophone section, and yet has been content to stay well out of the limelight when it comes to taking credit for the Jazz Club's successes. Through all this involvement, Bill has remained remarkably phlegmatic. He has often had to work in difficult circumstances, with inadequate rehearsal time (was it not ever thus?), and frequently with key members of his group missing through other commitments, and yet he has always had faith in the ability of his young charges to produce their best on the day. Such faith has been justified, since although there may have been the odd uncertainty in performance from time to time, he has never had cause to be less than pleased with the results. There is another side to Bill's musical expertise, too, which is his skill in repairing and restoring instruments. I have seen a stringed instrument completely transformed in tone by Bill as he has made fine adjustments and remedied hairline cracks, and have also seen the metamorphosis of something looking more like a thousand-piece jigsaw than an instrument as he has fitted it back together: it seems a miracle that anything in such condition could ever make a pleasant sound again, but such feats appear simple stuff to Bill. (It would be an interesting exercise to calculate the market value of the repairs Bill has done on school instruments!) Most people would rest content (if not exhausted) if they had achieved so much. For Bill, though, there is much more to life. He loves physical activity, particularly mountain walks, and for the last two years has been in charge of the Naval Section of the C.C.F . At two Easter Camps at Loch Ewe he has been the leading organiser of expeditions: a memory that will linger long and painfully with his victims is tnat of the longest and fastest mountain walk in living memory, which he led at the age of 60! He has organised night exercises, and developed all the activities of the R.N. section, including sailing and wind-surfing. He would, had commitments allowed, have played his part in sport at the school, too: indeed, for a short time, he turned our regularly to help with cross-country training with the younger boys. Unfortunately, this did not last too long (although I fancy members of the club were somewhat relieved - Bill's speed was not startling, but his stamina was amazing, and he had a gift for finding the longest route around Scotland Hills, leaving the boys struggling in his wake). Bill has always wished to playa full part in the life of the school, and it has been a regret of his that he has not, since he has not been on the 'academic' staff as such, been able to be a Tutor with his own tutor group in one of the Houses. To some staff, such disqualification would have the compensation of lessening the burden of work, but to Bill it has been a disappointment. However, he has been as involved as possible, being a particular help to, first, Martin Vye and then Janet Pickering in Walpole House by offering to sit in for evening duties and generally regarding himself as 'attached' to Walpole, and again by being particularly involved in Walpole House concerts. He organised a Charity Walk 'by Walpole pupils in order to raise money for a new village hall at Broad Oak, where he lives, which exemplifies another side of Bill - his zeal for being involved in a practical way rather than simply offering moral support. His Second Orchestra concerts too have often afforded him the opportunity of encouraging the audience to give to a worthy cause (which he would take the trouble to invite someone to speak about during the interval, before asking for donations), thereby giving them an added sense of purpose and achievement. Indeed, a Second Orchestra concert had been scheduled shortly after the tragic accident to Leon Katz (who had been a member of the orchestra), and Bill immediately arranged for a collection to be taken at that concert which yielded a magnificent sum a nd was a great source of support to Leon's family. As well as his active interest in his local community, Bill has been associated with the National Association for Gifted Children, running summer holiday Mountain Activity Courses in N. W. Scotland since 1982. lt will be very hard, if not impossible, to fill all the gaps which Bill's departure from King's will leave, but in some ways all the things he has done have been secondary. They have sprung inevitably from his character, which is one of supreme courteousness, consideration and kindness. He is a good friend to many, always willing to give sound advice and blessed (if that is the right word) with a somewhat zany sense of humour. Three recent events will remain with me: at a farewell dinner to Bill earlier this term, his insistence that George, one of the Works Staff who had particular oversight of the Shirley Hall, should be invited along with academic staff and musicians - a typical act of the kind which led Stewart Smith, on accepting thanks on behalf t99

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of the school's kitchen staff who had prepared and served the meal, to say in an obviously Ve genuine way 'We couldn't have done it for a nicer chap'; the Headmaster, after a short but sinc:{ tribute to Bill at the end of his last Second Orchestra Concert during this year's King's Week e leading the audience in three cheers for him - surely a rare event; and the sight of Bill at th; end of that same concert presenting to the Leader, instead of the customary bouquet, a cUddly toy which turned out to be a gorilla holding a banana - it is difficult to imagine anyone else trying to get awa~ with such a thin~, let alo!1e succeeding! Bill will have plenty of work and mterests to keep hIm fully occupIed 10 hIS reurement, and I wIll be one of many who will value his continuing friendship. AR . .A.R.

CLARE ANDERSON (K.S.C. 1990-91) Clare was born and brought up in the county of Fife. She studied at Glasgow University where successful research for her Ph.D. was preceded by the gaining of a first class honour; degree in Botany. She was awarded a S.E.R.C.-funded postdoctoral research assistant post in the Botany Department at Cambridge in 1987 and was appointed to a Research Fellowship at Girton College a year later. With this formidable academic record and long-standing interest in teaching (she was a practical demonstrator at Glasgow and a course supervisor at Girton) she applied for the vacant Biology post at King's, and we were delighted to appoint her to it. Apart from being a first-class academic, Clare came to King's with a reputation for being an excellent communicator and for having the qualities of tact and charm in abundance. Everyone who has met her will vouch for the accuracy of this assessment. She is a delightful companion - modest, considerate, warm-hearted, with a real sense of humour and a lovely smile. In the Biology Department, Clare fitted into the team very well and soon became popular with colleagues and boys and girls alike. Her academic excellence gained her respect from the older students and her university studies in philosophy and psychology may well have helped her to battle successfully through the baptism of fire afforded to all new teachers by the King's Removes! During the Easter holiday she assisted on the 6b Field Trip where her research experience proved an invaluable help to everyone. Clare has a particular enthusiasm for biotechnology and introduced this as an option for her A-level students. She also showed an amazing ability to outdrink even her head of department - in coffee of course! Dancing was and is Clare's great interest outside the classroom and she spent many hours of her teenage years learning tap, ballroom and just about everything else. She introduced tap dancing as an activity and organised the Scottish country dancing group which performed during King's Week. This gave great pleasure to - and demanded not a little effort from - the audience and was a very worthy addition to the Girls' Dance Presentation, directed by Judy Woodley. Clare was also involved with the make-up for South Pacific and did a fine job as committee member and bar steward for the Common Room barbecue. As a tutor Clare was attached to Galpin 's, where she quickly built up a rapport with her tutees . Perhaps I may be allowed to quote her Housemaster? 'In Galpin's, Clare quickly made her mark as an extremely popular tutor, courted by members of the House (and wasn't it sometimes also the Common Room?) in the study after prep. - more than ample repayment for the pens and paper she often had to borrow during it. Her tutor set flouri shed under her benevolent guidance and she will badly be missed.' Clare would be the first to admit that she is not a 'sports person', but nevertheless she spent many hours helping out with girls' swimming and organised the squash team in the winter months. Despite her great involvement within the school, or, perhaps more accurately , because of it and the consequent lack of time for outside activities and friendships, Clare decided that a move would be the best idea. The decision was not taken lightly, but a chance vacancy at the Leys School in Cambridge tilted the balance. She leaves us to teach Biology there, just a few hundred yards from her old department and, of course, to rejoin her many friends in the city. We are C.J .R.J. sorry she is going and we wish her every success and happiness in the future. 200 CLARE ANDERSON (T.R.H.)

ROBERT DOUGLAS-FAIRHURST (K.S.C. 1990-91) The first thing I can ever recall Robert saying was that he quite liked the idea of becoming 'a failed schoolmaster'. This was one of the few things he did not quite achieve in his short time here. King's was his second teaching post, having spent his post-A-level year bluffing an acquaintance with most subjects and stoking the boiler at a Waughesque prep. school. Despite an excellent degree founded on a judicious use of theory rather than a deep intimacy with Penguin Classics, he felt drawn back into schoolmastering. In the last year he has combined the waspishness of a don with the boyish enthusiasm of a Blue Peter presenter. This has seen him equally at home shredding a Shakespeare sonnet or cutting up old colour supplements with Shell d. He always took his duties and responsibilities as a tutor with time-consuming seriousness. 'Dougie Fresh', as he was known, was always in and out of Linacre, even buying text books for the needy in his tutor group. In the Summer term a luminous (and appropriately named) shell suit was purchased in order to patiently coach a Junior tennis side - his father had once represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup. Drama, in all its forms, was his main interest and we will all remember the attempts to recreate Spielberg special effects in the unpromising confines of St. Mary's Hall. Not a teaching career nipped in the bud but one which will, unfortunately, blossom elsewhere. We wish him well in his year catching up with some reading at Princeton. S.M.W.

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OBITUARY MATTHEW EYTON (K.S.C. 1980-85) The French Jesuit, Teilhard de Chardin, in a meditation, said this of our world: 'On certain days the world seems a terrifying thing: huge, blind and indifferent. It buffets us about, drags us along, and kills us with complete indifference. Heroically it may truly be said, man has contrived to create a more or less habitable zone of light and warmth in the midst of great, cold , black waters - a zone where people have eyes to see, hands to help and hearts to love . But how precarious that habitation is. At any moment the vast and horrible thing may break in through the cracks the thing we try hard to forget is always there, separated from us by a flimsy partition - fire, disease, storms, earthquakes, or the unleashing of dark moral forces - these callously sweep away in a moment what we had laboriously built up and beautified with all our intelligence and love.' Matthew's life generated a great deal of light and warmth. We remember today his wit. JU SI let me quote a few phrases from a diary he kept in his first days at King's: Tuesday, 16th August 1980: 'I woke up sadly because I couldn't get my damn collar on, and when I did it was upside down ... In the afternoon we did athletics . Job (a friend of mine) sprained his ankle. First entry in the Job injury file.' Wednesday: 'We played rugby. Job wasn't watching and was hit on the head by the ball and then rushed to hospital with concussion, "comic relief", (2nd entry in the Job injury file).' Thursday: 'Each day we, the whole school, go to prayers where we see the Headmaster from a distance; the Headmaster is like God, you only see him when you pray ... That morning in class Job sat on a chair that wasn't there and nearly knocked himself out again (3rd entry in Job injury file) ... I joined the C.C.F. (Canterbury Cadet Force) and I was captain of the winning team on the obstacle course. Needless to say Job got hit by a plank (4th entry).' Tuesday, 7th October: 'I went to Judo in the afternoon, feeling it would be less painful it wasn't, it was worse. On the way back a punk with green hair patted me on the head . This inspired me to keep judo up .' He was a brilliant mimic, an asset to any party. He was also very clever. Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok wrote that 'she would always cherish the memories of his slow, devastating critiques of received opinion and his reproachful, "Come on Mrs. Cohn", when I tried to point out that perhaps Aristotle or Aquinas were not complete idiots.' More than this, he was a loving, compassionate and caring person, as can be seen by his deep interest in God's creation, his love for his friends, and his delight in their company. Above all, I would like to stress his courage. Matthew had a devastating disease which doctors label with the name Compulsive Obsessive Neurosis. They regard it as a debilitating illness which can destroy all activity. Yet Matthew not only managed to delight his friends and add to life, but gained a good degree, and was accepted at Cambridge for research. This took courage and dedication and only his mother and he knew how much courage, endurance and effort wenl into these achievements. In the end, the disease was too much and courage alone insufficient. We grieve for him, we grieve for his family, particularly his mother. He was with us such a short time but there is an obvious sense in which the past does not vanish completely . It enters into and becomes part of us. Matthew's life has entered into our lives, our personalities, and all that he was and did is not lost. His last letter encouraged his mother to continue her work for animals. It is the Easter season in which we commend Matthew's soul to the risen Lord. Teilhard de Chardin ended the meditation I began with these words: 'The things in life which terrify us are the things that threw You Yourself into agony in the garden and the death on the cross.' 202'

The immense hazard of the world and immense blindness are only an illusion. All that made Malthew, his wit, his perception, courage and love, have infinite value. Because of our Lord' s resurrection we are not left as men without hope for all that time bears away. May the prayers of Our Lady and all the Saints of this place support Matthew as he sees our Lord in his glorious love . P ETER P ILKINGT ON.

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FOCUS THE LEON KATZ SPONSORED SWIM Leon's tragic rugby accident in November has left him in need of a great deal of equipment in order to make life easier in the years that lie ahead. These accessories, moreover, are very expensive - . his .mouth-operated wheelchair alone cost in. the region of £14,000 - and so, to help Leon and hIs famIly, the members of Tradescant decIded to hold a Sponsored Swim. The aim was to swim as many lengths of the new Recreation Centre pool as possible in a non-stop relay over twelve hours. Mr. Dix organised the distribution of sponsorship forms to not only all the parents of both Senior and Junior King's Schools, but also to many O.K.S., friends and all the rugby clubs and rugby-playing schools in Kent. The R.F.U. and Mr. White were very helpful in all of this. The Swim was a tremendous success. Everyone in the House swam with great determination regardless of ability, and the atmosphere was moving to say the least. Unfortunately Leon could not be present, but his parents were there for most of the day, and it was splendid to see Me. Katz joining the boys in the pool. Several members of staff and their families also contributed a good many lengths. The final total shattered our rather cautious estimate of 700 lengths: we achieved an amazing 1836 lengths, an average of 2V, lengths per minute. Sure enough, since the Swim the money has come pouring in. To date (at the end of June) we have raised just over £34,000, a magnificent testament to the generosity of those who have contributed. With a 'celebrity' rugby match already planned for 10th November at Rosslyn Park, with many international players appearing, we are confident that our Swim will spark off other fundraising events for Leon. We all miss him very much and wish him all the best as he prepares to leave Stoke Mandeville and join Lord Mayor Treloar College in September. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all who supported us over the Swim - you made it all worthwhile. CHR IS PEARCE AND BEN MAY.

BUILDING FUND CAMPAIGN The Headmaster announced on Speech Day that the Building Fund Campaign had nearly reached £1 .5m. The fact that we have come half-way in just a year is a very encouraging testimony to the magnificent support that we have received from parents, O.K.S . and friends of the school. The Campaign is now launching Phase II. Andrew MacDonald from Everald Compton International will be spending the Michaelmas term with us as Campaign Manager in order to set up the second round of new committees who will undertake to raise the next £1.5m, so taking us to our target of £3m by next Speech Day. The Recreation Centre is already completed; the Junior King's School Craft, Design and Technology Centre will be finished and in use by September 1991; and the Girls' Boarding House must be ready for use by September 1992. Naturally, we would also like to start work on the School House development as soon as possible, with particular emphasis on the need for the theatre. To achieve our goals we need the full support of all O.K.S ., past and present parents, not only in terms of the generosity already shown, but in practical terms. If you are willing to help in any way, please contact Pamela Dodd, Campaign Officer on (0227) 475558, or at 25, The Precincts, Canterbury CTI 2ES. The success of the Campaign depends solely on the support it receives from the friends of the school - and we are determined to succeed! 204

VISITS AND TRIPS 6A GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP SATURDAY, 6th APRIL -

FRIDAY, 12th APRIL

PRE-CAMBRIAN: The Pimlico Series saw an early start to the trip for six of us (thanks, Giles) which saw the next day in with some seriously revealing practical work on fluid flows. CAMBRIAN: King's Cross, 9 a.m. The gathering commenced of bodies (some more awake than others) and vast quantities of luggage from Richard and Wayne contrasted with Mr. Churcher's single rucksack (but never fear, he was wearing his green wellies). The presence of a plastic bag was complemented by a painfully obvious pair of flip-flops. Then followed the epic train journey in a carriage occupied by three school parties. Hunger gripped most, except for Mr. Churcher whose forward planning provided rather a large sausage (much to the amusement of the rest of the carriage). Next stop was Ardrossan Harbour where rough seas meant the 7 p.m. ferry didn't actually leave until 10.30 p.m. and, amazingly, the expected mal de mer failed to materialise. Introductions to the Lochranza Field Centre were narrowly beaten in popularity by supper and bed (at last). ORDOVICIAN: Arran weather can be very wet and very windy and our heavy-duty waterproofs proved a God-send all week. The Special Taste award goes to Keg for his oversized bright yellow oilskins on loan from a Channel Tunnel worker. Thus started the work with Stewart our tutor and his dog, Lewis, which drooled all week. The evening brought supper (where Wayne and Andy's true stomach capacities were established) and work, which soon extended to the small hours and the truly pathetic showers were investigated. SILURIAN: More rain and more wind followed more snoring from Keg and greater disturbances from the other schools. The long walks in the open countryside meant entertainment had to be created and numerous accidents around bogs escalated in severity throughout the week. DEVONIAN: And thus started John's stress attacks and Damian's continuous questions. It was also discovered that Andy's thermos held just enough hot water for three Pot Noodles, much appreciated 'in the field'. CARBONIFEROUS: Life continued Gust), although getting up was beginning to be a bit of a struggle. More porridge was fo llowed by more work, and more rain. The true benefit of waterproof notepads was definitely being appreciated and Anna (C) somehow managed to ' continue her Sloane Ranger tour of Scotland. PERMIAN: Things were getting tiresome, everything was damp and Rolled Gold was on its umpteenth hearing. The last straw had come; we were starting to dream about Geology! It must be noted that by this stage, Keg's beard was looking far more impressive than Mr. Churcher's and Giles finally found his way to the showers and discovered that his long-johns weren't actually part of his body. TRIASSIC: Fond farewells to the weather and the tutors. Last-night refreshments in the local aided by the natives grateful for our heroics (it's a long story) allowed Mr. Churcher to demonstrate some of his acquired R.A.F . skills. We awaited the return journey. JURASSIC: We were off, slowly. So followed the battle of the Ghetto Blasters. Casey Jones proved a lifesaver and five hours of cards proved boring (although the variations helped). Next stop, London and the dispersal. CRETACEOUS TO RECENT: The G.F.T. proved invaluable to all of us. Our thanks go to Mr. Churcher and the Lochranza Field Centre for (hopefully) enabling us to pass. We hope next year's lot have as much fun as we did and our thanks again go to Mr. Churcher for being such a good bloke. TRANSGRESSION AND REGRESSION.

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WEDNESDAY, 17th APRIL

Blessed with glorious sunny if somewhat windy weather, the Geography department and its entourage trundled down to Dorset's Isle of Purbeck to investigate 'the relationship between marine energy and the landforms of the Dorset coast'. By investigating various coastlines and by the persistent efforts of the Geography staff imparting their considerable knowledge until well into the night an understanding of the nature of coasts was quickly developed. The sand dunes of Studland Bay provided a valuable insight into the role of vegetation and also provided wet feet for some whilst others avoided the dangers of flying quadrants and some were quite content to analyse the specimens in the nudist area (the shock dazzled them so much they forgot their shades!) . No nudist area but good swimming facilities for Quentin were provided in the remarkable geology of Lulworth Cove where the four major rock types of the area (Chalk Wealden Clays, Portland and Purbeck limestone) were all seen in one cove which is sure to provid~ the cornerstone for A-level essays and also provided us with wonderful refreshments. The delicate environment of the saltmarshes in Poole Harbour was explained to us by Ken who bravely fought against the mimicking Dooooorrrrrset accents. Swanage provided us with ice-cream and stormy weather conditions which prohibited Wellington from getting wet (again!). By the last day fiftynine somewhat tired and seedy-looking students measured and discussed Chesil beach and before heading for school we were subjected to a long Charmouth to Seatown walk which tested even those who had so keenly completed the first two days. Accommodation was cramped but essentially comfortable although the washing facilities were woefully too small and subject to flooding. Entertainment was provided at the expense of others and there were frequent excursions to the woods to investigate the full effect of vegetation _ foreign and nature. There were, however, fears that the Iron Age hut would go up in smoke as people reverted to primitive heating techniques ... Much was learnt and much fun was had and heartfelt thanks are extended to the Geography staff for putting up with us (especially the efficient, potato-looking R.I.R. whose good organization enabled the course to be so successful) . In conclusion, good fun, pity about the work! PETER SPEICHER.

EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT AT ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE SATURDAY, 20th APRIL -

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Like the Conservative Party, the King's School has been sharpening its debating skills by tackling the great issues of Europe. But unlike (apparently) the Conservative Party, the school spoke with one voice, articulating concern, advocating reform, and pulling no punches in lively debate upon topics ranging from European defence policy to education and public health . It was a busy weekend. Members of the parliament debated strategy in the recesses, and in the chamber fought hard to secure the success of their resolutions, in the face of often strong attack from the opposition. The occasion was the European Youth Parliament, the first ever British preliminary round, held in April at the Royal Holloway College. King's sent a team of thirteen 6b Ec.Pol. pupils, who had had just a few weeks of busy preparation, learning the structure of the European Parliament, parliamentary procedure, and mugging up on the main political issues currently being debated at the European parliament level. In a pressure-cooker weekend, and crammed in tight along the parliamentary benches, the King's team put in a sterling performance. The school's resolution was carried, urging the creation of a Europe-wide umbrella group to tackle the issues arising from the deleterious effect on public health of tobacco and alcohol. Its success was due in no small part to the sterling defence of 206

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the resolution by Sassa Amaouche and Marie Clark, following its introduction by Charlotte West. Lively debators also included Louise Jones, Mark Fell and Fiona Mackenzie, while Ed Peters scored several strong points, marshalling the team from the end of the parliamentary bench. The team did not win the sought-after accolade of being selected to represent Britain at the full youth parliament meeting in Barcelona, but the consensus was that our novice debaters were successful in holding their own with the other eleven schools present. There was much that was challenging, and stimulating, however. At the outset, 'ice-breaking' exercises, mastering the layout of this grandiose college and a packed auditorium standing to attention for the European anthem, Beethoven's Hymn to Joy. There was the challenge of debate in both English and French, and, at the close, a fascinating address on 'What is Europe?' from Professor Bardinet of the University of Paris. It was a tired, but satisfied indeed, party of European politicians which returned to Canterbury. European Parliamentary team: Sass a Amaouche, John Chia, Marie Clark, Mark Fell, Louise Jones, Fiona Mackenzie, Alex Martin , Ed Peters, Michael Rigden, Charles Rob inson, Caroline Shenton, Jan Stomberg, Charlotte West. M.R.J.B.

JOURNALISM ACTIVITY GROUP VISIT TO THE BBC AND THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER MONDAY, 24th JUNE It may sound a little peculiar to describe the Houses of Parliament as the Palace of Westminster, but you can see why it is so called if you are able to tour its interior. The splendid collection of paintings, the gold, the marble, the amazing traditions, and not least the many statutes (which offer a little extra to those who are studying nineteenth-century British history) must be seen to be believed. After security checks which left little to the imagination we were admitted to the Strangers' Gallery and to the Press Gallery of the House of Commons. The latter was a better bet for the activity group members, as notes were permitted to be taken there. The debate was lively, with the highlight being a special statement by the Secretary of State for Social Security, Mr. William Waldegra ve. Adding a little extra zest to the visit was the special tour arranged by Mr. J ohn Foster, O.K.S. and B.B .C. Chief Parliamentary correspondent. He showed us around the studios and the parliamentary news reporters' operation. For a nasty moment there were fears that Leila Lak's brief sink into the presenter's chair in the Westminster Live studio might someho w find its way out onto the network. Our thanks to Mr. Foster, and to Mr. Burton fo r arranging such an illuminati ng visit. VtOLA HOME.

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MUSIC TOMMY THE MARLOWE AND MITCHINSON'S HOUSE MUSICAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 27th AND 28th APRIL, IN ST. MARY'S HALL In 1968, the year of student revolutions round the world, I grew out of short trousers and the Tommy album was released by the mod group The Who. It was an ambitious, highly-pr~ised but arguably flawed masterpiece, and it catapulted The Who (p reviously the Detours, then th~ H igh Numbers) to legendary status and riches . Tommy makes an imaginative and daring choice as a House musical, not least because of the aggression of the mods and their music and The Who's ritualistic guitar-smas hing reputation, acquired by chance when Peter Townshend stuck his guitar through the false ceiling at the Ealing Clu b one night and discovered audiences liked such a ntics. But that is not the half of it, for Marlowe and Mitchinson's presented Dr. Maltby's own delightful reworking of the Tommy story, brilliantly combining sixties nostalgia with nineties topicality a nd universal food for thought and action. T hey gave us an evening that was inventive and creative in so many ways, paricularly the swift scene and mood changes of Dr. Maltby's script, Elisa Hudson's eye-catching set and body-shaking choreography, and Morgan Clarke's 'Townshend-transcended' orchestration and balanced accompaniment, which always resisted the temptation to drown the words. In Dr. Maltby's skilful hands, Tommy, the outcry of an angry, inarticulate generation, became a musical with poignant and sensitively articulated meanings. In the deaf, dumb and blinq Tommy we saw the representative of all who suffer, and the range of responses to him grew into images of those we live through daily in our lives . We were led to agree that 'We've got to start where Tommy is. We've got to be there with him ... Be happy with him . . .', yet this production also gave full weight to our selfish ness, the power of Mammon , and the planned obsolescence of modern consumerism: 'Tommy is big business ... New Tommy concepts .. .Tommy junk.' I particularly admired the thought given in this production to dramatic impact, as it shifted from social satire through menace to an assertion of decency and individuality. There was much entertainment in the extraordinary holiday camp exercises performed to gloriously silly music, the deftly-staged crowd scenes, the 'Who dares to wear the most outrageously slashed housemaster-defying jeans competition' featuring ' Wroom! Wroom!' bikers, the 'applause' card, the startling dancing of the Madonna Dance Team, and - most inventive of a ll - the Question Time session. Delightful cameos abounded, and I particularl y enjoyed Peter Speicher's Canon Fodder, O liver Nash's Peter Gimmick M.P. , Ab igail Bissil's Green Party Spokesperson of the month, Sarah Parkside, and holiday camp hostess, Barry Cameron's Dann y (a part written in for this production), Lawrence Epps' exploitative Uncle Frank, who looked too much at ease when surrounded by scantily-clad girls and got his comeuppance at the end ('We're not gonna take it') and Edward Peters' self-congratulatory art collector ('Miracles through Madonna. I say , that's rather good .'). Comic lines were plentiful, and the audience much enjoyed the T .V. pundits being froze n at the turn of the T.V . switch with the comment 'They're all as bad as each other.' T he menace was powerfully handled, especially in Marie Clark 's Acid Queen scene - enough to put you off injectio ns for life! - whilst there was much pathos in Tommy lying on the pinball machine deaf to all around him , and in his sobering, emotion-pulling 'See me, Feel me, Touch me, Heal me'. I longed for more of th is, and characteristically this production provided it at just the right moment in an effective duet with Fiona Mackenzie as it reached its close. Fiona a lways played sensitively, a nd I am sure tha t this will not be the last we see or hear of G raeme Parkin's considerable stage presence a nd musical sense: I particularly liked his imaginative use of the raised seating, but he was always a poignant foc us of the musical's serious

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The production was meticulous in its attention to detail: the impact of the mimed death scene of Ft. Lt. David Walker was just one example of the power such thoughtful direction and acting can create, but I also especially enjoyed the staging and punchiness of 'Extra! Extra!', 'It Rains Champagne' (a starthng contrast with the previous scene), and the tight timing and use of pauses which allowed us to hnger at the end of scenes . Such a high standard does not come without long hours of rehearsal, but jw;t watching the happy faces of the cast in 'Pinba ll Wizard' showed that they too thought that the Easter holidays had been well spent. It is not easy to both entertain and genuinely move an audience in a House play, and to have done so with such an adventurous and creative production is a fine tribute to the talents of Marlowe and Mitc hinson's . P .J.B.

INFORMAL CONCERT MONDAY, 29th APR IL, IN ST. AUGUSTINE'S UPPER CHAPEL Clerambault Sebastian Dawson-Bowling Corrette Oliver Nash 1. S. Bach Jeremy Bines J . S. Bach Jasper Beauprez Tomkins Tom Dyson Boellmann Matthew Belliere Mathias Christian Bottomley

Dialogue sur les Grands J eux (Suite du Premier Ton) Basse de Trompette Partita '0 Gott, du frommer Gott' Partitas II, lll, IV Chorale Prelude 'Wo soli ich f1iehen hin .' Chorale Prelude 'Herr Gott, nun schleuB den Himmel auf. ' A Verse P riere de Notre Dame (Suite Gothique) Processional

HANDEL'S MESSIAH SATURDAY, 4th MAY, IN THE CATHEDRAL Sixty years ago o n 27th March, 1931 the King's School C horal Society (newly formed by Mr. Gordon Morris, who had just arrived from Uppingham as master in charge of music), gave its first concert m the Cathedral QUire - a modest selection from Handel's Messiah performed by a handful of masters and boys with a scratch orchestra of strings from local Canterbury players, ably supported by the Cathedral's deputy organist Mr. W. T. Harvey - a host in himself. As one of the surviving iJarticipants in this concert, the writer o f this appreciation was (not for the first tIme) filled With wonder and delight at the incredible change in approach to music in every kind of educational establishment - schools, colleges, universities alike - a ll over the land and no t least in public schools where once upon a time the making of music as opposed to the playing of games was little regarded . Much hard work over many yea rs by devoted musicians such as Edred Wright Barry Rose and Pau l Neville have given Stephen Pinnock a great heritage in both the choral a~d orchestral departments of music at King's and he took fu ll adva ntage of this solid foundation of musical achievement in this year's concert. The massed voices of the King's School Choral Society rem forced by the choirs of Benenden School and the choirs of both the Langton Schools (whose 209

Directors of Music had clearly. worked hard <;>n their choirs for the occasion) produced a Splendid effect in the choruses for which this work IS so justly famous. Mr. PInnock had managed 10 inspire his massed voices with plenty of enthusiasm and their enjoyment in the experience came over clearly and reached a climax at the end when the grand finale ' Worthy is the Lamb' and its coda 'Amen' sung with great zest and with plenty of support from the drums and trumpets of the orchestra was followed .by ~ standing ovation for. the conductor -: resoundhlg cheers as well as the more usual clappIng In which the audience JOIned - a rare tnbute but Indicative of the extraordinary effect of the work he directed so inspiringly. As usual the orchestra led by the redoubtable Clarence Myerscough played wonderfully well As in all Handel's operas and oratorios, the strings carry the burden of accompaniment with important support from the harpsichord played by Michael Harris and the chamber organ played by David Sheath. Four excellent soloists gave a very satisfying account of the many glorious solos in this work One of the highlights of the evening was the singing of the great bass aria 'The Trumpet shali sound' by Mark Wildman , an outstanding soloist, with the famous trumpet obbligato played by Malcolm Gosden with great panache. Those who remember last year's performance by Katharine Lewis (contralto) and Clifford Lister (tenor), O.K.S. of a beautiful duet in Bach's Church Cantata No. 80 would not have been surprised to find these two soloists singing again this year. But the Messiah is not rich in duets, and one was glad to hear them excelling in the solos that Handel wrote for their voices. Mrs. Lewis sang '0 thou that tellest' - one of the best of all the composer's arias for this voice. Her smooth runs and occasional high 0 were in nice contrast to the pathos and dignity of her rendering of 'He was despised'. The tenor voice is wonderfully well catered for in this oratorio and Mr. Lister set the tone with his opening 'Comfort ye' and the several Passiontide recitatives of the second part of the evening, rounding it off with a vigorous 'Thou shalt break them in pieces', sung with appropriate dramatic energy. A newcomer to the team this year was Nicola-Jane Kemp, an operatic soprano on the eve of a first appearance at Covent Garden. Apart from the angelic recitatives in the Christmas section of the work her big numbers were the exuberant 'Rejoice greatly' which gave her a chance to show off the flexibility of her voice in the runs which are a demanding feature of this number. As the work drew to its close among the choral splendours of 'Hallelujah' and the concluding numbers the justly famous soprano solo 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' gave her an opportunity to display a more relaxed and measured side of her voice and she sang well in this aria, her brilliant tone being in sharp contrast to the soft quality of the 'cathedral choirboy' versions of this aria so often rendered at funerals and memorial services. It was altogether a most rewarding and exciting evening for performers and audience alike. One could only envy any of those present who were hearing this work for the first time. For them (as for me some sixty years ago) this must surely be an unforgettable experience. D.I.H.

INFORMAL CONCERT MONDAY, 13th MAY , IN THE OLD SYNAGOGUE

With no bass player, in a cramped hall with too small an audience, the first reaction of the Jazz Tacticians (Tom Dyson, Barnaby Stevenson, Elanor Dymott, Hugo Stevenson, Chrts Creissen), picking up a few instruments from the many scattered around was So What. Coping more than adequately with 'bass boost' from the piano to make up for Chris 's absence on bass guitar, this Miles Davis number sounded as well with the soprano saxophone and flute playing in thirds as does the original trumpet part. With a lively solo from Barnaby and intriguing fluttertonguing techniques from Elanor, this made a joyous start to the programme. 210

The first of the original compositions was Gorilla's Knot, no monke.y mucus here ho,":,ever, t an inspired and spmted theme. Hugo was very competent on the nms at the begInnIng ~~vas a shame no opportunity was give~ for a drum solo later. The twis!ing melodies and rhythms I fused the mind ; the jumpy ahd confident solos from all three SOIOlStS knew few hmltatlOns; ~ut Barney may have found his tenor sax a little too oppressive for the small and resonant Synagogue. The next two contrasting numbers, in title at least, 500 Miles High by Chick Corea and submarine by Tom, demonstrated Elanor's diversity of talents in which she sang and played the cello in turn. The Chick Corea number had a Round Midnight feel to it; Hugo produced mysterious gonglike sounds from the cymbals and Elanor did some quick switches from singing to her flute for improvised passages. Submarine showed up Tom's talent as jazz composer as well as plano player extraordinaire. If the mellow cello was a little shaky in places this was amply made.up for by Barney's soprano sax playing, in which he produced a very feathery and almost flute-hke sound, remarkable from an instrument that is notoriously shrieky. The finale , My Favourite Things, was definitely my favourite thing; this famous item was by Oscar Hammerstein II, as helpfully int~oduced by Hugo. Barnaby and Elanor played thetr best solos here, whilst Tom surpassed himself on the plano. The solos were ImagInative, atmospheric and intriguing, and showed no respect for tradition. As Tom played, half the mUSIc still came from Barney's face, smiling with the enjoyment of hearing not a variation on a theme, but an original extempore composition. This, 1 think, is the essence of their playing; the search for imaginative ideas may leave a few corners roughly cut, but these will soon be rounded by time and experience. Hoping for many more enjoyable performances before Tom's departure, I await with great aspirations for more from those skilled in the tactics of jazz. RICHARD GIPPS.

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, VHouse ~otes For those of you still struggling with our peculiar brand of humour - quips and japeries, devastating charm, a tantalising tendency towards the obscure (while always distancing ourselves from the adolescent tittering too frequently employed by others ... ) - we offer you this final opportunity to plunge naked into the fast-flowing streams of School House life. Admittedly your task has been further complicated by the all too overenthusiastic slashes of the Editor's red pen. Sadly, we still bear the scars of his butchering, so do not be surprised if we suddenly burst into capital LetTERS, or are mysteriously cut short in mid. 'Wimbledon .. !', 'King's Week .. 1', 'End of exams .. I' While for some, such cries of seasonal frivolity inspire the application of horsehair to steel string (Maestro Sampson's Lark Ascending was a zenith of outrageous talent); willow to leather (Craig, Matt and Rob were in the 1st XI); or wineglass to walnut (Dr. 'B.B.B.V.I.W.F.' + succulent curtains), for the vast majority of our industrious brethren, the advent of summer signalled that annual migration to the visual feasting grounds of the television room. Jim graduated with First Class Honours from the school of crippling cynicism and withering sarcasm, cum laude, but was reduced to a state of dire self-pity by two weeks of heartless abandonment by his lady love. Further stomach churning and cum laude in the rough stuff was evident in the fifth-form contingent who ploughed determinedly into a sad sack of 'significant' and 'surreal' relationships. Ooops! Give them ten years and they'll see the funny side too. You have to hand it to them, though. Half a term of fruitcakery without the inspiration of Ezekiel - purple head-banded, bare-footed, 'I'm going to play with the gypsies,' Galpinian mystic was a serious 'downer' for his flock. On a more serious note, we fear some of you may be overawed by the tremendous sense of individuality supposedly exuded by this community. Without wishing to shatter your preconceptions (well-founded though they may be) and with all due modesty, we would like 10 point out that we are all the same : timid, spineless and wretched - the feeblest of God's creatures - so please leave us to gibber in peace. From this bastion of mediocrity shines the pale glow of eccentricity, however. Take, for example, the extravagant inside leg measurement of our very own ShaFIK Saba and his companion in the neon glow, BarnaBIK Stenvensa (,Moi, moi, moil') and contain your mirth (if you can) at the philosophical posturing of Guy and Pel (Don't care, 'e's my best mate! ') Perhaps his reborn relationship with the young Tante foundered on the rocks of his ignorance: ('What does promiscuous mean?' - unfortunate; 'What was Chernobyl?' - unforgivable.) And as we arrive at the middle of these notes, we feel we had better thank all those whose very existence has made our lives the more glossy. Chief recipient of our gushing appreciation must be Court jester 'the Rover' whose inexhaustible merriment and banality has dragged us through the darkest hours. Forgetting not the good Cardinal Chuffnal who has kept us on our toes, with our backs to the wall. Really, bandido? A firm and heartfelt pat on the back for N. 'I 've treated you like a son; you've kicked me in the teeth' the P. as he is enticed away by the fresh-faced enthusiasm of Broughton, and a fraternal chuck on the old shoulder for Dr. D. as we finally sever the umbilical cord of education. (Keep churning out the dining room tables, Patrick.)

