Aymestrey Magazine EASTER 1946

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THE

Ay m e s t r e y M a g a z i n e ,

EASTER, 1946.

Old Boy News,

Edward Speirs received his George Medal at the hands of H.M. the King at a recent

investiture.Nigel Blair-Oliphant, Group Capt., O.B.E., has been at the R.A.F. Staff College.

Geoffrey Coaker and Richard Wall are both out of the Army now ; the latter is back at hi s old

job wi th the G.W.R., and the former has a new ra ilway post and a new house in Lincolnshire.

Eric Davies is out of the Navy and back at the B.B.C. ; he and his wife came to see us recently.

John Eyton Coates is home and has returned to Lloyd's Bank, Worcester ; he had some very

good cricket in South Africa.

Dennis Hargreaves and Dick Baron were both in Jap hands for years, but have come through.

The former is home, but the latter is still in the East ; he barely survived working on the " Death

Railway," but is all right now, barring malaria.

David St. Clair Roberts has somehow slipped past the examiners to the extent of being fully

qualified with B.M., B.Ch., B.A., after his name. He was for a while House Surgeon at the

Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, and now has a post at Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester.

Ronald Ainslie visited us in January ; he has been doing Intelligence work in India for a long

time and is an expert at all sorts of obscure languages.

Douglas Kellie is out of the Army and has a small fruit farm near Droitwich. Norris Leakey is

a Civil Affai rs Staff Officer in Malaya ; he i s hoping to stay on there in the Civil Service when the

Army hands over.

Michael Bates, Capt., R.A.M.C., is also in Malaya.

Ian Leakey is Gunnery Control Officer in H.M.S. Cadiz, at present in home. waters.

Pat Cope was here recent ly on leave from Malaya, whi ther he has got to return shortly.

Bill Holgate expects to be out of the Navy and home by Easter ; he passed his exam. for the

Institute of Actuaries at long rangefrom Japan, in point of factand will be working in London.

Christopher Thomas was here for a few hours last term ; he hopes to be out of the R.A.F. soon

and to take up fruit farming.

Michael Davison is thinking of applying for a permanent commission in the R.A.F. ; he is in

this country at present, instructing.

Ken Davison is in H.M.S. Ocean. Owing to the unexpectedly beneficent effect of a strike the

two brothers were able to meet a short while ago in Malta.

John Holgate is home waiting to know what his Medical Board will do with him. He had a

very bad accident while playing rugger in India and was laid up for a long time, but he can get

about now and looks fit enough. He and Tom Fletcher came and helped to cheer the Aymestrey XV to

victory last term.

Tom F letcher has als o been indulging i n some waiting about until the Navy tell him what to

do. He met David Lead in Colombo a little while ago.

David Lead is a Midshipman in H.M.S. Trafalgar ; he was last heard of in Japan.

John Page, 60th Rifles, has been attached to the Sherwood Foresters at Ismaila on the Suez

Canal.

Richard Sykes is at an O.C.T.U.

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Geoffrey Wood got a Scholarship last year at Keble College, Oxford. Forestry is his ultimate

aim, and his main int eres ts seem to be mounta ineering and music. He plays soccer for his college.

Robert Devereux, we gather, is in the Navy and fed up.

John Stallard is at Hertford College, Oxford.

Edward Lane left Bromsgrove las t summe r and is now farming at home ; he finished his last

school cricket season well by winning the Batting Cup.

John Wood is at the Royal Agricultural College, Circencester. He is Captain of Rugger and hadthe formidable task of leading an entirely new side. Playing against some R.A.F. station, he

found that the oppos ing captai n was Bleddyn Williams , but we gather that the score didn't reach

three figures.

Colin Cope is at an O.C.T.U. in Staffordshire.

Bill Hamilton is on an Army Short Course at Birmingham University.

Geoffrey Pugh visited us recently. He has just gone into the Army after being Head Boy at Tettenhall

College, and in the rugger XV for four seasons.

Another recent visitor was Capt. Cecil Shorter, just back after several years in India. He is not yet out of

the Army and is uncertain what he will do.

