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EDITORIALFollowing the prizes, congratulations, advice,

handshakes and farewells at the end of theacademic year, the departure of the 'little devils'leaves a teacher feeling deflated. This year I founda fillip the following day: the television treated meto a festival of music both new and nostalgic,music largely of a kind associated with the young,and whose power was being used not to exploit thenaivety of a young audience, but to stimulate inpeople of all ages a humane and charitablereaction to an inhuman situation. Whatever thecriticisms, the Live Aid concert promoted a caringresponse to a sad problem, and contributedtowards the creation of a climate of thoughtthat must surely benefit those 'little devils' justbeginning their holiday.

The same motive initiated our 'famine' mealsduring the year (making available £325 for theEthiopian Appeal) and our collections for causescloser to home, such as the Treloar Trust, theappeal for which was made by boys who hadvisited their school at Froyle, near Alton (andraised £205).

The same motive can also serve as an inspira-tion to us all in the coming year as we endeavour toemulate the events and successes recorded in thepages that follow.

A.W.P.

Senior Chapel

SCHOOL NEWSSTAFF

We were very sorry to say farewell to RichardWoods who left at the end of last Michaelmasterm. He had been at Eagle House since 1972; forthe last nine years he had shared with me theresponsibility of looking after the Boarders, aswell as running the Classics Department and theRugby.

His enthusiasm for the Classics fixed theinterest of many boys, over the years, as well asgiving an encouraging lead to the other membersof the department so that the subject has main-tained its right place in our curriculum.

For many he will be remembered not only forhis coaching on the rugby field, or help andencouragement at athletics and squash, both ofwhich he organised for many years, but also for hislove of theatre, opera, and many other non-sporting activities which he encouraged. This widerange of interests enabled him to stimulate theyoung, which, coupled with his easy manner andabilility to relate to them, made him both a popu-lar member of the staff and a great asset to theschool.

A sense of humour is an essential quality for aPrep School Master, and this he certainly has;patience, too, is necessary and he was prepared tospend a great deal of time, advising, helping andguiding those who brought their problems to himor had problems of their own making.

Richard Woods, E.H. Sept. '72 — Dec. '84

Between taking his degree and coming intoteaching Richard had spent a short time in theRAF and the world of business. This experience,combined with his participation in the PrepSchools' Education Cruises to Greece and theeastern Mediterranean, sowed the seed some fouror five years ago of the idea of setting up his owntours round Britain and Europe, for Americanschool children. This venture has proved such asuccess that it now requires his full timeattention.

His leaving is a great loss to the school, buthappily he is living close at hand so we shall notlose touch with him.

At the end of the summer term, Miss Wallaceand Miss Burns left after spending a year on theMatroning staff, as did Miss Powell who had beenwith us for just over two years. As I have saidoften before, the Matrons play a very importantpart in the life of the school; their hours of workare long and sometimes very 'unsocial'. All threeleave to pursue careers abroad and take with themour thanks and best wishes.

The staff 'extras' this year were Michael Coeand Tim Richardson; both came from Blundellsand left us having given an excellent impression ofthe products of that school. They cheerfullyaccepted all that was asked of them and were mostuseful.

During the year we were joined by MartinWoodgett whose qualifications and previousexperience fit exactly for filling Richard Woods'position both as Housemaster and teacher ofClassics; and also Ian Mackenzie, who is seeking ataste of the teaching profession for a year or so.This term our new Matrons are Miss Frances, MissStaples and Miss Thornton. New also is MatthewEdwards, who is here on a temporary basis for twoterms or so.

To all the above I wish a warm welcome toEagle House.

J.H.J.G.

We congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Brewster on thebirth of their daughter, Ruth, last December.

MRS. HAYWARDThis year, after forty years at Eagle House,

Monica Hayward retired, taking with hermemories of times familiar to many Old Boys, butprobably remote to many of us now at the school.She recalls the different occupants of the flatabove the front entrance — very few changes inforty years; the old Aga in the kitchen, fuelled bycoal stored where the chefs office now is; the oldstaff sitting-room, now the Ladies'; the TigerMoths that were landed on what now is aWellington rugby pitch; the television placed inwhat is now the library, especially for the corona-tion; and her own silver wedding celebrations heldin the same room.

We thank her for all that she has done for EagleHouse, and wish her a long and happy retirement.

A RECORD OF NEW BOYS AND LEAVERS

Apologies for the omission in last year'sedition:

LEAVERS — JULY 1984Dominic Barnes — Lord Wandsworth.James Worstead — Winchester.

LEAVERS DECEMBER 1984Guy Donovan, Graham Bull, Alan Montgomery,

Mark Sebire — Wellington.Alex Busby — Bearwood.Christopher Jones — Caldicott.

NEW BOYS JANUARY 1985Boarders:Alexander Burr.Day Boys:David Greenwood, Guy Roberts, Laurence

Yeomans.

LEAVERS APRIL 1985Michael English.

NEW BOYS APRIL 1985Boarders:Roger Miners, Sheriff Montgomery, Jonathan

Morgan, George Whitehead.Day Boys:Thomas Bywater.

LEAVERS JULY 1985Simon Abrahams, Alan Bishton, James Bryce,

Rory Buchan, Martin Budden, Richard Craig,James Dawson, Christopher Drew, RobertEdger, Nicholas Evans, William Fox, PaulHarman, Charles Hobday, Paul Ketteringham,Alexander Loh, Edward Maidment, Christo-pher Moorhouse, James Parsons, JonathanPattenden, Andrew Phillips, Sherwin Rice,Thurstan Robinson, Mark Scott, DouglasSheckley, James Whitehead — Wellington.

William Ashworth — Radley.Robert Barr, David Stancomb — Bloxham.Thomas Chrysanthou — Ashmole Compre-

hensive School.Jonathan Culkin, Alistair Drummond, Timothy

Calvey, Gregory Snyder, — Bearwood.Marcus French — Leigh ton Park.Noel Hughes — Exeter School.Jonathan Illman, Benjamin Pickup, Andrew

Turpin — Pangbourne.Sam Johnson — Millbrook House.Benjamin Laidler — Gordonstoun School.Ralph Loch — Marlborough.Piers Marson — Oakham School.Dominic Mason — Pierrepont School.Mark Roberts — Duke of York, Dover.Richard Roddy — St. Edward's, Oxford.Stephen Shortt and Edward Wild — Cheltenham.James Townsend — Pocklington School.Sicco-Jan van der Laan — not yet known.

NEW BOYS SEPTEMBER 1985Boarders:Iain Ashworth, Charles Auty, Conrad Bunce,

James Carr, Thomas Chalmers, William Cook,Andrew Cullingham, Paul Danaher, Timothyde Foubert, David Griffiths-Eyton, DanielHagen, Alexander McCairn, Peter Hale, GuyPeryer, Simon Spender, Matthew Watson,Simon Wilkinson.

Day Boys:Michael Akrawi, David Azurdia, Robert

Azurdia, James Barbour, Ryan Bentley,Christopher Bown, James Dear, James Frost,Christopher Greenaway, Daniel Hadleigh,Marius Holmes, Simon King, Nicholas Lane,Daniel Ledwich, Adam Luther, James McAllis-ter, Alistair McRonald, Kenton Peace, PaulRoberts, Simon Robins, David Sanderson,Christopher Smith, Paul Thomson, HowardWatson, Edmund Wilkie.

PRIZE WINNERS 1985The prizes were presented by Dr. D. Newsome,

Master of Wellington College. A special presenta-tion was made this year: M. and Mme. Fontaine,of Vassy were given a rose-bowl to commemoratethe tenth anniversary of the exchanges betweenour schools.

FORM PRIZESLower 2B:Lower 2A:Lower IB:

Lower 1 A:Middle 2B:

Middle 2A:Middle 1:Remove 2C:Remove 2B:Remove 2A:Remove 1:Extra Remove Prize

and VassyFrench Prize:

Upper 2C:Upper 2B:Upper 2A:

SCHOOL PRIZESJunior Scripture:Senior Scripture:English:

History andGeography:

Science:

Maths:Classics:French:

Brigadier HolmesEnglish Prize:

Reading Prizes:Lowers:Middles:Removes:Uppers:

Best Effort Grades:Drama Prize:

Stuart JenkinsLaurence YeomansChristopher Blackburn

and Robert EggleshawChristopher DraperRoss Maclagan and

Simon WilliamsonJames AndrewsToby BeresfordDavid ShepherdDominic LangleyLuke HarveyAmbrose Hudson

Charles MacdonaldPiers MarsonAlan BishtonDouglas Sheckley

James FletcherChristopher DrewAndrew Phillips and

Thurstan Robinson

Thurstan RobinsonWilliam Ashworth and

Thurstan RobinsonRichard CraigJonathan PattendenJames Bryce, Rory

Buchan, ChristopherDrew and AlexanderLoh

Benjamin Laidler

Charles TweedRoss MaclaganJames GriffinThurstan Robinson

Alan BishtonThurstan Robinson

Art Prizes:Junior:Senior:Pottery:Woodwork:

Music Prizes:Junior:

Senior:

Choir:Orchestra:Irvine Music Prize

for the Most ImprovedMusician:

James AndrewsPiers MarsonAlan BishtonJulian Wild

Malcolm Cross andDaniel Burroughs

James Bryce andThurstan Robinson

James ThurstanNicholas Evans

Alexander Rickards

SPORTS PRIZESShooting:Gymnastics:

Junior Swimming:Senior Swimming:Junior Diving:Senior Diving:Section Swimming:

Tennis:Junior Singles:Senior Singles:Doubles:

Junior VictorLudorum:

Middle VictorLudorum:

Senior VictorLudorum:

Humphries Cup:Section Relay Cup:Section Athletics Cup:

Cricket:Bowling:Fielding:

Section Cricket Cup:Dunn Shield for Best

All Rounder:Maxwell Hart Trophy

(under 11):

Alan BishtonDavid Stancomb and

James WhiteheadDominic LangleyAndrew WilsonRupert WhiteheadMartin BuddenFalcons

Daniel BurroughsJames MacDougallRupert Birch and James

MacDougall

Jonathan Ayrton

Ambrose Hudson andDaniel O'Connor

Charles HobdayJames ParsonsFalconsFalcons

William AshworthWilliam Ashworth and

William WaughSpartans

William Waugh

Guy Hedgecoe

Smith VaughanTankards for Captainsof School Sports:

Hockey:Cricket:Athletics:

SECTION COMPETITION:Michaelmas 1984

William AshworthWilliam AshworthCharles Hobday

Head Boy Tankards: James Bryce andJonathan Pattenden

MICHAELMAS TERM PRIZESRugby:Forwards Cup: James ParsonsBacks Cup: Mark SebireTackling and Kicking

Cup: Tom ChrysanthouSection Cup: Spartans

Soccer:Best Footballer: Tom ChrysanthouMost consistent and

improved player: William Waugh and

Captains Tankardas Captain of Rugbyand Soccer:

William Ashworth

Mark SebireSoccer Section Cup: Tigers

LENT TERM PRIZESNewman Chess Cup

Senior: David MorganJunior: Daniel Burroughs

Section Cross CountrySenior: Paul JonesJunior: Dudley Desborough

Section Hockey Cup: FalconsBaker Squash Cup: William Ashworth

Hockey:Defender and

Forwards Cup: William Ashworth

They say that thinking the policemen look youngis a sign that one is getting old. A far more abruptreminder came this year, when a boy announced:

'History must have been much easier when youwere young, sir — there would have been so muchless to learn.'

Plusses:

Games:

Work Letters:

Victory Cup:

Lent 1985Plusses:

Games:

Work Letters:

Victory Cup:

SummerPlusses:

Games:

Work Letters:

Victory Cup:

1st: Hornets2nd: Spartans

Falcons4th: Tigers1st: Tigers

2nd: Spartans3rd: Hornets4th: Falcons1st: Falcons

2nd: Spartans3rd: Hornets4th: Tigers1st: Spartans

2nd: Falcons3rd: Hornets4th: Tigers

1st: Falcons2nd: Hornets3rd: Spartans4th: Tigers1st: Hornets

2nd: Spartans3rd: Tigers4th: Falcons1st: Spartans

2nd: Falcons3rd: Hornets4th: Tigers1st: Spartans

2nd: Hornets3rd: Falcons4th: Tigers

1st: Hornets2nd: Falcons3rd: Spartans4th: Tigers1st: Spartans

2nd: FalconsHornets

4th: Tigers1st: Spartans

2nd: Falcons3rd: Hornets4th: Tigers1st: Spartans

2nd: Falcons3rd: Hornets4th: Tigers

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THE CHAPEL

It all started in July 1984. Penny Endicottpresented us with an embroidered kneeler whichshe had made as a 'thank-you present' whenJeremy moved on to Seaford. In September Idecided to 'fly a kite'; I drew attention to thiskneeler and said we should be very grateful tobuild up a stock of embroidered kneelers for thestaff and prefects' rows at the back of chapel. (Wedaren't use embroidered kneelers for the boys; itwould be a shame to have them stood on withmuddy shoes).

The response was so encouraging that we got intouch with Jackson's Rug-craft of Yorkshire whodesigned a set of kneelers with a heraldic Eagle onit in the school colours, red and blue, and suppliedcomplete working kits. Twenty mothers got busy,and by the summer we had a set of twenty hand-embroidered kneelers in use — (with many of thestitches proudly worked by the boys).

Meanwhile the choir had grown so much, espe-cially with members of staff singing on Sundays,that it was spilling out of the choir-stalls. Onweekdays the Junior Choir took up the choir-stallsand three rows of the congregation. It wasobviously necessary to re-build. Being acarpenter, I volunteered to do the work myself; Ibegan in April and hope to be finished by the endof October. The new rows, six of them, hold sevenboys or six adults each. And we have embroideredkneelers on order.

As the work progressed I happened, oneSunday, to see in Crowthorne Parish Church twomagnificent carved panels which, until five years

ago, used to form part of their Chancel screen. Iimmediately broke the tenth commandment, andcoveted them. They would make a far finer frontto the choir stalls than anything I could make.After brief negotiations, Crowthorne P.C.C. verygenerously made us a present of these panels. TheRevd. Peter Hale, the Vicar of Crowthorne, whois also Rural Dean of Sonning, is due to be comingon Sunday, 17th November, to dedicate all ournew work. I hope that those who have embroi-dered kneelers for us may be able to be there thatmorning.

The one project left is to buy leatherette,'washable' kneelers for the boys, to replace theawful wooden boards they use at the moment.Let's 'fly a kite' Any offers?!

M. J. deC. S.

The craftsmanship of the new choir-stalls ismuch to be admired and the many hours of hardwork and patience spent by Michael Studdertmaking them are very much appreciated by allwho use them.

J.H.J.G.

Mr. Allen, Headmaster ofRanelagh, Bracknell,preached a sermon at our chapel, on 'Be still!Speak silently to God, about any thing you like.' Asthe congregation left the chapel, they discoveredthat snow had started to fall again. One prayer hadalready been answered, since a voice piped up,

'That's just what I asked God for!'

The Chapel stalls as they were The new stalls, showing one of the panels that came fromCrowthorne Parish Church

GIFTS TO THE SCHOOLWe are indebted to the following for their

generosity in providing the school with the dona-tions listed:Books for the Library:

Mr. and Mrs. BanksMr. and Mrs. DawsonMrs. HaywardMr. KingdonMr. and Mrs. LochMr. and Mrs. LohMr. and Mrs. PatonMrs. PattendenMr. WoodgettA cup, and donation, for the most improved

musician, from Mr. and Mrs. Irvine.A video camera from Mr. Woods.Electronic equipment from Mr. Abrahams.A percussion stool from Mr. and Mrs. Bryce.

To M. and Mme. Fontaine from Vassy, whomade a presentation to the school library, and alsogave a special prize for French, to commemoratethe tenth anniversary of exchanges between ourschool communities, we send our thanks.

Our thanks are also due to all the parents whogave their time and tried their patience for theembroidering of the chapel kneelers.

ANNUAL REVIEWParents often claim to have little idea who

teaches what, and where. It's hardly surprising,since it takes those who spend most of the year atschool a while to adjust each term. In looking backover 1984 — 1985, therefore, follow this guidedtour of the classrooms and teaching areas.

Begin in the Classroom Quadrangle.

Room 1. The classical Mr. Collings (R.K.C.)holds court in this room, when not bobbing alongthe paths and pavements in a pair of runningshorts, so it must be Latin and related subjectsthat are studied here. (He has enticed other staffout of mothballs and on to the roads, not tomention the running he has encouraged andundertaken with the boys). Here also the debatinggroup met — don't worry, the offensive weaponthey encircled and revered was only the gavel(extra large, admittedly; or was it just anotherdevice to improve muscle tone?)

Room 2. Careful here. An English room, notyet heard to be described as the Vatican, eventhough Mr. Pope (A.W.P.) gives audience here.It is also the home territory of Upper 2C, a smallform even when complete, but during the spring'flu epidemic that took 400 boys out of Wellingtonat a time, and 40 at Eagle House, this group wasreduced to three!

Room 3. Shared by different forces:classroom for Mr. Hopper (R.P.H.), and hisEnglish and History, and for most of theScripture, taught by Mr. Studdert (M.J.C.S.),who still finds time to star in the Late Night HorrorMovies in the carpentry shop — black shirt, dogcollar, up to his ankles in sawdust (no blood,thank goodness), and waving an electric drill:actually, he's making new choir stalls).

Room 4. Franc,ais, et Mme. Webster (E.W.),qui fait le daily pilgrimage de Longdown Rd. aEagle House. En winter, c' etait tres difficile : iln'y avait pas de path, except par le mud. Mais,sacre bleu! Cette annee, apres le building de 1' All-Weather Surface, on a constructed un tarmac pathpour facilitate le passage du Longdown RoadBrigade.

Room 5. (More French). The domain of Mr.Johnson (B.W.J., head of 'Blue' section). If youwant to see the finger on the button for the bellthat keeps the lesson changes punctual, this is theplace; the same finger turn^the key to enter thesanctum of the tuckshop, sets the school calendaron the printing press, operates the pre-Columbianfilm projector (anything from 'Ghandi' to 'Carry-cots for hire') and directs the visits of the French'correspondants' from Vassy, whose continentalvoices, as they have done for the past ten years,burst incongruously through the school, thendisappeared as suddenly.

Room 6. The source of bleeps and buzzes, thehidy-hole for the computer, its wizards, and itschampion, Mr. Brewster (P.H.B.), he whoensured the smooth-running of Sports Day,computerised this year, and exhorted the cross-country runners to brave the elements (or werethey just afraid of his enormous dog?)

Room 7. Constant drama, contrived or spon-taneous, and according to many, most of it takesplace after the bell. Poor Mr. Hall (J.V.H.)English doesn't lend itself to division into 35minute blocks. Marvel not at the fact that he takesso long, but at how he manages to fit so much in:school play, local opera, Colts football, andcricket, all those chapel readings, Falconsassemblies, table-tennis and snooker matches,television programmes, General Knowledgecompetitions, Mars bars, and trips to the garage.

Room 8. Under new management. Gone isMr. Woods, whose obscure facts and figures (hecould tell you how many baked beans or tinnedtomatoes he ate in eleven years at Eagle House)may leave a gap: we certainly noticed his absencein the spring snow without the self-styled 'masteri/c sledging'. Mr. Woodgett (M.W.) in his nowfamiliar role as 'one man and his dog' took overthe Latin department, and continues the traditionof playing choral music in the housemaster's flat.

Rooms for Individual Tuition. So busy arethese rooms, and the ladies who teach in them(Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Hopper, Miss Roche-Burrowes) that the colony of 'social bees' thatdwelt adjacent to them for a short while forsooktheir nature and moved to a quieter neighbour-hood.

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Room 9. Here are based Middle 2A, and theirform master, Mr. Baxter (T.K.B. — Maths) whoclaims that his daily journey to school, includinghis dash across the Crowthorne Road, is lessrestful that the Neptunia cruise on which he took aparty at Easter.

Room 10. Mr. Kingdom (D.A.K. — moreMaths) shares this territory with his form, just ashe shares his phenomenal array of trains with anyinterested parties. It was his enthusiasm (with thehelp of A.D.D., and a ticket) which took a groupon 'Outings Day' to Chester and back. Next year:York (probably via Inverness, if he could).

Room 11. Mr. Hutchinson's haunt, thoughhe's more often in the Hall, erecting or dismantl-ing P.E. equipment. In fact, he was most 'at home'hosting the area meeting for P.E. teachers. (Twoof the total twelve such meetings for all subjects,and two of the Area Secretaries were at EagleHouse this year).

Room 12. This is the preserve of Mr. Wood-cock (C.W.P.W. — English and History) whoinitiated the 4-a-side soccer tournament and the'Penalty King' competition. How many peoplerealise, though, that at the Section Supper lastChristmas it was Mr. Woodcock beneath themeretricious disguise that made Mr. Collings''cowboy' and Mr. Studdert's 'chimney sweep'seem quite tame?

From the Quadrangle, down to the Terrapinclassrooms.

Lower 2A and 2B are housed in the first block,and here Mrs. Shadbolt (J.E.S.) and Mrs.Homfray-Davies (A.M.H.D.) perform miraclespreparing the youngest children for promotion:it's a daunting task, even for the children, for oneof whom time goes just too quickly:

'Can you tell the time?''Yes, but by the time I've worked it out, it's

changed!'

In the second block are the two Science rooms.Amongst his test tubes and beakers, his stills (andother photographic paraphernalia) will be foundMr. Buchanan (D.C.B.). This year, in fact, sawtwo Buchanans on the sports field: Mrs. Buchanan(K.L.B.) coaching the 'times', had to cope with ill-informed rumour on the first day:

'Are we doing skipping?'Her reply was not recorded.

In the other Science room will be Mr. Calvey(P.R.C.) who welcomes day boys each morning,in what he insists are not flared trousers, but evenif he's not instantly recognisable, his car will be:it's the one cosseted in grandmother's knee-rug 'tokeep off the chill'. Such forethought befits a chessmaster.

Now retrace your steps, up the slope again.Geography Room. The reams of information

stored here are in the care of Mr. Say (J.B.S.). It isnot desperation that has driven him daily to thegin bottle concealed «ear the Stevenson Screen,but the desire to measure the rainfall collectedtherein.

History Room. The operation Mr. Shadbolt(K. E. S.) endured this year only kept him away fora short spell in the early spring. Otherwise he hasdirected History, and arranged visiting lecturers,as usual. The lecture to be given on 'The Maldives'was finally delivered, even though, after thesecond last-minute postponement, it was putabout that 'The Maldives' didn't really exist.

Recording rainfall —not mixing cocktails

Art Room. The ingenuity of Mr. Rawson-Wells (J.W.R-W.) ensures that these walls (andceiling) are decorated with a perpetually changingvariety of materials and colours. Yet the artist hasto face physical limitations: he has to 'create' withwhat is available. So it is not surprising that whenthe box of rolls appeared in the art room sometime ago, one alert entrepeneur is alleged to havesaid,

'Do it with wallpaper and you're sure to get aplus'.

Assembly Hall. On top of the daily round ofmuscle-flexing the multi-purpose Hall sees a veryfull selection of our activities: the school playscene changes had to be practised between exams(potential Junior Scholars may have beensurprised to discover after their break that theywere no longer on a rocky sea-shore, but werenow surrounded by overgrown ruins); listening toa lecture, a carpet of boys stretches over the flooronly hours after the judo mat; while fog swirleddown the corridor outside, several hundred joinedthis year's Carol Service, and in summer's heat aneven larger number attended this year's Prize-giving; and while parents and children witnessedthe judging of music, a little girl emerged fromamongst the adult legs at the back, saying, 'I foundthis!' She held out a cricket ball. How on earth didthat get there?

And back through the Main Building beyondthe Court.

The Music Rooms. Whether it's puffing orplucking, striking or scraping, here Mr. Drake(A.D.D.) will have organised it A host ofvisiting experts drift like ghosts in and out of thecells and chambers that form this complex. Theyhave all contributed to this year's achievements(detailed later), which must include visits to mostvenues in S.E. England!

With that, the tour ends. It's been an eventfulyear, as you can tell. Still unmentioned, though,are many important areas: the pitch where theColts cricket team prepared for that historicmatch where two friends found themselves inopposing school teams, just as their fathers haddone, and their fathers before them; the office,where those anonymous cards appeared on 14thFebruary; the corridor where the plumber, whoseladder had fallen, was found dangling from theceiling, clinging on to his newly welded pipes; theMatrons' sitting-room, where the infamoustoaster set off the fire alarm again, and again, andagain. Perhaps justice can be done to such placesnext year.

A.W.P.

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1986 —CENTENARY

1986 marks the Centenary of the move of EagleHouse from its second home at Wimbledon to itspresent site at Sandhurst. Celebrations will betaking place throughout the Centenary Year andhave been planned so that there is some event ofinterest to all those who have or have had aconnection with the school.

The four most important dates for the majorityof readers of this particular issue of the Magazineare:

Saturday, 22nd March. The evening perfor-mance of the school play, which has been speciallywritten for the occasion, will be reserved for OldBoys and Past Parents. Monday and Tuesday,24th and 25th March will be reserved for PresentParents.

Wednesday, 26th March. Junior Old Boys'Supper (all those under twenty-one) to be held atEagle House.

Saturday, 14th June. A service of re-dedica-tion in the morning, to be held in the WellingtonCollege Chapel.

A Fete in the afternoon, followed in the eveningby a dinner for Old Boys and their ladies.

Friday, 11th July. A Summer Ball for Presentand Past Parents.

Please make a note of these dates and we willlook forward to seeing you at one or more ofthem. Further details will be sent out in the NewYear to all O.E.Hs. for whom we have up to dateaddresses.

Public notices are being placed in the nationalpress so that those with whom we have lost contactcan write to us for details. If nearer the time youknow of any Old Boys who have not heard aboutthe Centenary Year please do ask them to write tothe school for details.

Overheard early in the spring term (when K. E. S.was in hospital):

'Who's your favourite master this term?''Mr. Shadbolt: he isn't back yet'.

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SPORTCHRISTMAS TERM

RUGBY 1st XVPlayed 12, Won 3, Lost 8, Drawn 1

The first few weeks of term revealed a squad ofplayers with tremendous enthusiasm who workedhard and showed considerable promise. Wouldthat this early promise had been justified duringthe rest of the season, when it became clear gradu-ally that enthusiasm alone does not win matches.

In our first game away against The DragonSchool we met a very small but extremely quickteam who very soon highlighted the weaknesswhich was to plague us throughout the term; aninability to win sufficient possession from lineout,scrum or ruck. If you can't win possession, youcan't win matches, as England found to their costagainst Australia recently. Hence we lost 28-0.This basic problem was further emphasised in thegame against Cranleigh where although weachieved better possession in the lineout, we wereagain pushed off the ball in the set scrums andproved too slow to the breakdown of play, theopposition always arriving at ruck and maul first.However, we witnessed some sterling defensivework with the tackling of Sebire and Chrysanthouin the backs, but the result was still 26-0 against. Asimilar game at St. John's resulted in a 20-0 defeat,although the team played with far greater cohe-sion, Loch R. P. producing some good covering asa flanker.

This rather depressing series of defeats broughtus to what proved to be the high spot of the termwhen we met Lord Wandsworth and at lastachieved a victory by 12-0. This game showedwhat could have been throughout the season hadwe won more balf for our backs, who had alwaysshown great potential but so far had been deniedthe opportunity to display their attacking skills,which included some good handling and passing,and strong running. This time the forwards pro-duced the goods. However, our brief glory wasshortlived and a stong Haileybury side once againexposed our shortcomings, defeating us 28-0 in agame where there was plenty of determination,some good tackling and occasional fluid moves inthe backs using the scraps on offer, but thinkingand reaction time were simply too slow.

The Claire's Court and Papplewick games werealso lost, 14-0 and 42-0 respectively. The formerwere too old, big and strong, though lacking inbasic skills. We played better rugby, but wereground remorselessly into defeat. The latter werean exceptionally skilful team and though small,

were very mobile about the field. Parsons andAbrahams, both of whom had firmly establishedthemselves in the 1st XV, displayed a strength anddetermination in adversity which was a feature oftheir play throughout the term.

