Headmaster’s Report

All those involved in education must whole education. Visitors to the school is happening in the school. With four welcome this Government’s commit- frequently comment on the responsi- Divisions and over 1400 pupils there is ment to improving basic standards and bility of the pupils. This does not a great deal happening and the com- to providing minimal levels of attain- appear in any statistics nor is it specifi- munication with parents and Former ment for all. One might object to some cally identified in any of the reports. It Pupils seems to be welcome. of their methods or to details in some is, however, something that we greatly The school also has a website on the of their plans but the recognition that treasure. Internet and has received, at the time the roots of so many ills lie in a The most significant development of writing, over 1600 visitors from near neglected education and the attempts in the school this year has been the and far. Scope for development seems to insist on accountability within schools establishment of our Infants’ section endless but already we have registered are wholly to be welcomed. ‘Good (three to seven) for some seventy-eight our first pupil through the Net! schools can make a difference’. This pupils. King’s now provides continu- King’s has always sought to play its might appear a truism but failure to ous education for boys and girls from part in the local community. Our music accept it has resulted in too low expec- three to eighteen. Rumours that we are centre, set up nearly four years ago, tations and a self-reinforcing cycle of about to start ante-natal classes or to now regularly has some four hundred failure for too many of our pupils, and develop an FE branch are untrue! It has pupils on a Saturday morning who vigorous attempts to raise the profile of been a delight to see the Infants’ sec- come from all over the area. Tribute is education are praiseworthy. tion develop and, by any criterion, it is paid later in this publication to the It is important, however, that there proving an outstanding success. At work of Mrs Susan Brown in the school. is recognition by everyone that statis- Key Stage One all pupils (from a non- Her work in setting up the centre and tics about performance only tell you a selective intake) achieved at least Level establishing it at its present size and to limited amount about education and Two and a very high proportion reached such widespread benefit has been quite usually only about results - very little Level Three. The range of activities outstanding. The com- about reasons behind results or about offered, however, matches that in the munity owes her an enormous debt. I processes, and very little about broader rest of the school and our most recent am sure that her greatest reward is to aspects of a good school which de- innovation has been the introduction know it is still flourishing. velop less easily measurable qualities. of French from the age of four. There King’s pupils are also involved to a Interestingly, complaints from those is a waiting list until 2001 - we do not considerable extent in work in the who work in Higher Education and register unborn children! community in a whole variety of ways. from employers focus on the two as- The Junior Division also produced As ever, the benefits of what they do pects omitted by results: firstly, they results well above national expecta- are mutual and they learn enormously claim, students/employees, despite their tions. Level Four is the norm, achieved from their involvement. good results, cannot spell, punctuate, by all but two pupils in every subject, One recent development in our in- do mental arithmetic, write coherently, with over half in English and Math- volvement with the local community etc..., and secondly they lack the skills ematics achieving Level Five. has come about partly as a result of needed to carry out tasks expected of This year was also significant in the Macclesfield Town football team’s rise them, such as independence, initia- Girls’ Division, since the first full co- to the Second Division. Their search tive, creativity, ability to work with and hort who entered in 1993 took their for better training facilities brought motivate others. GCSEs. Their results were even better them to our Derby Fields, which they Recently, indeed, a booklet has been than expected and, as this coincided now use on most week-days. We hope published entitled ‘Leadership in with the best results the Boys’ Division that, if they remain afloat in this Divi- Schools’, which is concerned about has ever known, this could be called a sion, some part of their success will be diminishing opportunities for pupils in record year. Of the many outstanding due to our support! schools to develop as leaders, owing to statistics the following must suffice: I return to the exciting times ahead. pressure of public examinations. In it • 206 pupils (boys and girls) achieved As the first large cohort of girls enters the statement is made: ‘there need to at least six A*-C grades. the Sixth Form, the benefits of our be opportunities for every pupil to • 56% of these were A*/A. initiative started five years ago become develop the skills of leadership’. There • One third of the candidates achieved apparent throughout the school. Two is a confusion here but the concern is 8 A*/A passes. groups of pupils coming together after understandable. We do not want all • In total there were 1046 A*/A grades. five years of King’s School education our pupils leaving school convinced Only one other school in the coun- bring great potential for the future, not they are going to be leaders, so much try - Eton - achieved so much with so just academically but in every sphere as pupils who are aware of others and many pupils. of school activity. have skills in communication and At A Level all of the 123 candidates For this to be realised that mysteri- motivation, and, above all, a sense of qualified for Higher Education with a ous chemistry between teachers and responsibility. All pupils benefit and pass rate of 91.7%. There were ninety- pupils has to be right. If it is, then the learn from being given an area of eight A grades in all, with thirty-nine benefits are life-long and cannot be responsibility, even if only a limited candidates obtaining thirty points or measured objectively. Those involved one. Usually they respond with enthu- more (equivalent of three As). The know about it, for all that. I am pleased siasm and exceed expectations. average number of points-per-pupil to pay tribute to the dedication and Much that is written in the pages that was 24.3 (slightly above an average of commitment of all the King’s School follow concerns results, and there is three Bs). staff, teaching and non-teaching. They much that we take pride in here. I As another innovation we now plan know what rewards their work can hope, however, that readers will dis- to produce a termly newsletter. Two of bring. cern from the range of experiences these have appeared already and they A G Silcock described the philosophy at King’s of a provide regular news in brief of what October 1998

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then visit the Prado in Madrid. companiment at the Royal Academy of Hail... She is married with a sixteen-year- Music in London, before taking a PGCE Welcome to those members of staff old son, James. at Manchester University. who joined King’s in September 1997. From 1976 she worked as a peripa- The following have kindly provided Nicola Chadwick tetic music teacher in many of the local brief : (English) schools, including The Ryleys and Nicola was educated at School Mount Carmel, before taking up her Girls’ Division and at Nottingham Uni- present full-time post at King’s. She has versity. She remembers vowing to her also been an Associated Board Exam- English teacher at school that she would iner since 1994, something which she never teach and, even if she did, she enjoys immensely. would never teach in the independent Much of Linda’s leisure time is inevi- sector. She began her teaching career tably taken up with musical activities. at an excellent comprehensive in Not- Many years’ involvement with several tingham (Arnold Hill School) and then local choral societies have seen her spent a year at Stockport Grammar performing in much of the choral rep- School. Thus, she took up her post at ertoire, either on piano, harpsichord or Fence Avenue conscious of having organ. When there is no orchestral part come full circle and of having broken for her, she is equally happy to add her several promises to herself! voice to the alto line. Nicola thoroughly enjoys teaching Away from musical activities, she English: she would describe herself as has a passion for early Italian art and an avid reader who has a passion for enjoys travelling, especially if it in- punctuation, as girls who have been volves visiting art galleries or churches. taught by her will no doubt be aware. For the past nine years she has been Amnesty International, visits to the increasingly involved with the local theatre, debating and writing are other branch of the Samaritans, which occu- Catherine Buckley interests which she brings to her post pies much of her spare time. If there is (Principal of Girls’ Division) at King’s. any time left over, she also enjoys the Catherine was born on Tyneside and is theatre and walking in the hills, provid- herself the product of a single-sex Eileen Olsen ing it is not too strenuous! education, firstly at Dame Allan’s Girls’ ( & Careers) Linda is married to a King’s old boy, School in Newcastle and then at St Eileen grew up in south west London also a musician, and they have two Hugh’s College, Oxford. and went to school in Hammersmith. teenage sons, who also pursue music The months between gaining a place At the age of eighteen she went to Hull both in and out of school. However, on at Oxford and going up to university University to study History. At Hull she a Saturday afternoon Linda can be were spent as an au-pair in France, an played netball for the university and in found enjoying some peace and re- experience which gained added col- a local ladies’ league. It was her interest laxation on her own, as her husband our by being during the student riots in History and love of sport which led and sons are always to be found on the which brought down the French Gov- her to pursue a PGCE in History and PE terraces at Macclesfield Town! ernment. A degree in French and Ger- at De La Salle College in Manchester. man was followed by a PGCE and a From here she worked for A warm welcome, too, to: probationary teaching year, and then it LEA in Runcorn for five years. During Jane Cole Junior Division was time for some more applied lan- this time she got married and had a Philip Colville guage learning - this time in Bavaria, daughter. In 1985 she moved back to Rachel Cookson Infants Southern Germany. London with her family and worked at Anne Eardley Infants Apart from helping her acquire a St Catherine’s Girls’ School in Tracey Elliott Headmaster’s Secretary taste for German wine and a grudging Twickenham for one year and then at Alison Gierc Nursery Nurse appreciation of Baroque architecture, Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hamp- Rose Jones German this two year stint at a Gymnasium ton for five years. At the latter she was Daniel Kearney Religious Education encouraged Catherine to transfer her involved in both organising and ac- Amanda Monk Nursery Nurse linguistic allegiance from French to companying school trips. Jamie Serafi Classroom Assistant German, which remains her main teach- In 1992 her husband’s career brought Joy Sykes Infants ing subject today. her back north, this time to Stoke-on- Helen Taylor French Since her return to , she has Trent. With three young children to Elsie Thompson Classroom Assistant lived and worked in the Manchester look after, she opted to work part-time Linda Turner Junior Division area, teaching at Manchester High and between 1992 and 1996. She returned Melanie Unsworth Infants then at Cheadle Hulme School, where to full-time teaching in 1997 with her Karen Wells Junior Division she was latterly Head of the Sixth appointment to King’s. Liz Welsh Classroom Assistant Form. Denise Wilkinson Junior Division Catherine’s interests include concert Linda Pyatt and theatre-going, reading contempo- (Coordinator of Instrumental Studies) rary fiction and visiting art galleries. As Linda was born in Stirlingshire, where a modern linguist, she always feels she spent the first eleven years of her uneasy when she is in a country where life before moving to Macclesfield. she cannot speak the language, so her Educated at Macclesfield High School, ambition now is to learn Spanish and she then studied Piano, Flute and Ac-

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Macclesfield. During his three years in Dai was in on the ground floor of ... and Farewell the Junior Division he has been Form what is now the hugely significant and our best wishes for the future to: Teacher to two classes of J3K and one pastoral care system at the school. As of J4K, as well as teaching other chil- Head of Middle School, he took charge Kate Beavis dren across the Junior age range. He of the Upper Fourths and Lower and When Kate Beavis was appointed Vice- has used his curricular strengths in Upper Fifths. Needless to say, he ran a Principal of the Junior School in 1992, History and PE/Games to enhance the tight ship as he brought his authorita- one of her earliest tasks was to help in teaching in those subject areas in par- tive personality to bear on what are the transfer of the school to a new site ticular and has made a vital contribu- perhaps the most awkward of child- and to oversee the change of status tion to extra-curricular sport. An hood years. Moving on, he became the from a boys’ to a co-educational school. outstanding all-round sportsman him- school’s Examination Officer, taking Every detail of the move was precisely self during his time as a pupil at King’s, over from Bill Martin a crucial and planned, and the Junior Division he has passed on his expertise and highly pressured job with responsibil- opened triumphantly in September enthusiasm to football, cricket, rugby ity for all aspects of external examina- 1993. That it has expanded and flour- and athletics teams that have reached tions. ished so dramatically since is due in very high standards. More recently he As a founder member of the Com- large measure to Kate Beavis’ drive, took on the responsibility of co- mon Room Committee and having energy and vision. ordinating the Junior Division’s exten- expressed his thespian talents in the In addition to teaching RE through- sive programme of extra-curricular staff play, Dai moved on to become out the Division, Kate set up and activities, a role which he carried out Senior Master for staff and pupils. As taught a highly successful PSE pro- with great energy and organisational such he ran the day to day affairs of the gramme. She assumed responsibility skill. He leaves us to take up greater Common Room and represented the for many aspects of the administration responsibility at Cheadle Hulme JS. interests of both staff and pupils to the and of the monitoring of standards in Headmaster. His role involved him in the Division. The success she achieved Dai Jones setting up the first Health and Safety was due mainly to the high standards (1962-1998) Committee as well as taking on the less she set herself, and the newly ap- Dai Jones joined King’s School in 1962 onerous tasks of organising staff social pointed staff, of whom there were direct from Aberystwyth University. events. many, greatly appreciated the feeling He was appointed by the late T T Shaw And, of course, through all this Dai of working in a school with such a to teach and PE and, per- continued to teach Geography at all strong sense of purpose and vision. haps uniquely, with a specific brief to levels with his usual style and skill and, One of Kate’s particular strengths take charge of rugby at the school. It is it almost goes without saying, success. was her relationship with parents, surely in this latter role that he will be Dai is one of those larger than life whether in showing visitors round or remembered best. figures and inevitably he has ruffled a in fronting public functions. Warmth of In the ten years to 1972 that Dai ran few feathers with his direct and force- welcome combined with a strong sense rugby, he brought it to levels which set ful approach and his strongly held of professionalism was evident to all. standards for years to come. In many views, but throughout his actions have In her last year in the school Kate ways, he was a rugby missionary at a been to safeguard the interests of the assumed responsibility for the plan- time when Welsh Rugby was justifiably school and its pupils. His dedication ning and setting up of the Infants’ earning worldwide respect and with and loyalty to King’s has been absolute section (3-7). This involved many hours his grounding in Welsh Schoolboy and and, with his departure, the school has of meticulous work, on top of her Valleys Rugby, he injected a steel and lost one of its most passionate and normal duties, from careful reading of vigour into King’s Rugby which pushed vocal advocates. Government documents to discussions it into national recognition – a position Strong ties build over many years with architects, from appointment of from which it has never slipped. and to those who were here with him, staff to running of meetings for inter- But rugby was not the only string to the school will never quite seem the ested parents. Every detail was taken his bow and, although it remained his same again. Dai Jones has carved a care of and the Infants (originally abiding passion, Dai added a range of niche in King’s history and the thou- planned to open with two classes of extra-curricular activities to the ever- sands of students who have passed eighteen pupils) opened with four full increasing positions of responsibility through his hands will remember him classes in September 1997 and has which he took on as the years pro- with affection and respect. We wish flourished ever since. It remains a gressed. He was an ever-present on him and Myrna a long and happy legacy to Kate’s high standards. Derryck Siddall’s Fifth Year Mountain retirement. In January she left us to become Course in the Lake District and when Head of Kettleshulme CE (Controlled) Selwyn Russell Jones finally relin- Richard Killen Primary, a school which is sure to quished his hold on the annual skiing Richard Killen came to the King’s School flourish under her leadership. We miss trip to Solden which he had run since in September 1995 and soon estab- her but remember with gratitude all 1946, Dai took over and, with his usual lished himself, above all through his she did for King’s Junior Division. exuberance, built up the numbers to a considerable scholarship, as a strong position where he could charter a and enthusiastic member of the Mod- Simon James whole plane to take King’s School to ern Languages Department. He is a Simon James began teaching at King’s the Alps! brilliant linguist, though he never Junior Division in September 1995. Athletics and basketball both ben- flaunted this during his time with us. This was his first teaching post, having efited from his efforts and, as with all He taught German at all levels and graduated via Hull and Bristol Univer- things which he approached, he Lower School French and Latin in his sities after a first-class education (as brought an infectious enthusiasm which three years here and inaugurated an many may recall!) at King’s School, caught the imagination of his charges. Italian Club for interested and initiated

4 Hail & Farewell young pupils. Had there been oppor- Street site. She soon found herself ment of the school’s youngest chil- tunity he could and would also have involved in many other areas - she dren. She leaves to return to her roots taught Spanish and Dutch. The excel- taught German at Fence Avenue for a on Lancashire’s Fylde Coast with our lent results he achieved with his Ad- number of years and also became very thanks and very best wishes. vanced Level students bear witness to committed to girls’ sport, initially as an his expertise. extra-curricular activity, then later on Infant Support Staff He was always ready to help with as a member of the girls’ Games staff. Jamie Serafi, Year 2 Classroom Assist- extra Oxbridge work, joined in fully in Rachel made an enormous contri- ant, has worked with Mrs Sykes this the activities of the Department at all bution to the German Department, year in a ‘gap’ year before commenc- levels and gained useful experience in teaching German to GCSE and A Level ing his university course in September. assisting with the school exchange in as well as setting up the one-year Another former King’s pupil, his musi- Memmingen this year, where he played FLAW course in the Sixth Form. She cal input has been particularly well an important part in ensuring that was a very popular member of staff appreciated. No doubt his experiences everything ran smoothly and harmoni- and brought a tremendous amount of will stand him in good stead as he aims ously. He also helped organise the enthusiasm to all her lessons. Her love to work with children musically in the Classics trip to Sicily earlier this year. of the German language and culture future. A cheerful, friendly and supportive helped to ensure that ever-increasing Mrs Chris Woolford, who has as- member of our team, he enjoyed ex- numbers opted for the subject at GCSE sisted Mrs Cookson and the Reception cellent relationships with colleagues and A Level. She was a dedicated, class since the latter part of the Autumn and pupils alike. His encouragement hard-working teacher, always inter- Term, also left at the end of the school of and support for the U13 Tennis team ested in her pupils and happy to help year. She has been an adaptable team was also much appreciated. them outside the classroom if neces- member whose patience and com- We are grateful to Richard for his sary. In 1994 she took part in the very mon-sense approach has given valu- efforts here and wish him well in his successful exchange to Memmingen. able support to the Infant team. new post teaching largely German at Rachel also made a very significant Bedford Modern School. contribution to the girls’ Games De- ... and to: partment. Up to 1996 Rachel ran the Mike Nolan senior girls’ hockey team and helped Christine Barrick Mike Nolan joined the staff at King’s in with the senior girls’ tennis. She was Susan Brown (see Music report) September 1996, teaching Physics and involved in hosting the touring hockey Amanda Monk to both boys and girls. He team from Argentina in 1996 and in the Monica Mullen displayed a great enthusiasm for sci- same year accompanied the Games Jenny Silcock ence in general and physics in particu- staff on a holiday coaching course to Jackie Thalrose lar and he was always keen to pass this the Isle of Man. From 1996 until she on to the pupils in his classes. His left, Rachel was a member of the Sec- knowledge of computers and the ond Year girls’ Games staff, coaching internet was invaluable within the de- the hockey team and assisting with the partment and I know that many other coaching of the tennis teams, including areas of the school benefited from his taking the girls on occasional fixtures. expertise. For three years Rachel was involved Outside the classroom he devoted with the summer school trip to Zell am much of his time to helping Chris See where her linguistic skills and O’Donnell run the school orienteering, organisational talents were much in travelling far and wide as a conse- evidence. quence. Indeed Mike was a most pro- Rachel offered a great deal to the ficient runner himself and in 1997 he school over the years and she will be completed the London marathon in a sorely missed. She combined efficiency time of under two and three quarter and enthusiasm with good humour hours. and unfailing cheerfulness. Her many One of Mike’s other major achieve- friends on both sites wish her, her ments whilst at King’s was to become husband Paul and her delightful young a father for the first time in the summer son James every possible happiness of 1997 when his wife, Julia, gave birth and success in the future. to their son Daniel. Also, in the spring of 1998 he completed and submitted Melanie Unsworth his PhD thesis and following a success- Melanie Unsworth was a ‘founder ful viva at Cambridge was duly awarded member’ of the Infant staff, joining his doctorate. King’s at the beginning of this school Mike has now moved on to King year in September 1997. She, like all Edward VI Camp Hill School For Girls, the other Infant staff, had a very busy Birmingham where we wish him and summer last year in preparing the way his family every success and happi- for the first cohort of Nursery children ness. and has developed the Nursery cur- riculum during the course of this excit- Rachel Sellers ing first year. Her patience, fortitude Rachel joined the King’s School in 1993 and good humour have been impor- to teach German at the Cumberland tant factors in the successful develop-

5 Arts

work was evident and the high stand- Formers on the A Level course, as the Art & Design ard was favourably commented upon. A Level exhibition demonstrated. The Six of the eleven students represented standard of students’ drawing has im- The 22nd King’s Art Exhibition had left school to embark upon art proved immeasurably and the life draw- The 22nd art exhibition was held in the foundation courses. ing classes are a venture that we shall first week of the latter half of the After the landmark 21st exhibition in want to repeat in future years. Autumn Term. There was a departure 1995 there was no exhibition in 1996. from the norm this year - instead of the After a year’s gap, and with a new Field Trip to North Wales usual fifty to sixty artists being invited approach, the 1997 exhibition pro- The Lower Sixth Art and Design Field to exhibit, there were only thirteen. Six vided a different perspective with a Trip to Nantlle in North Wales was the were painters, six were potters and high standard of quality work. There highlight of the Summer Term. There one was a photographer, hence the will be no exhibition in 1998 but it is were seven students participating this distinctive exhibition title: ‘Nearly six intended to have an exhibition in 1999, year and they attacked the venture of one and half a dozen of the other’. the last of the millennium, that focuses with enthusiasm, vigour, initiative and Although it is regularly remarked on a different aspect of the art world, commitment. We departed early on a upon by artists and visitors that the and it is hoped that this will be some- Friday morning heading via the Craft exhibition provides a visual experi- thing to look forward to and support. Centre at Ruthin and then to Denbigh ence that is not evident elsewhere in where a visit was made to the pottery the region, it is sometimes felt that Pottery Workshops workshop of David Frith, an interna- more people who have no direct con- The Autumn Term began with pottery tionally known potter. Continuing over tact with the school could take advan- workshops run by Annie Tortora, an the Welsh mountains we eventually tage of what is freely on offer. Similarly, artist potter well known in the North arrived at the Trigonos Centre in Nantlle. the advantages of first-hand experi- West. She instructed the Fourth Year We were accompanied by Miss Inman’s ence for GCSE and A Level Art candi- GCSE girls in how to build a variety of partner, Phil, who became the official dates, as required by syllabuses, do not ceramic forms based on rocks and video recorder of all that happened. appear to have been fully exploited by fossils. She later repeated the work- The students were set particular tasks neighbouring schools. shop for the Fourth Year boys. The to last the long weekend which was The majority of work from the ma- work produced was exciting and will spent at various locations. The grounds jority of exhibitors was motivated by form part of the GCSE coursework for of the Centre provided a rich resource. landscape or the local environment. the pupils. The Second Year girls who It is set alongside Lake Nantlle Uchaf Their reaction to it was demonstrated had missed their workshop day at the with views of Snowdon in the back- in a variety of ways. end of the previous academic year ground. We also spent time studying All the artists contributed work of a were able to experience a series of the amazingly spectacular scenery in very high calibre and this exhibition raku firings. the slate quarries that surrounded the (although not all people would neces- village and which were also a venue sarily agree) probably achieved, over- Stapeley Water Gardens for deep water divers who came from all, the highest standard in twenty-two The Fifth Year GCSE field trip was all over the UK. A visit was also made years. spent at Stapeley Water Gardens where to a local farm on which was a particu- Accompanying the exhibition was a pupils were able to see first-hand a larly spectacular waterfall which pro- display of A Level work produced by variety of exotic plants and fish. They vided challenging ways of depicting it. the 1995/97 students. Their work was spent the time drawing these subjects The meals at the centre were simple, a consequence of the annual field trip in a variety of media with the intention filling, healthy and wholesome and to Snowdonia where the subject matter of using the information gained in their largely made from home grown pro- was derived from the study of the slate GCSE Coursework unit on Plants. duce. Accommodation was in twin quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog, the es- bedrooms and the centre provided tuary at Borth-y-Gest and rocks and Life Drawing Classes studio work space, a common room, a waterfalls in the grounds of the field Since the department began its life games room, a quiet room and a li- centre at Tremadog. As much three- drawing classes, the Human Form has brary. We were fortunate to have expe- dimensional work as two-dimensional become an important theme for Sixth rienced phenomenally sunny weather and everybody was caught off guard and suffered various degrees of sun- burn. The social experience was con- solidated by an invitation from one of the centre’s workers to join him around a campfire by the lake where conver- sation continued into the early hours of the morning. We returned to school at the end of the following Monday hav- ing had a profitable but far too short experience. A wealth of useful visual information was assembled and col- lected, and this will provide the basis for the work in school next year.

Upper Sixth A Level Exhibition In the penultimate week of the Sum- mer Term we held an open evening at

6 Arts which all the A Level candidates dis- to produce the set for The Ragged magical powers and human frailty. played their work. This was well re- Child. The concept for the piece was Miranda was played on alternate nights ceived. entirely based around the use of dreary, by Esmé Patey-Ford and Annie Phillips, damp and mildewy colours to help their performances proving quite dif- The GCSE Exhibition create a gloomy atmosphere of the ferent from each other but equally At the end of the Summer Term, the slums of London and a feeling of valid and complementing Edward families of the Fifth Year girls on the claustrophobia which was effectively Coxson’s beautifully spoken portrayal GCSE course were invited to attend an conveyed largely by the use of dra- of Ferdinand. exhibition of a representative selection pery. As usual, most of the set decora- Nathanael Bradbrook was an ami- of GCSE work which was in the hall tors were under thirteen so it was a ably bumbling Gonzalo providing a and the entrance foyer at Fence Av- tremendous achievement. sharp contrast to the cynicism and enue. All of the girls sitting the exami- In the final week of the academic aggression of Sebastian and Antonio nation had the opportunity to display year we participated in the Macclesfield played by Simon Bush and Daniel their achievements over the two year Borough venture ‘Art in Action’. Two Dale. With Andrew Unterhalter and course and this was accompanied by a ceramic sculptures vaguely in the man- Damian Painton in the roles of Adrian catwalk show of the costume work ner of Richard Long and Andy and Alonso they ensured that the in- produced as a result of last year’s visit Goldsworthy were produced by First trigues of the sub plot were conveyed to the Clothes Show. It was a highly and Second Year girls and a series of with clarity. enjoyable evening and many girls had ceramic totems based on plant forms The pathos and comedy of Caliban offers to buy pieces of work! was produced by Third Year boys. were explored by Tom Johnson who These were installed in the Bollin Val- worked well with Adam Sumner and The Clothes Show ley together with work from other Alex Healey as Stephano and Trinculo. Following the success of our first visit schools in Macclesfield. It was hard to believe that Alex Healey a coachful of students from the Girls’ It is hoped to have a similarly stimu- was only a Third Year pupil, such was and Sixth Form Divisions visited the lating programme of events for next Clothes Show at NEC in Birmingham - year. the annual showcase of the work of PS/DI both student and professional design- ers from the world of fashion and textiles. They were able to talk to Drama college lecturers and student designers from the top fashion and textile col- Sixth Form & Boys’ Division leges in the country and memorable The Drama Department has had a busy moments included the costume per- year producing The Tempest by William formance in the ‘Fashion Circus’ and Shakespeare, The Ragged Child by the College Forum catwalk shows Jeremy James Taylor and two evenings which went on throughout the day. of Class Acts as well as maintaining its Once again the day inspired many of customary high standard of practical our students to go on to produce their work for the GCSE and A Level exami- own costume work for GCSE and A nations and preparing readers for the Level courses. Church services. The Tempest was an ambitious project Other Activities involving a large cast of pupils taken In the latter part of the Summer Term from every year of the school. In order visits were made to the end of year to explore the themes of illusion and shows at Northwich, Stockport, Man- reality, the play was updated to the chester and Macclesfield. A visit was nineteenth century with Prospero also arranged to the Earth & Fire Event (played by Curtis Jordan) becoming a at Rufford Country Park where one of showman and illusionist, Caliban a our Sixth Formers was able to inter- sideshow freak and Ariel a troupe of view a selection of well known potters skaters. Magic Lantern slides, hypno- for her A Level personal study. sis, theatrical illusion and conjuring The department hosted junior work- were invoked as the characters, bewil- shops on both sites on the Friday of dered by Prospero’s magical skills, examination week. These provided were brought to acknowledge their the opportunity for primary school misdeeds. children considering taking a place at A heavy rehearsal schedule enabled King’s to experience some aspect of a high quality of verse speaking to be artwork. At Cumberland Street they achieved and from the intelligently were given the opportunity to make delivered lines it was clear that the and decorate a small press-moulded actors understood the text, making for dish which was subsequently fired and an entertaining and accessible per- which they were able to take home, formance of Shakespeare’s final play. and at Fence Avenue they were given Curtis Jordan was impressive in the the opportunity to experience simple demanding role of Prospero. With con- printmaking techniques. siderable stage presence he demon- Pupils in the Girls’ Division worked strated Prospero’s wisdom, learning,

7 Arts the assurance with which he delivered The evenings of Class Acts allowed younger sister from the sordid condi- Trinculo’s opening soliloquy and sub- parents to see the kinds of practical tions of life on the streets of London. sequent asides. In a loud check suit work involved in curriculum drama. James gave a superb performance in a and with an easy, gossiping manner in Several pupils making significant con- mature manner. Rebecca Lea, as his addressing the audience directly, this tributions to the evenings had never younger sister, charmed the audience Trinculo was very much a music hall appeared on stage before and rose to each night with her naturalistic per- comedian rather than an Elizabethan the occasion splendidly. As well as formance and pure singing voice. court jester. much scripted work, there were pieces The awesome presence of Lord The masque was presented as if by which the pupils had devised them- Shaftesbury was played confidently by automata by Jo Moroney, Esther and selves and all the actors learned much James Ritchie with fellow Lower Sixth Miriam Bradbrook, Becky-Kate Smalley from the experience. Particularly effec- students, Andrew Aldcroft and John and Hannah Hallam. With metallic tive were Curtis Jordan as both the Livesley, rendering extremely profes- faces and costumes and moving in the socially inept trainspotter in Anorak of sional performances as the Patterer style of clockwork dolls, they sang Fire and Konstantin Trepilov in an and Mr Giles respectively. beautifully to create a strangely amus- extract from Chekov’s The Seagull. Ziad There were excellent performances ing, magical and delightful scene. Sawas and David Carr impressed the from Jo Moroney, Becky-Kate Smalley, The sixteen pupils playing Ariel dem- audience with a well drilled and slick Leonie Henshall and many other young onstrated considerable discipline and account of the physical comedy de- ladies from the Girls’ Division, not to skill as they delivered Shakespeare’s manded by Dario Fo’s manic play The mention the truly amazing acting tal- verse while executing complex chore- Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Sam ents of Alex Forth, Alex Kent, Neil ography on their roller blades. The fun Fox and Ben Crabstick ably supported Williams to name but a few from the element of the work made learning by Aidan Tarran-Jones and Richard Boys’ Division. Shakespeare pleasurable and the com- Cowgill created a witty and stylish The play was directed by Sandy mitment of the young performers was improvisation satirising American com- Gibson, teacher in charge of Drama at impressive. mercialism. The programme, which the Girls’ Division, ably assisted by Jo The storm and other sound effects, changed for the second evening, dem- Beesley as musical director. The music created digitally by James Thompson onstrated the considerable talent of the is an important part of this play and Mrs and Mr Illingworth, were disturbingly pupils and the broad scope of material Beesley’s expertise was strongly in effective. A suite of incidental music tackled by our examination candidates evidence. Mr Frank Walker assisted was commissioned from Winston in Drama. with choreography in order to produce Barraclough to create the ‘sounds and some very original dance routines. sweet airs that give delight and hurt Girls’ Division Once again Dr Sue Madden made an not’ which Thom Petty arranged for a Earlier this year King’s School pupils excellent job of stage management, small ensemble, directing the musi- were involved in a production of The whilst the set design by Debbie Inman cians from the keyboard. Ragged Child in the Fence Avenue Hall complemented the period and storyline The simple but effective set, de- at the Girls’ Division. The plot deals of the production. Jo Petty and her signed by Mr Hidden, was filled with with problems encountered by the team of ladies organised wardrobe nineteenth century theatrical and sci- criminal working classes of London with their usual flair and high standard. entific paraphernalia reflecting perfectly during the year of 1849 and the at- There were numerous people in- the themes of the production and al- tempts of Lord Shaftesbury to eradicate volved in the production both back- lowing sufficient space to accommo- these problems. stage, front of house or in performance, date the intricate routines of the skaters. A wide variety of characters are in all of whom worked incredibly hard to Many of the costumes were made by evidence within the play ranging from present a production worthy of ac- the Friends of King’s Drama Commit- the poor to the rich aristocracy. Many claim. tee and the production boasted an pupils had the difficult task of playing elegance and style rarely found in a number of different roles. King’s school productions. The audiences over pupils did not find this daunting in any Music the five nights were most appreciative way. There were some notable per- The King’s Music Department has been and many favourable comments and formances from many new faces. raising money for charity, especially in letters were received. The Tempest was James Hatt played Joe, the brother support of the East Cheshire Hospice, directed by Mr Walker. who desperately seeks to protect his for many years. Although our interest in the Hospice remained, this was the year for supporting another important local cause, that of the MAST Scanner Appeal. We began with an outstanding event in the Silk Heritage Centre at the beginning of October, with the King’s Big Band under our resident trumpet teacher, professional jazz musician and wit, Ron Darlington. They gave an entire evening’s concert on their own, playing to a packed and rapturous house, raising over £1000 in the proc- ess. In March, the Big Band would again entertain their fans in the first half of another major concert in aid of the MAST Scanner. On this occasion,

8 Arts the performance was in the Boys’ Divi- tive about the freshness and sense of with a CD due out in December 1998. sion Hall and the packed house was real celebration and worship created. So far we have recorded the Tunder treated to a second half in the style of Even this and the usual two Carol cantata and carols from Christmas 1997, a Last Night of the Proms, with the Services on the final day of term was plus some exciting sections of Godspell Foundation Orchestra joined by some not the end of carol singing for some, recorded just before the end of the parents and friends in performances of as a group of Foundation Choir pupils Summer Term. With only the Christ- Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March of all ages gathered together on the day mas carols 1998 to go, this CD also will No 1, otherwise known as Land of after term ended to sing carols for be available from the Music Depart- Hope and Glory, Parry’s Jerusalem and patients in Macclesfield General Hos- ment. Third, we ended last year’s re- Rule Britannia. In this last piece we pital. port with a reference to Thom Petty, in were delighted to welcome back as Mention has already been made of the Lower Sixth year in 1997/8, and his soprano soloist a former pupil, Heather the major Foundation musical event of success as a composer, being chosen Hunter, who is now training as a pro- the Spring Term. The Girls’ Division to take part with four other young fessional singer at the Royal Academy still managed to stage a superb Music composers from all over the country, of Music. This splendid evening raised and Drama Evening in the middle of all older than Thom, in a composing over £1500 for the MAST funds. Our March. The Summer Term managed to workshop sponsored by the BBC and contributions to the local Hospice were fit some busy music-making around all with two well-known composers and more limited, but we did hold several the examinations. Pupils of Girls’, Boys’ the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. midweek evening concerts, with fine and Sixth Form Divisions joined to- That weekend and the various work- performances of chamber and solo gether as singers and orchestra, the shops to follow were a great success, music, although audiences were dis- latter joined by some staff and parents, each composer being asked to write a appointingly small. Another charity to perform a powerful musical show, piece for full orchestra based on an old event took a small group of Sixth Form The Ragged Child, over three May nights Scottish chant. The whole event was pupils to the Town Hall to entertain in the Girls’ Division Hall. There were televised and became the subject of a Age Concern volunteers at a special excellent music competitions in the fascinating BBC2 documentary, fol- lunch. Girls’ and Boys’ Divisions during the lowed by the broadcast on Radio 3 of The end of the Autumn Term began term, showing what a wealth of talent the whole concert containing the five in traditional mode with two major there is in the school. completed works. This was a tremen- concerts, one each in the Boys’ and Results in public examinations dous achievement and a sign of Thom’s Girls’ Divisions. Each concert featured proved to be exceptional this year, promise as a composer, which is in divisional choirs, bands, etc, plus per- with many very high grades at GCSE addition to his talent as a saxophonist, formances by various Foundation and a highly successful set of eight A already having passed the Advanced groups. Of particular note was the Level students, several of whom ob- Certificate (a post-grade 8 qualifica- stunning debut of the Senior Manage- tained the highest grades and are now tion) with distinction, and his holding ment Electric Sweeper Ensemble, with going on to further musical study at of the King’s Organ Scholarship. Headmaster, Deputy Headmasters, Di- various universities. Particular men- Finally, we said a sad but very fond visional Principals and Vice Principals tion should be made of the leader of farewell to four Music teachers at the playing obbligato ‘Hoovers’ in Malcolm the Foundation Orchestra and promi- end of the year: Ros Bevan and Cathy Arnold’s Grand, Grand Festival Over- nent bass in the Foundation Choir, Evans who have taught cello and flute ture, as performed by the Foundation Richard Coxson, who has taken up a respectively for a number of years, as Orchestra. It is hard to forget the mo- place to read Music at Oxford, just as well as directing orchestras and bands, ment during the first full rehearsal two of our former pupils, Sam Boyle Anne Sutcliffe who retired as a peripa- when a Cumberland Street cleaner and Rachel Gick, have obtained their tetic piano and theory teacher after entered the hall to request the return of Music degrees from the same univer- almost twenty-five years at the school, his sweeper, being played at the time sity. and Susan Brown, who has organised by the Headmaster. The Foundation Four final events need a special the instrumental teaching for the whole Choir then took the end of term in a mention: first, returning to the Big Foundation for several years, teaching new direction, performing in a concert Band and Ron Darlington, whose fund- piano and theory and accompanying with the Northern Chamber Orchestra raiser for the MAST Scanner was not numerous pupils in their music exami- in the Heritage Centre. The major item the only outside ‘gig’ they performed. nations. They are typical of the high here was a wonderful advent cantata in Their reputation in the area is very high quality and commitment of our col- German by the little-known early Ba- and they have many invitations to play leagues in the Music Department, who, roque composer Franz Tunder, with a in various venues. On one such occa- together with the talented and highly group of exciting carols in the second sion, in Macclesfield’s Sub Aqua Club, motivated pupils throughout the school, half of the programme. For the first the live concert was recorded and has make King’s Music the prominent, time in many years we did not visit a now been issued on CD, available highly-valued part of school life that it cathedral to sing a Carol Service. In- from the Music Department. Second, is. We will miss them, as we do all the stead, we developed our own replace- the Foundation Choir enjoyed a su- musical pupils who give so much to ment for the Service of Nine Lessons perb evening of coaching from world- the school and then go on to new and Carols, with a mixture of Christmas famous choir director, Michael Brewer. pastures and new musical experiences. readings from scripture, poetry and Two of our senior pupils, John Livesley AKG literature, even writing our own prayers, and Andrew Aldcroft, are members of and the carols being sung by the Foun- the National Youth Choir which is Junior Division Music dation Choir, Girls’ Choir and Boys’ directed by Mr Brewer, so they knew In September, barely four weeks into Treble Choir. Traditionalists were nerv- what to expect. No-one was disap- the new academic year, all the Junior ous at the thought of change, but all the pointed. The Choir is also in the proc- children participated in our Harvest response was overwhelmingly posi- ess of being recorded professionally, Festival celebrations. The J1s sang ‘The