Peter Strong left Che ltenham last summer af ter get ting six Credit s in S chool Certificate. He is

now working at Lister's in Dursley.

Other good School Certficate performers were Lewis Biggs, one Distinction, five Credits ;

Brian Fayle, six Credits ; and Tony Claydon, five Credits. The two former were just 15 and the

latte r only 14 at the t ime of the exam. Fayle and Biggs have both been here lately.

Bill Dewing led the forwards in the Colts XV at the R.N.C. last season.

Nigel Jerram plays outside- left for the Colts XI at Malvern and centre-forward for his house

juniors ; in one game for the latter he got nine goals.

Bill Sprott has just passed Certficate A at Repton. He plays fives for his house and is goalkeeper

in his house 2nd XI.

Robert Marshall is head of h is house at Stowe. He got his 2nd XV colours and has played in the

1st.

John Pettigrew is a Monitor at Ashbury College in Canada. He is Vice-Captain of Soccer,Editor of the College Magazine and Secretary of the Common Room. In School Certficate he got

seven Firsts and two Secondswhatever they may be ; they sound all right anyway.

Pat P ettigrew is at the Canadian Sedbergh ; he is a mighty man in the gam es line there, but we

know no details.

John Macdonald (Winchester) came a short time ago ; it is difficult to get information out of

him, but we gather tha t he still plays back a t soccer and that no one had yet stopped him playing the

viola.

Timothy Macnamara has got out of hi s waiting house at Wellington into his Dormitory

(Hardinge).

Jim Page led the forwards in Junior Colts at Bromsgrove, and when they played Cheltenham he

found himself marking Michael Tibbetts. He also played sometimes for Senior Colts. In athleticshe got a ll h is Standards except the ha lf-mile . He is still an alto and an oboist.

Christopher Adams got his Form Prize in the summer at Marlborough. He is head of his

Junior House and has his house rugger coloursas hooker ; he plays the French horn, making

surprisingly nice noises on it at times. His father and mother are safely home from a Jap prison camp.

Theo Christophers also got a Form Prize at Marlborough in July. He is a Junior House

Captain, still plays centre at rugger, but has recently been suffering acute damage in the early

stages of hockey.

Michael Tibbetts has been playing fly-half for Junior Colts at Cheltenham ; he is a first cornet

in the J.T.C. band.

David Brown has been getting on well all round at Sedbergh. He has taken up the violin.

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John Maxwell has extricated himself early from the Probationers' House at Glenalmond

and got into his proper house. He played for his house junior XV which won the cup and he won

the junior hurdles in the sports.

Other recent visitors and correspondents have included David Coates, Shim Lowes, Robin

Lowes, Robert Mitche ll, Geoffrey Howell , John Hughes, Harry Jerram, David Wright, Julian

Webb, John Alderney, Tony Tibbetts, Hugh Morley.

School NotesSalvete.O. G. M. French, D. C. A. Hughes, T. Leland, P. G. Vale, H. C. Winterton.

Valete.R. A. S preckley. Ca me May, 1940 . Pr efec t Se ptember, 19 45. P.L. of Peckers. Soccer

Colours, 1945. Choir. (Repton.)

We were extremely sorry to have to say good-bye at Christmas to Mrs. Pastfield. She only came

to work as Under Matron as her war work, and we knew she would soon have to go back and

keep house for her husband, who is Science Master at Llandovery College, but her absence

leaves a real gap, especially as she had helped to see the school through most of the worst of the war

years.

The Bust-Up, still war-time model, took place none the less with unabated fervour and

appetite . Off icially there were no guests, but three Old Boys from Cheltenham, Roger

Phillips, Julian Webb and Michael Tibbetts decided, very properly, that the O.A.A. had got tobe represented somehow, and wangled leave to come. Next time we hope there will be an

officia l meeting of the Association to mark the eventbut will there be any food ?

In March we revived another old fixture with a lecture on Deep Sea Diving, by Capt.