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(Christopher Ziegler)

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As the curtain fa lls on another era, the walls seem to be tumbling as well, as The Grange takes on a new and questionably improved look . .. showering will not be the same much to Piers Chapman's disgust. ' We s~em to have had a theme term this s umme~; the first half beIng domInated by the C.D .T . zom bIes whIlst in the second half all the activity moved to the corridors with extensive painting going on ... and banging - how could [ forget that? A big thank you to all the painters without whom Our door~ would have remained the same colour day after day. With all this creativity going on it's not a surprise that 6a did not get up to much; a cocktail of conversation, the Bee Gees (on the radio placed tactically at my door, and next to Kery's if he had a door at all !. .. ) banging and a little bit of a cement mixer for a fu ller flavour. With all this going on, it's not a surprise that most of the house were driven out. The Cricketing Fraternity found its base in our midst; Simon captaining the Ists, Ben and Os being the captain 'n' vice captain in the 2nds. Kola scored (but only in England) a century for the 1st team, Chris Pattman also performed for them, and big Al Mumford earned his 2nd colours with a string of stylish batting displays . T he house cricket was cancelled, but with such a talent on the show I'm sure we would have won (probably) . In the swimming pool Wayne captained with great dexterity and led the school in winning some cup for being the most improved public school in the country (see the swimming reports for a more detailed analysis); Bill and Jules both got some sort of colours for their impressive strokes. We won the Water Polo cup for the ninth time in twelve years by beating all the houses that played us with Ollie starring between the posts. We did not have such superiority on the athletics track, but this did not stop the seniors storming home first in the shuttle relays, the juniors coming second but we were let down badly in the middle; oh well, they are a nice bunch of guys, especially Ed Jennings. The action doesn:t stop there ... numerous members of the house have performed musically, in fact too numerous to mention, but certain obvious ones did inexplicably well . WE do not seem to be great stage artists (a moqest bunch who don't show off is the excuse), but Big Al did it again, stage-managing The Pied P iper with the help of Nic R. and Chrissie C. (Our actors in The Suicide numbered two (Myles and Piers), but [ heard (l am afraid I missed them) they were amazing and held the play together beautifully.) On the something to do on the A'levels fro nt: Ben went to the [sle of Man motorcycle race; for all his trying, Wayne apparently 'didn' t care' if nothing happened (really), and anyway he had no A-level work to get away from; Os, Simon and Myles carried on aimlessly; as far as Ollie is concerned a little riddle: while the cat's away the mice will play ! ... Des played in the school's first Bridge match (an unbeaten season); they played As hford girls and 'wipped 'em' in the great Chum 's words. [ apologise to anyone who has done something that [ forgot to mention, and [ hope that everyone enjoys the forthcoming influx from Luxmore. T hank you to all the cleaning ladies, linen room ladies, painters, builders, telephone engineers, matron, my parents, the Nolan sisters, the England cricket team (especially your hero and mine, Derek Pringle) and last but not least, Os's rubber duck. Finally our thoughts turn to Mr. Woodley . He has run the House admirably for twelve years, gaining respect throughout the school , but more importantly full support over the years from his House. [ hope that he has enjoyed his time and will continue to enjoy the school from his new home in Bridge. The best of luck to him and his family in the future . THE OLD GRANGE. 2 14

TWELVE YEARS ON (Paul Dixon)

It' s raining again and the long hot Summer term is drawing to a close. Well, it wasn't hot, but it was long, and gosh, did we do a lot! Walpole is great at sport. Need we say more? Apparently so ... well, we won the shuttle relays; we came first on Sports Day; unfortunately we didn't win the rowing but Anna's School Captainship of the latter put the females on the scene with the first ever girls' eight (highly successful, naturally). Modesty permitting, we can boast that Walpudlians dominated the junior girls teams: selected Removes and Shells displayed their ball skills to considerable effect in the UI5 tennis, while the swimming team remained Queen of the Waves leaving the rest to sink on the day of the swimming sports. Kirstin 'practically perfect' Gaymer and Millie Stewart bounced into the county athletics team and the former starred once more in Area Hockey Trials, ably accompanied by Miss G. Salmon who has herself also won a major trophy as a member of the fencing team. Meanwhile, most of the 6as up at the top of the greasy 'Pole vegetablized. Sorry - the 6as concentrated on their A-levels, trying to ignore the shrill demented choirs of wailing Shells around them. (Buckets of prizes all round. The new intellectual face of Walpole will evidently continue long into the future.) However, central though work is to the happiness of every young Walpole nymphette, we were loth to confine our talents to such a polarized existence, and effervesced exuberantly on the music and drama scenes inspired by the angelic faces of Millie and Hatty in the King's Week programme. Our theatrical and operatic skills were self evident in Pied Piper, Silicide and Dido and Aeneas, while Kate, Cassie and Nicky fiddled and warbled merrily left, right and centre, and Ruth got down there with the dancers. On the social front (yes - it' s that unutterably subtle insinuation time again); the 6as finally got their act together, and once the A-levels were past, ventured into more amorous 'fields'. Cassie had a nice Flynng, while Becca continued the oh so predictable 'Pole Broughton' ties, and Drew the conclusion that Ruthless is best. The Old Bill's presence was still felt in Walpole, as someone Nicked the Brandy (both vintages). Gnome got fenced in by a Hawk. Raquel blushed, giggled and smashed things. Tamsin flinched despite Henry's driving skills, Blaine burnt at the stake to Protest her Piety, Fii kept her rings on and Alice fell in the Sam pit. Helen and Max kept it up, and India was briefly beamed up to the Grange. . Our party at the start of term for last year's Walpudlians, now spread throughout the School, was a great evening and brought back fond memories . Walpole is now, however, firmly established and looks to the future to build on the firm foundations laid this year. We are enormously grateful to all who have helped lay those foundations - firstly the tutors for their endless support. We are sad to say good by to Messrs. Scott and McConnell, after their long connection with the House and wish Mrs. Tennick lots of luck as she takes her brood of chickens off to establish Luxmoore as the second girls' House. Also, many many thanks to tireless Mrs. Behrens and to our cherished cleaners (a special love-message from the top corridor to Sue and Eileen). Lastly, of course, we thank our incredibly dedicated Mrs . 'wonder woman' Pickering for everything she has done. Nicky and Cassie take a bow to much applause and hand over to our Roo. Good luck, and just remember that Optimism begins in a broad grin. THE MONITORS.

WALPOLE

2 15

(Elisa Hudson)

MEISTER OMERS

Can it really be true? Yes! miraculous as it may seem M 0 have definitely made a name for themselves on the sPorti n ' front, coming joint first with Broughton in the League Tenn'& S and winning the House Shooting. We also came 5th on Spor: Day (come on, it's respectable!), our Seniors came 4th in th: Swimming and we managed to make the semifinals of the waterpolo (okay, maybe we did get a bye to the quarter-finals') Charlie 'codfish' Heise won the Junior Single Skulls, Ja~i; Rayner made the Ist Xl Cricket team and received I st team colours while Big-J ohn, Oli and Damian all received I st colours for athlet.cs, fencing a!,d can~eIng respectIvely. Damian has also receIved a hfe-savIng certlftcate, but no-one to give the kiss of life to. (Meanwhile Hans, Ali Hine and Racool escaped being awarded colours, yet all claim to have run the 100m in world record times.) But our list of achievements has by no means ended, as M.O. was well represented during King's Week, Ali Hine doing everything imaginable with a clarinet and Alex Drisky performing melodlcal miracles with a bunch of black and wh ,te keys . The Second Orchestra was not without us, with Matt Hillier on solo trumpet and Ricky Hume and his rock band playing during the interval. King's Week drama became another victim of M.O.'s evergrowing entertainment industry, with the Parrish brothers and Raf starring in Pied Piper and Matt managing to scrounge a two line part in The Suicide. Then there's the Fashion Show which would never have been the same if it wasn't for the presence of Racool. Academically the house has also been successful , with (inter alia) Moose winning the Evans English Prize, and Alex Driskill-Smith winning every prize that was on offer to him (Physics, ChemIStry and Double Maths!!!) Socially Ali Hine has been able to add such valued names as Jane Dyson and Kate de Lotbiniere to his list. Charlie Doust has been doing very well with the Broad Street 6b, whereas Jim is having trouble getting a Walpole Shell! (Though things are looking up for him with a certain 6b, the name of whom we shan't tell.) Two of our Shells and a Remove tried for the heart of Drisky's only competition - Satoko Yamaha but after having been dumped by Oddjob she's chasing a Mr. Ellison (who has been feeling rather lonely recently). Meanwhile, John Chia and Hans battle it out for the prize of Caroline Shenton, who is probably not even aware of their existence - you've got a really good chance there, boys! And Josh has found potency in a purple gown . On the subject of biological problems , Matt the Lightweight discovered an irritating bodily fact on one of the field trips, while Oli and Emma expanded their knowledge. And now for all the stuff that didn't fit in anywhere else. Pete got bored feeding the birds, so he threw bread at the tourists instead. Jon Press lives in Crawley and shops at Burton's. Tom 'the bowl' Bucher says there's nothing wrong with having a conventional haircut and Ra-notÂˇ soÂˇcool did a marvellous impression of a castrated hawk whilst attempting to swim butterfly for the House. There are few things left to say now, except to hope that someone will come up with a cure for Nintendo Gameboy and Atari Lynx addiction (which has swept the house like fire), to congratulate our newly-made monitors (Josh, Jim, Oli and Ali) and to say goodbye to our 6a and also to Mr. P innock who will move to Galpin's at the start of next term - thank you Mr. P. for everything you have done for the House over the past two years. Finally, many thanks to the clean ing ladies but most of all to matron, and to Mr. Miles: we must drive you barking mad. SUPER MARIO BROS.

216

The end of the innocence - well, in most cases - but there are those who are still entering the beginning. To start us off, we had the amazing Tommy and, combined with Mitchinson's, it proved to be a great success, even though Fiona got food poisoning, not fatally though, just before the first performance. We had three members in the 1st VIII and Nige 'Stumpy' Prince got selected for some G.B. Rowing thing and Tom nearly did. We also had three members of the 2nd Vlll and many other people in the other crews but when it came to the House Regatta - well never mind, but it was badly rigged (!). Cricket has been supported well in the Lower School in Marlowe and a couple of people in the Fifths, but we also did very well in Sports Day, with multi-talented 'Stumpy' winning the Inter 1500m and Will 'I'm cool' Davies winning the Victor Ludorum. The family spirit of Marlowe has driven most of us very close, especially in 6b. We found out that Zoe had 'Aids' of a kind and Nige wanted his meat to tU,m to ?rissil. Andy Kirk seemed to be attracted to Big Macs and someone told us that Seb 'Henry sCat Daw.son-Bowhng wanted to become a Baker boy but we are not sure, and Toni managed to be domestIcated In the kItchen. But still within the sisterhood of Marlowe, both Barry and Ben became Ruth-less. Anyway, the term is winding up for King's Week and a lot C?f the House are involved. Everything is quiet on the Marlowe Front and 6a espectally are looking forward to the hols (and some of us have had them for the past two years!). To end, we must not forget all those who run the House and keep us and it in order. Trevor, our multiÂˇtalented man of all trades, the tutors and last, but by no means least, Mr. Retd and Mrs. Reid, who certainly have controlled the house even with the removal of House Lunch.

MARLOWE

JONNY.

217

LUX MOORE

For the last time these house notes will be brought to you b persons of the 'better' sex. Usual sporting success must firs~ be noted. Cricket skills were wickedly demonstrated by Steve 'Terry' Davies in the Ists, and the 2nds were aided by the masterful ball control of Richard and Mahesh. Kings' athletic abilities were boosted by Fred and Toyin (when not injured .. ) and Nick Workman enjoyed hitting fluffy yellow thing; around large oblongs. For yet another term, Andy rowed and Chris Bridged. Although seriously depleted in numbers, the shuttle relays yielded some success (Seniors 1st in 100m). Not as much success was recorded on Sports Day, however (you'll never guess who was injured) and swimming sports was unfortunately a letdown despite good swimming from the Juniors and Inters as 6b fai led to materialize. Not much of this year's King's Week could have happened without the talent of Jules and Jasper who were (as usual) outstanding. Your vocal chords have of recent been entertained by Jasper's hymn. We think you'll agree it's a step up from bass lines on Kylie numbers. Public exams were largely ignored this year (we in Luxmoore believe a world without stress is a much better one) and much of the term has been spent sleeping, especially by Ben 'what's assembly?' Wyatt. On the subject of assembly, Luvmoore's social life has had its usual ups and downs. Hannah has now firmly established her roots in the house, and the tree-like atmosphere was enhanced by the presence of Robin (well, Richard really) Hood and his loyal (although Soon removed) Maid Marion. A pleasant lake was added to the scenario thanks to Stan, Toyin was Interflora's representative and Ben Ousey held his own production of Babes in the Cherry Wood. Meanwhile, Nick's tennis was improved by working on his lob technique and Andy was simply left trailing (courtesy of Un-original Puns Ltd.). So we come to the end of Luxmoore's glorious forty-six years. Our sincerest thanks go to Mr. Aldridge and family, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Booton, the tutors and all the cleaning ladies, who in total have again managed to keep the house together. A special mention must go to Dot who is leaving us after thirty years of faithfu l service and we thank her and wish her a happy retirement. Finally, as in wartime, the lights are going out all over Europe ... click. THE SEAT PROTECTION SOC.

218 (Julian WO<. .. ward)

King's Week, the sun-soaked centre of culture (somethin missing?) again saw Galpin's under the spotlight. Mark DOben (now Hon. MS), Chris Jepp (MS), and Jonnie White (MS) yet again proved their wide musical talents, Chris succeeding where others had failed - well, it looked like it anyway. Angus again dug out his P .V.C. trousers and searched for the centre stage Quote: 'The thing about acting is that you need style, look; and charisma.' Ian was in the audience. Congratulations also to Jon Aleock, Jeremy Crane, William Davies, Matt Edwards Mark Harris, Tom Jackson, Jules Kingsland, Hamish Lemmens, Ben Shankland, Eliot Shrimpton, and Ross Wingfield on contributing to the entertainment. Staggering though it may seem,Galpin's, despite the flurry of 'artisans', has not given an Inch on the sports field. Jules Kingsland has been elected Captain of swimming, and has proved much more successful in the water than on the bank. Jim Aitchison, after a few teething troubles, squeezed out talent previously unknown to some to gain second place in the House tennis league. James Grindley played for the Ists throughout the season, Matt Edwards captained the V 14As and Ben Alexander the VI4Bs, whilst Jules Lewis-Jones had many lusty swipes for the House and the VISAs. Bess captained the House Athletics, and we even moved up a few places. Many were awarded colours and justly so - especially Dave Goggins and Max Williams. Special congratulations to Max, and George Bruxner, who, with the assistance of Shehan Cooray, won the rowing pairs - well done, boys! Individuals though we are, we are all one big family, and nowhere more so than on the court and social side. Max Williams showed that he Ne(d)s 'er Dailey visit to the Durnford library, Angus kept up his singing (though not Chantaleles, we've heard), and James Tory had trouble sleeping. Neither husband nor wife will have to change their name in the Craig family, and the Robinsons have done their share of window cleaning (Shell to 6a and 6b to the North country). Summer love started at the top with our HoH flinging himself energetically at Bailey, and rebounding rather late. Tim D went loopy, Jonnie W went to Wonderland, and Charlie R made a passage to India. Thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Hands, Mrs B and all the ladies who help to keep us in order, and good luck to George Bruxner (new Vice-Captain of school) and Mark (also a purple) for next year. FERRO AND GUN & CO.

GALPIN'S

220

The snow went; the rain came. The 'Chill Pill' went; in came the Pro Plus and long nights in the House Library. Exams came and went and our school life has now been and gone: five years, - .--rfifteen terms, thirty halves of term. Life this term has been one of adjusting to the reality of exams. Bill must win the hard slog self-discipline award and Matt, who I don't think has adjusted to any sort of reality for much of his li fe, strolled into his Chemistry A-level, realised he'd forgotten his calculator and thus continued to be the last bastion of 'chilled-outedness' amidst all the panic. Dave perfected the art of the 'nudge-gamble' revising two topics and yet, as with fruit-machines, he seemed to have the knack of getting it sorted. Apart from exams the term has not really lived up to much. The 6a supper provided that crucial climax and Pelham's speech and astute perception will be remembered for a long time. Life in Linacre, though, as much as we would like to think so, does not revolve around 6a. Believe it or not other things happen like Welly and Quent playing Cricket for the 24th XI for instance. And so we conveniently arrive at the sports paragraph. Here we go for the third and last time. Bill and Nick are off to Henley with the 1st VIII who, under the guidance of that monitor with the flowing locks, haye gone from strength to strength. Many more people rowed and they must be too modest to wish me to go through the whole rigmarole of naming them again. Samir and Craig took a rain check on the Cricket but OIly and Andy continued to play well for the VISAs, with OIly eventually captaining the side. John, vanilla-ice like, sat spending hours recalling his childhood on the mean streets of Sittingbourne after his performance in Rock Steady, but at other times he scorched prints into the earth as he burned round the track on Birley's, the wind in his hair. .. and I'm getting carried away. Ewan also ran for the Athletics team. Dave and Piers played in the House Tennis league under the mean captaincy of Ricky the Persian Poet. Tony donned his G-string for the swimming pool and had them all drooling and ended up with the elusive white jumper. Pelham has actually become quite funny lately as Guy's side-kick (he swam well) and has introduced new aspects of body and verbal language to us in Linacre. Justin, when not behaving like a pigeon with Sam, threw the javelin . We won the swimming standards, relays and Sports Day by the way. Sorry, 6a have hogged the limelight, . but why not - it's our last term. Culturally we did well (what innovative language). Justin had the main part in the play and was supported by Matt and Nick and Steve. Many Shells were in Pied Piper, probably as rats being led off to their deaths. Ricky did some jazz man and Craig and I watched Wimbledon, even when it was raining. Stan came for his second year in Linacre and was an education to us all; he leaves today with our very fondest wishes. Charles and Nick must be congratulated on the Fashion Show which was a huge success. Socially (English A-level teachers advocate short, concise topic sentences). Pel and Bill, we think, may be in danger of cradle-snatching. Steve continues; John began with Cassie; Justin began and Elaine ended. Tones decided then changed his mind about having a quick 'snog' (naughty vulgarism). Samir had no clue what his love life was doing but let destiny take its course - Camus would be furious. That's about it, I hope, socially. We all had friends, though. Sorry, no witty wordplay or pulsating puns, only corny cliches. So that's it. Linacre has outlasted Maggie Thatcher, will outlast John Major and looks forward to the arrival of Neil Kinnock. It will be sad to leave but good to arrive somewhere else. Unquantifiable amounts of thanks to R.W.T., Mrs. Thane and Mrs. Farrel, and to all the cleaning ladies. Apologies to Pam for omitting her last time. Two final abiding memories: the cleaning ladies and then D.P.H. and R.W.T. (in Don Jonsonesque shades) up singing at the House party.

L1NACRE

HAMILTON.

221

BROUGHTON

O.K.: it's time for the last will and testament of W. Harris . . . the covers are pulled back ; fa9ades npped down, politeness cast aside - confessions offered after all these years - now it can be told. 'Sacras iaculatus arces terruit urbem', as the average Broughton Shell remarks over the breakfast kippers' time for the truth about Broughton. . Are we un-musical? Good grief, the bass section in the recent Messiah performance could hardly have existed without the Housemaster and his merry band of 1st Colour basses (not to say Mrs. Graham in the sopranos) and half our Purples are in the Second Orchestra. No culture? Was it not in front of the whole School at Prayers that Mr. Dobbin nominated Broughton as the centre of Chekhov connoisseurship in King's? Do we not here shelter the budding talents of Mike Davies winner of the prize for the most promising young poet, oui of 23,000 entries in Cadbury' s National Competition? In the Head of English's own immortal prose 'Broughton forges ahead in Culture Battle' . So is it true that we are short on pure intellect? Is the Junior Chess Shield not still glinting in the trophy cupboard for the second year running? Did Mike Davies not win the Shell Divinity Prize? Are we no good at drama? A 'flea in your ear' for that! Well O.K., but isn't Broughton really madly competitive? That's the big lie; don't you believe it. It isn't Broughton who sent its Shells out on compulsory early morning cross country practice runs! Tut Tut Trad., whatever next? At school level, congratulations to Tim Bagshaw, B?b Wallace and Bill Harris for First Rowing Colours and to Harry Dobbs for Second Colours; DICk FrancIs, SWimmer and record-breaking monitor, Henry Hawkins, athlete, Second Colours; Tom Ruffell, Golf colours. So far eight major sport first colours; one double first: three triple firsts; some still heading for more ... At House level, we did win the Overall Cross Country Cup for the eleventh year running last term and I can only apologise that - in R.C. W.'s immortal words - 'The Inter-House Athletics Cup goes to Broughton - again . . .'. And yes, there was the Shuttle Relay Cup and, well, we do have to own up to the Novice IV Quad Cup - plus, I' m afraid, the Senior IVs Cup. And the Overall Victors Rowing Cup found a home here for the first time. And it probably was unforgivable of usÂˇ to get that Junior Cricket Cup as well. I must also apologise for the fact that, as I fade into the past, Imperial Supremacy does look set to continue, since our dear little Shells this year seem to have won the Junior Rugby, Shells Hockey, Junior Cross Country, She1l5-a-side Soccer, Shell section of shuttle relays and athletics, Junior rowing and - to complete the set - Junior cricket. Oh, and they make up 250/0 of the amazing School Academic Challenge Team as well . Mens sana . .. Within these shafts of glorious light were seen couples courting throughout the Empire. Henry and Tante continued to follow in the well-worn tracks to and from Walpole set by their illustrious heads of houses and Joby joined him in these ruts as he found happiness in the shape of a "Peen". However, these tendencies did not continue in the lower years of the house as Pod and Josh became the newest and youngest heart-breakers (or heartbroken? i). But new ventures flourished throughout the school as Tom discovered Broad Street, but not all of these were successful as Nufti and Andy H. failed in their quests for the terrible twins of Lewis and Lake thus putting off 'Dr. Rhythm' and Big Bob who began to look further afield . After only two years, Mr. Marshall is leaving us, swapped with School House for the Shuttle Relay Cup, Junior Cricket Cup and N.L.P. What a bargain. No - sorry. After all this nonsense (and five years of one's life in a place) I suppose there ought to be something serious . Mr. Marshall and all the Tutors have done a tremendous job in guiding us through the torment and stress of A-levels, whilst Matron kept us in good enough health to cruise through all the exams. The cleaning ladies have been as wonderful as ever in trying to stop Broughton from turning into one vast pile of games kit! And finally a phenomenal amount of thanks to Mrs. G. and 'Bruce', without whom Broughton would only be half the house it deserves to be. B.B .S.C. 222 AT THE ENTHRONEMENT (Michael Gillespie)

The term continued from beginning to end, existing as it does in the dimension we call ours - subject to time; time to subject - time to subject ourselves to the achievements of peers, no longer sea-protruding, but cooling coastal long when I was five, or was I six? And were the achievements then as they are now and listed below, categorised rigid to maintain form: Tim Marson: Grade 8 Trumpet and Grade 7 Violin Barney Stevenson: Grade 7 Voice Hugo Stevenson: Grade 6 Percussion Simon Mohr: Grade 8 Pianoforte Stevensons both achieved Distinction - in King's Week too in concerts (as did Tim), plays and exhibitions. Simon rocked steady. Winners of Senior Tennis (Matt, Nick, Gaz, Ben) Winners of Senior Golf (Gaz, Ben) Runners Up on Sports Day and in Shuttle Relays Runners Up in Shooting (Cap ' m Dom) Kipp: Young Athlete of the Year Third in Long Jump at Public School Champs Hamish: Army Scholarship Tennis, and Grange's final nemesis was the product of an experienced team dictating the play and 'playing the right shot at the right time', the connection between the two essential. Like a man's subjective and perennial perspective of himself on a train, motionless because of his speed, we are wise because of our ignorance, we love because of our hate . Thanai stumbled, Dunstan won and won again on Sports Day; running round and round the track, and the Shuttle Relays back and forth: a monotony of space ... and time? 1836 lengths of the pool in twelve hours for Leon, who will soon be out of Stoke Mandeville. We were watched, coached by Mr. and Mrs. Dix, Mr. Teeton and Miss Brine, anxious of our success and supportive as ever. Backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards until we had completed the lengths, standing where we had started, but now there was the feeling of imminent gain for Leon but also, unfortunately, for ourselves: Nick Shepley and Ruth Brand Jon Johnstone and Jane Dyson Tom Dyson and Elanor Dymott Terry, Gaz, Cod Devoid of Mate Simon Mohr pursuing Claire Nealon The success and fai lure, the cut and thrust of a novice and naive society -love, enchantment, disillusionment - and when we have sufficiently disentangled ourselves from our emotions to separate them, time has transcended both. Love is exhausted and youth is age. Now the term is surveyed - it is ordered, moulded, immortalised, and time no longer stretches dimensionally linear in front of us, but is twisted, shaped into what we make it, but we in turn are shaped by what it dictates.

TRADESCANT

THE NEW GUINEA ROOM.

223

(Michael Gillespie)

MITCHINSON'S

'It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature' (James [ of England). . . With speech daÂĽ but hours away [ hope five years of life tn Mltchtnson's will produce enough hterature to satisfy the requirements of House notes . T hose years have seen the hOuse elevated from a convenient mirror for combing o ne's hair to a 'respectable' membe.r of the school. .. but [ digress . .'. I feel anot her quote comtng on, 'Wnte somethtng tnteresting this time, Rasta' (Anon. Shell). So here we go, something interesting. Breaking with tradition (is that interesting enough?) [ would like to begin by thanking Dr. and Mrs. Maltby for guiding us ably through the summer and for their huge suPPOrt a nd guidance in fas hioning the empire we call Our house. T hanks too go to Lucy a nd [rene, battling against all odds to keep the house spotless. On the sporting front we failed to come up with any silverware, though we did beat the fat hers in the cricket match. The team was captained by Jon Parker who a lso found time to play for the [st X[ whilst James Green wall and Jon 'now I've had three mentions' Willis played for the Colts As and Robert Adams and Mike Davies represented the UI5As and Adam J ackson ably assisted the UI4As. Under Mike's leadership and Robert's inspiration we almost won the Junior cricket. .. but didn't. Our water polo team captained by Hannah 'Sharon' Gledhill beat Trad. 1-0 and then lost in round two to ... Pelham! Meanwhile the house table-tennis team under Binoj 'when will they extradite me?' Geo rge was going strong, we would have won the competition .. . had it been completed. On Sports Day we swapped the Victor for Victrix Ludorum whilst Seb. 'gyration' Rosato became Kent champion. Next year we' ll win a cup ... maybe. We are a house of intellectuals . A bold but true statement. A-levels a nd G.C .S.E.s sent panic through the house and after three years inactivity, hard work finally began. Good luck to all examinees, and remember if you follow Tom Robertson (now a King's Scholar) and Christopher 'Kenny' Kenwright (Greaves Scholar) the results will hopefully come. Hope to see you in 6b, Stu! While other houses took a term off from cultural activities our house of dramatists produced the rock musical Tommy, directed by H.R.O.M., choreographed by Elisa Hudson and arranged for the band by Morga n Clarke. Even following such a huge success we did not remain idle but are now full y involved in King's Week. Thanks must go to Marlowe for joining us in TOll/my and to the connoisseurs who gave it marvellous reviews. On the social scene the chances of dredging up enough filth to satisfy the needs of the average Mitchinson' s member are slim ... so [ won't bother. Then again .. . the Shells kept learning, the Remove, kept dreaming and the Fifths kept trying. Simon found horticulture a bit of a bind, Hannah and Fred have been going out so long I've run out of witty observations and purple patches a re best left untold. Speech Day is now three minutes closer, the literature has been composed, the last house notes have been written, history has been made. R ASTA AND SHARON.

224 (ÂŁIiS(l Hudson)

BAILEY

Well, another term has passed and indeed another year which for half of Bailey means bye-bye school, welcome fr~edom However, in le",ving King's it is hop~d ea~h o~e of us ha~ emerged an mdlVldual. Whether that mdlvlduahty is for the better or worse, Bailey has certainly encouraged us to 'have a go' at everything. [n the words of our noble philosopher Vicky - 'Baile~ Forever!'. We have suc.ceeded in m~ny areas and have faIled m some, but the cry 'Pomts for partIcipation' has always remained a strong incentive for our attempts at a variety of activities. On the sporting front, having won the [nter-House Netball in the Lent Term, we gained victory in the House Tennis thanks to Eliza and Emmaline. This was ha rdly surprising as this two players were the first couple in the school team! Thanks to Emmaline Harris on behalf of Bailey for all her organisation and support for sporting events throughout this year. She received the title 'Sportswoman of the Year', which was indeed well-earned. Well done, Emmy! Bini and Jane both having received colours pave the way for our continuing success and Rosie captains Lacrosse! This term has been dominated by the phrases '['II have to cram', ' [ don't know ANYTH[NG' '[f only [ had revised .. .' as the dreaded A-levels and 6b exams approached. Despite these obviou; panic attacks there has been evidence of hard work and [ hope all will receive the results they need or justly deserve. However, it has not been 'all work and no play', as the first Bailey Dinner proved. [t was an enjoyable evening with good food and music (compliments to the Ben May entourage), and ['m hopeful its success will ensure future such dinners occur. We are now in the middle of King's Week in which it appears all the house is involved in some respect. The obvious 'stars' -Milla and Jo in Suicide, Eliza in Dido, Elanor in everything - are known to all. Also deserving mention are our resident set-builder Phil, set painters Hannah and Vicky and the back-stage organisers of the infamous Fashion Show, Loisa and Julia. This King's Week, of course, would not be complete without a mention of the Tutu Clan - Caroline, Sarah, Tiggy, Nicole, Alison, Jo and Katie. You'll look gorgeo us, gi rls - just keep smiling. No, [ haven 't forgotten the resident gossip column; but [ thought ['d forget the puns, in favour of the basic facts: Lisa 4 Simon Tabby 4 Ben Elanor 4 Tom Julia 4 Andy Jo 4 Steve .. . Jane eventually said yes - twice! And our outside liaisons remain strong for Bev, Caroline and Abi. New recruit - Saz 4 Baz. 6a would like to thank Ms. Exelby for seeing us through our time here at King's and wish her luck for the remainder of her time in Bailey with 6b. With the ever helpful and kind Mrs. Bellairs, they cannot fail to succeed . Bailey will remain a sixth-form house, ensuring a collegial a nd congenial atmosphere and [ hope all enjoy their time at King's as much as (speaking on behalf of 6a) we did. BEVERLY T ARR.

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BROAD ST. RADIGUNDS As the year started with Bradigunds' first ever House Notes, so it ends with the last ever, as the Radigunds half will soon be invaded by the Grange overspill. Much has kept the House alive this term, as minds, muscles and hearts have striven in the quest for excellence, with a final spurt of energy before the term melted into the unmelting summer. After the unpleasant surprise of mock A-levels, we all switched to mode-cram with varying degrees of success. By June, those who were ready and those who were not all braved the Shirley Hall. Now they're all glad it's over. Thursday, 15th Aug ust is a long way away, we hope. Some achIevements at least have already been recognized, and Jo, Charlotte, Charlie, - Matilda, Briony, Kate and Leo will all be on the stage on Speech Day. Physical pursuits have been equally impressive, with Clare, Debbie, Kate, Laura, Antonia, Alice and Vicki all in the tennis teams; Sarah and Gaby have been our oarswomen, with Tara and Viola as coxettes; while Jo, Holly and Beccy paddled away in the pool. [nter-House activities provided the opportunity. for burnmg off those calones. (No, it's not the social section yeL) [n tenms, athletIcs and sWlmmmg, we sIxth-formers stretched our old bones and flexed our weary muscles as best we could, but we were unable to cope WIth the unfair competition from the Walpole Shells . The rowers, however, braved the waters admirably in the regatta; poor old School House. After a winter of comparative hibernation, the Bradigunds social butterflies were out in full force this term. Anji Rocked Steadily, while back-up singer Susie boogied over to Luxmoore. Kate also Worked her way in that direction, but Laura stopped off at M.O. Some young Gale swept Leo off her feet, Charlotte was Creissened, Clare 100kedRuffelled and Ahce turned pale. Debbie and Oli are still going strong; ditto for Holly's Waddelhng, Sarah over m PR put herself in charge of twinning arrangements with Galpin's. Peering into M.O., Kat~anne caught Charlotte's brief exit to Luxmoore. The School House - Radlgunds foursome IS stIll a foursome, and Laura is J ost silly. We end with a big thank you to Mrs. Kerin - congratulations and best wishes at Cheltenham Ladies College - to Mrs. Carter, and to our mop-labelling ladies Breyl, Ann, Julie, Jenny, Lyn a nd Barbara for dealing with the impossible . Many thanks also g.o to Mr. Henderson for his support and presence, his exotic juices and tropical n!lts every Fnday mght, and may the House be blessed next year with as angelic an input as we had thIs year. FREE-FLOWING Os.