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Farmer comes to scatter the seed’ and part harmony! They also sang ‘He is year, these being Lucy Hutchings (vio- showed us with their actions how this alive’. The J1s sang of Jesus’ entry into lin and voice - J1), Edward Beesley is done. The J2s gave a rousing inter- Jerusalem with ‘We have a king who (piano and trombone - J2), Austin pretation of ‘Stand up, clap hands, rides on a donkey’. The readers were Sependa (cello - J3) and William shout thank you Lord!’ which made us children from J1 and J2 and we were Laughton (saxophone and piano - J4). want to do exactly that. The J3s offered reminded of the true meaning of our We finished the year with a new a powerful and moving performance Easter celebrations in a short sketch event, a Summer Concert. A selection of ‘The pollen of peace’, reminding us performed by children from J4. of winners from the Music Festival of wider issues relating to poverty and On the final morning of the Spring performed, all of them playing with hunger. Finally, the J4s sang ‘God in his Term the J3s travelled by coach to the confidence and obvious enjoyment. love’. Leisure Centre for our final rehearsal in Other items were provided by Eve In November the Christmas festivi- a series of four for the Macclesfield Marchant who danced a solo from ties began early with the Junior 2 Music Festival. The children had been Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’, the Wind and production of ‘Cinders’, a musical pan- rehearsing fifteen songs during the Brass Ensemble and the J1/2 and J3/4 tomime. The children performed an Spring Term and were required to Choirs. The numbers of the Junior updated version of the story through commit them all to memory for the String Ensemble were augmented by song, dance and rhyme. The humor- performance! Our children were part Penny Aspinwall, Jo Beesley and ous script was delivered with such of a massed choir along with children Andrew Green and the group gave a excellent timing and expression that it from eight other local schools. musical and assured performance of was difficult to believe that the chil- The evening’s concert was magnifi- ‘Into the blue’. dren on stage were only eight and nine cent with all the children singing with This concert was a very happy and years of age. Each form provided a real enthusiasm and concentration. The musically exciting occasion for both percussion accompaniment with skill first section of the programme con- performers and audience and a won- and enthusiasm and their singing and sisted of four contrasting songs, one derful way to end the school year. dancing was a delight. Katy Hamilton sung in three part harmony. The mid- ALe was a spirited Cinders, partnered by an dle section of the concert was a per- ebullient Heidi Hughes as Buttons. formance of ‘In the Beginning’, a series Pirates of Penzance Francesca Walsh was suitably scatty as of eight songs based around African Music, dancing, romance..... Weeks of the Fairy Godmother and her troop of creation stories, with dancing croco- intense rehearsals culminated in three fairies brought the house down with diles provided by children from King’s! dazzling performances of the Pirates of ‘Now I’m old and grey’. Sam Lea and The third section of choir pieces was a Penzance written by Gilbert and Nicola Coveney were particularly un- selection from the ‘Sound of Music’. Sullivan. All the J4 boys readily adopted wholesome as the Ugly Sisters, much Our individual item was provided by the roles of those fearsome sea-faring to the despair of their father played by the Junior Division Wind and Brass fiends who did not know whether to Leo Thompson. Dominic Hall was a Ensemble who delighted the audience fight with their swords or use their very royal King and Max Gokhale with ‘Neighbours’. Their accurate play- feather dusters! The young apprentice, caused much amusement as his son, ing and professionalism was a credit to Frederic, an enormous role played the very immodest Prince Charming. the school. admirably by Joe Durrant, could not Our end of term Carol Service was In the Summer Term the Junior 1 believe his eyes as they set upon all held in St Michael’s Church. The J3/4 children presented ‘No, No, Noah!’ as those beautiful maidens, played by all Choir began our service with ‘A Christ- part of their annual concert with all the the J4 girls (wearing King’s uniforms mas Welcome’ and we then heard the children singing, dancing, acting and and ties worn in unusual positions!) story of the Nativity told in song. Paula providing percussion accompaniments but he was certain of one thing - that Andreewitch performed ‘Mary’s song’, to songs. Special mention should go to Ruth, his nurse, had lied to him about telling of a young girl’s wonder at Ben Arnold and Sophie Hallam, who her beauty. The Major General drew a Gabriel’s message. The J4s sang ‘Lights suitably organised their family and very large breath in order to get out of in the town’ as the weary travellers animals alike, as Mr and Mrs Noah. The the difficult situation - and, of course, walked to Bethlehem. The J1s sang of J1 children also showed their skill on to get him through his very long verses ‘Five tired shepherds’ who were awak- the recorder, playing an ‘Irish Lullaby’ in his amusing tongue-twisting ditty ened by a host of angels. The J2s and ‘Boogie Blues’. with words re-written by Susan Pleat reminded us that ‘Wise Men travelled The Annual Junior Division Music especially appropriate for King’s. Sci- from afar’ and Dominic Shaw sang Festival attracted 130 entries, several ence experiments set up by Mrs Brown, ‘Herod’s song’ telling of Herod’s fear of children entering more than one class. Maths SATS taught by Mr Shaw, Mr this new born king. The J3s poignantly The instrument categories were Wind, Silcock being impressed by exemplary performed ‘Born in the night, Mary’s Brass, Percussion, Strings, Piano, Voice behaviour were all mentioned by Tom Child’, a song relating Jesus’ birth, and Keyboard. We were again fortu- Devonald in his ‘matters vegetable, death and resurrection. As the Nativity nate to secure the services of Andrew animal and mineral’ and he certainly characters moved into their final tab- Green and Jo Beesley as adjudicators, was the ‘very model of a modern Major leau, the Junior Division String Ensem- and the children really appreciated General’ in his portrayal. ble played ‘Away in a manger’ and to their encouraging comments. The Act Two hailed the arrival of the close our Christmas story all the chil- standard continues to rise and thanks ‘boys in blue’ led by William Arnold dren in the Division joyfully sang ‘Carol must go to our dedicated peripatetic who proved that a ‘policeman’s lot is all ye people’. instrumental staff who work with the not a happy one’ as he strove to lead The Easter Service had contribu- children throughout the year. The four his men into battle against the Pirates, tions from our J1 and J2 children. The music cups went to the children who only to find that, as usual, the women J2s added a recorder accompaniment achieved the highest mark in their triumphed in the end! Of course ‘the to our opening hymn, playing in three one and only Mrs Lea’ had triumphed

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The children gave a concert at the end of the Easter Term with a theme of Springtime, giving the Infants the op- portunity of presenting a musical fare- well to Mrs Kate Beavis, Head of Infants. The children sang ‘It happens each spring’ reminding us that this is the time of new growth in nature around us. All the Infants sang ‘Now it’s Easter time’ as a round with actions - a brave but successful item! Other highlights of the concert were Year 1 children danc- ing and singing ‘I’m singing in the rain’ and the Nursery children bunny hop- ping in time to the music in ‘See the little rabbits sleeping’ with several pairs of rabbit ears slipping to become masks instead of head-dresses! The Recep- tion children sang and acted out ‘I went to the cabbages’ telling of the life- cycle of a butterfly and the Year 2 too in producing another fine musical ‘The smallest angel’. This is a musical children provided an expert percus- and Mrs Aspinwall had obviously given journey around the world. The Nurs- sion accompaniment to ‘It’s Easter time’. ‘her orders loud and clear’ during re- ery sang about a Red Indian camp and We finished the year with ‘The Mu- hearsal time. we were treated to a totem pole dance. sicians of Bremen’ which tells how PJA The Reception children visited Hawaii four music loving creatures encourage and, bedecked with flower garlands, a gang of robbers to mend their ways. Infant Music hula skirts and sunglasses, they sang of Our furry and feathered friends were We began the year with our Harvest clear blue skies and an inviting sea! Johnty Marshall (Year 2) as Donkey, Thanksgiving Service. The staff were The Year 1 children, trained by Mrs Andrew Parton (Year 1) as Dog, Felic- uncertain as to how the children, all Eardley, presented a song and dance ity Kimber (Reception) as Cat and new pupils of King’s, would cope with from China and also a flamenco show- Elizabeth Marshall (Nursery) as Rooster. singing in front of an audience. How- stopper - ‘In sunny Spain’. Year 2 The Infant children told the story ever, they responded so enthusiasti- children, dressed in kilts, performed a through rhyming verse and lively songs, cally when learning their Harvest hymn Scottish dance and also, with much a favourite being the robbers’ song - that they eventually sang three songs hand and knee slapping, a song from ‘Fiddle, Diddle and Twist’. Year 1 chil- during the service! Year 1 and 2 chil- the Swiss Alps. The Reception, Year 1 dren performed a ‘Dance of the wood- dren reminded us of the work that goes and Year 2 children provided percus- land creatures’ to music provided by into making our food by acting out the sion accompaniments to several songs. Year 2 percussion. All the children story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and a This was a very happy occasion and appeared to really enjoy singing and Harvest talk was given by the Rever- we were well supported by Infant dancing and their enjoyment was shared end Leslie Lewis, Vicar of Rainow. parents who also supplied the colour- by the appreciative audience. At Christmas the children presented ful and effective costumes and props. ALe

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studies. Although nerve-wracking for tended a one-day conference at Salford Biology Department most, it brought out a variety of hith- University. They listened to a series of erto unfound talents. The week pro- demonstration lectures about various A Level Biology Field Trip vided an excellent introduction to the aspects of A Level Chemistry and be- As the Summer Term came to a close ecology module (BY05) and the suc- yond. ‘Making light work of Chemistry’ thirty-nine students and six staff (W D cess was largely down to the hard was an interesting talk about chemical Beatson, C J Buckland, S Madden, J R work and organisation put in by Dr S reactions which give out light. ‘Fun Pattison, N Teagle and J N Walker) Madden, the imaginative teaching of and Games with Liquid Air’ was the from the Biology Department left school the centre staff and the excellent sup- most popular spectacle, involving ex- for a week long Ecology Field Course port provided by the accompanying periments with liquid nitrogen and at the Field Studies Centre, Betwys-y- teachers. liquid oxygen which cannot be done in Coed in North Wales. school. On arrival the students were divided Updates Conference into two groups and introduced to The Lower Sixth biologists went to Villiers Park their tutors, Peter Kay and Martin Manchester on a successful Updates In November, Michael Hordley at- Turner. Peter had worked with groups Conference. This proved to be a worth- tended a reading week. There were from King’s School before and Martin while activity as the good modular test seminars, lectures and visits designed had come to the Centre from Blen results confirmed. to extend and illustrate ideas learnt at Cathra. The Centre at Rhyd y Creuau A Level in the company of like-minded provided a comfortable central base Villiers Park students from all over the country. It from which to explore a wide range of Simon Priestnall attended a one week was an intensive and challenging week, specialised ecological sites including reading project at Villiers Park to read which left Michael in a strong position moorland (Llyn Bodgynedd), sand Biological Sciences. Simon benefited for his university interviews. Michael is dunes (Harlech), woodland (Coed greatly from the experience and it now studying Chemistry at Sheffield Hafod), rocky shore (Penmon Point), stood him in good stead for university. and hopes to travel abroad as part of and a freshwater mountain stream CJB his course. (Rhyd y Creuau). Each day focused on KS a single habitat and began with intro- ductory lectures, discussions and equip- Chemistry Department ment issue before the groups moved Geology Department into the field to collect relevant data. Young Analyst of the Year The groups then returned to the centre In April, Philip Hart, James Rider and Geology Field Courses laboratories to sort their data, find any Alex Flynn represented the school in ‘Straits have I seen that cover now patterns and apply appropriate statisti- the Young Analyst of the Year Compe- What erst was solid earth; have trodden cal tests. Tutors, students and teachers tition. This is run by the Royal Society land worked hard to complete a huge of Chemistry at Manchester Metropoli- Where once was sea; and gathered amount of work to meet very tight tan University. The boys had to com- inland far deadlines. plete a number of analytical tasks as Dry ocean shells’ The final day was different and each accurately as possible. Individual re- Ovid, Metam xv 262 student had to plan and carry out an sults were added together in order to ‘Geologists are charming company - original piece of research using the determine an overall winning team. particularly for other geologists’ skills learned during the course. Ini- The boys came thirteenth in a field of Topffer, Nouvelles genevoises, 1841 tially this was a daunting task for many about thirty and thoroughly enjoyed This year’s fieldwork followed a now but with help and guidance the stu- the opportunity to test their practical well-established and successful pat- dents warmed to the idea. skills in new and unfamiliar situations. tern, but still included a few new The week concluded with students locations. giving a presentation to the whole Updates Conference The Lower Sixth introductory trip in group summarising their individual In November, all the Lower Sixth at- September visited the deltaic Millstone Grit at Tegg’s Nose, the spectacular rock folding at the foot of Ecton Hill and the spoil heaps of Ladywash Mine near Eyam. The Upper Sixth spent a day in October working on the desert depos- its exposed at Alderley Edge and a day in March studying the igneous rocks of The White Peak. On both occasions a piece of coursework was started, with follow-up work back at school. A number of students attended a Christmas Lecture for schools offering A Level Geology in the Manchester area. A geologist recently returned from Montserrat spoke about the recent headline-grabbing eruptions there, and showed some spectacular shots of the devastating ‘glowing cloud’ eruptions.

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Despite a very enjoyable trip to Devon and Cornwall in 1997, at Easter the Lower Sixth residential turned its back on the sunny South and paid a return visit to Cumbria and the North- ern Pennines. Twelve students, to- gether with Mr Lock and Mr Hallatt, spent five days based at the excellent Shap Wells Hotel. The weather was cool, overcast but mostly dry, and the usual tried and tested locations were visited. New for this year was a memo- rable guided descent into Egremont Haematite Mine, at the bottom of which we were treated to what must be the most impressive in situ ore deposits to be seen in any accessible mine, and those involved will not forget the deep red colour of the pervasive mud en- pleted in the five minute intervals be- countered underground (and every- tween events and during their lunch where else for the rest of the trip!). break. Another innovation was a visit to St At the end of the day all of the teams Bees Head. Here, a faulty guidebook were brought together in the main led us first to a sewage outfall, but after lecture theatre and first, second and some exploration the excellent geo- third placed teams in each event were logical exposures were located further announced and prizes awarded. The along the coast. The students (and King’s team was the clear winner of the staff) worked very hard during the ‘Fermi Quiz’, beating MGS into second week, both in the field and during place and we also came second in the evening follow-up sessions, and two ‘Marble Slalom’ event. Finally, the over- assessed pieces of coursework were all positions were announced, the King’s effectively completed. Next year it is team had been narrowly beaten into planned to venture north of the border fourth place by Manchester Grammar and sample some of the delights of School. The team members acquitted Scottish geology. themselves exceedingly well and we The fieldwork year was rounded off all had a thoroughly enjoyable day. in April with the Lower Sixth attending The aim of this fun based competi- a Geophysics study day at Ecton Hill tion was to stimulate interest in Physics Field Studies Centre. Lecturers from and in this the organisers were clearly prestigious Imperial College, London successful. were on hand to run practical sessions using sophisticated equipment not Engineering Education Scheme generally available in schools. Project HEL In late October the school was invited to enter a team of four Lower Sixth students for the Engineering Education Physics Department Scheme Project. The team would be required to work on a real industrial Physics Olympics problem for which a company needed In September a team of four Upper a solution. The students selected were Sixth students (Vladislav Vaganov, Mark Goodsell, Alex Flynn, Rosanna William Gamble, Stuart Rowell and Wilson and Jonathan Mitchell. Alistair Cotton) represented King’s in The scheme began in early Novem- this annual event, in which a total of ber with an induction day at BNFL in twenty-nine schools from all over the . The students were intro- region took part. The competition was duced to their Engineer Tutor, Mr Ali organised by the Department of Phys- Ali of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, and ics at Liverpool University and spon- briefed about the nature of their project. give a short presentation on the progress sored by a local electronics company Over the next five months they were they had made so far. During the next called ‘Brain Boxes’. required to design and manufacture a three months the team had to complete The competition consisted of a se- machine for the safe disposal of fluo- the project and produce a written re- ries of five, thirty minute activities each rescent tubes. port for submission to the assessment with a Physics slant, but which also In January the team attended a resi- panel. required teamwork, lateral thinking, dential project development workshop In late March the team visited Zeneca organisation and planning. Teams were at where they were where they gave a presentation to an also provided with an ‘orders of mag- able to build and test a prototype audience of senior managers. The team nitude’ Fermi Quiz which they com- machine. They were also required to also had to field a number of searching

13 Sciences questions which they dealt with in a confident manner. The culmination of the whole project was the Presentation and Assessment Day held at Runcorn in mid April. All of the schools in the region who had participated in the scheme attended. During the morning each team had to set up a display stand, give a presenta- tion to the assessment panel and face a question and answer session. The King’s team was successful and so in the afternoon the team was presented with their Engineering Education Scheme certificates by the guest of honour, the Duke of Westminster. Later, the team members also re- ceived CREST Gold Awards in recogni- tion of their project work in the field of science. particular, he demonstrated how the of the electron Professor Bruce Hamil- build up of ice on wings can be avoided. ton explained, with the aid of a variety The enthusiasm of all three speakers of demonstrations, its importance in a for their careers in engineering was whole range of diverse fields or, as he clear for all to see. Following each himself put it, from ‘the cat’s whisker to presentation our students asked a wide the World Wide Web’. range of questions about the particular project that each speaker had been Physics Olympiad involved with and about engineering Three of our Upper Sixth students in general. volunteered to enter the 1998 British Physics Olympiad in February. The Updates Conference competition is in the form of a three This conference, which took place at hour examination and is designed to Salford University in November, was test the more talented Physicists. Alistair attended by twenty-one Upper Sixth Cotton received a Participation Award, students. The day began with a lecture Stuart Rowell gained a Bronze Award by Professor Frank Close of ‘Cosmic and Vladislav Vaganov gained a Silver Onion’ fame, who spoke of the impor- Award, only 100 of which were awarded tance of the electron in the centenary nation-wide. year of its discovery. This was followed by lectures on ‘Lasers and Fibre Optics’ Villiers Park by Dr␣ Mark Dickenson and ‘The Phys- The school was invited to nominate ics of Nuclear Power’ by Kevin Hesketh one student to attend a one week of BNFL. residential course in Physics at Villiers The afternoon began with a fasci- Park near Oxford, which was to take nating and entertaining lecture entitled place in February. Vladislav Vaganov, ‘From Faraday to Fender’ in which Dr our nominee, was duly accepted. The Dominic Dickson explained and dem- intensive course consisted of short Windows on Engineering onstrated the Physics of the electric lectures, seminars and problem-solv- In November three engineers visited guitar. This was followed by a session ing sessions together with a visit to the department to give thirty␣ minute with Mr Paul Clark, a Chief Examiner Oxford University. The topics covered presentations to our Fifth Year stu- with the NEAB, who provided our during the six day course included dents, both boys and girls. Dr Simon students with some sound advice about Quantum Theory, Optics and Lasers, Brown, AEA Technology, spoke about the A Level examination and included Nuclear Physics, Wave-Particle Duality the importance of risk assessment with examples of good and poor practice. and Solid State Physics. In a lighter particular reference to the Bradford FC The day concluded with a lecture by moment the students were presented Fire, the Piper Alpha Disaster and the Dr␣ Mervyn Black entitled ‘Say it with with the ‘Quantum Theory of Sock’ King’s Cross Fire. Ruth Hurst, a civil Frozen Flowers’ in which the effect of which apparently explains why we engineer with Allott and Lomax, pro- liquid nitrogen on the properties of often end up with a pair of odd socks! vided us with an insight into the vari- various materials was demonstrated in It was clear that Vladislav enjoyed the ous methods of providing sound an amusing, but informative manner. course immensely and I am sure it will foundations for high structures such as stand him in good stead at Cambridge. roller coasters and for large buildings The Taming of the Electron such as supermarkets. Finally, Michael In December, twenty-two Lower Sixth Women In Science and Green, Avro International Aerospace, students attended a lecture at UMIST Engineering (WISE) discussed the many problems which entitled ‘The Taming of the Electron’. In March Lauren Ballarini, a Lower must be overcome in aircraft design. In In the centenary year of the discovery Sixth student, attended a two day course

14 Sciences at UMIST. The course was organised tories demonstrations were used to Jodrell Bank by WISE and its aim was to highlight show how the very latest techniques In March the Fourth Year separate the opportunities available to women and new technology can lead to in- science groups (girls and boys) at- in science and engineering. Here is creased efficiency, productivity and tended a Science event at Jodrell Bank. Lauren’s report: profitability in small businesses and This was an exhibition staged as part of On the first day we attended various industry. National Science Week and consisted lectures and we were then taken on a of a series of interactive displays de- visit around the department of me- Headstart signed to illustrate the application of chanical engineering. In one area we The Engineering Education Scheme’s scientific ideas in industry. Students saw how a student was using lasers to Residential Headstart programme is spent about two hours looking at the ‘burn’ the surface of bricks which ap- aimed at Lower Sixth students who are various exhibits and at the displays at parently formed a coating which genuinely interested in finding out Jodrell Bank. There was opportunity to strengthened the brick. She was ex- about careers in engineering. Appli- talk to a variety of people about careers perimenting with bricks made from cants are able to choose from over and to find out what various jobs different materials and with varying twenty universities throughout the entailed. Some of the Fourth Year are laser powers to discover which combi- country, but there is a selection proc- pictured here trying one of the exhib- nation gave the best result. Next a ess and places are limited. Whilst the its. research fellow, who was sponsored courses vary from university to univer- by a major oil company, showed us via sity, they all aim to introduce students Chester Zoo a computer simulation how shock to the different branches of engineer- All First Year pupils visited Chester waves travel through different materi- ing, provide ‘hands on’ experience of Zoo in October as part of a unit in their als of various shapes. The aim of the real engineering problems, show what Science course on the variety of life. project was to develop a cover which it is like to study for a degree in Girls and boys went on successive when wrapped around the legs of oil engineering at university, explain the days and completed various tasks dur- platforms would reduce the risk of career routes available and help stu- ing the visit relating to work that had damage to the structure in the event of dents to decide which university course been done back at school. an earthquake. At our next stopping to apply for. This year, four of our Sixth KS point we saw a four stoke combustion Form students (James Rider, Richard CREST Awards engine with a transparent cylinder head. Greenwood, Daniel Byrom and Alex (Creativity in Engineering, Science and A high speed camera was used to film Flynn) were successful with their ap- Technology) the injection of the fuel and its ignition. plications. Projects for this award have included Finally we saw an experiment which CPH work on sonar, bacteria in milk and showed how steel performs under ten- enzymes. Bronze level awards have sion and then we were asked to calcu- been gained by Sophie Murphy and late the minimum diameter of a piece Science Department Rachel Sewart, both of whom are con- of steel that could support a specified tinuing to silver level. weight. Zeneca Science Prize On day two we began with a lecture In April, Simon Priestnall and Matthew Smallpeice Trust Engineering in which we were told about the range Tinker represented the school in the Courses of science and engineering degrees annual competition held at Zeneca for Four Third Year girls were successful and the benefits of studying for such a A Level project work. Simon and Mat- in gaining places on the Phase I course degree. We next visited the depart- thew completed a project called ‘Has at Newton Abbot, which took place ment of physics and astronomy where Osmosis had its chips?’. They devel- during the Easter holidays this year. we attended a lecture on the formation oped a method for measuring the sugar They attended a series of talks and of stars given by a research fellow. She content of different types of potato and activities provided by representatives showed us some photographs taken formed a hypothesis relating the sugar of national industries. through the Hubble Telescope as well content to the culinary uses. They AC as some photographs she had taken tested their hypothesis thoroughly and herself through the UK’s telescope in concluded that the sugar content was Hawaii. We next performed an experi- related to age and not necessarily to ment to determine the size of a mol- the particular use. They were awarded ecule by passing laser light through a second prize in the local competition specially prepared slide and then meas- and won a place in the National Finals uring the diameter of the diffraction of the ‘Zeneca Life Science Award’ held rings produced. The course concluded in Cardiff in July. They travelled to with a lecture about communications Cardiff with Dr John Pattison and pre- through video-conferencing and e-mail sented their project alongside winners and their importance for businesses in from other parts of the country. They the future. both achieved CREST Silver awards and were highly commended by the EMTEC judges. They also won £500 for the In July, a group of twenty-four students Science Department, which will be and two members of staff travelled by spent on data-logging equipment. A coach to visit NORWEB’s unique Elec- team of Upper Sixth Formers are pre- tricity Marketing, Test and Experience paring a project for this year’s compe- Centre (EMTEC) near Chorley. During tition. a guided tour through research labora-

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ciative of the high level of interest and against visitors from Stockport. Early Amnesty International workmanship invested in this project. victories by Richard Bell and William In October 1997 a group of seven Sixth Their efforts have enabled the Club to Laughton proved to be a false dawn as Formers and Fifth Year girls attended branch out into a much wider range of Stockport’s greater experience told. the annual Amnesty International Youth breeding programmes which will in- Despite several brave halves, the even- Conference in London. This one day clude new fish species, reptiles and tual result saw Stockport as worthy event inspired the launch of two Youth invertebrates. winners. Amnesty groups, one in the Sixth Form In addition to projects being set up GJS and one at Fence Avenue. Both groups with Chester Zoo, the Club will be have been run largely by the pupils, visiting the new Blue Planet Aquarium with support given by staff. The aim in near Ellesmere Port and the fish suppli- Debating this first year was to raise awareness of ers in Bolton. The Girls’ Division has enjoyed a series the aims of the organisation and to The Club would like to thank all of lively debates this year on a range of respond to requests to write letters. In those people who have helped and contentious topics. The decision to the coming year, it is hoped to launch supported their activities over the past create two separate debating forums, a campaign in school to raise aware- year. Junior Debating for First and Second ness of the fiftieth anniversary of the CJB Years, and Senior Debating for Third, establishment of the Universal Decla- Fourth and Fifth Years, has proved ration of Human Rights in December successful in encouraging debates at 1998. Chemistry Club different levels. Passionate speeches NJC Chemistry Club in the Boys’ Division have been given on topics such as takes place in C2 on a Monday lunch- euthanasia, whether rules damage the time. There is opportunity to try novel soul and whether beef on the bone Aquarium Club and interesting experiments or to take should be banned, to name only a The Aquarium Club has had a very experiments done in class a little fur- selection. busy and successful year and has ex- ther. The highlight of the year was un- panded its activities considerably. The KS doubtedly the final debate, held one pond has been re-established under week prior to the school examinations. the enthusiasm and guidance of Mr N Mysterious posters appeared in school: Teagle. This will be used to breed a Chess Club ‘School examinations are a waste of variety of cold water fish. The Aquarium The Chess Club met twice weekly this time!’ and ‘Abolish school exams!’. The Club has a tradition for breeding rare year in the Autumn and Spring Terms, debate ‘This house believes that school fish and this is going from strength to initially in S2 and latterly in S8. The examinations are not beneficial to our strength with special help from Ches- usual round of inter-form matches took education’ was attended by staff and ter Zoo. Members of the Aquarium place although, disappointingly, some by girls from all years. Mrs Costello, Club and Mr C J Buckland visited forms did not participate. The winners Charlotte Taylor, Miss Chadwick and Chester Zoo during the summer holi- were respectively 1JRH, 2PW and 3RG. Laura Ashby spoke, chaired admirably day and were given excellent guidance The school again took part in the UK by Jody Ball in a lively, good hu- and support from Mr Julian Bell. The Chess Challenge, the third of its type. moured debate. The motion was de- students were given a behind the scenes There was a high entry from the Boys’ feated! tour of the aquarium and an in-depth Division, but subsequently significant NJC lecture on the conservation of rare fish numbers of entrants failed to play their and the cryogenic preservation of ge- matches; perhaps the lure of computer netic material. In addition to the talk games was too great? Judo Club (Junior Division) the students were provided with scien- There was, then, no winner of the This popular club is organised on a tific papers covering a wide range of Lawton Cup (senior competition) this Tuesday after school by the Masters up-to-the-minute Aquaculture tech- year, but a tightly fought junior section Judo Club. Around fifty children at- niques and conservation measures. resulted in a play off between First tended the weekly sessions, split into Julian Bell will be coming to school to Years, Seb McMahon and Krister two groups, leading up to termly complete this initiative and help ex- Ardern, who had both won six and lost gradings. At the end of the season the tend the breeding programme at King’s one of their games. McMahon won, organiser, Sharon James, awarded the early in the Autumn Term. The trip and becomes the holder of the Blake newly-donated Masters Judo trophies provided the necessary stimulus for Trophy for one year. He will have the to Katie Usher and George Ford with the current members to come in during opportunity to retain this cup next year runners-up medals to Neehil Oza and the holiday and reorganise the school when he moves into the Second Year, Francis Barker. aquarium facility. Whilst at the Zoo the a feat not achieved since John Tsalikis GJS students were also taken on a tour of did it about seven years ago. the Reptile House and Sarah Cox, one GL/NCJR of the curators, went out of her way to Orienteering Club provide help, encouragement and use- Junior Division Chess Club The Autumn Term provided an oppor- ful advice on the management of rep- During the winter months Chess Club tunity to recruit new blood into the tiles and invertebrates in captivity. provides a useful haven for children orienteering squad. The most notable The school holiday provided the who wish to pit their wits against recruits were Robert Colville and maintenance staff with the opportunity others in a battle of minds. This year Alastair Pattrick, who have competed to modernise and upgrade the electri- a team of sixteen J2/3/4 boys (where at most events through the year. After cal installations in the animal house are all the female chess players??!) took a large number of smaller events the and the Aquarium Club are very appre- part in the first ever match of its type first major event of the term was the

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British Schools’ Score Championships, was unfortunately unable to attend. In Warren; Michelle Tinker; Mike Bamber; held at Haigh Hall near Wigan. There addition, Chris Watts was selected as Andrew Bruce; James Watts; Corinne was a good deal of individual success an individual to represent Britain in the Tinker; Nick Mills; Yannick Malins; in the junior categories. Anika Bulcock, U17 boys’ race. The trip to Latvia was David Edwards; Gareth Steele; Michael new to J3, won the entire Junior Girls’ very eventful with a twenty-four hour Difelice; James Ollier; Royce Corden; championship. Nick Mills was second delay on the outward journey. The Lyndall Lohman; Francesca Stamp; Tom in the Second Year boys’ race. There courses were very difficult and the top Bradfield; Leigh Simpson; Robert were also high positions for James positions were dominated by the Colville; Alastair Pattrick; Alex Clarke- Watts, Tom Bradfield, Chris Watts, Ri- Scandinavians and Eastern Europe Williams; Andrew Watts; Sam Baker; chard Bradfield, Michelle Tinker, Mat- Republics. Joe Gaffney; George Clarke; Nick Hop- thew Tinker, Gareth Steele and Alastair In the Spring Term Lyndall Lohman ping; Robert Barker; Euan Hendry; Pattrick. The school also won a number and Francesca Stamp added to the William Malins; Tim Reynolds; Tim of team prizes after this success. Fence Avenue contingent of orienteers. Bestley; Gabriel Aspinall; Nick Tinker; The orienteering team benefited Both proved to be an instant hit. In the Dan Tinker. greatly from the new help given by and East Cheshire CO’D Head of Maths, Mr Phil Colville, as well School Championships both girls won as the continued help of Dr Mike their age groups and helped the school Nolan. Mr Colville helped drive to to a maximum total score and to win Sailing Club events as far afield as Hampshire and the trophy for the fourth year in succes- In July the perspective looked very Northumberland. In the first of five sion. Lyndall, with a background in fell positive. Saturday morning sailing at National Championships series, held running, produced excellent results Redesmere had been busy and pur- in late October, there was success for from her first orienteering event. An- poseful. The only downside had been Nick Mills and Mike Bamber. Nick was other new orienteer joined the club the failure of the Optimist fleet to second in the U13 boys’ class. Mike and proved himself very able and this materialise for the first two Thursdays was fourth in the U15 boys’ race. was Alex Clarke-Williams. James Watts of the Junior Division programme. We In mid November the annual British continued his fast progression to one got round this by inviting the Juniors to Schools’ Individual Championships of the country’s best orienteers in his participate on Saturday mornings. This were held in Farley Mount Country age group with excellent results restricted opportunity but made it pos- Park near Winchester. A team of throughout 1998. sible for some Junior Division sailing to twenty-two headed down to Hamp- There was a short period off orien- take place in Toppers. The Summer shire to represent the school. Once teering around Easter as Mr O’Donnell Term ended with Mr Edwards and Mrs again some excellent results were re- got married, although he still managed Bream taking twenty pupils from the corded and the team brought back to take in an event on his honeymoon Boys’ Division to Plas Menai in the many trophies. The school is now and come third! second week of the holidays. The National Champion in the U16 boys’ All the way through the summer week was a great success. category, with the team of Chris Watts, there were evening events after school Sailing was suspended in the Au- Richard Bradfield and Richard Warren (one per week) as well as the normal tumn Term. Operations were resumed winning the championship for the Sunday events. This gave newcomers but a combination of racing events at fourth year in succession. Chris Watts and experienced orienteers plenty of Redesmere and the school’s Open produced the schools’ best individual opportunity to improve their skills and Morning meant that the first sailing position of fourth. Perhaps the most collect colour badges. As with last opportunity was the first Saturday of impressive team result was the cham- year, the older orienteers had a chance the October half-term. Gale force pionship-winning Third Year boys’ to compete against the teachers (Mr winds and horizontal rain meant that team. The team consisted of James O’Donnell, Mr Colville and Mr Lock). Mr Edwards had to cancel the morn- Watts, Nick Mills and Yannick Malins. The major summer event other than ing’s sailing. Congratulations to the Nick and Yannick are only Second the World Schools’ Championships was three hardy souls who turned up only Years! The Fourth Year boys (Mike the British Championships, held in to be turned away. Sixth Form sailing Bamber, Andrew Bruce and Nick Hampshire. These two events were on Wednesday afternoons continued Barringer) were Runners-up in the team held over the same weekend. There as usual after the third week of Septem- championship, with Mike Bamber pro- were good performances from Mat- ber. ducing the best individual perform- thew Tinker, Richard Bradfield and The school participated in mid-Oc- ance of seventh place. Michelle Tinker Michelle Tinker. The summer was tober in Rydal’s team-racing event at heralded her return from illness by rounded off by two superb perform- Manley Water Park. Three teams were coming sixth in the Fifth Year girls’ ances from the Watts brothers at the selected. However, wind on the water category. Lakeland five-day international com- was Force 6 and above and, despite the Based upon the result of the British petition (held in August). Chris Watts best efforts of Mr Peter Weekes of Schools’ Championships, six of the was outright winner of the U17 boys’ Rydal, it was not possible to complete schools’ orienteers were selected to championship and James Watts was the sailing programme. Three sailors represent Britain as well as the school fifth in the U15 boys’ category. Mr deserve to be mentioned for their ef- in the 1998 World Schools’ Champi- O’Donnell came third in his race. Fi- forts in successfully meeting the chal- onships. This was held in the first nally, Matthew Tinker went on to Leeds lenge of the difficult conditions. Richard week of May, in the forests around University where he has since and David Isherwood were individu- Riga, Latvia. Five boys were selected in orienteered in their first team. ally outstanding but their team lost the boys’ fourteen to fifteen years age The following pupils orienteered despite the best efforts of Jonathan group. The squad was Andrew Bruce, with the school over the last year: Yearsley. Jon had cycled into a gate- Nick Barringer, James Watts, Nick Mills, Matthew Tinker; Chris Watts; Richard post that morning and his injury ham- Yannick Malins and Mike Bamber. Mike Bradfield; Nick Barringer; Richard pered his sailing too much for him to

17 Clubs & Societies assist Richard and David. Richard dramatic beat up to Lakeside all three Term (4th – 9th July). Cowan (Second Year) won two races crews coped magnificently and the A group of twenty will go to the in Division Three before their racing wind increased to 4-5. The day was Scottish National School on Cumbrae was called off. Richard has been completed with a downhill slalom back Island near Largs. The cost will be windsurfing and sailing with Maxout to Hawkshead. Best crew award was £175 and we hope that the week will of Astbury Water Park. He certainly to go to Alex Clarke-Williams, Tom be as successful as Plas Menai has coped very well with the difficult con- Whitehead (Second Years) and Alastair been. Consideration will later be given ditions. Laurence Jay will be waiting Bream (First Year), who, despite their to those in the Fourth Year and above for next year’s event in the hope that tender years, gave their enthusiastic who will not be eligible for a Plas his special ‘light-air’ abilities will be best to the man with the stick and his Menai course early in the holiday. This needed. first mate THA. They completed more would be a small group of experienced BE and THA were hoping for better than ten gybes on the return trip with sailors hoping to develop racing skills luck with the weather for this year’s a fluency and precision that many a and sea experience. end of season trip to Bowness and professional crew would have envied. BE ‘Holidays Afloat’. The group avoided The day was made complete with a the M61 this year and managed to get swim at the Burnside and guinness and to the boatyard at about 6.30 pm. beef pie at the Ship Inn. Second Year Science Club Three boats had been booked: two On Sunday the wind was lighter and The Second Year Science Club at Fence thirty-five footers and a thirty-two the fleet enjoyed semi-competitive light- Avenue has had another good year of footer. Which of the skippers would air reaching down to Ambleside for exciting activities and messy experi- draw the short straw? – the shorter boat lunch. A ‘person’ on one of the boats ments. Highlights have included the with the tiller rather than wheel steer- suggested a race back to Hawkshead launching of a model rocket and the ing. Mr Mike Forbes drew the Gib-sea to complete the day. Lady Alice won egg-launchers (which were used with 35 with wheel steering, Mr Tim – by quite a long way. Mr Edwards’ real eggs). Our forensic science teams Isherwood drew the Jeanneau 35 and crew with their teamwork and enthu- had another murder to investigate, that Mr Edwards got the Jeanneau 32 with siasm won the day. Next year’s cruise of poor Mrs Buckley who kindly agreed a stick to steer her by. Please do not has been booked by THA. From 12th to be the victim and who also offered sympathise, this is still a definite im- to 14th November, we will have a party some strands of hair to help with provement on that old windsurfer of of a similar size and four boats. Mr enquiries. his. Edwards will no doubt be fighting to AC The wind on Saturday, after an ex- keep both his crew and his yacht. cellent breakfast at ‘The Oaks’ Café, Next year the Headmaster has agreed looked disconcertingly light. Breaking that what has been the Plas Menai Trip out of the shelter of ‘Belle Isle’ there in the second week of the holidays can was a fresh 3-4 Southerly on the lake to take place in Joint Activities Week cheer the fleet. On an exhilarating and during the last week of the Summer

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of sticking! memory must be, on the night of the First Year: Au Château As eighty-two is an unwieldy number ‘big surprise’, of a whole plateful of Château visits were not new to King’s to take off the premises, trips were empty escargot shells sitting in front of but the scale of this one - eighty-two undertaken one coach at a time. Mar- a quite unfazed Alastair Pattrick! students and seven staff - was different ket visits took place on the Tuesday We look forward to repeating this and it was also the first time that boys and Wednesday mornings. The venture and hope that those staff who and girls were setting off on the expe- Villedieu group on Tuesday had a have been involved: Mrs Craig, Mrs rience together. The destination was thoroughly wet time and question- Green, Ms Inman, Mrs Schreiber, Miss the Château de la Baudonnière in west- naires were soggy dough after two Taylor, Mr Batchelor, Mr Houghton ern Normandy, just a few kilometres minutes but it was good that everyone and Mr Phillips have not been too north of Avranches. When then, hav- could try out a little French in a real scarred to re-apply! ing been summoned for 6.30 am on the context. Both groups got to Granville NStCP last Sunday of the Summer Term, we on the coast, one to the town and saw the coaches arrive at ten to seven, beach, the other to the town and it was with relief that we had not fallen aquarium. Aquarium does not quite do French Exchange at the first hurdle and mistaken the day! justice to the visit, as also on view are Contact was again renewed this year However, the crossing from Portsmouth rooms of spectacular shell structures, with La Rochelle. College Beauregard to Cherbourg passed without hitch and mineral and crystal formations and sent a mixed party over to visit King’s we arrived in the evening and sorted butterfly cabinets, in addition, of course, in early March and we reciprocated in ourselves out into our accommoda- to fish tanks. late May. Some would think we had tion: girls to the stables, boys to the On other days the groups went to a the better end of this bargain and it joinery (converted, fortunately!). local zoo, which is well kept and quite looked very much that way when their If the image conjured up by the extensive. It offers freedom to wander very first day in Macclesfield - with a ‘château’ is of Versailles or some splen- within a confined environment and treasure hunt in town scheduled - did palace in the Loire valley, one some groups made an especially good turned out to be one of the wettest of needs to scale down the picture more showing on the species and habitat the year. Fortunately, the French group to country manor size, with once- questionnaire. Time seemed too short was resilient and in any case had the working farm attached. The aim of the here. weekend to recover. On the whole, week was to promote French through Evenings were spent at a variety of partnerships prospered and during their a combination of activities and visits. activities, orienteering and treasure hunt stay our visitors and three accompany- The château management have set up over the whole grounds, campfire sing- ing staff were able to take in visits to areas for students to try out a variety of song in a clearing in a wood or ‘jeux de Sheffield, Castleton, Chester and Gra- skills such as archery, kayaking, raft- plein air’ on the grass in front of the nada Studios and, of course, sample building, assault course and climbing- château. These were great fun, espe- the delights of a lesson or two King’s- wall. These were tackled on a rota in cially the smartie run, and one awaits style. A disco in the Drama Hall brought seven mixed activity-groups, each with with interests the results of Mr all participants together and the visi- its own French instructor and with a Batchelor’s efforts with the camcorder! tors left expressing satisfaction with King’s teacher as hanger-on, cheer- The second half of Tuesday evening their time amongst us. leader, participant(!), rescuer, photog- was spent suffering with England, of Just before the May half-term, Mrs rapher or towel-bearer as the occasion course, but on the Thursday evening Green, Mrs Schreiber and Mr Phillips required. In addition there were ses- the whole party went to Le Mont St set off on the return leg with an eager sions of French, a session of music Michel. It was rather eerie in the main party from the Third and Fourth Years. under the rubber-faced Christophe, street, strangely devoid of the thou- The night crossing to Le Havre was the and VTT, mountain-biking, partly in sands of people who throng it during first novelty and for some cabin-life the grounds and partly on local lanes the daytime. The culmination was ‘Les deep in the hold was all too much! But and tracks with the French instructor as imaginaires’: basically a visit to the after a morning dozing on the coach wayfinder and the group leader as upper buildings of the mount in the and a substantial break at Le Mans, straggler-gatherer and rear-gunner. dark, but lit to show off certain features novelty number two was soon at the Each activity was conducted as far to advantage and spiced with some forefront of everyone’s mind: a whole as possible in French, with appropriate pieces of modern sculpture and atmos- evening with a live French family! This naming of parts and the giving of key pheric music illustrating a theme which ‘choc’ negotiated, we all enjoyed some instructions. The competitive element changes from year to year. The sunset fabulous weather and, owing to the varied: it was nice that one group over the estuary was fabulous. presence of the Whitbread Race sailing managed to get all its members to the It is to be hoped that the variety of boats in the harbour, found the town top of the climbing wall; it was gratify- the programme will have offered some- particularly colourful and animated. ing that a group achieved what its thing for everyone and that the expe- They left on the Friday and we wit- French instructor described as ‘the best rience of cooperating and living nessed their departure, accompanied raft I’ve been associated with’ and it together at close quarters will have by a huge flotilla of hangers-on, at a was amusing that another group, even been a valuable one. We should thank distance from the southern side of the with the added stimulus of balloons the organisers and their assistants at Ile de Ré. The morning had been attached to the targets on the range, the château for their friendly welcome, devoted to a most intelligently devised persisted in firing over the top into the their patience and good humour and ‘chasse au tresor’ in the centre of La field beyond! Interestingly, the activity most especially for the variety and Rochelle, tackled with notable distinc- with the greatest linguistic pay-off was presentation of their menus at table. tion by two or three of the more probably the assault course and as this Although some students could per- serious-minded groups and then we was also synonymous with mudbath, haps have been a little more adventur- took the coach over the splendid bridge maybe the phrases have a good chance ous at meal times, everyone’s abiding and spent the afternoon partly on the