Lawson Smith. His lecture needs no eulogy here ; he is the best lecturer, or talker, we ever

have, and that is all there is to be said, except perhaps that his powers of gripping his audience

and " putting it across " to boys seem in no way diminished, but rather increased by the lapse of years.

School Officials were : Head Prefect : D. C. F. Fayle. Prefects : I. H. Marshall, J. C. F.

Schnadhorst, R. A. Spreckley, A. G. F. Young, J. B. Heath, G. F. D. Ellerton. Captain of Rugger : D.

C. F. Fayle.

Work

The Work Section of the Colour Competition in the Easter Term was won by the Blues, with214 point s to the Greys ' 203 and the Gr eens ' 63. Boys with 20 or more Alphas and Good Show-Ups

were :

Blues. Greens. Greys.

McLeod I. .... 53 Spreckley .... 28 Fayle .... .... 36

Marshall .... .... 36 Schnadhorst .... 22 Morley .... .... 35

McLeod, D. .... 33 Coley .... .... 22 Coates, J. R. .... 33

French, D. .... 22 Leland .... .... 24

Webb .... .... 20 Gallimore, R. 23

Thornely, N. .... 20 Gallimore, J. 22

Custerson . 20

During this term Fayle got no bad mark of any kindno Gamma, Bad Show-Up, Minor Mark,Late Mark or Untidy Mark.

Those who came top of their Sets were as follows :-

English : V, Marshall ; IV, McLeod, D. ; III, Morley; II, McLeod, I. ; Ia, Thornely, N. Ib,

Hughes, D.

Mathematics V, Fayle ; IV, Elliott ; I II, Mayfield; II, McLeod,I. Ia, Th or ne ly, N. Ib ,

Mildmay.

French : V, Fayle ; Remove, Eller ton ; IV, Gallimore, J., and K night, W.; III, Coates, J. R. ;

II, McLeod, I. ; I, Mildmay.

Latin : V, Fayle ; Remove, Schnadhorst ; IV, Gallimore, J.I; II, Coates, J. R. ; IIa, McLeod, I. ;

IIb, Lolling and McCarthy.

His tory and Geography : V, Marshall ; IV and III, Gallimore, J. II, McLeod, I. ; I, Thornely,N.

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MusicThe Carol Party took place as usual and the only unusual and unpleasant feature of the occasion

was that three of the four leading trebles had heavy colds. This, however seemed only to affect

volume and not quality, which was good, as was the understanding and balance with the

accompanying strings. For variety many verses of various carols were sung by a semi-chorus,

Ellerton, Slatter, Marshall and Heath being the trebles, and the underparts being scaled down to

ba lance. El le rton sang the sol o in Myn Lyking, very sof tly, but in tune and with a pl easant

tone. The following Sunday many of the same carols, and rather more for congregational singing,

were given at a Carol Service in the Church.

The following were successful in the Examinations of the Associated Board in March : P. M.

Coates, Primary Violin and Primary Piano, and R. C. L. Gallimore, Preliminary Piano, all with credit.

On Sunday, March 10, we were given a most delightful 'cello recital by Miss Margaret Edes,

accompanied by Miss Davies. It was a real treat, and the range of expression and delicacy of

tone, as well as the activity, of which the instrument is capable in such hands was a revelation to

many of those listening.

Miss Davies gave her usual " Music Makers" programme on Tuesday, April 2. There were no

fewer than 27 performers, of whom the pick were perhaps Hughes, R., McLeod, D., Schnadhorst,

Coley, Heath, Gallimore, R., and Knight, R., on the piano, Fayle, Ellerton, Coates, P. M.,

Elliott and McLeod, L, on the violin, Schnadhorst on the clarinet, and Coates, P. D., on the

'cello. Fayle's performance was outstanding.

The main works studied in appreciation classes this winter have been Beethoven's Seve nth and

Eighth Symphonies and the Emperor Concerto, Schubert's Trio in B Flat, Elgar 's Emgina

Variations and the Overtures " Mastersingers," " Cochaigne " and " Portsmouth Point." The best

attended and most popular wireless performances listened to were of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony,

Sibelius' Second and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast."