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CHAPLAIN'S NOTES Alexander Shankland, O.K.S . visited the school to give a talk to geographers on the Subject of the people of the Amazon rain forest. What had begun for him as a piece of investigative journalism had turned into a career working with the Gaia Foundation to promote the well_ being of the forest people and their environment. He told us that in the Portuguese language the word for a way or path, estrada, has two distinct meanings. First, estrada refers to the road; which have been cut through the forest, highways across the country and the continent. They are made by huge machines and destroy every natural feature in their path. There are however the estradas of the forest, the paths through the jungle which seem to wa nder from place t~ place. The topmost branch of each rubber tree points in the direction of the next tree and the path follows this sign. Often these paths through the forest return to a starting point and are the natural boundaries of territory. Alexander's message was that while great resources were being expended on the great highway estradas, the forest people would only flourish When attention was paid to the forest estradas - the paths wandering through the jungle. The summer term has a distinct pattern: it resembles a straight, fast highway and for much of the time we travel along without time to look to left or right. Events come fast and furious in a predictable manner: there have been external and internal exams, and School Prayers moved to the Cathedral Nave as a reminder that the examination desks were set out in the Shirley Hall. Morning Communion services were attended by tired-looking people who tried to put their minds at rest as the tension increased. T he servers and sacristans who leave school this term prepared to hand over to a new team. Justin Roxburgh successfully completed his term as Head Sacristan and was the Crucifer at the last school service of term. King's Week preparations soon became rehearsals for the Commemoration Service and this marked the end of the journey, the end of the road . T here have, ho wever, been the other paths to follow, the estradas of the forest. T hese have seemed to wander more, and travelling along them this term has produced surprising and often unexpected results. In the Sixth Form Sunday talks we have considered Islam today, the work of the Strode Park Foundation (several people responded by offering to work with the foundation on a fund-raising day recently) and education - Romanian style (volunteers have recently come forward to accompany groups to Romanian orphanages). Harvey Bishop, O .K .S. moved us towa rds Europe with a talk about his work with L' Association lnternationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales and we returned to Canterbury with a lecture by Dr. Maltby - 'Canterbury City and Cathedral' . This last topic emerged from a book written by Dr. Maltby, the proceeds of which will be given to the Children's Liver Disease Foundation. Pupils, especially from Mitchinson's, are becoming involved with this foundation and our path has taken a n unexpected turn as we seek to find ways to support Dr. Maltby and his family. In the Lower School services we hav e also been invited to explore . Pupils heard of the work of a small leper hospital in India, learned about the L' Arche Community in Canterbur y linking with the L' Arche projects in Easten Europe and we heard of life in Madagascar. The preachers at Mattins have brought something from their own experience to help us understand more deeply the nature of the Christia n communi ty. Chaplains from a London Hospital, a Cambridge college and from the University of Kent at Canterbury together with the Bishop of St. Germans, all brought a critique on our school life, putting our community under the judgement of the Gospel. The need to exercise responsibility for our environment figured in some way in every sermon ; we were being led towards an exploration of the forest paths. As I write these notes a group is about to leave to stay in rural areas of Madagascar. We will endeavour to give support to a Church which feels isolated and neglected yet which is flourishing especially in the more remote villages. One form of exploration will be followed by another as the Gaia Foundation becomes next term's School Charity. To promote this, we will hold a series of sixth-form talks discussing environmental issues. A title for a week of Prayers next term reads ' Is God Green?' When Alexander Shankland showed us the estradas of the South American forests, little did he realise that he would inspire us to discover that kind of path within our school community . P.F.H. 228

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Preachers at Mattins: The Reverend Peter Cowell, O.K.S. , The Chaplain, The Royal London Hospital. The Reverend Mark Price, The Chaplain, Corpus Christi College Cambridge. The Right Reverend 1. R. A . Llewellin, The Bishop of St. Germans. The Reverend R. W. M . Bowder, The Chaplain, The University of Kent at Canterbury . Sixth Form Sunday Talks: Mr. V. L. J. Hegedus: 'The Muslim Faith'. Ingrid Morgan. 'Education - Romanian Style'. Harvey Bishop O.K.S .: 'L' Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciaies'. Dr. H. R. O. Maltby: 'Canterbury - City and Cathedral' . Lower School Services: Rachel Lea: 'Bethany Village Leprosy Society in India'. Adrian Pery, O.K.S.: 'The Work of the Strode Park Foundation'. Members of the L' Arche Community. Mr. G. R. Cocksworth. Donations to Charity - Summer term 1991: The L' Arche Community in Canterbury and Eastern Europe The Anglican Church in Madagascar Bethany Village Leprosy Society in India Christian Aid Amnesty International Canterbury Umbrella The Beaver T rust (Romania Orphanage Development)

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THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES This has been an interest ing term for the club. Several visits were made to the sea to give the members a taste of surf, and for some a taste of salt water! The club were able to share their rolling expertise by teaching the skills to another local school during the lunchtime pool session, which proved to be a rewarding experience for all concerned We have been pleased to see a number of non-club members attending the pool sessions, and we hop~ this trend will continue. David Bywater, the new Captain of Sport, and Mr. Franks both attended a course run by the British Canoe Union which qualified them as Trainee Instructors in the sport. Damian Jones, the former Captain entered a National slalom competition and gained a place in division 2. For this achievement he was awarded 1st Colours. David Bywater and Chris Penner both gained their Minor Sports Colours. We now have about eight pupils who are sufficiently skilled in the sport to engage in the B.C.U. Star Award Scheme, which we will commence next term. Many thanks to all the members who have supported the Club this term. As we wish Damian Jones all the best for the future, we thank him for all his hard work over the years. He has presented the club with a trophy which is to be awarded each year to a pupil for outstanding personal achievement. This year it was presented to Peter Fearn. When Peter started with the Cl ub last September he was unab le to paddle a canoe in a straight line for more than three metres. He is now one of our most competent canoeists. Well done! M.J .F. CANOE

This term has been quite different from other Summer terms because the school has taken on Mr. George Neeve as its printer. He has been helping us out for fifteen yea rs and more by coming in to advise us once a week most faithfully and patiently. Now he has retired from the University Print Unit and, wishing to occupy his retirement, has offered to work part-time at Blackfriars. Thus we have a professional on site for several afternoons to help our members and to print materia l for the school. Already the demand for his services is such that the Bursar is wondering what he did withou t him! The pri nt ing of the Ki ng's Week programmes has thus been done entirely by George, with R.J.M. typesetting. Tickets, however, were printed by other Society members, three (Billy Bywater (LN), Wi lliam Foster (GL) and M.J .M.) even sacrificing part of their half-term exeat to run some in time for the deadlinel Four of this year's Shells deserve particular mention for their progress in the black art: Robert Corbally (MO) on both Letterpress and Typesetting, Gavin Clark (MT), Tim Jackson (MT) and Charles Aitken (LN) . We hope they will continue and that, with George Neeve's expertise available to tap, many others will join them . The Foster-Blake Printin g Trophy goes again to William Foster. R. J. M., M.J.M. CAXTON

The repertoire this term was: My beloved spake Hadley Exultate Deo Palestrina The Lord is my Shepherd Stanford Jubilate Britten Blessed City Bairstow Much of thi s te rm was taken up with preparations for the Messiah. A detailed report of thi s even t is given elsewhere; but I wou ld li ke to record my special thanks to the Chapel Choir for providing the backbone to that performance. One of the most important educational reasons for the Choral Society is to give opportunities to those who wish to sing, but who are not good sight readers. However, such people need to have experienced musicians behind them and I am very grateful to the Chapel Choir for fulfilling this important role. CHOIRS

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My thanks, once again, must go to Michael Harris for his excellent organ accompaniments and for helping out with all the sectional rehearsals. Also, David Sheath is to be congratulated o n his excellent performance of the Palestrina anthem which he managed to produce on the morning after the Messiah. To all those who have served the choir for the full five years I must add a special word of thanks and wish them well for continued choral activity in the future. It is always sad to see so many 6a people depart for pastures new, but I am delighted to report that we seem to have a good supply of people in 6b and lower down the school who will be promoted to the more senior ranks next yea r. At the time of writing we are about to take a choir of thirty to France, where we shall be performing in Notre Dame, Chartres Cathedral and the Eglise St. Merri, Paris. The entire program me will be put together in three days, the pupils returning to school for a pre-departure choral course. This should provide a happy and uplifting ending to a very productive year. An account of the choir trip will appear in the next Cantuariall. S.D.P. This term's music mak ing for the Crypt C hoir has been marked by intense activ ity at the beginning, fo llowed by a rather mo re fa llow period as the more senior members began to fi nd exam inations looming. The hig h point of the term was probab ly the singi ng of the Ascension Day Cathedral Sung Eucharist on 9th May, wh ich provided us with a rare opportunity to sing a complete Mass setting, and to experience working in the Cathedra l Quire, which is musically and acoustically a very different proposition to our normal home in the C rypt. For this occasion, and in order to effect a smooth transition to next year's choir, the number of singers was increased from the usual eighteen or so members. The Messe Solellllelle by Jean Langlais (whom, little did we know , had died the day before) is a challenging work for any group, and the choir accepted the challenge with relish, producing some very gratifying results. Our thanks are also due to Mr. Sheath for his superb accompaniment, in what is often a work for organ solo with the choir as an afterthought. Musically, and socially, th is has been a most successful year. It only rema ins for me to thank all of those who have worked so hard, and, hopefully, had fun at the same time, and to look forward with anticipation to a new beginning next term . The Crypt Choir's repertoire was: Sunday , 28th April (Easte r IV) Will iam Byrd Terra (remuit Peter Hurfo rd Magdalen, cease from sobs and sighs Thursday, May 9th (Ascensio n Day) Jean Langlais Messe Solelllzelle Luca Marenzio o Rex gloriae Sunday, 19th May (Wh itsu nday) Thomas Ta llis Loqueballtur Sunday, 23rd J une (Pentecost V) Will iam Walton Set me as a seal (Tenor Solo: Mark Dobell) Sunday, 30th J une (Pentecost VI) Giovann i da Pa lestrin a Til es Petrlls M .D.H.

The Jazz Club has once again devoted most of th is ter m's energies to prepa ring for the King' s Week concert, which took place on Saturday, 29th Ju ne, and is reviewed elsewhere in this Cantllarian. The preparations this time seemed more than usually frantic, with many Jazz Clu b and Big-Band Members being much involved in other King's Week activit ies. The C lub d id, however, fit in a n 'away' even t by playin g at a Charity Ball at Chil ham Castle on Satu rday, 18th May; I much appreciate Mr. Pinnock's moral support in th at particular venture. Altho ugh the engagement was a n informa l one, providi ng bac kground to a 'cocktail-party' stage of the even ing, there were some excellent performances, part icu larl y from Tom Dyso n's recently formed grou p T he Jazz Tacticians who, on that occasion , bequeat hed some splend id solos to the C lu b's video- fil m and sound archives, Twofifths of the Jazz Tacticia ns (Tom Dyson and Elanor Dymott) also played at St. John's Hospital, as an off-base King's Week event, on the afternoon of Sat urday, 29th June. JAZZ

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Julian Woodward has directed the rest of the Club's activities, and the bands which performed in th King's Week Concert were as follows: The Traditional Band had Tim Marson (trumpet), Jules Woodwar~ (trombone), Alastair Hine and William Bryant (clarinets) , Barnaby Stevenson (tenor saxophone) Torn Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen (bass) and Hugo Stevenson (drums); the Jazz-Rock Com bo consisted of Richard Dibley and Matthew Brow n (trumpets), Barnaby Stevenson and Lawrence Epps (alto saxophones) Jules Woodward and Angus Hulme (trombones), Tom Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen (bass) and Hug~ Stevenson (drums). The Big Band comprised Ric hard Dibley. Tim Marson, Matthew Brown and Michael Gillespie (trumpets), Lawrence Epps and Mark Dobe ll (alto saxophones), Mr. William McConnell and Barnaby Stevenson (tenor saxophones), Richard Gipps (baritone saxophone), Jules Woodward, Angus Hulme, Alexander Hardy. Giles Tennick and Alex Neame (trombones - Giles Tennick unfortunately being omitted, because of an error due to the undersigned, from the printed programme), Tom Dyson (piano) Chris Creissen (bass) and Hugo Stevenson (drums). The personnel of the Jazz Tact icians were: Barnaby Stevenson (soprano saxophone), Elanor Dymott (flute), Tom Dyson (piano), Chris Creissen (bass) and Hugo Stevenson (drums). Also featuring in thi s year's King's Week concert was a very fine Barber Shop Quintet directed by Alexander Hardy. This consisted, apart from himself, of Jonathan Sampson Zoe Harmsworth, Eliza Lumley and Ben Young, with very enj oyable guest contribut io ns fro m Mark DObell and the Lower Master, Dr. Paul Humberstone; both of the latter, I thought, showed themselves to be great 'sports' to take part as they did. Other ex-programme vocalists who aired their tonsils in thi s concert were Jasper Beauprez and Angus Hulme, to both of whom I am very grateful. On the technical side in connection with the King' s Week concert, I should like very much to thank Jos Sclater, Daniel Longhu rst, Viv Bennett, Jonathan Alcock, Ben Gore and Mr. John Evans (lighting) Grant Chum , Rupert Mead, and Mr. Martin Ten nick (sound), Mrs. Sue McConnell and Mrs. Stevenso~ (record ing), Mr. Robert Mathews and the Caxton Society (for printing - at very short notice of copy! ) Mr. Peter Brodie and his King's Week front-of-house team for their excellent support, and Wayne Manning and his Commandos for thei r help, In the valedictory section of this report I have to say good bye and thank you for contri butions from several members of the various bands, over differing periods of time. For vocal co ntribu tions this year I thank Jasper Beauprez, Jonathan Sampson, Zoe Harmsworth, Eliza Lumley and Ben Young. Of the instrumentalists it is sad to be sayi ng goodbye already to Tom Dyso n, whose immense talent in the jazz field has only really been recognised this year. I think that his Jazz Tacticia ns has been one of the most refreshing new developments in the jazz here in recent years. My consolation for the fact that we sha ll no longer hear them ' live ' is that I do have some excellent recordings of them on fi lm and in sound . Angus Hulme has been an important part of the trombone section over a couple of yea rs, and he also made a notable vocal contribution this year. Alexander Hardy has also been involved fo r several years; he has not only been in the trombone section of the Big Band, but he has also been vigorous in the vocal field, from his early days in the unfo rgettable Yes, Sir, That's My Baby (in which he gamely played the said 'baby', in David Bond's arms!) to the stylish presentation and performance that he gave when directing his own vocal group, in this year's concert. Richard Dibley goes back as far as the 1988 Big Band concert and has, I think, been in every Big Band concert and King's Week performance of the C lub since those Removes days. This is a tremendous contribution, and I am very gratefu l to him for it. The valedictory aspects of this report are usually directed only to the musical performers, but I ca nnot neglect to note here the departure of two long-stand ing, stalwart members of the lighting team, Jos Sclater and Danny Longhurst, who have, with miraculous efficiency and without any fuss whatsoever, provided lighting for King 's Week and Big Band concerts over four or fi ve years. They have always been utterly relia ble and dependable (and also calm and cheerful, even about last-min ute ass ignments and requests! ) and I am very grateful indeed to them both for what they have done for the Jazz C lub over a large number of years; I was delighted to see that the Headmaster awarded very deserved prizes to each of them (appropriately, simultaneously!) on Speech Day. Jules Woodward, for many years a loyal and dependable contributor to the trombone section of the Big Band, had the daunting task of tak ing over as Musical Director of the C lu b, at the beginning of thi s year, from Sholto Byrnes who, having, by the end of his time here, directed no fewer than three King's Week concerts, was a real veteran o f these occasion and was, as is often said, a ' hard act to fo llow'. Jules has by no means found that car rying on this par ticu la r torch has been without its aggravations and fru strations, especially since he has been Musical Director in a year when an exceptionally large number of the personnel in the various bands seem to have been more than usually committed to other musical ~nd th~spian activities . N.evertheless, he has put ~n a tremendous amount of emot ional energy into the Job which, I always fee l, IS a very character-formmg one for any young person tak ing it on! Julian has, I think, found it so, having experienced some d isappoi ntments as well as being rewarded, also, with successes 232

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_ the latter of which have been due in no small measure to his excellent musicianship . He now hands on to Barnaby Stevenson, and I wish Jules all the very best, as he leaves, and thank him for all that he has done. It is always sad to say goodbye to a Musical Director who has given four or five years to the Big Band and has spent his final year leading the Club, but on this occasion I have the even sadder duty of bidding farewell to a coll eague who has been a reli able friend and ally over a period of a decade or more. Mr. Bill McConnell has been an incredibly staunch and loyal supporter of the Jazz Club over the course of the twelve years that he has been in the School. The Jazz Club 's appea l - particularly to King's Week audiences - is that it is ostensibly run by the members of school themselves, on a voluntary basis, without prominent master/mistress direction or participation . Throughout his time here, Bill has always been selfeffacing enough to blend into the background and be content to let the pupil who is the Club's Musical Director of the day determine the musical and artist ic input and take all the credit for an successes achieved. This is despite the fact that the uniformity and cohesion of the Big Band's saxophone section is very largely due to Bill's quiet persistence and encouragement (not to mention hi s willingness to take rehearsals of his section - the Jazz Clu b's now-famous Bill McConnell 'saxionals' - at wildly inconvenient and unsocial hours li ke 8 a.m. during King's Week and up to 10 p.m . at other times). I have always very much appreciated his wise counsel, his gentle encouragement and his sheer common-sense approach to putting what seem like huge difficulties into their proper perspective. No account of Bill McConnell would be complete without mention of Mrs. Sue McConnell, who has provided such vigorous and efficient support for all Bill's musical activities; I in particular am very grateful for a ll that she has done over the years to supplement the Jazz Club's so und archives with the products of her excellent microphone. I wish them both great happiness in Bill's 'retirement' (ridiculous as that concept seems in the context of Bill McConnell) and look forward to their continued interest in the Jazz Clu b's future activities. R.B.MA.

T he Marlowe Society mel once thi s term for an interesti ng evening with an Irish flavour to it, continuin g in the international vein which has been apparent in the Society's meet ings this year. After a short talk on relevant background informat ion, Dr. Hands, our learned speaker, discussed the two plays of his choice : Juno and tlie Paycock by Sea n O'Casey and The Playboy oillie Western World by Synge. The evening provided us with an insight into the greatly different culture of a nation which is so near to us, but remains such a mystery for many. The plays themselves are light-hearted and fascinati ng to read, demonstrating the fa mous Irish humour and also less well-known depths of character. A ll who attended had somethi ng enlightening to say about the tex ts, and thi s, combi ned wit h Dr. Ha nd 's own well -prepared, co nci se no tes, led to a very enjoyable eveni ng. It was sad that this event was missed o ut on by those who had other com mi tments, but it was great ly appreciated by those present. MARLOWE

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T he Society went to the Bradfield prod uction of Euripides' Bacchae towards the end of term. Despite much rain en route, the actual performance was dry. We enjoyed th e feli ne Cho ru s gi rls and the sinister smile on the face of Dionysus - who also graced our annual feast and orgy (fo r se ni or membe rs only). T he Por k Apici us was judged to be tasty, but I suspect that the experimental sweet cakes, into which Charlotte dr ibbled wine, will remain experimental. As always, the best bit (perhaps) was the making, while th e apres-cena entertainment brought out the worst in people. M.J.T. PATER

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Cricket 1st XI With on ly four players available from last year's Xl this was always going to be a difficu lt season and when ow' to the pressures of four A-levels, vice-captain Satchu decided to rctire, it left Rhodes and particu larly Sonaikc c~rry~ng great responsibi lity for the baaing. Rhodes invariably saw the shine off the new ball, but too often got out having d 109 the hard work and only had two major innings of 40 against Dulwich and 75 against The Band of Brothers. Sona~ne although always threatening, often got out between 10 and 30. but he played really well in a crisis at S1. Paul's to s~o e, 42 and his 102 not out against Cranlcigh, when he dominated the bowlers, was the highlight of the season . WCst~e showed great concentrat ion and good technique as an opener and played many useful inni ngs ea rly in the term b n after the pressure~ of G.C.S.E.s and wit h slow wickets, the failed to regain his early fo rm. Feria, at number tilr~1 unfortunately never fulfilled the promise he had shown in the winter nets, but there is still next year. In the middl' order Davies provided the aggression and sp irit of attack, while Parker provided the dogged resistance , which sav~ the XI at SI. Paul's where he made a fine 57. Those balling below number six did not get the chance to play ellOu h long innings to be able to bat with any confidence, but ma ny of them have potential and after further winter ne~s will hopefu lly get their chance next year . A look at the averages will confirm that Maggs, Grindley a nd Odgers bOWled most of the overs. Maggs did not bowl at his best early in the season, mainly because he thrives, like most bawlers on cons t~nt bO\~ li ng in match sit.uations, but dur.ing ~rickel.Wee k . he .was back at his best, bowling accurately. moving the ball m the air and off the Wicket and took five Wickets m an mnlngs on each of the last two days. Grindley took several wickets early in the season. but bowled at his best during Cricket Week when he settled for less pace but greater accu racy and movement and was unlucky not to lake more wickets. Odgers genera lly bowled a good lengt h and line and on the slower wickets was particu larly difficult to score off. He fu lly deserved his eighteen wickets and none more so than in a fine spell (1 7-4-36-4) against the M.C.C. Feria and Pallman wou ld have benefited from more bOwling but. when asked, they supported the main bowlers well and should be more involved next year. ' The XI lacked an accurate spin bowler, who could be relied on to bowl tightly when, as was often the case, the XI had not made a big total. Certainly the pit~hes th:oughout the se~so n we~e main ly. slow and la rge totals occured rarely. In fact the season began a t Epsom on a n Impossib ly cold day With two mte rruptlons for snow showers (sic!). The XI st ruggled to reach 87, but with Epsom on 61-7 an unlikely victory seemed possible. However they reached their target without losing another wicket. A reaso nably dull draw at home against Highgate, in which the XI never looked like reaching the 180 required, was followed by a good escape act against Dulwich. The XI having been put in to bat, struggled a ll day a nd event ually decla red at 132 for 8. Just before the final 20 overs were called Dulwich at 46-1 seemed to be heading for victory. but tight bowling and good fi elding restricted them to a fin al score of 94-5. No such escape was possib le the following week at Eastbourne. On winning the toss and batting the XI surrendered wickets too easily and a total of 110 was far too low to prevent Eastbourne from winning eas il y by 9 wickets. In the last match before half term, on probably the best a nd fastest wicket of the season, Sonaike's 102 not out enab led the XI to declare at 201 for 2, but not enough time had been left to bowl out C ran leigh , who fini shed at 138 for 6. After half term, at St. Paul's. Maggs lost the toss a nd on a rain-affected wicket, the Xl soon stood at 10-3. but good balt ing by Parker and Sonaike and later by Davies rescued the innings and a declaration was made at 175-6. After a slow start, during which they lost 4 wickets , SI. Paul's accelerated and with 3 overs to go they needed 18 to wi n with 3 wickets in hand. Two wickets fell quickly, but the Xl could not claim the last vital wicket in the fina l 9 balls. Cricket Week started promis ingly with a win against The Band of Brothers. Their captain, Da n Pritchard (O.K.S.) after declaring a t 180-5, ensured that the Xl 's innings did not get too bogged dow n a nd this allowed Rhodes, with 75, to launch the a ttack that resu lted in victory by 6 wickets. Unfortunately the rest of C ricket Week was ruined by the weather. Four matches were ca ncelled outright and the two that survived were played on such very slow wickets that it was frustratin g for everyone. In the O.K.S. game Lacamp (96) and Turner (48) dom inated Iheir first innings (167-3 dec.) and follow ing the Xl's declarat ion at 125-9, the O.K.S. had a first innings lead of 42. Then excellent bowling by Maggs, Grindley and Odgers dismissed the O.K.S. ror 76, but the Xl' s batsmen fou nd the pitch just as difficu lt and had to sett le for a draw with a score of 96-8. There was a simila r pattern to the nex t match against the M.C.C. The M.C.C. were bowled out for 137 by some fine bowling by Maggs and Odgers, but the Xl's batsmen were never able to make much headway against very accu rate M.C.C. bowling a nd again had to sett le for a draw with a score of 85-6. With such a young side, eight of whom will be back next year, it was a pity that the weather denied them the chance to gain more experience. The fielding, at Limes, was excellent although some will need to learn how to a nticipate a batsman's intention a nd then move onto the ball more quickly. Davies, having on ly started to keep wicket this season, did very well behind the stumps and it was a delight to see him get a leg-side st umping, standing up to Odgers, in the M.C.C. match. Maggs capta ined the side very successfully, regularly making astute bowling changes and always sell ing good fields. In a season when fi ve of the scheduled fifteen days cricket were lost 10 rain, it was no surprise that the Senior House Compet ition was not played, but congratulat ions to Broughton on winning the Junior. Finally on behalf of players from a ll the school teams a very big thank you is due to those colleagues who have spen t so much of the term coaching and umpiring and to Andrew and his team for produc ing such excellent nets and wic kets. A.W.D. Team: Sim on Maggs路 (Cap/.), Stephen Davies路, Craig Feria, James Grindley, Matthew Odgers, Jonat han Parker, C hristian Pallman, Jamie Rayner, J ohn Rhodes路, Kola Sana ike路 . Also played: Richard Gosling, David Hodgson, Sam ir Satchu , Charles Veitch. 234 1ST XI (Richard Bennell)

RESU LTS Played 9. Won 1, Drawn 6, Lost 2. Abandoned 5. K.S.C, 87; Epsom 88-7. Lost. Highgate 180-7 dec.; K. S.C. 117-6 . Drawn. K.S.C, 132-8 dec. ; Dulw ich 94-5. Drawn. K S.c. 110; Eastbourne 111 -1. Lost. K:S.C. 201-2 dec. (Sonaike 102"); Cranleigh 138-6. Drawn. Band of Brothers 180-5 dec.; K.S.C. 181-4 (Rhodes 75). Won. O.K.S. 167-3 dec. and 76 (Maggs 20.2-6-38-5); K.S.C. 125-9 dec. and 96-8. Drawn. M.C.C. 137 (Maggs 19.2-4-52-5 , Odgers 17-4-36-4); K.S.C. 85-6. Drawn. Abandoned: Dover College, St. Lawrence College, Sutton Valence. K.C.S. Wimbledon and Stragglers of Asia. 1st Xl AVERAGES

BATTI NG [nnjngs

Not Outs

Runs

Highest Score 102"

Sonaike .... .................. ................ 10 1 279 Rhodes ..... 10 193 75 1 . .......... .... . 155 46" Weston .... 10 2 ................ 10 3 133 Davies. 46" 57 Parker ........ ..â&#x20AC;˘.............â&#x20AC;˘................... 9 1 152 . ..... .......... Feria .......... 10 2 94 406" Rayner ...... ....... ..... ..... .. 5 2 12 30 Odgers ............... . . . .... ................... 7 33 25" 3 Grind ley .... ............... 11 5 0 30 Also balled: 5atc hu 3-0-47-36-15.7; Pattman 4-1-33- 17-1 1.0; Veitch 1-0-6-6-6.0; Maggs 2-1-1"- 1"- 1.0.

Average

31.0 21.4 19.4 19.0 19.0 11.8 10.0 8.2 6.0

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Average Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Odgers ...... 81 18 12.7 18 228 Patt man .... 24 15.5 3 96 6 Feria. ............. 105 21.0 30 1 5 Maggs 146.4 447 20 22.4 26 Grind ley ......... 34.7 105 18 312 9 Also bowled: Gosling 7-0-27- 1-27; Hodgson 2-0-7-0--; Satchu 1-0-9-0--; Veitch 7-1-23- 1-23 ; Weston 1-0-20-0--. Calches etc.: Davies 10 (2 stumpi ngs); Maggs 5; Sonaike 4; Parker and Rhodes 3.

2nd XI Apri l on Birley's is always unpleasan t: Arctic winds a nd insipid sun. T he only good thing about it is that it heralds the start of a new cricket season and prom ises wa rmt h and quick wickets by June. In the event J une 1991 was quite horrible. and the season ended in soggy bathos with tl1e .Jast two ml1-tch.es washed .away. In our fi rst game, however, we gave Epsom an' extraordinary: drubbing : Hav ing been 40-7, 'we were rescued by a most advent urous and forcefu l 36 from Mahesh Iddawela, our new recruit from Sri Lanka. Wit h a target of 103 Epsom collapsed spectacularly to some nippy left-a rm-over from Richard Gosling a nd treacherous donkey-drops from Dave Hodgson, who took the last 4 wickets in 4 balis, the first such feat I have ever witnessed. 51. August ine's were our next guests, but they found Dave Hodgson's eccentric left-arm-rou nd slingers too much to cope with, and with another Dave (At kin s) trund ling down an eclect ic blend of spinners and seamers a t the other end, they lost by a com fortable 6 wickets. Dave Kennerley made his first runs of the season. playing straight a nd carefully and sharing a 67-run partnership for the first wicket with James Osmond. The long haul up to Highgate proved worthwhile. Dave Hodgson went into action again and emerged with 6 wickets, and in our 7-wicket win Dave Kennerley and James Osmond again scored runs, this time putting on exactly 100 for the fi rst wicket. Dave Atkins chipped in with 26 not out. Rain put the dampeners on the SI. Lawrence fixture, so there followed the game against Dulwich, Our hosts put on perhaps too many for us to chase in the time available, especially as we lost early wickets. and the game petered out into an unexciting draw. Dave Kennerley's 78, his third big score on the trot, was the feature of our innings, and Alex Mumford gave a hint of ru ns to come with a co rrect and elegant 32 not out. Having dismissed Eastbourne for just 91, wit h Richard Gosling bowling a very accurate middle-and-leg line, we collapsed feebly again st some good bowling and lost by 26 runs. Ou r last pa ir nearly held out, but the Number I I (who shall rema in nameless, though his fat her was once Housemaster of a S1. August ine's House) managed to get himself stumped with three balls to ~o.

235 AIRBORNE (Jail Stomberg)

Kennerley and Mumford made morc runs in the next game , and Chris Jepp showed that he too could bat but C . survived quite comfortably. and the game was drawn. SUllon Va lence, reinforced by two or three 1st Xl player ranlclgh too many for us to chase. though Alex Mumford and Chris Jepp tried , and another draw was registered ~hscored saw two Kent Schools players turning out for the Kent College 2nd Xl we began to wonder how we wou id c en We the event, although the two mad~ fun s, they were not enough, a nd Chris Jepp's fine 7 1 and Mahesh IddawCl~~e .. ln saw us home to a comfortable Win . In what turned out to be OUf last game, thanks to the increaSingly filthy w ~ 4 S Chris Jepp and Alex Mumford again baited extremely well , but Sl. Paul 's passed our total with 4 wickets toe:t er, It was a suc~ess f u I enoug h season m . terms 0 f results, and although ou r old lags from last year did not quitepare , I' up to expectallons, the 6b members, notably Messrs, Mumford, Jepp, Iddawela, Gosling and Hodgson showed Ive they would provide a stro~g nucl~us for next .year's side, provided they are not all snapped up by A. W.D.! The fiel~~al was generally very good, with Chns Jepp a rehable keeper, and Luke Klugman an outstanding catcher of the ball wh Ing he was put. Ben Peachey proved a most effective captain, despite ~is loss of form with the bat, and his use of the b~~~:er was gen~rally spot,o,!-, I am gratefu l as always to R.P .B. for all hiS help and good company, as I am to a ll the memb rs of th: side for their Impeccable c~nduct b~th on and ~ff the f.ie ld, their good hu mour, and their willingness to atte~S practices pu nct~ally and to help with the kit. I have enjoyed this season very much indeed, and I look forwa rd to Se ' d several of the side bac k next year. emg

P.A.E.D. Team: Ben Peachey (Capt.), David Atk ins, Richard Gosli ng, David Hodgson, Mahesh Iddawela Chris Jepp Da 'd Kennerley, Luke Klugman, Alex Mumford, James Osmond, C harlie Veitch. " VI Also played: Simon Gundry, Ben May, C hris Pattma n, Jon Press, C raig Saunders. ~lId Colours awarded to: Richard Gosling, Mahesh Iddawela, Chris Jepp, David Kennerley. Alex Mumford Chari' Veitch. • Ie

RESULTS Played 9, Won 4. Drawn 3, Lost 2. K.S.C" 103 (Iddawela 36); Epso m, 63 (Hodgson 4-24, Gosli ng 3- 19, lddawela 2-8). Won by 40 ru ns. St: Augu stine's 1st XI, 11 0 (Hodgson 4-24, Atkins 4- 12); K,S.C., 111 -4 (Kennerley 40, Osmo nd 32). Won by 6 wickets. High gate, 149-9 (Hodgson 6-58); K.S.C ., 152-3 (Kennerley 64. Osmond 36, Atkins 26 n.o.), Wo n by 7 wickets Dulwich. 175-2; K.S.C., 137-4 (Kennerley 78, Mumford 32 n.o.), Draw n. . Eastbourne, 9 1 (Gosling 5- 18); K.S,C .• 65 . Lost by 26 runs. K.S.C., 123-5 (Mumford 36 n.o., Kennerley 35, Jepp 27 n,o.); Cra nleigh, 9 1-4. Drawn. Sutton Valence, 136-8 (lddawela 3-38); K.S.C. 108-7 (Mumford 38, Jepp 30), Drawn. K.S.C., 147-6 (Jepp 71, Atk ins 30); Kent College, 108 (Iddawela 5-45). Won by 39 runs. K.S .C., 123 (Jepp 45, Mumford 28); St. Paul's, 125-6 (Gosling 3-26). Lost by 4 wickets.

3rd XI TI~e sea~on was launched in destructive sty!e, Mr: We~ster d~sm issing the opposit ion's open ing batsman with a delivery of pm-po mt accuracy a nd Mr. Johnstone dlsplaymg hiS sea ring pace . The second match differed from the fir st as it ~as away, li ke the third and sixt ~ , eventu~lIy being drawn owing to the arrival of Mr. Menne ll's girl-friend who !p~rred him on to some rather over-excited bowlmg. Co nseq uent ly we gave Mr. (or shou ld we say Miss?) Homan the ball. . . a nd regretted it! As the season continued, the fit ness training became more intense but the team managed well with Mr. Marsha ll 's 'rest-day' programme, which, according to him, included Sat urdays. Mr. Khan was st ill proclaiming that he cou ld captain the team as twelft h man wh ile wearing white SOl s. Unfortunately he took one too many 'restdays'. Inspector Gadget 'assu med the position' (of wicket-keeper) using his right arm to great effect. As the season slowly ground to a halt with the c~ac~ fo llowi ng suit we lo.st the talents of Mr. Grundy, surely the world's slowest batsman, a nd Mr. Klugman, who qUite Simply talked the opposmg batsmen into relinquishing their wickets. Both gent lemen depa~ted to the 2n~ ~ 1. The best that the depleted team cou ld manage in the fina l matc h was some inspirational leg-side bowllll~ by Mr. Williams a~d then a go,?d I~ng hard game of Rou~ders. Naturally no report wou ld be complete without a ment io n of the outstandmg leadersh ip displayed by the Captam, Alas. there's nothing to say. So the season ends and our many thanks to ~r. Ma rshall for his lack .of organ isat io n and biased umpiring. Of course thanks to Dr. Hands , Mr. Sheat h. K.-G. C hm for the sCfl ptured notices, and the cleaning lad ies. PAUL PACAU D AND BEN MAY.

RESU LTS Played 6, Won 2, Drawn 2, Lost 2, Team: Paul Pacaud (Capl.), Rory Ca mpbell, Simon Gu ndry, Michael Gillespie, Alex Homan J on Jonslone Luke Klugman, Ben May, J on Mennell, Edward Peer, Quentin Webster, Wellington Williams, Paul'Winchester. • Also Played: Nicholas Forrest, Mark Gaskain, Andrew Hyatt, Zabir Khan, Ben Ousey. 236

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Colts XI -Th is could have been a difficu lt season, with four members of last year's very successfu l Junior Colts team being romoted to the 1st XI, but the final reco rd compares very favourab ly with that of a ny side in recent years. Indeed Ft may have been a g~od thi~lg that several former B players were able to take their opportunity at this level. A,fter escaping with a draw m the bitter cold at Epsom , the team soo n settled down, a nd even the defeat at Eastbourne might have been avoided had a catc h been held when they were 0-2 at the start of their reply. From then on, it was only the rain that prevented the season end ing with three consecut ive victories. Success was achieved despite the fact that the batting was rather fragile, with Ben Craddock as the one player of real class. He was the leading run-getter, even though he never played a major innings. Of the rest, Michael Webb made a good job of opening, and Jon Willis made several useful scores, while the bowlers took it in turns to chip in, as makeshift openers, or in the lower order. There were no real tail-enders in this team of all-rounders, and Daniel Quin deserves a special mention for his dogged defiance on several occasions. The bowling was stronger , and the fact that four different players took fi ve wickets in an innings is noteworthy. Edward Sayer's speed - a nd a fine yorker - often made the initial breakthrough; James Greenwall was an accurate and steady medium-pacer; Daniel Qu in' s leg-spin was naggingly effect ive; and Jasper Gale produced a devastating spell aga inst Cran leigh. Ben Cossens was perhaps the stead iest bowler of all - and the only one who failed to take a fivewicket hau l. Tim Marson, the most loyal of bowlers in the nets, was unfortu nate not to have had more opportun ities to show his sk ill in the middle . The fielders supported the bowlers well . with the catching generally safe and the ground fielding very competent. Craddock was a most ski lful wicket-keeper, with four catches in the final match to round off a successful season. He also led the side with a quiet authorit y that contributed much to the success and enjoyment of the side.

P.O.H., H.E .l.A. Team: Benjamin Craddock (Capt.), Benjamin Cossens, Jasper Gale, James Greenwall , Aaron Jarrett, C heyney Kent, Timothy Marson, Daniel Quin, Edward Sayer. Michael Webb, Jonathan Will is. Also played: Nicholas Forrest, Jolo mi Irone, Jamie Rayner.

RESULTS Epsom 129-8; K.S,C. 73-9. Drawn. Highgate 80 (Greenwall 5-20); K.S.C. 81- 1 (Rayner 35-), Won, Dulwich 152-9 (Quill 5Âˇ32); K.S.C. 90-5. Drawn. K,S.C. 76; Eastbourne 77-4. Lost. Cranleigh 107 (Gale 5- 14); K.S,C . 111-4. Won, K.S.C. 122 (lro ne 41); St. Pau l's 97 (Sayer 6-19). Wo n, Kent Colts 83 (Greenwall 4- 17, Cossens 4-24); K.S.C. 46-3, Abandoned (rain).

Junior Colts A XI It was C. P. Snow who, wh ilst watchi ng cricket at Fenners, declared that Brcidman's batting was the nearest thing to perfection on earth ; if God had decided to be a batsman he wou ld have been Sir Donald Bradman. Bradman, fo r many, was proof of the ex istence of Platonic Forms: timeless and immutable Beauty fo und earthly expression in one Australian cricketer. This is, of course, comp lete nonsense to many but the philosophical point remains that it is through performing at the top of one's abili ty that one can reach a perfection that is relative to the talents at one's disposal - ill so doing one aspires to that divinity which is in one. Not to be outdone by an Aust ralian. our patriot ic Mr. Bee was quoted in Cricket MOrltlily a nd then in the Telegraph compari ng one Dav id Gower (O.K.S.) to Jesus Christ. So, did the sum mer of 199 1 reach those moments of perfection? Sadly not, it would seem: there were no Bradmans, no Gowers ... But in their own way the Woodersons , Lewis-Jolleses, Wilso ns, Aldridges, Carters, et alii, found their own moments of eternity, not least the never-ending batting inn ings of the Kent Schools team. C ricket, like most sports, does indeed have its own gods, idea ls to which we aspire, dreams which drive us on or leave us fru st rated wit h our own ineptitude. But most (all) of us are not like the celebrated O.K.S. who seems not to need to practise - one wonders how far he would have gone had he done so? T his year's Junior Colts A XI were generally prepared to put in such practice and, in reward, their results were almost match for match better than their Shell season. It is interesting that those who improved most were those who practised most. There were many notable performances and many not so immediately notable but equally encouraging - sometimes a good back foot defensive shot can give as much pleasure and augur as well for the future as a thundering pull-shot. If the 1990 seaso n was undoubted ly a good one for Junior Colts cricket (see last August's Calltuariafl). the 1991 season, despite the rain, was highly promising. The opening pa rtnership of the two J ulians (Lewis-Jones and Wooderson) eventuall y flour ished, Mike Davies hit the largest individual scores and will do so in greater a bundance when he begins to move his feet at the crease, Oliver Carter played some ext remely importa nt inn ings, James Deverall, Charles Doust and Matthew Hillier all showed that they can hit the ball effectively but must all co ncentrate fu rther on technique. Tom Grant was a dedicated wicket-keeper who improved enormously as the season went on. Robert Adams took important wickets and scored more than usefu l runs; Frazer Hughes bowled well but without luck - he will take many more wickets on fields with larger boundaries. Thomas Aldridge was a fine attacking strike bow ler and an outstanding fi elder and Andrew Wilson was a bowler of sound action, good pedigree and great prom ise. 237

With cont inued practice, all these boys can expect top ach ieve a great deal through and for cricket at King's a d beyond, Moments of perfec tion awa it. , . n G.R.C.