It was a welcome relief after a succession ofdefeats to meet two teams of similar ability to us inCheam and St. Piran's. Against Cheam the teamplayed remarkably well and were 8-0 in the lead athalf-time. A well-timed pass by Sebire put Patten-den away on the wing and later Busby poweredover from No. 8. But the opposition came backstrongly in the second half and their powerfulwingers took some stopping. One particulartackle by Wild, who played well throughoutthe term, probably saved the match, becausealthough further tries were scored by Ashworthand Hughes, the eventual score was 16-16. The St.Pirans match was a game dominated by us in thefirst half and squandered in the second. We were10-0 up at half time with exciting tries on the wingby Roddy and Hobday, but this lead was graduallyfrittered away later on and eventually St. Piranswon 16-10. Both these matches were fun to watchbut disappointing in their results, whereas thegames against Caldicott produced the usual defeatby a vastly superior team with talented players.Although we rose to the occasion and Ashworthand Chrysanthou played particularly well withsome penetrating attacks, the final result was 40-0.

The season ended with two refreshing displaysof attacking rugby, which were a welcome changefrom the continual defensive play to which we hadgrown accustomed. We beat Prior's Court 8-4 in amatch which promised well but petered out some-what and the Feltonfleet game was won 23-0 with aspectacular display from the backs early onhandling and passing which unfortunately did notmaintain its impetus in the second half whenmistakes upset our rhythm. The highlight of thismatch was undoubtedly an excellent drop goalfrom far out by Waugh. Jones P. also handled anddistributed the ball well at stand-off.

The team was captained efficiently throughoutthe season by Sebire, and the scrum was led capa-bly by Parsons, both of whom were awarded theircolours, which were also won by Hughes, Wild,Chrysanthou and Ashworth. The Forwards Cupwas won by Parsons and the Backs Cup by Sebire,while the Kicking/Tackling Cup went to Chrysan-thou.

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What of the future? I hope that the foundationshave been laid for a strong team next season froma nucleus of young talent in this year's team. I shallhave left Eagle House by then but hope to comeand watch from time to time. I look back withsome nostalgia at 12 years of coaching the 1st XV.There have been the highly successful years, suchas 1977 when we scored 250 points to 24 againstand there have been the not so successful. There

have been the good players, one in particular play-ing for Oxford University in his first year, and thenot so good, but always there has been a greatspirit of enthusiastic participation, which no doubtI shall miss. I feel sure that this philosophy willcontinue and wish all the teams of Eagle Houseevery success and enjoyment in future years.

R.E.A.W.

RUGBY 1st XVBack Row: R.E.A.W.3rd Row: Charles Hobday, Edward Wild, Alex Busby2nd Row: Jonathan Illman, Thomas Chrysanthou, Richard Roddy, Noel Hughes, James Parsons.Front Row: William Ashworth, Paul Jones, Mark Sebire, Robert Loch, William Waugh.

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RUGBY 2nd XVBack Row: Dominic Mason, Stephen Carter, Rory Cameron, David J. Morgan, Robert Edger.2nd Row: Simon Worthington, Daniel Sebire, Alan Montgomery, Robert Barr, James Whitehead, Benjamin Pickup.Front Row: Andrew Phillips, Martin Taylor, James Bryce, Andrew Wilson, James MacDougall.

2nd XV RUGBYPlayed 8, Won 5, Lost 3, Drawn 3

For 112 Against 62The 2nd XV of 1984 was made up of a nicely

balanced mixture of talent. There were somesenior 'old hands' playing alongside some veryinexperienced, but promising youngsters. Thisseason the luck that evaded last year's secondsseemed to be with us; some of the matches wereclosely fought (on occasions a little too close forthe spectators) but more often than not fortunewas on our side. However, matches are not purelywon on luck, and the team exhibited a good dealof skill and teamwork. More importantly though,I think that everyone who played in the 2nd XVenjoyed the games and gave of his best and that isreally what the game is all about.

So to the fixtures; a brief diary of the 1984season.

26/9 Cranleigh (h) won 8-4.Always a good match to open the season. Very

close, Eagle House actually 0-4 down at half time.Second half tries by Cameron and Loch R. P. sawus through.

29/9 St. Johns (h) won 14-8.Our usual slow start, 4-4 at half time. Three-

quarters however start to show their speed; triesby Carter and two from Bryce (one converted byMacDougall).

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3/10 Lord Wandsworth (h) won 34-0.A new fixture and the opposition were really

unknown quantities. Team performed very well inwhat ended up as being rather a one horse race.Tries from Barr, Worthington, Morgan D. J.,Edger, Bryce (2), Sebire D., Montgomery(MacDougall one conversion).

6/10 Haileybury (a) lost 0-38.Really a setback to our development. The first

half was very even (half time 0-6). The second halfhowever showed how two or three large, strongand fast players can influence a game. A defencecan tackle only so much and really in this match weexcelled, even though we lost so heavily.

10/10 Claires Court (h) cancelled.A rare administrative muddle!

13/10 Papplewick (a) lost 4-8.Really a match which we should have won.

Eagle House dominant for 95% of the match butunable to force advantage home. Highlight of thematch, a try by Hobday from inside his own 22!

17/10 Cheam (a) won 16-0.Another close game in dreadful conditions.

Eagle House forwards just have the edge. Triesfrom Cameron (2), Barr and Roberts J.

20/10 St. Pirans (a) won 36-0.The 2nd XV by this stage of the season are

really beginning 'to roll'. The players showed agreat deal of maturity by putting behind them anyprevious disappointments. Really this match wasanother one sided game. Tries by Pattenden,Edger, Bryce (2), Cameron, Carter (2), Pickupand two conversions by MacDougall.

7/11 Caldicott (h) Lost 0-4.A 'big' finish for the 2nds. A very good season

culminating in a home match against theserenowned opponents. I cannot remember the lasttime an Eagle House 2nd XV beat Caldicott —this year we could have done it, but for a singleunheld tackle in the corner! Well, we gave of ourbest and on the day it was not quite enough.Maybe next year!

I would like to write briefly on each player aswell, but that would take too long, and anyway, Iwould rather speak of the 'team' than individuals.Not that individuals did not shine — the blisteringpace of Bryce, the deceptive acceleration ofCarter, the tackling of Taylor, the promise ofMacDougall and Sebire. Many of the 2nd XV willreturn next year, stronger and wiser. Certainly the2nd XV of 1984 ENJOYED their rugby; I hopethey continue to do so.

Finally thanks and mention must go to JamesBryce who captained the side. He led by example,not only on the field but also off it.

Team from: James Whitehead, Andrew Phil-lips, Daniel Sebire, James Bryce (C), AndrewWilson, Stephen Carter, James MacDougall,David Morgan, Robert Barr, Alan Montgomery,Richard Roddy, Ben Laidler, Simon Worth-ington, Rory Cameron, Robert Edger, DominicMason, Ben Pickup, Martin Taylor, JustinRoberts.

C.H.

3rd XV RUGBYPlayed 6, Won 2, Lost 4, Drawn 0

For 52 Against 62

The best combination proved elusive this year— almost thirty boys played for the 3rd XV duringthe season (too many to list) several playersappearing in more than two positions.

What seemed a weak set of forwards turned intoa tough, competitive group, the stalwart Bullserving as a good example, while the fiery Harveyprovided spark (though too much flare) with Birchshowing great promise once off the mark.

Outside the scrum, the changes came moreswiftly than the passes. Spoilt for strong runnerson the wings, we spent the time failing to feedthem. Passers couldn't tackle, tacklers couldn'tpass: at least the three-quarter line that played thelast match against Caldicott coped bravely, giventheir inferior age and experience, Machray beingparticularly willing to take on the opposition.

The captain, Simpson, deserves praise for thevariety of skills he showed, Drew C. for his defthandling, and his determination.

New fixture: We even fielded a 4th XV, whofought a gallant action under Guest's captaincy,losing 8-6 to Papplewick.

A.W.P.

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RUGBY 3rd XVBack Row: Rupert Birch.3rd Row: Christopher Moorhouse, Charles Lowden, Marcus French, Justin Roberts.2nd Row: Graham Bull, Alistair Murray, Anthony Simpson, Dorian Drew, Timothy Calvey.Front Row: Christopher Drew, Robert Guest, Thurstan Robinson, Douglas Sheckley, Marcos Duncan, Damian Bentley.

v. Cranleighv. St. Johnsv. Claires Courtv. Haileyburyv. Papplewickv. St. Piransv. Caldicottv. Priors Courtv. Feltonfleet

Lost 0-12Won 11-0Drew 0-0Lost 0-4Lost 4-12Lost 0-36Lost 8-18Won 18-0Lost 0-3

COLTS XVPlayed 9, Won 2, Lost 6, Drawn 1

For 41 Against 85Captain: Richards, I.Team: Hedgecoe, O'Connor, Hutchinson,

Langley, MacFarlane C., Hudson, Martin, Allen-Vercoe, Culver, Simpson D., Roberts M., FoxD., Beresford T., Whitehead R., McGowan,Walters.

Also played: Cornwell, Blythen, McDougall,Hopper, M.

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The forwards were able to win a fair share of theball and against Caldicott they scored two verygood tries. Unfortunately the three-quarters wereunable to make full use of the ball. O'Connor wasalways going to be a difficult man to stop if he wasgiven sufficient space. Our crab-like movementsacross the field ensured that he was denied thisroom in all but the St. Johns game. Here we sawslick passing, straight running and tries!! As far astackling was concerned, most of the team

members were fully committed with Hedgecoe,Langley, Roberts and Whitehead outstanding.

In terms of results, this wasn't a very goodseason, but we developed a great deal of teamspirit and we enjoyed our matches. We have anumber of useful players who will be back nextyear and with some promising youngsters comingup we are looking forward to 1985.

P.R.C.

RUGBY COLTS XVBack Row: Guy Hedgecoe, Daniel O'Connor, David Simpson, Daniel Fox.2nd Row: Hayden Allen-Vercoe, Hamish McDougall, Nicholas Hutchinson, Christopher Macfarlane, Toby Beresford, Dominic

Langley.Front Row: Barnaby Walters, Edward Culver, Ross McGowan, Iain Richards, Ambrose Hudson, Gregory Martin, Toby Blythen.

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SOCCER 1st XIBack Row: Paul Jones, Anthony Simpson, David Morgan.2nd Row: Thomas Chrysanthou, William Waugh, Mark Sebire, Noel Hughes.Front Row: William Ashworth, Andrew Phillips, James MacDougall, Daniel Sebire.

SOCCER 1st XI

Realistically this year's 1st XI did not live upto expectations. On paper they looked a verypromising side but, on reflection, we lacked a'creator' in midfield and a left-sided forward whocould supply the chances for Mark Sebire andTom Chrysanthou to score goals.

We went to the West Hill Park sixes andperformed more than adequately in the morning,but went out on goal difference, after winning,drawing and losing (to the eventual winners of thetournament) a match. In the Plate, for which wequalified by being 3rd out of four in our group, wewon the quarter and semi-final but lost in the final

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in what turned out to be an excellent game.Another very enjoyable day, though your scribesuffered after refereeing three games on the trot!

Back to the eleven-a-side game and two daysafter our season started, we entertainedAmesbury for the first time in what turned out tobe a good contest, the difference being that theyscored with the chances they created and wedidn't. They also showed the advantage of havinga hard working 'team' in midfield, including oneexceptionally talented boy who looked extremelydangerous whenever he had the ball.

In our next match at Yateley Manor we wereundeniably the better side and scored three goalsto prove it. However, due to some amazing deci-sions and a bad defensive blunder, we let themback into the game and it finished 3-3, NoelHughes scoring two good goals and Tom Chrysan-thou getting the other.

This match was followed by our first EagleHouse football tour over the Long Leaveweekend. We travelled to Dorset, stayed inSwanage and played against Castle Court on theSaturday and a very sharp club side, FerndownUnited on the Sunday. The first game was almost aclassic. Some excellent attacking football by bothsides on a heavy pitch and again we let the opposi-tion back in after being ahead. Noel Hughesscored the opening goal but then we let them backin for two goals (one due to another defensivemistake). After half time, Noel scored once more,but again they forced their way back and ran outwinners 4-2. (This against the side that won theaforementioned six-a-side tournament). On theSunday we were outplayed by a far superior foot-balling side — no doubt, we suffered from a lateSaturday night (later for some, who 'couldn't'sleep!) An enjoyable weekend though. It shouldbe said that two of our better players, WilliamAshworth and William Waugh, were unable tocome on tour, thus weakening the overall side.

In our next game at St. Neots we had a closegame but were undoubtedly the better side.Again, however, our midfield did not stamp theirauthority on the game and allowed them to comeat us. Despite that, Paul Jones scored theequaliser towards the end of a game that won't beremembered for the quality of the football played!

Finally Sunningdale came to Eagle House andin a lively game with some good play by both sides,a score of 1-1 was a fair result. Both sides workedhard and this was one of our better performancesof the season. Mark Sebire scored the goal earlyon and ought on the day to have had three. C'est lavie I

William Waugh undoubtedly was, like last yearin the Colts, a source of inspiration in goal anddeserved the most consistent player award.William Ashworth played very hard all season inthe centre of defence and was an example to manyof the others who tended to play in spasms. DavidMorgan lacked speed but normally came out of atackle with the ball. James MacDougall andAnthony Simpson, two young full backs, foundthe going very tough at times but the experiencewill stand them in good stead for 1985.

The midfield consisted of Andrew Phillips,small in stature, but who worked hard both indefence and attack. His big problem is histendency to give up when things are getting tough.Paul Jones has a similar problem, which often costthe side dearly because, as potentially the bestplayer in the side, others looked to him for inspira-tion. He has got to learn to keep going 'throughthick and thin', and * encourage rather thandiscourage others.

The forwards consisted of Mark Sebire andTom Chrysanthou in the middle who both hadpotential and, in different ways, directed the gamein their areas. Mark with his aggression and deter-mination, and Tom with his undoubted skill on theball. He deserved the best footballer award butmust learn to improve his 'off the.ball game'.

The two "wingers, Daniel Sebire and NoelHughes had the job of providing the crosses forthe two 'middle men'. Noel improved dramati-cally over the season and was top scorer of theteam. He was aggressive and enthusiastic. Danielis young and lacked the physique, too easily beingforced off the ball, hence the problem we had onthe left side of the forward line. However he'sback next year and I've no doubt he will star in1985!

C.W.P.W.SOCCER 2nd XI

This season provided not only a veritable feastof goals for the hundreds who packed the 2nd XItouchlines both home and away, but also a greatdeal of excitement as we won one and drew two ofour three matches. It was perhaps unfortunatethat we did not win all three as we looked able todo, but somehow we were too often thwarted by alack of real bite, skill and determination, as well asby the usual crop of unlucky incidents (a deflectedown goal, for example, in the first game). All thatapart it was still fun and, after all, isn't that the aimof the game? (Pause for some serious heart-searching here !)

The first match in the wilds of Amesbury wasvery exciting with good use made of the wings anda sound first half performance from all. Illmanplayed particularly well in goal and a victoryseemed on the cards, but the opposition's secondhalf comeback could not be contained and welimped away with a 2-2 draw (Sebire D. andCarter), a little disgruntled, perhaps, by eventsboth on and off the pitch.

The home game against St. Neots was ratherone sided and the many coachloads of our suppor-ters were well pleased with the 4-0 win. It really

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was one way traffic as Donovan scored a hat-trickand Carter continued his record of one goal pergame.

The last match in an all-too-short season was atSunningdale. Pickup, oui; stalwart defender, waspressed into service as goalie for this game andplayed on bravely despite the injury sufferedwhile diving at an opponent's feet. Victory againappeared to be ours but lack of midfield cut andthrust and some erratic passing left us at 2-2(Carter, Sebire D.). Unfortunately not even thefrequent disappearance of the ball into the nearbyFives Court could be blamed for the escape of thisone!

A successful season overall, therefore, andsome competent and entertaining performancesdeserve a mention: Bryce for his captaincy andspirited defensive play; Donovan, Carter andSebire for cutting through defensives like hot

knives through butter and at times even having theball at the end to score! Illman for brave goal-keeping (rumour has it he's even practising agoal-kick which will get out of the penalty-box fornext season!) and all those other players whomade it a fun team to be in. And all jokingaside last but not least the tiny handful ofparents who came out to support. While our 2ndXI soccer might not be first division material, eachgame for those taking part can seem as importantas the Cup Final and which of you would liketo play at Wembley in front of a packed house of2?

The squad: Illman, Aitken, Montgomery,Pickup, Bryce (Captain), Loch R. P.,Moorhouse, Bull, Donovan, Carter, Scott,Roddy.

Played 3, Won 1, Lost 0, Drawn 2.R.K.C.

SOCCER 2nd XIBack Row: Stephen Carter, Robert Loch, James Bryce, Jonathan Illman, Richard Roddy, Benjamin Pickup.Front Row: Julian Aitken, Guy Donovan, Alan Montgomery, Graham Bull, Christopher Moorhouse, Mark Scott.

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SOCCER COLTS XIBack Row: Alistair Guy, Daniel O'Connor.2nd Row: Nicholas Hutchinson, Guy Hedgecoe, Iain Richards, David Simpson, Dominic Langley.Front Row: Michael English, Barnaby Walters, Edward Culver, Ambrose Hudson, Toby Blythen, Gregory Martin.

SOCCER COLTS XI

Our short soccer season is usually capable of abrief summary, though its enjoyment factor farexceeds its length. Our weakness is that we havelittle time to catch up on initial mistakes, and thiswas typified this year in what was rather a usefulColts side — if rather dependent on its captain,Hudson, for its shooting power. We never reallygot going in matches, although there were lots ofskilful and enthusiastic games in practice.

How different it all might have been, had we gotthe first goal or the first win! I wrote after the last(Edgeborough) match, 'If only O'Connor's

lammed shot had beaten the defence and gone inI really feel for them') That ball would just

not go in and spark off the confidence we needed.Against Yateley Manor, we showed up very wellagainst a team who had not lost, scored 35 goals ineight matches, and had played half a season,compared to our few days. We tried to play thefootball that had been taught, but were sunk by agoal which we gave Green Shield Stamps with,and a really rather fine header. They were a goodside and complimented us.

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Not much time for recovery, though. The St.Neot's master described our next game as a'travesty of a result'. We dominated the openingplay despite missing our ambipedal left-back withhis urgent voice and hard clearances — away onone of those dental appointments which seemdesigned to make life interesting. He and webraced ourselves simultaneously. Shortly after-wards, he returned: but too late to take part.Hudson had had to drop back, and this left uswithout effective striking power. Two soft shotspalmed sideways and overhead into the net, andtwo more goals after that: we did everything —except score. And that, kiddies, is what the gameis all about.

So, a 0-3 deficit. But a lot of fun, a lot of hardwork, and quite a lot of skill. If only we had hadtime to believe in ourselves, and get our con-fidence sorted out. But such is life.

The section matches provided their usual thrillsand spills. I treasure several moments, particu-larly Eggleshaw's remark, proving that honesty is'the hallmark of modesty. A great goal, and hiscomment?

'Sir, that was meant to be a cross, but it was myright foot.'

Team from: Richards I., MacArthur, SimpsonD., Langley, Hudson, Hutchinson, Hedgecoe,O'Connor, Martin, Guy, Walters.

J.V.H.

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Some of this year's crop of misprints, slips andcuriosities:

'They arrived to a rumptuous reception'.'We were kindly given a worksheet to study and

confess'.'This is an excerpt from a domern navel'

(modern novel).'Florence's streets are made of gobbled stones'.

or 'coddled stones'.'Modern pop groups play on sympathisers'.'1 heard that Jesus was visiting Caapahagan'.'The court of the priest would be a court anybody

could go in and play'.'At the Boston Tea Party, the colonists dressed

up as Red Indians, with feathers and axes in theirheads'.

'Capt. Cook landed at Bottomly Bay'.'Australia's first settlers were pilgrims'.'The hill farmer reared the Blackhead breed of

sheep'.'The master fed them with one or two women

assistants'.

LENT TERM

HOCKEY 1st XIThis hockey season was a dismal affair and the

game of hockey did not win. The term openedwith a layer of snow on the ground so that, withoutthe loan of a snow plough for our all-weathersurface, we would have been confined to theschool hall practising skills in cramped conditions.After the snow, as the skills were improving andthe teams were beginning to weld together, thedreaded 'Wellington virus' swept through theschool and many of the senior boys did not playany sport for over a month. At some practices wecould only muster seven or eight characters andnaturally several fixtures were cancelled becausewe could not find a healthy team of boys to repre-sent the school. When the virus was abating ithappened all over again — more snow!

Our belated season of fixtures opened justbefore half term break when we played St. Pirans,a team of boys who hit the ball very hard. EagleHouse settled down well and if it had not been forthe inside forwards being inexperienced we couldhave scored several times with loose balls movingacross the goal mouth. Although we lost by asingle goal the boys played their first game of theseason well.

The second fixture in Oxford against DragonSchool did bring out the different characters of theboys when they are in a losing position. Withinthirty seconds of the opening whistle the DragonSchool wormed their way through the defence andscored the first of their five goals in the game.Dragon had several talented players and someexcellent hockey was played by their forward line.Hard work was done by Benjamin Pickup in goaland the two backs,' Benjamin Laidler andDominic Mason, and not once did this trio flag orthrow up their arms in despair as the goals weremounting up against them.

We made new aquaintances with a fixtureagainst Barrow Hills, near Hindhead, and onceagain the team had to battle against anotherstrong team. If it was not for the lack of co-ordina-tion between the halves and the-forward line, andsome careless errors by certain individuals theresult would have been closer.

Some good hockey was played against Felton-fleet and we just managed to clinch our only win ofthe season in the later stages of the match. Thegame was played at a quick pace with some soundskills from both sides.

A postponed fixture against Caldicott wasplayed in the latter part of the term and it wasdisappointing to see the team lose so badly afteropening the scoring. Again some players becameresigned, too early, to the fact that they had lostthe match. The game ends only at the blow of thefinal whistle and they must take heed of the wordsfrom a famous English football manager 'it only takes a few seconds to score a goal'.

The final match in our 'short' season was adrawn affair against Cranleigh which made it asatisfactory ending to the term. The defenceplayed soundly and there was more determinationfrom the mid-field players.

Unfortunately, because of the second bout ofthe dreaded virus we could not participate in theSeaford College Indoor Festival, which was adisappointment for the boys who were still stand-ing. Even the highlight of the season, the StaffMatch, was played with several of the 1st XIplayers missing.

This has been a poor term for hockey due tocircumstances beyond our control but we tried tomake full use of the time available to give the boysa basic grounding in this game. It is pleasing to seethat four of the regular players in the team will bereturning next year and there is a sound back-upof players from the 2nd XI.

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Results:v. St. Piransv. Dragon Schoolv. Barrow Hillsv. Feltonfleetv. Caldicottv. Cranleigh

Analysis:Played 6, Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 4

Goals for 6, Against 16

HomeAwayHomeHomeHomeAway

LostLostLostWonLostDrew

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Boys who represented the school:Goalkeeper: B. Pickup.Backs: B. Laidler, D. Mason.Halves: J. MacDougall, W. Waugh, R. Edger.Forwards: S. Carter, J. Bryce, P. Jones,

R. Roddy, T. Chrysanthou, J. Illman, W.Ashworth (captain).Colour Awards:

W. Ashworth (re-award), B. Laidler,W. Waugh.

HOCKEY 1st XIBack Row: Paul Jones, Jonathan Illman, Robert Edger, James Bryce, Thomas Chrysanthou, Richard Roddy, James MacDougall.Front Row: Dominic Mason, Benjamin Laidler, William Ashworth, Benjamin Pickup, Stephen Carter.

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2nd XI Captain: Hedgecoe

This team could only manage two matchesduring the term although many did play in firsteleven fixtures due to absenteeism. A young side,they will be a benefit for next year's seasonbecause they were willing to learn and they nowhave some grounding. Alan Bishton must becongratulated on his organising of the team andhis capable leadership during the two matches.

Results:v. Barrow Hills Away Drew 0-0v. Cranleigh Home Won 1-0

Boys who played in the 2nd XI:R. Barr, A. Bishton (captain), R. Cameron,

J. Conibear, M. French, J. Pattenden, A. Phillips,J. Roberts, R. Roddy, M. Taylor, A. Wilson.

HOCKEY GAME 2

Yet again the standard of school hockey wasreflected by the skill and enthusiasm of Game 2.The opportunity to play most days of the week,added to the occasional outing on the All Weatherpitch, gave for a game of skilful and, on the whole,very capable hockey players.

Through the term the 3rd XI managed twofixtures against Caldicott and St. Piran's, as well asmeetings with Cranleigh, and Barrow Hills.Against Caldicott, we managed to arrange a 4thXI match, and the game was even recognisable asbeing hockey! Fortunes were mixed, but really theopportunity to 'cross sticks' with a foreign foe wasmore important than the result.

C.H.

COLTS HOCKEYPlayed 6, Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 2

v. Barfieldv. St. Andrewsv. St. Piransv. Feltonfleetv. Barrow Hillsv. Cranleighv. St. Neotsv. St. Pirans

CancelledCancelledWon 2-1DrewLostDrewWonLost

Team: Hutchinson, Walters, Hedgecoe, Guy,Barwell, Simpson, Martin, Culver, WhiteheadR., Roberts M., Blythen, Beresford.

Also played: Burroughs, Cornwell.

What a frustrating beginning to the season. Webecame experts at throwing snowballs and build-ing snowmen but our hockey sticks remaineddormant. Then nearly half of the team caught thedreaded bug and more time was lost. In spite of allthese setbacks, we beat St. Pirans, when Mr.Buchanan very kindly (and correctly?) gave us agoal.

Right from the start it was obvious that Martinwould develop into a very good player and hequickly learned to distribute the ball well from thecentre half position. Hutchinson was our secretweapon on the right wing and he made sometelling runs down the touch-line. However, toooften he would try to cut inside at the wrong timeand the value of his run was lost. The stickwork ofWalters improved with every game and he becamean important member of the forward line.Hedgecoe's ball control was very good too but helacked a really strong shot, and hence our lack ofgoals.

Barrow Hills was the strongest team we playedand they showed the value of quick passing fromthe midfield and firm shots in the 'D'. All the othermatches could have gone either way — in fact wewere all very disappointed not to beat bothFeltonfleet and Cranleigh.

The boys worked hard at practices and theyplayed matches with great determination. Tofollow an unbeaten team from 1984 wasn't easybut there is talent in this group and I am confidentthat they will serve the school well in the next twoyears.

P.R.C.

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HOCKEY COLTS XIBack Row: Rupert Whitehead, Mark Roberts, Nicholas Hutchinson, Christopher Harwell, David Simpson, Toby Beresford BarnabyWalters.Front Row: Edward Culver, Gregory Martin, Guy Hedgecoe, Toby Blythen, Alistair Guy.

SQUASH

There are some talented young players workingtheir way up the school and we look forward to atime when they will have the chance to play evenmore squash.

William Ashworth, Thomas Chrysanthou,James Bryce, Jonathan Pattenden and JamesMacDougall were the best players in the schooland made up the 1st V team against Papplewick.Rupert Birch, Julian Aitken, Daniel Sebire, Alan

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Bishton and Charles Hobday also represented theschool during the season.

William Ashworth won an excellent BakerCup Final against Jonathan Pattenden in fivegames, though it should be said that ThomasChrysanthou, certainly as good as the twofinalists, was unfortunate to lose his place in thecompetition through sickness.

C.W.P.W.

CROSS-COUNTRY

The cross-country season this year was some-thing of a disappointment in that all but one of ourmatches was cancelled due to the widespreadillness that swept the school at the time. In thatmatch (held at Papplewick) Paul Jones came in acreditable 8th, although the overall points totalsleft us on the bottom rung of the ladder.

Domestically the season went well. Paul Jonesbroke his own record time on the school singlecircuit course (9m. 22sec.). Several boys ran thedouble circuit in under 20 minutes — a fineachievement.

The section competition was keenly run withmany fine individual performances. The seniorrun was dominated by the Tigers who held four ofthe top six positions, and won that race by a widemargin. The junior race was won convincingly bythe Falcons, although it was Dudley Desborough,a Hornet, who came first with a time of 10m.21 sec. When the points were combined the resultwas as follows:

1. Falcons 237 points2. Tigers 245 points3. Hornets 282 points4. Spartans 301 points

Paul Jones, 1st in the Senior Cross-Country

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Dudley Desborough,1st in the Junior Cross-Country

Representatives of the school at Judo:Mark Richards, Dominic Langley,

James Miners, Mark Scott,Simon Abrahams.