The Senior Orchestra, besides more elementary and, no doubt, suitable music, has attempted

arrangements of the slow movements of Beethoven's Second and Seventh Symphonies and

Dvorak's " New World." Highly improper, but great fun !

Welcome additions to the Record Library have been Mozart's Haffner Symphony, presented by

Miss Davies, Sibelius' Tapiola," presented by J. A. Macdonald, and Beethoven's SecondSymphony.

The following are in the Choir Trebles : Ellerton, Marshall, Slatter, Heat Gallimore, J.,

Coate s, J. J., Spreckley, Coa tes, P. M., Webb, Hughes , R. Altos Fayle, Schnadhorst.

SoccerTaken all round it was a fair average season. We had expected a weak XI and it was

undoubtedly our worst for some seasons ; but it was by no means a bad side and was, if

anything, better than we had expected. Gallimore developed very well as a goalkeeper, showing

considerable coolness and judgment ; Fayle's kicking and Strong's speed and determination made

the backs a useful pair ; Ellerton and Marshall were useful wing halves, the one erratic but often

dangerous, the other sound and h a r d w o r k i n g; Coley, who finished up as centre-half, was sensible and

plucky, though no stylist; Spreckley, on the le ft wing, improved enormously and was always a

sensible though rarely a dashing player, while Thornely, at outside-left, was very fast and promising

; of the insides, Schnadhorst was slow but always knew what he was trying to do, Morley being

the reversequick and dashing but apt to lose his head ; Heath was clever and fast and it was

not his fault that he was too light for a centre-forward.

Other players to do well were Coates, J. R., who was perhaps unlucky not to get his colours,

Hughes, R., Young, Webb, Mayfield, Record, Custerson, McLeod, I., and Coates, P. D. The junior

game was keen and full of promise without anyone being outstanding.

Two rounds of Colour Matches were played ; in the first Greens beat Blues and Greys, and

Greys beat Blues ; in the second Greys beat Blues again, and Greens beat Greys, but could only draw

with Blues. The cup was therefore won by Greens.

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Soccer Matches

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31. AYMESTREY v. ABBERLEY HALL, AT ABBERLEY.

For a small and inexperienced side we did not put up too bad a show in our first match.

The ground was wet, the ball slippery, and Abberley had a very good team, but we were

nowhere bad and the game was always fast and interesting. In the first half Abberley scored two

goals, but were pressing all the time and our defence did well not to concede more, though the

forwards seldom got far and the Abberley goal was only once in danger after a good run and centre

by Thornely, which forced them to give away a corner. In the second half the game was territorially

more even. Once a big kick by Fayle sent Thornely away again, but we just failed to put the

centre in ; and on another occasion Coates centred well and Schnadhorst put in a good shot which

was only just saved. But, meanwhile, the Abberley attacks were faster and more thrustful than

ours and they got two more goals. Gallimore played a splendid game in goal, making many

fine saves ; Fayle was steady and kicked well and Strong worked very hard, as did Coley at

right -ha lf. Thorne ly, Coates and Morley were the pick of our forwards.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. AYMESTREY v. THE LINK, AT MALVERN.

For the first quarter of this game play was somewhat slow and was even, till at last

Schnadhorst gave Thornely a good through pass and Heath took the centre n his stride, broke

through the backs and scored with an excellent shot as the goalkeeper came out. Then we became

rather lethargic, and some bad miskicking and slowness by our backs and halves let in The Linkforwards, who brought the scores level. We then had one or two narrow escapes, but the defence

improved, Fayle and Ellerton saved ugly situations, and Coley did a very good piece of work,

beating three men in the goalmouth af ter Gall imore had come out and missed the ball . Half-t ime

came without further score. Soon afterwards the Link centre-forward broke clean through and

put in a hard shot which Gallimore saved very well indeed. More close and even play followed

and the pace became faster. Our defence further improved, Strong and Fayle showing a good

understanding and kicking well, and Ellerton, Coley and Spreckley doing many nice pieces of

work. The forwards were going harder too, and at last Thornely raced down the wing and