Team: Robert Adams, Thomas Aldridge, Oliver Carter, Michael Davies, James Deverall, C harles Doust Thoma ' S Grant, Matthew Hillier, Frazer Hughes , Ju lian Lewis-Jones, Andrew Wilso n, Julian Wooderson. RESULTS Played II , Won 4, Drawn 5, Lost 2. Epsom (Carter 30, Adams 46 , H ill ier 3-12). Draw n. Simon Langton (Lew is-Jones 30, Wi lson 4-16, Davies 3-15). Drawn. Highgate (Carter 48, Aldridge 4- 17). Won by 104 runs. Du lwich College. Lost by 6 wkts. Eastbourne College (Lew is-Jones 78, Wilso n 6-30). Drawn. Cranleigh. Drawn. SI. Edmund's (W ilson 4-16). Wo n by 8 wkts. St. Lawrence (Dav ies 82Âˇ , Wooderson 34, Dous! 39, Wilso n 4-26, Dav ies 4-2). Won by 127 runs. Sutton Va lence (Lewis-J ones 64, Dav ies 52, Aldridge 4-2 1, Wilson 5-10). Won by 151 runs. St. Paul's (Deverall 32, Carter 36). Lost by 18 r uns. Kent Schools (Wooderson 36). Drawn. Kent College (Carter 39, Aldridge 5-8, Wilson 4-18). Won by 62 run s.

Junior Colts B XI T he season opened with a home match against Epso m. King's were given a good start wit h an opening part nership of 49 between Adam Bissill and Harry Emanuel. The middle order fa iled to score runs qu ick ly enough and, batting on after tea, eventually declared at 126-8. Adam batted through the in ni ngs and was 32 not out at the end. Epsom were always behind the clock and eventually fin ished on 11 4-5 with the match drawn. The match against Highgate was an easy victory for King's, created by a good spell of bowling by Will iam Dri nkwater, 6 for 38 in 14 overs including 3 wickets in 5 balls. Batt ing first aga in st Simon Langton G.S., a score of 120 for 7 was reached but at a rat her slow pace. T his did not give the bowlers enough time to bowl ou t the opposition who finished on 85 fo r 8. Robin Ball started the second over of the match with two wickets with his fir st two balls a nd after five overs they were 2 for 3, but the bowling was not accurate enough fro m then on to press home the advantage. We were well beaten by Dulwich . On ly Dan Katz who scored 27 not out presented any resistance and we were bowled out for 95. Dulwich easily reached th is score with the loss of just two wickets. An innings of 48, including eight fou rs and a six, by James Deverall was the backbone of the highest total of the season, 166 for 9, against Eastbourne. A well-judged decla rat ion and a fine spell of bowling by Kieran Murphy, 6 for 22 in 12 overs, brought victory with just one over left to play. The ma tch aga inst Cranieigh was a high-scoring game. Co nd itions were very wet and the bowlers had difficulty wit h the wet ball. C ran leigh scored fr eely a t 5 runs an over , eventu ally scoring 179 runs. At 120 for 2 and needing 6 runs an over we were well on the way to victory but when Charlie Doust (78) was out the batsmen seemed to be unaware of the scoring rate required, and we even tua lly fi nished at 146-4. The second match against the Simon Langton G.S. was a very even drawn match. The man of the match was Matt hew Hill ier who scored 56 and took 4 for 41. Batti ng first aga inst St. Pau l's, a score of 144 for 5 was reached with everyone who batted cont ribut ing with double-figure scores. A fine spell of bowling by Gus Wilk inson, 6 fo r 23 including 3 wickets in four balls reduced St. Paul's to a total of 69 all out a nd an easy victory for King's. The Fathers/Mothers match proved to be a very close game , victory by the boys being achieved in the last over with a little help from Mum. Mr. Nealon was top scorer for the Fat hers with 43 not out a nd son Tim was top scorer for the boys wit h 45, Our tha nks to Harry Emanuel fo r his excellent leadership on and off the field a nd for organising a very enjoyable end to the season.

D.l.B. Taking three matches as a qualifying minimum for the averages, the top 3 batting and bowling averages were as follows:BATTING T. Nealon ............... .. ...................... . D. Katz .......................................... . A. Bissill ........................................ . BOWLING

IlInjngs 3 5 9

Highest Score 45 27 36

Not Outs I

3 3

Total 71 63 170

Average 35.5 31.5

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Overs Runs Wickets Average K. Murphy...................... .. ............... 37.4 124 16 7.8 A. Wilkinson.................................... 28 .5 106 7 15. 1 W. Drinkwater. ...... ... ................... ..... 76 254 15 16.9 Team: Ha rry Emanuel (Capt.), Robin Ball , Adam Bissill, Domin ic Cock li n, William Drinkwater, Dan iel Katz , Giles Macey, Kieran Murphy, Ti mothy Nealon, James Titchener, Augustus Wi lkinson, Also played: Michael Boardman. James Cheeseman, Wi lliam Davies, James Deverall , Charles Doust, Marcus Foster, David Hanson, Giles Hay, Matt hew H illier, Christopher Milne, Purav Patel. 238

Isabel Dean (Sha)

Times Moving On Leaning on the bar, Cap tilted on one side, He watches with mild interest As people settle with a drink or meal. His blue eyes sparkle beneath his stringy hair; His bony fingers stroke the base of an empty beer tankard. His cheeks are pulled taut in a knowing smile. Familiar faces nod respectfully to him; Impudent young newcomers grin and chuckle, But still he fingers his empty beer tankard, His blue eyes taking in the surroundings He is so used to, to which he has been Coming for countless years. He sits, solitary, in the shadows of the corner, Under a photo of a racing car, Somehow out of place. He will have to leave for good soon; Times have gone on; A new generation has come.

Stephen Carey (5a)

Older and Wiser We congratulate ourselves for being so mature, The goodness of being old. But why then do we sigh When coasting back through the haze? Our warm father sun was always smiling full On his special children, And we were lying, and laughing Under a cloudless sky. The lawn was a bed, its sweet smell a blanket. And funny trees, with skin like grandad 's, Held us up so that they could admire the small children. We'd ooze in cool, jellied spawn , And crown ourselves in freshly-cut grass. We swam in blue, and we sang in white, And we'd venture out into a clear starry night. And the infallible grownÂˇup would scold And squeeze out tears that turned to laughter In a huddle of beds that very same night. But blossoms fall, And the sun has set, And the only door back now is our pillow. 239

â&#x20AC;˘ Feelings

Satoko Yamaguchi (Shy)

I was only about eight When I was put on an enormous stage. A woman announced my name,

Like a sound from a machine. When there was a big applause, I felt the heavy and dull tension slowly Creeping up from my cold, shiny feet. Then I was pushed onto the stage. Suddenly this tension turned into another fear - embarrassment, The embarrassment of being stared at, The embarrassment of breaking the silence. The black matching stool seemed so far away, My fingers were slippery on the solid, cold keyboard. The boiling heat from lights, Just like hot summer sunlight. Yet my fingers were cold and pale. Slowly and frightened I played the first note. Then the atmosphere changed I felt my embarrassment being washed away by the melody. I suddenly asked myself: Where did the tension and embarrassment go? But I was too busy now, And although I knew that I would experience this again, I had forgotten to answer the mystery.

Catch a Falling Angel

Andrew Ruffell (5a)

Simple white Is tempted, Dims and falls In black. But under earth Is under world Where heat screams With bitter lust And blacks the white With dying soot. Wings withering Kill the illusion. What once could fly May not return. The fallen angel lands And hates.

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Escape

Stephen Carey (5a)

When I think back, He was always there, in the corner,

Throughout the changes in my life. He was just a small, lifeless patchwork frog, With a disordered array of colour and patterns, Faded green stripes rudely interrupted By violent purple and red, With dreamy white clouds Gliding across a hazy blue patchwork heaven. His green and blue sequin eyes Always took a sympathetic view on my life. Strangely enough, this lifeless frog Was the most active object in my childhood; His attic scent would befriend my senses And we would be taken into each other's lives: Together we could escape from all our troubles. This was a friend who didn't argue, Who never became angry, Who never expected anything from you; And yet he was always there. Even now, part of me still lives inside him,

And always will.

These are The Things

Heron McConnell (5a)

Running, skipping, tripping: Lolling, laughing, loving. Playing in a vast sea of sand By the far blue windswept. Now a bicycle I am riding, Faster, faster, faster, Closer, sooner, better,

Air through hair flowing. Talking with best friend, Sharing, smiling, knowing. Bicycles, country, hideaways Far from the mature eye. The exhilaration, the fear, The strength, a burst of power. Same mind in a Giant's body. Heroism across the finish line. And still it goes on ... 241

I am Happy

Bruce Darlaston (Sa)

The ground trembles, The glass obligingly cracks, The rocket soars, the birds fly, And I know I am a bottle of champagne. The fizz, the pop, The laughter, the noises, all kiss me in the air, And I am a bottle of champagne. I am a present, all neatly tied up with A bow and pink string with a label. I am the glow as a child plays with the toy That was lost for a year. I am the student passing the grade, And the sheer fountain of gold in a mine. I am apartheid, all smashed and destroyed, And I am my freedom restored.

Running Scared

Stephen Carey (Sa)

The day was ripe as we moved down the street, Scouring our turf for troublesome squealers. A good one shows up: plump and pink, And half-sized, all dressed in a sailor-suit. There's a balloon tied to his wrist. He's smiling, so he's trouble; he 's ours to take. A rabbit-punch, a bleeding nose. Tear off the buttons and He's opened like peas in a pod. Pushing, tripping, kicking, And a punishing pavement moistens his knees. And lose the balloon ; he's no more trouble. Then running towards us, crying a name. He's not threatening, but tending his own with welling eyes. Yet guilt became fear, and we took to our feet. And only now, with bitter loathing, I watch two little children Running scared.

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RESULTS

Played 9, Won 4. Drawn 4, Lost I. ",S.C., 126-8 de:. (Bissil 32*, Emanuel 27); Epsom, 114-S. Drawn . Highgate , 90 (Drmkwater 6-38); K.S.C., 92-5. Won. K.S. C. , 120-7 dec. (Bissil) 3,6*); Sim on Langton, 85-8. Drawn. "',S.C., 95 (Katz 27); Du lwlch, 98-2. Lost. K.S. C. , 166-9 dec. (Devera II 48. Ball 28); Easlbourne tOl (Murphy 6-22). Won. Cran leigh, 179 (Murphy 5-49) ; K.S.C., 146-4 (DOllSI 78, Titchener 25 Âˇ ). Drawn. K.S.C., 147-6 dec. (Hillier 56); Simon Langton, 130-7. Drawn. K.S.C. , 144-5 dec . (Boardman 2SÂˇ); St. Pauls. 69 (Wilkinson 6-23 ). Won. Fathers, 149 (Mr. Nealon 43*); K.S .C., 150-9 (Nealon, 45, Gaddio 32). Won .

Junior Colts C XI - The 'Cantarci' Cricket Club There was a huge gap in the Su mmer 199 1 calendar when we received it - no Under 15C learn. A week a nd th ree cricket practices later, eleven or twelve people were found to fill the gap. To begin with it was pa rt of the Under 158 squad, but after a week or two it had developed into something different: we severed all our link s with the Bs and became independent. Matches were sought, a lthough in the end this became very much a lost cali se. When we started we were just twelve (or eleven .. ,) players, not a team, and overall we were not actua lly very good. However, it would be unfair to say no-one has improved. After a fairly disastrous start losing by 8 wickets to a team who shall remain nameless, but were on average a year younger, everyone fought much ha rder . In fact everyone is now so much better. There has been some interesting bowling from Purav 'Demon' Patel, who would on average get the captain out three times every net sessio n. Sim on 'India ' Johnson's batting was conspicuous in the nets hitting the best very hard, but on the field conspicuous in other ways - the less said the better . Alex 'Captain' Maines found some bowling ability, even if he co uld only bowl in the nets, and he also found a very 'silly ' delivery stride. Will Davies brought some Bs skill to the club and was a great help as vice..captain. Humphrey Jones showed that even he can cricket , and showed it very well. Ed Pitt, it shou ld be said, has been the greatest help, giving no end of advice, and also keeping wicket well in our second match against the nameless team, which we lost by 5 runs. Thea Moore and Richard 'There in body' Hume, although not there very often, were entertain ing when they were there. Mark '(Perhaps) there is spirit' Bentham-Rice showed how bowling with no run-up has its advantages, as does holding the bat like a saucepan! Josh 'There in stupor' Tad entertained us with his cynical humour and his in finitely lucky batt ing. Also our thanks to Chris Milne who on ly appeared with us once or twice, but always to great effect. In the end a ll went qu ite well and it will be a pity if the club can not play together next season as we all may well be swept away to the Colts or 3rd a nd 4t h XIs. So we sha ll have to wait. .. AL.E X MAI NES.

The Club were: Tom 'Eat your heart out' Ba rwell , Mark 'Saucepan ' Benth am-Rice, Will ' J avelin' Davies, Rick 'Hazy' Hume, Simon ' Retd. Army Colonel' Joh nson, Humphrey 'Guy Rope' J ones , Alex 'The Leg' Ma ines, C hris 'Back over the to p' Milne, Theo 'Rehearsal' Moore , G raham 'Moose' Parrish, P Urav 'Demon ' Patel, Ed "Red Dev il ' Pitt, J osh 'Motto' Tod.

Under 148 XI The most remarkable fact about the season was that not a ball was lost to bad weather and, although some practice days were disrupted, the players ended the term better cricketers than they had been at the beginning . The batting a lways looked solid and only once were we bowled out - th ough even then we nearly had enough to win . Our other two defeats each came o ff th e second ball of the last possib le over after we had declared and on both occasions we dropped more catches than there were wickets left to ta ke. The leading run scorer with 180 was extras (of which 91 were wides), Adam Jackson made 97 on his only appearance, Sah ir Jeelani, Tom Stazicker and Ben Alexander all made fifties and James Stevens topped a hundred runs over the season. Ed Sebline always looked good but never quite got going and Jon Norman made some valiant and successful rescue e fforts . The catching was init ially untrustworthy (Seb Van : e being the most long-suffering bowler) but later some good ones were held, notably by Russell Hewett and Julian Hinves . The ground field ing a lso improved, particularly when Tom Wacher was playing. Of the bowlers, Dylan Wyn Pugh was the leading wicket-taker with thirteen and he always bowled steadily. Ranj it Gaind had a fie ld day against C ran leigh but generally his off-spin was not suffic ient ly controlled to ma ke him really deadly. Norman normally picked up a wicket or three and Hinves bowled well in the last three matches . Vance bowled his leg-spin beautifully o n occasions, but usually without luck. The team was sympathetically captained from behind the stumps by Ben Alexander. He claimed a number of vict ims and did not a lways need a long-stop. He was a lso very efficient at making sure we always had exactly eleven players and the overall success (there was only one du ll game) and enjoyment of the term were, to a large extent, due to him. O.D.W.

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RESU LTS Epsom 166-8 dec. (Wyn Pugh 3-33, Stazicker 3-64); K.S.C . 78-3 (Sta zickcr 51Âˇ). Match Drawn. K.S.C. 171-4 dec. (Jackson 97); Highgate 136-6. Match Drawn. K.S.C. 11 2-8 dec. ; Dulwich 113-4 (Norman 3- 18). Lost by 6 wkts. K.S.C. 130-6 dec. (Alexander 50Âˇ ); East bourne 132-5. Lost by 5 wk ts. K.S.C. 131-8 dec. (Norman 37 , Stevens 35); Cran leigh 62 (Ga ind 6-38). Won by 69 runs. Sutton Valence 43 (H inves 4-1 1, Wacher 3-7); K.S.C. 44-0. Won by 10 wkts. K.S .C. 158-6 dec. (Jeelani 59, Stevens 39); SI. Paul's 97-4 (Wy n Pugh 3-26). Match Drawn. K.S.C . 107; Simon Langton 108-8 (Stazicker 4-24). Lost by 2 wkts. Teamfrom: Ben Alexander (Capt.), Alex Bingham-Wilson, Tom Bucher, Ranjit Gaind, Russell Hewett, Ju lian Hinv Adam Jackso n, Sahir Jeelani, Dunstan Kamana, Andrew McG regor, Jonathan Norman, Jamie Paris, Edouard Scbli es, James Smith, Tom Stazicker, James Stevens, Sebastian Vance, Tom Wacher and Dy lan Wyn Pugh. ne,

Under 14C XI Appearances can be deceptive, and any suggestion that the team's official record suggests an unsuccessful seaSOn must be misleading. True, a couple of unaccountable collapses may have left the Cs with a 0% record in matches against other schools, but there were some notable successes , not to mention anticipated successes, and the misfortune was that the inter-school matches were all early on in the season before the side had really kni tted together as well as later on. The successes? Naturally enough the scalp (twice) of Mr. Alexander Maines's unoffi cial Junior Colts C side, the fi rst win being a very easy a ffair , and the second com ing wit h a perfo rmance of excellent tight bowling and tigerish fie lding in a very close finish. T he anticipated successes? The girls. Three times the match arranged against the 6b Girls' team had to be cancelled because of the rains. It was a cruel blow to the team, who had done some 'scout ing' and come away from the girls' nets convinced the girls would be no match for them. The losses? The Dulwich match was a disappoint ing affair on an afternoon so cold that the most fervent hope of all the fielders was that no catch should come their way. Wit hout a stout inni ngs of 23 from J ulian Hinves and Steve Lau 's 16 not out it might have been embarrassing. Against Eastbourne Hinves was again outstanding, this tim e with the ball. He took 5-38 with some beautiful swing bowling. After James Morga n had got the team o ff to a sound start with 30, and victory appea red to be a certainty, there was an unexpected collapse, including seven ducks. It was a similar story against Cranleigh. T his time it was Jamie Paris who spearheaded the attack, tak ing 4-45. Morgan, Lau and Tom Moore did their best wit h the bat, but another collapse produced another narrow defeat. The rain made it a stop-sta rt season, but the team never lost its ch irpy ent husiasm, thanks in no small part to the cheerful captaincy of Tom Moo re. Steve Lau's wicket-keeping was of a fin e standard throughout, and the side was well served in the bowling department by Hin ves, Paris, Patrick Osmond and Alistair Hawk in s. T here were good knocks fro m Morgan, Paris, Lau . Ben Jeanes. and Moore. M.R.J .B. Players: Tom Moore (Capt .) , Alex Bingham-Wilson, Tom Bucher, Adam Fendius, Jordan Frieda , Mark Harris. Alistair Hawkin s. Julian Hinves , Ben Jea nes, Steve Lau , James Morga n, Patrick Osmond, Matthew Paris. Tom Robertson, Michele Rosato, Andre Wigley. RES ULTS

Played 3, Lost 3. Dulwich (H). King's 83; Dulwich 86-2. Lost by 8 wkts. Eastbourne (H). Eastbou rne 98; King's 70. Lost by 28 rUlls. Cran leigh (H). Cran leigh 127; King's 94. Lost by 33 runs.

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(Henry Gage)

Athletics 'The at hlete represents man at the edge of his limits in an area which few men glimpse, let alone inhabit . one of the privileged few who can go close to reaching his potential while most of us spend OUT lives una'w~~eHh IS such a potential even exists.' (T. McNab, Flanagan's Run) t at The beginning of the 1991 season would have been more appropriate to other, morc wintry Sports as tOrr . downpours marred the early training. Indeed, the inclement weather was responsible for the abandonment ~f two m:lnt1al (against Sevenoaks & Dover College, Sutton Valence & Eastbourne) and the postponement of the District Champions;·hes Even so, the club turned out on a soggy Birley's, minus Captain and Vice-Capta in (Toyin Fadeyi and Sebastian RosIPS • - both injured), in search of that elusive potential. The nearest to 'reaching' it was perhaps the 'retching' of Mes: to Da~ies, Hart and Hawkins in tr<t;ining . .. Th~ results may not have ma.tched the epic expos~tjo n of Mr. MCNab, r!. a wm, a 2nd and two 3rds at Sentor level certamly went some way to domg so. The Intermediates failed to match th· t record, in it ially at least, but remember: 'The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.' (Olympi~ motto)! The firs t fixtu re against Kent College, Rochester Malhs and SI. Lawrence was a closely-fought affair. Seun Oshunkoya's 3rd place in the 100m, and 2nd in the 200m and long jump proved just how useful an athlete he was to the club and he was sorely missed after his wholehearted sacrifice of every muscle below the waist while doing the splits in Rock Steady. The match ~ l so .saw an impr~ss i ve w ~n ning de.b ut ro r !olm Chia, who went on to .prove h.im self a star member of the club, almost mevltably supplymg maximum pomts In his events, and fast approach 109 the Javelin record. Dickie Davies' victory at 800m and 3rd at ISOOm were also indications of great things to come, while Andy Hart, Dave Fraser and Simon Dowse added hard-fought 2nd places in their individua l even ts. It was only after the two relays, where we gained 2nd places to our two main rivals, that we slipped to 3rd place overall . The Inters were to go one better, principally due to Jolome Irone's versat ile contribution - 1st in the triple jump, 2nd in shot and 400m, and 3rd in high jump' a future decathlete? Unfort unately a persistent injury was to remove him from fut ure matches, much to the detriment of the Inter team. Perhaps most satisfying, however, was the inter 4 x 100m relay victory (EI-Mesmari-Cole-H ine-Gardner) a product of remarkably swift bato n changing. ' The only home match, that against Duke of York's and Skin ners' , was perhaps the most complete team tu rn-ou t of the season, as the result refl ected - a clear victory. The Captain and Vice-Captain issued fort h gingerly, nu rsing their injuries, and the rout began. Wins from Rosato (hurdles), Davies (800m), Chia Oavelin), Dowse (shot), Fadeyi (long jump) and Fraser (high jump), were closely supported by a string of 2nd places - most notably. Oshunkoya's triple effo rt in 200m, long jump and triple jump. The Inters only had some fl ashes of glory in Kipp EI-Mesmari winning the long jump and AI Hine the 200m, each fo llowed closely by Neil Co le in 2nd. Roger Gardner looked promising in the 100m, but a general lack of depth in all the throwi ng and middle distance events severely hampered the overall perfor mance. The clu b looked forward to further practice in the Sevenoaks and Sutton Valence fix tures, but instead the weather, and catastrophe struck: the matches were cancelled, Fadeyi and Oshunkoya 'hamstrung' and Fraser was forced to ret ire wit h a knee injury . Three of the club's star performers were thus eliminated at a stroke. Events furt her conspired against us when the team bus for the Tonbridge fixture arrived an hour and a quarter late, forci ng C.T. H. to resort to various cun ning contingency plans. In view of all th is, what subsequently occurred at Tonbridge can only be described as a miracle. Traditionally, as keen fo llowers of the sport will know , Tonbridge, with its excellent 'Tartan ' track and 6-school event s, is not merely a match, but the match. Despite team deplet ion and some adrenali n loss in the attempt at arriv ing on time, our team 'did the business'. Rosato won the hurdles (complete with hip gyrat ions), Chia the javelin (our first SOm javelin thrower for some time), and Davies the 800m. Yet it was in the B string , often in second events of at hletes, that the King's strengt h in depth shone through. Ewan Kerr won the B string 1500m, after a gruelli ng 3rd in the A string steeplechase; Chia won the discus, Justin Roxbu rgh the B string javelin with his best ever throw of 39. 16m. Meanwhile 2nd places were gained by Robin Williams (long jump and 400m - a talent just waiting to be tapped ... ), David Goggins (steeplechase), Andy Hyatt (long jump), Rosato (high jump) and Davies (triple jump). More importantly, the match saw the flowe ring of a strong team spirit, obvious in the 4 x 400m relay which was cheered on by a crowd (almost) as vociferous as that at the F.A. Cup fi nal a mere fifty miles away, and masterminded by that extrovert of extroverts, N.L.P. Davies-HawkinsWilliams-Hart proved a winn ing combination , unassailable after Davies' blistering first lap, and it was a shame that they had no further opportunities for running this stirri ng event. The Inters were unfortunately severely hampered by their lack of numbers, and only four members of the team achieved top 3 placings. El-Mesmari again won the long jump, with Jay Spencer 2nd in the B string, wh ile Roger Gardner was a close 2nd in the 100m, and Dunstan Kamana, a highly promising athlete, came 2nd in the B string trip le jump and 3rd in the high. The outlook for the Inters next season is by no means poor, however, when one considers that three of these will st ill be Inters in 1992. The two fixt ures after half term for the U 16 age group illustrated this future prom ise: rein forced by some promising Shells like Jam ie Paris, Pat rick Osmond, Sahir Jeelani and Curzon Rolla, this group defeated Dover College and Kent College in one match, and came 2nd in the District Team Championships against fo urteen local schools. Alastair Curzon also improved markedly with persistent training, and will doubt less reap the benefits of th is season's ex perience next year . We can also ta ke heart from the fact that not many ath letics clubs can boast having two 6m long jumpers at U I6 level - Kipp (6.09m) and Jay (6.03m). The finale to the Senior team's season was the Du ke of York's Cup, at Dover, when despite the interru ptions of train ing by exams, and the continued absence of Oshu nkoya and Fraser, we might have hoped 10 win the competition. In the event, with o ne or two perfo rmances less than their usual standard, we struggled to keep up with Sutton Valence 246 HEAD TO HEAD (M.P.H.D.)

and Duke of Yo rk's, both teams which we had beaten comfortab ly earlier in the season . Nevert heless , John Flynn once again put in brave performa nces in the sprints , Chia worked hard in all three throws, while Davies looked powerful in his comfortable 800m and 1500m victories. Guest star Malt Willi fer stormed round the A string 1500m in 4-19.4, leaving all the others in his wake, and winning the Kent Messenger 1500m trophy to add to his cross-country silver collect ion. Rosato completed a n unbeaten (except by the Dartford Tunnel , tha t is .. .) hu rdles season, and also ventured intO the 200m impressively. There were also so me notable comebacks: Fadeyi took 2nd place in the long jump with 6 22m; Ben Young put eight mont hs ('If inactivit y behind him to complete a 100m and relay (without passing out) and c~en won the B st ring long jump with a creditable 5.88m j and Andy 'J oke' Hyau obligingly turned out for some 'interesting' high and triple jumping. But despite ou r best efforts (includ ing slick back-straight baton work), we cou ld on ly manage third place overall. Indeed, th is was to sum up our season, one of near-misses which could have been far more successful given a hea lthier team. We can only wish next year's team that luxury: they certainly retain ma ny useful a th letes to work wit h. Some indiv idua l performa nces deserve mentio n. John C hia was 2nd at the Kent C hampionships with a javelin throw of 49.52m, just a li tt le below his season' s best of 50. 12m. Injury prevented him from try ing his arm full y with a new style javeli n at the London At hlet ic Club Championships (for Independent Schools). Sebastian Rosato won the Kent Championships' 110m hurdles in 15. 6, and was most unlucky to miss the chance of further success at the L.A.C. Champs., owing to a th ree-hour wait at the Dartford Tu nnel. At In ter level Kipp El-Mesmari missed the L.A .C . 100m fina l by a mere .1 sec ., but went on to come 3rd in the lo ng jump with 6.09m, threatening the school Inter record wit h one more year left as an Inter. Girls a thletics su ffered from two cancelled matches, but S. K.M.' s active coaching and encouragement ensu red that their one remainin g fixture was a resou nding victory over Dover College. Jane Dyson represented the District at the Kent Champio nships, where she lowered the sc hool 800m record fo r a second time to 1-3 1.4, while Kirstin Oaymer a nd Amelia Stewart were 4th and 6th respect ively in Junior girls' long a nd high jumps. Kirst in Gaymer was later 2nd in the 100m at the District team champs., (against twelve local schools) while Melanie Luther was 8th in the 200m and Miriam Lwanga 4th in the discus. Clearly, as these Junior athletes move th rough the school, they will form the basis of a thriving team. Finally, thanks go to C.T. H ., stra tegist par excellence, to R. C .W., the ever energet ic N.L. P ., S.K.M. and our few loyal supporters who put up with the British weather. SEBAST IAN ROSATO AND TOYIN FADEYI.

Teams: Seniors: Toyin Fadeyi (Capt.r, Sebast ian Rosa to (Vice-Capl.r, Arsa llan Bessarat ··, J ohn Chia·, Wil lia m Davies· , Simon Dowse··, Lawrence Epps , John Flynn··, David Fraser··, David Goggins··, Marcus Ham ilton, Andrew Hart·· , Henry Hawkins"' , Lut z Hostert , And rew Hyatt , Ewan Kerr··, Andrew McNaught, SCUll Oshunkoya··, J ustin Roxburgh··, Derek Svast i-Sa lee, Benjamin Young. !nters: Dominic Cocklin, Nei l Co le, Alastair Cu rzo n, Bruce Darlaston, Ja mes Deverall, Kipp EI-Mesmari, Roger Gardner, Nicholas Georgiadis, Oliver Henry, Alastair Hine, Max Holmes, Jolome Irone, Sahir Jcclani, Nicholas Johnstone, Dunstan Kamana, Benja min Loxton -Edwards, Ryan Mannering, Benjamin Massingham, Myles Orsler, Patrick Osmond, Jamie Paris, Lawrence Potter, C urzon Rolla, Rahul Singh, J ay Spencer, Hugo Stevenson. Girls: Ja ne Dyson (Capt.r, Flora Coll ingwood, Kirstin Gaymer. Miriam Lwanga, Mela nic Luther, Shee na Michaels, Priscilla Parish, Ab i Sotuminu, Amel ia Stewart , Nico la Strong. • ;:; Ist co lours, •• ;:; I st team colou rsl2nd colours.

25th April : Selliors: !nters:

RESU LTS v Kent College, Rochesler Mat hs and SI. Lawrence: I. Roches ter Malhs 135; 2. Kent College 11 9; 3. K. S.C. 11 8; 4. SI. Lawrence 81. I. Roches ter Maths 124; 2. K.S.C. 115; 3. Kent Co llege I JOj 4. SI. Lawrence 85.

27th April : Seniors: !nters:

v Duke or York's a nd Skinner's: I. K.S.C. 98 ; 2. Duke of York's 8Sj 3. Skin ners' SO . I. Duke of York's 108j 2. Skin ners' 73 j 3. K.S.C. 53.

30th April :

v Dover Co llege a nd Sevenoa ks - cancelled.

2nd May:

v Eastbourne a nd Sutton Valence - cancelled.

8th May:

District Individ ua l Cha mpionships: S. Rosato (1 10m hurd les), A. Fadeyi (lo ng ju mp), W. Da vies (800m), J . Chia (javelin), J . Dyson (girls' 800m), K. EI-Mesmari (100m), K. Gay mer (girls' long jump), A. Stewart (girls' high jump) were selected to reprcsent th e Canterbury district at the Kent C hampio nships on 81h June (see report for results).

18th May : Seniors:

v To nbridge, Berkha mstcd , Bradfield , Mill Hill , a nd Sulton Va lence: I. Tonbridge 205; 2. K.S.C. 180 j 3. Sutto n Valence 166j 4. Berkhamstcd 153; 5. Bradfield 81; 6. Mil l Hill 69. I. Tonb ridge 191 ; 2. Sutto n Valence 161; 3. Bradfield 142j 4. Berkha msted 124; 5. Mil l Hil l J02 j

Illters:

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6th JUlle:

v Dovcr College a nd Ken! College:

U.16: Girls:

1. K. S.C. 92; 2. Dover College 84; 3. Kent College 79. 1. K.S.C. 90; 2. Dover Co llege 56.

13th JUlie:

K.S. C.A.C. Pentathlon competit ion (6b, Removes and Shells): I . K. EI-Mesm ari 113; 2. J. Chia 86; 3. S. Dowse 85; 4. S. Jeclan i 83; 5, A. C urzon 72' 6 K G 66; 7. T. McConn ell 56; 8. B. l oxton-Edward s 43; 9. M. Holmcs 42. ' . . aYmcr Duke of York's Cu p, Dover: 1. Sutton Valence 182; 2. Duke of York's 168: 3. K.S.C. 163; 4. Dovcr Collegc 160; 5. King's R I 137: 6. SI. lawrence 130. oc lester District Team C hampionships: I. Kent College 73; 2 = K. S.C . & Can terbury High School 64 (Ollt of 14 sc hools). london Athletics Club Championships (lndependcn! schools): K. El-Mesmari 3rd in intermediatc lo ng jump (6.09m) and fast cst non-qualificr for 100m fina l (l1. 7).

22nd JUlie:

Open: 26th June:

U. 16: 27th 128th June:

Inter-House Athletics SPORTS DAY Once again ~ondition s \~ere not quite conducive to record brcak in~l. but in this very wet su mmer onc had to be thankful for small merCies, and a fa irly pleasant afternoon saw ~ cl,?sc ~,? mpet lt lon amongst the boys, with Broughton just holdion ~ff a stron~ challenge from Tradcscant. ~nd outstanding IIld lv l~u al pcr rorma~ccs from Davies (800m) and Ch ia (JavClin~ III the Se mo~ age group. There was an mcrease~ number of girls events, wh ich was he ld as an ope n competition, and an outstand mg performance from Kent champio n Jane Dyso n, who look 23 seconds off Ihe previous best girls tim

for the 800m.