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SIR, WHAT IS FIVES, ANYWAY?

About twenty boys ought to be able to answer,since that number gained a little experience of thisvery exclusive game on Wellington's three courtsduring our winter Activities sessions: about 45minutes practice time a week, so we play for theenjoyment.

At the annual tournament this year, old hands,Wild and Edger, and newcomers Harvey andGuest were not favoured by the draw, and we

earned no more encouraging results that last year.However, it was a good day out: while Guestjuggled oranges, Harvey ate three packedlunches, Edger discovered that black coffee waspalatable if you were desperate enough, and Wildfound several new uses for a sou'wester.

Well, I did say we play foMhe enjoyment.A.W.P.

Kettle (pencil drawing) by D. Stancomb

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SUMMER TERM

CRICKET 1st XIPlayed 10, Won 2, Drawn 4, Lost 4

Top score this years was Bishton's 29 not out, afar cry from the golden summer of 1984 whenCourage and Endicott would have considered 29to be a failure! However we did have many playerscapable of scoring twenties and thirties, but neverin the same innings! At the same time we hadseveral bowlers talented enough to bowl a steadyline again — not in the same innings, and this factlost the matches against Papplewick and Lud-grove.

Our opening match against St. Pirans wasn'tparticularly memorable. Bishton bashed a veryquick 16 only to give away his wicket when thehard work had been done. Our score was too littleand apart from a superb catch from Waugh, therewas little to enthuse about. The Feltonfleet matchwas played on 11th May — surely the coldest dayin May for a hundred years — it was drizzling aswell! Our batting was a bit more purposeful.When they went into bat we were unable to bowl aproper line and length td the left hander whoscored a very good fifty.

Against Cranleigh we managed to restrict theirbatsmen to 99 in 39 overs. Machray had a lengthyspell and will be a very useful bowler next year ifhe can prevent himself from trying to bowl tooquickly — spin bowlers rely on flight! Chrysan-thou and Loch batted very sensibly for over halfan hour to deny Cranleigh a victory. The Dragonmatch was very one sided and our batsmen wereunable to score runs — we batted for 44 overs andyet managed only 43 runs. This score was neverenough and the runs were scored with ease.

St. Neots put up a brave fight this year and theirbatsmen had to be prised out. Our innings startedbadly, slipping to 18 for 3. However, Waugh wasdue for a major innings and at last he showed howstrong he was when driving the ball on the offside.Papplewick usually bring a strong side but we hadour opportunities to beat them this year. Simpson,promoted for this game, scored a very good 20 notout, and when they were 25 for 4 we were in with achance. It was at this stage that the bowlers losttheir line and the winning runs were scored in thepenultimate over.

Illman at last came good against Lambrook,with a well played 24. Unfortunately when runswere needed quickly, our batsmen found originalways (and some not so original) of getting out. Itlooked very much as if we hadn't scored sufficient

runs, but Ashworth had other ideas and verynearly, snatched an unlikely victory. His figures of5 for 17 were the best of the season and hedeserved this belated success.

Caldicott massacred our bowlers and at onetime it looked as though they would get 200 runs.If they had known how brittle our batting was, I'msure they would have declared before tea — theycertainly had enough runs. In the end Ashworthand Pickup batted for* 40 minutes with onlyMachray (with a badly bruised finger) left to comein. Caldicott will be sorry to have lost this match,but Ashworth and Pickup batted with impressivematurity.

St. Andrews had had a very good season, so ourhopes were not at their highest. However, we hada score to settle because they defeated us in 1984.The bowlers were helped by a very grassy pitchand Parsons will long remember the amount ofmovement he was able to get; his 3 for 14 was ajust reward for his steady bowling. Loch andSimpson took us almost to victory, but thenfollowed a minor collapse — 3 wickets falling for 8runs. However we were not to be denied and thiswas a good win — morale was high again.

In our final match Illman, Waugh, Hughes andBishton all scored runs, but our bowlers couldn'tmaintain accuracy. We had a very short legsideboundary and when two sixes were hit off an over,the pressure was too much — this was a game weshould have been able to save.

In the final analysis we suffered from the lack ofone penetrative bowler and a batsman who couldscore quickly. However, there is much to lookforward to—Machray will be a better bowler nextyear. Waugh has the shots to be a high scoringbatsman. With Simpson and Loch back again toadd their all-round skills, we can look forward to1986 with confidence — we can't have a similarsummer for another 50 years surely!

Thanks to the groundstaff — our wickets werevery sound and gave the batsmen the confidenceto play down the line. Thanks to the Matrons whohad the unenviable task of finding whites to fit thevarious sizes; our thanks to the kitchen staff forproviding such delicious teas and finally thank youto Rupert Hill for his accurate scoring.

Captain: Ashworth, W.Colours: Ashworth W., Waugh, Bishton.

Team: Machray, Illman, Parsons, AshworthW., Waugh, Loch R. P., Bishton, Hughes N. B.,Chrysanthou, Simpson A., Pickup.

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Results:

v. St. Pirans. Lost by 7 wickets.Eagle House 69 all out (Bishton 16, Ashworth

W. 16).St. Pirans 70 for 3 wickets.

v. Feltonfleet. Drew.Eagle House 93 for 7 wickets declared

(Ashworth W. 22).Feltonfleet 83 for 4 wickets (Ashworth W. 2 for

12).

v. Cranleigh. Drew.Cranleigh 99 for 4 wickets declared (Machray 3

for 28).Eagle House 75 for 8 wickets (Chrysanthou 27

not out).

v. Dragon. Lost by 8 wickets.Eagle House 43.Dragon 45 for 2 wickets.

v. St. Neots. Won by 5 wickets.St. Neots 85 for 8 wickets declared.Eagle House 86 for 5 wickets (Waugh 27 not

out).

v. Papplewick. Lost by 5 wickets.Eagle House 73 all out (Simpson A. 20 not out).Papplewick 74 for 5 wickets.

v. Lambrook. Drew.Eagle House 84 all out (Illman 24).Lambrook 69 for 8 wickets (Ashworth W. 5 for

17).

v. Caldicott. Drew.Caldicott 157 for 4 wickets declared.Eagle House 82 for 8 wickets (Ashworth W. 14

not out).

v. St. Andrews. Won by 4 wickets.St. Andrews 72 all out.Eagle House 73 for 6 wickets (Simpson A. 18,

Loch 16 not out).

v. Ludgrove. Lost by 6 wickets.Eagle House 118 for 9 wickets declared

(Bishton 29 not out, Hughes 28).Ludgrove 120 for 4 wickets (Waugh 3 for 23).

P.R.C.

CRICKET 1st XIBack Row: Mark Machray, Jonathan Illman, Noel Hughes, Robert Loch, Anthony Simpson, Rupert Hill (Scorer).Front Row: Benjamin Pickup, James Parsons, William Ashworth, Alan Bishton, Thomas Chrysanthou.

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CRICKET 2nd XIBack Row: Alexander Loh (scorer), Christopher Drew, Andrew Phillips, Daniel Sebire, James Thurstan, Gregory Martin.Front Row: Justin Roberts, Simon Abrahams, Mark Scott, Stephen Carter, Rory Cameron, Paul Jones.

Results:Eagle House 80 for 4 wickets declared.St. Pirans 78 (Martin 4 for 33, Thurstan 3 for

11).

Eagle House 93 for 9 wickets declared (SimpsonA. 54 not out).

St. Neot's 73 for 6 wickets (Martin 3 for 20).

Eagle House 91.Cranleigh 65 (Martin 5 for 22, Abrahams 3 for

14).

Papplewick 123 for 5 wickets declared.Eagle House 53 for 6 wickets.

Eagle House 52.Lambrook 44 for 7 wickets (Thurstan 3 for 12).Eagle House 120 for 8 wickets declared

(Phillips 44).Caldicott 92 for 8 wickets.Ludgrove 114 for 9 wickets declared (Carter 3

for 8).Eagle House 61 for 8 wickets (Roberts 27).

CRICKET 2nd XIPlayed 7, Won 2, Drew 5

The team enjoyed its cricket, and did well tofinish the season unbeaten, but I admit to a feelingof disappointment that so few matches were won.As the season progressed, our bowlers lost theircontrol, and, being 2nd XI players, they never hadreal penetration; they all lacked self-confidence,except for Greg Martin, who tended to get over-excited after taking a wicket!

The first match was probably the best, as St.Piran's lost their last wicket with only two minutesleft, and within one shot of victory; the othervictory, against Cranleigh, was somewhat easier,after an early break-through by Greg Martin.

We were out-played by Papplewick andLudgrove, and certainly should have lost that finalmatch, had not Justin Roberts, batting at No. 8,'come off for the first time with a promising andpositive innings.

In the other three draws, we threw awaywinning positions, even in the low-scoring matchagainst Lambrook: in each case we took earlywickets, and seemed on the verge of a convincingwin, only to be foiled by one determined batsman.

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It is interesting to note that in every match the sidebatting first held the upper hand: at this level,except in very unusual circumstances, whoeverwins the toss should choose to bat.

Any 2nd XI consists of 'old men' who havefailed to make the 1st, and younger players whocan hope for promotion next year. Of the firstcategory this team had only four: Mark Scottmade a very shrewd and capable captain, althoughhe will have been disappointed with his averages;Andrew Phillips had a splendid season as wicket-

keeper and stubborn opening, batsman; SimonAbrahams and Christopher Drew should perse-vere with the game, needing confidence andinches respectively!

None of the younger ones showed consistencyto match their enthusiasm; the potential is there,and they must work hard at their game before nextMay, as there are very few 1st XI places availablein 1986.

M.W.

CRICKET 3rd XIBack Row: Edward Wild (scorer).2nd Row: Ross McGowan, James MacDougall, Nicholas Evans, Robert Barr, Luke Harvey, Martin Taylor, Barnaby Walters.Front Row: Daniel O'Connor, Timothy Calvey, Jonathan Pattenden, Benjamin Laidler, Andrew Wilson, Guy Hedgecoe.

CRICKET 3rd XIA season that promised to be a rather gloomy

one, in terms of results, turned out to be fairlysuccessful with four matches being won, two lostand a draw.

It was an extremely happy squad — probablythe best group I've had in four years, in terms ofenthusiasm, willingness to learn and determina-tion to succeed.

Jonathan Pattenden was the spearhead — agood captain, at this level, and a successfulbatsman (he averaged over 40). The only tragedy

was that he had to travel to France and missedthree matches. Tim Calvey filled in as captainadmirably when Jonathan was away and heproved to be 'dynamite' with the ball (21 wicketsat 6 runs apiece). Alistair Drummond, MartinTaylor, Luke Harvey and James MacDougall allmade more than useful contributions with the batand Guy Hedgecoe, Daniel O'Connor andNicholas Evans were all significant factors, in ourbowling sides out. Towards the end of the season,Barnaby Walters (with bat and ball) and Ross

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McGowan (bat) showed some real promise for thefuture.

Undoubtedly the best match of the season wasat St. Piran's where, chasing 95, we were 15 for 4then 89 for 9; Nick Evans hit a four to win thematch.

The best batting performances of the seasonwere from Jonathan Pattenden (45 v. St. Pirans)Luke Harvey (29 v. Cranleigh, after beingordered to score 30!), James MacDougall (36 v.Caldicott) and Martin Taylor (28 v. Caldicott).

The best bowling performances were from TimCalvey (5 for 18 v. Cranleigh and 4 for 36 v.St. Pirans), Daniel O'Connor (4 for 21 v.Caldicott) and Barnaby Walters (4 for 18 v. Lud-grove).

The whole team fielded competently through-out the season, in particular Luke Harvey, whoheld seven catches.

All in all, then, a cheerful and moderatelysuccessful season with plenty of talent moving upinto Game One next year.

Players who represented the 3rd XI:Jonathan Pattenden (captain), Tim Calvey,

Luke Harvey, Ross McGowan, James Mac-Dougall (wicket-keeper), Martin Taylor, RobertBarr, Andrew Wilson, Alistair Drummond,Daniel O'Connor, Nicholas Evans, GuyHedgecoe, Barnaby Walters, Ben Laidler.

Played 7, Won 4, Lost 2, Drawn 1.C.W.P.W.

COLTS CRICKET 1985

Memories of last season's cricket tend, if I'mnot careful, to be coloured by the feeling that weought to be playing now (end of September) sincethe rain has produced some good wickets.

Clear away disappoinment first, like Confessionat chapel: lots of people were sad to find that wehad no tour this year, and, certainly the seasondefinitely felt the omission — the tours have beena wonderful welding time, and there's a definiteplus about the staying away and playing cricketthat makes the business-cum-pleasure holiday avery valuable addition to the programme. Assome consolation for our one missed fixture atCaterham, we had an 'extra' in a 6-a-side-competition at The Oratory, in which, despite theabsence of captain, plus first bowler, plus first-change bowler (i.e. three of our leading batsmenand bowlers) we performed creditably enough tofeel that we could well have won the whojecompetition, on the right day", and with the fullside. No matter — it was great fun, a tremendouschance for others who would not normally haveplayed, and a thoroughly enjoyable tacticalchallenge at something a little bit different. I hopethis will be a permanent feature of Colts cricket. Itflourishes, and, as I have said, I look on it as a kindof mini-club — I am very grateful for all theparental support, but I am absolutely sure thatyou thoroughly enjoy yourselves too — which iswhat it's all about in a disciplined, gentlemanly,sociable game. Once again, our end of term bar-becue was a tremendous success — we had an op-tional outing to Lords, and a day of strawberrypicking, cricket-playing (with elder brothers, plusDads) in the very depths of twilight, and eating at

Finchampstead — this year at the home of theTom Evanses — with swimming, good food, goodwine and perfectly controlled weather. Great.(Can we come again, please?). To add to our plea-sure, we also had, courtesy of the Burroughs, BigBird II (i.e. Joel Garner the second), a guest oftheirs from the West Indies, who is a genuine'quickie', and gave our boys a lot of his time inplaying and coaching.

And of course, we had 'Mr. McGregor' — IanMackenzie, who liked us so much he's agreed tostay for another year. I think he enjoyed himself— I think he got a piece of our end-of-term cake —and I hope he'll be back next year because itmakes a big difference to have a real Botham-likecharacter as a helper.

But what of the boys' cricket? As always, theywere a tremendous group to take, and stars shonethrough where no definite stellar brilliance hadbeen apparent: aided and abetted by a more thancompetent set of games players, and (that vitalquality that really produces a satisfying feeling) areal team. If you won't play as a team, you mightas well go home — I hope that message rings clearas a bell by now. From the captain down to thelowliest member of Colts I (indeed, Colts II aswell), everyone played his part in developing theColts team throughout the season, and I get asmuch pleasure out of their enjoyment andcontribution towards one another's game as fromthe performances themselves.

But there were some good ones. And the seasonculminated in one of the most splendid lastmatches I have witnessed — where everythingcomes right with the side. And here I must add

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how generously the rest of the team were pleasedwhen we won without them 'getting a bat' — nowthat is nice to see. The match was a revived(added) one against Woodcote House. Ourbowling, with the crack force of Hutchinsonabsent, failed to penetrate adequately, and twogood partnerships took our visitors from 64 for 6to 123 for 9 declared; in addition, they batted onwell after tea. Quote from the boundary, 'He canslog now. It's alright. They can't get them now.' Iquoted this remark over tea, and said the only wayto prove them wrong was to win. We would getabout thirty overs, so we needed to think in termsof four an over — thirty off ten, fifty off fifteen,and so on, gradually accelerating, but not losingtoo many wickets. 'Ideally, we want those thirtyfor one or even better, no wickets.'

It's so nice when, occasionally, a match followsthe pre-programme. MacArthur and Burroughs,by now our settled opening pair, put on 22 beforeMacArthur was bowled, then our captain, DavidSimpson; came out and, after his usual nervousgetting off the mark, proceeded to do just whatwas asked — play his usual straight line, and hitthe bad balls for four. There was usually one anover, and his partner, Burroughs, though he got abit shaky with nerves after a sound start, had beendoing precisely the same thing. Simpson got 57 notout (10 fours, 17 singles) and Burroughs 44 (8fours, 12 singles) in a partnership of 94. Theydeserved to win the match together, and itremained exciting, for we only had 26 overs in theend, and we had to make runs off the final over,but Nick MacFarlane saw us home under hiscaptain's determined guidance. A lot of credit andteamwork here — Benson & Hedges addicts willknow the difficulties of coming from behind with abig total to get — and the^ played it perfectly. Itfelt really good.

Well, it was a good season: I have come toanticipate a highly enjoyable time, whatever thestandard happens to be, and we ha'd our usual cropof exciting games and colourful performances —plus that happy atmosphere that goes along with,indeed, leads it all. We started off with a newpavilion — transported from the groundsman'sdepartment, and then transformed with racks andchests and desks — a fine outlook! And the crop ofunknown quantities—more so, this year, as therehad been fewer boys taking part in Easter coach-ing: but one of the fascinations of Colts Cricket isseeing them come good, and becoming that muchmore 'professional' games players. Plus their ownbrand of eccentricity.

Cricket does take practice. At Our Friday even-ing sessions, a good number of parents turned upto turn their arm over, or just to encourage —either is an important contribution. I would haveliked to see more picking up of bat and ball at oddbreaks — there was less this year, and the effectswere noticeable for a while — wayward length,uncertain in pick-up and positioning: constantpractice brings that all-important ball-sense thatcan only come in that way. This is something towhich we must look a little harder next year.

In the bowling department, our outstandingperformers were undoubtedly Simpson himselfand Nick Hutchinson (hereafter known as'Hutch'). They were also our outstandingbatsmen, certainly in potential, though Hutchnever quite got together the innings of which hewas capable, until the section matches. He looks avery useful prospect — a tidy and correct strokemaker, and the sort of caller who adds a charge tothe innings and carries the attack into the enemycamp from the start in a really challenging way.He had progressed immensely from his first blood-ing last year. David, by contrast, would initiallynever commit himself to a run with absolutecertainty, almost requiring a written guaranteefrom the fielding side, but gradually gained inconfidence without losing that rock-like consis-tency that made him so useful — and well top ofthe averages. He will develop as he gains strokes,but both have a 'powerful strong' impact on anygame.

We were lucky in having a strong supportingcast. Unfortunately, David somewhat overusedhimself in his bowling, but he was coming freshinto the captaincy and a little over-caution wasunderstandable: it's good to have confidence inyourself! Gavin-Brown was one who might havebeen used more — early on, he fooled many abatsman into thinking that he was easy meat withhis high flight, only to disillusion them as theymissed the turn. He was also unlucky in nevergetting into his stride as an opening batsman — itwas there, but something always went wrong atthe crucial time: this resulted in a loss ofconfidence for a while. Something of the same ilkaffected one of our new boys Nick MacFarlane,who was capable of a punishing attack, butsuffered under the weight of a No. 2's responsibil-ity. Into the breach came the irrepressibleMacArthur, who would have played in everyposition if it were possible—no lack of confidencehere, and although I said I'd made him vice-captain because of his mouth — he used it — he

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was a competent, enthusiastic element in the sideand gained a lot of experience over the year. Heshared the wicket-keeping with the more fluentbut younger David Morgan, who is one of threelucky enough to be back next year. NickMacFarlane's younger brother (by a minute orso), Chris was a real tonic—vigorously and cheer-fully keen, and willing to work and enjoy where itwas suitable — his priceless injection into oneinnings when the quickie was getting on top andthe pace was falling away disastrously, was one ofthe 'high' spots of the year — for both of us.

The list, of course, goes right through the sideand into the reserves for you couldn't have a teamof individuals. But, although I would like to seehim have the commitment to get really match-fit, Icould not let the season slip away without makingmention of young Harwell — a useful changebowler, capable of match winning performanceswhen his action and length were steady: and abatsman who, without being outstanding, has thatpriceless gift of somehow staying there — and didthat job most effectively on several occasions,notably on our rather nervy opening match.

Well done, then, boys — I append the recordsfor you to look back at, and remind yourselves ofthe happy long summer days when you were onlyten (or nine) and could count yourselves membersof that most distinguished of all prestigious clubs— the Bionic Colts (of 1985). And here's to nextyear. Already? Yes, already. Anyone for theWest Indies?

Resultsv. St. Piransv. Feltonfleet

. Cranleigh

. St. Neots, Papplewick. Lambrook. Caldicott. St. Andrews. Ludgrove

v.v.v.v.V.

V.

DrawnDrawn (on top)Drawn (evens)Drawn (phew!)Won by 3 wicketsDrawnLost by 5 wicketsWon by 6 wicketsLost by 7 wickets

v. Woodcote House Won by 8 wicketsI can't resist mentioning our two public school

fathers and their priceless comment about acontroversial decision — 'Don't forget CE'scoming up soon, and there are a couple ofWellington Housemasters sitting out here!' Wedidn't need to use the blackmail, as you can see!

J.V.H.AVERAGES

BATTINGSimpsonHarwellMacFarlane.C.HutchinsonMacFarlane.N.Gavin-BrownBarberMacArthur

BOWLINGHutchinsonHarwellGavin-BrownBeresfordSimpsonMacFarlane.N.MacFarlane.C.

Innings9999

10796

Runs19257567235313820

Not Out33313

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—1

H. Score57n.o.20n.o.132118131314

Average32-010-010-09-05-04-54-24-0

AVERAGESOvers61-439-3272282126

Maidens20381

1101

Runs1301426168

224289

Wickets271045

1830

Average4-8

14-215-313-612-49-3

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CRICKET COLTS XIBack Row: Alex Barber, Toby Beresford, Christopher Barwell, James MacArthur, James Morrision, Nicholas Macfarlane, Jonathan

Cornwell (scorer).Front Row: Roger Miners, Nicholas Hutchinson, David Simpson, David J. B. Morgan, Christopher Macfarlane, Daniel Burroughs.

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UNDER 10 CRICKET XIIn our one match we provided a little early

season experience for a very strong side fromLudgrove. In what was the first full scale game formany of our players, the gentle bowling gave awayeasy runs to their star batsman, who reached hiscentury before the declaration. Our side notchedup 32 before the last wicket fell, and we returnedhaving learned a great deal, with new ambitions,and. not surprisingly, a little dejected.

Team: Winfield, Miners, Morgan D. J. B.(captain), Draper, Eggleshaw, Aston, Moore,Williamson A., Barber R., Yeomans, Monk.

A.W.P.ATHLETICS

The 1985 season of athletics witnessed the firstuse of the complete Manor pitch. This enabled usto mark out a full eight lane 400m track, togetherwith javelin, discus and shot throwing and puttingareas. A new very large high jump mat with thetartan jumping surfacelaid for both long jump andhigh jump surely mean that Eagle House has someof the finest facilities for this sport amongst Prepschools.

At home the season was one characterised bystrength in depth, instead of the usual handful ofstars. Having said that, it must be mentioned thatthe Captain of Athletics, Charles Hobday, had anexceptional season. He achieved a massive 663points for his decathlon (a school record). He hasalso established a school record for the TripleJump with a distance of 10-43m.

This year it was our turn to host the matchagainst St. Pirans. This was a close contest, and Iam happy to report that it was Eagle House thatcame out on top (230'/2 points to 220'/2 points).

A team of five under 12's were sent to competeat Bracknell in the area fijials. These boys did verywell, winning three first places, four second placesand three new district records between them!Daniel Sebire and Andrew Wilson bothsucceeded in demolishing the previous TripleJump record with jumps of 9-72m and 9-63mrespectively. The same boys were then asked tocompete for Bracknell in the County Champion-ships. Needless to say they represented theirschool and their district well.

This year the annual trip to the Oxford meetingwas a successful one. Two of our boys wentforward to the national meeting. Charles Hobday(Long Jump) and Stephen Carter (Discus). Manyothers came third or fourth in their events —Andrew Wilson, Rory Cameron, Paul Jones,Dominic Langley, Dominic Mason; and Hobday

and Carter in their second string events. Welldone all.

Sports Day brought its usual fine weather andprovided an atmospheric and exciting conclusionto a fine season. The final result was very close,but it was the Falcons who won eventually by thenarrowest of margins. r> u r>

r .M.B.

SPONSORED RUN FOR COMMONWEALTHGAMES APPEAL

On 8th July, a conveniently dry afternoon —few athletics events escaped a wetting this year —large numbers of boys and several of the staff tooka spin round the track, several times over, to raisemoney for the Commonwealth Games Appeal.Participants were able to glory in being photo-graphed next to the international athlete ToddBennett, who tripped effortlessly around theManor pitch a few times, before being coercedinto demonstrating his powers: despite starting200m from the finish, he was only a yard or twobehind our sprinters Cameron R. and Hobday, atthe line, even though they had started only 100m.away.

Many small boys made an immense effortto complete their maximum twenty laps; and aconsiderable sum was raised.

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T« *̂ 1|

A star crosses the finishing line — with Todd Bennettbeside him.

Full marks to the boy who, on the occasion ofTodd Bennett's visit to coincide with the sponsoredrun for the Commonwealth Games, invented thefollowing routine:

'Do you know why the running track curvesround at the end, sir?'

'No, why?''Because Todd Bent it.'

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TENNIS REPORTThe standard of tennis in this school is definitely

improving and this is due to the excellent tenniscourts which are now into their second summer.Unfortunately the weather did not permitconstant practice but the boys made the effort toplay in their spare time.

We managed to play matches against Felton-fleet and Dragon School and although the boyswere beaten quite convincingly they did gain theexperience of match play. It should be said thatour choice for the matches was limited because ofcricket commitments.

The Junior Boys' singles final in the School'sChampionship, between Toby Beresford andDaniel Burroughs, exhibited tennis of a highstandard in this age group. The score line of 6-0,6-2 to Burroughs does not reflect the effort madeby these two players. Unfortunately there werenot enough entries for a doubles competition sothese two boys entered the senior section of thecompetition and managed to reach the semi-finals.

Thirty-two contestants entered the seniorsingles and because of the standard reached bymost boys there was not any seeding. The final wasbetween Paul Jones and James MacDougall andafter a close, well fought first set of 7-6,MacDougall won the second very easily 6-0. Thefinal in the doubles competition was a marathon 2hours 10 minutes where MacDougall teamed upwith Rupert Birch to beat William Waugh andWillian Evans 6-3, 5-6, 6-2.

It is fortunate that all the boys who reached thefinals and many who reached the semi-final stagewill be returning for at least another year.Results:

v. Feltonfleet Lost 9 sets to 1v. Dragon School Lost 9 sets to 1

ChampionshipSenior Singles: James MacDougallJunior Singles: Daniel BurroughsSenior Doubles: James MacDougall and

Rupert BirchD.C.B.

SWIMMINGI discovered a problem this year which I've only

been dimly aware of in the past. We don'tnormally have many swimming matches, so Idecided to try to arrange a few more this year. Weended up with ONE! I discovered that there areonly about four days in the year when we canarrange swimming matches and these are inthe first week of June.

Because of the English climate we don't startswimming until the end of May or even thebeginning of June. There are no matches in Julybecause Athletics and Cricket take over the sport-ing time-table. That leaves us the whole of themonth of June — excluding Sundays andWednesdays and Saturdays (Cricket matches)

and Common Entrance week and theweek before the Section Swimming Gala when allour efforts are geared towards that andOutings' Day, and 'Warwick Castle Day'. Thatactually leaves us four days (the first four days ofthe season!) to hold all our matches!

Under the circumstances it is amazing how wellwe did in our match — a Quadrangular withPapplewick and Ludgrove. We came second toPapplewick's 'A' Team; but many of our swim-mers had only been in the water once since lastsummer!

As far as our own swimming is concerned, wehad a better season than last year for awards —mainly thanks to R.P.H. who spent long hoursbeside the pool holding tests, while I built choir-stalls. 153 awards were passed, including eleven'Whites' (the highest award).

In the Section Swimming Competition Falconswon yet again, but against somewhat strongeropposition than last year. The results were:

1st Falcons 103 V2 points2nd Hornets 79 points3rd Tigers 59'/2 points4th Spartans 46 pointsCups were awarded this year to the following:Section Swimming Cup FalconsSenior Swimming Cup Andrew WilsonJunior Swimming Cup Dominic LangleySenior Diving Cup Martin BuddenJunior Diving Cup Rupert WhiteheadMy thanks to R.P.H. for his assistance through-

out the year, and to C.H. for helping with testingawards during P.E. lessons.

