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Volume 33

Number 7

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ACADEMIC STAFF 1982-83 HEADMASTER M. R. HAYWOOD, M.A., Edinburgh University SECOND MASTER M. H. FAIRBANK, M.A., Brasenose College, Oxford; (History; Universities Master) ASSISTANT MASTERS A. G. FOULKES, M.A., Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; (Director of Music) R. E. HORN, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; (Modern Languages) A. R. DOUGLAS, M.A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; (Head of History; Careers Master) F. R. BALL, B.Sc., University of Manchester; (Head of Physics) R. F. BATES, B.Sc., University of Manchester; (Mathematics and Physics) R. D. CHANCE, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge; (English; Housemaster of St. Margaret's) M. F. BEAMAN, M.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; (Geography and History) J. McCORMICK, B.A., University College, Durham; (Head of Classics; Housemaster of Bennett; Librarian) K. M. SMITH, B.Sc., King's College, Durham, M.I.Biol.; (Head of Biology) D. W. TAYLOR, Loughborough Colleges; (Woodwork and Design) G. G. ABLE, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; (Chemistry; Housemaster of Westminster) B. J. LITTLE, B.Sc., University of Kent, A.F.I.M.A.; (Head of Mathematics; Housemaster of Cornwallis; Officer Commanding the C.C.F.) C. R. G. SHAW, M.A., Clare College, Cambridge; (Head of English; Housemaster of Lambe's) B. R. DAY, B.A., University of Exeter; (Head of Modern Languages; Housemaster of Holdgate) W. K. PIPER, B.A., B.Ed., Monash University, Australia; (English; Tutor of Founder's) J. B. HUGHES, B.A., University of Manchester; (Head of Economics) M. E. F. PETTMAN, M.A., University of Edinburgh; (Mathematics) The Rev. D. J. BARNES, Dipl.B. and R.S., Goldsmiths' College, London; (Chaplain; Housemaster of Aylmer) W. R. A. TAYLOR, B.Ed., University of Bristol; (Head of Art) D. PICKARD, B.Sc., Queen Mary College, London, F.R.G.S.; (Head of Geography; Tutor of Cornwallis) P. J. HARCOURT, M.A., Selwyn College, Cambridge, M.I.L.; (Modern Languages; Housemaster of Founder's) C. F. G. PARKINSON, B.A., St. John's College, Durham; (Economics; Tutor of St. Margaret's) G. H. ANDERSON, B.Sc., University of Nottingham; (Biology and Head of Physical Education; Tutor of Westminster) C. P. M. KING, B.A., Hatfield College, Durham; (Geography) M. A. GORDON, B.A., University of Leeds; (Modern Languages; Tutor of Lambe's) C. I. K. LALLYETT, B.Sc., D.I.C., Ph.D., Imperial College, London; (Biology; Tutor of Founder's) R. M. SABINE, B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Southampton; (Head of Science; Tutor of Lambe's) C. V. ATKINSON, B.A., Hertford College, Oxford; (English; Tutor of Westminster) K. M. EVANS, B.A., University of Bristol; (Assistant Director of Music) M. D. W. GADDES, B.A., Peterhouse, Cambridge; (Physics; Tutor of St. Margaret's) J. RENSHAW, B.Sc., University of Southampton (Mathematics; Tutor of Bennett and Aylmer) Mrs. M. A. POPAY, B.Sc., Bedford College, London; (Mathematics) Mrs. B. J. PIPER, Portsmouth and Medway Colleges; (Pottery)

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AVE ATQUE VALE Only the Mathematical Department has a staff change to report: Mr. Jeremy Renshaw B.Sc., (So'to�) arrived at the beginning of 1982 to replace Mr. David Pearce who left to take up a post at Ashford Girls' Gramdi.ar School. Mr. Renshaw has a strong interest in Computing and has already made an impression by reviving the Printing Society, which is now housed in the new art centre, Gulland Hall.

The School has lost two of its key ancillary staff members, Mr. Bert Bicker, for many years Head of the Maintenance Department, and Mrs. Moya McCurrach, who for the last seven years has had the thankless task of feeding us. They are both missed, but we h�ve bee.n fortunate in being able to replace them m their respective areas with Mr. Reg Turnell and Mrs. Mary Williams. We hope they will both be happy at Sutton Valence.

After a long interregnum since the retirement of Capt. Jim Sirgeson the CCF has managed to appoint a permanent SSI, WOl David Moore, formerly of the Queen's Regiment. Not only is he giving valua?le assistance to Brian Little in the Corps, but also manmng both video-recorders. David has already become a familiar face in the Common Room, and we wish him and his family a happy association with the School.

SCHOOL NOTES Being situated in delightful rural isolation the School relies heavily on transport, both its own and that of local coach firms, to take its culture hungry 'inmates' to places of public entertainment and improvement. Even the most inveterate stop-at-home, however, has no excuse for cloistered philistinism and, if he is efficient in the completion of his 'prep', would have found, it difficult to fit in all the extra-curricular events, films, plays, lectures, talks and recitals that �av� . been organised by various departments and md1v1duals throughout the year. One could, with justification, claim that too much is organised for the boys and not enough by them, but this would be a little unfair to those who, for example, run the Hunting Society, which has experienced a remarkable renaissance and now regularly arranges debates at home and away. Fencing and Judo are also activities which would not survive without the initial enthusiasm and sustained support of the boys. It would, none the less, be heartening to see a few more such societies and clubs arising spontaneously.