RESU LTS

Juniors: 100m: I. Fadeyi (8) 13.4 sec.; 2. Stevens (LN); 3. McConnell (MR) . 200m: I. Wallace (B) 28.9 sec.; 2. Ioa nnou (MR) ; 3. Vance (O R) . 400m: I . P aris (T) 64.3 sec.; 2. Osni'o nd (OR); 3. McO regor (B). 800m: I. Jeelani (OR) 2 min . 23.4 Âˇsec .; 2. Stazicker (B); 3. Loxton-Edwa rds (MR). 150001 : I . Holmes (O l) 5 min. 33 sec.; 2. Oled hill (MT); 3. Sweny (T). long Jump: I. Fadeyi 4.36m; 2. Parkin (MT); 3. Gaind (SH ). H ig h Jump : I. Massingham (OR) 1.39m; 2. Smith (SI-I); 3. Bucher (MO)/ Harris (Ol). Shot: I. Edwa rds (Ol) 8.66m; 2. Stevens (IN); 3. De Haan (MO). Discus: I. Jeela ni (OR) 23.8001; 2. Tyler (Ol); 3. Perrin (MO). Javelin: I. Osmond (O R) 3 1.60m; 2. lau (MO); 3. HewclI (SH). 4x 100m Relay: I. Brought o n 55.9 sec.; 2. GR; 3. T . Inters: 100m Hurdles: I. Kamana (T) 18.9 sec.; 2. Madueme (MO); 3. Freeman (MT). 100m: I. Gardner (B) 12.4 sec. ; 2. El-Mesmari (T) ; 3. Darlaston (S H). 200m: I. Cole (Ol) 26. 1 sec.; 2. Hine (MO); 3. Williams (IN) . 400m: I. C raddock (IN) 58. 1 sec.; 2. Deverall (S H); 3. Iro ne (T) . 800m: I. Dobbs (B) 2 min. 14.4 sec.; 2. Hand ley (IN); 3. Kingston (MO). ISOOm: 1. Prince (MR) 4 min. 48 .3 sec.; 2. Curzon (Gl); 3. Rayner (MO). long Jump: I. EI-Mesmari (T) 5 .46m; 2. Spence r (SH); 3. Ga rdner (B). T~iple Jump: I. Kamana (T) 10.4lm; 2. Mannering (SH); 3. Ibru (G R) . High Jump : I. Iro ne (T) I.S Sm; 2. Orind ley (GL); 3. Aldridge (MR). Shot: I. Stevenson (T) 1O.02m; 2. Kent (SH); 3 . H enderson (lX). Discus: I. Ca rey (IN) 25.3Sm; 2. Jackson (Gl); 3. Ha ll (G R) . Jave lin : 1. Dupuy (B) 33.04m: 2. Craddock (LN); 3. Adams (MT). 4 x 100m Relay: I. Broughto n 49.7 sec ; 2. LN; 3. SH . Seniors: 110m Hurdles: I. Jepp (Gl) 19.3 sec.; 2. Oollop (LN): 3. Pattullo (B). 100m : I. Sonaike (OR) 12.2 sec .; 2. Johnstone (T); 3. Rhodes (Ol). 200m: I. F lynn (LN) 25.4 sec.; 2. Hyatt (B); 3. Papageorgiou (MO). 4oom: I. Ha rt (T) 56.2 sec.; 2. Pattman (OR); 3. Hawkins (B). 800m: I. Davies (MR) 2 min. 05.3 sec.: 2. Shepley (T); 3. Manning (OR). ISOOm: 1 Willifer (T) 4 min . 28. 1 sec.; 2. Kerr (IN); 3. Goggins (GL). Long Jump : I. Veitch (MO) S.73 m; 2. Williams (MR); 3. Sona ik e (OR). Trip le Jump: I. Davies (MR) 11.98m; 2. Rosa to (MT); 3. Rhodes (GL). H igh Jump : 1. Fraser (OR) 1.76m : 2. Pattu llo (B); 3 . Press (MO). Shot: I. Manni ng (OR) 1O.S4m; 2. H ostert (SH); 3. Bcssarat (Gl). Discus: I. Dowse (T) 29.92m; 2. Chum (GR); 3. Jepp (Ol). Javelin: I. C hia (MO) 47.5001; 2. Roxburgh (L N); 3. Bagshaw (B). 4 x 100m Relay: I , Tradescant 49.2 sec,; 2. LN; 3. GR. Victor ludorum: W, Davies (MR),

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Girls: . loom: 1. Oaymer (W) 14.4 sec.; 2. Sot umln u (BL); 3. Hudson (MR/M T). 200m : 2. Salmon (W) 31.4 sec; 2. Hudson (MR/MT); 3. lake (Bl). 800m: I. Dyson (B l) 2 min . 36.6 sec .; 2. Co llin gwood (MR / MT); 3. Dean (W). L..ong Jump: t. Gaymcr (W) 4.39m; 2. Grant (Bl); 3. Colli ngwood (MR /MT). High Jump: I. Michaels (Bl) 1.34m ; 2. Stewa rt (W) ; 3. Roberts (BSR). Shot: I. Tarr (BL) 7.55m; 2, Ashton (BSR); 3. Amaouche (MR/MT). Discus: I. Colli ngwood (MR/ MT) 18.40m; 2. lenox-Conyngham (BL); 3 . Parish (W). Javelin: I. Adamson (Bl) 18.00m; 2. Strong (W); 3. Amaouche (MR/MT). 4 X 100m Relay: I. Walpole 59.8 sec.: 2. MR/MT; 3. BL. Victrix Ludorum: F. Collingwood (MR/MT)/K . Gaymer (W). overall Result : Boys: I Broughton 144; 2. Tradescant 133; 3. The Orange 11 0.5; 4. Linacre 109.5: 5. Meister Omers 93.5; 6. Oalp in 's 85; 7: Marlowe 76; 8. Schoo l House 7 1; 9. Mitchinson's 37; 10. luxmoore (Sen .l l nters on ly) 19.5 . Girls: I. Walpole 36; 2. Bailey 35; 3. Marlowe/M itchinson's 26; 4. Broad SI. Radigu nds 13. Inter-Housc Shuttle Rela ys: Boys: Broughton. Girls: Walpolc.

The Boat Club BOAT CLUB TRAINING CAMP : LAKE SARNEN This is the report that your positively geriatric correspondent never thought wou ld be written; back to th e o ld Swiss Customs after all t hese years? But thanks to the Doat Club GodÂˇFather, here we were on the road again. Two eights plu s minders t hundering through the Vosges; Mr. Filby in the imperia l Shogun; S. J .0. posing in the multi-gadget peoplecarrier; T. J .P. and yes, the o ld war-horse himself, R.M.H. in the dreaded minibus. still wav ing the wrong bits of paper (stroll on 1993) at C ustoms people and yes , still gasping at that amazing view of lake and mountains. O ld ha nds must have wondered whether the magic would n 't have faded. , . But no, it was as gloriously up li ft ing as ever (a nd the landing stage was as wobbly as ever). Nothing at all had changed a nywhere - how do the Swiss do it? Of cou rse we had changed; S, J .G. now promoted to the giddy heights of 1st VlIl coach and T.J.P. (the man with the Golden Pitch Gage) lead ing the men of the 2nd VIII. But guess who was soon back in the fray - this year 's pack of innocents soon lea rned that S. J .G. and R,M.H. together in a coaching launch could be nasty. Yes, o ld han ds know about wa ll-hitting day ... Tuesday - early this year, A long morn ing and then a longer afternoon; p robably t hirty miles of rowing, with H ooper stretching Henley to twelve mi les and Oraham putting in the final boot - an extra kilo metre when a ll seemed over. Never mind gett ing the boat off the water; they couldn 't get themselves off it. Literally. Oh, those blisters. Was there life: off the water? Well , th e lads (released fro m their wives) soon too k to cigars - I m ean the ad ult s, not the crews (I hope), , . but T.J ,P. stayed loyal to t he old Marlboro behind the bushes. And those intensive tactica l discussions on the superiority of those rival boats, Gord on's or Beefeater ... The d ay out was one of glorious weather (as was most of the week) t he glacier look ing coo l a nd threaten ing (or was t hat just Bob Wallace at the entrance?) . T.J.P.'s hiking boots twink led up the path - a nd d own even fa ster as his crew picked up the snow-balls. T he food was as good as ever - better, o ne suspects a nd the general fee ling was as good as ever - and tha t means very good indeed. The h otel owner was emphatic o n how well King's behaved compared with th e Sw iss Nationa l Sq uad - not a thing the Sw iss will say eas ily! About the only real 'down' was when Bill Swanson did his best to dcpress S .J .G. by zooming off in the teeth of a sudden storm and very nearly sink ing the VIII on the far side of the lake: but even then, after emptying o ut t he boat with the so rt of hats that give Dr. Humberstone a distinct Jrisson , the rest of t he o uting was real quality . Even the weather behaved, o nly the last afternoon p roving too rough to go out. And nothing went wrong o n the journey back (apart from R .M.H . going odd ways rou nd one-way junctions in Bas le - fortunately at 5 a.m. - a nd S. J .O, getting almost tetchy (surely not?) over h is passe nger 's attacks on the bus h ifi). Yet again, those who have never been here can't see why we go - a nd those who have experienced the place know without question why. It is, quite simply, the perfect tra ining place. N.S.R. and Henley lie ahead as I write, and nothi ng is sure in rowing - but to date (after threc regattas) t he Eight remains unbeaten by any schoo l. With out t his week, I do not believe that would be the case.

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1st VIII The 1991 first crew dispersed fo r the Easter holidays after a comfortab le row in the Head of the River Race A rc of 67th place was an improvement of fifteen places on last year, and this naturally put the team in good spirits for the br:u~t It was not all fun and games fo r everyone however: OUf top pair, Tom Filby and Nick Prince, were selected for ~h'

A.R.A.'s 'Easter Assessment', They were selec ted as 19th pair and came away from the four-day jaunt as 10th p .' _ an adm irable achievement. air The crew came back toget her a week before the beginning o f term [or a week's 'holid ay' in Swit zerland an i t rind that Charlie Robinso n was not going to be joining liS as he was plastered! The Cha d (that infamous m~torc~clo

speed-mercha nt) had an unfort unate run-in with a tractor, and as one of the longest-sta nding and m ost loyal membe e of the club, we were a ll naturally upset to hear of the accident. W e wish him a ll the best with h is A -levels and tha:: him very much for his support at this term's regattas. Switzerland went a head as planned with Nick Lockeyear proving to be a more tha n competant replacemen t. So , tanned and ta lented, the rest of the world got their first glim pse of the crew fro m King's Canterbu ry at Reading Sprint Regatta, where we beat Read ing Blue Coat and Oxford Po ly (B?) in the finals to win both the Senior 3 and Senior 2 events. This first (double) victory of the seaso n was an importan t building block for t he rest of the term and the crew certa inly benefited from it. ' Two weeks later was (Polar!) Blackwall and District Regatta held in the Royal Albert Docks. This was the first full length (1 50001) race of the season and it was important to do wen : especially as we were drawn next to Our old friends S1. Pau l's. Bob a nd Seb lost t he first in a ser ies in their pair and our coxless four (Tim , Bill, Nick L., Tom) found out that it wasn't as easy as a ll that to do well. Also , Max had a little wind problem in his pair. with Nick. However t he Eight was far more im p ressive. There was a fift een-minute delay at t he sta rt, owing to a brok en st retcher in th~ St. Pau l' s boat, in which we tried to keep warm fro m the now strong wind. When S1. Paul 's fi xed their boat the race commenced. We took th e lead from the start and never looked back. On the line we were considerably under-rating S1. Pau l's who were some 1 VI lengt hs behind. Th is again was a big con fide nce boost as th ey had been a major rival in our p revious season. Riding high on this, our crew packed their bags (but in so me cases not their passport s) for the Internat ional Regalia a t Ghent in Be lgium. Mr. Parker's p lan to get the crew to the course early the ncxt morning was quashed by a rouge t ram in a o ne-way st reet: fortu nate ly his reversi ng ski lls were not affected and a potent ia lly sticky sit uation was avoided. More im porta nt ly. on the water the crew was split in to s mall boats for the first day with the Eight racing in the evening of the nex t day . The first boats to race were two four s. one with and o ne without a cox. Both of the crews were entered in the u nder-23 event (owing to th e different age lim its o f oarsmen o n the continent) . They d id not perform to well and were unfortunately outclassed. Tom and Nick were agai n selected to row for the A.R.A. a lso in a coxed and coxless four . T hey performed wen , although ind ividua l h opes may have been h igher, but they d id make a god impress ion on the internatio nal selecto rs who were present. Apart from these races T o m and Nick raced in t heir pair as well, along with Bob a nd Seb a lso hoping to a tract t he selecto rs. Tom a nd Nic k had respectab le res ults, but unfortunately Bob and Seb came last. twice. (They did beat the daring duo of Nick L. and Bill though, if only on t imes). T he all-importa nt Eig hts race on th e Sunday was the cl imax to the trip. W it h t he German National under-23 crew on our insides we knew t he going was not to be easy . The Germans, Oxford P o ly, and o urselves were equal to the halfway point (lOOOm) with Hampton school and Kingston G ram ma r school some way behind. Our atte mpts to hold on to the German s were now to be short-lived as they struck up another cy linder and romped home to a comforlable victo ry. Oxford Poly were st ill wi th in our grasp but we were co ncent rati ng o n H ampton who were try ing to push back and they sli pped through . With 300m to go Hampton were not going to catch us and we too k the rating up to fini sh a close 3rd. I length behind Oxford Poly. However, we were still unbeaten by a sc hoo l crew and we were now th e proud owners of an u nder-23 bronze medal (and also a tremendous insi ght into the making of the Sooty Show). This took us to date with our yearly visit to the N. S .R. , and we o nce again graced t he Haven with o ur early morni ng presence. Holme-P ierrepoint was as home ly as ever, except this year the wind was b lowing from the ot her direction. A very inefficient row in the first round produced a win a nd an ex ha ustion factor far higher t han expected. T his poor row was fo llowed by a far more sett led one in t he nex t round p roducing a safe third, wh ich was enough to get us into the fina l. The last King's crew to be in the Queen Mother C up fina l was in 1984 and to get into that is a n achievemen t in itself. But we had not come all t his way to come last. Elan, with an impressive season, were favou rites with Shrewsbury expected to push them but no-one could choose between Cheltcnham, Kin g's, Pangbourne, and St. P a ul's. E ton proved everybody's fears co rrect by being the outs tanding crew but in a close race with 8 seco nds separating the rest of the field it was somewhat disappoint ing not to co me higher than 5th . I wo uld also like to say a big th an k you here to Mrs. Hooper fo r orga nising t he yet again overstocked foo d tent! The end was not yet in sigh l, with th e Henley Roya l Regatta st ill to come. Another victory over St. Paul's (Ih is time by two lengths) o n th e way 10 the final of t he Sen ior 2 Eights at Marlow was to show that we were back on winning fo rm . Eto n showed that they were beatable fo r the fir st time, and everyone is looking forward to Henley wil h the prospcct of some exciting races. Mr. Hooper must be thanked for com ing o n to help with the trainin g of the first Eig ht in t hei r r un-up to Henley. Bu t the more so to Bruce for coaching the crew t his season an d produc ing some com mendab le resu lts: thank you. Not fo rgettin g. of course , M r. W illi s for forever sort ing o ut a ny a nd a ll t he problems with the boats (and t heir occupants) a nd, dare I say it, t he pitches. A nd fi nally to ou r captain of boats , Bill Swanson , a nd the crew fo r prod ucing such HARRY ROSSITER. a h igh standard of racing at the top of the C lub . The Eight: Bo w Max Wi llia ms; 2 Nicholas Lockeyea r; 3 William Harris; 4 T imot hy Bagshaw ; 5 Sebastian OawsonBowling; 6 Robert Wallace; 7 T o m Filby; Stroke Nicholas Pri ncc; Cox Wi lliam Swanso n . 250 LAKE SARNEN (S.J.G.)

2nd VIII 'Of mounta in s shall be made men; of men shall be made . . .' - The mounta in s in question, of co urse, are those of Sw itzerland where those of the crew who were not r ock ~ huntin g gathered just berore the start of term and, without much else to do, decided to emp loy the co llection of bits of row i n g~ boat lying aro und on the lawn. During a productive week, we rowed, rowed some more, ate cheese, rowed again, ate pasta, rowed yet aga in and fini shed off with a litt le light row ing . So why did we return fi lled with enthusiasm'? Well , switzerland is an impressive place, equ ipped with excellent faci lities (like a lake to paddle on), the food was good and the sun shone. On our ret urn, we were faced with a sma ll puddle to train on, rain and school food. Somehow it never quite seemed the same! There followed a number of regattas where we scored near misses. 'Polar, Bleakwell' was cold, wet and yielded a second place in the fina l (it's multi ~ lane) to a team of flying doctors. Cambridge produced an astonishing win over a university crew (Wales, Cardiro fo llowed by a defeat at the hands of Queen's, Cambrid ge and then there was National Schoo ls - our nearest miss. Mysterious midnight phone calls (thank s, J 14s), a very tough semi fi nal and all those other min or misdemeanours of the past meant that despite our best row of the season, Lipshake took us on the line by a foot and we missed the magic bronze medal. It was an exciting race though . Even the coxswain lost his ability to think and went into tape~recorder mode. The season fin ished at Marlow, and that's more than enough said about that. (Maybe we shou ld have trained ... ) On reflection the seaso n has been a good one despite the lack of overa ll regatt a wins. We won plent y of individual races at Sen ior level, improved technically and learnt much about rowing and racing in general. On our day, we proved ourselves the fourth fastest 2nd VIII in the cou ntry and that is qu ite an ach ievement. Our thanks go to Mr. Willis for keeping us afloat, Mr. (three points) Parker for grumbling at us, Harry Rossiter for the paperwork and to the rest of Ihe Boat Clu b for perm itting us to exist. The/ollowing were awarded their 2nd colOllrs: Harry (punctual) Dobbs, Dave (vociferous) Handley, Giles (spoons) Tennick, George (Honey Monster) Bruxner, Andy (shouldn't I be sculling'?) Thomas, Jonny (seized-up wrist) Ridings. Paul (hard) Haswell, Alex (humble) Scarlett and Ian (cool, calm and collected) Milward. Stephen Carey also rowed and Alex Driskill-Smith also coxed. T HE CREW. Girls' Rowing: Senior Squad Following their successful performance at the Schools' Head where they achieved a remarkable 4th place in Women's Junior Vili s after, in some cases, barely a term 's rowing experience, the girls' sq uad returned high ly motivated to take part in the regatta season. We were also pleased to welcome so me new recruits, enabling us to train both an VlIl and a IV. Ideally, the VlII wou ld have co ntinued as such throughout the seaso n, but the regrettable scarcity of Women's Novice VIII events and the untim ely intervent ion of a House Play meant that we had to restrict ourselves to IVs for the first three regattas. Further complications were that there was much competition within the Boat Club for the use of the light coxed IVs and also that outing-time was often limited because of musical commitments. T he fir st event was at Hammersmith where the Stern IV had a spirited race against St. Paul's Girl's School and Southampton University. After a restart and much nervousness it took them some time to achieve cohesion and. despite an excellent final third of the race, they narrowly lost to Southampton who were in turn a length and a half down on St. Paul's. Poplar Regatta is probably best forgotten: miserable weather. exhaustion after the performance of the Messiah the night befo re and a recu rrence of ' seat~tro uble' meant that we were unable to make much impression on the highly professional crews from Kingston Grammar School and Lady Eleanor Holies. Cambridge Regatta was a boost to morale. however, the Bow IV beating The Leys by miles before succu mbing to Lea Rowing Club and the Stern IV putting on a great race against the older and heavier Churchill College . . It was with so me relief that the crew reverted to th e VIII for Thames Ditton. Unfortunately they never quite recovered from a poo r start against Bryanston, nevert heless holding them to half a lengt h for a good part of the course. The 3rd IV, meanwhile, belied their lack of experience and acquitted themselves very well despite losi ng to Sir William Borlasc's. And so to o ur major event, the National Schools' Regatta at Nottingham where the only event open to us was the Championship Girls' VIlIs, the eq uivalent of the Queen Mother Cu p. Was it over~ambitious to enter for it? The crew answered this with an emphatic 'No' as they rowed a tremendous first 500 met res to find themselves one length ahead o f S1. Paul's and Kin g's Worcester. wit h Kin gsto n Grammar School some way ahead of all th ree. A place in the final looked assured, But, agonisingly, our lack of stamina began to tell and were were gradually overhauled. But the outcome, bitterly disappointing as it was, must not obscure the real achievement of the crew , all but one of whom had not rowed before this year. Although exams and King's Week commitments precluded participation in any fu rther away regattas, it was good to see an en thu siast ic and spirited performance in the House Regatta (special congratu lations to Anna and Philippa on their convinci ng win in the Double Sculls) and to know that the girls are already looking forward to next season. From the coach's point of view it has been a memorable and rewardi ng ex perience. With their blend of ent husiasm, commi tment and enjoyment the girls will surely achieve real success next year. My thanks to Anna for her example and leadership, ably supported by Philippa. Their 1st Colours were richly deserved. My than ks also to all the parent s for their generos ity and encou ragement. And a big tha nk you, as ever, to Peter Willis for his moral and material su pport. He it was who coached the fi rst girls' crews at Ki ng's, and it was especially hearten ing to see that Liz Ayling is now rowing for the Oxford Women's Second Boat. Her successors are on the way! S. W.W. VIII: Lisa Chandler (Bow), Flo ra Collingwood, Sophia Davies, Louisa Jones, Sarah Woolman, Gabrielle Ashto n, Phil ippa Katz, Anna Brand (Stroke) , Jennifer Gill (Cox). I V: Emma Campbell (Bow), Zoe Sturdy, J ulia Kit chener-Smith, Marie Cla rk (Stroke), Viola Home (Cox). Reser ve: Fiona Mackenzie.

25 1 SEN IOR GIRLS' ROWI NG SQUAD (Paul Dixon)

Under 15 VIII At the end of last term I felt that there was some potential in th is relatively small year group and the plan durin the summer rac ing season was to move up to higher level al each regatta, hopefully getting to maximum race pace i ~ time for The Nat ional Schools regatta at Nottingham. Progress was indeed made and the crew used the experience gained at the Royal Docks . Thames Ditton and Cambridge to good effect. T heir start was as good as any and when they found a good racing rhyt hm they cou ld hold their ?wn with most. At the Nat io nal Schools they qualified sensibly for the final but now they had to prove that , as onc of the unfancicd runners, they cou ld get a medal. They led the field off the start and through the first 500-mctre mark. It was desperately close a nd they had bee n caught at 750 met res. Cox called fo r a push a nd immediately the crew responded but Tom at five ma naged to dest roy his seat in the process. Ou t the window went the chance of a meda l - the three chaSing crews had got past them and Sh ip lake now were able to row thro ugh. Th is proved too much for our crew who with seven-and-a-half crew members got back into fourth place and limped over the line. The crew 's reaction was nOI what I had expected. Certain ly they were disappointed bUI they were delighted with the row - best so fa r. The problem now was, what to do next. Luckily it proved impossible to go to Marlow, so afte r a couple of weeks of good solid work after half term we went to Bed ford where in torrent ia l rain the crew got their reward win ning all their races by margins of around twelve seconds - coming away with some rather gra nd pots. A well-deserved victory a nd an excellent end to the seaso n. Crew: Scott McLean, Alex O' Keefe, Charles Heise. Ben Goggins, Tom Jackso n, Myles Orsler, James Bishop. Chris More. Cox: Rod Swa nso n. Sub: Francis Kenney. R.I.R.

Golf There was little chan ge to the pattern of fixlUres this seaso n, and the first match was once again a t Canterbury against the Q ueen's Regiment. Our hosls repeated thei r kindnesses of preceding years, presenting each member of our team with regim enta l diaries for 1991 follow ing a nother drawn encou nter. T he redoubtable Pip Arnold, O.K.S., at one ti me in the Bu ffs, was in the Queen's team so the draw was certa inly ha rd -earned. The Geo ffrey Young Memo rial Trophy was carried off by Meister Omers in the shape of And rew Hill (Seniors) and Dominic Denison-Pender (Juniors). Geoffrey's Putter, on the attract ive mount, now ha ngs in the ma in ha ll of tha t famous bui lding and not far from the Elizabethan fresco. In the Golf Foundat io n Schools' Champ ionship at Lamberhurst the team (Grove, May and Walder) failed 10 realise its potential in this regional qua lifying rou nd. The greens were tricky but this was not a 100ai exc use. Activity golf continued at Prince's week ly wit h some pro fess iona l lesso ns and a one-off trcat - 18 holcs at Roya l SI. George's before ha lf-te rm . There were only two cha nges to the Summer ter m's matches, the first being a new fixt ure with Reigale G.S. This game was abandoned after 9 ho les played in a force 8 wi nd. persistent heavy ra in a nd freezing temperatures on 30th April at Pri nce's. The second was the pleasure of playi ng twice at Roya l SI. George's against Tonbridge and la ter vers/ls C harterh ouse. Both matches were lost but these opponents are in the top bracket, the latter possessi ng a cou rse in its grounds. Better performances were recorded against the O.K.S. a t Ashford (a defeat but not a wh itewash), whi lst we drew wi th King's Rochester at Belmont and lost by only 2V2-3 VI to C ra nleigh at Royal Ashdown Forest. The In ter-House Seniors was won by T radescant (May and Walder) with Linacre a credita ble second (Sa rgent a nd Saunders). The Juniors had to be postponed until the Autumn term. For the first time ever the Common Room was victorio us by 2VlÂˇ1 Vl versus the School at Prince's so at last the Masters will be considered as a serious force to be reckoned with. On ly the Kent Schools' Team Championship remains to be played at Belmont. I would like to than k Philip G rove fo r doing a fine job as Captain , especially fo r tolerating the unavoidable a nd numero us phone calls. It is not easy to enjoy the ga me when A-levels are looming but he rema ined rema rk ably cheerful despite the clash of priorities. In him I bid farewell to another loyal and lo ng-servi ng member of the Club and wish him a ll the best with the O.K.S.G.S. Alilhose who played in the team produced some good performances on occasion with May, Walder and Ruffell doing especia lly well. Ben May is to be Capta in for the 199 1-92 season.

J.J.D.C . Team: Phili p Grove (Capt.), Ben May, C hris Wa lder. Tom Ruffell. Richard Goulden, Andrew Groves. Also played: William Davies, Da niel Ryan, A ndrew Hill , Frazer Hughes. Michael Webb, Michele Rosa to. First Colours awarded to: P hil ip G rove. Millor Sports Colours awarded to: Ben May, Chris Walder. Richard Goulden a nd Tom Ruffell. 252

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Sailing The term sta rted wit h twenty-eight pupils signing up for the Westberc sailing, but they were to face except iona lly cold conditions. A lthough sailing was possible on virtually all sailing days (five days each week), the extended period of wintry weather and high winds, followed by days of light a irs, was not the best for beginners to the sport. A regular group su rvived this and there were ('vcllt ua lly to be many days of good sailing. Bruce Go ldin has been a consistent and splend id help th ro ughout the year, taking the init iative over maintenance and o rganisat io n, a nd we a re grate ful to him for th is. One of h is enterprises was to prepare an unsailab le Lark for the water, a nd after days of preparation, duly sel off from the slipway. A force five wind took h im a ll the way to the 'Cut' in eight seconds, a capsize, flooded buoyancy, mast deeply embedded in the mud , rescue boat arrival fo llowed by its o utboard 'powerpack' fa ilure, help from the boat club a nd the fo llowing day a d ifficu lt recovery. With better weather later in the term, several younger boys and girls learned the basics wit h overt en th usiasm, and, in some cases, wit h co nsiderable flair.

The House Cup Galp in 's, Luxmoore, Ma rlowe and Broughton issued challenges to Mitchinson's, thc holders, who elected to defend by a short points series of fou r races, any member of the House helming each race. After three races, the points scores were such that Broughton needed to win the last, Luxmoore on ly needed Broughton not to come fi rst, a nd Marlowe needed Broughton and Luxmoore to sin k each other. In the event that race was won by Marlowe (P. H aswell), Broughton second (J . Martin), with Lu xmoore fo urth. M.N.W. RESULT (wit h places in brackets): Winners - Luxmoorc (R . Henderson 1st; G. Stevens 3rd; S. Bow kcr 1st; J . Stom berg 4I h). Runners-up - Broughton (J. Mart in D.N .S., 1st, 2nd, 2nd). 3rd - Marlowe (B. Gold in, 3rd, 4th, P. Haswell 3rd. 1st). 4th - Milchinson's (H. Gledhi ll 4th, 5th, 4th. 3rd). 5th - Galp in 's (B. Alexander 2nd , 2nd, A. McG regor 5t h, D.N.S.).

Swimming This yea r, Kin g's swimmers have entered the promised land. Si nce the complet ion of the Recreation Centre last Septembe r, we have had just about ideal facilit ies for tra in ing, in a six-la ne, 25m heated indoor pool. Hard tra in ing began in the Lent tcrm ; using both ea rl y mo rn in g and a ft ernoon sessio ns it was possible for boys to swim serio usly as well as pursue a not her sport. By the start of the Summer term, R .E.B. had thu s a lready su bstant ia lly created the basis of the boys teams. T he value of this train ing was Quick ly apparent in the m atches. At the end of the season, the U 15 team had won a ll of their matches a nd the U 16 team (supplemented at times by U 15 sw immers) also had overcome most of their opposition. The seniors had a harder time, being rather few in number. However, the team of four swim mers (Wayne Mann ing, Pelha m Higgins, Antony Frew and Julia n Kingsland) entered for the Na tiona l Public Schools Relays got into the fina l fo r the Aldenham Cup and were awarded the P hillips Cup wh ich is given fo r the 'most imp roved team'. Pelham and J ulian also took part in several championship meet ings in the East Invicta League , a nd both were invited to swim fo r the Kent Schools Swimm ing Association. Co mpeting as an UI6 in school matches, J u lian won each o f his twen ty-four races. Of the ju n iors, Ell iot Ashu rst swam in seventeen races a nd won twelve, th ree o f these at U I6 level. T he U 15s ended their season with a successfu l trip to the Bishop's Sta n fo rd Festival, where the freestyle relay team got in to the fina l and were placed fourt h (out o f twenty) . First team colou rs were awarded to C hris Pearce and Bill Scott, second colours to Dick Francis and Julia n Faulkner and first colo urs to Pelham H igg in s, To ny Frew and Ju lian Ki ngsland . The Capta in's Cup weill to Pelham Higgins and the Carbon i Cup to Wayne Manning, in recognition o f his successful captainship . The new pool obviously is a great asset when we have visit ing teams , no t the least improvement being the changing rooms a nd showers. The Swimming Sports Day was well supported and must have left both swimmers a nd spectators with a heightened appreciation of o ur good fort une in havi ng the new pool. H owever , the best fac ilities are of litt le lise without people; we m ust than k Mr. Marsha ll for help with ea rly mo rni ng tra in ing and Mr. McFall, who has taken on the job of scorer and announcer at matches. It is Mr. Barham, though, who takes fi rst prize for energetic a nd enthusiastic training of us all. N.J.B. Seniors: Wayne Mann ing, Dick Francis, T o ny Frew, Pelham Higgin s, Ch ris Pearce, Bill Scott. V16: Ju lian Fau lkner, J ulian Kingsland. James Phipson.

V15: Charles Aitken. Elliot Ashu rst, Barry Cameron, Mike Davies, Da n Drury, Matthew Knight, Terence Loa, A lex MaCdonald-Bell , Alastai r McGregor, Ed Mi llard, Michael P reece, John Sweny. 253

SWIMMING: THE PHILLIPS CUP TEAM AND THE U IS TEAM IN.J.B.)

RESULTS

K.S.C. v Duke of York' s v King's Rochester s: 72:86:5 1 (2nd) U/6: 85:92:29 (2nd) K.S .C. v S1. Lawrence College S: 50:47 (won) U/6: 68:32 (won) K.S.C. v S1. Dunstan's Co llege S: 44:56 (lost) V16: 77:43 (won) K.S.C. v Tonbridge School S: 51:49 (lost) U/6: 52:48 (won) K.S.C. v Eastbourne College v Epsom College S: 46:8 1:82 (lost) U /6: 61 Vd9:5 9V, (2nd)

VIS: 84:82:38 (won)

V15: 65:34 (won)

UIS: 60:40 (won)

V 15: 82:74 Yz :53 Yl (wo n)

Senior Girls' Swimming The senior girls' swim ming team splashed its way through another sw imming season this term , braving the waters heartily, if not altogether successfully. T raining began in mid-April with Mr. Thane wa iting fo r us down at the pool th ree lim es a week without fa il. Plodding up and dow n the pool at the Rec. Cent re was a lux ury, though, compared to last year, and ou r times steadi ly improved week by week. In fact, m uch hidden talent was discovered in the realms of 6b, wh ich alas remained quite hidden for too long. T he memories we will choose to cherish will not be of the defeats we suffered, numerous though they admittedly were , but the anguish of the three schools that we did beat, King's Rochester, Sut~on Valence and SI. John's, Leatherhead, and all our enthusiasm which radiated across the nervous frowns and churnmg stomachs. Bev Tarr kept us all going when the goi ng got tough, 'points for participation, girls', and never let us down with her breastroke and butterfly. Georgie G rant splashed her way through the freestyle races, as did Jane Ten nick, who also surprised us with an impressive spot of backstroke; and Benedikta 'I can't sw im ~ulterny' Fritzen tack led the individual med ley admirably. W ith a few tips from Mr. Thane, Holly Wyn Pugh was speeding smooth ly down the poo l, and her impish breastroke was seen no more. Sall y Baker a nd Tina Lall showed steadfast determination and commitment to the team, and Han nah Gledhi ll 's asthma inhaler was always waiting somewhere handy at the end of the po~ l. Rebecca Klein joined the team just in time for the last match, and thanks should also go to Laura Daley and Cam illa Palmer fo r their guest appeara nces. Fin ally, on behalf o f the tea m, a big tha nk you goes 10 Mr. T hane for all his help, support and pat ience throughout the season. JOSEPHINE Loo. RESULTS

v Kin g's Rochester & Ash fo rd. Seco nd . v 51. Lawrence & Sutt on Valence. Second . v Cobh am Ha ll . Lost. v Benenden. Lost.

v Cran leigh & S1. Joh n's, Leatherhead. Second. v Eastbourne & Epsom. Lost.

Tennis The weat her th is term has not insp ired great p lay and resulted in a very average season . There have been difficu lties in coping with la rge numbers on few courts as mo re girls are now involved in teams. However it was encouraging to see all courts being fully occupied o n games afternoons. This means that there is little opport unity fo r non-team players to improve a nd perhaps will lead to a reduction in boys opting for tennis unless they are of team standard. To help the beginners, coaching was provided for Shells and Re moves o nce a week a nd I hope both Trud i Cliff and Dan ny Wynne will be able to continue wit h thei r valuable work next year. The In ter-House Sen ior Cup was wo n yet again by Tradcscant for the third consecut ive year, beat in g The Gra nge in the fin a l. The League was shared between Meister Omers and Broughton. Unfo rtunately, illness and poor weather mea nt that the Com mo n Roo m match was cancelled this yea r, but if time is availab le nex t year it is hoped that ' twin ned ho uses' may compete a lo ng wit h the staff in a mixed d o ubles to urna men t. T here was a visit to the Wi mbledon Cham pio nships d urin g Ki ng's Wee k when the gro up were fo rtu nate to watch an exci ting fi ve-set ma tch between the eventua l win ner M . Stic h and A. Vo lk ov be fore the rai n began. My tha nks to Messrs. Wood ley a nd Douglas-Fairhurst fo r their help wi th host ing fixt ures and in the latter'S case marshalling his merry band of Shells. A special than ks to Mr. Jackson who was always on hand to help a nd give adv ice in my fir st season in charge. Could you do something about the weather fo r nex t season? S.E.A.

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With the same first and thi.rd pairs from last year. there was good reason for some optimism. The results arc favourable but ~I/e do not have ~t~ength In depth to compete wIth the s~ hools that concentrate on this one sport, such as Scvcnoaks and It was n<?t surpnsmg that we su ffered early.def~ats against such strong opposition. The Du lwich fixture was notabl~ for ex~raordma~y weali}cr, from sleet tc .s ~lI1shme In the space of three hours. and a very competent first pair including Gunlnp who will provide strong OPPosition for the next two seasons. A stri ng of fOUf conclusive victories including Tonhridge provided t.he 'purple patch' with Shepley and Willifer rarely troubled ~~t both Ncwbery and ~~nyon and Sclater and H mton haVing to play at their best to overcome Eastbourne. OPl?ortumt les arose to vary th~ pa iri ngs and on grass against West minster, the serving of Hinton coupled with Newbury's lactlca! awar~ness gave ~hem slight ly better results than Sclater and Potter. This pairi ng however proved sw.:cessful against T~:mbndge with Sclater s topsp i ~ serve beco~ing more co nsistent, and Potter learnt quick ly to adapt to a faster ga me wHh goo ~ woundst rokes a nd qUick net .react l.o':ls. Aga inst Brentwood, Hinton badly tw isted an ank le and hasty changes to the patrl,ngs were n eed~d, but desp l t~ W l l h f~ r and Shepley winning a ll their rubbers, we were not able to match Brentwood s doub les play m the ot her pairs. Dun ng A-levels there were opportu nit ies fo r some 6b players to part icipate and Work man, Crowe and Wa lder had success agai nst St. Ed mu nd's a nd Su lt on Va lence. In the Glanvi ll Cu p, Nick Shep ley had the une!wiable task. of having to playas No. I in the singles, but despite losing to three exce!lent players, he I?robably played IllS .best tenms of the season , with his fore hand ret urn of service being a most ef~ec t lve weapon. an~ IllS foo two rk g re~ t ly Improved. Matt Willifer at No.2. cl inched the victo ry over Brighton Co!lege wit h an ~mphatJc Win , for. so ?ften with Matt if his serving is go ing well he cont ro ls the play but he still needs to Improve the fust vo !ley fo llowlIlg III after the s.erve . Unfortunately against Co lfe's, Willifer had to come straight out.of an ~-level and hiS mmd was not on hiS tenms. C. Newbury and L. Potier had mixed fortunes, Chris doing well a~alnst Bnghton College and Lawrence battled hard against his opposite nu mber of Sevenoaks who were the eventual winners of our area. ' The O.K.S. match was blessed with fine weather and some good tennis. A first pairing of the Smith brothers proved too strong for the School but the other games were closer and it provided our first pair with an excellent preparation for the Vou l! Cup. At the.p.s.L.TA: at Eton, ou~ first pair I?layed their.bes~ tennis in the first-round match against last year's runnersup, Nottingham H igh, but despite s~ me gnlty determinat ion and excellent reactions the No.2. seeds went through. In the Plate, w~ managed a ~In agalns.t Charterhouse before losing to Sherbourne in the quarter-finals. My thanks to the Ne~vbery s a nd Ke~yon s for t ~ elr support: In th~ Th?mas Bowl competit ion, Polter and Odell won their first gam~ agal.nst a you !1 ~ Halleybury I?alr before bemg eaSil y dispatched by Oratory. Agai n thanks to Mr. Jackso n for helping with the dnvmg on the daily M25 trip. '

S.E.A. All co lours were reawarded with fi rst colo urs given to C. Newbery, J . Sclater a nd O. Hinto n and first team colours to L. Potter a nd P . Kenyon. Team: Matth ew Willi fer (Capt.) , O li ver Hin ton, Peter Kenyon, Lawrence Pouer, Joss Sclater, Nic holas Shepley. Also played: Christopher C rowe, Miles T ho mas, Christopher Walder, Nicholas Workman. RESULTS

lSI VI v Du lwich (A). Lost 5-4 v Sevenoaks (A), Lost 8-1 v Eastbourne (H). Won 7-2 v Kent College (H). Wo n 9-0 v To nbridge (H). Won 6~-2Y! v Westmi nster (A). Won Yl-8Yl v Brentwood (H). Lost 3-6 v Sutton Valence (H). Won 7-2 v S1. Edmund's (H). Won 7-2 v O.K.S. Lost 2-6

2nd VI v Du lwich (A). Lost 5-4 v Scvenoaks (H). Lost 2 Yl-6 Vi v Tonbridge (H). Lost 3-6 v Brentwood (H). Won 7-2

Qlanvill Cup

2nd Round v Chatham House (A). Won 1-5 v Brig hton Co llege (A). Won 3-3· 3rd Round v Colfe's (H). Lost 3-3· v Seven oa ks (H ). Lost 0-4 ·on games

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2nd VI A reduced fi xture Jist and no member of slaff to o rganize mea nt th a i th is tea m fell slig ht ly neglected . The pairings changed regularly and the composition of t he thi rd pair was neve r certa in . H oweve r Wo rkma n and Tho mas werc entertaining but sli ghtly errat ic as M iles Th o mas too k some ti me 10 ma ke up for Iwo missed seaso ns. Mi les' awareness at the ~CI coup led with Workman '~ fierc,;! serve led to co nvinci ng scores cspcc.ially agai.llsl Tonbrid ~e. C rowe and Wa lder o n t helf day proved 10 be an effec tive pa ir, none t he morc so th a n when beatin g Dul wlch 's fi rst paIr 6-1. Ch ris Wa lder's gro und strokes and stro ng fir st service made up for lack o f move ment aro und th e court whereas C hri s C ro we volleyed well a t the net and returned well fr o m the back ha nd cou rt. Tolhu rst was th e mainstay o f the third pa ir having to adapt S.B.A. to a variet y of partners.