M. J. de C. S.

SUPERSTARS 1985The summer term saw the return of the

Superstars competition to Eagle House when,once again, ten of our more promising sportsmentackled a variety of tests in a bid to win points.They chose eight events from a selection of twelveand were awarded ten points for a win, eight forsecond place, six for third and so on. The list ofevents was quite varied and included swimming, across-country run, archery, an obstacle course andshooting so that all the competitors had chances toshow their prowess.

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Competition as usual was fierce and, as lastyear, the final order was to hang on the last event,the BMX Trial. Luckily the only casualties thisyear were wounded egos and it was to Paul Jonesthat the title 'Eagle House Superstar 1985' wasfinally awarded. Charles Hobday won the silver,while Richard Roddy snatched the bronze fromfour other close challengers.

Other competitors were: Cameron R.,Bishton,Parsons, Bryce, Hudson, Waugh and Carter.

Well done to all competitors and a big thankyou to all staff and boys who measured, timed,counted, retrieved and organised.

R.K.C.

STAFF CRICKETPlayed 5, Won 5

Undefeated! In truth, it isn't purely a staff side,but always includes a number of parents, and ourmatches are entirely 'social', mainly againstscratch teams put together by parents or friends.But do not let me detract from the glory achievedby the headmaster's lightning-swift wicket-keeping, Mr. Mackenzie's aggressive bowling,

Dave Evans' elegant and effortless batting, Mr.Woodcock's boundary repartee, and Mr. Calvey'sintuitive field-placing.

Thank you to Clare and Tara and the kitchenstaff for the suppers they prepared; and particu-larly we owe much to the parents who so readilytook part in the games; we look forward tomeeting them, and any others who are prepared totake the risk, at the wicket'again next year.

A.W.P.

Some unexpected, but in some cases strangelyenlightened, answers to exam questions.Q. Whose engine did James Watt impro veon?

Frank Bruno.What is a derrick?A young man.Who became the first president of America?Ronald ReaganWho led the Charge of the Light Brigade?Florence Nightingale.WhatistheN.C.B.?The people who argue all day long about coal.

A.Q.A.Q.A.Q.A.Q.A.

orA. The board of government that closes down

pits.

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The end of the season: closed for another winter

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ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLMUSIC NOTES 1984/1985

The last musical year has largely followed thepattern of the preceding one. Thus the SeniorChoir, in addition to its weekly contributionsto the school chapel services, again sang anAdvent Carol Service, this time in the spacioussurroundings of Petworth Parish Church. This wasa most successful service. The choir, enlarged forthe occasion by the addition of further tenors andbasses, sang well and there was an exceptionallyhigh standard of lesson reading. As a reward westopped for supper at a 'Little Chef. This is almostbecoming as traditional as the service itself! Someof the music was repeated in the end-of-term carolservice and the choir also took part in theWellington Christmas Concert as well as singingcarols to two local institutions. At the end of theLent term the choir went to Brighton and here, inthe idiosyncratically designed St. Bartholomew'sChurch, they performed a service of music andreadings to celebrate the feast of the Annuncia-tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the summerterm Evensong was sung in the homely surround-ings of Portsmouth Cathedral and this time themini-bus key was not mislaid!

The Monday Choir directed by John White, hasalso been busy. It sang in the carol serviceand a number of its members took part with theCrowthorne Choral Society in a performance ofBritten's 'St. Nicholas'. In the summer term thechoir participated in a prep, schools' choralfestival at the Dragon ̂ School. Here a total choir ofover 200 performers ^sang both individually andcollectively in a well-devised programme. TheJunior Choir has sung several times on its own inchapel and taken part in the school concerts aswell as performing extensively in the Junior CarolService.

Instrumentally the Orchestra, which has againbeen well balanced, has had another full year. Ithas played in all the concerts, and again took partin the excellent S.A.T.I.P.S. Orchestral Festivalat Charterhouse. Several members auditioned forthe I. A.P.S. Orchestras and four were successfulin gaining places; James Bryce in the mainorchestra (where he was tutored by JamesBlades), Simon Banks and Thurstan Robinson inthe Concert Band and Malcolm Cross in theTraining Orchestra. Equally, seven membershave been chosen to take part in the first

THE ORCHESTRABack Row: Valvanus Willson, Robert Baldock, James Thurstan, Oliver Harrington, Nicholas Evans, Stephen Shorn, Douglas

Sheckley, Christopher Drew, Malcolm Cross, Jeremy Drake.2nd Row: Andrew Turpin, Alistair Guy, Richard Roddy, Alan Bishton, Simon Banks, Alex Richards, Martin Budden, James Bryce.Front Row: Thurstan Robinson, Roger Peet, David Simpson, Thomas Chrysanthou, Daniel Burroughs, Paul Harman, Alan Bowen,

Alex Barber, Jason Johnston, William Evans.

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Wellington prep, schools' orchestral weekend.The Band, directed by Jack Stewart, has gonefrom strength to strength. It had its busiest term inthe summer when, after opening the concert, italso played to a large audience in the CrowthorneSchools' Festival and it concluded the term byplaying on the lawn Before Prizegiving.

In the Lent term the auditions for the EagleHouse music scholarship were again held and thefield, though relatively small, was again talented.Two awards were made and these boys join theschool in September when they will hopefullyprove as useful as the two existing scholars.

Much of the same term was taken up withrehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance'performed very successfully at the end of term andreviewed elsewhere. An excerpt was put on at theChichester Festival Theatre Schools' Festival.This was an ideal opportunity to use a professionalstage with associated facilities. Our performanceunexpectedly won us the Junior Schools' Prize —a most attractively incised glass goblet presentedto leading members of the cast by Diana Rigg.

The Section Music competition held in thesummer term produced some excellent items. Thesemi-finals were adjudicated by John Holloway,the new Director of Music at Wellington, who iscontinuing the interest shown in our music-making by his predecessor, and the finals by BillLlewellyn from Charterhouse who was ideal inthis role. R. Whitehead (trumpet) won theBeginners section and V. Willson (violin) theJunior instrumental competition. The Seniorcompetition produced eight well played items andwas correspondingly difficult to judge. In the endJames Bryce (timpani) and Thurstan Robinson(clarinet) emerged as joint winners. TheEnsemble competition inspired four uniformlysuccessful items from a variety of groups. Falconswith a brass quintet won, but Tigers 'boogie' itemwas highly recommended. In the Section songcompetition a similar situation arose, Falconswinning with The Sloth' and Tigers comingsecond with 'All God's Creatures'. The final resultwas, satisfactorily, a combined win for Falconsand Tigers. A good evening, much appreciated bythe many parents who came to listen.

Parties of boys have been taken over the year toa variety of concerts outside the school. The mostnotable of these were the Glynebourne TouringOpera's performance of 'Figaro' in Southampton,the Schools' Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, aperformance of 'The Nutcracker' in the Royal

Opera House and an RPO concert at the FairfieldHall, Croydon.

In our three termly concerts there again hasbeen a very diverse variety of material rangingfrom large scale items down through a growingnumber of chamber music ensembles to soloperformances. It is good to note a growing interestin string playing. Thisjs partly due to the successof the junior forms' violin class scheme whichcontinues to produce a nucleus of players, but itcan also be seen in the increasingly professionalsound of the String Orchestra, directed with greatenthusiam and skill by David Morris. We havebeen fortunate in having a number of experiencedpercussion players this year. They performed aspecially written ensemble piece in the WellingtonChristmas Concert and re-appeared in thesummer accompanying two essentially percussivechoral numbers for 'Carmina Burana'. In factnumbers playing all instruments continue to riseand this expansion is maintained by the expertiseand dedication of our 16 visiting instrumentalteachers to whom a great debt of gratitude is due.Some of the results of their work will be evidentfrom the following list of music exam successes:

Grade 1: Piano: O. Barrington, J. Chalmers,D. Drew, D. Fox, N. Gavin-Brown, B. Mawson,R. Morrison (merit), M. Skelly, B. Walters(merit), S. Wright. Violin: J. Drake, T. Fox.

Grade 2: Piano: R. Birch, D. Burroughs,C. Hobday (distinction), A. Hudson (distinction).Violin: R. Baldock. Percussion: C. Drew, S.Holden, D. Sheckley (honours), S. Shortt.

Grade 3: Piano: J. Roberts (merit), D.Sheckley. Violin: M. Budden, M. French, V.Willson. Clarinet: W. Evans (merit). Trumpet: J.Griffin, O. Peagam. Trombone: A. Turpin.

Grade 4: Piano: S. Banks. Flute: A. Rickards.Trumpet: S. Banks (merit). Percussion: J. Bryce(honours).

Grade 5: Piano: J. Griffin, P. Harman. Theory:T. Robinson.

Grade 6: Clarinet: T. Robinson.

Another witticism at the staff room door: thistime the door is opened to reveal a respectable-looking boy, who has been waiting patiently, andnow politely asks:

'Could I have Mr , please?'The schoolmaster cannot resist the opportunity

for cynicism:'Certainly, would you like him gift-wrapped, or

will you take him as he is?'

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ETHE SENIOR CHOIR

Back Row: James Griffin, Alexander Anderson, James Thurstan, Stephen Shortt, Patrick Johnson, Jason Johnston, Rupert Hill,Martin Taylor, Dominic Langley, James.MacDougall.

2nd Row: Scott Wright, Daniel O'Connor, William Ashworth, James Townsend, Robert Edger, Mark Machray, James Miners,David Stancomb, Julian Wild.

Front Row: Sherwin Rice, Edward Wild, James Dawson, Rory Cameron, Dominic Mason, Rupert Birch, James Bryce, JamesFuglesang.

THE SCHOOL PLAY — THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

CASTMajor General Stanley Rupert HillMabel *\ James Thurstangate I his daughters Simon BanksEdith I 6 Malcolm CrossIsabel ) James ChalmersFrederick, a pirate apprentice Thurstan RobinsonRuth, his nurse, now a pirate 'maid-of-all-work' Robert EdgerThe Pirate King William AshworthSam, his Lieutenant James BryceSergeant of Police Robert BaldockChorus of Major General Stanley's daughters:

Alexander Anderson, Jonathan Cornwell, Daniel Fox, Jason Johnston, Dominic Langley, MarkMachray, Ross McGowan, Gregory Martin, Daniel O'Connor, Christopher Pym, Paul Troughton,Barnaby Walters, Rupert Whitehead, Valvanus Willson.Chorus of Pirates and Policemen:

Rupert Birch, Toby Blythen, Rory Cameron, Thomas Chrysanthou, James Dawson, James Fuglesang,Charles Hobday, Jonathan Illman, Sam Johnson, Charles Macdonald, Dominic Mason, Piers Marson,James Miners, Charles Lowden, Benjamin Pickup, Sherwin Rice, Justin Roberts, Richard Roddy, MarkScott, Stephen Shortt, David Stancomb, Edward Wild, Simon Worthington.Musical Director A.D.D.Piano J.W. andJ.V.H.

assisted by Martin Budden and Jonathan PattendenStage Manager M.J.deC.S.

assisted by James Parsons and Marcus FrenchScenery J.W.R.W.Properties T.K.B and R.K.C.Lighting C.H.Production Assistant A.W.P.Costumes Mesdames Shadbolt, Say, Baxter, Brewster, Buchanan,

Homfray-Davies, Hopper, Pope and Webster.Produced by J.V.H. and J.H.J.G.

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Pirate King (William Ashworth) and Frederick (ThurstanRobinson)

It was an ambitious plan, to stage the Pirates,but apparently not an uncommon one — therewere several other productions running simul-taneously in the area. But it's a play successfullytried over the years, and should therefore pleasethe audience — and so, of course, it did.

With J.H.J.G. and A.D.D. in their respectivechambers preparing the singers, J.V.H. waschomping to get his rehearsal schedule into stride;yet with little more than a couple of weeks ofrehearsing movement, an excerpt was staged atthe Chichester Theatre in a festival for schools: aprofessional theatre, with full lighting, and all thetrappings — a memorable experience.

After that, they began to blossom: RupertBaldock's comical Sergeant grew more chirpy, theMajor General's daughters, all very young actors,learned to use voices and space more effectively,and the pirates began to swagger with moreconfidence. The strong communal feeling thatdevelops amongst a cast was soon evident: witnessthe occasion when the entire group, hastilyrehearsed, burst, on cue, into 'Happy Birthday'for James Bryce, who played Sam and whoendeared himself to actors and audience alike.

Despite the absence caused by 'flu, excitementrose, with the advent of staging, scenery, andlights. Once the magnificent array of costumeswas on show, the preparation was almost over.Fighting off symptoms of the infectious bug,

J.V.H. and A.D.D. made final adjustments, andthen the curtain opened.

Roistering pirates and mincing maidens formedhearty choruses to support the protagonists.Rupert Hill proudly delivered the MajorGeneral's famous song, Thurstan Robinsonvacillated between peer and pirate with convinc-ing enthusiasm, Robert Edger mastered thedemanding music that is Ruth's lot, andWilliam Ashworth's Pirate King rapped outorders firmly. Tinkling keys, twitching baton, anda good time was had by all.

The ambition fulfilled, then, but far moreimportant are the happy memories and stirringmusic that will haunt and delight the actors for theremainder of their lives.

A.W.P.

Piratical pleasures and pursuits: Sam (James Bryce) shares outthe spirit

What can the director of the play do? He exhortsthe young 'girls' on the stage to,

'Look frightened! You might be carried off atany moment!'

But one voice calls out,'Ah! We know the end of the story, though, don't

we?'

James Bryce (second from right), amongst representatives ofother prize-winning schools at the Chichester theatricalfestival for schools, with Diana Rigg on his right.

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CHESS

We had rather a quiet season particularly in theJunior Department. Very few of the players wereable to come to the Chess activity and as a resultwe did/i't have a settled team. Hopefully this yearwe will be able to offer chess as an activity to theyounger boys. The senior team enjoyed theirchess and they were rewarded with a certainamount of success. Most of the boys will be backnext year and together with some of the promisingones unearthed in the School Chess Champion-ship we hope for great things. We are pleased towelcome Mr. Woodgett to the school and with hisparticular interest in chess there is no reason whywe shouldn't do really well in 1985.

Under 11. Played 4, Won 1, Lost 3.v. Hatch Ride won3l/2-2l/2v. Westende lost 1-5v. St. Sebastians lost 1-5v. Westende lost 2-4

Team: Burroughs, O'Connor, Blythen, Hud-son, Sullivan, Richards I, Thurstan.

Under 13. Played 5, Won 2, Lost 3.v. Forest lost 0-5v. Embrook 'A' lost 0-5v. Dolphin lost 0-5v. Embrook 'B' won 3-2v. Gillot won 3-2

Team: Ashworth, Morgan D. J., Calvey, JonesP., Machray, Skelly, Scott.

School winners:Junior — D. Burroughs.Senior — D. Morgan.

P.R.C.

ELECTRONICS CLUB

This has been a new innovation in the Activitiesprogramme and the response was excellent withtwenty six boys participating in two separatesessions each week. It was decided that circuitswould be made using books written by TomDuncan, making use of breadboards and simplecircuitry.

After a couple of lessons learning the uses of thecomponents (transistors, capacitors, etc.) andlearning how to read the colour coding of theresistors, the first simple circuit was constructed— a flashing light! The boys became very able withthe handling of the components and the reading ofthe circuits, and the projects grew more compli-cated with the building of various types of burglaralarms, and the construction of a small organ.Some of the boys used their ingenuity to adapt andmake up circuits using their own ideas.

Quite a comprehensive exhibition was set up bythe boys for the Lent Term Parents' Evenings andthe boys' efforts were rewarded by a substantialdonation of components, including IntegratedCircuits, by Mr. Abrahams of Simon's RelaysLimited. Another small display was constructedfor the summer visit of new parents. At the end ofthe summer term many of the leavers helped in thesoldering and construction of component modulesfor the electronics syllabus which is being intro-duced into Common Entrance Science this nextschool year — an exciting new field for the boysand the staff.

All in all this new activity has been a worthwhileinnovation, and with many of the boys returningnext year some of the projects will be rewarding tomake. Any donations of components will alwaysbe gratefully received, and will help the club toexpand!

D.C.B.

Eyes down in the Science Room

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BITS, BYTES AND NIBBLES

The school currently possesses three BBCcomputers, each equipped with disc drives. Aftera few terms in the doldrums, interest in computinghas reawakened this term. This new enthusiasmseems even to have penetrated the stayed ranks ofthe staff room. Many staff are attending courses tobroaden their knowledge of this new technology.The result will be the increased use of computersin every part of the school's life. Already the 5 starathletics award scheme has successfully beentransfered to computer, and there are plans afootto see the boy's pocket money take the sameroute.

Although there are some problems of adjust-ment still to be overcome in many of our schools,the role of computers will hardly be diminishingover the coming decade. Let us hope that theindependent schools have the vision to move with,and not against the times.

P.H.B.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB

Members: Ashworth N., Loh, Maidment, Sulli-van, Troughton P.

One of the aims of the club is to build up aphotographic calendar of school life during theyear, and this year the boys worked very hard tosucceed with the project. Many of the photo-graphs, we hope, will be found in this magazineand they will be displayed during the celebrationsin 1986.

The darkroom is made up of a 'not very light-proof room in the back of the Science Room withtwo old enlargers. A major problem for the club isthat with only weekly meetings we repeatedlyhave to mix new chemicals. Also, enlarging in thesummer term is not possible because of the lightleaks.

The boys experimented with an old camera, andalso with making use of a light meter. They didwell and some good exposures were taken. Timewas another problem, so that we did not experi-ment with filters nor did we have the opportunityto process slides using the E6 method.

All in all we had a successful two terms, and theboys acquired some basic skills in photography.

D.C.B.

An example of the work of the Photographic Club

LECTURESThis year's crop of lectures were, as ever,

predictably unpredictable, on a far-flung selectionof subjects.

Perhaps the most novel 'visiting speakers' werethe group who ran a 'Shakespeare Workshop'with Uppers and Removes, presenting Shakes-pearean scenes and modern parallels, followed upwith discussion and debate over relevant themes.These comments, made by Remove 2A, werenoted the following day:

I would have preferred to play Games.I thought it would be really boring, but Iwas surprised. You've got to be older tounderstand Shakespeare, though.They stopped it at the good moments, soyou wonder what was going to happen.The modern parallels were good — themodern day ideas were quite creative.The Julius Caesar parallel was better —the one about Prefects.The parallels were easier to understand,they made it easier to' understand theShakespeare.

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P.H.B. with everything under controlYou put your right foot in and you shake it all about

Library discussion

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The laughter .

Trade at the tuck shop

. and the tears

Cross country starting line

The long and the short of it

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On the first one I didn't realise they'dchanged until they reached the 'thee'sand thou's'.Wouldn't it be better, for the people whowere bored, to go straight into the ac-tion?The lecture wasn't about Shakespeare, itwas about the way he wrote the plays,and themes.Shakespeare's dead — his plays are stillalive.We may not have heard that Shakes-peare was born in wherever — but we'dhave been bored if we'd just had fourpeople standing up there reading to us.It was a workshop — we were supposedto do something too.We were supposed to learn something,and it's easier for us to understand if wejoin in.After that lecture I still wouldn't go andwatch it on television.Well, you can't win them all. The remarkable

experiences of Robert Moss caused most brains toboggle, though:

TEN MONTHS UNDER THE SNOW— by Robert Moss

Mr. Moss came to talk to us about how he livedunder the snow for ten months, near the NorthPole. For those ten months, he was living in a tent,with up to four tons of snow on the roof. Theaverage temperature was minus 30°C.

His expedition was to find out what was on theicecap of one of the most northerly islands in theworld. He had many adventures with animals(they were very tame; because they had neverseen humans before, you could stroke them) andwith crevasses (they could be up to ten feet wide,were not always easy to see, and an accident couldbe fatal).

He is one of the few men with the Arctic medal.J. THURSTAN.

Equally impressive were Mr. Stolle's exploits onhis bicycle. He insisted that he even rode his bicycleon sea-crossings, prompting the question from onegullible youngster, 'What did you do when you gotto the end of the boat?' Of course, he just turnedround and went back the way he had come.

Lighthouse (chalk and charcoal) by J. Shafto

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ROUND THE WORLD BY BIKE

This lecture was all about Mr. Stolle's journeyround the world by bike. On this journey hevisited 159 countries. On his travels he wasattacked seven times — six times by humans andonce by an animal, a gazelle. The gazelle madetwo holes in Mr. Stolle's leg and 'he nearly had tohave it off.

He started one December from London andwent north to Iceland, then to Greenland, wherethe snow, he told us, was two miles deep. If the icecap melted all the oceans would rise, flooding vastareas.

From Greenland he returned to Europe, toSpain, where he now has a house with a greatcollection of fruit trees. He then went toGermany, to the only existing public monorail,and then to Hungary, and the Middle East, wherehe saw the old town of Jerusalem.

He took a boat to South America where he sawBolivian and Brazilian tribes. He travelled veryhigh up in the mountains.

After our lecture Mr. Stolle asked the school afew wildlife questions. We nearly got them allright. Then we were able to ask him questions. Asyou can imagine we kept him very busy. I reallylearnt a lot from this lecture.

MARK MACHRAY.

'I thought it was a very good lecture in the sensethat he talked about what happens when you takea drug. The lecturer used a projector to show usthings like where the smoke goes in your bodywhen you inhale it into your lungs, and hereinforced it by saying what nicotine could do tolungs if given the chance'.

JEFFERY JONES and DORIAN DREW.

Bracken's Brass Rubbing Bonanza provided awhirlwind of activity:

Mr. Bracken, coming to talk to us about brass-rubbings, first of all showed us those on the wallaround the hall. He told us how you make a brass-rubbing, by laying a piece of paper over the brassand rubbing it with wax.

He explained its history: years ago, peopleworrying about their after-life, would ask othersto pray for them, and would have a copy of them-selves made in brass, with Latin prayers aroundthe edge.

Each form, then, in turn, tried to produce theirown. First, the right amount of paper was laid andtaped on the brass. The second step was to goround the outline with a small piece of wax. With abigger piece, you would go over the rest of thebrass.

It takes a lot of hard work, but surprisingly,everyone did quite well.

R. BIRCH.

A talk for seniors on 'Drugs and Addictives'produced interesting reactions. Clearly, most ofthe boys already felt informed about the 'sociallyaccepted' drugs, but many of them thought thatwas not enough.

'I didn't like it very much when he started off,but then I began to listen more seriously. Hetalked about alcohol most of the time, and nevermentioned other drugs, until someone asked. Henever told us clearly what the effects of drugswere. What he told us was good, but frankly, if Iwas nineteen and down in the dumps, it wouldn'tstop me from taking drugs'.

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Brass rubbing by T. Chrysanthou

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The brass-rubbing exercise stimulated greatinterest, with many boys working particularlyhard to produce effective displays. An excerptfrom one voluntary project follows:

BRASSES — A BRIEF HISTORYIn the Middle Ages people were absolutely

terrified of going to hell so they did everythingthey could to stop it. One way was to have amemorial made so people passing by couldremember and pray for the dead person (so theyhad less chance of going to hell). At first, the mostcommon memorial was a stone tomb, with aninscription and a symbol carved on the lid. But thestone wore away after a few decades and theinscription could no longer be read withoutstraining one's eyes, so brass was used, first inGermany, as a stronger type of memorial. Thiswould have an inscription and sometimes a figureengraved on it. This was very expensive in Britain,as the alloys needed to make these works of arthad to be shipped from Germany, since they couldnot be found in Britain.

When the brass was finished, it would be fixedto the tomb, and the tomb placed wherever waschosen. If it was to be in the church (so peoplevisiting the church could read it) money wouldhave to be left for the rector (the amount decidedhow near you were to the altar).

J. CORNWELL.The last lecture reviewed took the boys on

another expedition, to one of those remote spotsthat must only be visited by lecturers:

EAST OF TREZIBONDWe walked into the hall as though it was some

kind of procession. A tall woman introduced her-self, the lights dimmed, a member of the schoolturned on the projector, and the wheels beganturning.

She showed a picture of Turkey, and told usabout the local tribesmen, known as Kurds (notthe ones Miss Muffet ate!) She showed the land-scape her expedition had encountered.

Most of what we were told was interesting; inmy opinion, the most exciting parts were when shewas attacked by savage bandits, and when shewalked through the swamps with snakes lurking inthe shadows. The purpose of her expedition hadbeen to climb the mountains in South-EastTurkey. We were glad we were in the hall, ratherthan in the desolate places she had visited.

After the cheering and clapping, we shuffledout into the cold night air, and the dreaded Prep.

D. DREW.

WEATHER CLUBAs an 'Activity' the Club has been in abeyance

this year, but the daily readings have beencontinued. In the Summer holiday, this is notalways easy, and a number of gaps this August didoccur, but a reasonable approximation for themean figures may be possible when the data forthe Easthampstead (Beaufort Park) is kindlymade available, and the comparisons made. Thatfor July and August last year showed some quiteinteresting correlations, especially for the after-noon maxima, while the minima tended to greatervariation, especially on the clean, calm nightswhen temperature inversion may occur, and it isthe local topography which controls the down-ward drift of cold air. Holidaymakers willremember that, in August 1984, this sort of nightwas in short supply and that the 'shahs' werehardly of the 'scattered' persuasion! The strongand prolonged showers and high winds — andcancelled sailing races — also give far more varia-tion to the local rainfalls than do the long-lasting,low, leaden, layer clouds.

In this last academic year, the figures show thatthe Michaelmas term was rather warmer, espe-cially in October and November, by day andnight, under the influence of moist air flows whichgave more rain and over a greater number of 'wet'days. The Easter period started with the meanJanuary being 1-6° colder than even that of 1980and February was as brisk as 1983. March had onlyhalf its usual rainfall with consequently coldernights from the clearer skies. Significant snowfallonly occurred on six days and amounted to some19cm. In the summer term, June was as wet as in1982, with no less than 19 'rain days', but over thewhole four months the fall recorded was, surpris-ingly, very much the same as in all the years of thisdecade except 1983.

There is, this year, no cool graph as part of thereport; an attempt to show the mean and extremetemperatures for each month from 1980 provedfar too ambitous for successful presentation in theMagazine!

J.B.S.

Did you know that — ?'Rome collapsed because of mutinies, civil wars,

and invasion. The lead in their water pipes alsohelped'.

'Cassocks are a kind of Russian hat'.'England is safe until the raisins leave the Tower-

of London'.

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Another winter activity: VolleyballPopularity allowed it to continue in summer, too.

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ACTIVITIES OUT OF SCHOOLAT HOME

First, two rather unusual ways of 'reviewing'your outing:

MIDDLES' OUTING TO THE CABINETWAR ROOMS

You are a mouse. You have been smuggled intoschool, and if your owner is caught he will not goon the next trip. So you, the mouse, sleep, in thebottom of his pocket. First you go into the WarRooms. When your owner is not looking youescape. You climb up the hand rail and look at thecabinet room. Your eyes spot a hole in the skirtingboard, so you quickly dart in. Inside are chairs,pencils, paper and a map on the wall. You see afile marked 'Private and Confidential', so you lookinside — and find nothing. You move on, andcome to the Prime Minister's office, and then hisbedroom. You clamber under the sheet of glassand down the Prime Minister's bed. You reach thebottom and have a dreadful fright when you touchthe cold metal bedstead. In a small cupboard youfind some ancient sugar lumps amongst the oddsand ends, so you eat them, find your owner, climbup his trouser leg, and back into his pocket.

C. MACFARLANE.

MIDDLES' OUTING TO THEIMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

Excerpt from:An exciting mini-adventure in which You are

the hero!1. You walk up the steps of the huge museum

and enter. Turn to (2).2. You are at a crossroads. Will you go left (4)?

Right? (3). Or straight ahead? (5).3. You walk round a trench which is dirty and

cold. You see a periscope. What will you do?Look through it? (2). Or keep going out (19).

4. You are walking down a long, twistingcorridor with nothing much in it. When youget to the end of the corridor you see themuseum shop. Will you go in? (21). Or turnright towards the aeroplanes? (22).

5. To your left and right you see trenches andtanks. You go up some steps and turn left. Goto (6).

6. You see an amazing picture of some gassedsoldiers. You point your finger at a manblindfolded, and suddenly a guard grabs youon the shoulder and pulls you back. Will youshrug him off? (7) Say nothing? (8) Or runaway? (15).