19 School Trips beach and partly in St Martin, the main town on the island. During the weekend experiences varied: there is plenty to do and see in La Rochelle. Some went to the aquarium, some to the beach at Les Minimes. Some went to Rochefort and Pierre Loti’s house, others went to the Ile d’Aix, where no motorised traffic is allowed, and saw the Napoleon house. Some sailed round Fort Boyard, others went boating on the Marais Poitevin. But all came together on the Monday to visit Futuroscope, a huge park of futur- istic design which celebrates film in ways beyond the wildest dreams of the Lumière brothers. The following day we went to Cognac, learnt a lot about processes in the famous Hennessy ‘chais’ and then repaid their hospitality in the time-honoured way! A disco was In late March a group of King’s Sixth that result. Only those who venture held in the school and with the head in Formers travelled to Rouen and under- into mountainous terrain such as that attendance the absence of darkness took a week of work experience. Many of North Wales can really make the was compensated for by much twirling of the participants had taken part in the crucial link with modern ice sheets and in lines and thumping on platforms. previous year’s exchange, but other currently glaciated areas of the world, On the next morning, students visited than Michael Mills, who again enjoyed and realise the implications for Brit- classes and a more formal ‘pot d’adieu’ discussing European politics and sport ain’s past climate. took place, eulogies were exchanged whilst serving the coffee to his custom- A day visit for all Upper Sixth geog- and photos taken. Monsieur Froment ers, these students opted for different raphers was organised to Cwm Idwal in expressed hopes for the future, which placements this year. Hôtel work is the Snowdonia National Park. This is a we share, and we set off on our journey always popular, although the estab- classic glacial ‘cirque’, cut deeply back home, in torrential rain: some of us, lishments varied from small, family- into the mountains and overlooking the who shall be nameless, having left our run businesses to large chains. Ogwen Valley, a glacial trough, below. passports buried in inaccessible main Placements in stores were appreciated, In this area most of the classic textbook luggage in the bowels of the coach and especially by Colin Robinson, who features are easily accessible and bla- therefore the cause of much gnashing made daily requests to continue in the tantly exposed. Charles Darwin, as much of teeth on arrival at Le Havre! ‘pâtisserie’ section. At the other end of a geologist as a biologist, visited Cwm Be that as it may, we should like to the spectrum, John Livesley was a Idwal in 1831 and afterwards wrote: ‘On thank all those involved with the ar- regular visitor to the Courts as part of this tour I had a striking instance how rangement of this exchange and, on his work in a legal practice. Simon easy it is to overlook phenomena, how- the French side especially, Mme Govin, Barber enjoyed visits down the Seine ever conspicuous, before they have Mme Lotterie and Mme Bailly for their whilst based at the port and Mike been observed by anyone...neither of hospitality. The dates for 1999 are Hordley looked the part, totally, in the us saw a trace of the wonderful glacial already fixed. recording studios at ‘Radio France phenomena all around us; we did not NStCP Normandie’. notice the lateral and terminal The French partners welcomed our moraines...yet these phenomena are so group warmly, and socially the stu- conspicuous that...a house burnt down French Work Experience dents enjoyed a full range of culture - by fire did not tell its story more plainly This year’s exchange was undoubtedly Thursday night sitting on hard chairs than did the valley’. Following in these the most successful since the scheme well after midnight watching a lengthy distinguished footsteps, Messrs Hart, began in 1994. Sixth Form students school production of a 17th Century Ellis, Badger, Percival and Lock gave a from the prestigious Lycée Jean-Baptiste ‘classic’, followed on the Friday evening guided tour of the area. As we walked de La Salle, Rouen, came to Macclesfield by a meal in a café. This time, at around the dark waters of Llyn Idwal, in October and thoroughly appreci- midnight, the French and English stu- students carried out a range of exercises ated both the hospitality of their host dents joined together on the karaoke including field sketching and families and the challenges offered in machine, singing as part of their reper- geomorphological mapping, and on their work placements. Our thanks are toire Piaf’s ‘Je ne regrette rien’. return to school the visit was written up owed to the following local establish- I am sure the title sums up every- as an extremely useful case study. ments and especially the mentors, who one’s feelings this year. HEL provided such worthwhile pro- GG grammes: Barclays Bank, Cheshire Con- stabulary, the Courier newspaper, Courmayeur Daniels Solicitors, Frasers Travel Shop, Geography Field Visit The emphasis of this Geography field Halifax Building Society, Midland Bank, Glaciation is a topic popular amongst trip was to gather field data for indi- J S Sainsbury’s, Tesco Stores, Triangle A Level students, yet they still find it vidual Sixth Form projects. Students, Information Technology, Wright & very difficult to visualise the processes therefore, had to visit specific glaciers, Morten’s, and Woolworths PLC. involved and the scale of the landforms rivers or tourist centres in addition to

20 School Trips obtaining information from local peo- ple, weather centres, tourist offices and tourists. The exercise had to be completed within an extremely tight schedule. On the afternoon the party arrived in the area an initial reconnais- sance discovered that the Brenva gla- cier had been designated a restricted area after a huge landslide and that the velocity of the river in the Val Ferret was higher than on previous trips in late May. Fortunately the sun shone for most of the week and a large amount of information was obtained from the Office of the Association for Tourism and local tourist information offices. The Italian people were extremely helpful once they realised Mr Gee was not a member of the Italian tax police carrying out a questionnaire survey. Mr B Edwards, Dr S Madden and Mr A The party had to spend long hours Levin. King’s School friends who also Summer Ski & Activity in the field in order to complete sur- enjoyed the trip were David Cooper, Holiday veys of four glaciers, three rivers and Pat Hindley and John Roebuck. This year’s trip took place in the half- two tourist centres in six days. Mr Gee Flaine has the reputation of being term week at the end of May. Fifty-six conveyed students to remote ski areas functionally efficient rather than Al- mainly First and Second Year pupils along mountain tracks more familiar to pine and pretty. The group was housed from both divisions boarded a seventy- continental car rallies. After an ex- in apartments in blocks that might not three seat ‘Selwyn’s’ coach bound for hausting day spent in a river within the have looked out of place in a labour Zell am See in Austria. This trip is fast Gran Paradiso National Park the party camp in Siberia – grey concrete domi- becoming a tradition – part of the set a record for any field trip by return- nates the landscape. Interiors, how- tradition is now the Stadelmühle Hotel ing to the hotel at 8.20 pm. Huge ever, were welcoming and warm. run by Elfi and Tony Steiner. The quantities of pasta were consumed at Particularly pleasing was the interior of group has stayed at the hotel for the the hotel where the standard of cook- the ‘Black Grouse’ where the group last five years because the high stand- ing by Giorgio was recognised by the had their evening meal. The atmos- ards and friendliness of the Steiners Sunday Times this autumn. phere was friendly and relaxed and the has made such a strong impression. James Westcott returned with over restaurant layout private and mellow. Members of staff accompanying the sixty photographs of the area and the Skiing was extensive and varied group were Mr B Edwards, Mr A Levin, party are looking forward to his exhi- within the bowl. In diminishing snow, Dr S Madden, Mrs S Cooper and school bition of the Alpine landscape at a date groups who went beyond the bowl in nurse Mrs S Bream. In addition, many to be announced. search of trail skiing were often disap- friends of the school made the trip and Everyone who participated in the pointed at the poor quality lower down. contributed enormously to the success trip gained vital experience in various At the rim of the bowl there were of the holiday. These included old girls methods of data collection, but, just as magnificent views towards Mont Blanc. Hannah Edwards and Kate Baskeyfield, importantly, the necessity of good team- One evening the excellent culinary old boy Gavin Renfrew, Mr and Mrs work and the ability to react to sudden provision was supplemented by a trip Graham Baskeyfield, Mr John Roebuck problems when they arose during the up the hill for a traditional fondue. Mr and Mr Gordon Bream. week. The Geography Department now Levin was grateful for the plentiful The group ski for five mornings on has an extra dimension to A Level supply of French wine to salve the the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier at over three project topics in the future in addition misery of a badly infected cornea for thousand metres. Yes, there is plenty to two drivers qualified for Alpine rally which for much of the week he had of snow at that height – even in June. driving. been receiving medical treatment. In Remember the group for many years BJE time he remembered that his antibiot- went in the third week of July. The ics precluded the alternative salve. skiing on the glacier is particularly Also entertaining were the group’s Ski Club good for beginners but conditions on attempts at bum-boarding. Their plas- sunny days become a little heavy, This year’s ski trip took place at Febru- tic spoon-shaped toboggans were ‘sen- hence leaving the runs at 1.00 pm and ary half-term. An equal number of sational’. You could feel every bump descending to the valley for alternative boys and girls journeyed by coach to and ice nodule in the piste through activities. A bonus for the skiers is the Flaine in the French Alps. There were them. school’s close relationship with the rumours that snow was poor this year Thank you Mrs Cooper and co. Next Herbert Thayer ski school, based in but the Flaine ‘bowl’ is famous for its year the February half-term trip will be Kaprun. Herbert, Steffi and Carina have northern aspect and its capacity to to Cours Chevel. At Easter another a special interest in the progress of retain its snow when other resorts are party will go to Lake Tahoe. their pupils because they often have struggling. BE them for three years. This year Herbert, Members of staff accompanying the who is a veteran gold medallist, spent group were Mrs A Cooper (party leader), a lot of time videoing his beginners’

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Theatre Visits The English Department at Fence Av- enue was pleased to arrange several visits to theatres which enhanced our teaching of texts in the classroom in 1997-98. All the First Year read ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, and then saw a wonderful production at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Sec- ond Year girls studied ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ and the majority of the year group then watched an adapta- tion of the diary on stage at Stockport Garrick Theatre. Prior to the perform- ance, we were privileged to attend a talk given especially for us by the director, Michael Newcombe. As men- tioned previously, many Third Year girls had the opportunity to see Romeo group and occupied them with action ciate the play so the prospect of seeing and Juliet at Stratford-upon-Avon. The shots which greatly helped their a production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was Fourth and Fifth Year were very fortu- progress and entertained them at the anticipated with delight! The girls also nate in seeing a high quality amateur same time. saw a production of ‘Twelfth Night’, production of ‘Educating Rita’, a set This year the group did white-water experienced a backstage tour of the play for GCSE, at Altrincham Garrick rafting from Taxenbach, summer-to- RST and The Swan, spent an afternoon Theatre. Subsequently, we were de- bogganing at Piesendorf, the cycle trail in a Drama Workshop with two RSC lighted to welcome the actor, who along the valley from Kaprun to actors and enjoyed a coach tour of played Frank, into school to talk about Taxenbach (the Tauern Trail, twelve Stratford with entrance into Mary the play to the girls. Thanks are due to kilometres) and swimming at the com- Arden’s house. The trip was a wonder- all staff who have made these trips plex in Kaprun. MacDonald’s in Zell, ful experience for both girls and staff: possible. skittles and a group party occupied us we hope to run a similar trip next year. NJC in the evening. A good time was had by Following the Lower Sixth summer all. examinations, the majority of English Well, nearly all. This year there were Literature students spent two days in Classics Trip to Sicily two casualties. Henry Crompton put Stratford, absorbing the sights and fa- A group of thirty-one boys and girls, his finger in-between a bowling ball miliarising themselves with a new play. accompanied by Mr and Mrs Houghton, and the end-stop of the return. Result They too experienced a backstage tour Mrs Turner and Mr Killen, spent a very – lots of blood and a cracked finger. and a coach tour of Stratford. The pleasant week in Sicily in February Sebastian McMahon had a bike; the highlight of the trip was the morning half-term. brakes of which stubbornly resisted spent with Robert Glenister, the actor During the week the group travelled the action of the lever, resulting in Seb who played Caliban in ‘The Tempest’ all around the island visiting the Greek riding through a fence into an Austrian and the Duke in a play new to most temples at Syracuse, Agrigento, field. Result – a suspected broken arm. pupils, ‘Measure for Measure’. Ani- Selinunte and Segesta, Greek theatres The unfortunate consequence of their mated discussion gave a unique in- at Syracuse and Segesta and the Roman injuries was that both boys were sight into the realities of an actor’s life villa at Piazza Armerina, containing the sidelined from further activities as the and the challenges of performing these famous mosaic of Roman women in ‘Krankenhaus’ had virtually immobi- roles. Tom Johnson’s admirable inter- bikinis. In between there were visits to lised them in plaster and strapping. I pretation of Caliban in the school pro- the Norman Cathedrals at Monreale have included the story of Henry and duction of ‘The Tempest’ was compared and Cefalu and the castle at Eryx. Other Seb because, despite all their discom- with Mr Glenister’s: similarities in inter- highlights included a trip up Mount fort and pain, both boys were cheerful pretation and in performance standard Etna which was erupting at the time and positive and still managed to enjoy were observed! and games of beach football at Giardini- what was left of their week. Trips such as these can have a Naxos, Palermo and Cefalu. In 1999 the trip will take place at the lasting impact on young minds: I am Tourists of the week were ‘King’ same time in the school year – the first sure that the girls in the Third Year who Carl Johnson and Craig ‘Beaver’ Bar- week of June. saw the passionate, thrilling produc- row. Group entertainment award went BE tion of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will remem- to ‘Mutanda United’ led by Andrew ber that experience long after the essay Darch and Guy Pickup. Mr Killen suc- they wrote on the play has faded from cessfully defended the girls from the Stratford-upon-Avon memory. Thank you to Miss Griffin, local hot-blooded Italians and Robert In January 1998 forty-six Third Year Mrs Silcock, Mrs Goddard and Mr Greer won the face-pulling contest. A girls arrived in Stratford for an over- Andrew who made these trips such a special mention should be given to night stay intended to complement success. Daniel Lewis who bravely tested out their study of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. NJC the acoustics at the Greek theatre at Leonardo di Caprio has aided us greatly Syracuse by reciting his part from ‘The in encouraging teenage girls to appre- Tempest’.

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Visit to Chester On a blustery November morning fifty- four J2 boys and girls departed for Chester in search of Roman evidence. We arrived at the Dewa Experience and boarded a Roman galley which was due to arrive in Dewa nearly 2000 years ago. The oarsmaster told of the gruelling voyage and his many years at sea. We then passed through the for- tress gates and relived the sights, sounds and smells of daily Roman life - stroll- ing alongside shop fronts displaying their wares, peeping in at a sleeping centurion in his barrack block, eaves- dropping on the gossiping Romans as they relaxed in a Roman bath and meeting a cold and lonely sentry keep- ing watch from the fortress walls. From here we returned to the present day on an extensive archaeological dig where we had a unique opportunity to discover the substantial Roman, Saxon and Medieval remains beneath Chester and we had a ‘hands-on’ area display- ing both local and national finds. We were given a tour around Ches- ter by an off-duty legionary dressed in The children returned home fattened interesting styles and techniques. There brown known as Walkus Crispus. He up on pasta, cannoli cakes and Italian was fierce competition between Mr showed us his friend, Maximus Hilarius, ice cream and hopefully bearing tales James and Mr Batchelor. Miss Priestley and told us of a centurion called of Sicily which did not just involve the adopted her ‘slowly but surely’ ap- Christmus Bonus! We had a chance to Mafia. proach and Mrs Aspinwall settled with become a Roman citizen for life by MTH her one strike. As the weather was so enrolling in the Imperial Roman Ar- warm we went down to Hardelot beach my’s XX Legion as we were patrolled and had an impromptu ‘paddle’ which around Dewa by Gaius Vilerius Crispus PGL France very soon developed into a ‘dip’ which (otherwise known as Walkus) and we The seven hour journey down to Do- then developed into a dunking! Cos- heard about his life and adventures as ver was soon forgotten as we boarded tume or no costume, it did not stop us! a Roman soldier. the train for the Eurotunnel and excite- Saturday evening finished off with a PJA ment increased. After thirty minutes disco and limbo dancing. we were in France and after another Sunday brought a slightly later break- half hour we were being shown around fast and then on to Boulogne Old Junior Division Ski Holiday the Nausicaa Sea Life Centre where the Town to practise our French and order Thirty-one pupils and four staff left touch tank proved ever popular as the a drink - or a crêpe depending on our Fence Avenue at 3.30 pm on Friday rays performed for their audience. Eve- tastes! In the afternoon activities on site 13th (of February). The portents of the ryone was surprised at the size of the we all joined in with archery, rifle- date were not good but the only prob- tuna fish and glad that there was glass shooting, the assault course and initia- lem was a slightly delayed Le Shuttle between us and the sharks and pira- tive exercises. Sunday’s evening time to take us under the Channel. All nhas! We arrived at Hardelot at about entertainment was a campfire with was progressing well until confused 4.30 pm to glorious sunshine and tem- numerous classic songs such as ‘A Ford directions took the party on a detour peratures of 70°! The first night’s enter- Escort’, ‘A Pick of Bamboo’ and ‘There through Gap (and a rest to enable the tainment was a night hike through the was a Crazy Moose’. Monday morning coach’s brakes to stop burning!) only local wood where we heard tales of the brought with it packing up and then a to be held up for one and a half hours famous Dropbears. visit to the local Boulangerie where we by a serious road accident. Our arrival On Saturday we visited a local mar- all had a go at making our own was delayed by almost three hours but ket where plenty of sweets were pur- croissants (those of us who had not we were relieved to find what we had chased before we then moved on and been playing early morning football come for - SNOW! Having sorted out visited a chocolate factory! The smell that is - and who had clean hands!). We our apartments the first taste of the was fantastic! We watched how the moved on to Cité d’Europe for another restaurant of La Lou Goustarou was not chocolates were made - from cocoa shopping spree (more sweets!) and of too encouraging - noodles and pork, pod to finished hand-made product. course some souvenirs and presents which were not to everyone’s taste. An More sweets were purchased! too, and before long we were on the early ski fit on Sunday morning al- After a packed lunch eaten in the shuttle ready to return to La Grande lowed the party to take their first steps open sunshine we arrived at Boulogne Bretagne and all our waiting families. on the mountain. The two beginners’ bowling alley. We watched some very PJA groups quickly mastered the ‘Baby

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Loup’ nursery area and progressed to take on increasingly difficult slopes with instructors Eric and David. The more advanced skiers had the fortune to have an excellent guide in Paul, a seventy-eight year-old who has led a fascinating life. A French Resistance fighter, he was most recently an Air France pilot! This group covered a wide variety of runs during the week, special mention being given to Chloë Reynolds, Nicola Roper and Coral Briggs who were judged by Paul to be the best skiers in the party. The superb warm, sunny weather and well-mani- cured pistes ensured good skiing for all groups throughout the week. Après-ski events included a Treas- ure Hunt, Quiz Night, swimming (at the nearby resort of Super Devoluy) and tobogganing (on 15F lightning- fast ‘shovels’). The final night’s Talent Show was a showcase for the talents of each apartment and featured the Na- masters’ hunger. The entertainment tional Lottery (Rooms 49/60), Spice Roman Britain was lively and comical and the villag- Girls/Boys (the infamous Room 67), At Easter twenty Year 8 girls and boys, ers battled it out to see who was the Advertisement for Room 67! (Room accompanied by Miss Warrington, Mrs strongest. 33), Winter Holiday (Room 17 - Les White and Mr Houghton, visited Bath, We left Jorvik at 7.15 pm and re- Melezes) and an excellently choreo- Ashbourne Roman Palace and Bignor turned to the twentieth century. Fifty- graphed routine interpreting Men in Roman Villa seven Vikings had now returned to Black (Room 17 - Plein Soleil). The being fifty-seven tired children and the staff’s interpretation of ‘Tubthumping’ four slaves had returned to being nor- called ‘It’s not fair’ summed up the Visit to York mal teachers who had lodged certain holiday eloquently. A wintry, cold day put us all in the names in their minds of those villagers One of the highlights of the holiday mood for an authentic day spent in the who had been inclined to mistreat their was when the party were invited to open air as Viking farmers. slaves!! take part in the candle-light descent of We arrived at the outskirts of Jorvik PJA the mountain along with the other mid morning after an early start from children in the village. This formed Macclesfield and we quickly divided part of La Joue du Loup’s fête celebra- into our five Viking families. Once Alton Towers tions which brought a colourful end to dressed in our costumes we were pre- On 12th June sixty-two J4s accompa- our stay. pared for our work on the village and nied by very brave members of staff The ‘clanger’ of the day was awarded we ventured outside and were taken to and parents travelled to Alton Towers for such howlers as knocking a group our ‘hus’ where we would be based for for the annual day out. The weather of French infants flying, walking into the day. Slaves were assigned to each thankfully stayed dry and great merri- the wrong room and asking for the family and although they could only ment was had by all. Thrills, spills and toilet, tobogganing down a French speak Saxon they did their best to obey that true ‘white knuckle’ experience lady photographer, bringing the chair their masters even though some of were enjoyed. The favourite rides lift to a halt by barging in the lift queue them were far too ruthless! seemed to be Oblivion, Nemesis, and to Chris Miller for demanding to During the day the villagers worked Ripsaw and the Energiser. There were know on arrival in Calais, ‘Where’s the hard to make clay oil lamps, weave also the tamer ‘wet’ rides which, not snow then?’! (Chris lost the initial cloth, grind the corn, sweep the ‘hus’, surprisingly, soaked many of the party. Herbert the Hippo but bought a re- make bread and guard the village By 6.00 pm everyone had met up placement in Roberta Rabbit who sur- against invaders. One family actually again from various corners of the park vived the week!) had to ward off a single Saxon who to discuss the day’s events with the All too soon it was time for the was spying on them! They managed to most popular question seeming to be: twenty-one hour journey back to capture his weapon which was worth ‘Did you go on Oblivion?’ and the most Macclesfield, the boredom relieved by quite a fortune because it was made of frequent answer amongst those not on-board videos. We arrived at Fence metal. brave enough to try (including myself) Avenue two hours early and said ‘good- The fields were ploughed and, as was ‘No, the queue was far too long!’ bye’ to our ‘rep’ Simon who had looked night drew in, the villagers were in- - maybe next year! after us so well throughout the week. vited into ‘my lord’s’ full size long- SCJ Thus ended a most enjoyable and house to warm by the fire. As we had memory-filled holiday. worked so hard, he also invited us into GJS his hall for a banquet later on where PGL Holiday Boreatton Park table manners were forgotten and the At 1.30 pm sharp the coach roared slaves worked hard to satisfy their away from the car park only to stop

24 School Trips before the main gates - for the party with lashings of cake, courtesy of Jake’s fore, decided to try a circular route, organiser to go back for his suitcase! and Nicola’s birthdays. incorporating the Middlewood Way Thus began the fourteenth Junior PGL On Monday morning the programme and the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk. holiday in Boreatton Park, Shropshire. was reversed from the previous after- Unfortunately the rain was unrelent- At 3.29 pm the coach turned into the noon with Mr Atkinson making an ing and everyone became very wet. drive to the accompaniment of ‘Every- impressive abseiling debut and Miss However, spirits were maintained and where We go-o—’. The sun (unusu- Davis inspiring her groups to complete everyone made it back in one piece, if ally) shone on our arrival as we were rafts which would make Thor a little drenched. A welcome drink and met by groupies Gus and Donna. The Heyerdahl proud! certificate awaited us in the canteen. party of forty-three children and three All too soon it was time to pack up No doubt there were a few stiff limbs staff staggered to their ‘caravans’ loaded and say goodbye to Boreatton Park the next day! down with enormous cases, sleeping taking home many happy memories of SCJ bags and pillows, and soon it was time an action-packed weekend, not to for tea in the new super-duper dining mention a large repertoire of PGL songs. hall before venturing out to the first ‘There was a crazy moose....’ J4 Visit to Jodrell Bank evening activity - swimming in the GJS (11th November 1997) refurbished pool. The visit began in the planetarium Sleep belatedly arrived around mid- where an interactive programme al- night on Friday night and many of the PGL Royal Oak lowed the visitors the opportunity to party were rudely awakened at 6.00 The sun was shining, bags were packed, choose their own route around the am by an impromptu football match the coach was loaded and goodbyes Solar System. After the chance to try involving an empty Pringle can! A were spoken. Another academic year out the many and varied hands-on disagreement with a neighbouring was over, but the J4 activity holiday to activities in the Science Gallery, the group did not help matters but the Wales was only just beginning for a party returned to the planetarium to be morning activity soon concentrated selection of boys and girls. After a long given a lecture by ‘Sir Isaac Newton’ the mind. Pony trekking proved event- journey, we arrived at the beautiful which included how he had come to ful for some - birthday girl Jenny Colville setting of Llangorse Lake nestling in invent his telescope and considera- was welcomed by a friendly bite from the wonderful countryside of the Bre- tions of the effects of gravity. This ‘Thomas’ who later proceeded to take con Beacons National Park. The camp- proved to be a valuable visit to en- an alternative route to find the horse site looked perfect in the early evening hance the Science curriculum. ‘toilet’! Ashley McCormick’s horse sunlight - peaceful, calm and tranquil, JEB Marcus left his mark on Ashley, who framed against a patchwork of lush later forgave him and gave him a hug. green pastures. The scene was set for Rifle-shooting proved to be fairly un- a fun-filled, action-packed adventure Visit to Forum Theatre eventful but quad bikes provided many long weekend. (5th December 1997) thrills and spills, notably for Jenny Saturday morning brought with it This year’s visit to the theatre at Christ- Colville who capped her birthday treat low cloud, hill fog and rain but luckily mas-time took in a stage version of with a spectacular demolition of the spirits were not dampened too much. Babe, The Sheep Pig, based on the story tyre wall, resulting in a trip to the Windsurfing and raft building carried by Dick King-Smith, which took place Nurse! on according to schedule despite cries at the Forum Theatre, Wythenshawe. Caravan 14 had an unexpected visi- of ‘It’s cold’ and ‘I don’t want to get The charming production appealed to tor on Saturday afternoon - Cyril the wet!’. Minds were soon diverted to- all of the children and, as ever, this Squirrel noticed an interesting birthday wards the task of squeezing bodies proved to be an immensely popular present (belonging to Jake Reynolds), into wetsuits which seemed three sizes visit. decided to open it a day early and too small and the all too strong desire CJH consumed a Terry’s chocolate orange to sink someone else’s raft. The boys before escaping, leaving a trail of launched onto their well planned craft gnawed silver paper behind him! only to find that those knots they had Infant Chester Zoo Trip Sunday morning saw a mixture of learnt at cubs were obviously the wrong This was the Infant Department’s first open canoeing down the River Perry ones! The girls triumphed as they rowed school trip and we prayed for good and archery, whilst in the afternoon Mr past the boys and their debris of rope, weather. We were lucky, the sun shone Atkinson’s technology skills were logs and water drums, on and around and the rain kept off and this is very stretched to the limit as Gus’ group the island to victory. important when seventy-two children tried (and mainly succeeded) to build The enormous amount of rain Brit- and twenty-five parents are walking rafts that could actually float - not that ain had over June and July meant that around the zoo! it mattered because most people the assault course had reached its peak We all had a lovely time. Each class jumped in the lake anyway. Donna’s with muddiness. It seemed only natu- went around the zoo at their own pace, group meanwhile were mastering the ral to include the inevitable PGL meeting up later for the picnic. abseiling towers with Miss Davis lead- mudfight. We arrived back at school on time, ing the way. Threats of rain meant that PJA tired but happy with only one slight the evening camp fire was held in the ‘hiccup’, a coat was left at the zoo. Hall of the Main Building. Gus’ exhor- Fortunately, it was sent to school a few tations meant that the maximum deci- School Walk days later. All the staff felt that the first bel level reached during the ‘Ham and This year the Annual Junior Division Infant trip was a success, now we had Eggs’ song resulted in several cases of school walk changed its usual route to to decide where to go next! ‘The Boreatton Throat’! The party ended obtain a flatter gradient. It was, there- JTS

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Year pupils went with PME for a traverse Outdoor Activities of an icy Crib Goch. Fortunately we Sixth Form Community Action had a rope and it was put to good use Throughout the year, Sixth Form stu- Autumn Term in assisting and rescuing three other dents have enjoyed many opportuni- The principal activity within the cur- groups, who had misjudged the condi- ties to serve the community and riculum this term was the First Year tions. All returned safely to the mini- broaden their experience. programme of visits to Buxworth. With buses. On Wednesday afternoons, as a Rec- only three forms this proved less of a The Duke of Edinburgh practice reational Activity, students took part logistical problem than previously and expedition was exceptional in that the in: passed off without major incident. weather was dry and sunny, giving - gardening for the elderly; The term also saw a rethink in the them a false impression of what it will - visiting/helping in the kitchen and provision of outdoor activities outside be like on the real thing. It was so hot Day Centre at the East Cheshire the curriculum. It was decided to re- on the second day that nearly every- Hospice; duce the programme, but make each one was in T-shirts. Only Nick Pattison - helping the disabled in an art class at event linked in to a weekend or part succumbed to the heat, walking off the the Mayfield Centre; weekend with at least one overnight. obvious descent path in delirium! - helping disabled children in swim In addition, these trips were promoted By contrast, the Scottish trip was ming lessons at Park Lane School; to the Fifth Year Duke of Edinburgh cold but again largely dry. A very keen - helping in the classroom at local groups as training opportunities, which bunch moved up to Glencoe Youth primary schools; seems to have been successful so far. Hostel for five nights. The first day was - entertaining the elderly (singing The main event for the Outdoor spent searching out minuscule snow carols, etc); Activities Club was a weekend trip to patches to discuss ice-axe techniques - visiting the elderly in their own Stainforth Youth Hostel in the York- in the heavy rain. Thereafter, it was homes or Residential Homes. shire Dales. A mixed group of First and dry, but with low cloud on the summits In addition, specific projects were Second Year pupils had a multi-activity at first with occasional snow flurries, undertaken throughout the year: extravaganza, with climbing on Satur- permitting a demanding full traverse of October: Clean up of the Bollin. day morning, a caving excursion in the the Grey Corries and Ben Nevis. November-January: Videoing of afternoon and a traverse of Macclesfield and preparation for the Ingleborough on Sunday. The only Summer Term crib restoration. other trip was a mountain biking cir- During this term we had two Outdoor December: Carol singing at Macclesfield cuit around Buxton on the day of the Activities Club trips. The first was a Hospital, Christmas Party at Fence Christmas Fair: the day was noted for rock climbing day on Windgather Avenue. its ceaseless heavy rain. Rocks, with blistering heat. This was February: Selling roses for Valentine’s In addition to the above, the launch followed shortly afterwards by a week- Day (profits to charity). of another major expedition took place end visit to the Langdale valley, under May: Day trip to Blackpool with inner- in October. This is scheduled for Sum- canvas. After a very wet ascent of Jack’s city children from Salford (in associa- mer 1999. Initially a group of seven- Rake, the group carried out a circuit of tion with other independent schools). teen signed up, with deposits due the valley in very damp conditions. June:Bollin Valley Countryside Taster shortly before Christmas. However, There was a brief respite from the rain Day (craft sessions with disabled visi- the group settled down to twelve in- on Saturday evening but it resumed tors). cluding two girls. again as we left on Sunday. Fortu- Many students had no experience of nately, prior to this we had an excellent this sort of activity and so training Spring Term ascent of Stickle Ghyll, several people opportunities were also arranged. In In this term we ran a pair of ‘half getting wet up to the waist with ill- October, four students attended a con- weekends’ with departure on Friday timed jumps. ference organised by Manchester Gram- evening, but with a return on Saturday The Third Year camps enjoyed mixed mar School and learned about moving night. The first of these saw a large weather, with some battling it out in people safely, peer support, talking/ group at Helvellyn Youth Hostel. Con- torrential rain whilst others have had relating to the elderly and communica- ditions turned clear and icy overnight days of bright sun. The Edale valley tion with people with speech difficul- and, with the high snowline, an ascent seems to be the best spot for this, ties. This information was shared at of Helvellyn by Swirral Edge and de- despite featuring on ‘Confessions’. I two internal training days in November scent of Striding Edge seemed possi- hope that we can continue this link for and February. ble. In the event, the ascent proved years to come. The year has been productive and much more taxing than the descent. The Duke of Edinburgh groups car- whetted many appetites. Many stu- The group who undertook Striding ried out their assessment expeditions. dents have discovered talents they did Edge then re-ascended Swirral and The Bronze groups were out in the not know they had and learned that traversed one or two of the Dodds to Peak District on the weekend of 20th/ taking some calculated risks can lead the north before returning to the mini- 21st June and the Silver groups headed to a tremendous sense of achievement. bus. off to the Lake District on 28th June. We hope to build on this next year. Our second trip took us to Snow- We were lucky that the sun did shine GDT donia and the excellently appointed and the week was largely dry! Bryn Gwynant Youth Hostel. Again, PME conditions were icy rather than deep Houses snow and the whole group, including During the academic year 1997-98 a a number of First Year pupils, climbed House System was re-established in Snowdon from the south. At the sum- the Boys’ Division for the First and mit we split the group and the Fifth Second Years. Keeping the same house

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27 Variae names as the Girls’ and Junior Divi- people wishing to enter the scheme Richard Bradfield John Percival sions, four Upper Sixth Formers were than we can safely cater for. Logistical Daniel Capper Annie Phillips chosen as Captains: reasons limit our intake at Bronze level Richard Caswell Andrew Priestnall Tatton Nina Thomson to twenty-four. This, unfortunately, Craig Cooper Angela Quartermaine Adlington Jo Hastie results in a number of disappointed Sian Fullaway Robert Shea Gawsworth Michael Hordley applicants. Tom Grimes Henry Simms Capesthorne James Shockledge Throughout the year eight Bronze, Chris Gartside Louise Southern These Captains held House Assem- eight Silver and one Gold expeditions Hannah Hallam James Thompson blies twice a term in separate venues, have taken place. A twelve week First Alexandra Hibbert Michelle Tinker encouraging First and Second Year Aid course and examination were suc- Jennifer Lee Nicola Turnbull boys to participate in competitions to cessfully completed by all the Bronze Anna McKeating win points for their House. The Cap- entrants. This group of youngsters are tains were assisted by teams of eight now as well qualified as many mem- Silver willing Sixth Formers who volunteered bers of staff which indicates the level of Chris Barringer Philip Hart to help. commitment the scheme demands of Paul Cole James Ritchie its participants. Silver candidates suc- Andrew Cross John Tsalikis Autumn Term cessfully completed a Home Accident Tom Grimes Richard Walker Christmas Card Competition - cards Prevention Course. This course, devel- Andrew Ham William Wills were designed according to specific oped and taught by a number of King’s criteria for printing. The winners’ cards staff and firefighters from Macclesfield Gold were produced and packaged for sale, Fire Station, proved to be a great suc- Ben Brown Chris Malkin but, unfortunately, there was no time cess and most enjoyable. The school is Edward Cos Alex Morgan to sell them before the end of term! grateful for the help given to the Award Harith Haboubi James Perriss Create-a-Corner - each House un- Group by members of the St John Richard Hibbert John Phillips dertook to design an attractive festive Ambulance Association and the Chesh- Mark Jackson David Unterhalter decoration for the entrances to the ire County Fire Brigade. JRD Music Block, Sixth Form Block, Rock Skills learnt through the Service Sec- Block and Science Block. tion of the Award have been put to good use on a number of occasions. Charities Spring Term Three of our girls reacted calmly and A wide range of charity fund-raising Two competitions were linked to Chari- most correctly when they assisted a events took place during the year, ties Week: casualty they encountered in a although Charities Week in March prob- Inter-house Computer Games - held Macclesfield park. An horrific nose- ably took the highest profile. In a week at lunchtime for individuals and House bleed, which necessitated a visit to the which saw forms competing with each representatives. Casualty Department at Stepping Hill other to top their rivals’ events, in A Bring and Buy Sale held in the hall Hospital, was also handled most com- excess of £4,500 was raised with com- at lunchtime, each House manning a petently by a group of girls on their mittees in the Girls’, Boys’ and Sixth stall. Bronze practice expedition. Not only Form Divisions deciding an original The third competition was a fun was the casualty treated, the whole and innovative list of charities to sup- event - a treasure trail of cryptic clues group completed their expedition only port. These ranged from Windyway around the school grounds leading a few hours behind schedule! Kennels in Macclesfield to Sanyang back to the Rock Reading Room and There is no doubt in the minds of the Primary School in the Gambia; from prizes of house points and Easter eggs. seventeen members of staff who gen- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to the erously give up their time to the Award UNICEF Sudan Appeal. Summer Term group as to the educational value of Karan Vij in the Second Year of the The cross country run for First and the scheme. The scheme gives young Boys’ Division made a remarkable sin- Second Year boys was adapted for people the opportunity to open win- gle-handed contribution to Macmillan House Competition. dows on new experiences and share Cancer, raising £450 in a sponsored A five-a-side inter-house football these experiences with adults. An in- cycle ride while, outside Charities Week, tournament took place in the last week teresting remark was made this year by a sponsored read in the Girls’ Division of term, which Capesthorne won. an ex-pupil who had returned to school raised in excess of £1,100 for Actionaid, Final scores were: to complete the paperwork necessary this being over and above our ongoing for his Gold Award - ‘You know, Sir, basic commitment to Actionaid for the Tatton 68 for the last four years the Award Scheme support and sponsorship of two young Adlington 62 staff have been some of my best friends children in India. Capesthorne 42 at King’s’. We continued to give our regular Gawsworth 36 At the North East Cheshire Award support to the Royal British Legion’s Presentation on 8th January 1998 at Poppy Day Appeal and to both Chris- It is hoped to build on this next year. Zeneca’s Social Club the following tian Aid at Easter and Save the Children GDT awards were made to members of the at Christmas. King’s School Award Group. Apart from those mentioned above, the following charities were supported Duke of Edinburgh Awards Bronze during the year: The Award Scheme continues to flour- Rani Axon Tom Newham Mark’s Sunrise Appeal ish at King’s, seventy-seven young Oliver Barber Ian Pardo Amnesty International people being involved throughout the Nick Battersby Esmé Patey-Ford The Rainbow Family Trust year. Each year there are always more Rosanna Betton Nicholas Pattison The East Cheshire Hospice

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The Humane Research Trust added to the Blue Peter appeal. exciting part - an experience inside the Intermediate Technology The Junior Division received a visit smoke tent! The children learnt about Marie Curie from Mrs Rhona Marshall, a local lady smoke rising and that the safest thing Shelter who works with a charity called Chris- to do was to crawl low on the floor. Lamb’s House School Fund tian Relief helping children in Uganda. Finally all the children were able to Park Lane Special School A number of J4 pupils were so moved look over the fire engines and learn PRMM by what they heard that they organised about the equipment. A very good visit a collection of various household items indeed! Junior Division Charities which Mrs Marshall eventually took LT Once more Junior Division pupils ral- out to Uganda on her next visit. lied to various causes in a variety of Another non-uniform day on 13th ways during the year. March 1998 raised over £250 for Infants’ Opening Ceremony For the Harvest Thanksgiving Festi- UNICEF. The Opening Ceremony took place on val a tremendous amount of food was In the Summer Term Infant and 16th October 1997 in the school assem- donated to the Central Manchester Junior children took part in a fund- bly hall. All the staff were present and Mission to aid their work in feeding raising event for the NSPCC, which everyone took part in the ceremony. unfortunate people in the Manchester eventually raised the fantastic sum of The special guests at the Opening area. £2029.69. Ceremony were Mr Silcock, the Mayor Junior pupils bought poppies to GJS/CSP and Mayoress of Macclesfield, Coun- support the National Poppy Appeal, cillor Doug and Mrs Beth Page, and the the children also taking part in a spe- Right Reverend Archbishop of Chester, cial assembly and silence at 11.00 on AJIS Quiz Peter Foster. 11th November 1997. (8th November 1997) The Infants presented the story of The Junior Division (including the The team of Rachel Alston, David ‘Little Green Frog’s Autumn Party’ in Infant School) took part in a non- Johnson, Eleanor Cowan and William the form of songs and dance with the uniform day on 21st November 1997 to Malins acquitted themselves very well Infant Staff reading out the story. There raise funds for the BBC’s Children In against twenty other schools. They were hymns and prayers to begin and Need Appeal. As a result over £250 was scored well on Who is that? and Where end the occasion and the Mayor was raised and sent off to the BBC. is that? as well as Who wrote that?. asked to present the Princess Diana A Blue Peter Bring & Buy Sale was They came fifth overall, just ten points memorial bench to the Infant School. again arranged on 15th December 1997. behind eventual winners St Mary’s, the The children had a party lunch that As usual there was a tremendous re- best position that we have ever reached day and thoroughly enjoyed them- sponse to the appeal for things to buy in this prestigious competition. selves. The staff enjoyed a lovely buffet and the children bought very gener- FAMC with parents and guests and we en- ously. Each class successfully ran one joyed ourselves too! or more stalls containing a wide variety JTS of games of chance or skill, things to Inter-Schools Quiz buy (useful for late Christmas presents) (5th December 1997) and all manner of fund-raising activi- A team of eighteen J3/4 children repre- Infants’ Sports Day ties, whilst Mrs Gladman’s popcorn sented the school in the first triangular The staff had planned the Infant Sports was again very popular (thank you!). A Quiz contest between Cheadle Hulme, Day with good weather in mind (we total of £450 was donated to the ap- Stockport and ourselves. This event were feeling optimistic). Unfortunately, peal. proved to be highly enjoyable, al- the weather was bad but we had con- There was again a good response to though the final result saw King’s shaved tingency plans! The Sports Hall was to the appeal to donate ‘as new’ toys/ into third place behind Cheadle Hulme, be our venue, but our problem was books/games, etc, wrapped as Christ- with Stockport (having home advan- fitting all the children and parents in. mas presents and placed at the foot of tage!) being the winners. Congratula- Somehow we managed, with the help the Christmas tree in the Junior En- tions to the ‘A’ team of David Johnson, of the children, to move chairs and trance Hall. These gestures enabled Jonathan Lee and Richard Madden who benches in and everyone found a space. disadvantaged children in the local came runners-up overall. The atmosphere was electric and area to receive gifts anonymously from GJS the children were so well behaved that Junior Division children in order to all the staff felt very proud of them. The brighten up their festive season. Mr children loved racing in front of their Alec Johnston from the NSPCC was Visit by the Fire Brigade parents and I am sure King’s has some most grateful for the gifts. The Macclesfield firemen visited all the excellent athletes in the making! Also the J2 mail service was in very J2s to talk to us about the danger of fire At lunchtime, the children had a big demand during the last two weeks and fire safety. We began by watching picnic with their parents in the class- of the Autumn Term, busy sorters and two videos. The first really brought rooms. In the afternoon Friends of postpersons working very efficiently home to us just how quickly fires can King’s held a fair in the Sports Hall for to keep the mail moving. A pleasing begin and spread. There followed some the Infants. There were stalls, games profit was also made to add to the Blue advice on families having various es- and raffles for the children and their Peter Appeal. cape plans. The second video told the parents. Friends of King’s made several Another Christmas fund-raising event children what to do if there was a hundred pounds but the important saw some of the J4 children set up a chemical leak. A great question and thing was that everybody had enjoyed charity enterprise by selling a variety of answer period followed - where to put their Sports and Fun Day. Christmas gifts and decorations. This a smoke alarm was just one of many JTS venture raised over £80 which was issues raised. Then came the really