centred, and Morley did very well to be up and put it in, sending us ahead once more. We pressed

more and more strongly ; Coates and Morley worked down the left wing well and Schnadhorst

only just failed to score from Coates' cen tre ; Heath very nearly got one, Ellerton hit the far post

with a good long shot, and at last, just a minute from time, Morley made the game safe for us

with another goal, after Schnadhorst and Coates had done good approach work. The whole side

did well in the second half, Ellerton and Spreckley in particular showing much improved

fo rm. Fayle, whose powerful clearances were a feature of the game, was awarded his colours.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17. AYMESTREY v. ABBERLEY HALL, AT AYMESTREY.

A very even and interesting match. In the first half Abberley were decidedly on top and

were p ress ing a lmos t con tinuously ; but our defence worked hard, showing great

determination and some skill, and twenty minutes passed before our opponents scored. The play

then became even faster and our forwards improved. Once Abberley missed a completely open

goal after a very fine centre by their outside-left, and immediately afterwards a big kick by

Fayle led to a good movement down our right wing, Thornely and Schnadhorst interpassing

until the latter put across a perfect centreand we too missed an open goal. Then Gallimore

made two good saves in quick succession, one especially being a very fine effort at full length

on the ground, and our forwards went off again on a good run, missing the final shot narrowly.

After half-time play was dull for a time, but we recovered first from this bad patch. Fayle and

Strong, who had been playing well throughout, became quite maste rs of the attack, aided by some

most persistent worrying by Coley ; Thornely, Schnadhorst and Heath in turn all made

dangerous attacks, and right in the last minute Heath put a centre across the goalmouth and

Thornely, coming up very fast, just reached the ball, but failed by - y an inch to steer it in.

Abberley were certainly a better side than we were, but we played so hard and were s o much on

top in the last ten minutes that a draw would not have been an unfair result. Our backs and

goalkeeper were first rate, Coley worked tirelessly to subdue a very good outside-left, Ellerton kicked

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and presently a good throw-in by Ellerton put Thornely away and his centre was well driven in

by Heath wi th a neat fi rs t- time shot . Play was even for some time ; we made some good thrusts,

but our halves were not following up well , so that any ha lf-c le ara nce wa s eno ug h to stop us ;

but our de fenc e improv ed an d there was only one anxious moment when Gall imore rece ived a

hack in making a good save, and another shot came in while he was immobilised ; but

for tunately i t came r ight into his hands and he got i t away. Then came a picture goal.

Schnadhorst got the ball on the half-way line and gave Thornely a nice pass down the wing ;

Thornely went off very fast, and from right on the goal-line sent in a perfect centre which

travelled fast along the ground straight across the goal-mouth for Morley to turn it in. This was

undoubtedly our prettiest goal of the season. After half-time our forwards really got going and

the halves were now closely in support. Marshall set Spreckley off down t he left-wing and

Heat h put the c entr e in, racing up just in time to beat the goalkeeper as he came out. A good pass

up the middle by Coley was pushed out by Heath to Morley, who scored ; then after further

good work by Spreckley and Marshall, Ellerton sent up a very good long pass for Schnadhorst to

put it in ; and fi na lly Hea th got one more af ter an other good run by Thorn el y. Meanwhile the

game had repeatedly swung to the other end of the field, and though our backs' defensive play

was not up to their standard in previous matches, Strong being very wild under pressure, we

always got it away somehow, Gallimore once coming out very well to save off the centre-

forward's feet when he was clear away. So the final score was 6-1, and we were good value forthe victory. Thornely and Ellerton each played his best game of the season, and Schnadhorst and

Heath were also very good. Morley worked hard and Coley, Marshall and Spreckley did well in

the second half. Colours were awarded to Spreckley and Marshall.

Rugger

It was disappointing that sickness caused the scratching of three matches out of the four

arranged, but in every other respect it was a most interesting and succesful season. The task of

building a team seemed a formidable one with nothing left from last year exc ept two three-

quarters and one forward, but talent appeared from nowhere and in the end we had a side

which was not only promising, in view of its age (II out of 15 should be available next season

and 7 the s eason after that) but pretty good by any standard, even though it was not on the same

plane as our la st th ree XV's . Fayle set a good example of hard work as Captain, though he wasnot a great leader, and he showed himself a sound all-round forward and a fine place kick.