7. You escape. Now you head towards theMiddle East sect ton. Turn to

G. N. HEDGECOE.(The full fantasy novel is available).

Some of the E.H. contestants in the Prep Schools' skiing competition.

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Fresh from a tour underground: one of the groups that visited Blaenavon Photo courtesy of Lodgewood Photographic

UPPERS' OUTING TO THE BIG PIT MININGMUSEUM, BLAENAVON

Through the good offices of Mr. McGowan, wewere able to combine this visit with a tour of theLlanwern Steelworks. It was a fascinating day,and the boys' reactions, noted below, show justwhat sort of impression the sights made:

The coal mine was interesting and educational.It gave a good impression of what mining was

like in the early stages. It was surprising. Iexpected it to be all lit up, with metal girdersinstead of bits of wood.

When I first went down, in the cage, it wasbricks. I expected it all to be like that, but it wasprimitive, even the bit that had only just closed in1980 was just bits of wood with white mould.

It was different wearing the cap and battery—itweighed 131bs.

It was surprising how much money they didn'thave — the drainage has no pumps any more —they just flood the lower levels.

The miner who took us round was kind. He toldus lots of facts. He addressed us as boys, 'notpeople'. He didn't mind what he was saying — heused slang, as though we'd know him for years. Hespoke as though we were older.

First day of term, with several weeks behind us inwhich all misdemeanors can be forgotten, andslates wiped clean. What kind of guilty conscience,then, announces, without pausing to hear greeting,questions, much less accusation:

'I'm not doing anything, sir.'?

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THREE CHOIR OUTINGS — IN 4 DAYS!Sunday

Petworth is a large church, with very intricate,ornate carvings dotted around the place. We, theSunday Choir, sang there, having been on a longand bumpy journey in the minibuses. On arriving,we saw it was in the middle of a typical 13thcentury graveyard. After touring the premises, wewere called in for a rehearsal. Mr. Drake made anenormous effort to get us organised.

The semi-success surprised us all. We got 99 percent of the service perfect, but Mr. Drake says 99per cent is not success, only 100 per cent is. Withthe 'sejni-success' we earned the whole school ahalf-day free from lessons.

(I have to admit I was a bit greedy with the teathey prepared for us).

TuesdayWe made another attempt in the minibuses: the

result was indescribable. But as it was, the boysin Upper 1 kept us light-hearted with the comicplays they read out from their playlet books.Eventually, we arrived at the old people's home atWinkfield, and escaping from the minibuses, wegave as good as we got. (A very nice tea). Aplaylet was performed, and about ten well-knowncarols sung. We enjoyed the singing (and the tea,which went very quickly).

WednesdaySt. Michael's in Sandhurst—'just up our street'

as Mr. Drake put it. Griffin produced a fine tunewith the piano, and Robinson too, with hisclarinet. The same playlet was performed, andenjoyed by everyone.

Afterwards, we sang a few carols, and wereprovided with a wonderful tea (that was gone infive minutes — well, what can you expect withfifty hungry schoolboys on the loose. Remembersinging's good for the appetite).

As you can see this was a tiring week forthe choirs — Monday (dayboys) and Sunday(boarders) — so we all caught up with our sleepover the next few nights (and built ourselves upwith some extra large meals).

D. STANCOMB.

ORCHESTRA AT CHARTERHOUSEOn a bright May morning, the intrepid Eagle

House orchestra embarked on a journey toCharterhouse. On arrival, the budding musicianswere split into various sections and a small grouppractice was held. Mr. Drake bravely took thepercussionists. After much tuning up, practice,and many tips from the masters, everybodytucked into their sandwiches (especially Mr.Drake). Then, for most, a quiet nap was in order,and the coach was filled with dozing bodies.

Another practice followed, for 'polishing'before the whole group practice. Scores of playersfilled the huge chapel, and finding a space to sitwas difficult. The whole programme was runthrough.

We paused for tea, then trekked back to thechapel, and the performance began. The musicwas terrific: all the practice certainly had paid offas the hundreds of instruments, ranging fromhorns to violas, made a fabulous sound. Theperformance was commended, the journey backhappy, and so ended an enjoyable day.

R. BALDOCK.

COVENT GARDENOn the 18th January, Mr. Johnson and Mr.

Drake took a party up to the Royal Opera Housein Covent Garden to a 'schools' performance of'The Nutcracker' by the Royal Ballet. We droveas far as Hatton Court, then to take the Under-ground. The solution to the problem of the full carpark gave Mr. Johnson temporary wheel-clampphobia, but the ascent from the Underground in arather rickety lift left us with only a short walk tothe Opera House itself.

The actual performance was excellent: theballet was of a very high standard indeed. Therewere some amazing special effects: special clothesand lighting were used, an ordinary Christmastree turned into a monstrosity, and the Nutcrackerand Clara journeyed to the Land of Sweets in anelectric sledge!

After the performance, we took a long windingstaircase to the trains, and found the busuntouched. We all arrived home safely, withnothing on our minds to mar this most enjoyableafternoon — that is, except for the work we wouldhave to catch up on the next day.

ALEXANDER LOH.

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. . . . . AND ABROADNEPTUNIA CRUISE 1985

At 6 a.m. on 1st April this year, eleven boys andtwo adults assembled by the checkout desk. Thiswas the Eagle House cruise party.

The flight took us to Athens airport. We spentthe rest of the afternoon touring Athens, lookingat the main modern buildings, and the Acropolis.Then we came to the Neptunia (our ship).

We eventually found our cabins, and Mr.Baxter gave out our house badges; (for meals andtournaments we were divided up by houses). Thenwe had our supper, which some people enjoyedmore than others.

First we visited a small island called Santorini, afriendly place, and good fun. The town wassituated on top of the hill, so most of us took thedonkey up. Unfortunately, we were not able to goto Crete in the evening because the sea was toorough.

The following day was spent at sea doing vari-ous activities, such as basketball and football. Onthe fourth day we visited Israel, looking atJerusalem, Bethlehem, and the Dead Sea. Whilewe were looking around the temple, Maidment'scamera jammed, for the second time, much to ouramusement. However, at the Dead Sea, we allhad our pictures taken while we were floating.

It was said that if you could span the Hercules Gate in KuretesStreet, Ephesus, you would grow up to be as strong as Hercules

himself.

Afc

Some of the party take a convenient restin the Scholastica Baths, Ephesus, some2500 years after they were built.

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We also had an inter-schools quiz during thecruise. Eagle House managed to get into thefinals, but failed to make the top.

Thank you to all the people who took part andmade it such a good time, and especially to Mr.and Mrs. Baxter.

The party consisted of:T. Chrysanthou, J. Thurstan, J. Illman, G.

Snyder, W. Evans, N. Evans, R. Hill, J. Dawson,E. Maidment, R. Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter, andmyself.

C. HOBDAY.

MEMOIRS OF MY FRENCH TRIP 1985

Approaching the entrance to the Corinth Canal

We later visited Ephesus, and other parts ofTurkey, and finally Dubrovnik and Split in Yugo-slavia. One of the funniest things that happened,occured when Illman was tempted by some ovenfresh bread: it was so hot that he had to juggle tocontrol it. Of course, Chrysanthou's trainers havenever looked the same since the shoe-shine boypainted them white.

Set deep in the Norman countryside ofCalvados of rolling green hills and deciduouscopses, in the heart of the battleground of the lastworld war, the dairy farm of Beaumont, whichwas to be my home for three weeks, stands just outof sight of any trace of the village of St. Jean-le-Blanc.

I arrived there with my correspondante,Virginia Hue, on a sunny May Monday, to begreeted in the usually peaceful surroundings (Ihad been there twice before) by a number of carsand seventy or eighty people, the reason being theCommunion of Virginie's younger brother. TheFrench tend to make much more of public occa-sions like communions (marriages, too, as I wassoon to find out) than the English do. This, Ibelieve, was the second day of celebrations.Another difference I noticed was that the celebra-

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tions were kept strictly to family (with not evenclose friends included); these tend to be a fair bitlarger than those of the English (having sixteenuncles and aunts means an awful lot of cousins.

As the day fizzled out, I did also, rather rapidlyas I had got up at the ungodly hour of four o'clockthat morning.

The next day, Tuesday, was school as usual,however. This means getting up at 7.45 and goingdown for a French breakfast, which consists solelyof cafe au lait and French bread or biscuits, towhich there are no variations, and which isdesigned only to keep you going until lunch. Theschool bus takes you into school on its twice dailyround of villages and towns of the Vassy area inwhich the school is situated.

The school day is based on a somewhat stiffertimetable than our one. Seven fifty-five minutelessons four days a week (the exception beingWednesday which is a free day) and also Saturdaymornings. I took an active part in both French andEnglish lessons. On one occasion in French I hadto give my views on the Bruxelles tragedy and thepunishment of English soccer fans. On another inan English lesson, I was given the awesome task ofexplaining cricket in the space of two minutes to agroup of children who did not know what acricket-bat looked like and could hardly under-stand a word I was saying. In other lessons,though, I tended to keep a low profile, tryingunsuccessfully to penetrate the working of someadvanced maths problem. And so I would with-draw to the familiarities of my book.

The school day reaches its climax at five o'clockwhen the school bus takes you home to gouter,which is the equivalent of English tea and an exactreplica of French breakfast. The final meal of theday, supper, illustrated the difference betweenFrench and English food, and particularly the wayin which it is eaten. For example: to start with, asmall piece of hardly cooked roast beef eaten allby itself. When this course has been consumed,bread is called into action to mop up the juice andclean the plate for the next course (the same plateswere kept throughout). The intermediate savourycourse would be salad, pasta or potatoes followedby chicken, again eaten all alone. Pudding isfollowed by black coffee, the only other liquiddrunk during the meal being water and cider,which is a speciality of the region, made on thefarm.

If school was on the following day this would bethe point in the evening when French childrentake to their beds. But when as in this case the next

day was free, the common time of going to bedwould be between eleven and twelve o'clock aftera table-tennis session (it is only just getting dark at11). This was an hour that suited me perfectly.

The first Friday of my stay was one of the mostincredible. The marriage celebrations of a cousinof my correspondant still amaze me. As I havealready said, French people tend to emphasisepublic occasions, which was certainly the case withthis one.

As the hundred-plus number of peoplecollected it became clear to me just how longFrench people spend saying Hallo. In France thismeans four kisses for each person which is stuck toreligiously and not surprisingly consumes rather alot of time. Other than this, however, the weddingtook a similar course to an English one. That is,they do believe in having a church service and areception before they get down to the real celebra-tion.

As the hour reached nine o'clock, everyoneseemed to make a move at the same time, which Ithought rather strange. However, I still assumedthat it was to their homes that everyone was going.This, though, was not the case. All 120 peoplemade their way to an extremely good restaurant.One room devoted itself almost entirely to thepresence of many hundred exquisite little cakes.The adjoining room served French punch. It wasupstairs though that we all moved for a five-course(and five-glass!) meal which lasted for three and ahalf hours and was certainly the first meal I hadeaten which served a sorbet before the meatcourse. It was not until half-past one in themorning that we finished. Surely this was where itall ended. But no, not in France. It was thendownstairs to the disco floor. Not for me though, Iwas fast asleep under the table. My peacefulnesswas soon shattered however when a girl decided topour a glass of water over me and demand that Ishould dance. It was not until dawn that we finallyleft.

it was on the two Sundays of my visit that I wastaken out to see several of the sights of Calvadosthat thousands upon thousands of tourists flockto each year. The first excursion was toArromanches to see the museum about the D-daylandings there. Although not quite up to thestandard of the British equivalent in Portsmouth Ifound this to be of great interest, helped by thefact that I was given the opportunity to hear myown language spoken by one of my kindred for thefirst time in weeks. The second trip that we tookwas to the American cemetry at St. Laurent,

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which is situated on a cliff above the Omahabeaches where these men had landed over fortyyears before. The cemetry itself covers 172 acres,with nine and a half thousand graves stretching asfar as the eye can see — an awesome sight.

It was perhaps in the last week of my stay whenthe language was a good deal easier that I noticedclearly the ways in which life (rural life in thiscase) and people in France differ from those inEngland. Life on the whole tended to go at aslower pace than ours. This could be becausepeople seem less Americanised there. It also cameacross to me that the French are an extremelyopen and friendly people, both amongst them-selves and to visitors, and I failed to see why somany English dislike them.

But soon (and far too soon) my visit was tofinish. I left as I had arrived, in the sun; said mygoodbyes and five hours later I was back in oldEngland again to be greeted by rain and blackclouds, but certainly a lot Frencher in my ways,attitudes, and hopefully in my language habits. Afantastic experience, which I intend to repeatmany a time more.

J. C. E. PATTENDEN.SKI TRIP 1984/1985

Barely having recovered from the Christmasfestivities, the intrepid skiers of Eagle House setforth once again to conquer, each in his ownparticular style, the mountains of Switzerland.

This year the party was its largest yet, compris-ing a record number of 28 adults and 22 children— a perfect combination. Obviously the reputa-tion of the Eagle House Ski Trip is spreading!?!

The weather, although cold, was perfect forskiing, with some crystal clear sunny days, andeveryone was able to enjoy the thrills and spills ofthe pistes, including Gail Evans with her crackedribs; 'Don't anyone dare knock me over,' shecried as she careered off down the slope.

We had one sad day when Damian Bentleybroke his leg and Robert 'Mick Jagger' Evans hurthis knee. Robert, not wanting to be left out, triedto get in the ambulance with Damian but wasturned away with his inferior injury.

The children, again, surpassed all expectationswith their skiing abilities and a record numberwon awards which were given by the very friendlyand helpful ski instructing team at a specialpresentation ceremony — congratulations tothem all, especially to Daniel Burroughs who wonthe coveted silver medal, and condolescences toDavid Evans for failing it.

Better luck next time!

The children had a lot of fun in the evenings aswell with Discos, Greyhound and Tobogganracing and as usual a very difficult to judge FancyDress Party.

The adults also had their fun, with Discos andparty games, and a memorable occasion whenGerry Clarke tried to toboggan back to the hotelon asnow shovel! New Year's Eve was definitely anight to remember with the Swiss cheering 'LesAnglais' for our ability to continue enjoying our-selves after all the other nationalities had gonehome.

Unfortunately 'Les Anglais' suffered for theirfun the next day and I will finish with a quote fromFrances Evans, though it could just as well havecome from any one of us:

'I must lie down until I feel well enough to takean aspirin.'

MRS. JENNY GRIFFIN.

FRANCE AND SWITZERLANDOn 1st April, instead of doing April Fools, we

set off from school before half-past six. Getting toPortsmouth in good time and bad weather, wewent on board ship for the crossing to Cherbourg.The journey was five hours long, and fairly rough,but we occupied ourselves with cards and a puzzle-book; there was also a film. From Cherbourg wedrove to Vassy along country roads (one was deadstraight for ten miles) with masses of primrosesgrowing on the banks on both sides.

Our correspondant(e)s were waiting for us atthe C.E.S., and as they too were on holiday, wespent the next six days in their families, speakingFrench and eating well. For this part of the holidaythere were twelve of us, as Mrs. Webster and HerrGlodnick (Scott's grandfather) had driven outwith us. Our houses were in Vassy itself and in thecountry around, where some of us got to knowmore about life on a farm. Macdonald, forinstance, fed chicken, sheep and ponies; set mole-traps; fished successfully for trout; shovelled cow-manure in large quantities onto a tractor-trailerand off again; and was present at the birth of a calfwhich thoughtlessly arrived while he was eating aseven-course meal.

On Easter Day, we set out for Switzerland.Apart from a few leg-stretchers on the way, ourfirst real stop was Chambord, the biggest of all thechateaux in the Loire area. We went up on theroof, where we looked at some of the 365chimneys, and could see a section of the longestwall in France, but the best bit was the two spiralstaircases in the middle. Unfortunately, just as we

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came out, it started to rain really hard. We tookshelter in a souvenir-shop, and dripped all over itsfloor, while Mr. Johnson went to get the car.When we reached our hotel at Ste Montaine, wehad to take most of our clothes off and drape themall over the radiators. We had guinea-fowl fordinner, and Monsieur Thebault, the patron, cameto talk to us while we ate it.

The rain had stopped by the time we set outagain the next morning, but it was not exactlywarm and sunny. After buying a few things forlunch at a supermarket that happened to be openon Easter Monday, we went on to Vezelay, a townperched on a hill where there is a twelfth-centurybasilica. We ate a chilly lunch on the hill, then

As we had done so much travelling, Wednesdaywas a pretty quiet day, when we did more

. a chilly lunch on the hill

went on, via Quarre-les-Tombes (where hundredsof ancient graves were discovered during someexcavations in the last century) and Beaune, toour hotel at Levernois. Dinner was at Van's grill,where we were allowed to cook our own porkchops and sausages.

At the frontier the next day, the Swiss customs-man was more interested in whether we had paidour dues for the Autobahn than in any jewels orcameras we were smuggling. We stopped in Bernto stock up with food and drink for a few days, andthen headed for Das Ried, our chalet aboveWilderswil. There we were seven or eight hundredfeet above the village, with a large estate to playin, and our own mountain stream to dam. It was apity the weather was not good enough to makemuch use of it.

We did more shopping

shopping, in Interlaken this time, wrote lettersand caught up on our diaries. On Thursday wewere back in Bern. First we had to buy some scent

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for Hedgecoe's mother, and then we had half-an-hour in Franz Carl Weber, which is a big toyshopwith a super slide running next to the bannistersdown to the basement. We went down to thebottom of the city to see the bears, whicheveryone always has to do in Bern, then after aquick lunch we drove to the edge of the city to thenew Tobler factory. This was not the one Mr.Johnson had been going to with his parties forthirty years, but a brand new one. It is allcomputerised1, so there were not many peopleabout, except where the chocolate was beingpacked. As soon as we went in, we were suffo-cated by a rich smell of chocolate. Staff, we weretold, may eat as much as they like on the premises,but after a couple of months they get so sick of itthey never touch it. We did some tasting of thevarious Toblerones, milk, dark and white, andmilk and white were joint first in our opinions.They also make a seven-kilo bar to special order.It all has to be done by hand, so it costs 140 Francs(about £45) — which means that you are not likelyto find one at the Tuck-Shop just yet.

It was still pretty cold on Friday, so we made ashort excursion to Meiringen and to the Aares-chlucht, which is a narrow gorge, where the riverAare is forced through a narrow opening andmakes a lot of noise. We walked about a miledown the gorge before coming back to a spaghettibolognese supper. The weather forecast on televi-sion that night told us that there would be anotherrotten day north of the Alps on Saturday, but thatthe sun would shine in the south. So the nextmorning we drove up to Kandersteg, left the carthere, and took a train through the LotschbergTunnel (nine and an eighth miles) to Brig, and onthrough the Simplon Tunnel (twelve and a halfmiles) down into Italy. We held our breaths as thetrain rushed out of the southern mouth of thetunnel: was the weather-forecast right? Yes, itwas. The sky was blue, the sun was warm, andeveryone in Domodossola, where we got out,looked much happier.

Domodossola is not much of a town, but theSaturday market was on, and we wandered aboutthrough it before getting down to the main busi-ness of the day. We had come to Italy to find thesun, but we had also heard a lot about Italianice-cream, so we looked for a good gelateria,which was not very hard to find. The man wasfriendly, and seemed to give as big ices for 500 lireas he did for 800, and he had all sorts of interestingflavours. We had our lunch at tables in the street,

lunch at the tables in the street.

because it really was that warm, then we wentback and had another lot of ices. After all, it mightbe some time before we were back in Italy. Later

Fast train from Domodossola

on, we thundered back through the tunnels toKandersteg, and drove back to Das Ried.Macdonald's parents came to collect him, as helives near Basel and was really at home in Switzer-land. They had very kindly lent us theirraclette-machine and given us a lot of cheese

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Raclette for supper

to use with it, so the machine went back with Mac-donald.

After a doubtful start, Sunday gave us at last abit of sunshine, just enough to go up theMannlichen on cog-railways, cable-car andGondelbahn. There was still a lot of cloud about at

There was still cloud at 7000 ft.

7000 feet, but not enough to hide the sun, and itwas only when we got home that the cloud cameover again. We did most of our packing that night,as we wanted to leave in good time on Monday.

Before leaving Wilderswil, we had an enormousbreakfast at the Hotel Baren, to which we were in-vited by Frau Zurschmiede, then we set off at agood speed for the frontier. A bit over an hour anda half later, we made a halt at Pratteln, which isabout six or seven kilomfttres before thefrontier, and there changed the remains of ourSwiss Francs into Marks, then we crossed intoGermany. After a sausage lunch at Breisach, wefilled the tank with German petrol and thencrossed our second frontier, back into France, toColmar, and eventually to Riquewihr. This is anold walled town, which is the centre of the Alsacewine region, and, like parties before us, we wereinvited to have a look round Hugel and Co. Mr.Ling showed us enormous quantities of wine,millions of litres of-it in bottles and in big barrels,and at the end we sampled some for ourselves,standing round a large spittoon which we mostly

. standing round a large spittoon .

managed to hit. Then it was on to our hotel for thenight. We passed Strasbourg, but did not stop aswe were all a bit tired.

The hotel, in a very small village called Wingen-sur-Moder, looked a bit ordinary from theoutside, but it was super inside. As Macdonaldhad gone home, we were now only three, and wehad a large room with a large bathroom all toourselves. This was the hotel where we had beenpromised the best meal of the whole trip, and itcertainly was: a whole small chicken each, and anenormous dish with seven different vegetables.Breakfast the next morning was good too, withlots of everything and the owner always asking ifwe had enough or if we wanted more.

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Soon after leaving Wingen the next morning,we were in Germany. We looked around a bigshop called Karstadt, which has a car-park on topof it which is reached by a sort of spiral road. Thenext frontier we crossed brought us intoLuxembourg at a town called Remich, on the riverMoselle, then after a break for chips we went oninto Luxembourg city. After that, the next stopswere at Florenville and Bouillon in Belgium, andat Sedan back in France, before reaching oursmall hotel in the Ardennes for our last nightabroad.

On the way up to Calais we made three mainstops. First we had breakfast in Cambrai, then wehad half-an-hour in Arras to see the two largeplaces and the lady who sells toffee-apples and

the lady who sells candy-floss

candy-floss, and then at the Mammouth super-market in St. Omer to lunch off giant pancakes.The sun was shining all the way for the last part ofthe journey, and at Calais we got onto the ferryafter a quick game of cards in the car-park. Thiscrossing was only an hour and a quarter and thesea was very smooth. We were soon out of Dover,and less than two hours later back in ThamesDitton, after travelling 2000 miles through sixcountries.

J. B. CORNWELL, R. M. R. GUEST,G. N. HEDGECOE, C. P. MACDONALD.

A quick game of cards in the car-park

HOLLAND TRIP 1985At the beginning of the Easter break twenty-

three boys from Eagle House combined with thesame number of boys and girls from LyndhurstSchool, Camberley, to go on a six-day educationaltour of The Netherlands. During the tour thechildren were encouraged to write detailed diariesof each day's events and the winning diaristreceived an 'engraved' wooden clog. The follow-ing are extracts from the diaries of Roger Peet, thewinner of the competition, and Alex Rickardswho came second. Comments in brackets did notappear in the diaries!

Day OneRP: I got up at six o'clock to have breakfast of

bacon and eggs, then I got into the car and droveto school.

At school there was some horrible news thatHamish McDougall had broken his leg. (Less than24-hours before he was meant to join us for thetrip). Playing on an electronic game stalled theboredom of the trip to Dover; also the man whowas the sort of storyteller (the courier) read bitsout of books till we arrived. Once on the ferry wewent out on deck, but it was windy and fifty-fivefoot waves were reported (this was a fictitiousheight just to comfort a member of staff) so wewent down below.

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AR: At 4.30 p.m. we reached Zeebrugge inBelgium and at 11.30 p.m. we arrived inNoordwijk-aan-Zee, had supper, which was soup,cold meat, and fruit salad with cream, then wentto bed.

Day TwoAR: In the morning after we had been woken

up and had tidied our bedrooms, we were given apacket of Polos each because we had the tidiestroom. After breakfast we left for Zaanse Schanswhere there used to be many windmills but only afew exist now. We looked inside a working oneand actually saw it grinding woods for colour dyes.

The ubiquitous windmill

We moved off in the coach to a Catholic portcalled Volendam and I bought seventeen post-cards from a man wearing a traditional costume ofblack, and painted clogs. He called himself'Postcard Charlie'. We walked around the villagefor an hour or so and were tempted by our courierto sample smoked eels. Many of us tried themand they became quite popular. We then movedacross a polder to Marken which is a Protestantfishing port: there they still wear their traditionalcostume. Some of us managed to go into a tradi-tional Dutch house which was interesting.

We returned to our Hotel De Branding inNoordwijk, went to the beach, and then I wrotethis part of the diary and packed up for sleep at10.00p.m.

Day ThreeRP: Today we went to Amsterdam where we

looked around the main railway station before thecanal boat was ready for us. It was a NationalHolland boat and the driver was a learner so we

were on the edge of our seats all the way. On theboat we took lots of pictures and our Dutch guidetold us why there were pulleys above the houses—they were to lift the furniture up to the housesbecause the staircases are too small. We saw anold sailing ship and a boat house made completelyout of wood and straw: the man who made it wasthe king of the hippies.

After that we had lunch in an Amsterdam parkand then went to a diamond workshop. It was notso interesting because we were not allowedupstairs to see all the diamonds. Only the teacherswere allowed up. (The company lost interest inthe staff very quickly, especially when the creditcards were not displayed).

We went to Anne Frank's house which was allabout the diary of a small child living in the war.They had a hiding place behind a bookcase butthey were betrayed and some died in a concentra-tion camp. We walked into the shopping area ofthe city and bought some gifts and then returnedto the hotel, had supper and later visited anamusement park.

Day FourAR: We drove to Amsterdam again where we

went to the Rijksmuseum to see the 'Night Watch'by Rembrandt. It was a fairly enjoyable trip.

We moved onto a cheese farm called Clara-Maria where we saw how cheese is made and Ibought some cheese with pepper in it. We sawsome kids and two cows who had recently hadcalves. One of them had to have an operation onthe side of her belly because the calf was too largeto come out of the womb.

On the farm they washed the cows once a dayand milked them twice a day.

We got back on the coach and drove to anotherclog factory, a much larger one, where theyshowed us how they carved the clogs out of woodafter dipping the wood in water to make themwaterproof. A normal pair of clogs usually lastsfor four years. The man said that he can make onehundred pairs of clogs a day. The biggest clogs hemakes are in English sizes 15-16 and the smallestare about an inch long. For weddings and otherspecial occasions they wear decorated clogs whichtake about an hour and a half to carve. After ourinteresting tour we had our sandwiches and drinkon the water's edge just outside the factory.

The coach then drove us to the tulip fields calledKeukenhof through which we walked butunluckily not many bulbs were out, except thoseinside the massive greenhouses. There werelovely arrangements of flowers which were all

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blooming in oranges, yellows, blues, reds andother colours.

We went on a scenic route through Leiden toget back to the hotel. At eight o'clock there was adisco done by the other school in the hotel whichwas boring at first but got better, then we went tobed and wrote our diaries and went to sleep.

Day FiveRP: After our usual breakfast we went to a

Delft pottery factory and we found out that thereare only two genuine potters left in Delft. A ladyguide showed us how the mixture was made,moulded and then fired in a kiln. All the designsare hand painted and we were lucky enough to seethe artists at work. The potter was kind and gaveus a small piece for a prize for one of our competi-tions.

We went on to the parliamentary capital ofHolland — The Hague where we visited theparliament building and Mesdag's 'Panorama'painting. This was a large room with the paintingall around it. This was very interesting and it was amind boggling painting. The canvas was about 45feet away but it looked much further. We weregiven a good tour of the council chamber and thethrone room in the parliament building, learningmany facts about both: the throne room was first aballroom and then a meeting place for huntingparties. Although we walked through we were notallowed to touch the thrones.

Our next stop was Madurodam where there is aminiature village with two miles of walkway.There were many things in miniature which wehad seen on our actual tour. Apparently thevillage looks most beautiful in the evenings whenall the small lights are turned on. On the wayhome we went past - the scene of Mesdag'sPanorama, but of course much of it has changed.