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1st XV season suddenly became a rebuilding dence, then one gets the rather unsat- Although the results suggest that this exercise with a potentially useful side isfying up and down season that has was a sound, if uninspired, season, the being nurtured for next season. Good just passed. residual feeling is one of disappoint- victories were scored including an ef- On the debit side, it is disappointing ment. Certainly there were good things: ficient win against Bradford Grammar that some senior players did not come Schofield was always positive and grew School. Unfortunately the season pe- to terms with the demands that senior- into his captaincy; Sweetzer always tered out with tired defeats by Mer- ity brings but this is more than bal- performed at a high standard; Clay was chant Taylors’ Crosby and Stockport anced by the emergence of two year always positive and the four Fifth Years Grammar School. groups who look capable of perform- took to first team rugby very easily. Not surprisingly, from a coaching ing well at first team level within a However, there were also problems: a point of view this was a difficult sea- rather more fluid game plan. caucus of senior players did not im- son, but the potential is there for sea- PFH/PJP pose themselves and refused to set the sons to come. In the forwards Lower necessary mood or display the appro- Sixth Masheder and Brooks cemented Sevens priate attitude. places while Hewitt and Shockledge After last year’s successes, it was hoped The pre-season tour to Canada sug- competed for the tight head berth. A that the improvement could be contin- gested both strengths and weaknesses. number of players occupied the sec- ued. This hope was to some extent Certainly the pack were powerful, if ond row spots with Selbie, Wildey and fulfilled. In six tournaments the knock- rather static, whereas the backs were Farrar all proving to be strong and out rounds were reached four times, direct and physical but with limited abrasive forwards. The line-out work with one sixth round, one quarter-final flair and no obvious midfield play of all these forwards was frequently and two semi-finals reached. Certainly maker. As a result, a style of play outstanding. The back row also saw a the squad was capable of reaching developed that was geared to playing number of players, captain, Schofield, finals but was rather let down by the around the stand-off channel using a was an influential ever present at lack of concentration and confidence powerful back row close to the fringes. Number 8 and by the end of the season alluded to in the main report and by Unfortunately there was not the accu- the usual flankers, Fifth Years Levings some ill-luck. rate kicking game to provide the im- and the abrasive Moran. By the end of The Sevens season started badly, an portant counterpart to this direct style the season the forwards were pre- untried team failed to win any games at of rugby. dominantly Lower Sixth and this can the Mount St Mary tournament. Much The season started in its usual gentle only be good news for next season. work was put in, but the first game at fashion with matches against RGS Lan- In the backs, Sweetzer and Horrocks Solihull saw King’s comprehensively caster and QEGS Wakefield. Unfortu- continued to develop as half backs, outplayed by Warwick, an improving nately both these games were narrowly both now must believe in their ability win came next, but with two minutes lost and in both cases second half leads to control the game. Vice captain, Clay, to go, King’s were seventeen points were given away. There then followed together with Arthur and Rice, played down against Nottingham HS. How- a series of relatively comfortable wins in the centre. In all cases defence and ever, as can happen with Sevens, the in which forward power was crucial. decision making improved throughout side suddenly clicked and three tries in There then followed a couple of the season and all three were capable the last ninety seconds saw us draw games in which the season descended of incisive attacking play. and then go through second in the to one of the lowest points in recent At full back, Spicer was a powerful group on points difference. In the years. Firstly, the side capitulated against presence strong on the break and a quarter final a close victory was won a merely workmanlike Woodhouse determined tackler. If he can learn to against Bedford in which Rice excelled Grove side in a game where a number time his runs and pick out the angles, before a rather unlucky semi-final de- of senior players resolutely refused to then he will become a fine full back. feat by Loughborough. Nevertheless, a take responsibility for decisions or guide On the wings Wilson and Hallam corner had been turned. At Stonyhurst, the younger players. Two weeks later started but, as the season progressed, King’s cruised through the group be- the previously in question set piece Isherwood staked a claim and became fore failing to take chances against a work fell apart against a capable Wirral the first choice on one wing - although busy Giggleswick side and disappoint- side and the side slithered to another not his favoured position, his line of ingly were unable to claw back a sterile defeat in a match marked by a runs from set plays soon saw him score narrow lead. Similarly, the side was complete lack of aggression or enthu- several very good tries. At Kirkham it purring at the Cheshire Sevens but a siasm. was only a cover tackle from Kirkham’s poor victory against Hyde College The crisis continued at Kirkham, but England flanker that prevented shook confidence and sapped energy paradoxically the game proved to be a Isherwood scoring a game turning try. and we were narrowly beaten by turning point. Several senior players In conclusion, although the forwards Birkenhead in the semi-final. were now left out, the captain injured, were powerful they lacked the collec- From there the squad travelled to the influential Selbie was badly hurt at tive will or skill to play for a full game the bigger tournaments at Oxford and Woodhouse Grove and leading line- or to continually win fast phase pos- Rosslyn Park. At Oxford the by now out jumper, Wildey, bravely playing session and this generated an increas- settled squad featuring relative new- despite illness. Their replacements, four ingly static style of play. In the backs a comers Brooks and Emslie played ex- Fifth Years, the untried Lower Sixth similar lack of concentration in some tremely well in the knockout stages Farrar and Brooks and the hard work- areas, together with the inability to comfortably defeating the rated Wind- ing and deserving Shockledge all bat- consistently move the ball at pace, lead sor Boys and Plymouth College, before tled well against a highly rated Kirkham to periodic defensive lapses and the narrowly losing in the quarter-finals to side and the spirit carefully kindled by inability to capitalise on good field the physical Llanharri School. The na- senior players, Schofield and Clay, position - add to this a lack of experi- tional Sevens group was effectively a began to return. From this point, the ence in some areas and fragile confi- play-off between King’s and Stonyhurst.

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King’s worked three early chances but experienced Roughrider Football in Brown were a real handful in midfield were unable to finish. Stonyhurst then Saskatchewan and Blue Jay baseball in and, together with ever present half finished two quick chances and Rosslyn the magnificent Toronto Sky Dome; backs Jones and Emslie, were the key Park was effectively over for another rafted the white waters of the Athabasca strike force. Phil Tsalikis, Jonathan year. However, in the final game of the Glacier; tracked whales in the icy At- Wilson and ‘super sub’ Guy Tristram season it was gratifying to see King’s lantic off the Newfoundland coast; on the wings, with either Mike Rice or destroy Chistlehurst and Sidcup with trained at altitude in the Calgary Winter James Orme at full back, provided some scintillating rugby. Olympic Village (famed for Eddie the pace and power out wide. Throughout the Sevens season, Eagle and the Cool Runnin’ Jamaican A surprisingly mild winter - not one Schofield, Clay and Sweetzer main- bobsleigh team); shopped till they school rugby match was called off tained a very high standard. Indeed, in dropped in Edmonton at the world’s because of the weather before March - all the Sevens we saw there was no largest shopping mall; reached the was the backdrop to a season of just better forward than Schofield. As the summit of the CN Tower atop of the three defeats. Victories against Queen Sevens season progressed, other play- world and braved the frightening power Elizabeth’s GS, Wakefield; Bradford ers came to the fore: Brooks proved to of Niagara Falls in the Maid of the Mist. GS and Merchant Taylors’, Crosby were be a very capable Sevens hooker; Rice Some Tour! And it should have been the highlights of the season, as were and Arthur were dangerous attacking the catalyst for a great season. the games versus Buenos Aires tourists players who improved their defence; It was a great disappointment, then, St Michael’s School and Campion Grads, Emslie may yet make a very good that the season kicked off in such lack- who had ‘hosted’ us in Regina, Sas- Sevens play maker and Spicer on the lustre style at Lancaster (lost 12-16) and katchewan on our Summer Tour to wing was always quick and powerful. ended in a whimper with cancellations Canada. Sadly, a wasted opportunity at It was possibly the wide forward posi- (against Cheadle Hulme and Wirral Lancaster; a narrow defeat at Wirral tion that created the most selection GS) and in humiliation at Stockport GS and a devastatingly disappointing dis- problems, with Kirby, Shockledge, (lost 10-25). Between times, matters play at Stockport left a very messy blot Selbie, Wildey and at times Spicer all were rather better, although team spirit on the copy book and must remain as filling the role creditably. At the end of was rather fractious and attendance a legacy of what might have been. With the season, despite some creditable and commitment to training unpredict- just three defeats, eleven clean sheets, performances and with King’s always able. The won/lost tally looks impres- over one hundred tries scored and just dangerous and a team that other sides sive, but, in all honesty, it should have eighty-one points conceded, would it hate to play against, we were not quite been much better. be churlish to suggest we “could have secure enough in defence or efficient There were highlights, of course, done better”? enough in attack to go all the way in and many individuals emerged with Players (most appearances first): C the bigger tournaments. However, de- great credit from the season. Nick Greenham; R Emslie; N Jones (Cap- spite this synopsis, with the Lower Jones was top points scorer (126) and tain); M Baylay; C Cooper; S Brown; P Sixth players involved this year and the proved to be a very dependable cap- Tsalikis; P Hart; G Tristram; J Orme; J Fifth Years to come through, next year tain. Flanker Chris Greenham, together J Wilson; S Hewitt; J Mosscrop; M could be a very useful Sevens side. with top try scorer Richard Emslie, Dunnington; D Farrar; M Anderton; D PFH/PJP played in all but one of the 2nd XV Brocklehurst; S Challiner; J Brooks; G matches. In total forty-four players Cook; M Rice; A Forshaw; J Arthur; C 2nd XV represented the team in twenty games. Levings; P Adams; J Bissett; J In eleven fixtures we recorded a ‘clean Shockledge; E Moran; R Lees; M PWDL F A sheet’ yet, amazingly, failed to kick a Hordley; D Flegg; S Bush; M Kirby; A 20 17 0 3 659 91 single penalty goal until late into No- Unterhalter; N Hirst; M Tunwell; D Canada Tour vember. Isherwood; A Higgins; J Hallam; C PWDL F A Long-term injuries to forwards David Watts; J Kalthoeber; E Bones; D Leech; 6 5 0 1 106 52 Brocklehurst, Andrew Unterhalter and J Sweetzer. A four Province Tour to Canada should Simon Challiner, together with fre- The following played during the have been excellent preparation for quent changes to the 1st XV personnel, Canada Tour (most appearances first): the demanding fixture list that fol- threatened to sap the power of the J Brooks; N Hirst; D Brocklehurst; J lowed. Five of the six games in St second team forwards. Steve Hewitt, Mosscrop; N Jones; J Horrocks; M John’s, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton and Matt Anderson and Mark Dunnington Hordley; J Orme; P Tsalikis; R Webster; Toronto were won. Two of the matches were a front row never bettered in the C Levings; J Bissett; J Randall; S (against Alberta and Newfoundland) tight; whilst any second row combina- Challiner; A Higgins; P Adams; S Bush; were against full strength Provincial tion of Mike Baylay, Duncan Farrar or G Mairs; P Hart; A Forshaw; A XV’s preparing for the Canada Games Phil Hart could be relied upon to Unterhalter; J Spicer; T Masheder; M and two others (against Regina Union secure quality line-out ball. An ever Kirby; J Shockledge; I Selbie. and South Alberta) were against strong changing breakaway trio that always KLP/IAW representative teams. So, the final bal- included Chris Greenham, often in ance sheet for the 2nd XV on tour gave concert with Greg Cook and Jonathan 3rd XV great encouragement for the upcoming Mosscrop, always caused havoc regular season. Between some tough amongst opposition backs. This very PWDL F A physical encounters on the rugby mature pack, frequently containing six, 13 12 0 1 373 110 pitches, the tour party of thirty-five or even seven, Upper Sixth players, Although a total of thirty-six players players and four coaches travelled the many with considerable first team ex- represented the 3rd XV during the Icefields Parkway - a spectacular jour- perience, had the ability to rip opposi- season, this year the team seemed to ney from Banff and Lake Louise to tion packs apart and occasionally did. have a strong nucleus of both experi- Jasper through the snowclad Rockies; Centres Craig Cooper and Stephen ence and talent. The large number of

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Sixth Form pupils playing in the 3rd XV Young and Alex Forshaw formed the James Horrocks, Euan Moran and soon proved to build a very strong rest of a very stable and good front Ashley Sharp with Eddie Bones adding team spirit and as a result we had the row, often taking ball against the head. the final conversion. most successful season ever, losing The second row pairing of Nick Hirst The semi-final pitted us against a just one game. and Oliver Rushton proved impressive very fancied Manchester GS. Once The stage was set right from the first in the loose and formidable in the line- again it was excellent team spirit and fixture as we outplayed a strong Lan- out. The experienced back row helped controlled rugby that proved too much caster GS U16 XV, resulting in our first to link with the backs throughout the for MGS. The team saw two Fourth away victory against them for many season with Jonathan Mosscrop, Phil Year pupils, Jonathan Keep and David years. The only hiccup of the season Hart and David Leech often being too Poulter, in the side. This meant that the came in the second game against a much of a handful for the opposition. pack was very quick around the pitch very powerful and well organised QEGS All in all we had a very successful and won a great deal of second phase Wakefield U16 XV. Even though we season and one which I thoroughly ball, whilst the back division let noth- were still trying to settle to some sort of enjoyed, taking a side with good team ing through. a team, we were leading 10-6 with spirit and a determination to win. The final was played against Cowley twenty minutes to play. Unfortunately The following played for the 3rd XV HS who had turned defeat into victory two of our players were taken off to (highest number of appearances first): in the last ten minutes in their first two play for the 2nd XV and the captain, T Butcher; J Bissett; E Bones; M Hordley; rounds. We knew that we had to deny Richard Lees, was taken to hospital P Adams; S Bush; A Forshaw; N Hirst; Cowley the ball as they had some very with a broken wrist. These changes O Rushton; H Young; C Watts; O talented runners. King’s were ready for proved too much for us to cope with Pickup; R Webster; A Sharp; R Lees; J this final and once again Euan Moran and our opponents took advantage Orme; T Lloyd; D Leech; P Hart; J as captain led by example. The for- immediately and ran out comfortable Mosscrop; D Flegg; A Oppenheim; S wards took control from an early stage victors. Challiner; J Chapman; S Fox; S Brown; and tries by Charlie Levings and Alex During the next half a dozen games C Levings; D Isherwood; P Tsalikis; M Forshaw, from a quick thinking pen- we played as a well drilled side and Anderton; M Baylay; S Mason; M alty, soon put Cowley on the back foot. proved to be far too good for the Tunwell; J Shockledge; D Wildey; J Two penalties by Eddie Bones just opposition. This very good run of Kalthoeber. before half time gave us a good 16-0 results became too much for a number DTB lead. Our three quarters, organised by of the team resulting in some over James Horrocks, managed to cancel confident rugby and silly comments U16 XV out all of the opposition’s varied at- whilst playing. What should have been tacks and soon turned the tables in the two very easy victories against Rydal PWDL F A second half as Ashley Sharp ran in two and Adam’s GS proved to be too close 4 3 1 0 83 42 further tries with Eddie Bones adding for comfort. For the vast majority of the year these another penalty and a conversion. In A much improved attitude for the players were playing for either the 1st the end King’s ran out comfortable and last three games, in particular away at XV, 2nd XV or 3rd XV and so they were deserving winners of the competition Bradford, put the team back on to their very keen to play together as a year for the first time, 31-7. convincing winning form. group once again. Unfortunately, the The following played for the U16 In the backs, Toby Butcher played first game against Stockport GS saw all XV: E Bones; C Cooper; A Forshaw; N in all the games, playing everywhere manner of mistakes, indecision and Hirst; J Horrocks; D Isherwood; J Keep; but scrum half, and Michael Hordley lack of basic rugby sense. In a game D Leech; C Levings; T Lloyd; E Moran; only missed two games. He, too, played where we clearly had far too much A Oppenheim; O Pickup; D Poulter; O in most positions within the back line ability for the opposition we managed Rushton; A Sharp; P Tsalikis; C Watts; and even had a game at number eight! to give away so many penalties and H Young. Their experience and calming advice make so many wrong decisions that a DTB during the games helped to settle the 25-25 draw was a good result! side throughout the year. The real Thankfully, by the time we were U16 Sevens strength and creative flair came from due to play our first game in the The convincing form shown in the three more Sixth Form pupils, Paul Liverpool St Helens Floodlight Cup we Floodlight Cup and the number of Adams, James Orme and Simon Bush. had a change of attitude and approach. players that had been playing regular Their defence was very good and often We had been drawn against Stonyhurst 1st XV or 2nd XV rugby suggested that turned defence into attack and they in the quarter-final who had won the we could have a very useful squad for were ably supported by Chris Watts competition for the last three years. In Sevens. and Ashley Sharp. At half back we had a pulsating game of hard hitting attack The first tournament took us to two very different players, but both and defence we gradually wore down Warwick where King’s were convinc- were very influential. Richard Lees was Stonyhurst. The pace of the game was ing winners of the group beating King’s strong and powerful in attack and unrelenting with Euan Moran being an Worcester and King Edward VI, Aston. defence, playing his best game at Brad- inspirational captain. He and Charlie We then played Nottingham in the ford where he set up the victory. On Levings had a tremendous battle with quarter-final where we played some the other hand Eddie Bones created their back row and Nick Hirst was devastating Sevens. Although Notting- openings and put in little kicks to force ‘lifted’ to unbelievable heights in the ham were a much fancied side, our back the opposition when playing at lines out. James Horrocks ran the back aggression in defence and quick coun- either scrum half or fly half. division like a ‘panzer division’ ably ter-attack totally bewildered them, re- The forwards had a settled front supported by Danny Isherwood and sulting in a 40-0 victory to King’s. five, with John Bissett only missing one Craig Cooper. True grit and determina- The semi-final was a very hard fought game at either hooker or prop. Hugo tion won the night with tries from game against the home side, Warwick.

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In a seesaw match King’s came through go on to win the final against Notting- success was due to the cohesive play strongly with two tries in the last two ham 19-7 - the side King’s had beaten of all fifteen members rather than one minutes to win 26-19. In the final 40-0 the previous week with a fully fit unit, forwards or backs, being domi- King’s settled down quickly and did team! nant. Jonathan Keep, the captain, had not let Solihull into the game, running The following played for the U16 an outstanding season contributing out convincing winners 24-0. Although Sevens: E Bones; C Cooper; A Forshaw; greatly, from his position of Number 8, our attacking play was very good at J Horrocks; D Isherwood; D Leech; C in all areas of play. He also represented times, it was the excellent mean and Levings; E Moran; O Pickup; A Sharp; Cheshire and played for the school hard hitting defence that won us the P Tsalikis; C Watts. Under 16’s team in their successful cup tournament. DTB run. He was most ably supported in the Four days later we were playing in back row by David Poulter who, like the Cheshire Schools’ Sevens at home. U15 XV Keep, is developing into a powerful King’s were still on a high from their forward, strong in the tackle and good success at Warwick and had a very PW D L F A at securing possession. These two had rude awakening in their first group A XV 20 15 0 5 512 278 a number of partners as blindside game against Lymm HS. The fact that B XV 5 3 0 2 178 117 flanker: Stephen Hart, Jonathan King’s lost Euan Moran through illness, A very rewarding season with contin- Mosscrop and James Childs all having James Horrocks through injury from ued significant improvement reflected their periods of success. Childs, whose Warwick and Eddie Bones with a dis- in improved results generally and the play is developing well, also contested located shoulder during this game advancement of individual skills. A the hooker’s role with Michael meant that we were lucky to eventually solid basis had been laid in the previ- Blackshaw and these two were propped win 17-15! The strength of the squad ous year and it was pleasing to see the by the ever present Daniel Bowers, a was now being tested, but King’s soon squad build on this. very good ball handler and runner, and dismissed both Middlewich HS and The season opened with victories at the dependable Matthew Beattie. Altrincham GS to win the group. A home over RGS Lancaster and King Michael Robertson, likewise, always comfortable win against Bridgewater Edward’s, Aston. The win against King filled one of the positions in the second HS took us through to the semi-final to Edward’s was one of three successes row and, as the season progressed, he face Bramhall HS. Two tournaments the team had in matches they had lost gained greater confidence and became within four days proved too much as for the first three years at school. more forceful. His two tries against King’s took the field with only four fit Heavy defeat followed at Wakefield, a Newcastle were both champagne mo- players. As a result King’s lost narrowly disappointing performance against a ments! Stephen Hart, after his brief to Bramhall who went on to win the good side who went on to the final of sojourn in the back row, was his most final by fifty points! the Daily Mail Cup. Too many of the regular partner but Robert Greer con- The third and last tournament was team seemed to feel we had lost before tested for the role with much determi- the National Schools’ Sevens at Ox- we kicked off! nation and played some useful games. ford, three days after the Cheshire This setback was soon put behind Adam Halewood was a livewire at Sevens. We managed to take a squad us as we won five of the next six scrum half and had a good season. He of ten players down to start the pool matches, all fairly comfortably, and has the skills but needs to develop games at 8.50 am. As expected, King’s suffered a narrow defeat against St physically. Richard Westwood was his really could not settle down to the Ambrose. The most notable success in regular partner and generally showed Sevens play they had produced in the this period was over Woodhouse Grove sound tactical appreciation. His role previous two tournaments because of who had won this fixture easily in the was contested early in the season by all the changes. Thankfully we man- past. Even the defeat was by a much James Ellis who was unfortunate in aged to gain an understanding with narrower margin than in past years and suffering a bad injury. It has been a trait one another and were convincing win- was a game in which we had a number of this age group that they have always ners of the group. of chances to score. Two good teams, been good when attacking but liable to With a little bit of encouragement Wirral GS and Hymer’s College Hull, miss tackles in defence and concede and some first aid we managed to take then exploited the main weaknesses in unnecessary points. This improved this the field with seven players to face the side (inconsistent determination year throughout the team and particu- Dwr-y-Felin in the quarter-final. In a leading to poor technique in the tackle larly in the midfield where John Shaw game of better attack than defence and at the breakdown) to beat us was always competitive and also de- King’s came through 28-21 winners of soundly. veloped an awareness of what was a very tiring game and now faced However, the developing maturity needed in differing situations. The in the semi-final. For the first of the team was shown as they ac- sound tackling of James Duffy gained five minutes of the game (seven min- cepted the lessons they had been taught him the other position in the centre. utes each way) King’s gave as good as and worked hard to improve. They Andrew Collins, Ben Robinson and they got and were trailing 12-14. Un- were only to lose one of their last nine John Slater battled for the two wing fortunately Danny Isherwood then matches and they gained a number of positions and they each had their good damaged his shoulder in a tremendous victories by a wide margin, often in an games and never let the side down. tackle and had to leave the field. This exhilarating fashion. Victory away at Robert Hart produced the real cutting was a great pity as Danny had been the Bradford GS and Stockport GS, where edge in the backs with his incursions player of the tournament and, as a we scored with the final move of the into the line from full back. He had a result of others carrying injury, King’s match, was particularly pleasing. Even very good season and also represented were left once again with four fit play- in defeat by Arnold School the team the county at this age group. ers. Needless to say the floodgates played well against powerful oppo- As in the past few seasons, one of opened! A very sore and battle scarred nents. the main disappointments has been squad left the pitch to watch Millfield The team was well balanced and the the number of B team matches can-

33 Rugby celled by other schools. This was an of other players’ tries came from such Arnfield; J D Crabtree; R A Davidson; G enthusiastic squad with plenty of boys skilful work. On the other wing W Duncalf; T N Gathercole; N B very able and keen to play. The five Hinchliffe often ran strongly and de- Griffiths; P M D Johnson; E W Jones; S matches played were only half the fended well; with a little more confi- M Hinchliffe; C Lawrence-Waterhouse; games on the fixture list. dence in his ability he would score O M L Li; A P McVeigh; C L Millward; Successful participation in four Sev- more tries. New arrival to the squad, B S Oakes; A C Quas-Cohen; A T Rees; ens tournaments brought the season to Wong, was a very valuable asset and A Tod; J J Watson; J J Williams; T A a close. The team played with charac- after a hesitant beginning pushed hard Williamson; S C Wilson; D Wong. ter and skill in each competition, reach- for a regular A team place. McVeigh RGD/MGH ing one quarter-final, two semi-finals initially claimed the full back spot with and the final at Warwick. The team his usual reliability until the emer- U13 XV played well-organised and disciplined gence of Barker whose greater pace Sevens and in each game they lost it and genuine elusiveness in broken PWDL F A was to either a stronger or quicker, or play caused real problems for oppo- 18 4 0 14 166 515 a combination of both, side. nents. The U13s did not enjoy the most suc- DMH The ten B team games this year cessful of seasons; if success is judged proved to be a real bonus; not only did by results alone. Yet, despite a very U14 XV they maintain whole squad interest, modest win ratio, the U13 rugby team but they also allowed a number to is to be congratulated on their unfail- PW D L F A develop more fully as players: in the ingly positive approach to the game. A XV 17 16 0 1 623 87 forwards Crabtree, Li, Davidson, Never once (not even after a number of B XV 10 8 0 2 243 78 Gathercole, Johnson, Wilson and Tod heavy defeats) did they become dispir- This was a highly successful and satis- all came forward and behind these ited. They always remained committed fying season for both A and B teams there is no shortage of ability, just size to their rugby and to each other. Their alike. The squad by and large dis- at present. Millward, Williams and buoyancy of character, at times, con- played a genuine commitment and Williamson in particular all have founded both Mr Mathews and myself. willingness to learn and fully deserved footballing ability and ought to come If they retain the same enthusiasm and their records. It is a measure of just through. camaraderie, successful results will how enthusiastic everyone was when Following the success of the 15s, the surely follow. separate B team practices generally squad looked forward to March’s Sev- Progress is suggested by the fact that yielded as many as a dozen players. ens tournaments. Here, once again, three victories came in the last seven At A team level, the side built on the the side did well, progressing to the games, and the other four games were solid foundation of the scrum. In spite knockout stages of three competitions, all close fought affairs including, argu- of the restriction on how far you can the eventual outcome of a final, semi- ably, the team’s (certainly the pack’s) push, the team often had opponents final and quarter-final proving satisfy- best performance against Bradford GS. under pressure in this still key phase of ing. What was perhaps missing was The team did well to turn a heavy the game. Props Boston and Handley genuine pace, especially as defeat against St Ambrose last season used their physical presence to good Cumberbirch had a niggling hamstring into a 26-15 away victory this season. effect, allowing first Duncalf and then injury which effectively ruled him out. The other victories came against Arnold newly promoted hooker Arnfield to The side must now look forward to (17-12), St Edward’s (15-10) and KES prosper. The ever reliable Richards meet the challenges of the forthcoming Lytham (17-12). and the raw-boned Rodgers provided season and in spite of this success In many games the result was dic- a solid thrust from lock, allowing the there are still areas to work on. For tated by our lack of size in the pack: we back row the freedom to operate. Bush some, greater mobility and speed will simply could not win enough ball to showed good mobility on the open be required, for others the develop- release our two quick and powerful side and his line-out work at 2 was a ment of additional skills to provide wings, Jonathan Bowyer and Morgan crucial source of ball; Sear at 8 often attacking variety. For all, an awareness Cooke. Nevertheless, by the end of the displayed good awareness, whilst that every aspect of their game can be season all players were showing a Warburton at blindside was muscular improved and honed to greater perfec- greater understanding of the demands and powerful. tion and a realisation that games must of their particular position. Jonathan In the backs, the half backs, Kennedy be started positively and effective lev- Kay, Marc Burbidge, Harry Orford and and Gartside, both turned in more than els of performance have to be main- Edward Mack took their turns at prop useful individual performances on oc- tained consistently throughout a whole - with the choice being size or mobility. casions, but need to develop a more game. George Laughton, Richard Harker and fluid and decisive partnership. The The following boys represented the Colin Hinchliffe (who later moved into main centre pairing of Davenport and U14 A XV: J M Arnfield; M R Barker; A the back row) all worked hard in the Isherwood were impressively effective T Boston; M W Bush; T Cumberbirch; unglamorous position of second row. in defence and both created enough T A Davenport; R A Davidson; G W Michael Holden and Ashley Dale both threat in attack for the other to prosper; Duncalf; T N Gathercole; J M Gartside; proved accomplished hookers, with as a result more than thirty tries were N B Griffiths; P Handley; S M Hinchliffe; Dale one of the most committed play- scored by the pair. As usual, the side T M Isherwood; P M D Johnson; P B ers on the team. Oliver Kenyon and tried to adopt an expansive game and Kennedy; O M L Li; A P McVeigh; C L Ben Bolton were both gutsy wing consequently Cumberbirch had a fine Millward; L W N Richards; C S Rodgers; forwards. The most outstanding for- season, becoming both leading try and I C Sear; T Warburton; T A Williamson; ward, indeed the most outstanding points scorer. Perhaps more impres- D Wong. player and hence winner of The Melson sive was his willingness to win and set The following boys represented the Cup, was James Beaumont at number up loose ball when necessary: a number U14 B XV: C Abbott; A S Armstead; J M eight.

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Tom Kirk and Russell Agro shared exciting counter-attacks. He clearly vied Hart; C Barrow; D Howe; C Richards; R the scrum half position. Duncan Love for the player of the season title with Sheppard; M Freeman; A Rhind; J grew in stature at fly half as the season Christian Walsh. Sidebottom; L Jajeh; O Cave; R Johnson; progressed. Charlie Williamson and The position of scrum half was some- K Ardern; P Kenyon; B Tutton; J Chris Bull at centre worked well to- thing of a worry. However, Alasdair McIlvenny; J Wilkinson. gether both in defence and attack. Nick Breed grew in stature towards the end MTH Kershaw proved a dependable last line of the season and seems to have made of defence and was elusive with the the Number 9 jersey his own. Girls’ Rugby (Sevens) ball in his hands. The most versatile Clearly, next season will present Although, unfortunately, there were player was Ben Harding who started many difficult challenges. However, if no girls left from those who had played off in the back row before moving into the pack can work a little more on their in the 1997 inaugural Oxford Sevens the backs where he appeared in most fitness and provide possession for the tournament, which meant that effec- positions. backs, they may well make giant strides tively we were again beginning from Adam Golebiewski, Nick Mills, Oliver forward. They should gain a lot of scratch, a group of twelve Sixth Form Smallman, James Harker, Edward confidence from their impressive per- girls volunteered this year. After prac- Barker and Alex Forth also played for formances against Wirral Grammar tising assiduously, and with very com- the A team. School and Kirkham Grammar School mendable commitment, for the second ALv in the Festival, which illustrated the half of the Autumn Term and the first value of committed tackling and con- part of the Spring Term, this year two U12 XV trolled aggression. competitions were entered - Oxford PW again, and the first ever national schools’ PWDL F A sevens at Rosslyn Park. 18 5 1 12 165 355 B team Sadly, lack of experience relative to The season was a struggle for the most that of the opposition faced proved to part, with early optimism not develop- PWDL be too great a handicap for our enthu- ing into many successful results. How- 10217 siasm to overcome, and all six matches ever, as with last year’s team, the Although this was not a particularly played were lost. However, three tries Festival provided real encouragement successful season, the boys did not were scored this year, and only the for the season ahead. lack in either skill or spirit. Unfortu- vagaries of refereeing decisions pre- The side was captained with enthu- nately, they are at the moment quite a vented a first King’s victory being re- siasm throughout the year by Robbie small side and too often opposing corded, in the final game at Oxford, Unterhalter. The pack contained a solid teams overwhelmed them with their against . A victory is, looking front five including Justin extra physical presence. Their best therefore, the clear first objective for Perring, Martin Keelagher and Tom performance came against Adam’s next season! Bradfield; Unterhalter himself was ac- Grammar School, when, for once up The girls who participated very much companied by Tom Bell and Alan against boys of a similar stature, they enjoyed the experience and were a Wood. The latter was particularly im- played excellent rugby and ran in tries credit to the school. For the record, the pressive in later games and should from all areas of the field to win 39-0. full squad was: Jo Hastie (Captain); hopefully prove to be an inspirational They also performed well in the return Nina Thomson; Helen Ashworth; figure in future years. William New- match against Stockport Grammar win- Jeveen Attoh; Lauren Ballarini; Tory ham, Oliver Kenyon and Max Freeman ning 22-0 after a 5-5 draw in the first Harle; Louise Huggins; Alex Laycock; also played with commitment and learnt game. Jenny Leeson; Nikki Price; Jenny Riley; very quickly when up against the likes In Alex Doncom and Oliver Natalie Solomon. of Bradford Grammar School and King McConnell they have elusive runners Thanks are also due to Guy Tristram Edward’s, Lytham. Unfortunately, as a on the wing. Gareth Angus, Alasdair in particular, whose help and commit- collective unit, the pack lacked mobil- Breed and James Wilkinson all played ment in coaching were much appreci- ity and fitness, and were exposed on well as scrum-half and James Forrester ated. more than a few occasions. Despite at fly-half was always positive and IAW sound technique and determination at quick to pass the gain-line. In the the set-pieces, the forwards quite often forwards Robert Hart and Daniel Howe Junior Division Rugby failed to provide a solid platform for were solid as prop forwards and Ben 2nd March 1998 AJIS Tournament (Mer- the backs. If the fitness problem can be Langstreth, James Sidebottom and chant Taylors’, Crosby) overcome, the team should fear no Robin Johnson were willing workhorses Having lost their first game to St Mary’s opponents in the coming years. in the back row. (7-21), the team entered the Plate Com- The back division of the Under 12 By the end of the season, a number petition which they eventually won team possessed a lot of ability, but of players were challenging for places thanks to a draw against St Ambrose (7- were presented with precious few in the A team: Tom Green, Chris Miller, 7) and wins against St Edward’s (33-0) opportunities to run the ball. Never- Ben Tutton and Alasdair Breed as backs; and KES Lytham (47-0). theless, Christian Walsh was a pivotal and Charles Richards and Max Free- GJS figure whose creativity in attack and man as forwards. committed tackling was crucial to team If the boys grow a little and keep spirit. Outside him there was a good listening to their coaches, their results mix of speed and skill with James will improve. Byers, Nick Lloyd, Chris Miller and The following boys played at least Kane Jackson. At full back Alex Daven- two matches for the B team: C Miller; port was a rock-like figure, saving O McConnell; A Breed; T Green; B countless tries and launching many Langstreth; A Doncom; G Angus; R

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1st XI this apparent depth to the batting at the season was the meteoric rise of Mat- same time highlighted the frailty of the thew Jackson as a slow left arm bowler PW D L side, for of the seven batsmen who of real quality. 19874 scored fifties only Daniel Isherwood, The season got off to an exuberant The 1998 season was in many ways a Jared Clay for the first half of the season start with four wins before half-term. curious paradox as a young side sur- and Eddie Bones, who missed the Decisive bowling performances against passed expectations with eight wins, majority of the season through injury, Cheadle Hulme, Bolton and Stockport and yet at the same time confirmed the showed the ability to perform consist- Grammar School, the last seven frailties that were suspected before the ently at first team level. Daniel with Stockport wickets being taken in only season began. The full spectrum of seven fifties in seventeen innings passed sixteen overs, were complemented by cricketing emotions were experienced 600 runs, but only one other batsman a successful run chase against Newcas- from victory over a strong Birkenhead passed 300 runs for the season. This tle-under-Lyme. This set the side up for side, to glory in defeat by only ten runs lack of consistency from the majority tougher challenges and creditable against the MCC, to ignominious col- of the main batsmen ensured that for draws were earned against Notting- lapse against Denstone. every performance when the batting ham, RGS Lancaster and Manchester The essential strength of the side impressed and we looked a quality Grammar School despite some frail was a collective one; a ‘never say die’ side, there was one where we ‘wob- batting performances. June finished in attitude which allowed three games to bled’ alarmingly or even collapsed as a blaze of glory as the MCC were nearly be saved when all had seemed lost. was the case in four of the final five conquered in a dramatic match and Although there were some outstand- matches of the season. then Birkenhead were defeated by five ing individual performances, the final The fielding was again a strength of wickets. Disappointingly, a combina- outcome of every match was invari- the side with several outstanding per- tion of absences, injuries and a lack of ably a reflection of a wider team effort. formers. The effort in the field epito- stamina/experience finally took their The sense of shared responsibility is mised the team spirit and lent strong toll and with the exception of a very most clearly reflected in the fact that support to a promising bowling attack. satisfying ‘destruction’ of a strong Old seven different batsmen scored indi- The pace bowling had great potential Boys side the season ended in anticli- vidual fifties, and that on two occa- and at its best it was attacking and max, as two games were lost with poor sions the number ten batsman, Ashley penetrative. Overall the four main pace performances at the festival. Sharp against Nottingham High School bowlers collectively lacked the accu- Martin Tunwell, inexperienced as a and Oliver Rushton against Edinburgh racy to sustain the pressure on strong captain before the season, surpassed Academy, played match-saving and batting sides, but as they all return next expectations and emerged as a captain ultimately, in the latter case, match- season the outlook is bright. The un- of impressive character, who always winning innings. Ironically, however, questionable bowling bonus of the led from the front. As his team teetered

42 Cricket on the brink of humiliating collapse at was not reflected in his figures for the and apparent lack of concern, how- 117-8 against Nottingham, he counter- season. As a batsman he must take ever tight the match, were refreshing attacked with panache scoring 55* in much of the responsibility as he con- and contrasted nicely with any occa- fifty-two balls. Similar feats were per- tinues to lack the self-discipline and sional sense of humour failures from formed in subsequent matches against concentration to maximise his talents the coach!! Manchester Grammar School and the (talents which were only too obvious Injuries and absences towards the MCC. His bowling was initially erratic in a magnificent match winning 57* end of the season allowed a prolonged after a season out with injury, but as his against Newcastle-under-Lyme). Sadly run in the side for Tom Isherwood who confidence grew as a captain so his this innings proved to be the exception was only an U14. He bowled with a bowling developed and hinted at the rather than the rule. As an opening control and confidence that belied his consistency needed to test good bats- bowler of genuine pace, he was ini- years to take fifteen wickets in only men. tially plagued by bad luck as he bowled seventy-five overs, including 3-25 on Vice Captain, Daniel Isherwood cap- with control and aggression on slow his 1st XI debut against the MCC. tained the last four matches of the pitches, later he was limited by injury. A final word of thanks goes to David season, in Martin’s absence, with a I am sure he will be determined to fulfil Brocklehurst who maintained the tra- tactical awareness not often seen in his full potential next year. dition of quality 1st XI scorers, despite schoolboy cricket. As a batsman he In the pace attack, Martin Tunwell occasionally forgetting when the match displayed impressive consistency, as and Richard Lees were complemented started, or even that there was a match mentioned earlier, and often held a by Ashley Sharp and Oliver Rushton, at all. fragile batting side together. It is a both Fifth Years. Ashley is a bowler of On 9th December, the senior cricket testament to his potential to note that exciting potential with the ability to squad embark on a three week tour of perhaps the only disappointment in swing the ball late. This was empha- Kenya. With ten regular players return- his season was the failure to convert sised by the fact that he took over thirty ing, allied to a number of younger one or two of the fifties into hundreds. wickets despite struggling for rhythm players challenging for places, the Both Martin and Daniel were outstand- for much of the season. His destruction outlook for next season looks bright, ing in the field, yet again setting the of Birkenhead (6-41) was the highlight provided that the players maintain their standards for the side to follow. of what overall was an excellent first enthusiasm and show the determina- Much of the success of the early part full season in the side. As the fourth tion to learn the lessons from and of the season was also down to the seamer, Oliver had limited opportuni- improve on last season. timely emergence, at last, of Jared Clay ties early in the season, but over the IAW/JDN as a first team batsman. He scored whole season he emerged as the most fifties against Arnold and Stockport consistent of the four. This will hope- 2nd XI and only failed once before half-term. fully give him the confidence to de- In his absence in the last third of the velop a little more aggression next year PW D L A season Conningsby Allday took his and to maximise the awkward bounce 117301 chance as an opener, with quality he can achieve with his height. The 2nd XI yet again enjoyed a highly innings against Birkenhead and The major worry before the season successful season, winning seven of Kearsney High School in particular. If was the lack of a slow bowler and, the ten matches completed. The se- he can overcome defensive frailties therefore, much of the success of the quence of unbeaten seasons now runs early in his innings, he will provide a season rested with the emergence of to four, and for the third consecutive compelling case for a full season in the Matthew Jackson to take thirty-six wick- year the side were adjudged “cricket side next year. ets in his first and only season in the team of the year”. Sadly, Edward Bones’ season was side. He grew in stature match by Once again, the strength of the side curtailed by a shoulder injury, but match and only twelve months after lay initially in the depth of experience quality innings against Bolton and RGS being viewed as an average 2nd XI which school cricket has developed Lancaster confirmed his potential to be bowler he ended his school career over the formative years. This, allied to a quality player. He will no doubt with an outstanding performance in a positive commitment by the senior return next season eager to make up the festival, where his combined fig- players, ensured a confident approach for the disappointments of this one. ures for the three matches were thirty and high expectations. Richard Emslie enjoyed a wretched overs, 7-68. Matthew’s development These expectations were amply ful- first half of the season, but he dis- was no fluke, but the reward for a filled in the first two games of the played his growing maturity as a crick- winter of hard practice in the nets, and season against William Hulme and eter to bounce back and suggest, in the his commitment and dedication stand Cheadle Hulme which saw an un- second half of the season, that he can as an example for others to follow. beaten century from Robinson, hat achieve the consistency needed at this In the middle order, Tom Smith had tricks from Barber and Rushton and level. Certainly his innings against a disappointing season losing form what is believed to be the highest Birkenhead and the MCC showed he and ultimately technique. He never- winning margin ever recorded by a has the ability to succeed. His wicket theless made a huge contribution to school team (233 runs). keeping was similarly a tale of ability the spirit of the side and was outstand- Arnold put a brake on proceedings, against consistency. On his day he is ing in the field. I am sure he will show forcing a draw and highlighting one of clearly a quality keeper and drew a the strength of character over the win- the few weaknesses in the side. Al- number of complimentary comments ter to regain his confidence and fight though able to post big scores as they from opposition coaches, but there are for his place in the side next season. did in this game (225-6 in thirty overs), still too many basic errors which he Nick Jones also failed to fulfil the they were not able to bowl competent must work to iron out in his final potential suggested in the winter nets sides out and Arnold held out for forty- season. and an early innings of forty against five overs to reach 117-5. Richard Lees’ ability as a cricketer Stockport, but his nonchalant approach Easy victories followed against Ches-