Team from: C hristo phcr C rowc路, Peter Davis, Richard Dibley, P hilip Grovc, Nicolas Papagcorgio u, M iles Th omas. C hristo ph er Tolh urst路 , C h risto pher Walder路, N icholas Workman 路. . Secol/d colollr:

U nder 16 VI The seaso n sta rted well . We were able to fie ld o ur st rongest tea m in t he matches aga inst Dul wic h , Sevenoa ks an d Ea stbou rne a nd , wit h a ll three pa irs play ing clo se to t hei r best, two convinci ng wins and a draw were just rewa rd fo r t heir effo rts. With only one substit utio n need ed fo r the Kent College match , anoth er succcss fo ll owed. P a rticu larl y o utsta nd ing was the cont ribution of first pair La wrence P otter and A nd rew Waddell who, in t hese first fou r ma tches won a ll twelve o f t heir rubbers . Law rence ' s perfo rma nces were rewa rded by pro mo tion to the 1st VI, which meant that we were wea kened fo r the visit to To nbridge, part icularly as G. C .S.E. -itis was begin n ing to set in too. A n emphatic defeat against much st ronger oppo nents was inev ita b le. C up Fi nal tickets are never easy to come by, excep t for King's tennis p layers, a nd o nly two of o ur full side p la yed in the match a t Brent wood ! Andrew Wad dell and P hilip Aldrick d id very well indeed , b ut , hard as they t ried, th e two Und er- IS pa irs who helped us o ut at short notice cou ld make li tt le head way aga inst st ro nger a nd much mo re experienced co mpet itors. In the Ken t C up we beat Queen Elizabeth , Faversham qu ite co mfo rtably, but we lost ou t against SI. Anse lm 's , a tea m fu li of promising Juniors fr om loca l cl ubs. The season fin ished wit h a stili wea kened side neverth eless prov ing to o strong for SI. Ed mund ' s. I hope that th ose who played in th e ma tches a nd who practi sed so hard earlier in th e te rm have enjoyed their te nnis a nd will wish to co ntinue im prov in g in the Senio r squad next yea r.

C. J .R. J. Team: Ja mes La mo nt (Capt.), Philip Ald rick , Henry Gage , Bj orn Ha ll , Law ren ce Po tter, A ndrew Waddell. Also played: Stephcn Ada ms, Ma tth ew Bellicrc , C harles Crowe, Benjam in M'lssin gham, Ja mes Mu rc h , Ja mcs Odell , C hr istos Rodopo ulos, Hcnry Sclat er, Luk e Singer. R l;SULTS

Friel/cllies: P layed 7, Wo n 4, Dra wn I, Lost 2. v v v v

Dulw ic h (1-1 ). Wo n 6 Yz -2 '1z Sevell oa ks (A ). Drew 4 Yz-4 Yz East bourne ( H ). Won 8 Yz - Vz Kent Collcge (1-1) . Wo n 8- 1 v To nb rid gc (A). Lost I VZ-7 VZ v I3 rc ntwood (A). Lost 2 Yl-6 Vz v SI. Ed mu nd' s (1-1 ). Won 9-0

K .C. L . T.A . Ullder-J6 Cup: v Quecn Eli za bcth , Faversha m ( H). Wo n 4-2 v SI. Ansclm 's, Ca nterb ury ( 1-1 ). 3-3. Lost o n g.uncs.

Under 15 VI Having had litt le eX I>crience of school matches, it is to be eX I>ccted that resu lts wou ld not be very favourable especia ll y as t he pa irings ta ke a wh ile to fo rm . Aga in there was no member o f staff ava ilable to supe rvise a nd so the tea m players had the min imum of guid a nce. With Potter playin g for t he Colts, J ames Od ell paired li p with Ben Massingham to ma ke a st rong h itt ing partnership if somewhat lac king in concent rat ion. Murch a nd Ada ms were less flamboya nt and by stead ier p la y achieved bettcr result s agai nst Su lt o n Valence. Severa l pl aye rs made u p the third pa iri ng but Kingston was the most prom ising as lo ng a s he had co nfidence in h is serve. C rowe, Kcnwright and Dea n a ll ga ined valuable experience and pro ba bl y im p roved t heir play t he most by com b inin g coachi ng with the occas iona l fix tu re. I ho pe t hose 011 the frin gc o f the tea m wilJ perseve re as nex t season du ring G .C.S.E. s there a re a lways opport unities. T his age-g roup was o nce again invo lved in the Midland Ba nk/ L.T .A. co mpeti tio n a nd it gave use ful ex perience for a ll players especia lly havi ng to p laya sct o f singles and do ub les. Th e Shells ma kc up a B team a nd main ly due to Bell Massin gi1 a m pro ved too st ro ng for the oppositi o n , but then lost to th e A team in th c se mifin a ls. T he A tea m co mprisi ng Po tier, O dell, Murch a nd Mass ingham had go od matches in the fi nal against G ravesend G ra mmar a nd t he eventual reg io na l winners, Scve no ak s. The Juni or In te r-House Compcti ti o n was p la yed o n B1 o re' s in a fi crce wind , but a ftcr many very close ma tches, The G range defca ted Broughton on a tic-break. S .E.A.

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Team: Stephen Adams, Darren Kin gston , Ben Massingham, Ja mes Murch , J a mes Od ell. Also played: C ha rles Crowe, James Dean, Neil Ho pkins, C hristo pher Kenw right , Myles O rsler, J ay Spencer, William Vidal. R ESU LTS

v Du lwich ( H). Lost ').-1 v Scvenoaks (H) . l.o:,t 2-7 v Tonbrid ge (A ). Lo st 9-0

Midland Ballkl L. T.A. V. I S A v Chat ha m Ho use. Won 3-3· v Si mon La ngto n B. Won 3-3·

v Westm inster (A ). Wo n 2 Yl- 6 Yl v Brent wood (A). Lost 2-7 v Sulton Va lence (H). Wo n 5 Yl-3 Yz

Sem ifil/als v Kin g's B. Won 6-0 ·o n ga mes

Finals v G ravesend G.S. (A ). Lost 4-2 v Sevenoak s (A). Lost 6-0

Under 14 VI After cricket tria ls, fo urteen Shells opted for tennis a nd t he begin ners received coaching every Mo nday p lus gu idance and insp irat ion from Mr. Dougla s-Fa irh urs t. In the two fIxtu res it was a lack of match ex perience and inco nsistency of their st ro kes that led to two de feats, but their results in the Midla nd Ba nk were more encouraging.

S.E.A . Team : Ben Massin gha m (Capt.) , C harles Ait ken , Russell Hewett , Neil Ho p kins, J a mes M u nday, J a mie Nicho lso n. Aslo played: Ha mish Lemm ens, Alex Nea me , Alex Wa ld ro n. R ESULTS

Frielldlies v Westmin ster (H). Lost 2-7 v Seven oak s A (A) . Lost 7-2 v Seven oak s B (A). Lost 5-4

Midland Bal/ kl L. T.A . v Simon Langton A (A) . Won 4-2

v King Ethelbert's (H) . Wo n 6-0

v Herne Ba y ( H). Won 5- \

Girls' Tennis This season has see n the coex iste nce o f a well-estab lished fixt ure list for sixt h-fo rm girls wit h o ll r first year o f ju nior tennis, particula rly a t Under 14 level. T he increased nu mber of courts"by virtue o f the netba ll a rea o n B1ore' s be ing available besid es th e artificia l grass on Birley' s, has made it possible fo r a g reat number o f matches to be played by girls' a nd boys' teams, o ften simultaneously, tho ugh the la ck o f games-qua lified women sta ff is a defect that may beco me increasingly di ffi cult to co pe with, until amended . However, at junio r level we ha ve had the services of Trudi Cliff once a weck as a professio na l coach, and 1 a m gra teful to Simon A nderson fo r h is willing coo perat ion and helpfu lness when o ur resources were under press ure . T he o rgan isatio n of tenn is is so meth ing that lends itself particu la rly well to team-work invo lving boys a nd girls a nd I am grate ful to colleagues fo r all their sllppo rt. Prov ided we have the right input from members o f staff, it sh o uld be posib le to sec girls' ten nis, li ke other games, as a contin uum with skills being dcvelo ped bo th at a match-p laying level and in ge neral recreat io na l play up fro m the Shells in a wa y t hat sho uld both maintain our reputat io n at 1st VI level a nd ena ble a lot o~ girls to enjoy playi ng tennis in subsequent years. Wi th today's truncated Su mmer term it was perhaps just as well th at we had a very good in take o f 6b tennis p layers that fro m last year' s senio r teams on ly Eliza Lum ley (cap tain) and Emmaline H arris he ld t heir p laces and a ll of o ur 2nd and 3rd VI players were 6b girls . At junio r level the Under IS team was b uilt aro und two stro ng Re move p layers whilst at Under 14 level we were fo rtunate in tenn is as in other sports to have a nucleus of gi rls who arc good games players.

1st VI Apart from o ur openin g match against Seven oaks, whose sid e was cventually good enough to reach the sem ifi n al of th e Nat iona l Schoo ls Ten nis C ha mpionshi ps, a ll Ollr 1st VI matches this term have been narrowly co nt ested d e feats or ha ve been victo ries. The overa ll record is a strong o ne. Eli za a nd Emmalin e gave a stro ng lead fro m 1st pair , co nsistently wi nn ing two and so metim es all three rubbers a nd show ing very go od court-crafl as well as a nice range of st ro kes , if not being qui te decisive eno ugh in p utt ing the ball away. I am grateful to Eli za for being a very suppo rti ve captain , especi ally co nsidering all t he ot her ca lls on her time

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by way of music rehearsals as well as A-leve ls. T he strongest of our 6b girls was Benedikta Fritze n who will capt . the team next year. Her experience in German club tennis gave her playa welcome co mpetitive sharpness and in n first half of the season she formed a strong 2nd pair with Clare Haslock who has a very good range of shots but neede better control of her service th row-up to give her consistency. Bene's later partner was Laura Daley whose stren lay in her tenacious match-playing quali ties and speed around the court, though her technique needs to be more refin~d Clare then partnered Kate de Lotbiniere whose ga me grew stronger and st ronger with match play du ring the term and who gained confidcnce as her service improved . All three pairs showed a steady im provement in vo lleyi ng skills which enabled them to play an increasingly attack ing game. These pairs were well-supplemented by Debbie Gray and Kat Lewis who might easily have been lst team players in a weaker year. 'I

JAW. Tile team was: Eliza Lumley (Capt.r, & Emma li ne Harris·; Benedikta Fritzen & Laura Da ley; Kate de Lotbiniere & Clare Haslock.

• Awarded COlours RESULTS \I \I \I \I \I \I

P layed 10 , Won 6, Lost 4, Ca ncelled I. Sevenoaks (A). Lost 0-9 \I Simon Langto n (H). Cancelled Kent College (H). Won 5-4 \I Benenden (H). Lost 4-5 Ashford (H). Won 6-3 \I Cranbroo k (A). Lost \-2 Cobham Hall (H). Won 2Y2-V! \I St. Edmund's (H). Won 7-2 Dover College (H). Won 6-3 \I Sutton Valence (H). Wo n 9-0 Cra nleig h (A). Lost 4-5

2nd VI Wit h so many players of usefu l ability avai lable from 6b this year, 2nd team players have seemed relatively interchangeable and had other schools been ab le 10 raise 3rd Vis, we could have given more match-playing oppportunities even than we did. However, bes id es Debb ie Gray and Kat'I Lewis ment io ned above, Tamsi n Charrin glon and Alice Roberts made a good impression whilst Samantha Newbery and Ab igai l Biss il brought from badminton their teamwork as a pair. Both pairs were very reliable and the 2nd VI had a notably good season, wit h part icularly creditable per fonnances against Ashford, Dover Co llege and Cranlcigh. Some enthusiastic and promising play was also see n from Vicky Jones Jo Clarke, ' Laura Lenox-Conyngham, Han nah Reid, Antonia Lyon and Anna Lake . '

J AW. The/ollowing girls played: Abigail Bissi! , Tamsin Charrington, Joanna Clarke, Eianor Dymott, Deborah Gray, Victoria Jones, Anna Lake, Laura Lenox-Conyngham, Cat herine Lewis, Anton ia Lyon, Samantha Newbery, Hannah Reid, Alice Roberls. RESULTS

P layed 10, Won 8, Lost 2. \I Sevenoaks (A). Lost 3·6 v Cranleig h (A). Won 7-2 v Kent College (H). Wo n 8- 1 v Simon Langton (H) . Won 9·0 \I Ashford (H). Won 9-0 v Benenden (H). Lost 3·6 v Westminster (H). Wo n 8- 1 \I Cranbrook (A). Won 2-1 v Dover College (H). Won 9-0 \I St. Edmund's (H). Won 7-2 3rd VI: v Kent Co llege (A). Won 7-2

Under 15 VI Given that there were only seven girls in the Remove year, we were fortu nate that two of them, Isabella Marozzi and Harriet Campbell , are particularly prom ising players and both for our fr iend ly Under 15 matches and in the Midland Bank Compet ition, they were supported by the best of th e Shell girls, namely Priscilla Parish and Amelia Stewart, and by Jo Houghton and Kirstin Gaymer when fit. The best oppositio n was in the Midland Bank Competition when both Folkestone G.S. and Dover G.S. had some very good players. The Under )Steam also participated in fr iendly District tennis matches and , on the last Monday of term, Isabella and Har riet played in the Under 16 section o f the 'Best Couples' tournament held at Kent College. 258

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tinder 14 VI -;ight friendly matches have been played with an even balance of wins and losses and (here has been a good deal factivity in the Midland Bank Competit ion where our Shell girls. besides reinforc ing the Under 15 'A' tcam, have ~[SO povided all the players for our'S' team which gained useful experience for another year. fwo of our best Shell girls were injured for part of the term, but Jo Houghton and Kitstin Gaymer will have a lot (0 offer King's tenn is in future years. Priscilla Parish was a responsible captain who played some usefu l ground strokes but needs a little mo re speed around the court. Amelia Stewart's game improved a lot and she, Nicky Stro ng, Miriam Lwanga , Karen Robinson and Georgina Salmon a ll contr ibuted to the Under 14 team this term. Matches were also rovided in the form of District ten nis for Melan ie Cumber, Michele Traylor, Isabel Dean and Lotte Moor, and all f.l all a lot of Shell girls have benefited from this range of fixtures. Jo and Priscilla also played in the 'Best Co uples' tournament at Kent College at the end of term , Four of these Shell girls enjoyed their trip to Wimbledon where they saW , among others, the new Wimbledo n champio n, Michael St ich bealing Volkov of Russia. J.A.W. The Under /5 team was: Isabell a Marozzi (Capt.) and Harriet Campbell; J oanna Houghto n a nd P risci ll a Pa rish; Kirst in Gaymer and Amelia Stewart. Also played: Nicola Strong, Georgin a Sa lmon and Karen Robinson. The Under /4 team was: P riscilla Parish (Capt.) and J oanna Houghton; Kirst in Gaymer and Amelia Stewart; Nicola Strong and Miriam Lwanga; Karen Robinso n and Georgina Salmon. Also played: Melanie Cumber, Isabel Dean, Lotte Moor, Michele Traylor. RESU LTS Played 9, Won 5, Lost 4. Played 9, Won 4, Drawn 2, Lost 3. Under /4 Under 15 v Kent College (H). Won 5-4 v Kent College (H). Won 9-0 v SI. Edmund's (H). Won 9-0 v Ashford (H). Lost 4-5 v Cobham Hall (H). Lost Vz-2 Vz v Barton Court (H). Won 8-1 'V Dover Co llege (H). Won 7-2 v Sir William Nottidgc (A). Drew I- I v Benenden ( H ). Lost \-2 Midland Bank Competition v Sevenoaks (A). Lost \-2 'A'team v Sullon Va lence (H). Won 9-0 v Folk estone (A). Drew 3-3 v Barton Court (H). Won 4-0 v Do ver G.S. (A). Lost 2-4 v Queen Elizabeth's (H). Wo n 5-4 v Kent Co llege (A). Won 6-0 '8' team v King Ethelbert's School (H ). Lost 0-6 v Sim o n Langto n School (A). Lost 2-4 The Se nior In ter-H o use ten nis Competition was wo n by Bailey House who had three players fro m the sc hool's 1st twO pa irs, wit h Broad St reet Radigu nds run ners-u p; wh ilst at the annua l combi ned Sports Day at Epsom College o n 22nd Junc, our ten nis players were successfu l and we were also rep resented al ot her sports. I am gratefu l 10 Miss Mills for looking after this event as well as her help with the jun io r tennis and fo r trave ll ing with jun ior learns.

J.A.W.

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SPEECH DAY 1991 COMMEMORATION SERMON . Talkinil to a school is a peril~us occupation as I found on a recent visit to a primar sch !n the DIOcese of Lmcoln. I tned to be at my most engaging and encouraging be ( . 001 mformally on the edge of a desk and trying to be friendly. 'What's small lives in a St' SIthng nuts and has a bushy tail?' I asked expectantly. And a little girl put up ~ hand 'PI ree, eats she sal'd ~ 'I, know t he ll;nswer shou Id b e Jesus but it sounds like a squirrel to me!' . Well ease Sir' th" sermon Isn t about squIrrels or, dIrectly, about Jesus, but it is about you and our celeb' t' IS and commemoratIOn today. ra Ion If you walk along the north side of Trafalgar Square, passing by the National Galler may well notIce a stone statue set there on the lawn before you. At first sight it appear:t~~U the fIgure of a Roman general, dressed m Roman armour. But if you read the inscri t' 0 e the plinth,. you'I1 disc~)Ver that it actually represents King James II who, after a s~o~t ~~~ somewhat mgl?nous reIgn of barely three years, was dep,?sed !n 1688 and escaped in this ludicrous dlsgu!se m a flshmg boat to France. When I read that mscnptlOn my fIrst reaction was one of surpnse. Why should anyone have WIshed to set up a statue of an English king in the armour of a Roman general? And why portray James II as a general at all when he was so manifest! unsuccessful as ~ kmg? It all see.ms more lIke the mockery of Private Eye or Spilling [rna ~ than that dlgnIfted commemoratIOn one usually associates with kings. g Of course, there are answers to both these questions. Commemorative monuments are usuall stylIsed - look at that .splendid collection in Parliament Square if you don' t believe me. An~ at the tIme. that thIs parttcular stat~e was carved English society regarded the Rome of the classical penod as ItS Ideal. It was somethmg to be copIed: admIred at every conceivable point And the convention was extended, to idealise people and leaders as well - and this was 'done b~ commemoratmg them weanng Roman dress. Of course exactly the same kind of thing is do m o~r own day. Until rece~tly, in a communist state, most of the leaders were always shO\~~ weanng UnIform , or serge Jackets and shapeless caps - Heroes of Socialist Labour they were called - regardless of how they had actually spent their days . . Well, of cours~, we who look at t.he stll;tue of James II don't have to swallow those value Judgments, and I ve gIven you that IIttl~ pIcture, not just as a footnote to a period of English art or hls~ory,. but a~ a vIsual aid to reflectIOn on a couple of things which I believe to be important m a servIce lIke thIs. You see, people wh.o govern schools, create organisations and build up businesses can never afford to be t'?o parhal 0,' to~ narrow in their thinking. They can never concentrate on just one vle~ of thmgs, never Ideahse one particular attitude or way. If they do so, then the whole enterpnse cOl:"es to be a little odd. It quickly gets out of step and becomes anachronistic : somethmg whIch. tIme and change has left behind. That's why all institutions need to live, develop and grow, acqUlrmg a real hfe for themselves and changing with the times as living things, retaining of course somethmg of the values of the past, but clothing them always in modern form and dress. Wmg collars and court dress are fine in a school like this, but if the laboratories don't h!'ve contemporary e9ulpment, or the Boat Club a decent new eight - not to mention the odd VIdeo. or colour televIsion for the couch potatoes in the T. V. room _ then the institution is fos~Illsed and won't be truly valued . It's not enough just to commemorate the past, however dlstmgUl.shed and honourable that past may be. We have to think of the present and the future - carrymg our school and communIty forwards from the ways of today. .B~t if schools a~d communities have to change and grow, then of course so do the individuals wlthm them. Nothmg IS, I belI~ve, more Imp~rtant for a school or college than to help its pupils fmd the~selv~s - not Just an Image or a parhcular type of course, but with a genuine awareness of theIr mdlVldual bemg and worth, something that's actually there beneath all the trappings of form and dress. I can Illustrate the Importance of this from my own experience. 260

When I was a college chaplain, I once tried to help a woman don from a neighbouring colleile. was an able academic, in the eyes of the world someone very successful m both teachmg Shd research. But she'd had a painful upbringing, been disappointed in love, and suffered from an urring bouts of depression and self-rejection. I remember one day, at the end of a dIffIcult rec versation suggesting that she wrote on a postcard 'I'm all right', and that she stuck the postcard conher mirror, so that every morning when she did her hair she could see it and ta~e its message on board. 'I can't do that,' she said in some alarm. 'I can never look at myself. But you use o~ mirror for doing your hair', I countered. 'Yes,' she replied, 'but I never look myself fully t ethe eyes.' 'Do that,' I begged her. Well, gradually, through my simple ploy, she was able In overcome her rejection of herself, based on the pain of her being rejected by her father and ~?ance; she was able to accept herself and believe in herself, and so she was able to make better relations WIth other people. I tell you this because the more free we become in ourselves from fears and illusions, from II those emotional hang-overs of earlier years, the more free we are to be ourselves. But most a f us need help. We need the context of a supportive (and I believe) a Christian community ~here each person is accepted and listened to and cared for , until they become ~ble to ~~cept themselves in the liberating knowledge that they are accepted. That, It seems to me, IS a SIgnIfIcant part of our agenda here: for King's to be a true community! not fossilised by the past, nor deceIved by the fashionable, but where an mdlvldual can fmd hIS or her own true self. Centuries ago, Aristotle believed that fundamentally education was about induction int~ a community and that's still an important insight for today. It's as a member of a communIty that I learn a moral language, a vision and a way of life. I become. articulate by acquiring a set of meanings, not of my own invention, but part of a common hentage. I become connected to others through bonds of loyalty and obligation that are covenanted rather than contractual. And I become connected to the community's past and future, so that I can understand my own life in a larger and greater chapter. Let me suggest it's this - the community of King's - that we give thanks for and celebrate in our worship today! tROBERT LINCOLN.

HEADMASTER'S SPEECH My Lord Mayor, Mr. Dean, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great pleas.ure to welcom~ you, my Lord Mayor, to The King's School. I understand that you are the fIrSt representative of your Party to be Mayor of Canterbury since the Reform Act. In addllion your .work for the Church is well known. We wish you and the Lady Mayoress every happmess dunng your year in office. You have, of course, a considerable interest in us, not least in that Martin Vye has succeeded you as the Parliamentary Candidate for your Party for this Constituency. In a school of this antiquity it is not always easy for the individual to make hIstory:. I suspect that Martm will prove to be the first Master to stand as a Parliamentary CandIdate m a General ElectIOn. One project undertaken by the School will be of particular interest to you, my Lord Mayor. Last year marked the 200th anniversary of the granting of a lease of the Dane John t? Alderman James Simmons, your illustrious predecessor and former pupIl of thIS School, whIch enabled him to layout the whole area as a public garden. What had been a rough, unkempt area, servmg as a burial place for malefactors and a drying-ground for washerwomen, became a pleasure ground which has grown in beauty with the years. All this was done at Simmons' expense, as a benefaction to the City in which he had been born and prospered. He was, of ~ourse, among many things the founder of the Kentish Gazelle. His contemporaries showed theIr ap~reclatlOn of Simmons' generosity by erecting in 1801 the monument on top of the mound whICh all of you will have seen as you drove past the City walls. Simmons was buried in St. Mildred's churchyard and his tomb had fallen into serious disrepair. With the backing of a parent we have now restored the tomb and as you pass the churchyard on the ring road you can see it gleaming white surrounded by its new railings. Early next term we shall arrange an occasion to mark the restoration. 261

I should also like to thank our preacher, Bob Hardy, who is both a Governor and a pa In my glummer moments I have at least thought that being Headmaster of The King's Sc~enti may have its worries but that being Bishop of Lincoln is no sinecure. We have much en'o 00 Ben and Alex's presence with us. Bob and Isobel Hardy are old friends of Vicky and ml/fd We were colleagues together in Cambridge many years ago and I have much valued Bob's su:p~ f. rt. We are considerably indebted to him for his sermon. For all of us I suppose~ Mr. Dean, the highlight of the academic year was the Enthronement of George Carey as ArchbIshop of Canterbury. We much apprecIated that a representative numb of King's Scholars were present in the Cathedral escorting the Canterbury Gospels under t~~ w~tchful eye of the Lo,:"er Master. PrevIOusly you, Mr. Dean, had entertained to lunch the Prime Mmlster and many dlstmgUlshed g~ests here m !he ShIrley Hall and the Monitors had the privilege of escortmg these guests from theIr cars to thIS Hall. It IS perhaps no surprise that the Leader of the Opposition, sensing in our Senior Girl a future political adversary, arranged to meet her after lunch and,. despite all the elaborate security arrangements, the two of them went off together, leavmg Mrs. Kmnock wondenng where on earth her husband had got to. Arranging an event such as an Archbishop's Enthronement is no easy task and I know there would be many Mr. Dean, who would wish to congratulate you on the splendour of the day and the efficiency of the arrangements. It is something that !"any of us will treasure. Masters of the school acted as marshals and I am told, though I fear It may be apocryphal, that a television commentator was somewhat puzzled at the new face among the Cabinet sitting in the Choir stalls. We could of course, have enlightened him. It was our own Bob Bee. ' . Before Lord Runcie left office, he made an official visit to the School and addressed us all m thIS Hall. Accordmg to custom he presented the Captain of School with a guinea of the year of.hls bIrth . As no guineas had been struck in mainland Britain in that year, a 1973 Isle of Man gumea was acqUIred for the occaSIOn. We should lIke to take this opportunity of wishing Lord Runcie well in his retirement. He faithfully confirmed members of the school throughout his archiepiscopate and we all knew that we had a friend in the Old Palace. We shall look forward to welcoming his successor. Today is for me somethi~g of an emotional occasion for, for the first time, I say goodbye to boys who have spent theIr whole school days under my headmastership. I wonder how they now VIew the school that th~y entered m 1986. Certamly there ha~e been significant changes. But there has also been contmUlty, no more so than m our academIC results which year by year continue to improve. Last year we again had the best A-levels on record and our G.C.S.E. results were o~ly marginally lower tha~ the previous year. These high standards are only reached by the. dedIcated w~rk of the teachmg staff who go far beyond what duty requires in the generous glvmg of theIr lIme. Last year I reported our success in Chemistry where Giovanna Ferrari obtained the top mark in the Oxford and Cambridge Board A-level examination . Last summer we repeated our success but this time by gaining first and second in Biology. Kate Colquhoun was duly awarded the Biological Society medal as top candidate . It is often said by opponents of co-education that girls do not do so well in mixed classes in the sciences. I think at least at King's we have disproved that theory. I ought also to add that we had three boys placed third equal out of over 14,000 candidates in G.C.S.E. Physics, which caused the chief examiner to write me a special letter of congratulation to our physics staff. In addition to continuing to give emphasis to my predecessor's determination that King's should be a first-rate academic school, I have also built on his concern for the pastoral welfare of the pupils. Parent afte! parent has commented on our individual approach and the way in which we gIve suffICIent lIme and gUIdance to pupIls to enable them to realise their own individuality. It is this individualism which marks out King's pupils. Indeed Peregrine Worsthorne noted this in his article on David Gower in the Sunday Telegraph last January. He pointed out that the Current Enl\land .man~ge~ent have never really understood Gower, being, and I quote 'suspicious of qUIrky mdlVldualism . Worsthorne reported that when Gower was Captain he ordered champagne whether England won or lost (mostly lost). That seems to me a civilized way of going about thmgs . 262

The new Children's Act will require us to be inspected by the County Social Services Department. Indeed a preliminary visit has already been made. We welcome this and with it the opportunity to examine our standards of accommodation and our record of pastoral care. This, of course, depends on the tutorial system and we continue to make every effort to ensure that each pupil receives the attention he or she deserves. In this there has been no change. What has changed is, of course, the clientele, for from last September 13 + girls have been admitted to the school. The event caused considerable media attention and the uniform won almost universal praise. Indeed the Headmaster of King William College, Isle of Man has written to me to let me know that it is to be copied at his school. Our 13 + girls have entered into every aspect of school life and obtained considerable success in music, drama and sport. Next term we look forward to the opening of Luxmoore House as the second girls' boarding house and in 1992 the new boarding house for girls in Broad Street. I think everyone would want to pay tribute to our Senior Mistress, Janet Pickering, for the smooth way in which co-education has been introduced here. She has worked tirelessly to make it a success and I know from my colleagues in H.M.C. just how very lucky they all think I am to have someone of Janet's wisdom, perception and enthusiasm as Senior Mistress here. It is a positio.n which will inevitably become of increasmg Importance m our commumty as the numbers of gIrls grow and women members of staff increase. My own indebtedness to Janet cannot be adequately expressed . I should here like to thank the former boys of Walpole House for the way in which they moved to their new Houses. I am well aware that they were asked to do a hard thing and the spirit with which they did it and their full participation in their new Houses has been something which we have all admired. I have also much admired the way in which Hugh Aldridge and his tutors and boys are looking forward to the move to The Grange which next term will number over eighty pupils. There have been some repercussions from co-education which could not have been envisaged. One was a new version of the policeman's song in The Pirates oj Penzance, produced by School House, Galpin's and Broad Street. The final verse now reads: If there's one thing which produces great vexation (vexation) When working with these bobbies all day long (all day long) (discrimination) It's their quite appalling sex discrimination And it means they often get things very wrong. (very wrong) Young constables all tend to run for cover (run for cover) When they meet a girl there's really nothing said. (nothing said) (with another) But it's fun to mix up one sex with another. (more co-ed) What's needed in this force is more co-ed. (in our head) All we Peelers keep our feelers in our head, (more co-ed) But we hope that will change with more co-ed. Incidentally, in the first year of full co-education, it was perhaps appropriate that Sassa Amaouche and Fiona Mackenzie should win the NatWest Cup in the Canterbury Schools' Speaking Competition on the theme 'Women' s right to choose'. Peter Brodie is responsible for the entries to many speaking, debating and literary competitions and achieves success after success. Two poets and two artists have recently had their work published in the latest collection of the W. H. Smith Young Writers' Competition Prize Winners, but one recent award is quite outstanding . Out of over 23,000 entries, Michael Davies, one of our Shell pupils, won the prize for the most promising individual in the Cadbury's National Poetry Competition. It will be presented to him in the Barbican. I always ask our Director of Sport, Roy White, to give me details of outstanding sporting achievements during the academic year. If I were to read to you all he writes then we would be here for a very long time. But of course the most outstanding event has been the alteration in our plant. Last September the Recreation Centre came into use and has transformed the sporting faci lities of this school. It is indeed the wonder of all who see it. I am enormously indebted to the Governors for allowing me to persuade them both to build the centre and to borrow the money to do so. It is not given to many Headmasters so to change the face of their school. 263

Part of the reason co-education has been so smooth is that in the Centre so many Sports can be enjoyed by both boys and girls together. It has been used not only by ourselves but by members of the public, maintained schools and charities. The Centre could never have run so efficiently without a first-rate manager and in Mrs. Denise Walsh we have known how fortunate we were. Alas, wives do follow their husbands and with her husband's appointment to a job in Holland, Mrs. Walsh now leaves us. To her we "xtend our very great thanks and good wishes for the future. She is being replaced by a Cornishman so I have no doubt at all that her work will go from strength to strength. The Centre was officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent in November. It was a very happy Occasion and Her Royal Highness was able to meet many members of staff and pupils. I am glad that in last night's Charity Concert we were able to repay her kindness. A Recreation Centre is an expensive piece of plant and the fact that through our club we have been able to keep our running expenses to the minimum is a considerable tribute to the entrepreneurial skills of our Bursar. It has been an enormous task setting up the Centre, ensuring that the school receives maximum benefit from it, but that it does not lie empty when not used by the school. I should like, on behalf of the whole King's community, to thank the Bursar not just for this important task but for so much support he has given me during the academic year: Events in this sporting year are inevitably overshadowed by the tragic accident to one of OUr pupils, Leon Katz. Leon was injured in a rugby match as a result of a scrummage collapse in November, and suffered a broken neck, leaving him permanently paralysed. The tragedy for him and his family cannot be underestimated, and of course, this has left an indelible mark on all associated with it in any way. His family have borne this with great fortitude, and it is hoped that Leon should be returning home soon from Stoke Mandeville. He has recently taken some G.C.S.E.s and there are plans for him to do A-level work at a special school. King's has maintained regular contact with Leon and his fam ily. Meanwhile, Leon's Housemaster, Peter Dix, has set up and is co-ordinating a fund to assist Leon, which has so far raised a substantial amount towards the high costs involved in ensuring that Leon is able to lead as full and comfortable a life as possible. It is of little consolation to Leon and his family to know that an injury such as his is, fortunately, a rarity. Safety is of the utmost importance when boys are taught rugby at the school; moreover, since this particular accident, the master in charge of rugby, Roy White, has campaigned for the introduction of special laws relating to the scrummage, in an effort to make the game still safer, and I am pleased to say that these will be adopted for the coming season. These proposed law changes for rugby were first encountered by members of this school on their tour to New Zealand , Australia and Fij i. Forty players and six staff enjoyed four and a half weeks experiencing alternative philosophies and cultures, which included, it has to be said, a lesson or two from the sides that were played in the land of the legendary All Blacks. A highlight of the tour, however, was the visit to King's, Parramatta, including a fiercely-contested match and a splendid dinner attended by, amongst others, several O.K .S. Culture of a different kind was encountered by the party of fencers that spent two weeks in Leningrad in December. If one adds to these the rowing trips to Switzerland and Belgium, and the hockey first team training camp in Spain the sportsmen of King's have well and truly covered the globe this year. Various girls' teams have enjoyed considerable success: for the third year out of four, the senior netball team beat six other schools to win the Eastbourne tournament; the Under 18 hockey team reached the semifinal of the Kent Schools' tournament and for the first time there is a girls' rowing eight, which came 4th out of 14 at the School's Head. Meanwhile, Jane Dyson became a Kent champion, winning the 800 metres at the recent athletics championships. There has been the usual crop of boys representing the county, winning county titles or higher in various sports . A total of twenty-two have done so in rugby, hockey, fencing, cross-country, athletics, sailing and swimming. Pride of place must inevitably go to Nick Prince, who has been selected for the Great Britain rowing squad for the forthcoming world championships. Nick is the latest of a long list of oarsmen from this school who have gained honours at the highest level. During Richard Hooper's ten-year 'reign' as 1st VIII coach, the school produced nine 264

Commonwealth and Under 23 medals, eleven internationals, a c.urrent, Blue. in Kieran World'and many Henley medal winners, and this year, th~ first after RIchard s ret!rement ~s Alle~ t the School Eight success has continued at semor level. At the NatlOnal School s t;aCmpi~nships recently, th~ school had three senior eights in finals, with the first eight recording a very creditable 5th. There have been notable team successes, even if perhaps at a slightly less exalted level: Ru by - runners-up in the Kent Schools seven-a-sides; . Fe;cing - winners, Kent Schools Team Epee, Te~m FOlI runners-up, National Schools Team FOlI winners, Kent Men's team fOil;