In the evening we had a quiz on everything wehad seen during the week and Richard Craig camefirst with Ben Laidler second. A break dancecompetition was held and the hotel manager andhis wife, Mr. and Mrs. Klein presented the prizes.

The children from tagle House and Lyndhurstwho visited Holland

We are indebted to our very active courier,John Bauldoph, who planned each day so thechildren received the most from the few days inHolland, and gave us advice when we required it.We must also thank our popular and carefuldriver, Dallas. Lastly, the children must becomplimented on their behaviour and the interestthey showed in everything we did, which made it amost successful, and educational holiday.

D.C.B.

Day SixAR: We were woken up very early at 6.40 a.m.

The journey through Holland and into Belgiumwas uneventful, but we did stop in Brugge for afew minutes before catching the ferry fromZeebrugge. It was a very beautiful town andeverything looked old-fashioned with horsedrawn carts and cobbled roads. We arrived at theport and luckily caught the earlier ferry.

Turned up in a bin recently, a record of sinnersand their crimes, reported by senior boys.

— going through the window in the playroom.— going through the door in the playroom!— being in the wood without proper clothing.— swearing near the high jump mat.— being dangerous with a cricket ball.

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CREATIVE WRITINGThere is a variety of pieces in this section again this year, by no means all of them products of the English

classroom. The influence of the 'Fighting Fantasy' book, now so widespread, can be noted elsewhere in themagazine — but well done the boy who came close to, but still avoided, falling into the pit of endless andlifeless narrative that those 'game' books seem to employ.

THE SECRET DIARY OF TOBUS

20th January, 409 AD.Dear Diary,

As I write this, outside I see Roman troopstramping along the roads to the harbour. They areleaving Britain (perhaps forever). But why? Whyare these Romans leaving? I asked my father andmother for an explanation. My mother said theywere leaving to defend Rome. My father said theywere scared of being attacked. It's more likely thatmy mother was right. I'm going to try and find out.

8th June, 410 AD.Dear Diary,

The last ship has just left, carrying the lastsoldiers. I'm not quite sure whether to be pleasedor sad. I think everyone else is sad, so perhaps Ishould be.

4th June, 420 AD.Dear Diary,

Britain has changed over the last few years. Thecountry is still prosperous and peaceful. The shopsare still open, and I have before me two 'tendenarii' coins which have been minted in 417 ADso things must be going well — otherwise I don'tthink Paul would be building that new wing on tohis house.

6th May, 430 AD.Dear Diary,

I think we are in danger of collapse. There is anincrease in the invaders so that the people thatlived in the villas, where life was better, havecome into the towns for safety. There is alwaysquarrelling, and many Britons have moved to thewest, as refugees.

28th July, 430 AD.Dear Diary,

I have settled in a hill fort to keep away from theinvaders. I am under the command of Werlinta,the great warlord. The roads and towns are in aterrible state. They aren't being repaired becausewe are too scared of the Anglo-Saxons to build, oreven use them.

The shops have gone, and to get food I mustbarter with next door.446 AD.

The barbarians drive us into the sea,The sea drives us to the barbarians,In the sea we will drown,The barbarians slaughter us.

T. BERESFORD.

THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND'S BALLor

HOW THEY PREPARED FOR WATERLOO

In a large house (probably rented) was thehappy sound of dancing, singing and eating. It wasa ball, held by the Duchess of Richmond for theBritish officers. In the heavy air a young officerpaused, only to take a gulp of champagne andwipe the sweat off his forehead.

The Duchess was having a quiet discussion withsome friends, when she was addressed by aservant.

'The Duke wants to see you,' he said quietly.'He's in the study.'

'It's Napoleon; he's on the march again, head-ing for Brussels,' he said.

'How do you know?' asked the Duchess.'From a Scottish officer; his leg had been blown

off by the French. Yes, I know it's gruesome, buttell the guests quickly and quietly; I've got tocollect the army.'

'Well, what shall I tell them?''You'd better just tell them that Napoleon's

words were true I'll be back with thespring '

The Duchess sank into a nearby chair, whilst aservant went to get a glass of brandy. Wellingtondrummed on the table; he heard the gunfire, thethump of artillery. 'Boney' had returned.

T will come to the battle in person!' screechedNapoleon. His officers waited in silence,loosening their top buttons as when an angryteacher shouts at his pupils.

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'But, sir, shouldn't we be careful withWellington? He's a good officer.'

'What!' screamed Napoleon, scowling andlooking over them like a vulture. 'Wellington isstupid, the British troops are stupid, and fightingthem will be easier than eating breakfast!Now 'He paused a moment, piercing thenow cowering officers with his stare. 'If my ordersare carried out we shall be sleeping in Brussels.Now, go, before I lose my temper. Go! Go!'

The men scuttled out, tripping over each other,and quickly shutting the door behind them.Napoleon grunted, took a sip of water, andcontinued to write useless notes on pieces of scrappaper.

M. CROSS.

A FOOL AND HIS MONEYARE SOON PARTED

'Wow! Thanks, dad,' exclaimed Guy, as his dadhanded over the crisp, fresh twenty pounds. Guyhad not had so much money in one go before. Hethought he would spend it all on lots of things forhimself. But his dad said, 'Save it; it might come inhandy.' Still the thought of things he was going tobuy flashed past.

The next day Guy was on the main field atschool when he saw Sharon, a girl he had knownfor some weeks. She had bright blue eyes, blondehair, and everyone liked her. Guy walked overand asked her if she'd like to see a film later.

They met at the cinema. Guy pulled out a crispnew ten-pound note and flashed past the counter.

'Two, please.'The lady behind the counter took the money

and flicked some switches, and two tickets sprangup.

'That's five pounds.'She gave Guy five pounds change in old, tatty

one pound notes.Two cokes and two packets of crisps, please.'After the film Guy had spent ten pounds. On

the way out Guy saw a really good jacket in a shopwindow. He left Sharon looking in, and slippedinto the shop.

The coat was pure leather, with brass buckles.He rummaged around and found the price: tenpounds. It was his lucky day. He gave his last crispnote to the man at the counter, and ran afterSharon.

When he found her, he said,'I've got a present for you!'He brought out the jacket.

Thanks, it's great!' exclaimed Sharon, andgave him a soppy kiss.

When he got home, Guy had no money left atall. His dad greeted him:

'Your cousins, James and Michael, are going tothe U.S.A. for two weeks. They said you could gofor the twenty pounds I gave you.'

D. MASON.

Decorative Letter (inks) by J. Chalmers

This little piece of creativity told volumes aboutthe characters involved: four seniors decided toform their own pop group — it's name? ' The SocialExcuses'. First album? 'Negative Attitude'. It'scomforting to know that they have the strength ofcharacter to laugh at themselves.

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Giraffe — pen and ink and collage, by Charles Macdonald

THE GIRAFFE

If you ever invite a giraffe indoorsPlease make sure he is sitting or kneelingFor if you allow him to stand, of course,He'll make a hole in the ceiling!

And then at night, when you're half asleep,You might get caught unawaresBy the sight of a long piece of neck and head,Sticking out of the floor upstairs!

So you see, if you have a giraffe in your houseIt upsets things quite a lot.I would like to get one for a pet myself—But maybe I'd better not!

T. Fox.

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORKI turned the corner and drew closer to the old,

farm house, which I was to rebuild. I ground to ahalt on the gravel drive; and then sat thinking, wasit all worth it? But a loud, shrieking, bossy voicecame from in the house.

'Come on, Simon! Get unloading!'Yes, it was my mother, now so old that she

couldn't help me. I stared first at the old house,then at the heavy cumbersome timber and solidbricks. I walked off to check the house. I had topush the door of the house open, because thebrass handle had fallen off the very first time Iopened it. I went on over the rickety, old floor-boards which had half crumbled over many years.I started up the ancient stairs, which creakedunder foot. A few of them weren't even there. Iwent into what was to be my bedroom. The wiresof the last light bulb dangled in the breeze, thebroken bulb was smashed, with glass all over thefloor, the plaster was dripping off the walls andceiling like water, and the old fire place wascharred where it had been burnt. There was an oldmattress lying on the floor, nearly unseen, it wasso smothered with plaster. All the other roomswere like this too. How would I ever get itfinished?

Mum had just left to go to the airport, onholiday with my wife, then out of the blue Iremembered that down at the youth club theywanted a house-building job for very little a day,and there were twenty of them. So like lightning Iunloaded the truck, and flew down to the youthclub.

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I didn't even have to ask them twice, they werealready in the van. As soon as we got to my house,we got to work.

One month had gone by, and I had to go to theairport to pick up my wife and mother, and as wedrove down the road, both of them said,

'How is it going?''O.K.,'I said.We came down the drive and I watched them,

with their mouths open, as they said,'How did you do it?'And I said,'Many hands make light work.'

P. JOHNSON.OGRES

Ten angry Ogres looking for somewhere to dine,One got killed by the Ogre slayer, then there were

nine.

Nine nosy Ogres were seriously overweight,One ate too much and burst, then there were

eight.

Eight 'orrible' Ogres expecting to go to heaven,One died of a terrible shock, and then there were

seven.

Seven, now slim Ogres trying to make candlewicks

One.set himself alight and then there were six.

Six paranoid Ogres really in with the jiveOne played the music too loud then there were

five.

Five fighting Ogres knocking down fences with apaw

One touched an electrical one, then there werefour.

Four frightened Ogres jumping down off a treeOne picked a baobab, then there were three

Three Ottoman Ogres trying to catch a kangarooOne got killed by the King, then there were two.

Two terrified Ogres each trying to be last gone,One strangled the other, then there was one.

One grieved Ogre looking at what he had doneWent and jumped in a crocodile pool, then there

were none.MARK ROBERTS.

IT'S A MAN'S LIFEA handbook for possible recruits to the

Roman ArmyWelcome to the Roman Army. We hope that

after you have read this small handbook you willhave a good idea of what life is like in the finestarmy in the world, and will want to sign up.Recruitment

If you join up, you must be recommended bysomeone in the army. You would be paid travel-ling expenses to the legion's camp, and, ifaccepted, would take the military oath, swearingloyalty to the Emperor of Rome, and to his army.Training

Training will be done by a lot of methods.(a) Drill — normally at least twice a day.

This helps you get used to the commands of thecenturion.

(b) Running and Swimming — to help you copewith any situation, and to be able to move fast.

(c) Weapon Training — stand with a wickershield and wooden sword and 'slaughter' awooden post!

(d) Crafts — every legionary and auxiliary hasto learn a craft so they can make whatever theyneed 'on the run'.Discipline

(a) If you retreat while a battle is in progressyour legion will be decimated: everyone will standin a line, and every tenth man will be stoned todeath.

(b) If you desert your post while you are watch-ing for the enemy, you will be beaten to death, orstoned to death by your friends and fellow re-cruits.

J. FLETCHER.

THE BONFIRE

Fire, Fire burningBurning in the nightThough the sky is blackThe Flames are burning bright.

The wood is shining goldenThe sparks are red and blueThe heat is getting hotterAnd the flames are golden too.

The flames are getting colderAnd all that's left is smokeAnd the man that got it goingIs now giving it a poke.

N. CROSS.

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Comic illustration (paint) by M. Cross

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U.F.O.It was a curious soundIt was a definite humming noise but so crisp,

crisp as March, frost glinting in the early morningsun. At first it shocked us and we were wonderingwhether to be curious or frightened, like indeci-sive trout in the silver lake which lay nearby. Thebeautiful evening was now a mess of flutteringblackbirds and running dogs. In the turmoil wenoticed a silver tube dart up into the air andquickly land in the long golden grass whichproudly waved in front of us. The humming wasloud and even through the turmoil the noise wasdistinct. As I dabbed the perspiration from mybrow the noise began to fade into the humming ofa stunned bee. We waited we were gettingimpatient and then, like an arrow from a bow, thesilver tube took flight. It dazzled in the sun as if itwere imbedded with diamonds or purely a chinkof crystal. It was silvery, but shone like a firein a cold winter night giving light but littlewarmth. The humming grew louder then the tubedisappeared up into the beautiful rosy clouds. Wewere left mouths wide and hearts thundering,wondering if it had just been an illusion.

CHARLES MACDONALD.

Optical Art (ink) by J. MacDougall

A NEW WORLDI slashed viciously with the oars of my sampan

into the thick mud. Dumb, purely and utterly. Icouldn't go on with this. If the mud was anythicker I'd break the oars by slashing. And thefog, oh, the fog. Only one thing left. My grand-father always said, 'If you're stuck in the mud: getout and push.' I pulled up my leather boots andgrimaced at the mud. Maybe it wasn't too bad. Isludged round to the back of the sampan, but heldon the edge of it so as not to sink. I got to the backand held on tightly. I got a firm grip, counted toten, shut my eyes and heaved. In fact it was ratherfun. Instead of the sweating and heaving I'dimagined, it slid through the mud like a snake.Ahead I saw the outline of what I first thought wasa boat. No it couldn't be, it had to be an island.And the very thing I was hoping for! Aboutanother twenty minutes pushing and I'd be there!

I pushed up on the island. The boat looked in asorry state; I'd have to see to that. I checked mymain belongings. Weapons, dagger, Pudge(small, fat and magical talking hamster). I shouldwash my boots and have a little something to eat.First: to find water. You cannot wash, eat anddrink mud. I told Pudge to guard the boat. LuckilyI could hear running water. I trudged through athicket, darted through some pine trees and foundwhat I was looking for. A gorgeous river.led awayfrom the foot of a waterfall. I bent down to drink.It was clear, and fresh. I used my hat as a containerand went back and washed the boat. I then rubbedthe sand in the wood. I heard a calling fromthe wood. The noise was Japanese — the samelanguage as mine! I dashed in and gawped at thesight ahead of me. I knew I was only 10, but thisthing was the same size as me! Not only that, butit was talking Japanese! I decided to take itcautiously, and step out from the tree I was hidingbehind. The moment he saw me he said, 'Are youthe sent one?' 'What?' 'Are you the great mightyone, sent by the Ores to destroy all ilklings?' Ipaused. 'Not that I know of. Are you?' Thecreature then seemed to explode with laughter,and after he'd stopped hiccuping he said, 'Followme,' and waddled off. If you can't beat 'em, join'em.

'Mum, I found him in the woods; he seems tospeak the same tongue as us and it appears bywhat he's said to me that he came by some kind ofwater-vessel.' 'Well if he wasn't sent by the Oreshe must have been sent by the gods.' Nice, Ithought. Just play it cool and they'll think you'reimmortal. 'Yes, I'm the mighty one sent by thegods.' It's amazing what lies can do. Without a

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word they all knelt down before me, and started toworship me in all kinds of strange rituals. 'Rise,small, fat and friendly ones. I appreciate theworshipping, but we've got work to do.' I took allthe young warriors. It turned out that my firstfriend's name was Watso. I also had a six year oldgappy-toothed one, called Goofy, and about eightother followers.

We'd reached the foot of the waterfall whenI asked, 'Who are these ores?' They are greenskinned ill-minded and bad carpet riders,' camethe reply. 'Carpet-riders?' 'Yes, bad at flyingmagic carpets,' Great, now this nonsense aboutmagic carpets — what next?' 'Where do we get thecarpets?' 'From the carpet shop. Gondam sellsthem'. I looked up. Goofy was throwing a rope upto a branch at the top of the waterfall. I knockedmy jacket pocket. A tired hamster's head poppedout. 'Where are we going Pudge?' I asked. 'Up,'replied Pudge and fell asleep. 'Right, let's go,' Isaid, taking a firm hold of the rope.

Illustration (coloured inks) by J. Dawson

About half way up Goofy went on about 'looserope' and 'might snap', until I realised what washappening. The rope was snapping! As it snappedI grabbed each side with both my hands. Now, onmy right hand, I was taking the weight of nine fatilklings. I managed to wheeze, 'Hurry!' throughmy teeth. At last I was able to let go of one andclimb up.

After about half an hour's trek northwards wereached a small hut. Watso ran to the door andknocked. 'Yes, Grondam here,' said a voice.Through the door came a tall man, obviously quiteold, riding on a magic carpet. 'Er, hallo, we'vecome to buy a magic carpet, if possible.' 'If youhave the money I'll part with one.' I looked atWatso. He grinned back and produced a bulgingpouch of coins from his belt. Grondam looked atthe group of us. Til guess that's large size, eh?' Heled us into the shop. Lots of carpets, of all coloursand sizes, hoyered about half a metre above theground. By the looks of things, there were onlyabout two large ones left. I decided on a largeblack one, with red and gold serpents on it, for theother one — pink lotus flowers with tadpoles —seemed inappropriate. Watso produced fivechunky gold pieces. 'It's all yours,' said Grondam.Once outside we all settled on. 'Let's go for a testride,' I said. We went whizzing round and wenearly fell off. Then, a loud noise made us turnaround. We were being chased by the ores! Onejumped on to the carpet, but was soon knocked offby my warhammer. I shouted at Watso, 'Time isrunning short. How do we kill the ores?' 'Comeon! What do you do?' 'Legend has it that the orecastle (which is about five miles away) is built up ofwood and coal bricks.' I felt into my coat pocket.No, that was Pudge. 'Don't sit there, Watso, guidethe carpet to the castle!' It must be here. I checkedmy coat. My cigarette lighter wasn't there! Ilooked over the edge. Oh no! We'd reached thecastle, and my lighter was plummeting downthrough the air. I shouted 'Amen' at the top of myvoice and jumped after it. What happened nextwas difficult to explain. By a miracle I caught thelighter, and at the last moment I shoved down onthe button, hurled it at the castle, and landedsafely in a clump of ferns. A massive explosionknocked me off my feet. I sat there and a terriblethought struck me. What about the other ores?My thoughts were stopped by all the ilklingsrunning to me. Watso was shouting, 'We killed thebrain!' at the top of his voice. 'Brain? What brain?I thought it was ores?' 'The brain controls theminds of all ores. Once dead, all ores die.YAHOO!!'

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The evening was spent making merriment anddrinking cider.

Afterwards I disappeared into the mist, with alast wave. With a clean boat I'd easily make itthrough the mud and swamps. And what would Isay to everyone back home? That would takequite something. Hmmm

M. CROSS.

A NIGHTMAREWhen you have a nightmare, you dream about

huge green, gross monsters with enormous blood-shot eyes, staring down blankly at your innocentbody. You pull your sheets over your head and tryto think of sheep jumping over fence.

But your imagination wanders, and horriblethoughts rush through your mind, of bats withfangs for killing, of dead people walking roundgraveyards, of the stench of decay, of coffins withlong, boney white fingers and grinding bones asthe skeletons push their way out of .their dry darktombs.

Sometimes you find yourself in a graveyard,with the moon's dim light reflecting off the mossytombs and gravestones. Trees rustle in the breeze,and figures wander in the shadows, moans orgroans echo, and wake the other ghosts. Thechurch clock booms twelve, the wolves howl,silhouetted against the grey sky, rotten hands withflexing joints punch their way up through theground stretching for the sky. The owl hoots in atree, its eyes gleaming an evil yellow, and batsswoop in the night air.

You might be in a haunted house where doorscreak and the wind howls through an openwindow, or the curtain brushes against the wall.Floorboards squeak, and the leaking pipe drips allnight, monotonously. Rats scurry across the floor,and tiles rattle on the roof, until suddenly you arewoken up by your mother, wanting you to get up.

You were lucky that time, but the spooks willmoan again.

P. MARSON.

BICYCLE FEVERI must dowrt to the shed again,To the crowded track and the jumps.And all that I ask is a lamp to steer,And a bike that takes the bumps,The pedal's kick, and the chain's song,And the colourful wheels shaking,And a brown dust on the track's face,And the proud champ overtaking.

R. PEET.

KNXC HTThe Black Knight — pub sign (paint) by D. Mason

The winning entry for the Brigadier HolmesEnglish Prize:

THE PRIVILEGE:THE LEGION OF POWER

The door opened, and Gnaius Graccus entered.He stood rigid in front of the commander, eyes seton the painting of the Emperor Augustus. Thecommander's grey, stern eyes met Graccus's for asplit second before he said:

'Praefecte of the 10th Legion stationed on theDanube, in view of your extraordinary feats ofbravery and loyalty, you have been chosen to

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serve in the Emperor's bodyguard, the Praeto-rians. You will swear an Oath of Allegiance to himand serve him loyally and bravely when calledupon.' The commander leant back in his chair andbade Graccus leave.

For the following weeks the burly Graccus gotto know his duties and understand the privilege itwas to serve in the Praetorian Guard.

One morning, though, Lucius AntoniusFlavius, a member of the Privy Council, calledGraccus aside. Flavius leant casually against apillar, his long, flowing, purple edged toga hang-ing down to his ankles.

Lucius said to Graccus,'How much does the Emperor pay you for your

work?''Two hundred denarii,' replied Graccus

proudly.'I can offer you three thousand denarii in return

for a small favour.''It cannot be such a small favour if you are offer-

ing me fifteen years wages in one day,' repliedGraccus philisophically.

'Interested?' said Flavius.'Certainly,' commented Graccus.Then meet me at the Temple of Mars at

sunset,' ordered Flavius, then quietly slippedaway before Graccus could reply.

The hour arrived, and as commanded, Graccuswas at the mighty temple of Mars, standing beforethe flaming torches.

Flavius appeared from the shadows and silentlybeckoned him. Graccus moved forward, hisbreastplate reflecting on to the pillars around himthe light of the burning torches that danced likefrenzied druids he had seen on lona.i

Flavius seemed nervous when he reached him,and drew him into the shadow of the pillarimmediately. Then he spoke quietly, 'Graccus, Iwon't waste time. You want money and I amprepared to give you a lot of it if you will willkill Augustus Caesar!!'

'What!' choked Graccus.'Shush! Do you want us to be heard? You need

not sound so astonished. You will join an escort toAugustus when he tours Britannia, and quietlymurder him in his tent. I will seize power in Romeand promote you. You can blame it on the tribes,Brigantes or even the Atrebates,' 'Y . . Yes, fine,'said Graccus, rather shocked.

Graccus thought later that to abandon his loyal-ties was not such a bad thing in return for 3,000 de-narii.

As Flavius had said, he and eighty other Praeto-rians were to escort Augustus on his tour ofBritain.

The day came when Augustus, the Emperor,mounted his horse and in fine splendour and pompset off through quelled Gaul to the fortified port ofCalais.

They boarded a two hundred oared trireme andset off across the channel to the restless and wildcountry of Britannia. They landed at Fishbourneand were met by the Governor who escorted themto Verulanium, the capital.

Augustus wined and dined at Verulanium forten days until he left to tour the civilised areas.

They headed north through the wild hills andvalleys, constantly on the lookout for maraudingtribesmen. As they approached the town walls acavalcade of cavalry would meet them to escortthem in.

Graccus was beginning to have serious doubtsabout murdering the Emperor but he soon quelledthe doubt with the thought of receiving 3000denarii.

Augustus would walk the ramparts and observethe towers and earthworks of the immense con-structions until he reached the end of his tour anddecided to head for Deva.

The Praetorians were even more cautious aboutheading for Deva because they had been informedthat the Brigantes were rising in revolt again.

They stopped for the night in a wide valley nearthe coast and began to make a rampart for thecamp. They had finished the rampart and ditch bysunset, and after sentries had been set, retired totheir tents.

Graccus had decided that he must kill theEmperor tonight, in the Brigantine country.

He crept out of his tent into the cool of the nightand sampled the fresh sea breeze coming inlandfrom the coast. He picked up his pilum, threw hiscloak around him and walked off into thedarkness. The Emperor's tent was in the centre ofthe camp and his lamp was still on. Graccus creptround the back of the tent to avoid the sentries.He saw the Emperor silhouetted against the light,writing on a wax tablet. Graccus, loyalty gone,raised his pilum for 3000 denarii and threw it asforcefully as he could. It pierced the lining of thetent and struck the silhouetted man who fell with agasp to the ground.

There was a sudden shout and Graccus waswoken from the deed that he had done to reality.He ran through the mud to his tent and threw him-self in the straw mattress, panting.

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The trumpeter sounded 'fall in' on his bugle andGraccus, still stunned, stumbled outside.

A centurion shouted to a mounted section ofPraetorians to search the vicinity for a tribesmanwho had just killed the Emperor's Secretary!!

'What!' thought Graccus, 'the secretary!!' Hewas snatched from his tragedy and despair by theorder to fan out and search the valley floor.

The cavalry returned, followed shortly by therest of the infantry who, not surprisingly, hadfound no one.

In the morning a body was burnt on a funeralpyre and the centurion prayed to the God's to takevengeance on the killer.

The Praetorians undeterred, set off, fullyarmed, for Deva. By mid-afternoon the sun hadappeared and was blazing down on to the soldiersmercilessly.

Suddenly, Centurion Plautus saw a series ofglints of metal on the horizon.

'FORMATION!' shouted Plautus urgently.The soldiers gathered round the Eagle and theEmperor.

Over the horizon came a band of battle frenziedBrigantes, brandishing vicious swords.

The Roman troops locked shields and threwtheir javelins, the javelins scythed the horsemencausing confusion and death, but they keptcoming. They were met by a solid wall with pilumsprotruding; the wall broke in places but did notcollapse.

The Brigantes regrouped and were replenishedwith re-inforcements. They began to charge butwere stopped in their tracks by a devastating hailof arrows. The tribesmen retreated immediately,what was left of them!

From the rocky crag at the top of the valleyemerged a whole century of archers. The centur-ion leading them rode down to them to say he hadbeen sent from the legion at Deva to escort theEmperor Augustus in.

The guard, with the archers, marched on toDeva.

They arrived at Deva to a rapturous reception,and tour of the garrison and legionary base.

That night the Emperor stayed in thecamp commander's house. Graccus had one lastdesperate plan to kill the Emperor.

He crept out of his tent with one thought inmind, to kill! He lit his torch and sloshed throughthe mud towards the commander's house. Hestopped only momentarily to contemplate theconsequences. He brought his arm back and in acry of desperation threw his torch into the openwindow. Within seconds the room was alight and

the flames danced higher and higher. Graccusleapt through the door and ran to the Emperor'sroom to find Augustus already dressed when heburst in. He offered to escort the Emperor to thegarden for safety. They reached the garden andwith hatred in his eyes he drew his gladius.Graccus collapsed to the ground and lay still,dead!

Plautus withdrew the pilum from Graccus'sback and went over to the 'Emperor'. The soldiertook off the Emperor's cloak and went over tocheck the real Emperor who had been in safety allthe time.

Graccus had been set up!! He had been set upby Flavius from the start to see if he could betrusted as the Emperor's personal bodyguard.The secretary hadn't been killed, it was a dummyin the tent! Graccus had sacrificed his Praetorianprivilege.

BENJAMIN LAIDLER.

Horse and rider (shadow drawing) by S. Shortt

More unfortunate answers:Q: What is the first book of the Bible?A: Guinness.Q: What is boiling point?A: Boiling point of what?

Q: What is the capital of the Isle of Man?A: Man. City.Q: How do you feel if you feel persecuted?A: You feel picked on. Anyone would know thefeeling if they've got an older brother.

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SCHOOL LISTSEPTEMBER 1985

We apologize to the families Eggleshaw and Fullerton for the accidental omission of their names from thislist in last year's edition.