Young, Gallimore and Marshall were the pick of the forwards, the first particularly, and

Coley and Thornely were a most promising pair of halves ; Webb was guaranteed to be an

appalling nuisance to the other side in whatever position he played, and Strong showed

considerable skill as a wing. In the centre Ellerton and Heath improved their defence and their

handling and often did good things on their own, but they did not combine well. Larkam was a

busy forward, never far from the ball, and Coates, J. R., was especially good in the loose with the

invaluable knack of backing up in the right place. , At full-back Hughes was slow and apt to be

caught in possession, and did not gather well from the feet of the opposing forwards (his hardest

job ), bu t hi s ki cking and tack li ng were exce lle nt . The whole si de 's keenness and hard work in

practice left little to be desired.

Other members of the senior game to deserve mention are Billingham, Slatter, Elliott,McLeod, D., McLeod, I ., Coates, P. M., Coates, P. D., Coiling, French, A., Knight, W.,

Underwood, Moore and Morley. The general standard was remarkably high, as is shown by the

fact that, with 47 boys in the school, we were able to play 15-a-side on the senior game.

As a whole the junior game was perhaps not quite as good as it was last year, but there were

some very highly promising performers, notably Hughes, D., Mayfield, Record, Bearcroft, Thornely,

N., and Gallimore, R.

In the first round of Colour Matches we played 7-a-side. Blues beat Greys 11-5 ; Blues'

tries were scored by Ellerton, Elliott and Latham and Ellerton converted one ; Greys' try, converted

by Fayle, was scored by Gall imore. Greens beat Blues 11-0 ; Co ley, Stron g and Heath scor ed

for Greens, Strong converting one try. Then Greys beat Greens, so that all three colours

finished level. A knock-out competition was arranged to decide it, played 10-a-side. Blues

beat Greys 12-8 . For Blues Ellerton scored two tries, of which he converted one, and dropped a goal ;

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Gallimore and Coates, P. D., scored tries for Greys, Fayle converting one. Finally, at 10 a .m., two

days from the end of term, Greens beat Blues 9-5; Greens' tries were scored by Young (2) and

Strong, while for Blues Ellerton converted a try scored by Thornely. Greens were thus winners of the

cup.

The kicking competition was won by Greys with 335 points, Greens coming second with 316

and Blues third with 295. The standard was good ; not a single boy in the school failed to score,

and 24 boys got over 20 points. Hughes was the best individual with 68 ; Strong got 51, Ellerton 48,

Schnadhorst 46, and Custerson 40.

Rugger Match

SATURDAY, MARCH 9. AYMESTREY V. ABBERLEY HALL, AT AYMESTREY.

We were lucky to have a warm, still, dry day for this game after a good deal of bad weather.

Playing down the hill first we started rather shakily and several movements were spoilt by

knocks-on The Abberley tackling was very keen, and though we got more of the ball we could

not make much progress ; at last, however, our backs put in a really good movement, the ball

pass ing rapidly down the line , ga ining ground al l the time , unti l St rong was ta ck led in to touch

on the 25. From the line-out Gallimore and Young dribbled right down to the line and then a

quick heel enabled Coley to dive over for a try, which Fayle converted with a very fine kick

from only five yards in. For the rest of the half play was mostly in midfield and neither sidecame very near scoring. The second half was tremendously exciting. Abberley put in many strong

attacks, but our defence was sound, Webb in particular making several beautiful low tackles to

save ugly situations. These attacks developed chiefly from the loose play, as our forwards largely

controlled the set scrums and line-outs and made some good rushes as well. When on the

attack,Coley and Thornely opened up the game beautifully and our three-quarters were all

pl ay ing well ; bu t we coul d nev er qui te ge t through, tho ug h once a ru n by Hea th and St ron g,

well backed up by Fayle, all but led to a score. Twice Abberley were forced to touch down,

bu t at last they broke away and some st rong running and good backing up gave their scrum-half ,

who was easily their best man, a try in the corner, which was not converted. With only two

point s in it pl ay became even more desperately exc it ing, Abb er ley con ti nu in g to pr es s ; but

our whole side defended gallantly, Webb being again prominent. Marshall , Larkam and

Coates in turn led good defensive rushes,and at last Thornely picked up in the loose and clearedwith a very good kick to touch, and the whistle for no-side went immediately afterwards.