43 Cricket ter Clergy, Bolton, Stockport and New- Butcher; M J Rice; D Harbord; C E and the rather unfortunate circum- castle before Lancaster again showed Allday; T A Lloyd; N J Jones; O C W stance of being in an exceptionally the problem in an exciting game where Rushton. strong squad. In other year groups, King’s efforts to ‘buy’ wickets came PRMM such players could well expect to see close to backfiring. themselves representing the school on The all day game against Manches- U15 XI a weekly basis. With patience and ter Grammar School provided an in- perseverance, most of them should tense and fascinating encounter with PWD L come through. the advantage swinging one way and A team 14 9 4 1 The fielding of the side was un- another before the destructive batting B team 2 1 0 1 doubtedly its weakest aspect and, al- of Robinson and Harbord gave King’s Last season proved to be one of the though improvement did occur, it was the edge and victory with four overs to most successful at this age group in a lengthy and ponderous process. Too spare. recent years and given the quality of many at this age fail to see the rel- Mention must be made of the draw many of the players, one expected it to evance or importance of this key as- at Denstone where five players made be so. However, as the results in the pect of the game and it is an area where their 2nd XI debuts. After a severe final three games on a difficult tour they can all work to improve. Too mauling by the Denstone batsman (230- revealed, there is no room for compla- often concentration lapses were evi- 8), the inexperienced King’s team ap- cency and there is still much to learn. dent. peared doomed at 80-6 with fifteen The side certainly possessed depth This year the B team took to the field overs to go. An extraordinary display in its batting, enabling it to dominate twice and played with its usual aplomb. of defensive batting by Richbell and the Cup games in which the school In this season, these games were par- firstly Yates, followed by Callaghan, batted first and to chase most other ticularly useful in providing opportu- saw the game saved with King’s finish- totals with a degree of comfort. Signifi- nity for the fringe members of the A ing on 86-7 (the final ball being dis- cantly, the only games in which the team and the squad as a whole. The patched by Callaghan back over the batting was made to struggle were in value of such fixtures was clearly seen bowler’s head for 6). the tour matches in Worcester and by the emergence of Bowers whose This was a well-integrated team that Birmingham where it had to cope with half-century in an early B team game linked humour with determination and attacks which for one reason or an- provided the springboard for a suc- flair with technique. Of individuals, other were more testing than anything cessful introduction to A team cricket. Richbell was probably the pick of the else encountered during the year. Nev- All in all, the results speak for them- bowlers (taking 18 wickets for an aver- ertheless, there is no doubt that Hutter, selves. The key question now is whether age of 10.9) although the somewhat Robinson, Duffy and Hart all have these players can maintain their devel- erratic Robinson could claim a margin- genuine ability and, provided they are opment and form the basis of an effec- ally better average (14 at 8.5). prepared to listen, ought to develop. tive 1st XI in a couple of years’ time. As Thompson (15 at 11.4) and Barber (9 at Bowers, too, came through strongly coaches, we recognise the talent, but 17.7), together with Shephard and and, unlike some, displayed a sound from now on real application has to be Callaghan, shared most of the bowling understanding of the more subtle as- grafted on to nurture that ability. On although no fewer than fifteen players pects of the game, his judgement of a occasions, a number of the players took their turn with the ball at some run being particularly impressive. Keep were a little dismissive of the advice stage. had a rather mixed season and suffered that was on offer and, if progress is to The batting showed considerable a little from loss of confidence, whilst be continued, there will have to be in depth with the stylish Robinson lead- Westwood proved to have a very good some cases a real recognition that ing the way. His two undefeated cen- eye but rather lacked the application to improvements can be made. turies helped him to a total of 389 runs, make full use of the opportunities The following boys have represented averaging an impressive 77.8. Butcher presented to him. the A team: D W Bowers; J C Childs; J (258 at 51.6), Harbord (175 at 29.2), As a bowling side, the school per- A O Duffy; J W Ellis; R J Hart; J W Allday (107 at 26.7) and Swain (100 at haps lacked the real penetration and Hutter; J P Keep; R J Ogden; G W D 20) provided the bulk of the support tight control of an outstanding team. Pickup; D R Poulter; J L Redfern; B M although, as with the bowling, many Keep and Wheetman were arguably Robinson; S M Webster; R J Westwood; others made significant contributions. the most steady and consistent per- H M Wheetman. Ably led by Harbord, with a consor- formers and Hart generally bowled The following boys have represented tium of senior advisers, the team tidily, without quite possessing the real the B team: J F Beech; D W Bowers; S showed what an entertaining game pace to hurry batsmen. Hutter, too, J Coulthard; E N Jones; R J McAuliffe; R cricket can be. It is worrying to see produced effective spells of bowling J Ogden; A P Oxford; D R Poulter; J L some schools failing to raise teams at when required, revealing another string Redfern; J W Shaw; S M Webster; A S V this level for this must surely be to the to his bow. Childs and Redfern were Williamson. ultimate detriment of their 1st XIs. With the principal slow bowlers and both RGD/DMH its current standing, there can be no were capable of obtaining a degree of question of threatened 2nd XI cricket turn; the former, however, needs to U14 XI at King’s but vigilance is needed! develop the confidence to flight the The following played for the team: ball to a greater degree, whilst the latter PW D L A M J Shephard; C T Robinson; M J requires greater accuracy. 123441 Richbell; K A Swain; A J D Unterhalter; Ellis, Webster, Poulter and Ogden The season was enjoyable although it A T Flynn; D W Brocklehurst; R M formed the remainder of the A team may give the impression of not having Webster; S M Barber; J L Callaghan; R squad, but were never quite able to been particularly successful. The team B Taylor; R C Thompson; O J Pickup; hold down regular places owing to a was made up of a keen and pleasant A R U Mir; J W Ellis; M S Yates; T J combination of a lack of availability group of boys with a varied level of

44 Cricket ability and experience. They are all two players to play for the first team. ets due to an explosive 60 from keen to learn and with enthusiastic The team had to play as a team, and Westwood and a more sedate 38* from perseverance they will, I am sure, their attitude was determined and sen- Kenyon. improve. The middle-order batting tried sible. There are half a dozen other After half-term, the team were taught hard and could occupy the crease. boys, who played for the B team, a harsh lesson by Nottingham who Attempting to score runs, however, led notably John Williams and James treated loose bowling and sloppy field- to the loss of a wicket all too easily. Ainsworth, who are enthusiastic and ing severely as they scored 236-2 off 35 This area needs much attention next they will keep the A team on their toes. overs, before bowling a feeble King’s season. A team: T Isherwood; T Davenport; out for a paltry 40. This was one of the The bowling lacked penetration and T Williamson; J Arnfield; I Sear; S worst defeats suffered by a King’s U13 consistency. We had a number of games Allday; J Petty; A Geake; O Ward; N team in Mr Laurence’s (long?) memory. in which we gave more away than a Rice; K Millward; T Cumberbirch. The team looked like receiving a dozen wides and no-balls. The fielding B team: J Williams; J Ainsworth; A similar mauling the following week at was the best all round aspect of the Quas-Cohen; T Oza; M Whatmough; S Lancaster, who scored 202-7 declared. side, many were very capable catchers Lawton; C Skidmore; A Malik; J After a few overs, King’s were 8-5 and and throwers. Hardman; C Davenport. the team thought the game was lost, The team was held together by two CJM but Kenyon batted for two hours (27*), main players who alternated their cap- with help for much of that time from taincy. The foremost of the pair was U13 XI Kirk (28*), to hold out for a hard fought Tom Isherwood who is an excellent draw. Although Kenyon described his all-round cricketer. He has a very good PWD L innings as “the most boring of my life”, batting technique combined with great A team 11 5 2 4 the team had learnt how to hold on for timing and power. His quick bowling B team 3 1 0 2 draws in tough situations. They re- is aggressive and effective although The season’s opening fixture against peated this the following week in hold- there is a slight tendency to bowl short. William Hulme’s Grammar School was ing on for a draw against Manchester Tom’s captaincy is as forthright as each abandoned over twenty-four hours in Grammar School, who scored 211-5 other component of his game and he advance due to a particularly wet April declared before King’s held out for a showed a pleasing ability to learn as which left the Derby Fields unplayable. tense draw on 69-8, Kenyon again well. The other Tom, Tom Davenport, The team was pleased to play the playing a boring innings to save the played a major part by opening the following week at Arnold where they match (32*). batting dependably and hitting the bad bowled the opposition out for 83 on an King’s now faced the last few games ball very hard. He plays very straight. artificial wicket with Westwood, Mack looking for victories against less strong He under-rates his own bowling but and Williamson taking three wickets opposition. At Lytham, KES scored put in some very useful performances. each. After two early scares, Williamson 164-4 before making an interesting Both played for the 1st XI this season, (41*) and Westwood (23) knocked off declaration, giving King’s more overs which is a measure of their promise. the runs to win by 7 wickets to seal a than they had used. King’s were going Ian Sear, Tom Williamson and John good start to the season. well at 80-1, but there followed an Arnfield all made strenuous efforts for A few days later, King’s knocked England style middle order collapse the team with bat and ball, and there Altrincham Grammar School out of the which led to a 35 run defeat. One were pleasing performances also by Hopkins Trophy with a convincing 68 possible bonus in this match was a Stephen Allday and John Petty. Karl run victory. King’s scored 92-1, Kenyon minor injury to Kirk which stopped Millward and Andrew Geake made top scoring with 38*, and then bowled him keeping wicket but led to him very good progress while the bowling Altrincham out for just 24, Lomax tak- bowling a few overs of promising spin. of Nick Rice was often on the mark. ing 4-7. The successful start to the The season ended on a high note Oliver Ward’s bowling remains very season continued against Bolton, who with victory over Denstone College, promising and I am sure he will suc- were bowled out for 104, Birch taking who scored 87-5 declared. After a brisk ceed. Tom Cumberbirch and Andrew 5-19, and then King’s won by 6 wick- start, Kirk, given a chance as a bowler, Quas-Cohen also contributed. ets, with Kenyon (41*) and Westwood and Williamson bowled in tandem and The three victories were consecu- (37) scoring most of the runs. stifled scoring. Kirk took 3-17 in 11 tive, against Tytherington and Sandbach An excited team was brought down varied overs. King’s took their time to (both in the cup, we lost against to earth by Stockport who scored 147- win by 7 wickets, with Lomax batting Stockport again in the next round) and 9 and then restricted King’s to 85-9 in through the innings for 27*. Newcastle-under-Lyme. King’s suffered their 35 overs. King’s had been 39-9, The season should be looked back three consecutive defeats also, against but resilience by Birch and Lomax upon as being fairly successful. Al- the “Big Guns” MGS, Lytham and to a gave some respectability to proceed- though they suffered several defeats, lesser extent Stockport as mentioned ings. Indeed, this was the first sign that the team won more than they lost and above. However, against Nottingham number 11 Lomax had more to offer as learned how to hold on for a draw who are traditionally very strong the a batsman. A few days later, King’s when victory was out of sight. The weather deprived us of a probable win were knocked out of the Hopkins whole team does need to improve its and similar strength of character was Trophy by St Ambrose who amassed fielding and bowl with more control, shown against Lancaster who are rated 136-2 in their 20 overs, King’s falling particularly at the start of innings. Oliver very highly, where King’s earned a short with only 116-4 in reply, despite Kenyon captained the team well and creditable draw. Arnold were very 61* from Westwood. bowled with increasing pace and accu- nearly beaten. The next match against Newcastle racy through the season. He scored All in all the team emerge with much saw a reversal in fortunes. After a flying 210 good runs at an average of 42, but credit. They maximised their potential start, Newcastle eventually made 151- found it difficult to score quickly on as it stood at the time. It has supplied 8 declared, but King’s won by 7 wick- some occasions. Christopher Westwood

45 Cricket bowled well when required and scored defeat was most encouraging. They ing some late away swing. Nicholas 252 quick runs, more than anyone else. became more focused in practices and Barker’s off-spin also improved (with a Ian Lomax, the leading wicket taker, their application in subsequent matches certain amount of reluctance!). They bowled well until the last two weeks of was excellent. In the following game were ably supported by a merry band the season, and his batting improved against Helsby HS, we scored 150 in of steady seamers, which included considerably, moving from number 11 twenty overs (Richards 55 not out) and Matthew Horton, Matthew Walsh, to 1 in the batting order. Charlie reduced the opposition to 16 all out – Andrew Watts, Jack Pennington and Williamson bowled well, without much a crushing victory. the ‘looping’ potential of Tom Parfett- luck, and scored some useful runs, The team then hit a vein of consist- Manning. though he tends to get himself out. ent form in beating Newcastle and On the batting front no one excelled Simon Birch and Edward Mack bowled achieving a respectable draw with in terms of ‘runs on the board’. How- well on occasions but need more con- Stockport. However, at Nottingham ever, techniques improved all-round sistency. Ben Harding and Nick we were outclassed in all departments and came in useful on a couple of Kershaw batted well in some matches, and were beaten very comfortably. occasions to ‘save’ games. Special but need to learn to build longer in- Once again, the frailty of our batting mention, I feel, must go to the resolute nings. Tom Kirk proved he could bat was exposed. rearguard often exhibited by the straight for long periods and has potential as an At MGS, the team produced a bat- bat of Nicholas Hopping. off spinner. Many other boys played tling performance in a game that was All in all they were a team very keen their part in the team. played in constant drizzle. We scored on learning and I wish them every Those who played for the A team 111 all out on a small pitch and it success in senior school cricket. were: Kenyon (Captain); Westwood; appeared that we would be beaten SCJ Williamson; Lomax; Kirk; Mack; Birch; easily. However, following an excel- Kershaw; Harding; Ayres; Hinchliffe; lent bowling display by Kenyon and Beaumont; Emm; Triggs; Barker; Jackson, we were unlucky to lose by Burston; Harker J; Harker R; Laird; Vij. four wickets. With a little more luck we In addition the following played for could have pulled off a memorable the B team: Ellis; Holden; Barber; Mills. victory. GL/RG This year’s bowling attack was one of the most consistent that I have seen U12 XI at U12 level. Kenyon, Jackson, Hawes, For the second year in succession the Walsh and Green have the ability to season was dogged by a wet English develop into a formidable strike force. summer. Although few fixtures were The side must, however, work on its actually lost, many games were rain batting. All of the opening six batsmen affected and numerous practices had showed that they were capable of to be cancelled. This meant that it was scoring runs, but no one did so consist- very difficult for the team to build any ently. It is vital that the side improves real momentum. in this area during the winter. If they One of the most positive features of do, I am sure that, under the capable this year’s side was the fact that virtu- leadership of Robbie Unterhalter, the ally every player in the squad played a side will win many more games next vital role in at least one game. Every season. team has its more talented members The following players represented and, in cricket, it is possible for such the U12 A team: J Perring; C Richards; players to dominate, leading other play- R Unterhalter (Captain); O Kenyon; T ers to feel that they have only a mar- Green; J Forrester; C Walsh; A Daven- ginal input to the team’s success. This port; J Petrie; A Jackson; J McIlvenny; was certainly not the case this year and N Lloyd; B Hawes; W Newham. the season’s successes were a result of JEK a genuine squad effort. The season started with a draw at U11 XI Arnold. The side’s problem for much The U11 cricket season was a “wet of the season was a lack of consistency affair” with cricket being played under with the bat. Indeed, when we were dark, threatening skies for the majority reduced to 88 all out an early defeat of the time. However, in between the looked to be on the cards. However, a dashes for cover some entertaining gritty bowling performance from the cricket was played. boys reduced Arnold to 66 for 9, and The team reached the semi-final of we were unlucky not to snatch an early the AJIS Cup where we eventually lost victory. out to Hulme Court by four wickets. Our most disappointing perform- The whole squad was very keen to ance came against Bolton. Our con- listen and thus improve their tech- centration in the field was poor, catches niques in batting, bowling and field- were dropped and our bowling was ing. Some of the catches had to be seen erratic. This was then followed by a to be believed at this level of the game. batting collapse and we were bowled Jonathan Lee led by example with out for 37. The boys’ reaction to this the ball bowling straight and develop-

46 Hockey

most pleasing! A Lower Sixth quick to seize the opportunity to sup- Boys’ Hockey Birkenhead School team was defeated, port the front runners. At right striker, which augurs well for next season Martin Tunwell exhibited great pace 1st XI bearing in mind the composition of the and power. He found it difficult to King’s team, but the most satisfying forge a consistent link with the other PWDL F A performances were the defeat of the Sir forwards, but when given the ball in 20 6 2 12 47 81 John Deane’s team on a day when the circle, he finished with precision On the evidence of the results alone almost everything clicked into place and power. James Blower worked tire- the casual observer might be led to and the draw with the Isle of Man U21 lessly for others at central striker. Often believe that the 1st XI was a poor team team. In this match the true potential of isolated, he was able to use his skill to who suffered at the hands of superior the King’s team was realised with char- retain possession and his deceptive opposition during a disappointing sea- acter, determination and skill all first pace to confuse defenders. In particu- son. As all politicians are aware, how- class. lar, he formed an often telepathic part- ever, there are “...lies, damn lies and Gary Mairs rescued the team from nership with left striker Jon Fielding. statistics”. the position of having no recognised Jon’s commitment on the field was • The team was not poor. With a goalkeeper. Starting from scratch, he faultless. He showed great pace and nucleus of only four Upper Sixth, rose to the task so well that he was understanding in his attacking play the team was young and was play- drafted into the North West divisional and was often involved in some won- ing matches against older and more set up. He showed tremendous com- derfully free flowing movements. Con- experienced opponents. mitment, even when in the most diffi- sistent finishing, be it from sixteen • Our opponents were not superior, cult of positions. Next season should yards or sixteen inches, made Jon the perhaps with the exception of the convincing leading goalscorer. His con- exceptional Birkenhead School tributions thoroughly merited the award team. of the Jonathan Sheard Memorial Shield • The season was, however, disap- for the outstanding player. Martin pointing. Edwards and Alistair Robinson often In almost all matches the problem started on the bench but their skill level was inconsistency of individual and developed as the season progressed so team performance. For substantial pe- that each was able to contribute signifi- riods of matches the team was able to cantly to the team in matches. Just off hold its own and impose its play upon the regular teamsheet, Andrew Kane the opposition. However, when per- and Martin McNamara were unlucky formance deteriorated, play became not to feature more, but it was pleasing disappointing with opponents being see this season’s learning experience to see their commitment when given able to punish the team, on occasions form a strong foundation on which he the opportunity to play. severely. can build. Captain, Daryush Farshchi In summary, the season was a learn- The first term saw comfortable vic- gave his all at the centre of the defence. ing experience. It is important that tories over Sandbach, Hall Cross and His tackling was the feature of his play players can cope with defeat as well as Bablake, and close defeats by strong and his enthusiasm was infectious to victory. There is never any disgrace in Merchant Taylors’, Calday Grange and those around him. He led by example losing, only from failing to learn from Bowdon HC teams. The defeat by and no manager can ask for more. that loss. The whole team will have Bowdon HC saw an early exit from the James Westcott swept with increasing benefited from the season, the Upper Cheshire Cup though the team did play confidence. He read each game very Sixth in guiding the younger players, with good commitment, determination well, distributed sensibly and when but, in particular, the Lower Sixth will and skill. Bowdon went on to lose in possible added momentum to the be able to use this season’s experience the final to the outstanding Birkenhead midfield. For much of the season, Oliver as a spring board for next. School team. King’s double figure de- Smith played at wide left defender and Appearances: 19 J Westcott, M Yates, feat by Birkenhead School was a meas- Guy Basnett at wide right defender. J Fielding; 18 G Mairs, M Tunwell, J ure of the quality of the Birkenhead Oliver remained calm under pressure Blower; 17 D Farshchi, C Allday; 15 G team, but the King’s team never gave and used his reach to good advantage, Basnett, O Smith; 14 L Murray, M up and showed total commitment whilst Guy used the ball wisely and Edwards; 13 A Robinson; 8 A Kane; 5 throughout the game. The most disap- looked to overlap in midfield when- M McNamara; 3 T Grant; 2 A Flynn; 1 pointing result of the first term was the ever possible. Mark Yates worked hard L Sharman, D Harbord, J Gregory, D 5-3 defeat by Newcastle-under-Lyme to control the centre of midfield. A Kendrick, M Hobbs. where the team threw away a 3-1 half- sound reader of the game, good tackler JAD time advantage with a very poor sec- and user of the ball, when Mark played ond half display. well, the team played well. At right Indoor First Team The story of the second term was midfield, Liam Murray exhibited skill, Hull was again the venue for the North one of disappointing first half displays, but on occasions did lack drive. He did of England Indoor Tournament and it but performances of character in the respond well to this problem, how- was here that the team was able to put second halves. Thus, King Edward’s, ever, and he finished the season its many hours of indoor work into Merchant Taylors’ and Trent College strongly. Con Allday was the most practice. The number of teams enter- rushed to commanding half-time leads versatile player in the team. The major- ing the tournament has increased over only for the King’s team to restore ity of his games were at left midfield, the years and the standard of play has pride and exhibit strong character with but he was equally at home in the improved. With only one player with their second half displays. The team’s centre of defence or sweeping. He is indoor experience, the team played reaction to half-time team talks was an excellent reader of the game and is with control and method but was genu-

36 Hockey inely unlucky in its play. Finishing U16 XI team is fully committed to its cause, it third in its group, the team failed to can overcome all obstacles. qualify for the finals, but the experi- PWDL F A David Kendrick had a very good ence was enjoyable and, as always, 21 15 0 6 65 27 season in goal. He showed bravery stick skills improved. In last season’s team report it was and good reactions in consistent per- Team: G Mairs; J Westcott; M Yates; reported that the team had shown formances. The defence of Will Roberts, C Allday; L Murray; J Blower; J Fielding. complacency over the season and that Richard Cowgill, Richard Tighe and JAD much hard work and greater determi- Michael Rudge developed into a rea- 2nd XI nation was required for the team to be sonably solid unit but could be guilty in a position to compete with the best. of giving the ball away. Ross Taylor, PWDL F A Unfortunately, there was not a signifi- Matthew Jay, Joe Gregory and Craig 9 810 303 cant improvement during the 1997/98 Stevens were often creative in midfield With a much enlarged Sixth Form squad season with too many players unwill- but could leave their defence exposed. and more schools able to offer genuine ing to work in practice at their fitness, Joe continued to exhibit great ball 2nd XI matches, the fixture list was basic skills and team play. However, skills and Matthew great heart. Ben enlarged threefold over last season. when it mattered, the team was able to and Matthew Westcott played in a 2nd XI matches have always been rise to the occasion and show its true variety of roles. Whilst being a good enjoyable affairs, the pressure of re- potential. The matches in the Cheshire finisher, Ben was probably best used sults taking a back seat to method of Cup against Bowdon HC and Deeside in a holding midfield role whereas play and genuine sportsmanship on Ramblers HC fully illustrated this. Skill, Matthew turned in some very good the field. As the season progressed, determination and character were in wide defensive performances towards however, pressure did materialise as the end of the season. Often starting some players staked claims for 1st XI from the bench, Rhys Owen had the places and the team defended the only gift of being in the right place at the undefeated record in the hockey club. right time to score crucial goals. The 1st XI opposition from Sandbach team was enlarged with Matthew School, Wirral Grammar School and Hobbs, Jon Yearsley and Rob McAuliffe Cheadle Hulme were comfortably de- from the U15 team for cup matches feated as was the 2nd XI from Mer- and, to the credit of the regular players, chant Taylors’ School. they were quickly accepted and were Newcastle-under-Lyme’s 2nd XI pro- able to add their strengths to the team. vided a real test at home in the 1-1 The step from U16 to 1st XI can be draw, but were defeated convincingly large and much hard work will be in the return fixture. abundance throughout the team as the required if many are to be successful in David Harbord provided the stabil- team powered its way to the title, albeit that transition. But, has it all been said ity at the back with firm tackling and in a tense penalty shoot out. In the before? good marking. Alex Flynn was a versa- North West Divisional final against Appearances: 21 M Westcott; 20 M tile defender who read the game well Calday Grange Grammar School, how- Rudge; 19 D Kendrick, J Gregory, B and moved forward to support the ever, early cautious play resulted in Westcott; 18 W Roberts, R Taylor; 17 C midfield with confidence. Captain, Luke momentum being lost. A set piece goal Stevens; 16 R Owen; 15 R Cowgill, R Sharman exhibited control in midfield was conceded then, in spite of several Tighe; 10 M Jay; 8 M Hobbs, J Yearsley; and generated momentum of play for near misses, the team could not quite 7 W Sheard, R McAuliffe; 4 J-P Dodd; 3 the forwards to feed from. Luke also force the ball home. The team’s second B Walker; 1 J Leigh, T Byers, J Powell. scored some impressive individual half display had been very good, but JAD goals. The forward line of Stephen the title was lost. Turner, Tom Grant and Matthew In regular matches during the first U15 XI Shephard were a compact unit who term seven out of nine matches were knitted well together and provided won, though many were too close for PWDL F A some goals of genuine quality. In par- comfort. If the team was able to score 18 7 2 9 38 65 ticular, Stephen Turner’s goal in the an early goal, it did settle down to play The 1997/8 season was very encourag- last game against Merchant Taylors’ well, but there was always a hesitancy ing with clear signs of improvement, was good enough for any full 1st XI about their play if that goal did not go but a disastrous February ruined the match. in. January saw three defeats at the record for the season. The year began The award of the Matchmaker Tro- hands of Birkenhead School, Newcas- with a poor defeat at Knutsford, a team phy for the team of the year was fully tle-under-Lyme and King Edward’s, that King’s should have beaten, but the justified and deserved by this squad of the first two of these having been match did highlight key weaknesses enthusiastic and determined players. defeated in the first term. Following which were worked upon in the com- Appearances: 9 G Mairs, T Grant, A this unprecedented sequence of re- ing weeks. The next match showed Flynn; 8 S Turner; 7 A Robinson, O sults a transformation took place with significant improvement but proved Smith, M McNamara; 6 M Shephard; 5 the solitary divisional final defeat the very disappointing, ending in a 4-3 M Edwards, L Sharman, L Murray, M only black mark in a run of eight defeat against Merchant Taylors’ Crosby, Tunwell; 4 D Harbord, A Kane, M victories. The most satisfying result having led 3-2 with ten minutes re- Yates; 3 J Fielding, G Basnett, J Blower, was the 4-3 victory at Trent College maining. It emerged later in the season D Farshchi, J Westcott; 2 C Allday. where the team came back from a that Merchant Taylors’ won all their JAD losing 0-3 half-time scoreline with posi- matches that season and that this was tive, determined play to claim the vic- the best display anyone put up against tory. That day showed that when the them. The next match was a tight 3-3

37 Hockey draw with Birkenhead School, which with able support from Peter Alexan- eventually played three times. They was this team’s best result against their der and Matthew Batchelor. Jonathan proved to be a very efficient and pow- old adversaries up to that point. The Yearsley, the captain, controlled erful side becoming North West cham- improvement continued with three midfield well with help from Tom pions later in the season. Although we good wins over Doncaster Hall Cross Byers and Edward Clapham, though battled well, we lost 0-7. We fared little (4-1), Bablake School in a close en- the latter two need to improve their better in the next match. Katherine counter (1-0), and Newcastle (2-1). At distribution and support play. Michael Lady Berkeley’s School are tradition- this stage of the season things were Bamber worked very hard for the team ally tough opponents and, despite a looking very rosy, with the team play- all year either in midfield or on the good first half performance, we even- ing very well and having progressed wing. In attack, Jordan Leigh, in his tually lost 1-6. considerably. first full season, showed good skill but After some impressive performances The next two matches were set- needs to improve his finishing, while in training, Paul Stewart played his first backs, with a bad defeat at Birkenhead Robert McAuliffe was the leading scorer full game of hockey against Newcastle. (6-2) and a big defeat against a good due to his power and speed. Nicholas At centre forward he scored both goals Calday Grange team (8-2). However, Adams played on occasions and im- in a 2-0 win. We again lost to Birkenhead the progress that had been made was proved considerably showing a good in our next match. Despite frustrating shown in the rematch against Knutsford level of skill, but needs to learn to pass the opposition for most of the first half, who were out-played in an easy 5-1 the ball earlier. thanks to some excellent goalkeeping victory. The improvement was con- Although the team suffered a very by Matthew Goldspink, their quality firmed by one of the best displays of poor spell in February, great progress showed through and they won 5-0. In the season as Birkenhead School were was made this season. However, to our last match before Christmas, we beaten for the first time (4-2). Newcas- improve further they need more vision beat Sandbach again 5-0. David Bevins tle then felt the full force of a team on the ball, they need to improve their and Paul Stewart both scored two playing with confidence and commit- support play off the ball, and need to goals. ment as they were beaten easily (5-0). learn not to give the ball away when Knutsford defeated us 4-0 in the first Unfortunately, the month of Febru- taking free hits from defence. With game after the break. Despite us hav- ary was to provide several setbacks, hard work next year, this team has the ing greater possession, we moved the beginning with a heavy defeat against ability to compete with most of its ball too slowly to create many chances Katharine Lady Berkeley (7-0), although competitors. and we were easily caught on the the team never gave up against a very Appearances (goals): 17 T Byers (1), break. Birkenhead completed their tre- good side. However, after a very poor J-P Dodd, R McAuliffe (17), A ble against us next. We battled well but display against a weak Wirral Gram- Williamson, J Yearsley (3); 16 E Clap- went in at half time 0-3. However, the mar team, when the team were lucky ham (1), M Hobbs (8); 15 M Bamber boys played some impressive hockey to escape with a 1-1 draw, the team met (2); 14 P Alexander; 12 M Batchelor, J in the second half and their physical a rampant Merchant Taylors’ who Leigh (2); 8 N Adams; 4 R Worsley (1); approach reduced the losing margin to thrashed King’s 10-0. In these last two 3 E Gregory, R Hodson; 2 R Dooley; 1 2-4. A tight 1-1 draw against Newcastle matches, the hockey played was poor D Bevins, A Geake, M Goldspink, J was followed by a 2-3 defeat by Mer- and against Merchant Taylors’ several Hardman, M Hunt, R Isherwood, P chant Taylors’ where Andrew Geake players gave up the fight at an early Potter, N Rice, M Rudge (1), D Sandhu, scored twice. Repton proved them- stage. It was hoped that morale and W Sheard, R Taylor. selves to be a very good side when fortunes would be revived on tour to RG they defeated us 0-6 in February. Our the Isle of Man, but the players lost the biggest winning margin came against psychological battle before they began U14 XI Wirral. We won 10-0 with seven play- with the matches on grass, and conse- ers getting on the score sheet, includ- quently the two matches were lost. To PWDL F A ing Paul Stewart with a hat-trick. The round off a miserable month, the team 15 5 1 9 38 47 final game of the season was away at were easily beaten by Repton (6-0), At first glance these results do not look Trent School. Despite Jack Hardman with many players giving up too soon. impressive but the U14 team improved scoring twice, we lost 2-3. At least the season ended on a high greatly through the year and they are a This season nineteen players were note with a good 5-3 win over Liver- major improvement on the results they used, showing we have good strength pool College. This match was truly “a achieved as an U13 team. in depth. If the excellent determination game of two halves”. In the first half the The first encounter was a home and spirit in the team can be continued team continued its dismal form, going victory against Knutsford. A solid per- next season, they could be a very 2-0 down, but after half-time the play- formance ended with a 3-2 victory with difficult team to beat in the future. ers found the grit and determination Jon Powell scoring twice, including the Appearances (goals): 15 J Hardman that had been knocked out of them in winning goal with the last hit of the (10), A Geake (6), J Petty (2); 14 J recent matches, and turned the deficit game. With confidence high, we trav- Powell (3); 13 T Healey, N Rice (1), A round in a display reminiscent of the elled to Merchant Taylors’ and scored Wilson, S Allday (2); 12 M Goldspink; good performances earlier in the year. four in the first half. However, after 10 O Robinson; 9 P Stewart (7); 8 R Several players developed consid- half-time our game fell apart. The de- Dooley (5), R Isherwood; 7 D Sandhu; erably this season and all the regular fence lacked discipline and the flow- 6 A Petrie; 3 R Johnson, D Bevins (2); players are worthy of mention. John- ing, passing game of the first half was 2 B Jones, T Woodland. Paul Dodd became very mobile in goal disrupted. We conceded six goals. NCJR and is developing into a very good Sandbach proved to be easier opposi- keeper. Matthew Hobbs, the team’s tion and we won 6-0 with Jack Hardman outstanding player, and Allan scoring a hat-trick. The next encounter Williamson were the key defenders, was against Birkenhead - who we

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U13 XI main asset. If they keep this in mind, I known to save the odd penalty stroke. am sure that, under the leadership of As should any goalkeeper, she took PWDL F A Edward Barker, the team will move full advantage of her position to study 7 034 410 onwards and upwards and secure its the form of the opposition during the All U13 sides at King’s inevitably face first of many victories! first half and would offer useful tips a difficult first season as they come up The following players represented during the half time talk. Kira, as cap- against sides who have been playing the school: C Johnston; D Laird; A tain, developed over the months a the game for a number of years. The Ward; E Barker (Captain); I Lomax; C mature ability to read the game and main aim, therefore, is to start the Westwood; M Booth; T Kirk; T Oxford; shout some brilliantly constructive ad- catching up process as soon as possi- S Parker; D Constantine; S Birch; S vice to her team. Charlie and Anna ble and this year’s boys certainly rose Jones; K Vij; J Marques; D Emm; I completed the halves line up along to the challenge. The team spirit and Morgan. with Kira and worked well to cover collective will to improve was most JEK each other, intercept and feed our impressive and, as a result, the future forward line with some wonderful at- looks bright for this particular age tacking moves. It was a sheer delight to group. watch Katherine Coveney take on In pre-season practices the squad’s Girls’ Hockey player after player in every match. To basic skills and tactical awareness was The girls’ hockey teams started the see her outwit an opponent then accel- shown to be severely lacking. How- season with a training day on Saturday erate, as only Katherine can, down the ever, the learning curve for these boys 13th September. The majority of the right wing, and then to send some was exceptionally steep and it has U13, U14, U15 and U16 teams were magnificent cross balls for our for- been most pleasing to see the rapid present and were led by Mrs Barker, Mr wards Katy, Sharon and Flic to hammer improvement in their play over the Walker and Miss Sellers. As last year, into the back of the net, was sheer course of the season. this proved a very useful session in that magic. Our opening game was played it brought the teams back together Inspired by the unique togetherness against Beech Hall. As was the case after the long summer break. Team of this group, Louise, Nicola and throughout the season, the boys’ com- spirit was good and the ‘buzz’ had Lyndsay from our U15 team enjoyed mitment could not be questioned but returned, everyone seemed ready and the privilege of making up the num- we were lucky to come away with only keen for their first matches. bers on several occasions. a 2-0 defeat. The following game gave There were three separate dates for The enthusiasm and keenness of the the team a necessary boost as we the U15 and U16 County Hockey Trials U16 team has made them a joy to work battled to secure a 0-0 draw with all at Sutton High School, Ellesmere with. It has definitely been a special Newcastle. This game set the tone for Port. Amy Percival and Rachael Kirk bond which has held these girls to- much of the season. Our strong back were eventually selected for the County gether. They have deserved success, four was difficult to break down but at U15 squad and Katherine Coveney, particularly in the tournaments where the same time we lacked offensive Lyndsay Lomax and Louise Barber for they were unlucky not to win but were bite. the U16 squad. Katherine has since pushed into the runners up position on Throughout the season the back been selected for North of England three occasions. four of Laird, Ward, Barker and Lomax coaching. Towards the end of the We look forward to the majority developed into a formidable unit. They season Katie Riddell was ‘spotted’ dur- progressing into the Sixth Form to be provided protection for our goalkeeper ing an U13 school match and was reunited with the few Lower Sixth Carl Johnston who pulled off some subsequently invited to play for the players to become the King’s Girls 1st stunning saves to keep us in games if Cheshire U14 B team. All the girls have XI - a force to be reckoned with! the defence leaked. The midfield quar- had successful associations with their Team: Isobel Hewitt; Emma Stanton; tet of Westwood, Booth, Kirk and respective county teams. Hopefully they Rachael Sully; Kira Williams (Captain); Oxford was always ready for the battle will be joined by a few more of our Charlotte Hammond; Katherine in the middle of the field and their talented players next year. Coveney (Vice Captain); Sharon Ketley; defensive support play was excellent. DMB Kathryn Blower; Felicity Jackson; Anna Our front players did not always get McKeating; Clare Butterworth (‘retired’ the service that they would have liked. U16 XI October half-term). Ably assisted by However, Parker, Constantine, Birch U15 Louise Barber, Nicola Edwards and Jones all persevered in this role. PWDL F A and Lyndsay Lomax. In other games we lost narrowly to 11 8 2 1 35 7 DMB Birkenhead, KLB and again to Beech Last year this team had moments where Hall. Perhaps our best performance they had demonstrated great potential, U15 XI came in our return game against New- but on an irregular basis. However, this castle when we were unfortunate to year they gelled together and grew in PWDL F A come away with just a draw. Our strength and cohesion. Their obvious 8 7 0 1 31 5 approach play was incisive and we enjoyment of the game and the unity Combined U15/U16 should have scored more than our only between them enabled any amount of PWDL F A goal. switching of positions and the wel- 2 2 0 0 10 0 Over the closed season, it is vital that come incorporation of the Fourth Year This year, perhaps because of fewer our players improve their stick skills. I players when needed. fixtures and no tournaments to look feel certain that they will return next Izzy in goal was always ready and forward to, the ‘buzz’ seemed to disap- year with the same impeccable atti- keen to take on anyone clever enough pear from the team. This team of many tude. They must never forget that a to get the better of Emma and Rachael, strong characters and three county team’s desire to train and improve is its our two solid backs, and has been players oozed excitement last year but