AITKEN, J. N., Beaumaris, Branksome Park Road, Camberley, Surrey.AKRAWI, M. L., 10 Avebury, Little Foxes, Bracknell, Berks.ALLEN-VERCOE, H., Windlecote House, Heath House Road, Worplesdon, Nr. Woking, Surrey.ANDERSON. A. J. C., Spring Copse, Anstie Lane, South Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey.ANDREWS, J. M., Yongsan, P.O. Box 175, Seoul, Korea.ASHWORTH, I. D., Oakfield Farmhouse, Scures Hill, Nateley Scures, Hants.ASHWORTH, N. J., Oakfield Farmhouse, Scures Hill, Nateley Scures, Basingstolce, Hants.ASTON, W. R., 13 Grange Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks.AUTY, C. A. R. R., Foxhollows, Grove Road, Hindhead, Surrey.AYRTON, J. M. B., 21 Signal Regiment, RAF Wildenrath, BFPO 42.AZURDIA, D. R. J., Oakhurst, 4 Ripplesmere Close, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.AZURDIA, R. A., Oakhurst, 4 Ripplesmere Close, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.BALDOCK, 47 Globe Farm Lane, Darby Green, Yateley, Hants.BALDWIN, R. D., Ned's Cottage, New Mill Road, Eversley, Hants.tBANKS, S., 4 Ashwell Avenue, Crawley Ridge, Camberley, Surrey.BARBER, A. J., 26 Believer Hill, Camberley, Surrey.BARBER, R. F., 26 Believer Hill, Camberley, Surrey.*BARBOUR, J. A., Ettrick, 41 Tekels Avenue, Camberley, Surrey.BARRINGTON, O. R. A., Papillon, Springfield Road, Camberley, Surrey.BARWELL, C. G., Costain (WA) Ltd, PO Box 88 Lagos, Nigeria.BELLAMY, N., 18 Boundary Road, Farnborough, Hants.BENTLEY, D. M. D., 5 Oriel Hill, Camberley, Surrey.BENTLEY, R. M., 5 Oriel Hill, Camberley, Surrey.BERESFORD, N. J., 4 Ardwell Close, Crowthorne, Berks.BERESFORD, T. R., 4 Ardwell Close, Crowthorne, Berks.BIRCH, R., C-l Deepdene, 55 Island Road, Deepwater Bay, Hong Kong.BLACKBURN, C. I., 14 Croft Road, Oakley, Basingstoke, Hants.*BLYTHEN, T., 36 Nashgrove Lane, Wokingham, Berks.BOLS, A. T. G, 22 Rannoch Road, London, W6.BOWEN, A. J., Blossomfield, Hill Farm Lane, Binfield, Berks.tBowN, C. B. S., 21 Old Acre,.West End, Woking, Surrey.BROWN, P. C., 1 Beech Glen, Crowthorne Road, Bracknell, Berks.BRYDEN, D. J., Brackenhill, Brommrigg Road, Fleet,-Hants.BUNCE, C. W., The Fir Tree, 299 Lynchford Road, Farnborough, Hants.BURR, A. J., Crofton, Pine Avenue, Camberley, Surrey.BURROUGHS, D. T. ,4 Coleridge Avenue, Yateley, Hants.BYWATER, T. L., Webbs Barn, Mapledurwell, Basingstoke, Hants.CAMERON, R. S. B., 14 Ave Tir Aux Pigeons, Bruxelles, 1150, Belgium.CARR, J. P. A., Batus, BFPO 14.CARTER, S. A., White Cairn, Wellington College.CHALMERS, J. R. A., PO Box 12070, Dubai, UAE.CHALMERS, T. E. S., PO Box 12070, Dubai, UAE.CHAMBERS, H. T. O., 12 Calais Street, London, SE5.CHEUNG, D. S-L, 28 Elgar Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks.

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CHURCHER, S. M., 8 Benning Way, Wokingham, Berks.CONIBEAR, J. P., Headquarters BAOR, BFPO 40.COOK, W. R., 65 Park Road, Hampton Hill, Middx.COOPE, R. J. E., 8 Kent Road, East Molesey, Surrey.CORNWELL, J. B., The Cottage, 134 Jenkins Hill, Bagshot, Surrey.tCROSS, M. E. W., 6 Brackendale Close, Camberley, Surrey.CROSS, N. J., Inglewood Cottage, Church Grove, Fleet, Hants.*CULLINGHAM, A. S., 11 Beswick Gardens, Bracknell, Berks.CULVER, E. J., Brackley, 37 Franklin Avenue, Hartley Wintney, Hants.DANAHER, P. M., New House, High Street, Odiham, Hants.DAWSON, J. C. N., Cooks Green, Lamarsh, Bures, Suffolk.DEAR, J. E., 36 Pinehill Road, Crowthorne, Berks.DESBOROUGH, D. M., Charley Hill, Burghclere, Nr. Newbury, Berks.DRAKE, J. A. W., 19 Lower Street, Haslemere, Surrey.DRAPER, C. J., Netherwood, 42 The Crescent, Farnborough, Hants.DREW.D. W. S., Headquarters, Northag, BFPO 40.DUNCAN, A. M., Little Stede, Brockenhurst Road, South Ascot, Berks.EGGLESHAW, R. J., The Divots, Elvethan Road, Fleet, Hants.ELD, B. R., 11 Knowles Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks.ELIOT, P. D., Munchner Str 9, 8028 Taufkirchen, West Germany.EVANS, T. G., Little Orchard, The Village, Finchampstead, Berks.EVANS, W. M. L., 6 St. Helier Close, Wokingham, Berks.FLATT, L. G., Priors Lodge, Priors Wood, Crowthorne, Berks.FLETCHER, J. W., Highway, Forest End Road, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.de FOUBERT, N. I. K., 4 Ordnance Battalion, 4 Armd Division, BFPO 15.de FOUBERT, T. N. H., 4 Ordnance Battalion, 4 Armd Division, BFPO 15.Fox, D. H. J., Longwood, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.Fox, T. R. H., Longwood, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.FROST, J. R., Wallberry, Brackley Avenue, Hartley Wintney, Hants.FUGLESANG, A. G. C., 25 Blewbury Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, Berks.FUGLESANG, J. F. N., 25 Blewbury Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, Berks.FULLERTON, J. C., Ampress Cottage, Charlton Lane, Swallowfield, Berks.GARNER, E. P., PO Box 2222, Dubai UEA.GARNER, J. S., PO Box 2222, Dubai, UAE.GAVIN-BROWN, N. I., The Oast House, Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hants.GEERING, T. J., 347 Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, Berks.GREENAWAY, C. J., 48 Sturgess Road, Wokingham, Berks.GREENWOOD, D. J. A., 24 Chestnut Avenue, Wokingham, Berks.GRIFFIN, J. H., Evesham, Houston Way, Lower Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, Berks.GRIFFITHS-EYTON, D. M., Bod Talog, Tywyn, Gwynedd.GUEST, R. M. R., Spindle Berry, Pine Avenue, Camberley, Surrey.GUY, A. R. T., Magnolia House, Hitches Lane, Fleet, Hants.HADLEIGH, D., 24 Harvard Road, Claremont Wood, Owlsmoor, Camberley, Surrey.HAGEN, D., 9 Roundabout Lane, Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107, USA.HALE, P. N., 3 The Meads, Chaownesmead Lane, Hay wards Heath, Herts.HAMMOND, D. R., 7A St. Mary's Road, Sindle- sham, Wokingham, Berks.HARVEY, L. R., 1 Edgbarrow Lodge, 76 Sandhurst Road, Crowthorne, Berks.HEDGECOE, G. N., Rowan House, Burrow Hill Green, Chobham, Woking, Surrey.HILL, J. R. C., 39 Christchurch Street, London, S.W.3.HILSON, J. L. B., Tha Hardinge, Wellington College.HOLDEN, S. F., Coach House, 19 Elvetham Road, Fleet, Hants.HOLMES, M. E., Top End, 28 Warfield Road, Bracknell, Berks.

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HOPPER, A. P., 17 Mickle Hill, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.HOPPER, M. R., 17 Mickle Hill, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.HUDSON, A. B., The Lodge, Hunts Common, Hartley Wintney, Hants.HUGHES, L. N., 7 Knowles Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks.HUGHES, N. J. H., 73 Priory Road, Kew Green, Richmond, Surrey.HUTCHINSON, N. J., The Hardinge, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.JELF, C. E., 34 Oxford Close, Baningbourn Bks, Royston, Herts.JENKINS, 2 Luckley Wood, Wokingham, Berks.JOHNSTON, J. P., 7 Broadoaks Crescent, West Byfleet, Surrey.JONES, J. R. L., 27 Claymore Road, 2301 The Claymore, Singapore 0922.JONES, P. G., Monck Cottage, 19 Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants.KENNEDY, R. M. S., The Close, Crondall, Farnham, Surrey.KING, S. R., Lynwood Cottage, Goughs Lane, Bracknell, Berks.KIRK, J. M., 'Whispers', 125 Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, Berks.KIRK, R. A., 'Whispers', 125 Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, Berks.KNOX-JOHNSTON, D. G., 16 Shalbourne Rise, Camberley, Surrey.LANE, N. J., 6 Towers Drive, Crowthorne, Berks.LANGLEY, D. R., West Grove, Rue de Haut, St. Lawrence, Jersey.LEDWICH, D., Fountains Garth, Bracknell, Berks.LOCH, R. P., Walnut Tree Cottage, Windsor Forest.LOWDEN, C. P., 44 Cedar Road, Farnborough, Hants.LUTHER, A. C., 36 Sandhurst Road, Wokingham, Berks.MACARTHUR, J. R. J., The Combermere, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.MACDONALD, C. P., Im Thomasgarten 27, Ch-4104, Oberwil, Switzerland.MACDOUGALL, J. D., Ordnance Deport Antwerp, BFPO 21.MACFARLANE, C. A., Dinorben Lodge, Dinorben Avenue, Fleet, Hants.MACFARLANE, N. D., Dinorben Lodge, Dinorben Avenue, Fleet, Hants.MACHRAY, M. H., Tile House, Tilehurst Lane, Binfield, Berks.MACLAGAN, M. J. T., 10 Belton Road, Camberley, Surrey.MACLAGAN, R. A. K., 10 Belton Road, Camberley, Surrey.MAHOOD, C. A., Southcourt, Fleet Hill, Finchampstead, Berks.MARTIN, G. J. G., Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berks.MAWSON, B. L., Church Place, Eversley Cross, Eversley, Hants.MINERS, J. H., Pain D'Avoine, 1349 Daillens (Vaud), Switzerland.MINERS, R. P., Pain D'Avoine, 1349 Daillens (Vaud), Switzerland.MINNS J. E., PO Box 26, Nanyuki, Kenya, E. Africa.MONK, D. S. D., 61 Gaily Hill Road, Church Crookham, Hants.MONTGOMERY, A. S., 92 Binjai Park, Singapore 2158.MOORE, M. T., Kingswood House, Heathlands Road, Wokingham, Berks.MORGAN, D. J., 23 High Street, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.^MORGAN, D. J. B., 16-18 Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, Berks.MORGAN, J. S., 155 Castlenau, Barnes, London, SW13 9EW.MORRISON, R. J. M., Corkie Pines, Kirkton of Maryculter, Aberdeenshire.MURRAY, B. D., Applecroft, 16 Elsenwood Drive, Camberley, Surrey.MURRE, R. M. W., PO Box 10011, Madinat Al-Jubnail Al-Sinaiyah, Saudi Arabia.MCALLISTER, J. A., Appleshaw House, Woodside, Windsor Forest, Berks.MCCAIRN, A. J., Flat 1, 35 Rue de la Rangee, 92380 Garches, France.McCALL, E. A., West Lodge, 47 The Terrace, Wokingham, Berks.MCDOUGALL, H. G., 10 Lake End Way, Stratfield Copse, Crowthorne.McGovfAN, R. D., Mill Hill House, Brockweir, Gwent.MCRONALD, A. S., 11 South Close, Wokingham, Berks.NASON, M., 27 Hamilton Road, Reading, Berks.

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O'CONNOR, D. J., North Frith House, Deepcut Bridge Road, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey.tPEACE, K. P., 25 Leopold Avenue, Farnborough, Hants.PEAOAM, O. A. R., 8 The Baredown, Nateley Scures, Hants.PEET, R. J., Edgcumbe Park Drive, Crowthorne, Berks.PERYER, G. R. F., Tile House, Shepherds Green, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon.PYM, C. D., 54 Halifax Street, Brighton, Melbourne, Australia.RICHARDS, C. J. L., Little Heath, Roman Ride, Crowthorne, Berks.RICHARDS, I. C., 4 Barkhart Gardens, Wokingham, Berks.RICHARDS, M. A., 6 Nell Gwynne Avenue, Shepperton.RICKARDS, A. M., Sandhurst Lodge Farm, Ambarrow Lane, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.RICKARDS, M. S., Sandhurst Lodge Farm, Ambarrow Lane, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey.ROBERTS, G. J., Turret House, 24 Church Hill, Camberley, Surrey.ROBERTS, J. G., Shierglas, 71 Victoria Road, Fleet, Hants.ROBERTS, P., 46 Wellesley Drive, Crowthorne, Berks.ROBINS, S. M., 2 Riverside Close, Old Basing, Hants.SANDERSON, C. T. L., 85 Addison Gardens, London, W14.SANDERSON, D. H., 176Tavistock Road, Fleet, Hants.SEBIRE, B. J., 26 Abingdon Road, Owlsmoor, Camberley, Surrey.SEBIRE, D. W., 26 Abingdon Road, Owlsmoor, Camberley, Surrey.SHAFTO, J. P., 12 Knowles Avenue, Crowthorne, Berks.SHEPHERD, D. A., Hutts Farm, Blagrove Lane, Wokingham, Berks.SIMPSON, A. M., 5 Cornwall Close, Camberley, Surrey.SIMPSON, D. M., 5 Cornwall Close, Camberley, Surrey.SIVARAJAH, N., 29 Dukes Wood, Crowthorne, Berks.SKELLY, M. J., 126 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hants.SMITH, C. J., Ayling House, 16 Ayling Lane, Aldershot, Hants.SMITH, C. T., Heathwood, 74 Ellis Road, Crowthorne, Berks.SMITH, K. S., Ayling House, 16 Ayling Lane, Aldershot, Hants.SPENDER, S. B. P., 13 Holroyd Road, London, SW15.STEWART, H. G. H., 39 Rose Street, Wokingham, Berks.SULLIVAN, D. J., 59 Carmarthen Close, Farnborough, Hants.TAYLOR, M. J. V., 7 Orchard End, Rowledge, Nr. Farnham, Surrey.TAYLOR, R. S., Chadmore Close, Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, Berks.THOMSON, N. E., 27 Roman Close, Salisbury, Wilts.THOMSON, P. R., Warbrook Mead, Warbrook Lane, Eversley, Hants.THURSTAN, J. H. F., 10 Island Close, Hayling Island, Hants.TROUGHTON, I. H., 39 Dukes Wood, Crowthorne, Berks.TROUGHTON, P. T., 39 Dukes Wood, Crowthorne, Berks.TWEED, C. R. R., Bunces Shaw, Parsons Farm, Farley Hill, Reading, Berks.WALTERS, B. M., B7 Stanley Knoll, 42 Stanley Village Road, Stanley, Hong Kong.WARDE, S. J. M., 3 Claremont Avenue, Camberley, Surrey.WATSON, H. E., 1 Beverley Close, Camberley, Surrey.WATSON, M. A., 20 Cornelia Drive, Greenwich, CT06830, USA.WAUGH, W. P. G., 5 Connaught Close, Wellington College, Berks.WHITEHEAD, G. D., 22 South Road, RAF Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs.WHITEHEAD, R., 22 South Road, RAF Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs.WILD, J. R. E., 2 Farther Sand Close, The Langlands, Hampton Lucy, Warwicks.WILKIE, E. A., High Trees, 40 Waterloo Road, Wokingham, Berks.WILKINSON, S. G. C., 6 Dodds Crescent, West Byfleet, Surrey.WILLIAMSON, A. K., St. Louis Mansions, 2nd Floor, 20 Macdonnell Road, Hong Kong.WILLIAMSON, S. D., St. Louis Mansions, 2nd Floor, 20 Macdonnell Road, Hong Kong.WILLSON, V. M. T., 55 Walpole Street, Weymouth, Dorset.

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Wn .SON, A. J., A10 Repulse Bay Mansions, 115 Repulse Bay Road, Hong Kong.WINFIELD, T. A., Intelligence Division, SHAPE, BFPO 26.WINGFIELD, J. R., Esmerelda Court Apt 7F, 64 Soi Ngam Duplee, Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10120,

Thailand.WORTHINGTON, S. P., 104 York Street, London, Wl.WRIGHT, S. S., Knoll House, Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey.YEOMXNS, L. C., 10 Salamanca, Wellington Park, Crowthorne, Berks.YOUNG, J. A. S., 92 East Sheen Avenue, London, SW14.

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O.E.H. NEWSFirst I must draw the attention of Old Boys to the information about the Centenary celebrations, on

page 11 details of events to be held in 1986 are given. We hope that as many of you as are able will return torenew acquaintances, and to see how the school is developing.

It is thanks to the efforts of all the letter-writers and correspondents that this section of the magazineexists: next year it should be even bigger.

The name Chataway is well-known in the world of athletics: we were told during the year that ampngstthe Chataway trophies is a Running Cup from Eagle House, won in the early 1900's by J. D. P. Chataway(03-06) father of Christopher Chataway, M.P., and international athlete.

We congratulate Lt. Gen. Sir BRIAN L. G.KENNY (43-45), Commander of the 1st(British) Corps, on his promotion in Januaryand his knighthood in the Queen's BirthdayHonours List.

JOHN H. PEARSE (55-60) is living in the Bristolarea, and is now working in insurance, havingbeen with a Building Society for some years.

BILL WEBB (56-61) has been the Administratorfor the Scottsh National Youth Orchestra.

S. HAYWARDE (66-68) is an officer in theGuards and has also done a fair amount oftravelling recently.

R. E. J. STOPFORD (66-71) now works forLondon Weekend Television, dealing withmany of the electronic problems that arisebehind the camera. He has recently been toJapan and expects to do further travelling withhis company.

J. HAYWARDE (67-71) is with Hambro Life andhas recently acquired a country cottage nearLechlade. He travels up and down the country alot of the time, lecturing on pensions and taxavoidance.

JULIAN DE WILTON (68-72) and SIMON DEWILTON (69-74) are both well: Julian is atimber agent at Sanderstead, Surrey and Simonis an Assistant Teacher at Clayesmore PrepSchool, Dorset.

J. H. BURLAND (?-72) after spending timelearning to trade in insurance, is now workingwith the Fenchurch Group, and has become areal 'city gentleman'.

MARK WEBSTER (70-75) having completedhis music studies at Birmingham University, isnow teaching piano and doing accompanimentwork at Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley.He has just given a successful debut recital atCamberley Civic Hall and hopes to do more inthe future.

C. CROLE (71-76) is 'just about to leave Cam-bridge, and I start work for a Merchant Bank inthe City in October, which leaves me with mixedfeelings. I will now have to earn a living. Sandy(66-71) is busy trying to become an artist, andDuncan (64-69) is an underpaid publisher, so Ishall probably have to send their children toschool as well / hope all is well, and thatE. H. is not rapidly becoming a rest-home for thesons of Surrey commuters.'

RICHARD SWANN (71-76) finished at Exeter,studying Engineering, this year, and was goingto Sandhurst in September.

JAMES AXSON (-77) finished his course (Busi-ness Studies, Travel and Tourism) at Newburyin May; is still a keen sportsman (Skiing, Read-ing Hockey Club).

SEAN BARLEY (72-78) is working for his fatherin Easthampstead.

NICHOLAS CARPENTER (72-78) is working inFleet. He keeps up with a number of old friendsfrom E.H.

MICHAEL SEED (72-78) after a period in bothAustralia and South America, is now atChristchurch reading Greats.

CHRISTIAN GAINES (73-78) is now inAmerica.

TIMOTHY PATON (73-78) is at Dorset Instituteof Higher Education, Bournemouth, studyingfor a diploma in Business Studies, and trying tobegin a career with his pop group, or in photo-journalism.

PHILIP LITTLEHALES (74-79) is at the OxfordPolytechnic, with David Robinson (see below).

TIM LITTLEHALES (74-79) is in the GreenJackets, and has been running a discotheque.

MARK BUTTERWORTH (75-80) is hoping tojoin the Foreign Office: was learning Japanese,but changed to Chinese.

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ROBERT JAMES (75-79) has left Hurstpierpointand is studying for 'A' levels at Alton TechnicalCollege, along with Martin Kay (78-81).

DAVID ROBINSON (75-79) is now at OxfordPolytechnic reading Estate Management, as isPhilip Littlehales. He is enjoying Oxford andhas joined the Polytechnic Rowing Club.

RICHARD STORRIF (75-80) is doing Commer-cial Studies at Exeter.

Congratulations to PATRICK WRIGHT (77-80)who was last seen by a member of staff on thetelevision screen, having just returned from atrip to America which was part of the prizehe won on the television programme, 'Block-busters'.

CLIFFORD MOSS (78-80) left the Oratory twoyears ago with 10 'O' levels, having edited theschool magazine, represented the school atboth football and chess, and won the Latinprize. He took three 'A' levels at FarnboroughVlth Form College this summer (Maths,Physics, Chemistry) and hopes to take a yearout in various jobs before attending JournalisticCollege in Portsmouth in September, 1986.

NICHOLAS PATON (78-81) is now at QueenMary's Vlth College, Basingstoke, doingHistory, English and Politics 'A' level. Hisambition is to be a disc-jockey, and he hasbeen gaining experience working with RadioCambridge in the Cambridge Military Hospitalin Aldershot.

NEWS FROM O.E.Hs AT SCHOOLS

ALLEYN'S — JAMES STANCOMB is now aqualified Royal Engineer! This has beenachieved through enthusiastic involvement insuch exercises as bridge demolition, and hasbeen on several expeditions with members ofthe 9th Para. He takes 'O' levels next year, thenhopes to earn a scholarship to Sandhurst.

BRADFIELD — JONATHAN CLOSE has hada good start. He has been continually occupiedduring his free time playing squash and fives,and has also taken up golf. College teams he hasplayed for are Juniors football, hockey andcricket.J. WAITERS and N. B. S. FURNELL haveleft.

BEARWOOD — Alex Busby has evidently beenhighly active; he was vice-captain for the Under14 rugby team (eight tries to his name), helpedout with a musical play, playing a variety ofinstruments. He has now made his choices forthe 'O' levels ahead.

CHRISTOPHER CALVEY takes three 'O'levels this November, captained the Under 15cricket XI, is playing for the school 2nd XVrugby, and is evidently enjoying himself.STUART MORRIS was busy revising forexams this summer.

COKETHORPE — SIMON JOHNSON is doingwell, and is busy preparing for 'O' levels nextyear. He is evidently enjoying cricket, and hasplayed for the 1st XI.

CRICKHOWELL — ALUN HOOD, when hewrote, was hoping for a quick resolution to theteachers' dispute, as he found himself missing anumber of things, including a trip to theNational Theatre, to see The GovernmentInspector'. He is very pleased at the dramawork he has to do at school, and has joined theSouth Powys Youth Theatre, who were doing aplay writing/performing workshop, and a tourwith the musical 'Salad Days'.

DUKE OF YORK'S MILITARY SCHOOL,DOVER — EWAN CAMERON has beenextremely busy with sport. Up every morning at6.00 a.m. for a start, a very successful Under 14rugby team, waterpolo for Under 16's, andmore senior teams, a commendable set ofachievements in athletics, and lastly shooting,and swimming. He has joined a choir, and workis also going well.

KING'S SCHOOL, BRUTON — SIMONCULVER did not miss the chance to point outthat his rugby team beat Milton Abbey's, whichincluded Sebastian Courage. He's doing verywell musically, being in the choir, orchestra,and string orchestra. Work is apparently goingwell, and he now devotes a certain amount ofspare time to wine-making (I can vouch for thequality of the results. A.W.P.).

KINGHAM HILL — ANTHONY DEBARNHOLT suffered a set-back earlier in theyear when he fractured a bone in his ankle.

LEIGHTON PARK — JEFFERY WOOD nowcruises by bicycle along the three-quarters of amile from his school house to the main house, ajourney that has to be made several times a day,and writes enthusiastically of life at the school:he has dropped Latin, taken up computing, andalso tried woodwork and silversmithing makingseveral artefacts, not least a silver-plated silverplate. Although he has not officially taken up amusical instrument, he was 'volunteered' toplay the triangle in a Newcomers' Concert; butthe intended debut never came off, as he was illon the great day!

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LORD WANDSWORTH — DOMINIC BAR-NES has made many new friends, and is enjoy-ing life in his house. He reached the U14football team and the under 14 cross countrysquad, even though the course, he claims, ismuch tougher than that at Eagle House. Hissummer sport was tennis. He has now given upLatin in favour of metalwork, and has alsotaken up Spanish.PAUL ROADES cannot have had much sparetime this year: centre for the rugby 'B' team, inthe swimming team, took part in several biath-lons (1500m run and 100m swim), came 6th inSouthern Region Triathlon, played hockey as aback for the 'A' team, captain of the Under 15cricket XI, and finally played for HampshireSchools Under 15 XI. He has also experiencedthe fun of firing blanks and sleeping out on aCCF overnight exercise, and discovered how fityou need to be for a week's CCF camp. Hiswork is going well, and he is evidently enjoyingthe active life.

MILLFIELD — BEN EASTICK ran crosscountry for his house, which came second.Made the hockey 'B' team, the House archeryand completed the Glastonbury Road Run. Hisenthusiasm for the electric guitar and itsinterpreters remains as great, though JimMorrison may have displaced Eric Clapton astop of the list.GILES LINWOOD has played Junior Colts 'Crugby, finds life at Millfield great, and sends hisregards to all.

MILTON ABBEY—SEBASTIAN COURAGEwas settling well when he wrote early in theyear, despite being, in his own words, 'a littlesquirt again'. Played Under 14 rugby (againstSimon Culver at Kings Bruton) switching to flyhalf, joined the golf, shooting, squash andpottery clubs, and reached the Under 14 squashteam. Work was going well for him also, and hehas taken a part in a play.MARCUS PIPE was due to leave in the sum-mer to join the Army.RICHARD TRANT finished at Milton Abbeythis summer, having earned his colours for 1stXI hockey, and took three 'A' levels. He will begoing to an Australian sheep station afterworking on a ranch in America this year andthen is aiming for Sandhurst in 1986.

MONKTON COMBE — JAMES HEROYS hasnow begun 'A' level work.

ORATORY — MARK SPILLER, ran the 400mand 800m for Wicken Park School athletics

team, and now, with his exams behind him, he isable to wave the paint brush again.

RADLEY— RICHARD JOHNSON was work-ing hectically for 'A' levels in the summer, andplanning to take Cambridge Entrance thiswinter. He still rows, in a Colts crew, and enjoysthat.

READING BLUECOA T'SCHOOL — DANIELRICHARDSON is doing well, has joined theRAF section of the CCF.

RENDCOMB COLLEGE — JAMESMcMONIGALL played for the Under 15 rugbyteam, and 'managed to flop over the line on afew occasions with a grace that Bill Beaumontwould have been proud of, utilised body-blocking and last minute stop skills as goalkeeper for the Under 15B hockey team andbowled, rather than kept wicket, for the Under15 cricket XI. He is taking nine 'O' levels nextyear, and took two this summer. He has beenplaying tennis, shooting, windsurfing and haswalked a total of 65 miles in four expeditions forthe Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.

ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL, HOLBROOK— CHRISTOPHER MILLS was feeling fed upwith exams when he wrote, but sounds well.

57. EDWARD'S — NICHOLAS EMSON willbe in the concert band this term, has beenrowing, playing tennis, squash and cricket. Hehas taken up Technical Drawing, and given upChemistry and German.MICHAEL HARVEY — is believed to haveleft, and gone to South America.MICHAEL HUTTON has been playing plentyof cricket (Junior Colts B XI) and tennis andsquash. He has nine 'O' levels to cope with, andwrites 'Everything is fine here".

SEAFORD — JEREMY ENDICOTT saysthings are all right as far as work is concerned,and as for sport, he has played Junior Colts Arugby team, was no. 2 in the squash team,captained the Junior Colts A hockey team, andwas chosen to play for Sussex after an indoorhockey competition; then he broke his shoul-der, which prevented him from playing thetennis he had opted for in preference to cricketbut he says that he has recovered.

SHIPLAKE COLLEGE — DAVID KETTER-INGHAM, rowing, earned himself a seat in theJunior 14 boat, and also ran for the house in thecross country team.J. M. WHITMAN left in July 1984. He was inthe Upper VIth, a school prefect, sang with thechoir and played in the orchestra. He went toExeter.

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M. J. UNDERWOOD left in 1984 to do jour-nalism, having been a house prefect, and in theUpper Vlth.

SLINDON COLLEGE — GUY COSGROVEis still working with race horses at school, butfears that exam pressure this year may force himto give that up for a spell. Apart from two weekswhich he planned to spend in Pau near thePyrenees improving his French while stayingwith friends who share his interest in racing, hewas anticipating a busy holiday with his ownhorse, at events in Dorset and Wales, riding forKent and Sussex.