It was an extremely fast and exciting game in which the more aggressive running of individual

Abberley men was offset by cleverer play and a better understanding of the game on our part : a

greater margin of victory would not have flattered us. After the first few minutes the handling

of Thornely, Heath and Ellerton was very good, Strong was often dangerous on the wing and

Webb did splendid work in defence. Hughes at ful l-back had quite a sound f irst match,

though he had not much to do. Coley was a tower of strength throughout. All the forwards did

well, Fayle, Young and Gallimore being perhaps the best.

Boxing and Gym

Boxing this winter has rea ched a very fair level in all sets. The competition was won by the

Blues with 59 points, Greys being second with 52 and Greens third with 44. The outstanding

bout was that be tween Fayle and Young, narrowly won by the former ; thes e are the two best

heavyweights we have had for a long time, thoroughly sound in every respect and wonderfully

quick and light on their feet for their size. Two other good fights were those between Morley

and Thornely, A., won by Thornely, and between Marshall and Heath, in which Marshall was

victorious but Heath scored more points for style. Other boys worthy of special mention for

good performances over the season as a whole were Gallimore, J., Ellerton, McLeod, D.,

McCarthy, Hughes, R., Webb, Gallim ore, R., Coates, P. M., McLeod, L, Thornely, N., and

Hughes, D.

Gym work also reached a satisfactory standard, just over half the school qualifying for the

List. Heath got the largest number of points, with Gallimore, J., second, and Spreckley third.

Other s deserving mention were Thornel y, A., Webb, Moore Larkam, Elliott, Slatter and Coley.Greens scored 79 points, Blues 75 and Greys 59.

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Scouting

The main feature of the winter's activities has been the revival of badge work, given up in

favour of war work for the durat ion, and a large class star ted out in September on an

Ambulance Course. Searching tests were applied at intervals with the result that the candidates

were whittled down to seven by December, when they were examined by the official examiner.

They were P.L's Marshall, Fayle, Spreckley, Sec. Moore and Scouts Elliott, Young and

Underwood ; all seven passed. Another important event took place on Saturda y, March 2, whena team of older scouts, representing the Troop, took part with four other local troops in a wide

game organised by Mr. Howell with the assistance of other S.M's. We came third of five in the

game, getting very good reports from the umpire on the various tests which were brought in.

Afterwards all the troops assembled in the Crown East Hut for tea, a few songs and a lot of

chatter. It was very good fun and a noteworthy occasion in that it was the first time we have

been ab le to join in local scou t act iv iti es and 'meet other scouts in any numbers.

The Patrol Cup was won in both terms easily by the Pigeons, who are without doubt the best

pa tr ol at the moment by a consi de rab le margin. At Chri stmas the Cuckoos were second, and

at Easter the Peckers. An investiture was held in November, and Mayfield, Coates, J. R.,

Billingham, Custerson, Webb, Colling, McCarthy, Hughes and Thornely were invested as

Scou ts . There are 29 scouts in the troop, of whom 16 have their Second Class Badges.

Finally, there is the new Scout Room to talk about. We have been given the run of what was

the air-raid shelter in the cellar, and all our cupboards and clothes and gear of all sorts is kept

there. Various scouts have contributed papers, books, diagrams for the wall and so on ; we

pa rade there and scouts can use it whenever they like. Home-made chai rs and tab les and

gallons of paint are the next ite ms, and then we shall have a first-class H.Q. of our own. We are

grateful for a Slasher and some cooking utensils presented by Macdonald, and for the Scout

paper contributed regularly by Larkam.

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