39 Hockey never quite matched up to the same U13 XI U13/U14 Hockey Tour level this season. Their results reflect a Noordwijk Holland certain amount of success, but with PWDL F A greater commitment from a few, some 21 11 3 7 33 23 U13 XI Tournament practices could have been more con- The U13 squad began the season un- PWDL F A structive. der the guidance of Miss Sellers (Mrs 3 111 2 2 The talent within the group is im- Newham). To her credit, when she U13 XI Tour mense and maybe with greater matu- departed for maternity leave, she left PWDL F A rity, the prospect of county tournaments behind an extremely well organised 5 122 314 and tours abroad for the U16 team, and motivated team. I have to admit to Despite a late departure due to engine everyone will be pulled back on course looking forward to inheriting this group problems, the coach journey was fairly as a unit. after a most entertaining and success- uneventful. Our hotel, although quite It would be unfair not to mention ful tour to Holland in October. They cramped in some rooms, was clean and the vast improvement of individual had demonstrated then their determi- comfortable. The meals taken in the skills and confidence that the majority nation and eagerness to learn. Their sister hotel down the road were excel- of the team has experienced over the strength at the moment seems to lie in lent - what a pity that we were not months. They have worked stoically in the respect that they have for each staying there too. all weathers to master stickwork skills other and the fun that they have. It On Monday morning, training started and set pieces and were justly re- would be unfair to highlight any one at 9.00 am, U13s led by Simon (last warded when successful in outwitting player. Their defence is strong with year’s U14 coach). the opposition. The majority are hugely Katie in goal and supported by Roxi Plenty of practice - push, stop, hit, committed to the school team, they and Francesca. Midfield, with Catherine dribble, shoot with the emphasis on love the game and are hungry for Flynn flanked by Gemma and Kate, accuracy and control. After a thorough success. Demanding they may be, but back up the forward line who are workout for an hour and a half the girls it is that spirit which makes them a always hungry for goals. Jenny Gladman were ready for lunch - taken at a very challenge and a pleasure to be associ- is ALWAYS ready to pounce and grab leisurely pace. Quick change into match ated with. any loose ball - often powered from gear followed, ready for 2.45 pm depar- Team: Lyndsay Lomax; Joanne the wings by the speedy Sarah and ture for our first match against Adams; Natalie Pagano; Jackie Barker; Cathy. Michelle, Vicky, Pip, Fish, Katie Amstelveen. Start 5.00 pm - twenty-five Louise Barber; Ruth Tunwell; Anna and Jenna complete the team which minutes each way, the game was con- Steele; Rachael Kirk; Nicola Edwards; ‘roll on’ and ‘roll off’ unselfishly giving trolled by two of their senior girls who Gemma Garton; Joanna Kirby; Louisa everyone a fair share of play. were trainee umpires (but monitored Ham. Two teams were entered for the by their coaches). DMB Cheshire County Minis Tournament in From the onset it was clear that the Altrincham in February. The B team Amstelveen girls had more team expe- U14 XI were third in their section but the A rience and ball skills of players much team, despite a late arrival and the first older than their years. However, our PWDL F A game forfeited, won their section, won confidence rose when a through pass 15 9 3 3 22 10 the quarter-final match, drew 0-0 in the found Jenny Gladman in a wonderful A very strong squad started the season semi-final and had to go to extra time position to put us 1-0 ahead. with an excellent set of results which where the result unfortunately ended We by no means had it all our own put them in good spirits for a success- in a loss of 1-2, and overall were placed way. Our players became quicker to ful tour to Holland during October in third position. react and re-form at free hits, particu- half-term. The team won, drew and This success was followed two weeks larly defensively, in an effort to keep out lost against Dutch club opposition but later with a trip to the Isle of Man where the Amstelveen attack from our half. in the inter-school tournament they the girls enjoyed a successful netball Despite all efforts, only minutes from achieved an excellent winning record, match on the Saturday with Sunday full time the opposition’s pressure paid and kept a clean sheet against them, bringing King William’s team onto the off and they equalised. The final score eventually running out as tournament pitch seeking revenge. Our players stood at a 1-1 draw, which was prob- winners. The squad saw a number of soon settled into their new found agri- ably a justified result. big improvements, captain Charlotte cultural hockey and pressed forward Our return to base after the U14 Taylor gained the most valuable player with greater confidence to worry the match allowed us only time for a quick award and the most improved player college defence. However, goals never change and then out down to the local award went to Jenna Orme. materialised but nor were any more pancake house for supper. With most matches washed out be- put past Katie. Tuesday morning saw Katie Riddell, fore Christmas the team went off the Team: Cathy Higham (Captain); Katie Amy Thompson and Mr Walker off to a boil and, despite a number of warm-up Riddell; Kate Montgomery; Francesca special goalkeeping session, whilst the matches including a 3-0 drubbing of Mortimer; Catherine Flynn; Gemma rest of us returned to the Hisalis Lisse arch rivals Stockport Grammar School, Lane; Sarah Spicer; Michelle Guirey; training ground half an hour away. luck was against them in the county Jenny Gladman; Vicky Moran; Evaluation of the previous day’s match tournament and a number of teams Francesca Stamp; Pippa Lennox; Roxi performance gave us the objectives for with a more aggressive approach Marandi; Katie Steele; Jenna Crossley. the day’s training: positional play, move- knocked them out in the first round. DMB ment off the ball, forward line spacing Overall the team played with flair and and cohesion. style but lacked the finishing killer Ten pin bowling was on the agenda instinct. after lunch. This put the team in the JNW right competitive mood for our match

40 Hockey against Zoetermeer that evening. The Despite the few inevitable hitches back to the hotel until 11.00 pm. temperature was close to zero and the when on tour, we were blessed with A frosty start to Wednesday morning pitch fast. Our opponents would have brilliant sunny weather albeit COLD. encouraged a thorough warm up ses- been a good match for our U15 XI. It The Dutch hospitality after matches sion followed by penalty corner prac- was immediately obvious that this was (particularly Zoetermeer) was superb. tice. a complete mis-match and within sec- Our girls shared piping hot soup and The morning’s tournament started onds they were controlling our half. hot dogs with their hosts. Friendships for us with a match against Smithdon One of their first fine shots at goal had were struck up and much socialising School. The teams were evenly matched Francesca Mortimer limping off in agony. took place. for skill but King’s very quickly got into Now down to ten ‘men’ our players their rhythm and a beautiful goal for covered and fought valiantly. After ice U14 XI Tournament Jenna Orme came from one of our new packs and spray, ‘Chez’ bravely hob- PWDL F A penalty corner routines. bled back on to face more pounding. 3 300 3 0 The second match we expected to be Half-time saw us 0-7 down but encour- U14 XI Tour much tougher as we had seen Twyford agement from Ritchie (our substitute PWDL F A College playing already. King’s went coach for the evening) sent the players 5 401 4 1 out with an excellent attitude and a out undaunted. From a large squad we took twelve fighting team spirit brought a classic The second half was a different game, players to the Netherlands to hone their goal. Amy Percival took the ball from we panicked less and played more skills and test them out against tough inside our half into the opposition’s thoughtfully. Our girls having recog- opposition. circle, then, having brought out the nised Zoetermeer tactics took a leaf Our first coaching session (led by keeper, slipped the ball to Kim Byrom from their book and gradually devel- Chris from the Trojans Hockey Club) to score a superb goal. oped the confidence to work in twos concentrated on building up to an at- Our third and final match was against more, pass back away from trouble and tacking position by moving the ball Owens School and high confidence then move into space. The team visibly backwards and spreading it across the and team support kept the ball in their matured in that second half and to their field more. That afternoon the team half for most of the match. Our right credit conceded only four more goals. travelled to play Amstelveen HC U14 XI back Jenna scored her second goal from It has to be said that the ‘Man of the on a cold evening. a penalty corner early on, but despite Match’ had to be Katie Riddell. The A useful warming/practice session almost constant pressure the score re- specialist training that morning seemed lasting forty-five minutes put us in a mained at 1-0. to have given her more confidence to good spirit and against skilful opposi- It had been recognised just how hard attack the ball. She came off her line tion we made a good showing in the our U13 girls had worked. They had with determination and her timing was first thirty minutes with most of the play listened, absorbed, digested all the in- tremendous. in their half. formation and then implemented their Wednesday morning was the ‘tour After the break Amstelveen tested new found skills during their matches tournament’. Our first match against our defence on a number of occasions and were duly awarded the trophy for Mount St Joseph’s School illustrated but excellent teamwork combined with the most improved team of the tour. how much we had learnt from the successful implementation of the skills Roxi Marandi was congratulated on her previous day’s experience. It was as if learnt that morning finally paid off with great defensive work and selected the the roles had been reversed. Movement a goal for our captain, Charlotte Taylor. most improved player of our team. off the ball, confidence to pass back and The game finished 1-0 - a fitting The U14 team awards: Amiera Sawas spread the ball across the pitch was revenge for last year’s defeat. and Louise Perry were commended and delightful to watch. A great move from Tuesday morning saw Amy Jenna Orme awarded for the most im- Catherine Flynn gave Jenny Gladman Thompson off to specialist goalkeeping proved player. Charlotte Taylor was the opportunity to score her second training while the rest of the team given a trophy for the most valuable goal of the tour. Soon, after some won- worked on positional play as well as player of the U14 team and finally the derful forward line interplay and back reinforcing the previous day’s training. U14 team were announced the winners up work, Vicky Moran was correctly Team bonding in the afternoon in- of the U14 age group at the tournament. positioned on the far post to slot in a volved crazy golf and ten pin bowling, The early morning call the following passing shot making the final score a 2- then back to the hotel for a late pick-up day at 6.45 am was not welcome. But 0 win. to the match against Zandvoort HC. we did manage to start on our home- Immediately following this we played We eventually started with a 6.40 pm ward journey by 8.30 am as planned. As Owen’s School which was a well fought push back and it soon became obvious before, we were accompanied by our match, the result being a 0-0 draw. the opposition had a number of very four male hockey coaches and despite It was nearly two hours later when powerful players. The cold and the ‘sporting sore heads’ they kept our we then played our third and final team’s tiredness from so much travel- travellers happy (well, apart from Jimmy match. So slightly off the boil by this ling started to show when they gave who was on his first tour experience time but well practised in penalty cor- away a goal late in the first half. They and slept most of the way back!). ners, we met Beaumont. It must be said picked themselves up in the second half This being our third tour to Holland that our girls were much younger and but, despite a lot of pressure, good it can be stated with confidence that the that Beaumont would have been better defending stopped us from equalising. whole experience certainly bonds the opposition for our Third Years. Our An idea of the conditions could be girls together in their teams. It gives youngsters did extremely well to keep gauged from the ice that had formed on them plenty to think and work on and them down to only two goals. Everyone our kitbags whilst we were playing. return home all the more enriched from tried really hard and it was no discredit A big team talk from our captain their experience. to them that the final result was a loss of followed this match, however an early DMB/JNW 0-2. night was ruled out as we did not get

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selected to represent the District Team celled owing to rain. Athletics at the County Championships at Crewe: The following represented the U16 C Cooper; A Oppenheim; D Maurice; J team: M Bamber; M Barker; A Bruce; M Senior Athletics Team Chapman; C Lomax; A Collins; M Bush; A Collins; T Cumberbirch; T The season was not a vintage one, with Bamber; R Greer; D Barber. The out- Egerton; R Greer; A Halewood; R Hart; only a few individual performances standing performances came from Craig J Keep; D Lewis; C Lomax; L worthy of mention. A healthy looking Cooper who was a convincing winner Oppenheim; J Porter; J Shaw; J Slater; fixture list was curtailed somewhat by of the 400m, Mike Bamber with a very N Small; P Stewart; R Warren. inclement weather towards the end of creditable third in the 1500m, Alex DTB the season, which deprived us once Oppenheim in a tremendously good again of a trip to Sheffield. finish to take third in the 800m, and U14 Boys The season opened, as it did in 1997, David Maurice fourth in the Triple A keen and enthusiastic squad of ath- with a successful trip to Cannock, Jump. letes contested all the matches vigor- where King’s triumphed quite com- Craig Cooper went on to represent ously and had an enjoyable season. All fortably over Denstone and Wrekin. the County in the Mason Trophy at three fixtures in the Track League were The middle distance athletes performed Stoke. completed. We were no match for particularly well, with Stephen Turner The following represented the U17 Manchester GS, who have a very strong and William Wills catching the eye. team: M Bamber; O Barber; N Battersby; team in this age group, but we were A week later, however, the result J Chapman; A Collins; C Cooper; R able to contribute to King’s finishing was reversed when a strong Denstone, Greer; R Hart; M Jay; J Keep; C Lomax; third overall in the League. We came with home advantage, inflicted a heavy D Maurice; A Oppenheim; J Shaw; C second in the annual Field Events defeat on a below strength King’s side. Stevens; B Walker; C Watts. match, recording a good win in the However, Denstone showed much the DTB Long Jump, and then second again in greater determination and will to win the first round of the English Schools’ and thoroughly deserved their victory, U16 Boys Cup at Wrexham, losing to a good All with only William Wills again shining The first part of the season concen- Hallows team on both occasions. The for the visitors. Absenteeism marred trates on the Track League. Unfortu- IAPS Championships at Bebington was the match with St Edward’s Liverpool, nately some pupils do have clashes to be the last match of the season. As as early season enthusiasm gave way with other commitments, but in past usual, there was a strong turnout of to indifference. years this has not been a major cause north west independent schools at the The Cheshire Championships held for concern. It proved to be difficult to event. Bowyer was second in the 200 in mid-June at a rain sodden Crewe field a full team for the first meeting at metres (27.2) and Beaumont third in saw Stephen Brown take a fine second Stockport and, despite a winning per- the High Jump (1.40). The 4 x 100 place in the Javelin. William Wills, who formance from Mike Bamber in the Relay team of Bowyer, Tuffin, Cordwell appeared to lack race fitness, battled 1500m, King’s could only manage third and Cook ran an unexpectedly fast tenaciously for fourth place, having place out of four. The second league 53.9 in the Heats and eventually fin- been detached from the leaders when meeting, held at King’s, proved disas- ished third in the Final in a close and they broke away down the back straight. trous as we only had half a team! John exciting race. If William can put together a winter of Shaw won the 400m but, of course, The following boys represented the consistent training, he will come close King’s finished in last place. Although school: E A Barker; J R G Beaumont; S to reaching his target of a sub two we were running for pride in the final D Birch; J Bowyer; C D Bull; M T Cook; minute timing some time in 1999. meeting at MGS, King’s had to be R H S J Corden; S Cordwell; A Doncom PW content with third place overall. (First Year); A J Forth; J M Gartside The season was given a needful lift (Third Year); A R R Golebiewski; R W U17 Boys at the first round of the TSB Schools’ Harker; J R Kay; N G J Kershaw; T F There was only one inter-school match Cup at Wrexham. The team was Kirk; E J Mack; N J Mills; H Orford; S T for this age group. This was the District strengthened by five U15 athletes. Parker; A D Triggs; J L Tuffin; C Championships held at Woodbank Thankfully the team started to encour- Williamson. Park, where eight of the local schools age one another and one good result MGH competed. With a mixture of Fourth followed another. The outstanding and Fifth Year pupils King’s had a well performances came from: Paul Stewart U13 Boys balanced team. It soon became evident 41 points (100m and LJ); John Slater 39 During a dull, wet and sun starved that we would be successful with most points (80m H and Discus); Tim Egerton Summer Term the U13 Athletics team of our athletes qualifying for the finals. 38 points (1500m and HJ); Rob Hart 37 sustained encouraging enthusiasm, King’s had some outstanding perform- points (400m and Jav); Matthew Barker even when team success was hard to ances: Matt Jay (1st LJ and 2nd 100m); 31 points (100m and HJ); and Andy find. Individually there was much cause David Maurice (1st TJ and 3rd 100m Collins 31 points (200m and Shot). This for optimism, especially in the discus, H); Craig Cooper (1st 400m); Alex meant the overall result of the ten shot and javelin, where a talented Oppenheim (1st 800m); Rob Hart (1st schools was: first King’s 398 points; squad of throwers mastered the intri- Jav); Jim Chapman (2nd LJ); Chris second All Hallows 376 points; third cate technical skills to harvest a crop of Lomax (2nd Dis); Rob Greer (3rd Dis); Grange 357 points. well deserved medals. J Keep (3rd Shot); Mike Bamber (3rd Although King’s qualified for the The potential of the throwers was 1500m); Andy Collins (3rd 200m, 2nd Regional ‘A’ Final, the school exams clearly illustrated at Crewe in the Chesh- 4 x 100m). The overall result being first prevented the team from accepting the ire Schools’ Championships and earlier King’s 85 points, second All Hallows invitation to the next round. Unfortu- at the North West Independent Schools’ 63˚ points, third Tytherington 46 points. nately the match against St Edwards Championships at the Bebington Oval, As a result, the following boys were and the Helsby HS Trophy were can- film location of the classic ‘Chariots of

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Fire’ movie. The Macclesfield District was submerged under a flash flood! The following represented King’s Championships were washed out and The event eventually took place on Senior Boys’ Basketball team (in order King’s involvement at the rearranged 25th June and, despite yet another of points scored): K Swain (Captain); M event was prevented by the clash with uncertain weather forecast, the sun Currier; J Ritchie; D Farrar; J Spicer; M the Independent Schools’ event. Tom actually shone on the occasion, albeit Tunwell; I Selbie; S Bush; K W Li; R Lloyd-Jones (Third: Discus), Alan Wood for ten minutes or so. Tatton were Wilkinson; R Heap; R Clarke. (Fifth: Shot), together with Rory eventually the victorious house in a KLP McDonnell and John Hill in the javelin, competitive day’s sport. did, however, compete in the County The Macclesfield Primary Schools’ Championships representing athletics sports was eventually held on British Schools’ Biathlon Macclesfield schools with distinction. 30th June (clashing unfortunately with Championships At the Independent Schools’ Champi- the England football team’s St Etienne (Held at Cheslyn Hay 2nd November onships, although Chris Miller (hur- disaster!) and King’s athletes did tre- 1997) dles), Chris Walsh (100 metres), Sean mendously well to win all three tro- This competition involves each com- Ratcliffe (200 metres), Joe Webb (400 phies - Boys’, Girls’ and Combined. petitor completing a fifty metre swim metres) and Alex Doncom (800 me- Victories were gained by Sophie Painton and an 800 metre run. Points are tres) all made track finals, it was again (Girls’ Long Jump), Nicholas Barker awarded in relation to the times the throwers - Tom Lloyd-Jones, John (Boys’ Long Jump) and by both the achieved in each event then added Hill and Alan Wood - who mounted Girls’ and Boys’ Relay teams. together to produce an overall score. the podium to collect medals in the The other event of the season was a King’s entered three teams: Second discus, javelin and shot respectively. “friendly” against Stockport JS which Year Girls, Second Year Boys and The traditional early season Track allowed children of all Junior age groups Third/Fourth Year Girls. League - now a rather tired and repeti- to compete. This involved a large In each team there was one person tive format desperately in need of number of children and was highly who, although a great runner, was not revitalisation - was, at U13 level, domi- successful, despite the inevitably damp a club swimmer and therefore not so nated by Manchester GS, although conditions. experienced in competitive swimming King’s were able to edge out Bramhall GJS (it has to be said that this competition HS and Stockport GS to claim the does slightly favour the swimmers). runners up spot. Similarly, at a tense Unfortunately this affected the overall and extremely close fought Field Events Basketball results. However, it must be recog- Trophy, on home ground, King’s U13 nised what a superb effort each pupil eventually had to settle for second Senior Boys gave, particularly Lyndall Lohman (an place behind West Hill HS, Stalybridge, For the first time in several seasons, experienced fell runner) who had little well clear of local rivals All Hallows and at the request of the players, a swimming experience at the time of and Fallibroome, but had the satisfac- squad of volunteers, ably marshalled registering for the competition but, tion of a part share in the overall (three by Aussie import Kym Swain, con- determined to compete, she put her- age groups) trophy. tested the Macclesfield Schools’ Senior self through some rigorous swimming A truncated and low key Sports Day Boys’ Basketball League. Limited ex- training in order to be able to do justice was won by 1RS who had also, earlier perience exposed to quality, organised to the team. in the term, won the weekly Athletics opposition, and always at away ven- Second Year girls’ team: Kirsten League. ues, did eventually blunt enthusiasm Henry achieved a creditable fifth place Twenty-eight athletes, probably the and the essentially recreational and swim, tenth in the run and seventh most notable achievement of the sea- ‘amateur’ nature of the venture was overall; Lucy Greenwood was four- son, represented the U13 Athletics team. found wanting. The ever fluctuating teenth in the swim and together with In alphabetical order they were: G permutations of players did leave the Carrie-Anne Green the team gained Angus; T Bradfield; A Breed; A Clarke- team desperately short of rebounders seventh place. In the Third Year girls’ Williams; A Davenport; A Doncom; J on occasions, although Kym Swain did category Lyndall was twenty-first in the Flattery; J Forrester; R Hart; J Hill; K prove to be the most skilful and crea- run (this was obviously not long or Jackson; M Keelagher; B Langstreth; N tive guard in the entire league. rugged enough a course to that which Lloyd; T Lloyd-Jones; A Metcalfe; C Against Fallibroome and Dane Val- she is accustomed). Together with the Miller; R McDonnell; J McIlvenny; D ley, the King’s team were, to be honest, Fourth Year girls Jackie Barker’s fifth Ratcliffe; C Richards; P Smith; E Thorley; outclassed by talented teams, but in place in the swim and Jo Pilkington’s R Unterhalter; C Walsh; J Webb; J the remaining matches (against twenty-fourth place, the girls achieved Wilkinson; A Wood. Henbury, All Hallows and Macclesfield thirteenth team place. Our Second Year KLP College of FE) evenly contested games boys, Simon Birch, Nicholas Kershaw all ended in narrow defeats. A 50-50 and Edward Barker, ran superbly to Junior Division season in 1998-99 is not out of the come in ninth, tenth and twelfth re- The season began well with several question. spectively and after the running disci- splendid individual performances at Kym Swain was easily top points pline the team were in second position. both the AJIS Boys’ Championships scorer, although American Mark Currier Despite some fine swims (Simon fourth, (4th June 1998) and the AJIS Girls’ from outside the key and James Ritchie Edward fifth), the boys were finally Championships (9th June 1998), both from under the basket were, on occa- placed in overall fourth position. This taking place in poor weather condi- sions, potent forces. Our lack of depth was a great effort from all concerned. tions. and experience on the bench often put DMB The Junior Sports Day did originally pressure onto the starting five which fall victim to the weather, the original often included Duncan Farrar, John date being the day after Macclesfield Spicer and Martin Tunwell.

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mination and talent. Their excellent Junior Division Cross Country running should have put them in con- The year began with a group of well tention for a team placing but to their motivated children who enjoyed the Boys’ Division disappointment only the first place training sessions around Victoria Park The traditional curtain-raiser at was announced and awarded. on a Tuesday afternoon as well as Abbotsholme School, Uttoxeter took Team: Second Years Kirsten Henry, training personally on the school field place in early November. It provided Katie Riddell; First Years Abbie Boston, on other lunch break opportunities. the younger runners with an opportu- Caroline Rice, Sarah Levitt, Laura The team was difficult to choose for the nity to test their fitness. The tough, Tunwell. regular Macclesfield Primary Schools’ undulating course was negotiated well The Macclesfield and District Cross events but a strong team began to by Simon Birch, who finished a very Country Championships were held at present itself as we always came away impressive second. Unfortunately, on Wednesday with a placing in the boys’ and girls’ Simon was unable to match this per- 3rd December. Two teams were en- events. This culminated in the Champi- formance during the remainder of the tered: the Minors (First Years) who onship races that saw the boys’ J3/4 year. achieved overall third place and the team obtain a second. Though training William Wills and Tim Egerton pro- Juniors (Second and Third Years) who was limited for the J1/2 team at this vided the leading achievements of the achieved overall fifth place (our Fourth time of the year, the boys’ team man- season. William once again enjoyed a Year regulars chose to put their GCSE aged to come third overall. We are consistent campaign, the highlight be- lessons first!). lucky to have an exceptional runner, ing his twelfth place in the Cheshire Congratulations went to Abbie Bos- Ian Hart, a J3 boy who is predicted to Championships. Tim had a tremen- ton, Caroline Rice and Lyndall Lohman do extremely well for the team next dous winter, winning the county title who all qualified for the area team to year. by thirty seconds. Consequently he led represent Macclesfield District at the The team was also involved in the the Cheshire Junior team at the Na- Cheshire Championships in January. Harris Trophy Competition held at tional Schools’ Championships held at Minors Team: Abbie Boston 9th; Abbotsholme School, a triangular match Cheltenham in early March. After lead- Caroline Rice 19th; Sarah Levitt 21st; involving Stockport Junior School, ing the race for a time, Tim slipped Laura Tunwell 27th; Rebecca Halewood King’s and King’s Chester and the AJIS back to finish sixty-third. However, the 32nd; Rebecca Lea 33rd; Louise Kenyon Championships at Cheadle Hulme. experience that he gained from run- 34th; Nicola Roper 44th; Ashley McDow Many strong runners will continue ning in a meeting should prove invalu- 80th; Chloe Birch 81st. to do their best for the school next able for the future. Junior Team: Lyndall Lohman 10th; year. The season concluded with the Carrie-Anne Green 25th; Kim Byrom PAt Macclesfield and District League, run 27th; Tara Seed 31st; Kirsten Henry over three consecutive Tuesdays in (obviously unwell) 41st; Lucy Green- March. The Minor Boys’ and Junior wood 42nd. Football Boys’ teams both collected bronze As always, the Macclesfield District medals. Perhaps unsurprisingly Tim Cross Country League was held during Girls’ Division Egerton completed a clean sweep, March. Due to inclement weather con- winning all three fixtures comfortably. ditions one of the four meets was PWDLFA There were some encouraging runs cancelled and therefore the results of 24 11 2 11 35 49 from First Year boys, with particularly the other three were used to establish The 1997-98 season was the most cru- eye-catching performances from Alex the overall results. Again our regular cial year in the history of the team. Doncom and Charles Richards. While Trojans battled through the various After three seasons of playing friendly at Junior level Andrew Geake pro- local terrain to be rewarded with some fixtures, the team became founder vided solid support for Egerton. very creditable results. members of the Cheshire Girls’ County Perhaps the only disappointing as- Minors: Overall second position and League. The standard of play was ex- pect of the season was the struggle for awarded silver medals Abbie Boston; tremely high in some of our league form and consistency amongst the Caroline Rice; Laura Tunwell; Chloe fixtures and a young team had to fight Fourth and Fifth Year boys. Oliver Birch; Sarah Levitt; Rebecca Halewood; for every point. Two players, right Barber was the exception, running Alex Crawley; Melissa Tenwolde; Louise winger Natalie Riley and midfield player with credit throughout the year. How- Kenyon; Rebecca Lea. Katherine Coveney, were selected for ever, a combination of injury, illness Juniors: Overall sixth position Kirsten the first County Schools’ U16 squad. and apathy put pay to any chances of Henry; Francesca Mortimer; Lyndall Katherine represented Cheshire in a fielding a full team on a regular basis. Lohman; Lauren Hindle; Carrie-Anne County tournament at Blackburn where PW Green; Katie Riddell. she played several outstanding games Intermediates (Fourth Years): Sec- as a left full back. Girls’ Division ond position (they just missed out on The season started with an away Our cross country season began with first place by two points) and were game at Adlington. King’s were 2-0 the Harris Trophy Competition at awarded silver medals Bryony Wills; down at half-time but fought back with Abbotsholme School, Uttoxeter in No- Ruth Tunwell; Jackie Barker; Rachel five second half goals. Lyndsay Lomax vember. The U13s battled hard to over- Law. with two goals and debut centre for- come the very wet, muddy conditions All in all, our team fought against the ward Kay Seden with a typical penalty which made the already tough course elements to prove that we at King’s are area finish ensured a comfortable vic- that much more demanding. Kirsten not just fair weather athletes but pos- tory. Holmes Chapel at home were Henry produced a fine run to finish in sess some fine grit and determination. more difficult opponents. The away second position and our newly ac- DMB side was 2-0 ahead at half-time despite quired First Years showed great deter- a series of great saves from emergency

49 Other Sport goalkeeper Lauren Hindle. King’s pres- Junior Division imposing as the season wore on. The surised the visitors’ defence in the squad was completed by Francis Barker, second half and on two occasions U11 an Under 10 who was frequently called corners caused such confusion that The U11 football team had an out- upon to play in a variety of positions, opposition defenders put the ball in standing season. A most encouraging all of which he accomplished promis- their own net. King’s then scored the beginning in our Invitation Six-a-side ingly. winner when Toni Harding beat her Tournament saw King’s six gain re- An enthusiastic team of J4 boys full back and squared a perfect ball for venge for last season’s final defeat at made up this year’s Under 11B 11-a- Natalie Riley to hammer into the roof of the hands of Bolton by winning the side team. They could generally be the net from the edge of the penalty 1997 final comfortably to justifiably relied upon to play with commitment area. bring the Shirespeed Shield home! Apart and no little skill whilst enjoying them- King’s found the older and physi- from a casual second half which al- selves immensely. Their performances cally larger league teams from Knutsford lowed King’s, Chester to rescue a two during the season were worthy of and Tytherington too strong in the first goal deficit, King’s displayed outstand- much praise. Squad: Alexander Baker; two League matches. Katherine ing levels of skill and fitness in brush- Anthony Cornes; William Laughton; Coveney scored two outstanding goals ing aside all other challengers. William McLeod; Daniel Brown; Chris from free kicks against Tytherington Although no further “silverware” was Mills; Max Robertson; James Coates; and a thirty-yard blockbuster against captured during the season by the A Joe Durrant; Neall Hollis; Andrew Watts; Dane Valley. However, a failure to team, they reached the final of the Charlie Forgham-Bailey; David clear high balls in the penalty area cost Macclesfield PS Cup competition as Johnson; Ben Taylor. There were also King’s several goals in the Dane Valley well as being runners-up in the local two C team games, the team this year match. At Holmes Chapel King’s played league and beaten semi-finalists in the consisting mainly of J3 boys. extremely well in the first half and prestigious AJIS Cup competition. The GJS deservedly led 1-0 at half-time. Holmes seven-a-side B team won the only Chapel made a positional change at other trophy of the season by coming U10 half-time and their left winger scored a top of the Macclesfield PS League Di- This year’s U10s showed immense in- hat trick as she proved too fast for the vision 1 B table. dividual promise which did not always King’s defence. The U11A XI remained unbeaten in result in good team performances. At Alsager the home team opened all “friendly” fixtures - indeed they did There are many talented players here the scoring within the first minute, but not suffer a defeat in such games as but they are presently reluctant to short range goals from Kay Seden and either U10s or U11s, a record of seven- share the ball with their team-mates - Louise Barber deservedly gave King’s teen wins and two draws. They ended something for next year’s coach to their first league points. King’s then the season with two resounding victo- work on! After a disappointing defeat had a run of narrow victories before ries on their tour to East Anglia, provid- at Birkenhead, the team scored a su- two depleted sides lost heavily at Vic- ing a fitting and memorable end to two perb victory over King’s, Chester. In toria School and Sandbach. years’ outstanding sporting success. It the return match with Chester, how- The main strength of the side lay in is hoped that such promise will mani- ever, a casual approach saw a 4-1 midfield where captain Katherine fest itself on the rugby fields in years to advantage tossed away, the game even- Coveney and Lauren Hindle won many come. tually finishing 4-4. A final defeat against fifty-fifty tackles. New player Ruth The team was superbly marshalled closed a rather disap- Tunwell contributed several promis- by captain Nicholas Barker, who al- pointing season. ing midfield performances after Christ- ways led by example. His tireless run- The U10 B team tried valiantly but mas. In defence a great deal depended ning, tigerish tackling and cool finishing lost all three games that they played. on the central partnership of Lyndsay inspired others around him. In midfield There was mixed success in the only Lomax and Margaret Spence. he was complemented by the silky games played by the U8 and U9 teams In the Summer Term only a serious skills of Jack Pennington who stroked against Cheadle Hulme. ankle injury to Katherine Coveney pre- the ball around the field with great GJS vented the five-a-side team from reach- vision, often to the benefit of wide ing the Cheshire Finals. Katherine players Matthew Walsh and Thomas U11 Tour to Ipswich damaged her ankle at the end of the Parfett-Manning. They in turn provided Fresh from success in passing the mini- second match and King’s only needed much ammunition for strikers Matthew bus test, Mr James quickly practised his a draw in their final group game to Horton and Hari Rathi who converted driving skills in avoiding an Easter progress to the finals. Without their an encouraging percentage of their bunny just outside Ashbourne. Several County defender King’s lost this game chances into goals. As always with choruses of ‘Tarantara’ later the party to Sandbach, the eventual champions. successful teams, the strength of the of twelve eager footballers and two The 1998-99 season will see King’s team lay in defence. Goalkeeper Jor- not-so-eager staff arrived at 10.30 pm playing in Europe for the first time as dan Griffiths produced a number of at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich, to be eleven of the King’s squad are in a breathtakingly agile saves during the met by a very tired host, Mr Davies. party of twenty-nine players in Spain season. Full backs Richard Madden After a night’s restless sleep in the over the October half-term. Organiser and Sandy Maclaren added commit- dorms, the tour party feasted on Jack Ellis has put together two teams ment and speed to the defence where Damian’s breakfast - the staff taking from six schools in East Cheshire for Jonathan Lee could be relied upon to full value of this splendid repast. the tour. make telling challenges and play the The first match of the tour involved BJE ball out of defence accurately. Perhaps a twenty minute trip to play Stowmarket the season’s most improved player was Middle School U11s. In a one-sided centre-back Nicholas Hopping whose first half King’s contrived two goals, displays became more intelligent and one looking suspiciously off-side scored

50 Other Sport by Hari “off-side” Rathi, the other by Holland. Although the four-wheeled It began in September 1997 with a Matthew Horton. However, a dreamy coaches were delayed, the girls re- very hefty defeat by Stockport Gram- defence allowed the home side to mained cheerful and the two-legged mar School. However, the girls were score just before half-time. After some coaches, Andrea and Lorna, gave them undeterred and went from strength to good advice from Mr James, the tempo some superb coaching, working over- strength, showing great determination quickened in the second half and even- time to make up for lost time in arrival. and enthusiasm for the sport through- tually Stowmarket’s stern resistance, King’s girls looked immediately im- out the season. As the season contin- led by the bespectacled custodian, pressive in the new tour kit, drawing ued, they won many of their local cracked and an avalanche of goals led compliments from watching staff. They league matches and were also success- to a final score of 8-1 to King’s. An own all worked hard, showing improve- ful in several of the friendly AJIS fix- goal by the Stowmarket centre-back ment in skills and tactics. On the final tures in which they participated. completed a miserable game for him. morning all the players were put into The season culminated in two tour- Other scorers were Matthew six mixed teams for a tournament, with naments: the first being the AJIS tour- “Goldilocks” Walsh, Hari Rathi again, each King’s girl in a separate team (we nament held at Withington Girls’ School; another couple for Matthew “Sniffer” were guaranteed at least one medal!). the second being the Macclesfield lo- Horton to complete his hat-trick before The matches were so close that during cal league tournament which was held Jack “Playmaker” Pennington gained a our afternoon excursion to Delft - at St Alban’s School. Both tournaments well-deserved score having bent the where many Guilders changed hands were bravely fought and both saw the Stowmarket bar with two rasping thirty as the shopaholics found Dutch bar- team missing the semi-finals by just a yard thunderbolts. gains - we still could not be sure who hair’s breadth, with outstanding per- The afternoon was spent at Portman had won. At the final evening disco formances all round. Road to watch the Nationwide Divi- and presentation it transpired that Kate The girls came through four rather sion One match between Ipswich Town Owen’s team had won gold medals gruelling matches in the AJIS tourna- and Reading, with the score 1-0 in and Kirsten Henry’s silver. An added ment with two wins and two draws. goals to Ipswich but 2-0 in red cards to bonus was Vicky Bostock’s trophy for They had to draw in their fifth and final Reading! The boys visited the match most valuable player, thanks in no match to go through to the semi-finals. with their hosts from St Joseph’s Col- small way to the school ice packs and However, in the last ten minutes of the lege and then spent the evening with Lasonil applied liberally to her house match our GA fell and injured herself. the boys and their families. netball injury. Kate Montgomery re- This meant that the team was now A sound night’s sleep prepared the ceived a certificate for a Diploma in operating with just six players. Despite players for the final match on Sunday Netball, having been singled out by this setback, the team managed to morning against the hosts. King’s coach, Andrea, as a “thinking” player. maintain their draw until the final two showed no mercy as they raced into a Pippa Johnson received a certificate minutes of the game when they unfor- 4-0 half-time lead. Mr James’ half-time for Manual Dexterity, having the fast- tunately conceded a goal. Neverthe- words of wisdom encouraged the team est “snatch” of the tour, and also for less, they were justifiably buoyed by to keep up the pressure and this re- having worked harder than anyone the fact that they had had such a sulted in a resounding 10-1 win against else. successful and closely fought tourna- admittedly weakened opponents. The In addition to the netball, excursion ment. goal tally was led by Hari Rathi (3), and presentation, the girls were able to The local league tournament told Nick Barker (2), Jack Pennington (2), sight-see in Noordwijk, going to the much the same story. There were no Tom Parfett-Manning, Matthew Horton beach on our first night, visiting the injuries this time but still lots of fierce and Matthew Walsh. town and having a pancake party. The competition and a dreaded goal being All too soon it was time to pack up hotel food was so good, word was scored in the final minutes to knock the minibus before starting the four passed round the coaches that King’s the team out of the semi-finals line up. and a half hour journey home with girls had the best “packups” to scav- All in all, it was a very successful time to reflect on a two year unbeaten enge and the silver service evening season, full of good fun, determination record in eleven-a-side friendly dinners were unheard of for school and a great team spirit. WELL DONE! matches, comprising seventeen wins parties. Although the condition of the Team squad: Francesca Bernard (Cap- and two draws. coach’s water heater meant a long, tain); Sarah Hinchliffe; Holly Crossley; Congratulations to the squad of slow journey, our drivers, Nathan and Sophie Painton; Lisa Walker; Katy Nicholas Barker (Captain), Jordan Dave, ensured we kept moving. Trav- Hindson; Lucy Horton; Tracy Keys. Griffiths, Richard Madden, Sandy elling by Le Shuttle - a new experience Maclaren, Nicholas Hopping, Francis for most of the tourists - meant a quick U11 B team Barker, Jack Pennington, Matthew channel crossing and proved an enter- The U11 B team also saw a season of Walsh, Tom Parfett-Manning, Matthew tainment. The hockey coaches travel- much progression and improvement. Horton, Hari Rathi and Charlie ling with us also contributed to the They did not participate in the tourna- Forgham-Bailey. Jonathan Lee was un- entertainment, ensuring we arrived ments, but their matches throughout fortunately unable to attend because of home happy, tired and only an hour the season included many successes. illness. late! Perhaps their most memorable suc- GJS RSH cess was an AJIS match in which they played about halfway through the sea- Junior Division son. The team was not looking forward Netball to this particular fixture and was not U11 A team feeling confident about the outcome. U13 Tour to Noordwijk, Holland The netball season for the U11 A team Nevertheless they won the match con- Five girls participated in the netball on is best described as having been one of vincingly, 6-3 being the final score. King’s third annual half-term tour to continual improvement. Team squad: Chloe Mather; Hannah

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Shaw; Hannah Dunne; Alex Wood; accuracy and quick thinking. It is no DMB Anika Bulcock; Paula Andreewitch; wonder that when played well our Sam Guirey. girls enjoy it so much. The season is Junior Division Swimming DW always too short. Francesca Bernard and Hari Rathi were DMB elected as swimming captains for the 1997-8 season. Rope Race Championships The AJIS swimming galas were once Saturday 25th April 1997 Swimming again the first competitions, taking This was a new venture for the Girls’ The English Schools’ Swimming Cham- place in October. The boys’ competi- Division, having little connection with pionships took place at a new time of tion was held at Stockport, the girls’ at rock climbing activities so far. The year, on 6th November 1997, but at the Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby. The entry of a King’s girls’ team for the usual Ormskirk venue. The reorgani- standard for these competitions is al- North West Schools’ Climbing Compe- sation of the age groups meant that ways high with finalists being chosen tition was instigated by several of our both our girls’ and boys’ teams would from the four fastest times. Although girls who are regular climbers with a be swimming a year out of age for the we gained no first places, several chil- Marple based club. second year in succession. However, dren qualified for the finals. Each competitor had six climbing despite that handicap, the intermedi- The annual fixture against QEGS categories to tackle and were awarded ate girls’ team of Claire Riseley, Emma Blackburn is always an enjoyable event, points for the greatest degree of diffi- Johnstone, Joanne Pilkington and Jackie taking place in a very friendly spirit culty reached. Barker swam brilliantly to win both the with boys’ U9, U10 and U11 taking part Eleven schools entered. Despite 4 x 50 metres Freestyle and Medley in A and B races. The result was very some amazing performances from our Relays to become Divisional Champi- close with King’s leading until the final team, unfortunately they were not ons. Winning the division is unfortu- relays where the double points gained placed in any of the top three posi- nately not automatic entry to the by Blackburn were just enough to tions. National Championships. The top swing the result. Team: Nicole Trueman; Laura twelve fastest in the country are invited Cheadle Hulme was kind enough to McEwen; Jessica Thalrose; Hayley and understandably the girls were dis- invite a mixed team to swim in a new Briggs (Reserve) and ably led by Pippa appointed not to qualify. gala, which also included Stockport. Lennox who was awarded second place The intermediate boys’ team of James This was an opportunity for our young- at the British Regional Youth Climbing Hutter, James Ellis, Tim Davies and est children to swim competitively and Championships earlier on in April. Michael Robertson put up a creditable they responded magnificently, losing This proved to be an interesting fight, but had some very tough older by just one point to Cheadle Hulme. event to the uninitiated and a superb teams to compete against. Similarly U10 and U11 boys joined with the challenge to those who took part. our junior teams, mostly a year under First and Second Years from the Boys’ Hopefully it will become another activ- age, although producing commend- Division to swim in a pentangular ity for King’s girls to experience, at able times, were not good enough this match at Bolton. Hari Rathi once again least once! time to produce the top positions. won his butterfly race and the relay DMB Boys’ team: Simon Birch; Edward teams were also successful. The com- Barker; Jay Rathi; Michael Ashworth. bined scores placed King’s in fourth Girls’ team: Kirsten Henry; Lucy place. Rounders Greenwood; Francesca Mortimer; Alex The Eyam Trophy, competed for at Crawley. Rydal Penrhos School in Colwyn Bay, PW D L F A Considering our past successful form is always a popular fixture, not least U12 3 1 0 2 24˚ 28˚ over the years, it was a pleasant sur- because of the sausage, chips and U13 4 3 0 1 38˚ 16˚ prise to be invited back again to the beans consumed by the competitors U14 3 2 0 1 32˚ 18˚ Rydal Penrhos School ‘Eyam Trophy’ after the gala! This is the only gala U15 3 3 0 0 30˚ 12 Gala in April. As always, this was a where boys and girls swim in the same (3 matches cancelled) most enjoyable and satisfying gala. race against each other and proves As ever, the U12s turned out in their Our swimmers produced some excel- very popular. King’s finished in fifth thousands - such is their eagerness, lent performances, often against older place. most were able to have at least one and, in the case of the girls, predomi- The annual Inter House Swimming game. The other teams having discov- nantly male opposition. From the six- Gala was held in the Summer Term ered the specific talents of their mem- teen individual events we had seven with a record fifty-three events taking bers were able to position them well to wins and five second positions and we place in just two hours. There was make decisive catches and effective won all five Relay events. Rydal Penrhos some brilliant swimming with fielding tactics to surprise their oppo- fielded their strongest team yet and Gawsworth becoming Junior Champi- nents. Many a batsman was out before were our nearest rivals, but we man- ons and Capesthorne Senior Champi- reaching first base because of our aged to retain the trophy for the fifth ons. The individual champions were bowler, backstop, first base fielding. consecutive year. Natalie Coleman, Robert Wreglesworth, The deep fielders made some spec- Team: First Years Nicola Roper, Ros Rachael Johnson, Ben Parton, Holly tacular catches on the run and, of Gathercole, Alex Crawley, Vicki Crossley, Francis Barker, Francesca course, our batsmen enjoyed scoring Dezsenyi; Second Years Francesca Bernard and Hari Rathi. lots of rounders. Mortimer, Kirsten Henry, Edward The final gala took place after school A game often undermined by the Barker, Simon Birch; Third Years Jenna had finished in July, thus depleting the uninformed, rounders appears very Orme, Jay Rathi; Fourth Years Claire team as some families jetted off to the simple yet has many rules and can be Riseley, Jackie Barker, James Hutter, sun as soon as school ended. Never- very tactical. It requires many skills, James Ellis. theless, this gave other children the