C ss-country - winners, Kent Schools' Senior league;. . . s\~7mming - winners of the (appropriately named!) Phllhps Cup at the NatlOnal Pubhc Schools Relays. F'nally I have the happy task of once more presenting a bat to an outstanding cricketer. It . ~raditIon that if a pupil scores a century in a match against another school the Headm~red ~i:es him a bat. Kola Sonaike scored 102 not o.ut against Cranleigh. He has more than Just! Ie this bat which it gives me great pleasure to gIve to hIm. Over the years Independent Schools have created the practice kn?wn in school slan~ as Renta-Roo, that is bringing to this country a schoolleaver from Austraha usually to help WIth sport. SÂˇ ce January we have had James Lawson with us from Canberra Grammar School and I know ;~my colleagues would want to express very warm thanks to him for all he has done. Hela} ~een particularly concerned with rowing but has been happy to do almost anythmg. aske a him with cheerfulness and good humour. James has been a splendId ambassador for hIS c~untriI and we wish him very well for the future. So successful has he been that next January e WI be succeeded by Ja!l'es Foot from his old school who is also the son of an O.K.S., Captam J. C. L. Foot, a Kmg's Scholar from 1952-57 and a member of Luxmoore House. Despite the weather King's Week has once more been its glorious ~elf. I should like to than~ all those who both organised and participated. The programme thIS year ~as enorry:lOus an the skills on display dazzling. We shall all have our favourite moments - It would mdeed be invidious for me to pick out any particular individuals because of the sheer range of excellen~e. However, in this first year of co-education, I might perhaps be allowed to con:gratulate Char es Sebline and Nick King on the Fashion Show. It was theu Idea and they orgamsed and execut~ld it with very considerable skill. I have to admit I found myself wondenng why some of the pUpl s performing were bothering with A-levels when it seem~d they could get ve~y good J?bs els~where, thou h pride of place go to a man in a boater car~ymg a plastIC bag WIth goldfIsh sWlmmmg in it.gMay I on behalf of all the pupils and the audIences, part!cularly than~ all my colleagues who were in any way responsible for King's Week productlOns and orgamsatlOn. At the end of a tiring academic year their work is enormously appreciated by us all. I am sorry t~at tlm~ alone prevented my wife and me attending every event. We did manage a good num er an the reports are written! On the subject of reports Mr. Lionel Harrison, born in 1899 who came to King's in 1913 and was called up in 1917 recently sent us his O.K.S. blazer, tie, 2nd XV colour cap and school reports for the archives. It is interesting to note that the total length of hIS reports over hIS whole time at King's was less than a present term's single report for a challengmg PUPIl. .. Kin's Week is , of course, but the summation of a whole academic ye~r of drama and music and tl~e arts. Indeed it is many of those events which provide the turn~n.g pomt for a to~ or girl's artistic development. House plays , House concerts, House competltlOt.J1S- ~1se a t a;t a very considerable importance and, of course, once more dep~nd on the WI hng epa f sa. My wife and I try and attend all these events and people somet!mes kmdly say how mucS thet appreciate it. I can assure them that it is no burden but sheer. dehght to. see ~?ys an gu s continually going beyond what they had hitherto thought the hmlt of theIr ablhty. 265

This year two senior members of our music staff leave us. Bill McConnell came to us from the Royal Marines School of Music at Deal in 1979. He has taught violin, viola, saxophone and conducted the Band. But it is for the Second Orchestra that he will always be remembered Here his endless enthusiasm for young people of very varied gifts was given full rein. Many have cause to thank him, not least Housemasters, for his help in their concerts. Bill also played an important role in the C.C.F. But his real gift is simply in being around. Always warm, generous and prepared to assist even the most difficult of pupils, he will leave a big gap in our community here. Robert Scott's career at King's began in 1956. He is a superb all-round musician. He has a fine tenor voice, took up the double bass when he arrived at King's and similarly learnt the tuba . It has been very rare for any King's concert to take place without Robert Scott in one or more musical guises. His principal job has been teaching the piano and his skill that whatever his pupils' ability, he enabled them to enjoy their music. He is a first-class accompanist and very generous in giving his services in charity concerts outside the School as well, of course, playing for morning prayers. Countless concert reviews written for The Cantuarian come from his hand. He has taught mathematics while at King's and for the whole of his career has been attached to the same House, Walpole, where he has served under four Headmasters and one Housemistress. Loyalty and affection for Robert Scott by his former pupils was demonstrated in the superb Chamber Concert in which so many of them took part last Tuesday. Thanking the O.K.S. for a gift, Robert told us that he had had his handwriting analysed, which disclosed that he was both obstinate and inhibited . As I said then, 'obstinate' merely means that one is usually right, and he has totally disproved that he was inhibited by his own splendid performance in a unique rendering of his favourite Bermuda Buggy Ride. We shall miss Robert enormously and hope that, as he will be living locally, we shall seem him regularly. Among other staff leavers this term are Dr. Clare Anderson, Mr. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and Miss Helen Holland. We wish them all well for the future. We are also much indebted to Richard Sturt, our Clerk to the Governors, for all he has done for us. No-one can have exercised his role with more skill and enthusiasm. Happily the post remains with Mowll & Mowll and I look forward to working with Robert Bagley. Richard Stur! has been elected a Governor, so we shall continue to enjoy his wisdom. Our good wishes also go to Mrs. Clare Kerin, the founding Matron of Radigunds, who leaves us to become Housemistress at Cheltenham Ladies College. We have been enormously indebted to Clare for all her hard work with successive generations of sixth-form girls. Radigunds will, in fact, be an extension of The Grange for the next academic year, so this is a suitable moment to move on. We also thank Barbara Kiely for serving for a year in The Grange . I have often pointed out on these occasions the very great importance of Matrons. I was delighted to receive a note from a former Headmaster who had been visiting one of our Matrons. It read as follows: 'I much enjoyed sitting in the Matron's sitting room with boys rushing in and out, asking whether they could take the dog for a walk, or "borrow lOp till tomorrow, Mrs. X" '. That's what it is all about and, it's these little things that are of such enormous importance in a community such as ours. What we must never forget is the primacy of the pupils. It is so easy to get caught up in curriculum committees, budget committees, even chapel committees and forget that it is often the apparently trivial that makes or breaks a pupil. Forgetting pupils is not an accusation which could be levelled at Stephen Woodley, despite the fact that he has assisted numerous bodies by serving on their committees, including for some six years, Kent Education Committee. He and Judy now leave The Grange on Stephen's completion of his term as Housemaster. He has won the affection of successive generations of pupils and our and their indebtedness to him and Judy is immense. They both know how much they have been appreciated both by the boys living in their House and in former times by the sixth-form girls attached to The Grange. There is no single task within the School more important than that of Housemastering, nor a more difficult one. We have benefited from Stephen's final year when he has been Senior Housemaster, a role which he has done much to pioneer. We wish them both well in Bridge. 266 YOUNG WRITERS' COMPETITION PRIZEWINNERS IV. H. Seymour)

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By chance a letter of my predecessor John Shirley dated 19th October, 1953 was passed to me. It is a long one and written after the death of a pupil. I will quote only one small section, but as so often as I study Shirley I find my own philosophy reflected in his wisdom: 'Nothing separates us from our charges save that we have lived a few more years. We are not natively more clever than some, and we stand in as much need of God's grace and forgiveness as any of them, and probably more. It has seemed to me for many years therefore that the one right attitude of a master to his boys is that of humility - upon him has fallen by his choice the opportunity of directing his boys to the good life; and therein he will matter; not his brains nor looks nor athletic prowess, but himself. It follows then that our boys can never be properly regarded as units - just "this boy" and "that boy". Each one possesses - nay, rather is - his sacred personality, his individual self, unlike any other boy alive; and it is that uniqueness that is really given into our charge to shape and develop.' 'Sacred personality' - that is what those who teach must constantly have in mind in every thought and action concerning their pupils. We have immense power for good and immense power for harm. That does not mean we adopt a kind of frigid inertia: rather it means that we must thrust ourselves endlessly into the task of enabling our pupils to be whom they have it in them to be, of guarding and guiding, of loving and letting go, of being hurt and disappointed and always under God's forgiveness. Teachers may from time to time complain about their status or their pay: happily here I know that my colleagues and I recognise that no status and no pay can replace our overwhelming good fortune in the privileged positions we hold as those into whose hands you have entrusted your sons and daughters. We are very lucky. Shirley was a complex man as, if we are honest, so are most of us. During the year we published a new history of the King's School by Thomas Hinde entitled Imps oj Promise which contains the first objective assessment of this brilliant Headmaster. It has been very warmly received. It is no secret that the author relied heavily on our Archivist Paul Pollak and the result with its marvellous pictures and photographs is very largely due to him. Indeed I find myself relying on Paul more and more. His knowledge of the school and his affection for it is unbounded. He knows how much I value him. As a school we are constantly looking beyond the narrower confines of the Precincts, particularly in our Social Services so skilfully organised by Mrs. Dominique Davis. But the Chapel links go even further afield. Building on the diocesan link with Madagascar, we have twice brought to the school ordinands from that diocese as our Lent Visitors. Later this month Peter Hullah, our Chaplain, together with Mrs. Janice Reid, leads a return visit of pupils. Peter will preach at the ordination of our first Lent Visitor. We wish our party a safe and happy journey. It is not only our senior member of Common Room who leaves us this term but the Common Room itself. The lease on No. 20, The Precincts - the apparently windowless house between Marlowe and the Deanery - expires this month. With the skill of our architect Anthony Jankowski, a new Common Room complex is evolving in the Priory block. It has meant that various masters have had to move: perhaps even more significant it has meant that the J.C.R.lTuck Shop has been relocated somewhere below Somerset Maugham over there. Stephen Reszczynski, our Premises Manager and his team have done their usual splendid job but I have to confess that when I think that our pupils will increase next year to some 725 - yes, against all the national trend demand for boarding places at King's continues to rise -, I recognise that this new room is simply not large enough for the purposes for which it will be required. Indeed I have long thought that it is unfair to our pupils that those in the sixth form should have to have their Junior Common Room in the same place as the juniors' tuck shop. This of course leads me to our Appeal. Last year Robert Horton, Chairman of B.P., who much regrets he is unable to be with us today, launched from this platform our ÂŁ3 million building fund campaign. I am happy to say that as Phase I draws to a close we have almost reached ÂŁ1.5 million, that is the half-way mark. This is an enormous achievement. There are many who deserve our very grateful thanks: the 267

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donors, those who have chaired committees, those who have sought gifts from others, and of course the Campaign Officer, Mrs. Pamela Dodd. Andrew Day, our first Campaign Manager left us last December as agreed with Everald Compton International, the firm which is managing our campaign, and since then I have largely been responsible for that campaign under the guidance of Michael Herbert, our Chairman. In September a further Campaign Manager joins us for the Autumn term. New committees are being established as well as a task force of selected visitors in order that during the next academic year we can press on to the conclusion of our campaign It will, of course, need the support of each and everyone of us. ' To date two-sevenths of present parents have contributed to the campaign. I very much hope that there will be no parent of a present leaver who will not want to thank the school for what it has achieved for their son or daughter, no continuing parent who would not want the facilities enjoyed by their son or daughter improved. We have been lucky in completing the Recreation Centre and now starting on the Craft Design Technology Unit for the prep school which will be completed for the beginning of next academic year. The third girls' boarding house in Broad Street must be finished by September 1992, and I am only too anxious to inaugurate our fourth project, the extension of School House over the existing gym in order that rooms may be released on the ground floor to make a new Junior Common Room attached to the Careers Department and to instal in the gym a working theatre. Again our life at King's will be transformed by these two latter projects. Now is the time both to offer your help and to contribute to our endeavours. Both Mrs. Dodd and myself would only be too pleased to talk further with any of you. I hope then that each and everyone of you will join me in the task I have been set, not for my sake but for the sake of those without whom none of us would be here today, your children. We perhaps need to remember that it was another generation that provided the means to build this Hall which has been of such enormous benefit to the School and to the community. As we have benefited from their generosity, so succeeding generations of King's boys and girls have a right to benefit from ours. The other day Sebastian Rosato took me into Mitchinson's to show me a very good drawing of myself by Aaron Birks which had been pinned to the Notice Board. It was headed 'Our Leader' . I have tried in these last five years to give the leadership that this school deserves: I hope that the boys who leave today will agree that we have come a long way since 1986. I pray God that I may be able to complete the task to which I believe I was unexpectedly and undeservedly called. But quite simply I cannot do it without your support. Thank you.

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Cottesmore School, Buchan Hill

Friars School, Ashford Dulwich College Preparatory School, Cranbrook

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The Prebendal School, Chichester Trevor Roberts Tutorial, Hampstead

SI. Faith's Ca mbridge St. Lawrence Junicr School, Ramsgate Junior King's School

SIXTH FORM MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP RICHARD HAGAN Borden Grammar Sc hool, Sittingbourne

HONORARY MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS SAMUEL DIGNEY Dulwich College Preparatory School, London Ashford School for Girls . ANTONIA ZALEWSKI

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KING'S WEEK 1991 THE SUICIDE A man is refused employment. He disappears in the middle of the night and his wife fears that he is going to do himself a mischief. A neighbour furthers her fears and in no time Word has got around that Podsekalnikov is going to commit suicide. A horde of outsiders come to persuade him to do so for their particular cause: a party is arranged as a prelude to the final act. Podsekalnikov gets drunk and sleeps it off in the coffin. Everyone thinks he is dead until he rises at the interment. The classic combination of a simple idea followed by misunderstanding after misunderstanding, worthy of Feydeau or Brian Rix. 'You couldn't stop smiling throughout' as one critic put it. Or 'It's rare to find a play that's funny and pseud at the same time.' ' And yet, is there more to it than this? The Suicide was written in Stalin's Russia and refused performance afer a year's rehearsal. One can see why. It has not yet been performed in the Soviet Union and received its first performance in England in 1979 after a radio premiere the previous year. Is the plight of the little man so different in post-Thatcherite Britain? Are there not the parasites ready to take advantage in the same way as Kalabushkin, Golashchapov, Viktorovich and the rest? Writing this while listening to Any Questions one wonders. The central trio of Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov (Justin Roxburgh) his wife Maria Lukianovna (Kate Jackson) and mother-in-law Serafima llinichna (Camilla Palmer) were admirably cast and complemented each other superbly. Semyon, a wide-eyed ingenu, receptive to any new idea and only later seeing the implications, made one realise how many pitfalls there are in life and how the unscrupulous will help one to fall into them. His delightful naivety and disappointment over failing to learn the tuba made one really feel for him. His gradual realisation that his suicide, at first simply a dramatic and romantic gesture, would actually leave him dead filled one, almost, with horror. His timing, so vital in farce, was excellent and he gave the impression that, even .at the end, he was not entirely certain of what had been going on. His wife, Maria, blended irritation at his absurdity with sympathy for his predicament, As one distinguished critic has commented, 'her eyes really popped', and she was certainly convincing in her ago nising over marital strains and stresses: should she bolster her husband or slap him down? Serafima was in many ways the classic mother-in-law: protective of her daughter yet not wishing to get too far on the wrong side of her son-in-law . A member of the older generation , not understanding what is going on but passionately anxious to do the right thing. The spokespeople for various interests provided opportunities for some delightful cameo roles. Aristarch Dominikovich Golashchapov (Nick King) really let himself go without ever quite going over the top, a splendid caricature of a member of the intelligentsia: powerful, domineering and ultimately ridiculous. Egor Timoveyovich (Jonnie White), only able to look at events from the point of view of a postman, wanting freedom yet bound by regulations, symbolic, perhaps, of those who wanted revolution according to the rules, and Angus Hulme's cleverly underplayed portrayal of the writer Viktor Viktorovich, whose early reference to Fedya Petunin is so vital to the outcome of the play. Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin (Barnaby Stevenson) and Margarita Ivanovna Peryevetova (Laura Singer) made a delightfully condescending yet sleazy couple, their relationship clearly based on the fact that Margarita was 'not registered with the police at this address'. Cleopatra Maximovna (Charlotte West) was suitably seductive and I was delighted that her throwaway line, 'You must go now. This woman has come to wash the floor', was received so well by at least one audience. My favourite, I must confess, was Father Elpidi (Oliver Kent) who combined all the qualities which make the Orthodox Church, even now, regarded with such suspicion. My one regret was that he did not sing the funeral service as this could have increased the sense of the ludicrous, particularly if incense had been involved. Nikifor Arsenyevich Pugachov (Albert Power) showed he had the qualities to become a good butcher and Harry Emanuel's portrayal of the deaf mute was hilarious. All the minor players made the most of their parts, their characters often being indicated by a mere line or phrase. And there were so many good ones. The First Boy's (Charlie Mendelson's) 'Is this where the dead man lives?' will stick in the mind for ever. 274

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Andrew Dobbin's production was as incisive as one would have expected. His skilful use of doorframes, if not quite developed, gave a sense of movement and continuity which was enhanced bY the sympathetic lighting. The costumes, by Sheila Bennett and Juliette Vigano and the makeup by Jean Coates made the evening as spectacular visually as it was verbally, and the stage management crew was conspicious by its efficient absence. A stimulating evening. A play to which one needed to listen. Not like Shakespeare. A hilarious play? A clever play? A relevant play? Ultimately, of course, a tragic play because, in the end, and for the wrong reasons, it was Fedya Petunin, a character who never appears on the stage, and not Semyon Semyonovich Podsekalnikov who was The Suicide. a.D.W.

THE PIED PIPER Adrian Mitchell's Pied Piper, with the aid of Dominic Muldowney's witty but taxing music, skilfully turns Browning's tale of reformist Victorian values into a 1980s parable of Thatcherite municipal greed. With children so stage centre, both dramatically and thematically, there could hardly have been a more appropriate King's Week choice; but nor perhaps, given the numbers involved, the difficulty of the music, and the perennial difficulties of the venue, could there have been a more demanding one. The principals rose to the challenge. Amelia Stewart sang with engaging phrasing and poise, Tom Mackenzie showed considerable stage presence, and Matthew Knight, though perhaps a touch tentative in the early stages, showed that the mantle of Elijah has been neatly wrapped away for him in the family props cupboard. The Saveloy family dominated proceedings with appropriate hauteur; Eliot Shrimpton's Mayor had a sophisticated sense of stage pomposity to accompany the Northern accent, Theo Moore's wunderkind grew in confidence and inches as the performance progressed, and Harriet Campbell's Lady Lucy had the most nicely-judged sense of timing on the stage. Amongst the many supporting roles, special mentions must go to Barry Cameron's singing, Isabella Marozzi's Brunnhilde-like Iced Knight, and Tom Jackson's lanky Rampant Umbrage, an impersonation so accomplished as to render recognition unlikely. What really distinguished this production, however, was the disciplined direction of the large supporting cast of Lamplighters, Burghers, Rats, and Pupils, and their integration with an impressively handled armoury of stage effects . Scenes such as the bridge crossing, or the emergence of the rats from their sacks, or the arrival of the children at the mountain, were conceived and performed with complete professionalism. What's more, the dramatic requirements of such scenes never threatened to affect the musical continuity, a considerable achievement given that the play was performed in the round and without any conductor. Full credit must go to Mr. Stephen Matthews (assisted by Hugo Stevenson) for the slick and witty musical performance, and to Mr. Stephen Wainde and Mr. Robert Douglas-Fairhurst for their remarkable efforts in managing a production so complex and so entertaining. When one of these Pied Pipers sets out, with many best wishes and congratulations, to cross the Atlantic, we must hope, with next year's production in mind, that not too many charmed children will follow him. T.R.H.

275 KING'S WEEK DANCE (Michael Gillespie)

SECOND ORCHESTRA CONCERT Much has been said and, no doubt, writte,:, aboutBiIl McConnell as he moves into retirement but nothmg could more eloquently sum up hIs magmflcent, tIreless and self-effacing contributio~ to King's '!lusic than his final Second Orchestra concen - the p~ogramme for which, characten stICally, hsted all the many pupIls mvolved, but omItted all mentIOn of their conductor As successfully as ever he had managed to bring together and enthuse a vast number of player; who may not be up to the extraordinarily high s~andard of our Symphony Orchestra, but who deserve to be encouraged and gIven the opportumty to play orchestral music in a large ensemble and who, inspired by Bill's personality and distinctive conducting style, rose yet again to height; many other School First Orchestras would be proud of. This valedictory programme had a distinctly retrospective 'these you have loved' feel to it and rightly so! A balanced selection offering variety and fun, with nostalgia for the cognoscenti' The March from Handel's Occasional Oratorio which opened the concen was an excellent choice' It immediately impressed with a nice brisk tempo, rhythmic security and full-bodied sound' Particular credit is due to the oboe solo and the strong brass section. The Hymn to Joy extracted and arranged from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony followed, and showed off splendid dynamic control, legato playing and the far from easy ability of the strings to play accurately and with good tone in unison. The musical climax was well constructed, and I should perhaps mention here that orchestra balance was very good throughout the concert, which is quite an achievement given the size and inexperience of the forces involved. Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary lacked some of the freshness of the first two pieces, and the seams between sections were rather too much in evidence, but full marks to soloist Matthew Hillier for stepping in at the last moment and giving a splendidly professional performance. The Haydn DivertimerHo produced a little ins~curity in the depths, and some ne!ves in ~ore exposed passages, but, once mto the second and thIrd movements, a return to confIdence 10 more tulli work and some impressively negotiated string runs. The Selection of Classical Pieces showed Bill's talent as an arranger, welding together smoothly a wide range from the baroque to the romantic (with a hint of Richard Strauss between ii and iii?) with inventive orchestration designed to challenge but not defeat his forces. Equally typical of Bill's eagerness to bring on young talent and his readiness to accept all musical styles was the insertion of two pieces of popular music from the Old as Dirt group (Robin Harvey, Richard Hume, Lawrence Epps and Matt Odgers) 'spotted' by him at a House Concert. Their work made a pleasing contrast to the orchestral classical 'pops', and their performance showed great self-assurance and effortless confidence. Contrary to the stated order, their first piece was by Hendrix and the second was original - and I will happily admit to prefering the latter : over secure bass guitar and percussion it featured a strong, warm saxophone and some amazing guitar playing from Robin Harvey. The second half began with an unscheduled tribute to H.M. for his support in the form of a Bill arrangement of the Cornish Floral Dance, and a dance it was: bright, witty and rhythmic, with percussion to the fore. The strings made up for their intonation on high with good chromatics lower down, and accelerandos were nicely together. The arranged Meistersinger March really tested the strings, and though they could not match the brass for rich, full tone, they came close to it, and only did a little 'slithering' within that difficult contrapuntal texture. Jeremy Bines played the solo part in the Larghetto from Mozart's D major Piano Concerto in masterly fashion, and without music. He had the control and technique which Mozart requires, for its apparent simplicity is horribly deceptive. The orchestra fared less well in the seering spotlight of Mozartian clarity, but were faultless in the sensitivity of their accompanying, which is less than can be said for the obbligato ostinato of the Cathedral bell! Couperin 's King's Ballet was mcely French , If not authentIcally baroque, and the McConnell arrangement of the Praetorious Terpsichore came up again as bright as a new penny. The various confusing repeats, bars of tacet, etc. were deftly negotiated, though there was one moment where a key signature was missed by someone! If I have a criticism, it needed more dynamic contrasts as well as the inbuilt colour contrasts in the orchestration. 276

The concert ended with an arrangement of the Finale from Beethoven's Fifth Sympho?y. There signs of tiredness at the start but it soon took off and the orchestra then gave It all they ~edegot to give it the concert and'BiIl a really rousing finish. H.M. duly paid tribute, and this ad'enc~ and thes~ players departed as the last in a long line who have much to thank BIll for. H'e has been superb at doing what his pro&ramme note attribu;ed as an aim to the Beethoven arrangement: 'to provide young players wIth a steppmg-stone . M.J.M.

SERENADE Unlike Glyndebourne, Buxton or Bayreuth, this programme was not all Mozart; it was English, mostly, either in composition or arrangement. .. The choir (forty voices) was expertly conducted by Michael H~rris, through rendItIons of Bennet, Weelkes, Moeran, Vaughan Williams and Delius, in the fIrst half, Rutter, Cashmore and Franz Schbggl (sounds foreIgn?) 10 the second half. The singing was of high quality, the diction clear with plenty of dynamic variation, and the twO soloists were exemplary. . The instrumental items included two all-trombone line-ups, one fanfare and one Ja~z arrangement, and, a nonet (the finale from Gounod's Petite Symphome) conducted by DaVId Sheath Two further solo items included a Damel Purcell sonata for two recorders, and the token Mozart item a Rondo (from K.229). The acoustics of the nave tend to 'muddy' the lower instrumental'sounds, so overall the Mozart item was most suited to the change of venue .. The quality of playing in the instrumental items was every bit as eXilert as that attam~d 10 the choral items, and many of the audience must have been left w<,>ndenng how the remamder of King's Week might surpass the high standard set on the openmg mght.

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JAZZ CONCERT It must have been inevitable that at some time the 'academic' side of the ~chool (A-levels, a.C.S.E.s, school exams) would take precedence over Band rehearsals. ThIs tIme It happene~. In spite of tremendous efforts all round it seemed abundantly clear that the members hadn t had enough time together to get really orgamsed.Âˇ . Julian Woodward ledÂˇthe Big Band into the opening number with the Glen Miller arrangement of Strike up the Band followed by My Blue Heaven. The Jazz Tacticians then took centre stage with Tom Dyson leading them into My Favourite Things. The theme got lost on a couple of occasions but soon came back with Barnaby Stevenson on his soprano sax and brother Hugo on drums. Elanor Dymott must be mentIOned for ver.y good flute playing both in So What and in Tom Dyson's own composItIon .Ram Song. Chns Creissen _ resplendent in his Joseph's Technicolour waIstcoat gave good rendItIOns and backlOg on Bass. Microphone problems did nothing to help the Big Band version of Fats Waller'~ Ai,!'t Misbehavin'. Angus Hulme however, did manage to get his vocal solo across very well 10 spIte of the acoustic failing. The highlight of the evening then took place: the Barber Shop Quintet consisting of Al~x Hardy, Jonathan Sampson, Zoe Harmsworth, Eliza Lumley and Ben Youpg . All dId outstandmgly ,,:,ell with all their numbers and, when joined by Dr . Paul Humberstone 10 an Enghsh-language versIOn of Java Jive, they nearly brought the house down. Yeah! . After the interval the 'Trad' Band made a re-appearance after two years' absence playmg Skeleton Jangle, Honey Pie and Johnson Rag which included some fine banjo work by Tom Dyson. 277

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The Big Band returned to play Duet specially for Mr. Bill McConnell who made his f" appearance with the Band and who will be sorely missed. The muted trumpet work by Tim Ma lOal was highly commendable. rson . Three. pie~es were played by the Jazz Ro~k Combo, in spite of the music being carried awa In the flfst Item and Barnaby gettIng carned away In the second . Dolphin Dance is reall ~ specialIst number and maybe should have come over better as a piano item. Good work by JJt and Tom in Watermelon Man. es The evening's performance concluded with the old Miller standard. Chattanooga Choo Chno and excellent piano intra then one or two people got lost, fortunately not for long. ' A very good concert finished with a first encore - Alexander's Rag Time Band and finall the inevitable Sgt. Pepper. Y Th~nks to everyone concerned for an excellent evening's entertainment; in particular the techmcal team. Lastly a fond farewell to Jos Sclater and Daniel Longhurst from the lighting R crew who leave us after many terms of diligent work. .F.G.

PIANO RECITAL A concert is a journey through a musical landscape. Today we travelled from Bach to John Ireland courtesy of the Benenson SteInway, and most pleasurable it was in spite of the German designed seats, almost impossible to sit on the edge of. Most of the passengers seemed to come from outside the school, and they should have been impressed by the driving though puzzled as to which driver was in charge for some of the sections of track - the pr~gramme implied there would be six hands at the wheel! Christopher Jepp it was who started the engine, and it was he who gave Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A minor (B?ok 2) a clean and clear melodic line, firm and even tone, with well contrasted legato and staccato In the fu&ue and controlled trills. One sensed that the working parts were In good order.ln fact the SteInway proved a pe.rfectly adequate machine for the expression of keyboard musIc of the last two hundred and fifty years, authentic or no. Satoko Yamaguchi took over for stage two, with the first movement of the Op. 10, No.3 Sonata of Beethoven. Followers of the burgeoning talent have travelled this route before this year, but Satoko had retained the freshness of her approach to the young Beethoven at his most ebullient. Like the third of our drivers, Alexander Driskill-Smith, she played all her pieces from memory, the score on the stand not being used, in spite of what looked like deft turning-over. Alexander also reintroduced us in stage three to a previously heard work, Ireland's Sonatina of 1927, quite advanced for its time. There is a strong rhapsodic element in a lot of Ireland's music, and Alexander expressed this and the impressionistic side very convincingly. We were held through the atmospheric line of the slow movement which can so easily fall apart, as also throughout the energetic and taut rhythms of the finale. Christopher returned for Chopin's Polonaise Op . 26, No . I, the first of the six remaining pieces, .all Ro~antic. I thought at first he was interpreting this C sharp minor work as a nostalgic, even Wistful piece, underplaYIng the more bravura passages deliberately. However I understand it was more a question of safety first on this occasion, as the preparation was at that awkward stage just before memory can be trusted to take over, the bel canto becoming expansive, the bravura impassioned. Alexander was the next man in the cab, powerful yet not ugly tone backed by considerable virtuosity taking us through the aptly named Rhapsody (in C) by Dohnanyi, a composer of more pronounced individuality than he is sometimes credited with. There followed that justly famous Concert Stud y Un Sospiro by Liszt, a magically pianistic piece of writing which Satoko played beautifully, fluently with sparkling yet crystal clear fioritura. She continued with the very different Rhapsody in G minor of Brahms. It is customary to play parts of this piece slower than the opening, and it should work . I felt Satoko's two speeds were too different, and some of her rhapsodizing too romantic for the classical Brahms. I feel the insistent triplets which bind the whole movement together have an accumulating inevitability, particularly in the long build-up in the central section . 278

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The train was taken to its destination by Alexander with two A1kan pieces. Everybody round me seemed to like the Prelude Op. 31, No. 13 (in 5-time), and it is certainly a gem. The interpretation I thought was just a trifle over-studied, with the hesitation before the bar-line, initially very effective, being a little overdone. It was quite a relief when a two or more bar phrase appeared without the commas. Finally Alexander unleashed the Op.35 Allegro barbaro. The programme misprinted barbaro as bravura, but both elements were there, and the soloist's despatch of this astonishing .study, with cascades of octaves in various guises, showed that it was not a mere virtuoso exercise ~ut an explosion of some ferocity and emotional power, and as far as I could tell detonated With total command of the fuses. This train would certainly have needed to switch off its engine long before the station. Next year's concert should be rather interesting. R.P.S.

SYMPHONY CONCERT I Drab weather failed to dampen the spirits of either musicians or audience at this most enterprising concert. It has for some years been the practice to involve gifted pupils in solo appearances and this time no concession was made for youth in the selection of two demanding pieces requiring considerable displays of technique and musicianship. Hours of painstaking preparation and meticulous rehearsal were immediately obvious in the elegant opening to the overture The Barber of Seville, in which the vigour of Rossini's incessant rhythmic patterns was allowed full rein. Rossini is well known for regular use of two very simple musical devices: the crescendo and accelerando. The ability to scale these increases to allow enough scope for effect but still to remain within the orchestra's limits is of utmost importance and, while early on I hoped for a little more froth and abandon in the approach, these soon increased as the momentum increased, bringing a rewarding climax to a well considered performance, allowing the orchestra to settle in superbly. To accompany a soloist is a testing task both for players and conductor, especially as in Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending when the dynamic level rarely rises above piano. To play confidently at a very low volume is much more difficu lt than to play. loudly and the concentration and cooperation of the orchestra were qui ~e superb. AstoundIng. too was the absolute command of the soloist, Jonathan Sampson, who produced the most ravishIng Silvery tone making the most demanding sustained phrases seem effortless. A slow compound pulse is often prone to fluctuation but not here; it was rock steady with the utmost efficiency ~nd clarity from David Sheath. He allowed the orchestra to ebb and flow to take up the conversatIOn with the soloist and together they built a performance worthy of any concert hall. The utter certainty of the playing held the audience in rapt attention. The total change of mood brought by Strauss' Horn Concerto No.1 was matched by completely unchanged quality of playing. Thomas del Mar tackled this very difficult work with apparent nonchalance but obvious confidence . It is well known that the horn is one of the most difficult instruments to play but his clear tone, confident rhythm and assured technique gave no sign of this. The orchestral parts of this work give many more exposed sections for different instruments, making very different demands than the previous two works. There were here the odd slips in intonation in the woodwind and at the top of the cellos' register but these were quickly adjusted, simply through awareness and listening, two qualities not always to be taken for granted. A touch more decisiveness in some of the interjected chords wo uld have given a more chiselled outline. It was in the Finale that the orchestra really rose in confidence with more body of tone and clarity of outline, closing a most impressive and well balanced first half of the concert. (Having mentioned platform presence last year, I was delighted to note that more care had been given to the acknowledgement of applause and to confident movement on the platform.) 279

For many of the audience I would expect the Cesar Franck symphony held some very unexpected treasures. It is a work which has been sadly neglected over the years and which makes huge demands not only on the technical ability of the players but on stamina too. The influence of Wagner is to be felt throughout, as the Paris musical scene at this time was buzzing with Wagnerian fascination. Drama is the key word, and drama over a very large scale. The slowish tempi demand considerable attention for the audience and there is little overt fun until quite late on. Stephen Pinnock led the orchestra through some wonderfully lush sonorities, giving plenty of breadth and space, light and shade and some very subtle phrasing. There had obviously been some very painstaking rehearsal which had thoroughly paid off. Most of the orchestra plays for most of the time which makes this a most exhausting work for any orchestra, but throughout no symptoms of this were to be felt. Some very fine solo passages for cor anglais in the second movement, some very precise string tremolando and some splendidly unanimous pizzicato showed there was plenty of energy to be drawn on, even at this time of the evening. The orchestra plays as a unit, feeling the pulse and the expressiveness without having to have it hammered into them. In the third movement the mood is suddenly more optimistic with the most wonderful melody, one of those which can haunt you for days once you have heard it. Even when the interludes between the main statements of this tune allowed the drama to subside, the concentration did not flag and the work was sustained superbly. There is obviously a superb level of rapport developing between conductor and orchestra; the response to the modest but clear gestures and the array of smiles at the end betray this; such a relationship is very special and deserves to be heartily encouraged. It is a great delight to behold . D.A.F.

CONCERT OF LIGHT MUSIC The term 'light music,' although an imprecise and patronizingly misleading one, often yields more to those who prefer good tunes to the imponderables of symphonic or 'serious music' . This year's concert appealed to wide tastes and was characterized by originality at judicious points in the programme. The musicians entertained us all admirably and the professionalism of the whole venture was made complete by the conductor, David Sheath, who brought out the very best from his young players. The band opened with Perkins' Fandango and A Fairground Suite by Stuart Johnson. The former mixed tricky Spanish-Latin tempos and a recognizable waltz rhythm in old-style ballroom fashion . The latter communicated a trio of contrasting moods: Ghost Train - with its impish clarinet whistle (the Tunnel of Love in my day!); Carousel (recalling those gently revolving steeds from my days as a schoolboy hero); and Rollercoaster (white-knuckle stuff from a nimble-fingered xylophone). All the yearning for childhood without the tears before bedtime was evoked. Finally, and happily, a robust Sousa march: The Liberty Bell. Nostalgia won me over as I recalled the Excelsior Ropes Band playing to the 'bob bank' at Ninian Park F.C., whilst the saxophones massaged the torn, hurt places of my youth. On the whole, I think bands are at their best when playing marches. David Sheath must be a man of ideas, for the Saxophone Quartet's spot is an original idea in the concert's repertoire. The Lillie March (Gilbert Vinter), written in staccato style reminded me of Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, and Barnaby Stevenson's soprano saxophone breathed life into the work. J. S. Bach's Fugue in G Minor is a study in clean melodic lines, dateless, and alarmingly close to Charlie Parker. Finally, Gordon Jacob's Scherzo was the most effective moment for me. The medium conveyed the message with tongue-in-cheek understatement. From a scene depicting a domain of mellow sea creatures at impenetrable depths, I was abruptly shaken by a succession of thumping Scottish chords reminiscent of Rob Roy or Bill in a kilt. A short lollipop, Lil' Liza Jane rounded off the interlude. George Gershwin did for American music what Lindbergh did for young America in aviation . The Rhapsody in Blue (arrangement for band by Jeffrey Vaughan Martin) was a brave choice for band and piano under adverse conditions in the open air. 280 DEL MAR'S STRAUSS (P.F.H.)