WINCHESTER — ROBERT GUEST has hadan enjoyable year, with three A grades at 'O'level, and another nine to take this term. Heexpects to go on with English, History, Maths,and Latin to 'A' level. He has played golf for the1st VI for two terms now, and will be Secretaryof Golf next 'half. He has rowed for the U.151st VIII, and trains with the 1st squad. That'snot all: he's also won a History prize.NIGEL NICHOLSON, Senior Colts football,and No. 3 batsman for 2nd XI. In the comingyear he becomes Captain of Badminton and'College Sixes' (one of the three Winchesterfootball captains). Golf, tennis, and basketballhave also kept him active. He now has Maths'A' level, and is currently 'doing' Classics forOxford. He won prizes for Recitation, GreekLiterature and Maths last year, and is now asenior prefect in his house.MARK SPALDING feels the atmosphere isvery relaxed, with such a vast amount of freetime. He now plays the bassoon in the 2ndOrchestra, and has begun to play on therenowned new organ in Chapel. He scored forthe 2nd XI, and has enjoyed a large number ofconcerts in Winchester during the year.NICHOLAS TERRY is about to take nine 'O'levels, and is planning to do Russian 'A' level.He has kept up fencing, and now does printingalso. He has joined the CCF, and stopped play-ing D & D in favour of his own game, 'nowMk.4'.JAMES WORSTEAD sought revenge for theomission of his name from last year's Leavers'List by sending in his news anonymously:'There's been a lot to do at Winchester, a half-day every other day means I'm free to participatein sport, go to a club, or work. The enormousrange of facilities means that I have done Karate,Weight-Training, Basketball, Swimming, Bad-minton and Winchester Football. I can't claim to

be in any major teams, though I've played for myhouse. I find the abnormal curriculum ofWinchester avoids hockey, much to myannoyance, and I dislike Winchester Football.But things are carrying on at a fast pace'.

Name of school not known:CHRISTOPHER FARRAR has had to makehis option choices for the future, feels thathis first year has flown by, and found timenonetheless to visit Yan Gittins during theEaster holidays.JEREMY HAMPSON is still at school inCanada, but passed through Eagle Houseduring his holiday on the way to Australia. Heseems to have settled to the Canadian wayreadily, has a very evident accent already,enjoys his sport but finds it difficult to adjust tothe stick size in ice-hockey. He skis in winter,sails in summer, and has to ride a snow-buggy toschool for part of the year. One difference hefinds awkward is the French — 'pepper' Frenchof Quebec. This year he made a model of theGlobe Theatre, for which he won a silvermedal.

NEWS FROM O.E.Hs AT WELLINGTON

Congratulations to the four O.E.Hs. whorepresented the college in the squad that won theschools' match preceding the Varsity Hockeymatch this year—M. J. Miles, M. L. Jones, M. H.A. Porter and N. R. Simpson.

E.H. can claim almost a quarter of the 1stOrchestra, and a-similar fraction of the prize-winners honoured at Speech Day this summer.

It was pleasant to see so many of our Old Boysback at the school for our summer Sports Day.

ANGLESEY: ALISTAIR ADCROFT: enjoysshooting, has 12 'O' levels.RICK DEAKIN: says, 'Hello again'.MURRAY HUMPHRIES: now has 'O' levelsbehind him. Has played 2nd/3rd XV rugby,represented Berkshire at athletics, was in thevictorious 4 x 100m hurdles team at the Achillesrelays, and has run for the 1st VIII crosscountry.

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STEPHEN JACKSON: '84: Berkshire athleticsteam (long jump) — 3rd XV rugby. '85: Berk-shire champion (long jump) and member ofWCAC. '86: world tour with the band and lotsof money (maybe).DICK LITTLEWOOD and HENRY SUG-DEN have now left.N. G. PATON: has left Wellington.MIKE RISMAN earned nine 'A' grades at 'O'level. Full back with the 1st XV rugby. Enjoyedathletics, winning the Achilles hurdles and thePublic Schools' javelin, 'as well as having a greatlaugh with the WCAC'.

BENSON: STEPHEN BUSHELL: now in his'O' level year, he has played dormitory rugbyand cricket.KLAUS DODDS: played all house teams,Colts 2nd XV rugby and Colts 1st XI cricket,and took nine 'O' levels this summer.PIERS DODDS: is one of the land yacht buil-ders in the design centre, and has played househockey and cricket.JONATHAN HARRIS: represented theschool in the 2nd athletics team (triple jump),has spent some time computing, and is nowaiming for 10 'O' levels.CALLUM LUDGATE: college teams for ath-letics, rugby and hockey, and 'O' levels thissummer.ALAN MONTGOMERY: house teams and3rd XI cricket for his age group; has enjoyed hisfirst year.MICHAEL OLDRIDGE: playing in severalsports for the house and represented the collegeat athletics (high jump), and hopes for 10 'O'levels in the coming year.

BERESFORD: CHARLES ANDREWS; takesnine 'O' levels in the coming year, representedthe college by putting the shot for the athleticsteam, captained the Yearlings 3rd XV rugby,and has played squash and tennis regularly.OLAF BENGTSSON: will by now have takenhis History, German and Maths 'A' levels. AHouse Prefect, and enthusiastic sportsman, hespecialises in the ancient Korean art of self-defence — Sul Ki Do.PHILIP BIRD: has taken up the bass guitar,and was planning to form a group this summer.He's taking nine 'O' levels next summer, andhas played rugby, hockey and cricket for thedormitory.

ANDREW FINDLOW: has been active in dor-mitory sports teams, and the schools athleticsteam, also squash, tennis and swimming. Hisearly 'O' levels will by now be over, advancingto more exams next year. He playedDogsborough in the production of 'Arturo Ui'during the year.N. MARCH: was preparing for 'A' levels thissummer.NEIL ROWNTREE: expresses mostenthusiasm for his new band trio, Farewell toArms, for which he plays lead guitar. Besidethis, other activities are overshadowed, but histime is evidently well filled.VICTOR VERTIC: 'After passing his 4th termOxbridge exams, is having a very laid back time,enjoying such pastimes as Sul Ki Do and —homebrewing(!)'PAUL WINSPEAR: took three 'A' levels, andwas planning to spend his GAP year on Frenchbeaches. He enjoyed playing for the 1st Band,and 'exercising his powers as a dormitory pre-fect'. High and triple jump were his events in thecollege athletics team.ALISTAIR WOOD: took eight more 'O' levelsand two 'A' levels in the summer and has playedplenty of hockey, tennis and squash during theyear.

COMBERMERE: PHILIP HARPER is stillsomething of a computer expert: he is taking hismain 'O' levels next summer, after a successfulA grade in Maths this summer. He has alsobecome involved theatre work, on the propsside and constructing a theatre communicationssystem.MATTHEW JONES: is an 'A' levels scientistwith strong out of doors interests which havetaken him recently to the Scottish mountainsand the Pyrenees: his ambition is allegedly toclimb 'the Matterhorn unaided'!PAUL LOVATT: he has left Wellington afterpassing 'A' levels. He is aiming to readEconomics at University after improving hisgrades at a London College.GILES NEWMAN: has left Wellington aftertaking 'A' levels to read Chemistry at King'sCollege, London. In his final year Giles wasHead of the Combermere and a College Pre-fect. He was a 1st XV colour at rugby andplayed for Berkshire Under 19 XV; he alsorepresented the college 2nd XI at cricket.MILES OPIE: is taking Economics, Geog-raphy and Chemistry at 'A' level next summer.

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He is very busy in the Theatre — especially thecurrent Macbeth production, as well as runningthe College Inter-Dormitory Quiz, which theCombermere won last year.ANDREW RUTHERFORD: he is living inMalawi after a successful 'A' level yearwhich has gained him admission to South-ampton University to read Economics andAccountancy in 1986. In the meantime he isworking for an international firm of Accoun-tants in Malawi to gain business experience. AtWellington he was a keen water-sports man —sailing, wind-surfing and swimming—as well astennis and squash; he was a Prefect at bothWhitecairn and the Combermere.SIMON WILSON: had a very successful 'O'level year with A grades in the Sciences andArt, and he is now an 'A' level scientist.His swimming was a major strength to theWellington College team in the summer.JUSTIN WILSON: has had an excellent firstyear at Wellington, involved in college rugby,hockey, swimming and athletics; in the lattertwo he managed to represent the college at bothsports in one afternoon by rushing from theswimming pool to Rockies! He says that 'workhasn't been too bad either'.

HARD INGE: PAUL CHES WORTH: leads apacked life; a member of both orchestras andthe Colts and college Golf VI; took 'O' levels inthe summer.SIMON COE: Has played for rugby and athle-tics teams.ROBIN COE: finds there are many more thingsto do at Wellington, and that it is very differentfrom Eagle House. He has played dormitoryrugby and cricket, and ran 400m, 800m, and therelay for the athletics team.PHILIP COOPER: has just finished his year inthe 2nd Block, has played Junior Colts 1st teamrugby, hockey and cricket, scoring a personalbest of 83 not out. He takes 12 'O' levels in thecoming year.GUY DONOVAN: has played dormitorysport, has made his 'O' level choices, and isenjoying Welfington greatly.MARK DRAPER: toured with the Band atManchester ('very wet') — though not so dampas the sailing he still does at Hawley Lake,perhaps. Took 'O' levels in the summer.

JO FORD: did very well in the 'O' levels hetook this summer, played in the first Orchestraand has had to 'live down a bright pair of trous-ers' that contravened the laws of fashion. (Atent might be more comfortable).RAJEEB GUHA-THAKURTA: has enjoyeda successful sporting year, which included beingin the 1st VIII at a six-a-side tournament,played 2nd XI football, represented Colts 1stXI in cricket, and the dormitory in senior rugby.This summer he took his 'O' levels.GEORGE HATCH: has maintained hisinterest in athletics and sailing, will by now be inthe 1st Orchestra, and took a further 10 'O'levels in the summer, including Greek which heclaims was especially hard work.MARK HEDGECOE: is studying hard forOxbridge, and English, History, and Politics'A' levels.DAVID IRVINE: is getting on well, playing alot of squash, but modestly insists that he is notgetting any better, and enjoying singing bass inthe choir.ADAM HEDGECOE: is sharing a room withDavid Irvine and Falcon Oliver, but writes that,despite that, he has still settled down well andfinds life great fun.FALCON OLIVER: stills plays the clarinet,and now the saxophone as well, and is amember of the 1st and 2nd Bands. He hasrepresented his dormitory in all sports, butmissed playing cricket due to injury.

HILL: ANGUS CLEARY: has done well in his'O' levels and is doing well on the rugby field.He is aiming for Oxford.JASON CURRY: is a dormitory prefect, akeen rugby player and potter.JOEL CURRY: another keen potter, whomakes 'a lot of noise'.MARK MORLEY: apparently remains a keencraftsman.NICK SLEEP: has left school, and was last seenon a windsurfer's board, heading for Bangkok!ROY RUB AN: has worked well for the year,and has been computing enthusiastically.

HOPETOUN: WARREN BRETT andSTEPHEN COX have left the college and arenow attending Farnborough Vlth FormCollege.

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RUSSELL BRETT: takes most of his 'O' levelsin the coming year. He has played in collegeteams for basketball, rugby, hockey andcricket.JOHN CORSE: is a founder member of theWindsurfing Club and a keen cyclist. He wasplanning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in July.NIGEL HADLEIGH: will take an early 'O'level this year, the remainder next summer.High jumps for the school athletics team,rugby, hockey and basketball for the dormit-ory.JOHN WHITE: has now left, after taking three'A' levels, playing 1st XV rugby and 2nd VIIIcross country.NEIL MACDONALD: represented the schoolat rugby in his first term (5th XV) and has sinceplayed dormitory rugby, cricket and athletics.He has been involved in two junior plays on andoff stage.MATT SHEPHERD-SMITH: has 14 'O' levelsand is pursuing five 'A's. 1st XV rugby, 1st XIhockey and cricket (wicket keeper).

MURRAY: IAN CONIBEAR gained 11 'O'levels last term, including five A grades, andplayed various sports for the Murray. He is nowa prefect in Upcott, and describes it as excellentfun. 7 have gained power again. I'd also like tosay hello to all my old friends'.CHRISTOPHER DREW finds Wellington abig change, but is enjoying it.VAN GITTINS has just joined the CCF, ishaving 'a great time', playing rugby for thedormitory, and already has his sights on 'O'levels in two years time.MAX GRIFFITHS: speaks well of schoolfacilities: 'amazing, you're never bored andthere's always so much to do'. He will take two'O' levels later this year, and a further nine nextyear.JEAN PHILIPPE-PARE: 'here I am enjoyingschool! (with the ever joyful prospect of 'O'levels creeping up).' He is now playing rugbywith the Colts 1st and 2nd XV, and makes gooduse of the facilities.CHRISTOPHER JONES: is working towards11 'O' levels at the end of the year. He is in theCCF Naval Section, and has been a field gunnerin the college team for two years.

ORANGE: RICHARD BRINDLEY: enjoyedhis first year greatly, participating in variousactivities, including building a land yacht.CALDER DUNN: has played 1st team hockeyand 2nd team cricket for his age group, and hasalso played basketball.JAMES COTTRELL: has played Junior Colts2nd XV rugby, and 2nd XI football, and tooknine 'O' levels this summer.SIMON HARRIS: 3rd XV rugby and 3rd XIhockey for his age group, and several dormitoryteams.LLOYD HOARTON: has tried windsurfingand will by now have taken his Maths, Physicsand Economics 'A' level, aiming for sponsor-ship from British Aerospace to take him toSouthampton.JAMES NASON: played 1st XV Yearlingsrugby, Junior Colts and Yearlings basketball,and the Colts athletics team, and claims to be'keeping the effort up' in his work.SURESH SIVARAJAH: played for the infam-ous 5th XV rugby, under Hector Saunders'captaincy, and beating the 4ths and 3rds! Hecaptained the soccer 1st XI, earning majorcolours for a minor sport. His passing from theteam was even noted in 'The Times'. He waslooking forward to a GAP year after taking four'A' levels.ANDREW VAUGHAN: was in the athleticsteam again and came second in Kingsley's crosscountry race, through Swan Lake! He will betaking 10 'O' levels, and despite seven years ofstudying the language, he insists that French isan outsider.

PICTON: ANDREW COLLINS: says Hi! to allcomputer buffs, and is evidently on the verge ofsomething, since its 'Not long now! Have justsuccessfully tapped the Pentagon computer.Where next?' (Indeed!).NICHOLAS CLARKE: has had to live down asartorial 'gaffe', but is of course enjoying him-self, and has played Yearlings 2nd XV rugby.He has the honour (or misfortune) to share aroom with Phil Marsh.MARK DORMAN'S: his news is an apocalyp-tic and cryptic quotation, of whose significancethe Editor remains too wary to print it.JONATHAN EDGE: 'To the limit and beyond

and a big hello to ' (Those were theparts I understood — Ed.)

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SIMON GEDYE: has played 1st XI football,cricket (scorer), and is aiming for four 'A'levels.ROBERT GILLEY: hockey 1st XI goalkeeperand 1st XI cricket and chasing 'A' levels in thecoming year.KERAM KIRRAL: (Try unravelling this one)'They say time flies and emotion is oneof the main forces behind it. The hard times aredrawing near, but the space behind themseems promising. Stay happy and make othershappy and you will not need to struggle tosurvive'. (Does that mean — 'looking forwardto University' or 'We will soon have a LabourGovernment?').PHILIP MARSH: played Yearlings 3rd XVrugby, 2nd XI hockey and 1st XI cricket, andalso made the Berkshire Under 14's hockey XLHe has enjoyed his first year at Wellington.MATT MILES: 'Greetings for the final time.I've almost finished my four 'A' levels, and willsoon be drawing the supplementary benefit alongwith millions of others. Hopes for the future:trying to put the country back on its feet. Realisti-cally —just surviving'.ROBERT NIJEBOER. claims to have worked'extremely hard' and to have attained highstandards of loyalty and keenness, but there's ameasure of irony in his comments. He evidentlyretains his modest sense of humour.JULIAN PORTER: has enjoyed himselfgreatly this year; 'hockey for the South,1st Orchestra, 1st Band, numerous ensembles.Oh, yes, and there's work! Hi to all old friends'.MARTIN PORTER: 'is coming to the end of avery successful Wellington career. Has played inthe ]st XI hockey, and played at Lords (seeabove) along with Matt Miles and Neil Simpson.He has played for many other hockey sides' andjudging from further comments, has developedstrong friendships in the Vlth form.PAUL SEDDON: the correspondent claims heis envied for his physique though this may bedeliberately misleading; his interests in Karateand Aikido would support the claim butmedicine and guitar playing don't immediatelysuggest the Schwarzenegger image.NEIL SIMPSON: 'I'm leaving. Would like to goto University, but they want 'A' levels. If anyoneis looking to fill job vacancies ?'DUNCAN SHECKLEY: is enjoying life, and iswell into his 'A' levels.ANDREW WARDE: appears to be enjoyinghimself.

STANLEY: DAVID BOWN: is taking 'O' levels,one of which is Design.J. A. DARWEN: having passed 12 'O' levelslast year, he has had another very successfulyear — winning the Frew Maths Prize, andpassing 'O' level Astronomy and 'A' levelMusic. He is now working for four more 'A'levels (Double Maths, Physics, Chemistry), andhopes to go to Cambridge University. He is inthe school chamber choir, 1st Band, 1stOrchestra, and Jazz Orchestra, and remains astrong force in the school's music.J. C. DARWEN: has been in the Junior Colts1st XI for hockey, as goalie, and has played inthe school orchestra and band as well as passingtwo early 'O' levels with 'A' grades.N. R. DARWEN: has had an enjoyable firstyear at Wellington. He has done well in music,being in the 1st Orchestra and the choir, and issatisfied with his work. In the theatre he hasalready been in two school plays, and this termhe will appear in Macbeth (as a servant!). Hewill do two 'O' levels at the end of the year.STEPHEN DUDLEY: has successfully passedhis 'A' levels (German A, History Cl, andEnglish Al) and has returned to take CCE inNovember for Pembroke College, Cambridge.He has recently been appointed a Senior Dor-mitory Prefect, and continues as captain offencing.LAWRENCE KIRBY: 'is quite good at com-puting'. He also had some fairly good 'A' levelresults — four 'A' grades.CRISPIN MANSON: has been No. 1 in the golfVI since the First Block. He now has six 'O'levels and is taking three 'A' levels. He hasbeen in the 1st XV for rugby (and was awardedcolours), and in the 1st XI for hockey.EDMUND ROBINSON: he hopes to have 12'O' levels by the end of the year.GRAHAME SEED: has now taken his 'O'levels.RUSSELL SIVYER: 'presently pondering thesignificance of money-supply, etc. Perhaps Ishould be content with the Daily Mail'. Inciden-tally, is taking Maths, History, Economics 'A'levels, and hopes to go to University in '86.

TALBOT: PHILIP ASHWORTH is enjoying lifeat Wellington, finding little free time since thereis so much to do. He has discovered plenty ofnew interests.

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EDWARD BROWN has gained recognition bywinning a Science Exhibition during the year.He has been shooting, played squash and fives,and has taken up a new interest in Designand Craft. For 'O' level he will be givingup History, Latin and German in favour ofGeology, Geography and Biology.ADRIAN BULL is working towards his French'O' level in November. He has played cricket,rugby and hockey for Talbot, and has alsoplayed college 3rd XI hockey.GRAHAM BULL says Wellington is fun, butthe work is hard: 'there are a lot more facilities,and I am making full use of them'.GEOFFREY CLOSE is now beginning his finalyear at Wellington, with the Lower Vlth yearbehind him. Amonst his activities have beencricket (3rd XI), hockey (4th XI) and basketball(1st X). Once 'A' levels are over, he hopes to goto university.SIMON COOKE, taking three 'A' levels,played a little rugby and hockey for Talbot, andis enjoying life.NICK JONES reached first teams for rugby,cricket and hockey for his year, has played forBerkshire Under 15's hockey XI, and thecollege 1st pair for fives. Work is going well, and'it's fun'.RUPERT KNOX-JOHNSTON has playedhouse cricket and rugby, run for the college,and is working for 10 'O' levels.AUSTIN McGOWAN has played a lot ofsquash and taken up karate. He enjoys doingpottery and woodwork, and has just startedplaying fives.

Lastly GRAHAM BULL sent us this quaintsouvenir of his time at Eagle House:

B.W.J. sleeping his way to France

ROBERT MEECHAM is aiming for 10 'O'levels, playing 4th XV rugby, and seniorleagues for Talbot. He has also taken up golf,finding the two nearby courses most conve-nient.SIMON SMITH will be taking Maths 'O' levelearly, finds the Corps fun 'except night ops.which was wet and cold'. He has played rugbyfor the school and 'work is generally going well'.ROGER TAYLOR, 'hoping to do well in his'A' levels and hopefully go on to university orpolytechnic'. Has been a regular in the collegerunning team and done 'his bit' for Talbot.PATRICK THOMSON is working hard for his'A' levels and hoping to enter Edinburgh Uni-versity. He has enjoyed his 'occasional game ofcricket and throw of the javelin for college'.RODERICK THOMSON played golf forcollege in the summer, and is now settling downfor his French 'O' level and some 'amateur'rugby.TOM TOWNSEND is working hard, and hopesto take three 'O' levels early, next summer. Heplays squash, bridge, and spends time using thecomputer.MARK WALTERS, apart from working for'A' levels, has played cricket and rugby for bothcollege and Talbot.JUSTIN YOUNG at the time of writing wasdue to take ten 'O' levels 'shortly'. He has runand played hockey for the house, and has takena keen interest in Design, which he hopes tocontinue to 'A' level.

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RETROSPECT/ am very much indebted to Mr. W. F. H. Newington for having written, so interestingly, of his days at

Eagle House:

LIFE AT EAGLE HOUSE 1916-1918I was brought to the famous Lockhart School by

my mother in September 1916, the middle year ofthe Great War. My father was in France like somany fathers of other boys at the school. We werewelcomed by the great Headmaster R. BruceLockhart, a thickset Scot of about 5ft 10 ins. Hewas then, I suppose, about 55-60. He alwayswalked as if he was in a great hurry, in facthe bustled! To some he seemed gruff andunapproachable but I instinctively liked him andgot to know him well as I ended up as Head Boy in1920. He was a great believer in physical fitnessand a cold bath or a dip in the open swimming poolwas compulsory throughout the year. In winter inthe Michaelmas Term a fair number of volunteersjoined the old man at 7 a.m. for a dip in the pool.In 1917, one of the coldest winters this century, wecontinued until 6th December and for the last fewdays he broke the ice before plunging in. TheHeadmaster stayed in longer than us sponginghimself down, so he did not lead his troops like theDuke of Platzatoro, and we volunteers all felt wecould not quit with an oldish man encouraging uslike this. Fortunately no-one suffered from thisexposure, and colds were rare. We slept indormitories with bare boards, open windows, andthe only heating was coal fires or stoves in theclassrooms.

On the other hand we were very well fedconsidering the wartime rationing. There was anexcellent old Scotch cook, Mrs. Murray, whoproduced the best porridge and Scotch scones Ihave ever eaten. We were not allowed sweets adlib, only on Sundays, when meagre amounts weredealt out from whatever our parents gave us. Wewere not allowed to have charge of our reserves.

Like all schools in wartime, the Master staffsuffered in quality and more Mistresses wereengaged. Nevertheless the tuition was sound andthough there were few scholarships, there werevery few failures in Common Entrance exams,and we all managed to pass with reasonably highpercentages. On the whole the relation betweenthe staff and boys was good. The Headmaster wasa great believer in training boys to become

leaders. The average number in those days was 64and eight school prefects controlled them. Look-ing back I think we prefects were given too muchpower at our tender ages, and some of us becameover serious minded.

Bruce Lockhart had some remarkable sons.The one we knew best was Bertie (later Sir RobertBruce Lockhart) the author of 'Memoirs of aBritish Agent' and other books. He was Consul inMoscow in 1916-18 and was on leave fromNovember 1917-January 1918, when he returnedto duty. The Bolshevist Revolution was then at itszenith and Bertie Lockhart found himself inLubianka jail and only just avoided being shot. Hehad left England a well-covered and jovial man ofthe world — he returned a gaunt wreck in March1918. In this leave period he coached two schoolplays — Henry Vlllth and a Moliere — leBourgeois et le Gentilhomme. Plays were alwaysa feature of the Michaelmas term, a Shakespeareor Gilbert and Sullivan, and usually a Moliere.They were performed in the main hall where astage was erected.

In games at that period we were among theleading rugger Prep Schools and played the gamein the Winter and Spring terms. From readingrecent Eagle House magazines the only schoolwhich we played then who are still rivals were TheDragon School, Oxford, who were our chiefopponents and I believe are still. We also playedWells House, Malvern and Wellington Under 15.Most of us got into Public School XV's and later inCluB and University XV's. We were well coachedand true to Scottish tradition, most of theforwards were good dribblers.

Crowthorne and Sandhurst are right in theheart of Surrey — Berkshire pine country andduring the 1914-18 war huge supplies of timberwere needed in the war effort, with the result thata Canadian lumber corps decimated the woodsfrom the Crowthorne — Sandhurst road as far asCaesar's Camp. At Eagle House we felled nearly100 trees in the school grounds for firewood andthere were no accidents and we all gained a greatdeal of muscle — a valuable practical educationand all helped to produce an invincible rugger

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side. We were also, together with Farnboroughand Heatherdown, Ascot, one of the leadingcricket sides and we had one outstanding cricketerin A. J. H. Cassels (later Field Marshal Sir JamesCassels) who commanded the Commonwealthforces in Korea. Cassels would probably haveplayed for England if he hadn'tt»een serving in thearmy in India.

I have seen the modern layout of Eagle Houseand except for the new chapel and swimming poolthe hard core is much as it was including the oldStableyard Court. We had a great Headmaster ofthe old school who managed to give most of us agood start in life.

W. F. H. NEWINGTON.

The 'old Stableyard Court' though, is finallyundergoing a further alteration, to allow moreeconomical use of the space available. We areassured that the old rings to which horses would betied will not be lost.

What seemed old in 1916, however, had been thesubject of change some twelve years before. In theyear when we modernise the court, this article fromthe October 1904 Magazine has been unearthed:

The editor wishes to thank all those who havesubmitted work of whatever kind for themagazine, and all those who have written to giveinformation.

He would also like to offer special thanks to MrsRooksby, pur ever-patient Secretary, for themany hours she has spent deciphering and typingout the many handwritten contributions.

Cover drawing by William Waugh.

Unless credited otherwise, photographs are byD.C.B., J.V.H., B.W.J., T.K.B., Mrs. Pope,P.R.C. Team photos by Fraser Studios.

THE COVERED COURT£> INCH last Term the Covered Court has undergone.09a transformation. The whole of the former roofing, with itsheavy wooden beams and iron pillars, has been removed; anda new roof, supported by a framework of light iron trussesspanning the whole space, has been substituted A lantern-light 39 feet long and 8 feet wide surmounts the central ridge ata height of 243A feet from the floor, ventilated by louvresrunning the whole length on each side. The Covered Court is73M2 feet long, anti 34V2 wide with an additional space bythe entrance gates 25 V4 feet bng and 14 Ve feet wide. Theiron trusses of the roof rest on stone templates imbedded in thewalls at a height of 12 feet from the floor. The area of theCovered Court is nearly 3,000 feet; the cubic contents about55,000 cubic feet In addition to the lantern-light, there are sixlarge sky-lights. Light, space, and ventilation are thusthoroughly secured, and the accommodation for games onwet afternoons leaves nothing to be desired. We look forwardto Cricket with double wickets, Football and Hockey. Thesouth wall provides two capital Fives courts. We hope to revivethe grand old games of Prisoners' Base, which were such anotable feature of school life at Wimbledon. We feel almostinclined to start wooden hoops, out of respect to old Ham-mersmith days. Besides these orthodox games there are othersof minor importance, "Hail, King Caesar," etc., which theingenuity of boys is quick to extemporise. As a drill ground theCovered Court is invaluable. The work of reconstruction hasbeen carried out in the most satisfactory manner by Messrs.Spencer, Heath, and George, of Goswell Road, E. C., the well-known contractors for gymnastic buildings and accessories.

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Butcher, Hunt Ltd., Queen's Place, High Street, Ascot, Berkshire