52 Other Sport chance to take on the Macclesfield strong opposition. In the quarter-final Fallibroome, Westlands and Wilmslow Primary Schools at the Leisure Centre. against Repton, one of the favourites, High School on their way to the final They all rose to the challenge and Nick the team tried their hardest but were against the Grange. The match was Hopping and Francesca Bernard won outplayed and lost 0-2. Patrick had an played at the start of the Autumn Term their individual events and the U10 excellent competition and was selected and after a very even match the final boys and U10 and U11 girls won their to play for the Public Schools’ team score was three all, but King’s won by relays which made the girls runners-up later on in the summer. one game. As a team they have a good in the overall competition, whilst the The following played in the teams: future and with constant, disciplined boys won the overall cup, and the M Edwards (Captain); P Sztukowski; A practice and a thoughtful approach to combined teams won the trophy once Higgins; A Sumner; J Westcott; O Eden- tactics, they should prove to be formi- again. Five out of six trophies was a Green; M Montaldo; D Leech; O Jones; dable opponents in the future. very pleasing result! J Horrocks; A Tarran-Jones; P Tsalikis; The following boys represented the JES T Vaughan-Jones; G Pickup; D Wildey; school in U14 matches: A McVeigh M Hordley. (Captain); A Burr; L Owen; J Gartside; CEK J Levitt; B Clifford; B Jones; P Stewart. Tennis RJC U15 Senior Boys The U15 team started the season with The senior squad had an excellent a well earned victory against MGS season. They were undefeated in where the third pair, Jonathan Leigh friendly matches against other schools and James Halle, beat the first pair and were generally too strong for the convincingly 6-1 in a crucial match, but opposition. The first team won five as a team they never managed to reach matches and drew one and the second those heights again. There were too team won both their matches. many occasions when as a team they The cup results were not so impres- failed to stamp their authority on the sive. In the first round of the Glanvill match and as a result played rather Cup (a national cup) the first team beat tentative tennis where they were prone the Grange 4-0 but lost 1-5 at home to to make too many simple errors. It is Calday Grange in the second round. vital in doubles to play consistently Apart from Patrick Sztukowski who and to think tactically, realising that at beat James Young (a higher ranked this level most points are won because player), our players were not strong mistakes are made. However, in spite enough to match a very powerful Calday of a mixed season, those who repre- side. sented the school played enthusiasti- In the Cheshire Cup a poor selection cally and on most occasions seemed to decision left the school without a team enjoy the experience. in the finals for the first time in eight The following boys represented the years. Our strength was split between school in U15 matches: N Parnell (Cap- the first team (Lower Sixth) who were tain); T Hawkwood; R Worsley; J Leigh; beaten 4-2 by Sir John Deane’s and the J Halle; D Sztukowski; T Byers; I Spen- second team (Fifth Year) who were cer; M Hobbs. beaten 5-1 by the eventual winners, RJC . In May at the Northern Schools’ U14 Championships both U19 pairs lost in The U14 team had a successful season. the first round but Patrick Sztukowski From the beginning, commitment and and Martin Edwards went on to reach enthusiasm were evident. The open- the plate final where they lost narrowly ing match against MGS was hard fought to Dixons High School from Yorkshire. with two tie-breakers being played, David Leech and Oliver Jones, playing but the team secured a sound 6-3 in the U16 section, had a most success- victory. ful day by reaching the semi-final where The third pair of Jonathan Levitt and they were beaten by the eventual win- Ben Jones had a good win over the ners Bradford GS whose players were second pair and won their tie-breaker both ranked far higher than ours. against their equal pair in a nail-biting At the end of the season, the first finish, which sealed victory. team took part in the Public Schools’ The other friendly matches against Championships held at Eton College. Bolton School, Leeds GS, the Grange In the first round, they had a w/o and Bradford GS were all won fairly against Hampton School who failed to convincingly because the team had turn up. In the second round, they beat strength in depth and played good Cranleigh School 2-1 and in the third tactical tennis. round they beat St George’s School, In the Cheshire Cup the B team were Weybridge. In both matches, the dou- beaten by Fallibroome in a very close bles finished level at 1-1 and Patrick match by two games, but the A team played and won singles matches against had comfortable wins against

53 Appendix 1 Staff

K L Perriss, BEd Hons, University of Nottingham, Phys Teaching Staff Ed/History, Certificate of Education, Loughborough

Headmaster: A G Silcock, MA Hons, Exhibitioner of D M Harbord, Certificate of Education, Loughborough Jesus College, Oxford, Modern Languages, Diploma of College, BA(Open), Educational Studies Education, Oxford T J Adams, BA Hons, New College, Oxford, History, Deputy Headmaster: K W W Aikin, BA Hons, University Teachers’ Training Diploma, St Peter’s College, Saltley College, London, History, Certificate of Education, London Dr B G Caswell, PhD, BSc Hons, CEng, CPhys, MBCS, Deputy Headmaster: Dr A Brown, PhD, MSc, BSc Hons, MInstP, Van Mildert College, Durham, Applied Physics and , Chemistry Electronics Principal of Sixth Form Division: I A Wilson, MA Hons, C E Kinshott, BEd Hons, University of Keele Jesus College, Cambridge, Economics, BA (Open) G Laurence, MA Hons, New College, Oxford, Mathematics, Principal of Boys’ Division: W D Beatson, BA Hons, Certificate of Education, Oxford University of Lancaster, Biological Sciences, MEd, University S H Skeens, BA Hons, University of Reading, German, of Keele, PGCE, St Martin’s College of Education, Lancaster, Diploma of Education, Reading C Biol, MIBiol C J Buckland, BSc Hons (Microbiology), Chelsea College, Principal of Girls’ Division: Mrs C M Buckley, BA London, MSc (Applied Fish Biology), Plymouth Polytechnic Hons, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, French & German, PGCE, Mrs A M Cooper, BSc Hons, , Christ’s College, Liverpool Chemistry D J Jones, BSc, University of Wales (Aberystwyth), M G Hart, MA Hons, Scholar of Keble College, Oxford, Geography, Geology, Economics, Diploma of Education, Geography, Certificate of Education, Oxford Aberystwyth P Illingworth, BSc Hons, University of Birmingham, M Badger, BA Hons, University of Manchester, Geography, Physics, PGCE, Manchester Diploma of Education, Nottingham D Gee, Alsager Training College, Certificate of Education P R M Mathews, Loughborough College, Diploma of Phy- sical Education, Hons, Diploma of Education, Nottingham Dr C P Hollis, PhD, BSc Hons, CPhys, MInstP, University of Leeds, Physics P Seddon, NDD, DA (Manc), ATD with Distinction, Manchester T G North, BSc, University of Bath, Mathematics, Certificate of Education, Brunel P N Davies, BSc Hons, University of Manchester, Chemistry, Certificate of Education, Alsager R G Davenport, BA, Middlesex Polytechnic, General Arts, MA, Phys Ed, Leeds, PGCE, Loughborough B Edwards, BA Hons, University of Liverpool, Philosophy Mrs J Beesley, BA Hons, University of Bristol, Music, D C Hill, BA Hons, University of Southampton, History, Certificate of Education, Cambridge Certificate of Education, Southampton, M Phil B J Ellis, BA Hons, Hatfield College, Durham, Geography, M Aiers, BSc Hons, University of Leeds, CPhys, MInstP, PGCE, Alsager Certificate of Education, Manchester Revd R J Craig, BA, Test Div, Trinity College, Dublin, L A Batchelor, BA Hons, University of Dublin, French/ Certificate of Education, Birmingham Russian, Higher Diploma of Education, Dublin P Murray, BA Hons, Scholar of Trinity College, J Mellor, Diploma, Hons, Loughborough College, Certificate Cambridge,History & Theology, Certificate of Education, of Distinction, University of Nottingham, Arts and Crafts, Manchester Polytechnic Certificate of Education, Nottingham D T Browne, BA (Open) Mathematics, Certificate of J R Hidden, BA Hons, University of London, History of Art, Education, Durham Certificate of Education, Maria Grey College of Education Mrs A M Stanway, BA Hons, University of Leeds, English, A J Jordan, BA Hons, University of Liverpool, Economics, Certificate of Education Certificate of Education, Leeds Mrs M A Craig, BA Hons, Trinity College, Dublin, French N St C Phillips, BA Hons, Queen’s College, Oxford, Mod- and Italian ern Languages J R Doughty, Teaching Certificate, City of Sheffield Training A J Hallatt, BA Hons, University of Wales (Swansea), College, MEd, University of Leicester English, Certificate of Education, Southampton Mrs G Taylor, BA Hons, Middlesex Polytechnic, English, A K Green, BA Hons (Mus), University of Newcastle- PGCE, Liverpool upon-Tyne J A Dodd, BSc, University of Liverpool, Mathematics, PGCE, Liverpool

54 Appendix 1 Staff

Mrs R S Hardman, I M Marsh College of Physical Mrs K Stutchbury, MA Hons, Brasenose College, Oxford, Education, Liverpool, Certificate of Education Chemistry, PGCE, Oxford P F Halewood, Sunderland College of Education, University Mrs V B White, BEd Hons, University of Durham, History, of Durham, Certificate of Education MA, University of Liverpool Mrs G D Turner, BA Hons, University College of North Mrs L Booker, MMedSci, Sport & Exercise Science, Wales, Bangor, English Language and Literature, PGCE, University of Sheffield, BA Hons, Liverpool Institute of London, Goldsmiths’ College Higher Education, Phys Ed & Geography, PGCE, Leeds F Walker, Licentiate London Academy of Music, Certificate Dr A M Cohen, PhD, University of Manchester, Radio of Education Astronomy, BSc Hons, University of Exeter, Physics, FRAS P Williams, BA Hons, University of Loughborough, Physical Mrs S Gibson, Certificate of Education, Mather College of Education, Sports Science and History, PGCE, Cardiff Education, LGSM Teacher’s Diploma in Speech and Drama P M Edgerton, MA Hons, Exeter College, Oxford, Geology, Mrs K Griffin, MA Hons, University of Dundee, English, PGCE, Manchester PGCE, Aberdeen M Patey-Ford, BA Hons, Ravensbourne College of Art & Dr R W Grime, PhD, BSc Hons, University of Manchester, Design, Graphic Design, PGCE, London Chemistry, PGCE, Manchester Mrs R Marcall, BA Hons, University of London, English Mrs C A Harrison, BSc Hons, University of Sussex, Math- and Modern Languages, PGCE, London ematics with Physics, PGCE, Manchester P J Percival, BSc Hons, University of Aberystwyth, M T Houghton, BA Hons, Worcester College, Oxford, Environmental Science, PGCE, Leeds Classics Mrs C H Bingham, BSc Hons, University of Sussex, J E Keefe, BA Hons, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Geography, PGCE, Reading Economics Mrs S Brown, BMus Hons, University of Nottingham, R J Killen, BA Hons, Scholar of Magdalene College, Diploma of Education, Cambridge, LRAM, ARCM Cambridge, Modern Languages, PGCE, Leeds Mrs V Costello, BA Hons, University of Leeds, German, Dr S E Madden, PhD, University of Newcastle, BSc Hons, PGCE, Leeds University of Nottingham, Biology, PGCE, Manchester Mrs G Green, BA Hons, University of Keele, French and Mrs M A F Gartside, BSc Hons, University of Birmingham, English, Certificate in Education, Keele Chemistry, PGCE, London Miss D Inman, BA Hons, Liverpool Polytechnic, Fashion M Nolan, PhD, University of Cambridge, Medicinal and Textiles, PGCE Art & Design, Liverpool Polytechnic Chemistry, MSc, Aberdeen, Medical Physics, BSc Hons, Newcastle upon Tyne, Physics, PGCE, Sheffield H E Lock, BSc Hons, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, Geology, PGCE, Newcastle upon Tyne J Pattison, PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Immunology, BSc Hons, Imperial College, C O’Donnell, BSc Hons, Birmingham University, Software London, Biochemistry, PGCE, London. Engineering, PGCE, Leeds Mrs A Schreiber, MA Hons, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, N C J Riley, BSc Hons, University of York, Mathematics, Modern Languages PGCE, York N Walker, BSc, St Andrew’s University, Pure Science, Miss R Sellers, BA Hons, University of Durham, Modern PGCE, London Languages, PGCE, Durham Miss L F Warrington, BA Hons, University of Nottingham, Mrs A D Thornber, BSc, Liverpool University, Biochemistry Classics, PGCE, Cambridge T H Andrew, MA Hons, Exhibitioner of St Catharine’s Miss N J Chadwick, BA Hons, University of Nottingham, College, Cambridge, English English, PGCE, Nottingham Mrs D M Barker, BEd Hons, I M Marsh College of Physical P J Colville, BSc Hons, University of Leicester, Mathematics Education, Liverpool & Astronomy, MSc, University of East Anglia, Theoretical A Levin, BA Hons, University of Sussex, English & American Mechanics Literature Mrs R Jones, Foreign Correspondent Certificate, Berlitz J McCarrick, HNC, Mech Eng, IMechIE, Technical Teachers' School of Languages, Bremen, Certificate of Proficiency in Certificate, of Education English, University of Cambridge C J Maudsley, BSc Hons, University of Manchester, D J Kearney, BA Hons, University of Manchester, Theology Mathematics, PGCE, Cambridge & Religious Studies J D Nuttall, BA Hons, St Peter's College, Oxford, Philosophy Mrs E P Olsen, BA Hons, Hull University, History, PGCE, & Theology, PGCE, Westminster College De La Salle College, Manchester

55 Appendix 1 Staff

Mrs C L Pyatt, GRSM, LRAM, Royal Academy of Music, London, PGCE, Manchester Non-Teaching Staff D O Smith, MInstAM, MIMgt, Bursar & Clerk to the Miss H C Taylor, BA Hons, University of Wales Governors (Aberystwyth), French & German, PGCE, Bristol Mrs S Appleton, BSc (Open), DMS, Deputy Bursar Mrs S M Coombs, Computer Manager Junior Division Staff Mrs C Frankish Bursar’s Office Principal of Junior Division: G J Shaw, BSc Hons, Mrs J Illingworth, School Office Manager University of Leeds, Mathematics, PGCE, Leeds Mrs A Dougan, Foundation Office Vice-Principal of Junior Division & Head of Infants: Mrs L Graham, Foundation Office Mrs C M Beavis, MEd, DASE, University of Manchester, Mrs J Moore, Foundation Office Certificate of Education, Homerton College, Cambridge, F Mrs G Westall, Junior Division Secretary Coll P Mrs L C Kirby, Girls’ Division Secretary Mrs J E Smith, Teachers’ Training Diploma, Derby College Mrs J S Husband, Boys’ Division Secretary Mrs P J Aspinwall, BEd Hons, Homerton College, Mrs V Kendal, Sixth Form Division Secretary Cambridge Mrs O P Hobson, Reprographics Mrs F A M Williams, BA (QTS) Hons, University of Mrs T L Elliott, Headmaster’s Secretary Warwick, Geography Mrs A Taylor, Admissions Secretary Mrs A P Powell, SRN, SCM, Foundation Nurse Mrs C J Hulme-McKibbin, BEd Hons, Homerton College, Cambridge Mrs S J Bream, SRN, School Nurse, Fence Avenue Mrs A Gierc, Nursery Nurse P J Atkinson, Diploma of Teaching, Victoria College, Melbourne Miss A Monk, Nursery Nurse J Serafi, Classroom Assistant Mrs J E Brown, MSc, University of Strathclyde, Forensic Mrs E Thompson, Classroom Assistant Science, BSc Hons, University of Leeds, Microbiology, PGCE, Manchester Mrs E Welsh, Classroom Assistant Mrs M E Grant, School Shop Manageress S C James, BA Hons, University of Hull, History, PGCE, Bristol Mrs B Ault, School Shop Assistant Mrs G Parry, BA (Open), ALA, Foundation Librarian Mrs A Lea, BMus Hons, University of Manchester, Diploma in Orchestral Studies, Goldsmiths College, London, PGCE, Mrs J Laidlaw, ALA, Librarian, Boys’ Division Manchester Mrs L Wilson, Library Assistant Mrs E J Spicer, Bookshop Manageress Miss C S Priestley, BA Hons, University of Lancaster, English, PGCE, Cambridge C F Potter, Estates Manager Mrs S E Raw-Rees, Estates Office Mrs J Cole, BA Hons, University of Exeter, History, PGCE, Christ Church College, Canterbury M Lawlor, School Engineer P Sutcliffe, School Porter, Cumberland Street Mrs L Turner, BEd Hons, University of Nottingham, K Dunkley, School Porter, Fence Avenue Certificate of Education, Matlock College of Education, ASA (Swimming Teacher’s Certificate) S Moores, School Groundsman D Hopes, AVA Engineer Mrs K Wells, BA Hons, University of Leicester, Politics, Foundation Art Certificate, Bourneville School of Art, S Leah, AVA Technician PGCE, Manchester N Teagle, BSc, Biology Technician Mrs C Miller, Technician Mrs D Wilkinson, BA Hons, University of Reading, English Literature, PGCE, Cheltenham & Gloucester College P Jackson, Senior Science Technician Mrs C Hadden, General Science Technician Infants’ Section Staff P Dobson, ATI, ARTCS, Physics Technician Mrs R Cookson, BA Hons, South Bank University, London, Mrs A Major, HNC, Technician, Girls’ Division European Community Studies, PGCE, Bristol Mrs A Woods, BSc Hons, Technician, Girls’ Division Mrs A Eardley, BA Hons, Manchester Metropolitan Mrs H Wilcox, Catering Officer, Cumberland Street University, English & History, PGCE, Manchester Miss J Corke, Catering Officer, Fence Avenue Mrs J T Sykes, Certificate of Education, Mary Ward College Mrs S Jones, Cleaning Manager Mrs M Unsworth, BEng Hons, Combined Engineering S Carter, BA, Press Officer Studies, Coventy Polytechnic, PGCE, Manchester

56 Appendix 2 Examination Results

Hallam J K ...... B, BStd, GStd, Mu A Level Results 1998 Halman T J ...... H OCEAC, NEAB and AEB Examinations Harbord D ...... Ec, E, GStd, IT (AS), Phil (AS) Key: A&D: Art & Design; B: Biology; BStd: Business Studies; C: Hastie J S...... A&D, E, GStd, G Chemistry; Comp: Computing; D&T: Design & Technology; Ec: Eco- nomics; E: English Literature; ELang: English Language; F: French; FM: Hawley A K E ...... BStd, E, F, GStd Further Mathematics; GStd: General Studies; G: Geography; Geol: Hewitt D ...... E, GStd Geology; Ger: German; H: History; IT: Information Technology; L: Hewitt S M ...... BStd, D&T, GStd, H Latin; LStd: Law Studies; M: Mathematics; Mu: Music; Phil: Philosophy; P: Physics; RStd: Religious Studies; TStd: Theatre Studies. Hidden C J ...... GStd, H, ELang (AS), IT (AS) (AS): Advanced Supplementary Subject. Holiday D N ...... B, C, GStd, H Hopkinson E ...... E, GStd, M, Mu Arthur J D A ...... BStd, GStd, M, P Hordley M R W ...... C, F, GStd, M Bagshaw D W R ...... GStd, Geol, P, IT (AS), Phil (AS) Hughes A-M ...... C, GStd, M, Mu Barber S M ...... E, F, GStd, M, LStd (AS) Hyatt K L ...... C, Geol Barrow F A M ...... E, F, GStd, Mu Jaberi N ...... B, C, GStd, M Baylay M J ...... E, GStd, Ger, H Jackson M R ...... BStd, GStd, G, Ger Beech D J ...... C, GStd, H, M Jones G E ...... Ec, F, GStd, L, M Bhatia K L ...... BStd, GStd, M, P Jones N J ...... B, BStd, GStd, G Bhatty N ...... B, C, M Jordan C H ...... E, GStd, RStd, TStd, Phil (AS) Blower J R ...... GStd, G, H, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Kendon J P ...... B, C, GStd, Geol, M (AS) Bradbrook N J ...... B, C, GStd, M Kirby M H ...... BStd, C, GStd, M Bramwell C R ...... Comp, GStd, Ger Knight M A R ...... C, GStd, M, P Brewin T J ...... Comp, GStd, G, H Lake N G E...... GStd, G, H, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Broadbent N J ...... B, Comp, D&T, GStd Lane R A ...... A&D, E Brooke J L ...... A&D, GStd, Mu, ELang (AS), LStd Laurence J J ...... Comp, FM, GStd, M, P (AS) Lee D S ...... C, GStd, M, P Brown S I ...... B, BStd, GStd, G, Ec (AS) Llewellyn S M ...... BStd, F, G Burns S ...... B, BStd, GStd, G Mahmood L ...... B, C, M Butcher T J ...... C, GStd, M, P, LStd (AS) Mansfield A P ...... E, GStd, H, IT (AS), Phil (AS) Caulfield B J ...... B, C, GStd, G, Phil (AS) McCoy L A ...... B, GStd, Geol Chaudhary M A ...... BStd, E, GStd, G Mills M B M ...... Ec, F, GStd, Ger, LStd (AS) Childs D P F ...... Comp, E, GStd, H Mosscrop J J ...... C, GStd, M, P, LStd (AS) Chung K ...... B, C, FM, M Münzing M ...... BStd, C, GStd, Ger Clay J S...... BStd, E, GStd, H Murray A B F ...... A&D, E, GStd, H, Phil (AS) Cole P A ...... B, C, GStd, M Murray L D ...... BStd, GStd, H, M Cotton A C ...... F, GStd, L, M, P Norbury A J ...... B, C, GStd, M Coxson R J ...... E, GStd, H, Mu Oakes W M R ...... BStd, GStd Davies L C ...... F, H, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Oilberg B ...... BStd, GStd, G, M Davies H L K ...... E, GStd, Ger, RStd Painton D ...... C, FM, GStd, M, P Densem I G ...... BStd, E, GStd, H Partington A G ...... Comp, Ec, GStd, M, Phil (AS) Dunnington M ...... BStd, GStd, G, H Pellatt R E ...... E, G, Ger Eckhard E N ...... Comp, Ec, GStd Pogson J M T ...... C, GStd, M, P Farshchi Heidari D ...... B, C, GStd, M Priestnall S L ...... B, C, GStd, P, M (AS) Fielding J K F ...... BStd, GStd, G, H Quigley P J ...... B, GStd Flegg A D ...... C, GStd, G, Geol Rahman M M ...... B, C, M Ford M J ...... E, GStd, L, M, P Rashid M ...... B, C, GStd, M Foster G J ...... E, GStd, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Rendle G T ...... F, Ger, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Gamble W L ...... C, FM, GStd, M, P Rice M J ...... BStd, GStd, G, Ger Gawne T R ...... GStd, M, P, IT (AS), Phil (AS) Robertson J D ...... BStd, GStd, G, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Glynn E F ...... BStd, GStd, M, P Robinson C T ...... F, G, H Gradwell A J ...... GStd, ELang (AS) Rowell S A ...... F, FM, GStd, M, P Greenham C R ...... Comp, D&T, GStd, Ger Royle T N ...... B, BStd, GStd, G Griffiths L J ...... E, GStd, H, RStd Rudge C J ...... BStd Hagan S A ...... F, GStd, Ger, M, LStd (AS) Sandhu J ...... BStd, G

57 Appendix 2 Examination Results

Schofield J ...... C, FM, GStd, M, P Dale P W...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, CDT(T) Scott P A ...... F, GStd, Ger, ELang (AS), Phil (AS) Farr A P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(T) Seidl Y J ...... F Frederick M P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, CDT Sharman L K ...... BStd, GStd, C (AS) Gartside C P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Shephard M J ...... BStd, G, H Grimes A W ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT Shockledge J M ...... BStd, GStd, G, H Hawley T W S ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Slack S J ...... E, GStd, Mu, RStd Howard J A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, CDT Stanton N J ...... BStd, GStd, G, Ger Percival J W ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, RE, CDT(T) Thompson S P ...... GStd, G Taylor A M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Thomson N J ...... A&D, GStd, G, ELang (AS) Thompson J M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Thornber T M ...... B, C, GStd, M Thompson R C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Tinker M R ...... B, C, GStd, P Triggs J I ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Tristram G R G ...... BStd, ELang (AS), IT (AS) White M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, CDT Turnbull N J ...... E, F, GStd, Mu Turner C C ...... BStd, GStd, G 5KLP Tute M J ...... A&D, GStd, G, Geol Blundell B J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Vaganov V ...... C, FM, GStd, M, P Broomhead J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Varney H M ...... Ec, F, GStd, Ger, Phil (AS) Butler T S ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, CDT Walker R J ...... B, C, GStd, M Capper D M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, RE Whitehurst M T ...... E, GStd, H, ELang (AS), IT (AS) Carr D A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, D Wiatr A G ...... B, C, GStd, M Cowgill R A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Wildey D W...... GStd, G, Ger, H Gray N P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, G Williams C ...... B, C, GStd, M Gregory J L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H Williams M G ...... B, C, F, GStd Holden C D ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT Wilson J B H ...... Ec, GStd, G Lane J M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Wilson J J ...... BStd, GStd, Ger, Ec (AS) Mosedale K W ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, G Wish D M J ...... BStd, GStd, G, Ec (AS) Newham T ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(T) Young S R M...... GStd, H, TStd, IT (AS), Phil (AS) Stevens C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Topalian D H ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Lower Sixth Tredwen D P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Dafforn R J ...... Ger (AS) Tsalikis P D ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, RE, D Goodsell M D ...... Ger (AS) Walker A W J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D Ward T M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, Mu STEP Papers Whitworth A G ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Vaganov V ...... Maths Paper 2 Grade 1/Maths Paper 3 Williams G E ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, H Grade 1 5DJJ GCSE Results 1998 Anderson R W ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, A&D MEG, NEAB and SEG Examinations Beales G J...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, RE Key: A&D: Art & Design; B: Biology; C: Chemistry; CDT: CDT Design Bowyer E ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(T) & Communication; CDT(T): CDT Design & Technology; CDT(RM): Brunt J M S ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G CDT Resistant Materials; D: Drama; E: English; EL: English Literature; Dawson A S ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G F: French; G: Geography; Ger: German; H: History; L: Latin; M: Mathematics; Mu: Music; P: Physics; RE: Religious Education; Sc: Horrocks J R J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Science Dual Award. Isherwood D ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, CDT The following candidates gained grades A-C: Jay M J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Kendrick D J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, D 5PJP Livesey J F J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, D Aitkin J M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, H Millican T P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, G Battersby N J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Orford C J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Brady S C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, A&D Pardo I J...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, CDT(T) Caswell R I ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, Ger, Mu Raja Ratnam J W...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(T) Coates J T M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(T) Robertson J W ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, H Coxson E C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, Mu Rosamond B J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT

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Sheard W D B ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, A&D Westcott B D ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, RE Westcott M R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, RE 5DTB Worthington R S ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, RE, A&D Bell W R J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Young H D M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, Mu Brown J N ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, CDT(T) Cameron N A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, F, G, RE 5DMH Chapman J M H ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Bristow J L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H Harrison S K L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, H, G Burr O J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, G, RE, A&D Higham R J ...... E, EL, B, P, F, Ger, G Currie D J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Jasimuddin T ...... E, EL, B, C, F, H, G Davies R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, RE Laxmi D R R ...... E, EL, B, C, H, G Despontin J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, D Lloyd C J C ...... E, EL, M, B, F, H, A&D Forshaw M A ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, RE Mee G J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H Geake R H ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Rudge M E ...... EL, M, B, P, Ger, D Hagan R H ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, G, D, CDT Russell A J ...... E, EL, M, C, Ger, H, G Hall M D ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, D, Mu Sharp A B...... E, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, RE Hopley C N ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Walker B A ...... E, EL, M, B, F, G, CDT(T) Lloyd M T C...... E, EL, M, Sc, H, G, D Parkinson N D ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D 5JRP Rathi A A J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, A&D Botham D L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, RE, Mu Vaughan Jones T A ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, RE, A&D Bradfield R F R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Crabstick B J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, H, D 5PME Fox T S W ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, H, D Bones E V ...... E, EL, M, Sc, H, G, D Howell J R...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, RE Cooper C M ...... E, M, Sc, H, G, A&D Isherwood D P ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Costello M R M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, RE, D Leech D E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, RE, D Hirst N J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, G, A&D, D Lloyd T A ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, H, G Jafari S S...... E, EL, M, Sc, H Montgomery R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Maurice D B ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, D, Mu Moran E T G ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, RE Moore M S ...... E, EL, M, Sc, G, A&D Reynolds P J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, Mu Nicholls E W ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H Roberts W R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, Mu Owen R G...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Rushton O C W...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Pattison N H ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G Simms H P ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, CDT Taylor R B ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G 5VCo Tighe R J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, D Betton R K ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, A&D Watts C D ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, CDT Coveney K J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G White A P J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, A&D Ford H E ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, H Hall C A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, CDT(RM) 5PFH Hibbert A L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, A&D Barber O R...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, CDT Kail A L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, H Bexon A J S ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, Mu Ketley S J E ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, A&D, Brown S R C ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, D CDT(RM) Ferguson T J...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, CDT McKeating A E...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, Mu Goodwin A S ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, RE Mitchell L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, A&D Greaves M M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, D Myhill M F ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, G Jones O R...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, Mu Quartermaine A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, RE Levings C E...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G Shaw H J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, A&D Oppenheim A D ...... E, EL, M, Sc, H, RE, A&D Simpson L I...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, H Pickup O J...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, G, A&D Southern L L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, H, G Sawas Z ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, D Spence M A ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, CDT(RM) Stanley S P ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G Williams J A P ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, CDT(RM) Tarran-Jones A M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Williams K J ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, A&D Wall C ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G

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5SM 5GG Blower K R ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, Mu Ball L E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, A&D Charles C M ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G Bull E C ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, D Hartley N E ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, Mu Farrimond K V ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, G, A&D, Mu Heaton C M C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, Mu Hammond C A ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Henshall V C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, L, G Mair J K ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, G, A&D, Mu McKenzie G P...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, A&D Newsome K L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, D McLeod J F ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, Mu Owens V L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, D Rigby C V ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, Mu Pritchard N M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Skidmore H ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, H, A&D Quinn L J ...... E, EL, D Tattam L K ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, H, G Swindlehurst E L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Tattersall C R...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, A&D Verna N K ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, A&D Thomas A L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, A&D West D G P...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Tinker M L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, Mu Whitrow F M...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Warburton C ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, F, G, A&D Williams J L ...... E, EL, M, B, C, P, Ger, G, RE Second Year Andreewitch P S ...... Ger 5LB Beveridge A K ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G First Year Bhatia T L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, A&D Hirsch S M ...... F Bullivent G V ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, RE, A&D Butterworth C E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, H, RE Fullaway S E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, G, D, Mu Hallam H R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, D, Mu Harber A C R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, A&D, Mu Hewitt I F ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Jackson E L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, G, CDT(RM) Jackson F R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Kazmierski V F...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, A&D Lyons N C ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Moroney N J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, G, D Patey-Ford E A E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, H, A&D, D Phillips A-M ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, G, D Southall J L...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, CDT(RM) Sully R Z ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, D

5CH Constantine M A ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, A&D Foster C R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Francis R K ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, Mu Jones C E ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, D Kennerley G L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, G, D, Mu Nichols F C ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, H, RE, A&D Osborne K L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, CDT(RM) Pashley L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, Ger, G Roebuck L J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, G, D Rolh C A ...... E, EL, F, Ger, G, D Scott H J ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, G Scott S R ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, H, D Sewart E ...... E, EL, Sc, F, H, A&D Stanton E L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, Mu Syddall W L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, Ger, G, CDT(RM) Williams M L ...... E, EL, M, Sc, F, L, H, RE

60 Appendix 4 Higher Education

Pupils admitted to Higher Education 1998

Name ...... Destination ...... Subject Arthur J D A ...... Edinburgh University ...... Civil Engineering Bagshaw D W R ...... Bangor University ...... Geological Oceanography Barber S M ...... Oxford Brookes University ...... Law Barrow A M F ...... Nottingham University ...... Sociology Baylay M ...... Reapplying Beech D J ...... Sheffield University (99) ...... Law Bhatia L K ...... Reapplying Bhatty N ...... Reapplying Blower J R ...... Loughborough University ...... Geography Bradbrook N J ...... Reapplying Bramwell C R ...... Portsmouth University ...... Computer Science Brewin T J ...... Leeds University ...... Information Systems Broadbent N J ...... Durham University ...... Computer Science Brooke J L ...... Reapplying Brown S I ...... Bath University ...... Business Administration Burns S ...... Leeds Metropolitan University ...... Geography & Sociology Butcher T ...... Leeds University ...... Mechanical Engineering Caulfield B J ...... King’s College London (99) ...... Geography Chaudhary A ...... Bath University ...... Business Administration Childs D P F ...... Deferred (99) Chung K ...... Nottingham University ...... Pharmacy Clay J S ...... Deferred (99) Cole P A...... Aberystwyth University ...... Equine Science Cotton A C ...... UMIST ...... Mechanical Engineering Coxson R J ...... Oxford, New College ...... Music Davies H L K ...... St Andrews University ...... English Davies L C ...... Hull University ...... History Densem I G ...... King’s London ...... Nursing Studies Dunnington M ...... Leeds Metropolitan University ...... Human Geography Eckhard E N ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Accounting Farshchi-Heidari D ...... Oxford, Brasenose College ...... Chemistry Fielding J K F ...... BUWE ...... Business Studies Flegg A D ...... Birmingham University ...... Geology Ford M J ...... Oxford, Worcester College ...... Classics and English Foster G J...... Bangor University ...... English Gamble W L ...... Cambridge, Churchill College ...... Natural Sciences/Chem Eng Gawne T R ...... Derby University ...... Music Tech/Audio Systems Des Glynn E F ...... Lancaster University ...... Computer Systems Engineering Gradwell A J ...... Employment Greenham C R ...... Loughborough University ...... Product Design Engineering Griffiths L J ...... Nottingham University (99) ...... American Studies Hagan S A ...... Hull University ...... International Accounting Hallam J K ...... Reapplying Halman T J ...... Derby University ...... Business Studies (HND) Harbord D ...... Southampton University ...... English and Philosophy Hastie J S ...... ...... Art Foundation Hawley A K E ...... St Andrews University ...... English and Psychology Hewitt D ...... Mid-Cheshire College ...... Business Studies (HND) Hewitt S M ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Design and Technology Hidden C H ...... Deferred (99) Holiday D N ...... Deferred (99) Hopkinson E A ...... Huddersfield University ...... Music Hordley M R W ...... Sheffield University ...... Chemistry Hughes A-M ...... Portsmouth University ...... Maths with Astronomy Hyatt K L ...... Aberdeen University ...... Geology Jaberi N ...... Dundee University ...... Biochemistry Jackson M R...... Staffordshire University ...... Business Studies Jones G E ...... Reapplying Jones N J ...... Leeds Metropolitan University ...... Landscape Architecture Jordan C H...... Reapplying

62 Appendix 4 Higher Education

Kendon J P ...... Durham University (99) ...... Biology Kirby M H ...... UMIST ...... International Business Studies Mgt with American Studies Knight M A R ...... City University ...... Aeronautical Engineering Lake N G E ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Urban & Regional Geography Lane R A ...... Stockport College ...... Art Foundation Laurence J J ...... York University ...... Computer Systems & Software Engineering Lee D S ...... Reapplying Llewellyn S M ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Int Business Studies with French Mahmood L ...... UMIST ...... Chemical Engineering Mansfield A P ...... Reapplying McCoy L A ...... East London University (99) ...... Animal Biology Mills M B ...... St Andrews University ...... Modern Languages Mosscrop J J ...... Leeds University ...... Computer Science & Management Studies Münzing M ...... UMIST ...... Industrial Chemistry Murray A B ...... Manchester Metropolitan University ...... Art Foundation Murray L D ...... Cardiff University ...... Business Administration Norbury A J ...... Leeds University ...... Dentistry Oakes W M R ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Info Eng & Tech Management Oilberg B ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Business Systems Modelling Painton D ...... Nottingham University ...... Chemistry Partington A G ...... Durham University ...... Business Finance Pellatt R E ...... Newcastle University ...... Rural Environment Management Pogson J M ...... Lancaster University ...... Mech Eng with Management Priestnall S L ...... Bristol University ...... Veterinary Science Quigley P J ...... Aberystwyth University (99) ...... Biology Rahman M M ...... UMIST ...... Computer Science Rashid M ...... UMIST ...... Optometry Rendle G T ...... Employment Rice M J ...... Warwick University ...... Management Science Robertson J D ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Business Studies Robinson C T ...... Swansea University ...... Geography Rowell S A ...... Bath University ...... Automotive Eng with French Royle T N ...... Salford University ...... Env & Resource Science Rudge C J...... Salford University ...... Business Studies Management (HND) Sandhu J ...... Birmingham University ...... Business Administration Schofield J ...... Bristol University ...... Chemistry Scott P A ...... Deferred (99) Seidl Y ...... Overseas Sharman L K ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Business & Technology Shephard M J ...... De Montfort University ...... Business Administration Shockledge J M ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Geography Slack S J ...... King’s College ...... Religious Studies Stanton N J ...... Sheffield Hallam University ...... Urban Studies Thomson N J ...... Stockport College ...... Art Foundation Thompson S P ...... BUWE (99) ...... Geography & Env Management Thornber T M ...... Reapplying Tinker M R ...... Leeds University ...... Medicine Tristram G R G ...... Reapplying Turnbull N J...... BUWE ...... Law with French Turner C C ...... Employment Tute M J ...... Stockport College ...... Art Foundation Vaganov V ...... Cambridge, Robinson College ...... Natural Sciences Varney H M ...... Bristol University ...... German & Italian Walker R J ...... Birmingham University ...... Biochemistry Whitehurst M T ...... Bangor University ...... English Wiatr A G...... Birmingham University ...... Biochemistry Wildey D W ...... Durham University ...... Geography Williams C L ...... Reapplying Williams M G ...... Staffordshire University ...... Psychology & French Wilson J B H ...... Hull University (99)...... Geography & Economics Wilson J J ...... Leeds Metropolitan University ...... Business Info Management Wish D M J ...... Reapplying Young S R M ...... BUWE ...... Science, Society & Media