The opening clarinet cadenza launched, with a whoop, those unforgettable Charleston rhythms that typify the spirit of the twenties, that decade of flappers, flivvers and bootleg hooch. The broad romantic Andantino theme echoes Tchaikovsky and excited pathos rather than pride; whilst the finale brought about a Lisztian recapitulation in a burst of musical fireworks to what is an irresistible, yet brazen and dazzling orgy of sound - a full-throated metropolitan madness. Half the Rhapsody is devoted to the piano part. Alexander Driskill-Smith's dashing performance remained scrupulously faithful to the original, combined genuine virtuosity with an emotional engagement which I found thrilling. (I was lucky enough to see as well as hear him play.) If Gershwin made a lady out of jazz with the Rhapsody, Alexander's piano solo interpretation dressed it up in the classic garb of a concerto. In a work calling for much technical skill, his fingers spoke in a florid language that was quite memorable. I congratulate him at what was a high point in King's Week for me. Encore! Encore!. .. Vocal reciprocity came with Close Harmony, presenting six fine voices which occupied a mellifluous few minutes of simple relief. Two 'Barber Shop' songs, a melody Aint We Got Fun by O.K.S., Jonathan Sears, were followed by items borrowed from the King's Singers. Ben Young's Five Foot Two: Eyes of Blue ended the interlude in a characteristic American vernacular of dolls on the Sunset Strip lolling innocently after guys driving soft-topped pink Cadillacs. . . The concluding music endorsed what I feel about endings of all kinds in life: ambiguous and never wholly fulfilling as final expressions. After The Pink Panther, the concert band bowedout with a fistful of tunes from the Star Wars Saga films. This is not music of real distinction and it left me in emotional limbo. Somehow, after the Gershwin, there was no way that fantasy and music for the projected image alone would be satisfying. It was well played: though by now, the following ideas preoccupied my mind. A feel for music is never guaranteed unless it strikes the listener in the solar plexus from time to time. Conditions outdoors did not reproduce this sense of challenge on the day. The location, whilst rich in natural beauty, is an acoustically impoverished place. Low, trailing clouds, a balletic wind, birdsong of extraordinary pitch, and a multitude of superficial accretions, did, at times, bite deep into the musical substance of the occasion. Nothing comes near the punch and panache of an indoor performance, if the music and the considerable talents of the musicians are to be fully appreciated. I benefited from this occasion and applaud Mr. Sheath and his musicians; and were I to listen again next year, glless what I would like played? 'Encore! Encorel' R.B.Mi.

DIDO AND AENEAS One of the highlights of King's Week was the production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Written in 1689 for the girls of Josias Priest's boarding school, Chelsea, it is a charmingly intimate opera, tracing the tragic fate of Dido, queen of Carthage. This King's production was most vivacious and convincing, the first delight of which was the entrance of the chorus, Dido's court, in Twenties-style dress. The choice of period was effective, enabling a move away from a uniform chorus to one favouring plenty of individual expression and interaction. In a spirit of festivity, Dido's maid Belinda (Fiona Mackenzie), singing with a full, clear tone, pressed the Queen to 'Shake the cloud' from off her brow. The aria 'Peace and I are strangers grown' eloquently expresses the Queen's unhappiness. Eliza Lumley, as Dido, sang with great poise and composure, the sad, faraway look in her eyes poignantly conveying her sense of isolation amidst the carefree revelry of the chorus. Belinda, backed by the chorus, urged the seemingly straightforward union between Dido and Aeneas as a solution to the worries of Dido and her city. Alex Hardy, cutting a dash as Aeneas, entered to woo Dido, with a little help from Interflora, and a great deal more from the sensuous Belinda ('Pursue thy conquest, Love'). Dido succumbs, and they depart for the hunt. 281

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Act II began with the sinister summoning of the witches by the sorceress, Vicky Moffatt . With her dishevelled hair and sneering nasal tone, she looked and sang the part most effectively. The witches entered silently through the audience, cloaked and hooded, only revealing their masked faces as they hissed and spat out: 'Harm's our delight and mischief all our skill'. The relish with which they sang was continued in the duet for two witches, sung by Flora Collingwood and Camilla Lacamp. The balance between the ludicrous and sinister was successfully maintained as they set out 'to mar the hunting sport', and ultimately to deprive Dido of 'life and love'. At the beginning of the hunting scene we heard the story of Actaeon's horrific fate, Sung gracefully by India Jones as the second woman. The hunt was then interrupted by the approaching storm so artfully conjured up by the witches in the previous scene. The librettist, Nahum Tate has Dido hastening back to town, followed by her entourage - no hint of Virgil's suggestiv~ cave scene for Josias Priest's young ladies! Aeneas is detained by the sudden appearance of the sorceress' spirit, sung by Jane Tennick. Having resolved to obey Jove's command to leave for Italy, a touching moment ensued when Aeneas suddenly remembered his 'injur'd Queen': 'No sooner she resigns her heart, but from her arms I'm forc'd to part'. The anguish of his dilemma was movingly captured by Alex Hardy's beautifully controlled and plaintive singing. Events move swiftly in the final act: the chorus of witches, disguised as sailors, urged Aeneas' crew to set sail, their billowing movements reminding one of the sea. Unlike Aeneas, they have no qualms about silencing their nymphs' mourning 'with vows of returning, but never intending to visit them more'. The witches then delight in the imminent success of their plot. In the ensuing recitative between Dido and Aeneas, the librettist somewhat stretches the credibility of the audience, as emotions and resolutions vacillate: Dido ridicules Aeneas' 'crocodile tears'; he in turn offers to defy the gods and stay; Dido rejects one who had even once thought of leaving. But the audience can forgive anything for the poignant beauty of Dido's lament as she dies of a broken heart. Eliza Lumley sang with the sincerity and loveliness of tone she had displayed throughout, drawing us, and the remaining disinterested members of the partying chorus, into the tragedy of her fate. This was a production imbued with enthusiasm and imagination. The technical demands of Purcell's writing were admirably coped with by the three leading soloists, and the chorus sustained a crisp and accurate ensemble while achieving individual poses and movements. It was a shame that the nature of the Schoolroom meant that those at the back of the audience could not see or hear all of the detail. The performance was held together by the highly competent and wellbalanced playing of the instrumentalists (Jonathan Sampson, Clare Goldwin, Richard Gipps and Nicola Venn), directed by David Sheath from the harpsichord. Congratulations must go to the latter for ensuring such pleasing singing, and to Simon Marshall for such a widely appreciated and successful production. RACHAEL HOLLAND.

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As last year, Michael Chesterman and Sebastian Dawson-Bowling played two of the Bach Violin Sonatas, this time those in C minor and E, and as before we were able to hear them in an ideal ambience, excellent harpsichord matched by tone of distinction from the violin. Bach's secular and sacred styles are often indistinguishable, his whole outlook all of a piece. Every movement of the C minor sonata for instance would transfer easily into a church cantata: the opening Largo has almost the same melody and harmony as the famous contralto aria from the St. Matthew Passion in its first bars, the Adagio reminds one instantly of See what his love can do from Cantata 85, and the two Allegros could well be trio sonatas or long preludes for organ. 282

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Our two performers once again caught the poise and lilt of the melodic lines, in spite of initial nervOusness at the keyboard which led to perhaps a slightly fast pace which led to a stutter in the first Allegro. Having re~overed, and got his left hand back onto the job of coping with the especially demandmg bass hne of these fast movements, SebastIan showed that he IS a handy harpsichordist. Although Michael may have a rather easier task on the violin, he maintained a professional and stylistic control throughout. The E major sonata, full of good tunes also, went through in a well controlled way, with the almost Gluck-like pastoral atmosphere of the Adagio captured and held. The second movement has one of those subj ects that is both catchy and contrapuntally fruitful, and we were given a performance that did not fall into the elementary rhythmic unsteadiness one so frequently hears, rushed runs and inaccurate dotted-note figures. Although Bach cannot be played metronomically effectively, he is all too often the victim (along with most composers!) of an underlying rhythm and articulation that is technically convenient rather than musically apt. 1 hope that next year the remaining sonatas can be played, though with pressure of A-levels and rowing on the harpsichordist one wonders whether performance ealier in the year might be wiser. R.P.S.

CONCERT ON THE GREEN COURT In view of the weather we would have expected the four brass players to start with Play Misty for Me, but instead we were treated to the theme of News at Ten; all the more surprising as the time was 7 p.m. and the programme said Nine O'Clock News. After the trombone notes had faded away to the accompaniment of revving cars from Doc. A. and A.R.A.R. Tom Del Mar introduced his concert, inviting Jonathan Sampson, Sophia Davies, Richard Gipps and Nicola Venn to join him in Mozart's Horn Quintet. Despite some hesitancy about whether to repeat or not to repeat and the occasional lack of synchronisation, the horn and strings blended well to produce a rich and satisfying sonority. Mozart's energy and sophisticated wit were well brought out in the sparkling last movement. ' I said I'd dedicate many pieces to many people and this is for all of them.' (Tom Del Mar). Then Tom, Matthew Brown, and Julian Woodward launched into a Trio by Poulenc. Coping with falling music sheets and turning pages with one hand while playing with the other were activities which seemed to complement the quirky, tongue-in-cheek nature of the music. Frequent time changes were handled with assurance and the slow movement gave us a chance to relish Poulenc's unexpected harmonic twists. The last movement simply zipped along with jerky phrases, oompah trombone and rapid passages on trumpet and horn. Our impresario announced the final item, Bach's Fugue in C Minor: 'It'll start off quite well and end up pretty badly, and I' d like to dedicate it to Co-Education'. Well, I hope Co-Education is a bit more successful because after the opening bars the music sounded more like Stravinsky than Bach! Once the piece was re-started half-way through, the players managed to get to the end with fewer mishaps and Richard Dibley proved that once in the right place he could play with confidence to equal the other performers. Tom Del Mar is to be warmly congratulated for producing such an enjoyable concert and I could even forgive him for wearing such a hideous tie. There can be much pressure in King's Week for pupils and staff alike to perform to highly professional standards. Nevertheless it was a refreshing change on this occasion to witness young musicians enjoying making music. They played well and were not put off by the occasional mishap. This was much appreciated by all those present. S.J.R.M. 283 CO-ED FASHION (Sf/Of Wiseman)

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From Mozart to Ridout, a sparkling variety of five vocal and instrumental items. Highlights of the conceri were two excellent accompaniments by Alexander Driskill-Smith, (and two by S.J.R.M.!), s9me robust and technically assured french horn playing by Matthew Whiteley, and some very fine playing from Michael Chesterman (violin). Ben Young gave a promising solo vocal debut. The concert was played to a packed house, which was thoroughly appreciative! C.L.

ORGAN RECITAL One of the delights of King's Week missed by so many people is the Organ Recital in the Quire of the Cathedral. This year's recital had an ingenious theme which highlighted the progression from teacher to pupil through three centuries of composition for and performance at the organ. We had three teachers and their pupils as composers, played by one teacher (Michael Harris) and his pupil (Jasper Beauprez) and, to add just a little intrigue, the teachers' pupils' works were played by the pupil's teacher and vice versa. The recital opened with Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 545). Bach was the teacher of the next composer to be represented in the recital, so it was played by the pupil. The registration for the Prelude was a little on the heavy side, and, unusually, felt somewhat ponderous as a result, but the tempo of the Fugue was good, and the four parts were clear. There was just a hint of nervousness in places, but this was dispelled in the next work by Bach, his chorale prelude Herr Gott, nun schleu'p den Himmel aUf (BWV 617), one of the forty-five chorale preludes which constitute Dos Orgelbuchlein, a primer, so to speak, for the aspiring organist, in setting chorales to music and obtaining proficiency in the use of the pedals . Two chorale preludes by Bach's pupil, Johann Ludwig Krebs, were then played by Beauprez's teacher, Michael Harris. Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz and Was Gott tilt, das ist wohlgetan, though different in character to the previous work from Dos Orgelbuchiein, clearly are lineal descendants of Bach's more developed chorale preludes . The recital then moved from eighteenth-century Germany to nineteenth- and twentieth-century France. The first teacher-pupil pair were Cesar Franck, a Liegeois who adopted France as his home, and his blind pupil Louis Vieme. Beauprez played Franck's Piece Heroique, one of a collection of three pieces written in 1878 for the inauguration of the organ designed by the great nineteenth-century organ builder, Aristide Cavaille-Coll, at the Trocadero. This was an ambitious work to be attempted by a pupil, with its different tempi, tone colours and moods, and at the end I felt that the performance was not quite heroic enough, with just a shade of hesitancy at the more complicated changes of registration. Nevertheless, it showed that Beauprez has a great deal of talent, and the finale , with its double pedal part, was quite thrilling. Michael Harris followed with Vierne's Sicilienne, the second of twenty-four Pieces defantaisie, Op. 53, written in the 1920s and which was a, quiet contrast to Franck's work. Having had two teacher-pupil pairs, the order was then reversed for the last two pieces, the pupil, Jean Langlais, preceding his teacher, Marcel Dupre. Michael Harris played four pieces from Langlais' Suite Franfaise. The first and last of these, Prelude sur les grands jeux and Final rhapsodique are lively pieces in the nature of a toccata, the second, Nazard, a quiet, almost contemplative movement, whilst the third, Franfaise had, inevitably perhaps, a somewhat purposeful style about it. All were played with impeccable clarity. Finally, Michael Harris' pupil played part of Langlais' teacher's work Le Tombeau de Titelouze. Like so many twentieth-century French organ composers, many of Dupre's oeuvres have been inspired by the Roman Catholic liturgy and by plainsong, and this is no exception. Placare Christe servulis comprises a toccata in the manuals over a plainsong melody played on the pedals, and Beauprez seemed much more confident in this piece than earlier on, with a really fine display of technical virtuosity. I very much hope we shall hear more of his playing in the future. R. V.J .B. 284

GALA SYMPHONY CONCERT A gala concert should be celebratory, offering something that is distinctiv~, memo:able and festive. The programming of such a concert should therefore be appropnate, reSlStmg the temptation to offer musical morsels that might satisfy alone through familiarity. T he concert presented as the gala concert during King's Week1991 certainly did not disappoint, offering the audience a sumptuous feast of auditory expenences that challenged and soothed the ear. The spiked rhythms and energetic melodic lines of the Festive Overture by Kenneth Leighton provided an appropriate opening, its sheer ebullience and vitality setting the mood for the evenmg. Barely thirty years old, it offered musical challenges that were ably accepted by the orchestra and much appreciated by the audience. Julian Woodward was the soloist in the first movement of the Trombone Concerto by one of the greatest of British composers, Gordon Jacob. Jokingly difficult, it shows us the craftsman's approach to composition, knowing and demonstrating the potential of the mstrument and the player. As the work was dedicated to a former teacher of trombone at King's, and one M the greatest trombone players of this century, Denis Wick, it was both a remarkable and flttmg performance that Julian Woodward gave of the movement. The festive and celebratory mood was prolonged by a further demonstration of outstanding talent. Zoe Harmsworth was the soloist in the cello concerto of Saint-Saen.s, one of the most demanding in the repertoire, and should be congratulated both for her mUSical convictIon and her accomplished technique. At no time in this long and dema,nding concerto wer~ we led to believe that the soloist was not in command, able both to project her sound and Impos~ her personality onto the music, producing a most convincing reading. Ably and sympathetically supported by the orchestra, Zoe's perform~nce was a touchmg remmder ?f the performances given by Jacqueline du Pre, whose Memonal Fund the concert was m aid of. Celebratory, festive and memorable, the second half of the concert was devoted t~ one work that encapsulated the spirit of the evening. The lush romanticism of the Symphony m D mmor of Cesar Franck was conveyed most effectively by the performance of Stephen Pinnock and the King's School Orchestra. No aridity here, not a glimpse of greyness, nor was It lackmg m grace and charm. The cyclic nature of the material convinced the listener of the music's nobility, the triumphant finale leaving the orchestra challenged but the audience refreshed. This concert was a great success and is testimony to the dedication of pupils and staff who spend countless hours in practice and preparation, to present a concert that m Itself represents only a fraction of the time given in its concepti?n. It dem.o~stated and re~ected thro~gh the medium of music the generous commumty that IS Kmg's glvmg pleasure ":Ithout countmg the cost similarly reflected in the donation of a cheque of ÂŁ1 ,000 for the Jacquehne du Pre Memonal Fund, presented by the Headmaster to Lord Dainton during the interval. My thanks to the orchestra, soloists and especially to the conductor, Stephen Pmnock, for a fme concert. GRENVILLE HANCOX.

BLACKFRIARS ART EXHIBITION Mr. Dobbin was right. The Blackfriars exhibition is indeed the most underrated event in King's Week, yet is'perhaps the one which gives the visitor, whether parent pupil of King's, the best idea of the diversity of talent within the school. Furthermore, It prOVides welcome shelter, not only from the rain but also from the squadrons of French tounsts, the observatIOn of whom is another unacknowledged, but rather less enjoyable, King's Week activity. The exhibits were, as last year, both interesting and impressive. While the subject-matter of many contributions was perhaps more predictable than last year -. there were a great many landscapes and views of the Cathedral - the approach of each artist made the treatment ~f the most ordinary subject often at least as good as the more danng works. I hked Hannah Reid s

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beautiful fish-eye view of the Cathdral precisely for this reason, similarly Aaron Birks' distOrted vIew of the clOIsters. Nell Crumpton 's pnnt of a sta med-glass wmdow was also very impressive which by means of exploitation of the contrast between lead and colour produced an extremely beautiful work. Again, various la ndscapes were among the most striking pictures in the exhibition _ Francis Kenney's delicate 'view from a window' was particularly impressive. I also liked Andrew Ruffell's psychedelic glitter Stonehenge very much indeed; this was a successful combination of an ordinary subject with an unusual mixture of tie-die and screen-printing and proved to be one of the most memora ble works of the whole exhibition, although inconspicuously displayed. Sarah Woolman's calm and rather beautiful self-portrait was also impressive, as was John Sweny's mature stilllife. An inter.esting variation on the conventio~al portrait was provided by Eliza Hudson's energetIc studIes of a boys' changIng-room - obVIOusly hours of detaIled study were put in here. Those contributions which related as much on the artist's imagination as on his or her Skills of observation were, however, often equally impressive. I particularly liked Adam Pett's Surrealist game-board, Hannah Reid's distorted self-portrait and extraordinary detailed abstract pattern and Harry Dobbs' and Ben Shank land's visual and extremely odd combination . Similarly impressive were Paul Dupuy's ocean disappearing down a plughole, and Steve Carey 's storm in a teac up - a n a musing idea effectively executed. The efforts of the textile and pottery departments were also very impressive. Geoffrey de Burca Nicholas Shaw and Miles Edlmann's textile-prints were all striking and often beautiful , as \Va; Luke Williams' Fowleresque print. H ugo Stevenson deservedly won a prize on Speech Day for his efforts, which were chiefly prints based on ordinary or naturally-blurring patterns hand formed into something beautiful and strange - a working exhibition of curtains in the Shirley Hall made from such prints would add interest to the intervals of future King's Week concerts. Equally impressive was much of the pottery on display, particularly James Phipson's original and striking jars and Shameer Jasani's elegant vase. The contribution of D. J. Mennell, that bastion of the Cantuarian photography department, needs no prize from an ignorant reviewer

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The exhibition of printing was also interesting, although I felt that at times style had been sacrificed for variety of typeface; the ticket for A Little Night Music was one of the simplest and the most elegant. The best exhibit here, however, was the cleaning materials and haberdashery list: I carefree floor polisher, some Duraglit (Silver) and 3 mopheads (we t). While it is perhaps the job of a reviewer to draw attention to those contrib utions which might otherwise be missed, arg uably a reviewer fo r a school magazine may be justified in devoting a whole paragraph to the exhibition's most outstanding artist, despite the frequency with which his name will presumably appear elsewhere in The Cantuarian . julian Woodward 's extraordinarily good architectural drawings were perhaps overshadowed by his even better self-portraits, particularly his greeny-orangey-yellowy-reddy_blue work, wh ich perhaps be a suitable prize for his reviewer. His landscapes were beautiful; I also found another self-portrait (apparently in the shower) extremely impressive, and his sketches of himself where charming, amusing and ski lfu l. Jules' contribution is perhaps the best example of the effort , imagination and skill which, together with the guidance of Mr. Cameron and Mrs . Dix, have made so many of the pieces impressive and the exhibition as a whole rather better than school exhibitions usually are; [ would most strongly suggest more publicity for its successor. C HARLOTTE MENDELSON.

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After a tiring term for most o f the party completing G.C.S.E. courscwork we were given three hours sic . hotel before travelling 10 R.A.F. Wildenrath in the early hours of the mornin'g On the day of arr" 1 cp!n a transit to the station ,-"ilh a talk by the Stalion Comma nder and for the rest of the 'week we visited a~~:s ~~ ~~resUlt~OdUCCd

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SOCIAL SERVICES Hannah G!edh ill who has been. part of a group helping an aut istic child , Philip Macdonald with a new II d treatment wri tes about her experience: ' mc 10 of 'An autist.ic child ~vi l.1 have difficulty in any. kind Of. soci~1 rel~lionship especially in communicating verbally. PI T Macdonald IS an autist Ic three-year-old and his behaVIOur IS Iyplcal of this disability He refuses any eye co t 11. people and rathe.r (.,an lalki.n g himself he often copies phrases _ parrOI fashion. Phili somcti mes dis la n act Wit I mdlfferen~e to his su rrou nd.mgs and can. become complctely absoT?ed in himself. He his difficu lt y in i~agrl~aW~nplfte a nd somet lmcs resorts to bizarre behaV iou r patterns where he SPillS objects incessantly. e p ay One way in whi~h we can help Philip is by visiting him and spending an hour playing with him forcin c e an~ deyelopment m play, refus ing 10 al.l?w. hi.tn. to become locked into his own wor ld by bein 'thc mo~t i~Hecr~nltfct OblJect m the room. To .try an~ help Pluhp 11 IS Importan t for h im to begin to form relat i onsh~s where he can ~f re ate to peoplc and enjOy their company. 0 I

Alr~~dy Philip has greatly improved. He now plays by h im self, comm unicatcs vcrbally and loves si nging It is a very rewar iIlg way to spend a n hour and bot h Phi lip and his parents arc vcry apprcciativc.' . I would like to thank S.W.W ., H .R.O.M., M.J.T., F.E.T., J .D.P. and P.A.W. fo r thcir hclp this term. D.O.

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O.K.S. PRESIDENT'S NOTES In the past year, O.K.S. activities havc continued to expand. In March, Peter Valpy retired as President of the O.K.S. Association after two years in office and his strong commitment and leadership are much apprec ia ted. It is my p rivilege 10 lake over fr om Peter and m y hope that we shall continue to widen our ci rcle of active O.K.S. members and our contacts with the School. As one who li ved abroad for a number of years, I know how enjoyab le that can be.

SUMMER LUNCHEON This year's Luncheon took place on 4th May. Fifty-seven O.K.S. (1958-1963) and their wives gat hered together for drinks in the library in St. Augustine's a nd for the lunch a fterwards. T hanks to the stro ng turnou t, the Luncheon was held in the splendid Dining Hall in S1. Augustine's and also in the Senior Comm on Room. In the latter case, it was an histo ric event , as th is charming room was about to be handed back as part of the Deanery, the teaching staff migrating to the locatio n of the present tuck shop. It was clearly a good vintage of O.K.S. and a very lively occasion; and the School provided excellent hospitality. School food was never like this in my day! In the even ing, a number of those present went to a packed performance of Handel's Messiah in the Cathedral. This was performed by the School Orchestra and Choral Society, joined by singers from Benenden and Simon Langton Schoo ls, a nd was of a very high standard.

ANNUAL DINNER Following the A.a.M., the O.K.S. Annual Din ner was held for the second yea r running in the Whitb read Brewery in Chiswell Street, London on F riday, 22nd March. At two hundred and forty- four, we were again close to maximum numbers for the location and it was a highly enjoyable evening. It was good to see some recent leavers, as well as a broad spectrum of O.K.S. of a ll ages, most with partners. Two groups of rugby contemporaries and a hockey contingent were observed, but the expected party of Pilgrims fail ed to arrive in force, as we gather some were away skiing. This ycar we had a guest speaker, David Moreau (SH 41-46), who regaled us with a humorous, personalised account of King's in his time. Contcmporaries o r near contemporaries identified fully with his remarks and, in the words of one younger O.K.S. ' It was a ll a bit over my head, but I thought it was great'. Our great thanks to the Dinner organiser, A lison Hunter. Plans are already in hand for some further improvements for next year's Dinner o n 27th March, 1992 and there is an exciting new venue, thanks to the good office s of Brian Leary, Q.C. (SH 42-47). This will be the Middle Temple Ha ll , described as probably the finest Eli zabethan Hall in Britain , a nd is likely to appeal to all.

REGIONAL MEETINGS The last issue of The Calltuariall commented that our ability to computerise the addresses in the Handbook has made it possib le for us to identify O.K.S. by cou nty - and a lso abroad in fifty-eight cou ntries. As a result, on 10th June , a lively Midlands reunion was held in the home of Anne and J ohn Hadfield, with strong support from Richard Bream, at Normanton near Loughborough. Twenty-one peoplc were there and there was a request that a fur ther event be organised in due cou rse. We are a ll indebted to A nne for her hospitality a nd for Joh n's energy and ent husiasm in contacting O.K .S. locally. On 14th Ju ne, twenty-three people including the hosts attended an O.K.S. get-together in Cricket House, C ricket SI. Thomas, Somerset and our very great thanks are due to John and Stephen Taylor and their mother, Mrs. Hudson, for host ing the event. Their lovely house was featured in the TV serial To ~ The Manor Bom and the writer took the opportunity , next day, to take his fam ily round the TaYlor family's wild Iife Âˇpark in the g!,ou nd ~. On 23rd Ju ne, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Paine, whose son Stephen was recently at the School very kindly hosted an O.K .S. meeting fo r twenty-two people. This was o rgan ised fo r guests from Cumbr ia, Lancashire and Cheshire and we were blessed with a blazing hot, sunny day - in contrast to the rest of the cou ntry! We were th us able to have Sunday buffet lunch in the gard en, with sp lendid views of the Lancashire dales. Stephen had just returned from Sabah (North Borneo) where, with his charming gir l friend, he had recently climbed Mount Kinabalu - the tallest mo~ nt ain in the Far East. Furt her Regional Meetings are intended later in the year in the Cotswo lds and in the Hampshire/Solent area , where a number of O.K.S. are located. A number of regrets were received for the three June meetings and it is clear that there is abundant life outs ide Kent and Londonl It was very gratifying to be able to come together with O.K.S. from other parts of the cou ntry and fu rther meetings are planned. MIKE BROWN.

O.K.S. CRICKET TOUR TO KENYA As well as Ihe fixture against the School on 28t h129th June (as reported in the main sports sectio n), Stephen Lark and David Waters (a non-O.K.S. living in Nairob i) have organised a Cricket Tour to Kenya this year from 26th September to 18th October. Ten O.K.S. and four non-O.K.S. are form ing the side who will play nine matches in Nairobi and Mombassa. The O.K.S . in volved are: Nick Ratcliffe, Paul Sheridan, Chris Wheeler, Dan Pritchard, Paul Bromley, Stephen Lark, Mark Ryeland, Phil Lacamp, Craig Butcher and Mike Press. They will be cha llenging Cricket XIs from a number of Kenyan clubs including: Nairobi Club; The Rift Valley Sports Club; N.P.C.A. XI; Limcuru; Gymk hana Club; Coast C ricket Associat ion; Mombassa Sports Club; Kongonis; a nd David Waters' In vitation C lub. 289

All O.K.S. living in Kenya have been contacted to try to arrangc a reception for thcm at the Nairobi Club at so point during the tour. We hope that as many O.K.S. as possible will be able to attend. me The tour, which is se lf-funding is also planning to include a short safari to the Masai Mara after the matches h been co mpleted. ave The.School has made a very ge.llerous donation of ÂŁ200 to the tour. This has been put towards the Cricket 'Shield s' (supplied by the School shop) beLng presented to each club on the tour. The results will be reported in the next issu and we wish the team all the very best! e,

O.K.S. FENCING As in previous years the O.K.S. gathered for Lunch on the Saturday in King's Week before the traditional matc I versus the School. It would seem that the best weather so far this year had been saved for the day and an excelle ; afternoo~'s fe ncing was promised. The. match started wit h ~oil a nd the sta r of the side was our newest team mem b~r Robert Tiley (S H 84-89). Although a little unnerved at havlllg to fe nce old team ma tcs he still managcd to uphold the honour C?f the O.K.~. fencing team. The Sabrc followed, but ~esp!te John Eden's (GR 62-67) ga rgan tuan efforts an O.K.S. vLctory was Just nOlto be, the result was at least a satls fYll1 g closc 5/4. After a ver~ short in.te rmission for so me light re.freshment we ret urned to conclude the aftcrnoon with the Epee. As we ex pect.ed tillS w!ls 8;oll1g to be where Matthew Whllehead (M~ /T 75-80) was ablc to show his (rue colours. Unfort unately the. exertions carh~r 10 the aftern oo~ had by now !aken theIr toll a nd the rema.i nder of the O.K.S. were not able to mall1tam Matthew s progress. The fmal r es ~ 1t was Ip favour of the sc h ~o l , prOViding them wi th a deserved win in the end. My thanks to the O.K.S. team, and to Tim Jenm ngs (Staff) and ShafLk Saba (SH 86-91) for organising the afternoon on the school front. ..As always we are eager. to hear from any O.K .S. fencers recent or otherwise, interested in taking part or simply to Jom .us as spectato rs. We mtend to have a table for O.K.S. fencers at the 1992 dinner and A.G.M. in March, so would a ny lIlt erested members please make su re thai Darren Evans (LT/MR 80-84) (Office - 0920 444 237) has your detai ls.

O.K.S. SQUASH . Th~ ~.K.S. squash tea m entered the Lon~onde~ry Cup fo~ the first time in fou r yea rs and despite this long break m act IvIty performed extremely well. After wIns against Downside and Sherbourne the team reached the semifinals wherc they were unfort unately beaten by the number one seeds, Aylesbury. However, we are delighted to see some rcnewed activity in the spo rt and a nyone wis hing to play should contact Alista ir McFee (07 1-488-8990 work).

FUTURE DATES 1991 O.K.S. Informal Suppers:

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19th September, The Antelope Eato n Terrace London SW I. 28th November: venue as above . Contac t Richard Wilson. 28th September , Canterbury. Co nt act Mike Brown.

O.K.S. NEWS P. S. Paine (1938) has now retired from full-time Broadcasting Manageme nt and cont inues as Chairman of olle of the LT.V. Companies. W. C. Young (1938) has been elected Upper Warden of the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company. J, D. Moss (1939) writes from Durban, ' I received a visit frol"!! G. L. Clarke (1941), entertained Peter and Liz Dix of Tr~des~a nt and, later on, A. M. D.ean (1939) a fo und~r of Meister Om~rs. G. L. Clarke made a return visit so obviously enjoys II here. I was 111 the U.K. bneny III January gett mg my daughter II1to the London Studies Centre which she is much enjoyi ng. Incidentall y, she has become a good friend of Miranda Woodley of The Grange. I still correspond with John Corner.' K, V. Jones (1941) wri tes very var ied musical compositions whic h co ntinue to receiYe a great deal of attention frolll enterprisin g performers. C . Stoneman (1942) at 63 decidcd to open his own Law offi ce in Burlington, Vermont, where he rcccntly moved afler almost thirt y years of practice in New York City. Ma.jor-Ge neral p, H. Lee (1 946) is now the Vice-Chairman of the Road Ha ulage Associatio n and would very much like to hear from other O. K.S. who are active in the tra nsport a nd distribution business. (Office telephone 0963-338(0). M. R. Moore (1953) is a Chartered Accountant a nd a Research Associate with the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation in Amsterdam. He spends most of his time writing articles for European Taxation (the firm's month ly magazine) a nd up-dating the firm's loose-leaf textbooks on that subject. 290

N. J. U. Wright (1954) ~las been with th e B.B.C. for thirty-four years and was elected Chairma n of the Socicty of Telev ision Lighting DIrectors last year. I t.Colonel L. S. Durr (1966), now in Ihe Royal Army Ordnance Corps and working a t the Logislic Execut ive in Andover, , was heavily involved in the dep loyment of British forces to the Gulf and getting all the material back to Europe, He is still a keen fellcer wi th a fifteen-year-o ld son at Bryanston who also fences. He sees Mike Turner (1960) frequently. r. A. St.C lair-Draude (1966) after over twenty years as an Internati onal Banker in the Far East has set up a corporate investment buisiness li nking the Far East with Eu rope and will estab lish himself in Ita ly. U. J. Wylson (1966) joined Ca mbrid ge Economic Consultants as a Principal in 1990. He is currently building governments Tra ining and Enterprise Development Corporat ions and local authorities in implementation of inward investment strategies. M. W. Coeqler (1973) is choirmaster, music teacher and tennis coach a t an Episcopal church school in Charleston , Sout h Carolina. His two sons, nine and cleven, are keen junior tenn is tournament players. 1-1, Edeleu llu (1973) left Cambridge wit h an Honours Engineering Degree and now owns a pla nt hire com pany with sevcn depots throughout the country. He is a member of the Territorial Army Bomb Di sposa l Unit in Rochester. E. J. nogans (1974) works for National C hemica l Products as a specialist on activated carbon. He married Sha ron Smith in 1982 a nd they have two chi ldren, Sara h and MichaeL T. W. I~ogalls (1974) left Ki ng's to complete his education at 51. John's College, Johannesburg, matri cula ting in 1976. He studied mi ni ng engi ncering al the University o f Witwatersrand and in 1982 started work on the Presid ent Brand gold mine in Welkom as a graduate. He reached the posit ion of T echnica l Assistant in 1988, a posit io n held unt il tra nsferred to the Coal Di vision, Kriel Colliery. M. J. L. Darber (1976) si nce 1985 has been runnin g his own property business wh ich specialises in the sa le of property in both France and Italy. G. S, All an (1977) is work ing as an Estates Manager at the London & Edinburgh Trust pic, having qualified as a chartered surveyor five yea rs ago. I,I,Commander W, n, T. Lines ( 1978) now instructs Observers on Sea King helicopters of 706 Sq uadron at R.N.A.S. Culdrose . Tracy Smit h (1978) is now a LL Commander worki ng at the Mi nistry of Defence in the field of operat ional a nalysis, and captaini ng the W.R.N.S. ten nis team. Ur. A. Marchant (1979) has had a year's research post at the School of Biologica l Studies, Un iversity of East Anglia, his subject being molecular evolution. He returns to Australia later this year. Lindsay Dodsworth (1 980) went out to Prague in March 1990 to set up the tax a nd legal department of the Price Waterhouse offi ce there. She has the dau ntin g task of contr ibut in g to fut ure Czechoslovak tax legisla tion. T. Steve nso n (1982) works for the J ohn Lewis Pa rtnership in London and recent ly orchest rated a musica l opera for the Liverpool Play house. J. W, I'. Mayne (1982) is in mercha nt banki ng with J . P. Morgan. A. W. J, Harding (1985) is wor king as a prod ucer for N. B. C. Radio 's London Bureau. C. Eo Dutcher (1987) has been President of both the Rugby Union Club and the Cricket Club at King's College , London, this year . A. J. I~edmun (1989) st udying Classics a( SI. Chad's Durham University, has been elected President of the Durham Union Society - the third oldest debat in g society in the coun try.

ENGAGEMENTS Large-Dr. Will iam A. Large (1964) La Sarah Morshead. Edeleann- Hugh Edeleanu (1973) to Eirene Dill on. Ursell - Paul Ursell (1984) to Bernadine Say. Murdoch-A ndrew Murdoch (1985) to Susanne Pea rsoll.

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MARRIAGES Rogans"":""Thomas W. Rogans (1974) to Daryl Anne Taylor in April 1991 in Johannesburg. Cully-Peter Cully (1976) to Caron in September 1989. Dale-John Dale (1976) to Dyane de Denne in December 1990 in Penh, Australia. Allan-Guy Allan (1971) in October 1990. Mayne-John W. P. Mayne (1982) in Septemb er 1990. Miller-Sarah Miller (1982) to David Harman in July 1989. Stevenso n-Thomas (Toby) Stevenson (1982) to Mary-Anne Oyas in November 1990.

BIRTHS StClair-Braude-to Peter (1966) and Geraldine, a daughter, Melissa Oli via, in January 1989. Townsend-to David (1974) and Hilary a son, Richard, in April 1991. Cully- to Peter (1976) and Caro n a son, Alexander James Gordon, in August 1990. Rimmer-to Isabel (llee Christ ie) (1981) a daughter, Alexand ra, in March 1991.

DEATHS Finn-Frederick Fletc her Finn (1913) on 26th Apri l 1991, aged 96. Ripley-Sidney Ripley (l922) in June 1991 , aged 81. He dedicated over fifty years of his life to public service and was a well-known councillor in Kingston, Surrey. Moor-Dona ld James Moor (1924) on 6th April 1991, aged 85. McCa ll- LI. Colonel E. W. (Barney) McCall on 31 st March 1991. Eyton-Matthew Eyton (1985) in April 1991.

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