63 Appendix 5 Awards & Prizes

King’s School Awards A J D Unterhalter Urban expansion meets the rural T U Brocklehurst Awards R J Coxson rearguard action; what does our M H Kirby countryside mean to us? S F Woodcock “The eagle has landed”. An account of S J Slack the rocky road to the moon W D Brocklehurst Awards M J Ford S A Rowell Commended F D Brocklehurst Awards M R Tinker R L A Axon Pop and kinetic movements of the 1960’s L Ballarini The physics of earthquakes V Vaganov N Bromley Thalidomide William Barnett Award M B M Mills M Edwards Technology in tennis: have the changes Pearson Award H M Varney and developments in equipment ben- Goodlad Dobson Award M R W Hordley efited the game of tennis over the last 100 years? A A Ham The human genome project; the meth- Special Prizes ods used, and how it may help us Headmaster’s Prize M H Kirby I J Selbie Best days of our lives? Former Pupils’ Association Awards D Farshchi-Heidari M R Tunwell Humans and intensive sport: injury risks and how to help prevent them S L Priestnall School Prizes (all age groups) Development Trust Scholarships Maimi Wright (Computing) N J Broadbent Selwyn Russell Jones Sports J S Clay Major Scholarships Project Title K E W Bagshaw A comparative study of the work of Upper School Prizes Magdalene Odundo and Mo Jupp Art (Selwyn Russell Jones) N J Thomson J L Callaghan Killing, a caring thing to do? Biology S L Priestnall R J Dafforn The taming of the tigers; a study of the Business Studies M H Kirby Asian Economic Crisis CDT (Technology) N J Broadbent A T Flynn The Hubble Space Telescope. What secrets has it revealed? Chemistry W L Gamble M D Goodsell The physics of tennis Classics (Wilmot) M J Ford S A Mason The origins of terrorism in Northern Divinity (Thorneycroft) N A Ward Ireland D C McAulay The ultimate stripped-down parasites Economics (Canon F W Paul) G E Jones J Mitchell Will it ever be possible to see an elec- English M J Ford tron? French (William Broster) S M Barber T C J Petty Music and the medic General Studies (T B Cartwright) D J S Swain N A Ward An essay on evil M J Westcott “Reflections on the revolution in France” Geography D W Wildey - the Englishman’s ally? Geology D W R Bagshaw R R Wilkinson The virus that cures: bacteriophage, the German (J O Nicholson) M B M Mills next step from antibiotics History (C A Bradley) R J Coxson E W Wills “Care in the community” Mathematics: Mechanics M J Ford Scholarships Mathematics: Statistics M R W Hordley A R Aldcroft The mathematical musician, the musical Mathematics Double V Vaganov mathematician: a magical mixture or Music R J Coxson merely a myth? O Ashcroft The millennium bug; mountain or mole Philosophy J M Q Brooks hill? Physics S A Rowell C Barringer Investigations into aspirin Physics Olympiad Prize S A Rowell S Bush Genetic engineering - a discussion of the V Vaganov techniques, implications and applications J A Clarke The physics of lasers, and their applica- Senior Choral A R Aldcroft tions in modern warfare J Livesley E Dobson Changing perspectives: the renaissance Senior Orchestral T C J Petty world discovered through four plays R J Emslie Topic on “learning” Theatre Arts C H Jordan S H Haboubi “In the midnight sky” C R Hirst The integration of microsystems into Middle School Prizes (Boys’ Division) the nervous system of the human body Principal’s Prize N J Battersby A I O Kane Marx’s economic development of his- Biology J I Triggs tory P E McGaul The geography behind surfing CDT (Design & Communication) O R Barber J Rider Optical isomerism CDT (Technology) J W Percival J P Ritchie The ethics of genetic medicine Chemistry J M Aitken M E Senn The economic effects of the reunification of Germany Divinity (Thorneycroft) D E Leech Dual Science C D Watts

64 Appendix 5 Awards & Prizes

English T A Lloyd 2PW E A Barker French G E Williams Divinity (Thorneycroft) Y D A Malins Geography T A Lloyd 1BE D M Illingworth German R Montgomery 1RS M D Beardmore History T J Ferguson 1JRH N J Lloyd Latin B J Crabstick Divinity (Thorneycroft) D M Illingworth Mathematics J I Triggs Music D L Botham Form Prizes (Girls’ Division) Physics C P Gartside 4JB/DG J L Adams 4NJD K F Gray Middle School Prizes (Girls’ Division) 4DJK L C Barber Macclesfield High School ‘Best 4EPO K J Garner All-Rounder’ Cup A E McKeating 3SG K A C Seden Art & Design V F Kazmierski 3CEK H S Roberts Biology K J Coveney 3CHB A L Thompson CDT (Resistant Materials) S J E Ketley Divinity (Thorneycroft) L M Ashby Chemistry S J E Ketley 2JNW C E Tinker Divinity (Thorneycroft) C E Butterworth 2KG E L Fitzgerald Dual Award Science A C R Harber 2MP-F R H Childs English C E Butterworth Divinity (Thorneycroft) H G Partington French A-M Phillips 1RSH L A Davenport Geography K J Williams 1TGN N Hasbullah German N C Lyons 1AMS S Brooks History A L Kail Divinity (Thorneycroft) R C Percival Latin A L Kail Mathematics L L Southern Fourth Year Research Projects (Boys’ Division) Middle School Reading L L Southern Music S E Fullaway Major Awards Physics R K Betton Project Title N Humphrey Social aspects of 19th Century Theatre Arts E A E Patey-Ford Macclesfield A-M Phillips D C Lewis “This Wooden O”: theatrical refer- ences in Shakespeare Lower School Prizes (Boys’ Division) N J Parnell Modern day carp fishing: an art or a Junior Choral E C Coxson science? A S V Williamson The greatest Junior Orchestral R I Caswell Awards Lower School Prizes (Girls’ Division) D A J Baskeyfield Cichlids of Lake Malawi Junior Choral N R Pepper E K Clapham Should cannabis be decriminalised in Junior Orchestral S E Varney Britain? E N Jones Some technology and problems of a modern world Form Prizes (Boys’ Division) A W Rider Should there be a ban on fox hunting? 4TJA C O Gregory A A Robson Water skiing 4RGD N Humphrey 4PI M J Batchelor Highly commended R J McAuliffe Abortion: the views and the facts 4PRMM M T Robertson 4JDN D W Bowers Fourth Year Research Projects (Girls’ Division) 4NCJR E N Jones Special English Prize D C Lewis Major Awards 3JAD T M Isherwood Project Title J L Adams Genetic engineering: dream or 3RG R J Cartmel nightmare? 3ALv J M Gartside K L Baker New discoveries at Jupiter 3SHS B J Clifford A D Howarth Roots of evil - evil is more than skin 3MH M E Goldspink deep but does it originate from the womb or from the heart of society? Divinity (Thorneycroft) L F Owen J A Kirby 999 - fire service please 2MJN L D G Simpson R L Law The four disciplines of mountain 2COD Y D A Malins biking 2GT G B Steele

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R L Morris From Mercury to the bottom of the Religious Education K E Ayres sea Physical Education S L Painton M F Swift In different eras, what reasons have been given for the persecution of the Swimming H R J Rathi Jews, by different cultures? Games: Boys N J W Barker Games: Girls F Bernard Awards K D Ashworth Titanic - the tip of the ice-berg Form Prizes A M Betton Is betting a mug’s game? A T Betts Paranormal, unexplained phenomena First Form Prize & mysteries J4K R Alston D M Broadbent Area 51: a desert secret J4S D R Johnson A C Bullivent The sinking of the Titanic J4M H V L Shaw G R Etchells Criminal women R D Hughes Religions of the book J3K K E B Doncom F H Jafar-Pisheh Heart failure J3S D T Kennerley L L Lomax Irish Republican Terrorism: to what J3M N E P Petty extent do the roots of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland lie back in the 16th J2K P A Rooney Century? J2S J P Killeen A K Mason Surfing An-net - a young girl’s intro- J2M A L Cotterill duction to the internet J1K N L Keys G C McAllister Run rabbit, run rabbit, run run run, here comes the farmer with his gun J1S E K Middleton gun gun C E Riseley The development from a non Second Form Prize swimmer to an Olympian J3K M S Dunne K L Ritchie Hanovarians: masterpieces of J3S G H A Sependa breeding J3M T M B Porter S E Varney The eyes have it! Or do they? J2K M D Jackson J2S H V Hughes Highly commended F Bhatty To what extent would the re- J2M B W Parton introduction of the death penalty F E M Walsh contribute to the reduction of J1K R K Walker serious crime? J1S S R Wetton J E Mayo From rituals to scientific poets in Ancient Egypt Endeavour Prize N R Pepper Evolution of the universe: big bang to big crunch J4K L A Horton E A Thorp Do black holes really exist? J4S E J H Cowan J4M J M Gokhale Retiring Prizes J3K A Howick DJJ C M Cooper J3S R J Stanford J3M G A McCormack Other Prizes J2K E J Knight Robert Batchelor Prizes R W Unterhalter J2S A Gales S F Potter J2M C Robinson S L Painton J1K N Coleman J1S C J Kennerley Junior Division Prizes Subject Prizes (J4 only) Ridings Best All-Rounder Prize R A Madden English: Essay D R Johnson English: Poetry E J H Cowan Junior Mathematics Challenge English: Story T A Keys The following Junior Division children gained awards in the Mathematics R Alston national Junior Mathematics Challenge (which is aimed at First Science B A Schimmel and Second Year Senior pupils) - David Johnson and Ben Geography A E Cornes Taylor (Gold Award), Rachel Alston (Silver Award) and Katie Ayres (Bronze Award). These were all superb achieve- History N L W Hopping ments. French H V L Shaw GJS Art T N Brown Junior Division Scholarships Music W J Laughton Rachel Alston and David Johnson were both awarded scholar- Technology J D S Rogers ships into the Senior School having both performed outstand- Information Technology W T Arnold ingly well in the 11+ Entrance Examinations. GJS 66 Appendix 6 Music Examinations

William Malins ...... J4S Guitar 1 Merit Autumn Term 1997 Helen Wood ...... J4K Flute 3 Merit Tom Bamford ...... J2M Trumpet 1 Pass Associated Board Practical Examinations Chris Mills ...... J4S Trumpet 3 Pass Sixth Form and Boys’ Division Name ...... Form Instrument Grade Edward Coxson ...... 5PJP Piano 6 Pass Spring Term 1998 Mark Greaves ...... 5PFH Piano 6 Pass Leigh Simpson ...... 2MJN Piano 4 Pass Associated Board Practical Examinations Yannick Malins ...... 2COD Piano 3 Merit Sixth Form and Boys’ Division Damien Ming ...... 2GT Piano 5 Pass Name ...... Form Instrument Grade Tim Egerton ...... 3RG Trombone 5 Pass David Botham ...... 5JRP Flute 7 Pass Robert Hart ...... 1BE Trombone 3 Pass John Livesley ...... L6RK Piano 7 Pass Edward Gladman ...... 4PI A Saxophone 4 Pass Jonathan Mitchell ...... L6CPH Piano 7 Pass Ben Clifford ...... 3SHS Trumpet 7 Merit Liz Hopkinson ...... U6THA Cornet 7 Pass William Newham...... 1RS Cornet 4 Pass Richard Coxson ...... U6FW Violin 8 Merit Jay Watson...... 3MH Trumpet 4 Pass Richard Cowan ...... 2MN Piano 3 Pass David Scott ...... L6 Cornet 5 Pass James Beaumont ...... 2PW Clarinet 2 Merit David Beech ...... U6 Percussion 8 Merit Jonathan Aitken...... 5PJP Piano 2 Pass Jonathan Aitken...... 5PJP Clarinet 5 Pass Sean Owens ...... 2COD Guitar 2 Pass Matthew Goldspink.....3MH Cello 2 Pass Daniel Laird ...... 2GT Guitar 3 Merit Tim Egerton ...... 3RG P Musicianship 5 Pass William Roberts ...... 5JRP Percussion 6 Distinction Andrew Aldcroft ...... L6 Piano 5 Pass Charles Davenport ...... 3RG A Saxophone 3 Pass Girls’ Division David Illingworth ...... 1BE Guitar 3 Merit Jessica Seddon ...... 1RSH Flute 5 Distinction Tim Green ...... 3MH Oboe 4 Merit Rebekah Hughes ...... 4EPO Flute 5 Pass Ben Jones ...... 3ALv Guitar 2 Pass Stephanie Page ...... 3CEK Cello 2 Merit Lucy Powell ...... 1RSH Clarinet 1 Merit Girls’ Division Naomi Mortimer ...... 1RSH Flute 4 Pass Diana West ...... 5GG Clarinet 3 Pass Sarah Varney ...... 4DJK Piano 7 Pass Anna Betts ...... 4JB Clarinet 5 Pass Fiona Howe ...... 2KG Flute 3 Pass Victoria Weaver ...... 3CEK Clarinet 4 Pass Dwynwen Burston ...... 4EPO Flute 4 Pass Abigail Boston ...... 1TGN Clarinet 2 Pass Sara Christmas ...... 2KG Flute 3 Merit Kate Baker ...... 4JB A Saxophone 5 Pass Rachel Stubbs ...... 2KG Flute 2 Pass Catherine Higham ...... 2JNW Flute 1 Pass Vicky Moran ...... 2KG Flute 2 Pass Junior Division Francesca Stamp...... 2JNW Oboe 2 Pass Jennifer Colville ...... J3S Flute 2 Merit Lyndsay Lomax ...... 4JB Trombone 4 Pass James Burgess ...... J4M Guitar 1 Pass Becci Morris...... 4JB Clarinet 4 Pass Hannah Shaw ...... J4M Flute 1 Distinction Katie Steele ...... 2KG Clarinet 4 Pass Rebecca Stanford...... J3S Flute 2 Merit Charlotte Edmunds .....1AMS Clarinet 1 Pass Joanna Mair ...... 5GG Clarinet 5 Pass Summer Term 1998 Anna Betts ...... 4JB Piano 3 Pass Associated Board Practical Examinations Junior Division Sixth Form and Boys’ Division Claire Betts ...... 1AMS Cello 2 Pass Name ...... Form Instrument Grade Eleanor Cowan ...... J4S Piano 1 Pass Robert Hart ...... 1BE Piano 3 Pass Holly Crossley ...... J3M Saxophone 1 Merit Andrew Aldcroft ...... L6 Singing 6 Merit

67 Appendix 6 Music Examinations

Anthony Murphy ...... 3SHS Trumpet 5 Pass Richard Caswell ...... 5PJP Euphonium 8 Pass Stephen Webb ...... 2PW Saxophone 1 Pass Toby Ward...... 5KLP Bassoon 5 Pass Morgan Cooke ...... 2COD Saxophone 1 Pass Myles Booth ...... 2COD Saxophone 1 Pass Steve Slack ...... U6 Saxophone 5 Merit Jonathan Gartside...... 3ALv Clarinet 4 Pass Tom Healey ...... 3MH Clarinet 3 Pass Andrew Rees ...... 3RG Oboe 5 Pass

Girls’ Division Alice Betton ...... 4JB Clarinet 4 Pass Laura Tunwell ...... 1RSH Clarinet 3 Pass Nicola Roper...... 1RSH Trombone 1 Merit Eleanor Betton ...... 2JNW Trombone 1 Pass Eleanor Bishop ...... 2KG Flute 3 Pass Lauren Hindle...... 3CEK Flute 4 Pass Corinne Tinker ...... 2JNW Flute 5 Pass Ann Livesley ...... 1TGN Piano 3 Pass Alison Harber ...... 5LB Flute 7 Pass Jenna Crossley ...... 2KG Flute 3 Pass Jennifer Jones ...... 1TGN Piano 1 Merit Rebecca Lea ...... 1RSH Singing 4 Distinction Nicola Roper...... 1RSH Singing 4 Pass Katie Garner ...... 4EPO Singing 3 Merit Sally Hobson ...... 1AMS Saxophone 1 Pass Sarah Spicer ...... 2KG T Saxophone 5 Merit Philippa Lennox ...... 2JNW Saxophone 4 Pass Victoria Williams ...... 3SG Saxophone 3 Pass Jennifer Jones ...... 1TGN Clarinet 3 Pass Philippa Harrison ...... 2JNW Saxophone 1 Pass Roslyn Gathercole ...... 1AMS Saxophone 1 Merit Natalie Pepper ...... 4JB Violin 5 Pass

Junior Division Nicholas Petty...... J3M Cornet 3 Pass Jennifer Bradbury ...... J3M Flute 1 Pass Michelle Greaves ...... J3K Flute 1 Pass Anika Bulcock ...... J3S Violin 1 Merit Samantha Hopper ...... J3K Flute 1 Pass Matthew Richards ...... J4M Clarinet 1 Distinction William Laughton ...... J4K Saxophone 3 Pass David Kennerley ...... J3S Clarinet 3 Pass Kay Doncom ...... J3K Saxophone 1 Pass Francesca Walsh...... J2M Clarinet 1 Merit

68 Appendix 7 Sports Results

U15 A XV Rugby Results Opponent ...... Result For Against RGS Lancaster ...... Won 29 17 2nd XV King Edward’s, Aston ...... Won 39 20 Opponent ...... Result For Against QEGS Wakefield ...... Lost 5 44 Lancaster RGS ...... Lost 12 16 Manchester GS ...... Won 39 17 King Edward VI GS, Aston ...... Won 48 0 Sandbach* ...... Won 43 14 QEGS Wakefield ...... Won 22 0 Woodhouse Grove ...... Won 26 10 Manchester GS ...... Won 44 7 St Ambrose ...... Lost 0 5 Woodhouse Grove School ...... Won 47 0 William Hulme GS* ...... Won 24 5 St Ambrose College ...... Won 38 0 Newcastle-under-Lyme ...... Won 36 5 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Won 60 5 Wirral GS ...... Lost 0 31 Wirral GS ...... Lost 7 14 Hymer’s College* ...... Lost 5 39 Kirkham GS ...... Won 29 0 Kirkham ...... Won 53 0 Birkenhead School ...... Won 24 0 Birkenhead ...... Won 12 5 Arnold School ...... Won 17 3 Arnold ...... Lost 17 29 Rydal School ...... Won 32 0 Adams GS ...... Won 22 10 Adams GS ...... Won 19 14 KES Lytham...... Won 47 0 King Edward VII School, Lytham .. Won 34 0 Bradford GS ...... Won 24 7 Bradford GS ...... Won 33 5 St Edwards ...... Won 39 5 St Edward’s College, Liverpool ...... Won 78 0 Merchant Taylors’ ...... Won 37 5 Merchant Taylors’, Crosby ...... Won 40 0 Stockport GS ...... Won 15 10 Stockport GS ...... Lost 10 25 * Daily Mail Cup (National U15 Competition) St Michael’s, Buenos Aires ...... Won 25 0 Cheadle Hulme 1st XV ...... Cancelled U15 B XV Wirral GS ...... Cancelled Opponent ...... Result For Against Campion Grads, Canada ...... Won 32 10 King Edward’s, Aston ...... Won 58 0 St Ambrose ...... Lost 12 61 2nd XV Canada Tour Wirral GS ...... Lost 5 37 Opponent ...... Result For Against Arnold ...... Won 20 19 Newfoundland U17 XV ...... Won 5 0 Adams GS ...... Won 83 0 Vandals RFC, Newfoundland ...... Won 36 0 Regina, Saskatchewan ...... Won 22 19 Sevens Competitions South Alberta, Calgary ...... Won 20 5 Alberta, Edmonton ...... Lost 10 20 Solihull Exeter HS, Toronto ...... Won 13 8 Opponent ...... Result For Against Loughborough ...... Won 32 10 3rd XV Old Swinford Hospital ...... Lost 5 12 Opponent ...... Result For Against Aylesbury ...... Won 31 12 Lancaster RGS ...... Won 17 7 KE Camp Hill (Quarter-final) ...... Won 19 5 King Edward VI GS Aston ...... Cancelled Bablake (Semi-final) ...... Lost 12 17 QEGS Wakefield ...... Lost 10 34 Manchester GS ...... Won 34 7 Warwick Woodhouse Grove School ...... Won 32 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Newcastle HS ...... Won 70 0 Princethorpe ...... Lost 14 21 Wirral GS ...... Won 31 7 King’s Worcester ...... Won 15 14 Kirkham GS ...... Won 24 12 Warwick ...... Won 18 15 Birkenhead School ...... Won 31 0 Bablake ...... Won 19 5 Arnold School ...... Cancelled KE Aston (Semi-final) ...... Won 17 5 Rydal School ...... Won 20 19 Princethorpe (Final) ...... Lost 5 19 Adam’s GS ...... Won 24 0 Bradford GS ...... Won 22 14 Myles Marshall Merchant Taylors’ ...... Won 22 10 Opponent ...... Result For Against St Michael’s School, Buenos Aires ... Won 36 0 Lady Manners ...... Won 19 10 Stonyhurst ...... Won 27 7 U16 XV London Oratory ...... Won 38 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Hymer’s College (Quarter-final) ...... Lost 7 29 Stockport GS ...... Drawn 25 25 Stonyhurst* ...... Won 17 7 Cheshire Manchester GS** ...... Won 10 3 Opponent ...... Result For Against Cowley HS*** ...... Won 31 7 Caldy ...... Won 27 14 Tarporley ...... Won 22 0 * Quarter-final Floodlight Cup Rydal ...... Lost 12 19 ** Semi-final Floodlight Cup Bridgewater HS (Quarter-final) ...... Won 34 5 *** Final Floodlight Cup Wirral GS (Semi-final) ...... Lost 5 24

69 Appendix 7 Sports Results

U14 A XV 1st XI Goalscorers Opponent ...... Result For Against 23 J Fielding; 12 M Tunwell; 9 J Blower; 2 C Allday; 1 G Basnett Lancaster RGS ...... Won 24 10 KES Aston ...... Won 35 0 Representative Honours: Cheshire U17 M Yates, J Gregory QEGS Wakefield ...... Lost 12 15 Manchester GS ...... Won 43 10 School Colours Woodhouse Grove ...... Won 36 5 D Farshchi, J Fielding, J Blower, L Murray St Ambrose ...... Won 49 0 Newcastle-under-Lyme ...... Won 29 7 School Honours Wirral GS ...... Won 31 0 KSM Team of the Year (Matchmaker Cup): 2nd XI Kirkham GS ...... Won 34 14 Birkenhead ...... Won 33 5 Jonathan Sheard Memorial Shield for Outstanding Player: J Fielding Arnold ...... Won 45 19 Adams GS ...... Won 46 0 Kemp Cup: J Blower KES Lytham...... Won 51 0 Bradford GS ...... Won 55 0 Indoor Team: Hockey Association National Youth Cup (Indoor) St Edwards Liverpool ...... Won 50 0 North Finals Merchant Taylors’ ...... Won 21 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Stockport GS ...... Won 29 12 Hall Cross School ...... Drawn 1 1 Knutsford HS ...... Lost 2 3 U14 B XV York HC ...... Won 3 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Rotherham HC ...... Lost 1 3 Lancaster RGS ...... Lost 0 10 Stockport HC ...... Lost 1 4 KES Aston ...... Won 10 5 Manchester GS ...... Won 29 5 Indoor Goalscorers St Ambrose ...... Won 24 0 3 C Allday; 2 J Blower; 1 J Fielding, L Murray, M Yates Newcastle-under-Lyme ...... Won 48 0 Wirral GS ...... Won 17 12 2nd XI Arnold ...... Lost 12 14 Opponent ...... Result For Against KES Lytham...... Won 36 22 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Won 3 0 Bradford GS ...... Won 36 5 (1st XI) ...... Won 2 1 Merchant Taylors’ ...... Won 31 5 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Drawn 1 1 Cheadle Hulme A XV ...... Cancelled Cheadle Hulme (1st XI) ...... Won 5 0 Wirral GS (1st XI) ...... Won 3 1 Wirral GS (1st XI) ...... Won 1 0 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Won 2 0 Hockey Results Cheadle Hulme (1st XI) ...... Won 10 0 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Won 3 0 1st XI Opponent ...... Result For Against 2nd XI Goalscorers Knutsford HS ...... Drawn 4 4 7 J Fielding; 6 T Grant; 4 L Sharman; 3 M Shephard, M Tunwell; 2 S Sandbach School ...... Won 4 1 Turner, L Murray, M Edwards; 1 M Yates Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Lost 1 3 Hall Cross School ...... Won 3 2 U16 XI Calday Grange GS ...... Lost 1 3 Opponent ...... Result For Against Bablake School ...... Won 3 0 Hall Cross School ...... Lost 1 2 Birkenhead School ...... Lost 1 11 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Won 8 0 Warwick School ...... Lost 0 1 Birkenhead School ...... Won 3 2 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Lost 3 5 Knutsford HS ...... Won 3 2 Kobblers ...... Lost 2 3 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Won 3 2 Liverpool College ...... Won 8 2 Birkenhead School ...... Lost 2 3 King Edward’s School ...... Lost 1 7 Weaverham HS ...... Won 4 1 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Lost 2 5 Calday Grange GS ...... Won 4 0 King William’s College ...... Lost 0 5 Birkenhead School ...... Lost 1 2 Isle of Man U21 ...... Drawn 2 2 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Lost 2 3 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Lost 1 11 King Edward’s School ...... Lost 2 3 Sir John Deane’s College ...... Won 6 3 Merchant Taylor’s School ...... Won 1 0 Birkenhead School ...... Won 2 1 Knutsford HS ...... Won 3 2 Trent College ...... Lost 2 9 Wirral GS ...... Won 8 0 Liverpool College ...... Won 5 0 Hockey Association National Youth Cup Trent College ...... Won 4 3 Cheshire County Finals Opponent ...... Result For Against Hockey Association National Youth Cup Bowdon HC (Quarter-final) ...... Lost 1 3 Cheshire County Finals Opponent ...... Result For Against Sandbach School (Quarter-final) ..... Won 6 0

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Bowdon HC (Semi-final) ...... Won 2 1 Hartford ...... Lost 0 1 Deeside Ramblers HC (Final) ...... Won 4 2 KSM - Runners Up King’s U16 XI Cheshire County Champions U16 British Aerospace Regional Round North West Divisional Finals Opponent ...... Result For Against Opponent ...... Result For Against Birkenhead ...... Drawn 0 0 King William’s College (Semi-final) . Won 3 0 Bridgewater ...... Drawn 0 0 Calay Grange GS (Final) ...... Lost 0 1 Hartford ...... Won 1 0 KSM - Runners Up U16 XI Goalscorers 16 J Gregory, R Owen; 7 B Westcott; 6 M Westcott, R Taylor; 5 C Stevens; U16 Cheshire Tournament Round One 3 B Walker; 2 W Sheard, R McAuliffe; 1 J Leigh Opponent ...... Result For Against Culcheth ...... Won 1 0 Indoor Team: Hockey Association National Youth Cup (Indoor) Tytherington ...... Drawn 1 1 North Finals Fairfield ...... Lost 0 2 Opponent ...... Result For Against Upton ...... Won 2 0 Yarm School ...... Drawn 1 1 Grange ...... Drawn 0 0 Hull HC ...... Lost 0 2 KSM - Runners Up again! Birkenhead School ...... Drawn 1 1 U15 XI Girls Indoor Goalscorers Opponent ...... Result For Against 2 J Gregory Mount Carmel ...... Won 3 0 Tytherington ...... Won 5 0 U15 XI St Edward’s Liverpool ...... Won 2 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Poynton ...... Won 1 0 Knutsford HS ...... Lost 0 2 Denstone College ...... Lost 1 2 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Lost 3 4 Stockport Grammar ...... Won 5 0 Birkenhead School ...... Drawn 3 3 Lady Manners ...... Won 4 1 Doncaster Hall Cross ...... Won 4 1 NULS ...... Won 10 2 Bablake School ...... Won 1 0 Newcastle-under-Lyme School ...... Won 2 1 Combined U15/U16 XI Girls Birkenhead School ...... Lost 2 6 Opponent ...... Result For Against Calday Grange ...... Lost 2 8 Mount St Mary Spinkhill ...... Won 3 0 Knutsford HS ...... Won 5 1 Marple Hall ...... Won 7 0 Birkenhead School ...... Won 4 2 Newcastle-under-Lyme ...... Won 5 0 AE Womens' U15 Cup Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School ... Lost 0 7 Opponent ...... Result For Against Wirral Grammar School ...... Drawn 1 1 Archbishop Blanch ...... Lost 0 3 Merchant Taylors’ School ...... Lost 0 10 King William’s College, Isle of Man Lost 0 6 U13 XI Girls Fencibles U17, Isle of Man ...... Lost 1 6 Opponent ...... Result For Against Repton School ...... Lost 0 6 Tytherington ...... Won 1 0 Liverpool College ...... Won 5 3 Mount Carmel ...... Won 3 0 Cransley ...... Won 4 0 U15 XI Goalscorers St Edward's ...... Lost 0 2 17 R McAuliffe; 8 M Hobbs; 3 Yearsley; 2 M Bamber, J Leigh; 1 R Poynton ...... Won 1 0 Worsley, E Clapham, T Byers, M Rudge Marple Hall ...... Lost 1 2 William Hulme ...... Lost 0 1 U16 XI Girls NULS A team...... Won 1 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against NULS B team ...... Lost 1 2 Tytherington ...... Won 2 1 Cheadle Hulme ...... Won 2 1 Mount Carmel ...... Won 5 0 Stockport ...... Won 10 0 Cransley ...... Won 5 0 Mount Carmel ...... Drawn 0 0 St Edward's ...... Lost 0 1 Lady Manners ...... Won 2 0 Poynton ...... Won 1 0 NULS ...... Won 1 0 Knutsford ...... Drawn 1 1 All Hallows ...... Won 3 0 Poynton Indoor ...... Won 3 1 King William ...... Lost 0 1 St Michael's, Buenos Aires ...... Won 3 2 NULS ...... Drawn 2 2 Holland Tour (Girls) Mount St Mary's ...... Won 3 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Marple Hall ...... Won 7 0 Amstelveen ...... Drawn 1 1 Zoetermeer ...... Lost 0 11 U16 Regional Cheshire Indoor Tournament Mount St Joseph ...... Won 2 0 Opponent ...... Result For Against Owens ...... Drawn 0 0 Upton Hall ...... Won 2 1 Beaumont ...... Lost 0 2 EPCHS ...... Drawn 1 1

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Cheshire Minis Tournament (Girls) MCC Lost by 10 runs A team MCC 195-5 dec Opponent ...... Result For Against (T Isherwood 3-24) Alderley Edge ...... Won 2 0 King’s 185 ao Manchester High ...... Won 1 0 (D Isherwood 56, M Tunwell 44, R Emslie Loreto ...... Won 5 0 39) Mini Panthers (Quarter-final) ...... Won 2 1 Birkenhead Won by 5 wickets Altrincham (Semi-final) ...... Lost 1 2 Birkenhead 166 ao Overall third place (A Sharp 6-41) King’s 167-5 B team (D Isherwood 63, R Emslie 40, C Allday 34) Opponent ...... Result For Against KES Lytham Drawn St Bedes ...... Won 2 0 Lytham 173-9 dec Mini Panthers ...... Lost 0 3 (M Jackson 3-47) Altrincham A ...... Lost 0 3 King’s 148-7 William Hulme ...... Lost 0 1 (R Lees 54*) Final result third in section Hulme Grammar School Won by 9 wickets Hulme 110 ao (M Jackson 4-35, T Isherwood 3-19) King’s 112-1 Cricket Results (R Emslie 53*, D Isherwood 50*) Denstone College Lost by 109 runs 1st XI Denstone 180-9 dec Opponent (M Jackson 3-31, M Tunwell 3-41) King’s Chester Drawn (match abandoned) King’s 71 ao King’s Chester 151-7 Old Boys Won by 142 runs Cheadle Hulme Won by 9 wickets King’s 230-5 dec Cheadle Hulme 56 ao (D Isherwood 62, C Allday 55, T Smith (M Jackson 4-5, A Sharp 3-11) 41*) King’s 59-1 Old Boys 88 ao (J Clay 35) (A Sharp 5-29, M Jackson 3-29) Arnold School Drawn Kearsney College Drawn King’s 213-4 dec Kearsney 227-5 dec (J Clay 79, D Isherwood 44) King’s 217-7 Arnold 166-6 (D Isherwood 82, C Allday 69) (A Sharp 3-49) Ipswich Lost by 68 runs Bolton School Won by 8 wickets Ipswich 173-9 Bolton 102 ao (O Rushton 3-41) (R Lees 3-16, O Rushton 3-19) King’s 105 ao King’s 106-2 Edinburgh Academy Won by 26 runs (E Bones 51*) King’s 140 ao Stockport GS Won by 72 runs (O Rushton 29*) King’s 178 ao Edinburgh 114 ao (J Clay 53, N Jones 40, T Smith 35) Lost by 81 runs Stockport 106 ao Brighton 206-9 (A Sharp 4-22, M Tunwell 3-25) (M Jackson 4-18) Newcastle-under-Lyme Won by 3 wickets King’s 125 ao Newcastle 202-5 dec (R Lees 47, D Isherwood 37) King’s 205-7 (R Lees 57*, D Isherwood 54) Batting Averages Nottingham HS Drawn I NO Runs HS Av King’s 196-9 dec D Isherwood 17 2 610 82 40.66 (M Tunwell 55*, J Clay 32) E Bones 7 2 195 53* 39.00 Nottingham 181-6 R Lees 15 4 300 57* 27.27 Lancaster RGS Drawn J Clay 13 - 300 79 23.10 Lancaster 202-7 dec M Tunwell 9 1 172 55* 21.50 (R Lees 3-73) R Emslie 18 3 320 53* 21.33 King’s 174-5 C Allday 9 - 189 69 21.00 (E Bones 53*, J Clay 46, D Isherwood 45) N Jones 11 2 157 40 17.44 Manchester GS Drawn T Smith 15 2 192 41* 14.77 King’s 199-8 dec (D Isherwood 51, M Tunwell 35, E Bones Also batted (I, Runs, Av): A Sharp (11, 66, 11); O Rushton (8, 61, 15.25); 30) T Isherwood (7, 32, 5.33); M Jackson (7, 16, 4); K Swain (1, 0, -); R Hart MGS 157-7 (1, 10, 10); B Robinson (1, 0, 0). (M Jackson 3-65)

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Bowling Averages Denstone Drawn OM R W Av Denstone 230-8 A Sharp 124.3 12 459 31 14.81 (M Shephard 4-55) M Jackson 211.4 45 568 36 15.77 King’s 86-7 T Isherwood 75.5 12 253 15 16.86 (A Mir 31) M Tunwell 130 16 468 23 20.34 O Rushton 128.1 29 419 19 22.05 U15 XI R Lees 169 34 506 16 31.62 Opponent Arnold School Drawn Also bowled: D Isherwood (8, 1, 17, 1); C Allday (7, 0, 43, 1); T Smith (11, King’s 170 1, 26, 0); E Bones (1, 0, 4, 0). (R Hart 61) Arnold 77-7 2nd XI Bolton Won by 7 wickets Opponent Bolton 154-4 dec William Hulme GS Won by 114 runs King’s 156-3 King’s 193-9 (J Hutter 61*, J Keep 44) (O Rushton 66, D Harbord 42) Stockport GS Won by 40 runs (35 overs per innings) WHGS 79 King’s 176-6 (O Rushton 3-9) (J Hutter 114*) Cheadle Hulme Won by 233 runs Stockport 136 King’s 265-4 (R Hart 3-14) (C Robinson 103*, D Harbord 45, K Swain St Ambrose Won by 65 runs 43, T Butcher 43) (Cheshire Cup) King’s 193-3 Cheadle Hulme 32 (J Hutter 107*) (M Richbell 4-6, S Barber 4-3) St Ambrose 128 Arnold Drawn (J Keep 3-23) King’s 225-6 Newcastle-under-Lyme Won by 9 wickets (C Robinson 90, T Butcher 44, Newcastle 66 N Jones 31) (H Wheetman 4-15, J Keep 3-7) Arnold 117-5 King’s 70-0 (C Robinson 3-11) (J Duffy 32) Chester Clergy Won by 61 runs Nottingham HS Drawn King’s 190-6 King’s 164-7 dec (T Butcher 68, K Swain 31, (R Hart 53, B Robinson 34) N Jones 30) Nottingham 111-7 Chester Clergy 129 Malbank HS Won by 8 wickets (A Unterhalter 3-19) (Cheshire Cup) Malbank 82-8 (24 overs) Bolton School Won by 6 wickets (J Keep 3-16) Bolton 111 King’s 88-2 (R Thompson 5-20) (J Hutter 46*, R Hart 32) King’s 116-4 RGS Lancaster Won by 8 wickets (C Robinson 49, M Rice 31) Lancaster 75 Stockport School Won by 4 wickets (R Hart 4-9) Stockport 125 King’s 77-2 (R Thompson 3-45) (B Robinson 37*) King’s 127-6 Manchester GS Drawn (T Butcher 47) MGS 144-7 dec Newcastle Won by 10 wickets (J Keep 3-26) Newcastle 63 King’s 107-6 (M Richbell 3-9, R Thompson 3-9) Birkenhead Won by 7 wickets King’s 64-0 Birkenhead 123 (C Allday 40*) (H Wheetman 5-20) Nottingham HS Abandoned King’s 125-3 Nottingham 115 (R Hart 43, J Hutter 39) (C Robinson 5-9, M Richbell 3-25) KES Lytham Won by 8 wickets King’s dnb Lytham 132 Lancaster RGS Drawn (J Redfern 4-18, H Wheetman 4-46) King’s 193-7 King’s 134-2 (R Taylor 46*, C Allday 43) (J Duffy 68*, R Westwood 38) Lancaster 163-5 King’s Worcester Won by 2 wickets Manchester GS Won by 5 wickets Worcester 128 MGS 211 (H Wheetman 3-4) (M Richbell 3-45) King’s 131-8 King’s 214-5 (R Hart 33) (C Robinson 100*, D Harbord 63) RGS Worcester Lost by 9 wickets (40 overs per innings) King’s 128-9

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(J Russell 36) Opponent ...... Result For Against RGS 129-1 Knutsford HS ...... Lost 0 4 King Edwards, Drawn Tytherington HS ...... Lost 3 9 Edgbaston King Edwards 150-7 dec Dane Valley ...... Lost 3 6 (H Wheetman 3-46) Holmes Chapel ...... Lost 2 5 King’s 114-8 Alsager ...... Won 2 1 (R Hart 31) Coppenhall ...... Won 1 0 * Not out Shavington ...... Won 1 0 Victoria School ...... Lost 1 5 U14 XI Sandbach ...... Lost 8 1 Opponent King’s v Fallibroome – King’s awarded three points since Fallibroome Arnold Drawn failed to play the fixture Arnold 40-8 King’s 138-9 Friendly fixtures Bolton Lost Eleven-a-side Bolton 123-10 Opponent ...... Result For Against King’s 80-8 Holmes Chapel ...... Won 3 2 Stockport Drawn Adlington ...... Won 5 2 Stockport 164-7 Rainow ...... Drawn 1 1 King’s 117-8 Altrincham ...... Drawn 2 2 Tytherington Won King’s Junior Division ...... Won 2 1 Tytherington 80-8 Spanish Tour XI v Macc Town ...... Won 4 1 King’s 83-2 Spanish Tour XI v Weaverham ...... Won 4 2 Newcastle Won Newcastle 46-10 Five-a-side (Indoor) King’s 159-7 Opponent ...... Result Sandbach Won Knutsford HS ...... Won Sandbach 72-8 Broken Cross ...... Lost King’s 73-2 Whirley School ...... Lost Nottingham Abandoned Adlington School ...... Lost Nottingham 14-3 ...... Lost King’s 77-8 Lancaster Drawn Cheshire School Indoor U16 Five-a-side Tournament Lancaster 171-6 Opponent ...... Result For Against King’s 111-7 Verdin School ...... Won 1 0 Rudheath School ...... Won 1 0 MGS Lost Sandbach School ...... Lost 0 4 MGS 59-5 King’s 57-9 Tennis Stockport Lost Stockport 66-4 King’s 64-8 Senior Boys 1st Team Lytham Lost Opponent ...... Result Lytham 78-2 MGS (home) ...... Won 8 4 King’s 76-9 Ellesmere College (home) ...... Won 7 2 Denstone Drawn Leeds GS (home) ...... Drew 3 3 Denstone 118-9 Bolton School (home) ...... Won 10 1 King’s 88-8 Bradford Grammar (home) ...... Won 7 3 (away) ...... Won 7 2 Glanvill Cup (away) ...... Won 4 0 Glanvill Cup (home) ...... Lost 1 5 Cheshire Cup 1st (home) ...... Lost 2 4 Senior Boys’ Basketball Cheshire Cup 2nd (home) ...... Lost 1 5

Opponent ...... Result For Against Senior Boys 2nd Team All Hallows HS ...... Lost 43 61 Opponent ...... Result Fallibroome HS ...... Lost 35 109 MGS (home) ...... Won 7 5 of FE ...... Lost 49 60 Bolton School (home) ...... Won 8 1 Henbury HS ...... Lost 39 48 Dane Valley HS ...... Lost 62 122 U15 Opponent ...... Result MGS ...... Won 5 4 Bolton School ...... Won 5 4 Football Leeds GS...... Lost 4 5 Bradford GS ...... Lost 1 8 Girls’ Division Marple Hall ...... Won 5 4 Cheshire County U18 League (East Cheshire Section)

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Cheshire Cup A team Poynton School ...... Lost 1 4 B team Dane Valley ...... Lost 3 3 24 games to 26 games

Public Schools’ Championships at Eton College 1st pair: N Parnell and T Hawkwood lost to 2-6, 3-6 in the first round, but beat Reigate GS 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Plate and lost to Wellingborough 4-6, 6-3, 4-6. 2nd pair: J Leigh and G Pickup beat Winchester College 6-1, 6-0 and Dulwich College 7-6, 6-2, but lost to St George’s 3-6, 1-6.

U14 Opponent ...... Result MGS ...... Won 6 3 Bolton School ...... Won 3 1 Leeds GS...... Won 9 0 The Grange ...... Won 3 1 Bradford GS ...... Won 8 2

Cheshire Cup B team lost to Fallibroome A team It was 3-3 in matches but Fallibroome won by two games (25-27) Team: J Levitt; B Clifford; B Jones; P Stewart.

A team Opponent ...... Result Fallibroome ...... Won 5 1 Westlands ...... Won 4 2 Wilmslow HS ...... Won 4 0 In the final against The Grange the score in matches was 3-3 but King’s won 26 games to 25 games winning by one game. Team: A McVeigh; A Burr; L Owen; J Gartside.

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