Whether organised for them or by them out-of-school events are well supported and certainly enjoyed and appreciated. The most fortunate in the past year have been able to go to Belfast to visit the Harland and Wolf shipyard, to Santa Catarina on the annual skiing trip, to Beauvais for the regular French exchange, to Dagenham to visit the Ford Motor Works and to Glyndebourne to see the 'Marriage of Figaro'. There has been major dramatic activity every term this year ranging from 'Hamp' through the House Drama F�stival to _'The Pirates of Penzance', not forgettmg a highly entertaining LVI play, conceived and executed un-aided

by LVI-formers. One looks forward to� similar vei:iture this year. Of the more memorable films the highly acclaimed 'Tin Drum' and 'Don Giovanni' were shown to large audiences. Among the more unusual performances were a display by a Royal Navy \\'.�sp helicopter and a parade of the more familiar Shakespearean characters by a travelling two-man theatre.

Following the opening last year of the Music School facilities in the Mathematical and Art Departments have been considerably enhanced by the opening of the Computer Room and the magnificent Gullard Hall (see separate article). The conversion ?f the old .�rt Room into the new library has, at the time of wntmg, been completed and is due to be officially opened soon.

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SALVETE Autumn 1981 St. Margaret's

Founders

Brady S. Troncoso J. J. C. Forknall R. J. Jenner I. P. Jenner S. J.

Ashton R. J. Dear T. J. Downer B. J. Grainger I. A. Kinghorn T. H. Koster A. P. Li B. L. P.

Holdgate

Munro A. W. Ng L. M. Price D. T. Richardson J. W. F. Sagoe T. K. Siwale T. Zehri N. Z.

Akoni A. Akoni 0.

Carleton W. J. Griva N. J. L. G. Knight S. A. Lawton P. S. Maja S. A. Miller J. 0.

Palmer S. R. Reid A. S. Scott B. J. Ward J. A.

Westminster

Atchison S. P. Baldwin S. A. Cheuk C. K. Court D. R. Jempson M. R. Lee W. S. Y. Montero J. D. P. Shepherd M. A. So Y. K. Tsoi V. W.C. Tsoi V. W. K. Wong K. K. Risby T. C.

Bennett

Dann K. M. Daws D. J. Dodman A. C. Evenden M. S. Generowicz J. M. Harrison R. J. Heine P. D. Kingsland P. Knowlden M. Lamb W. K. Moll A. J. Moll T. Smith B. C. Sturdy D. J.

Lambe's

Aboul-Hosn R. K. Ainsworth M. J. H. Chow W. M. J. George R. Kamanyire E. W. A. Kong M. W. H. Lee B. C. C. Robshaw M. E. Scott I. M. Ward D. J.

Spring 1982

W Exon M.J.

Cornwallis

L Graham V. R.

Dawkins H. R. Grey N. E. Hewson G. F. E. Ho T. K. T. Hviid L. Lucking J. K. Mardam-Bey K. Maylam W. J. R. Nathan C. J. Roberts S. H. Tucker J. P. Williams M. T. Wong M. C. K. Wong D. C. H.

C Hoddinott C. P. F Bettle P. S. Forder S. B.

Summer 1982

M Bjerner N. P. W Cornell C. E. J. C McLaughlin S. P.

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VALETE

Cornwallis Beckett S. M. Derry A. M. Glenister P. B. ma Hart B. C. Hviid L. Kirkaldie S. Lord J. G. A. Pollock A. M. T. Russell-Vick M. T. Seifoori Mas. Taheri B. Wang E. S. C. West ma M. R. J. Williams ma C. C. Williams H. M.

SUMMER 1982 St. Margaret's Battle J. Bjerner N. P. Khodabandelou P. Li B. L-P Mee R. J. Orpin S. G. Parris M. C. Proud ma S. G. Ripper H. A. Seifoori Meh. Shelley L. M. Wadsworth A. 0. M. Wilcockson P. R. N. Wong K.

Founder's Carter P. A. Chambers A. P. ma.

Davies A. M. J. Dean R. M. ma.

Floyde-Sands K. Forder S. Gray N. C. B. Henry C. J. Hewlett C. S. ma.

Hickman J. G. ma Hole P. H. C. Jones P. M. King M. C. Nightingale A. J. B. Norris S. J. Paine W. F. ma.

Popay D. M. Ruxton J. A. Sunnucks T.R. ma Williams S. R. D.

Westminster Allen R. M. Anderson R. W. Bennett M. R. Burton T. Cattell S. J. Cheng M. C. S. Choy A. L. S. Ekuza I. Homayounfar B. Montero J. A. Plummer B. C. M. Risby T. G. Siewert R. ma.

Smith G. M. B. So Y. K. Sterry R. M. Swarbrick A. J. Toler J.B. Wang K. K. S.

Holdgate Proud R. J. mi.

Bennett Martin D.R.

Lambe's Aboul- Hosn S. ma.

Adams K. J. Barrett G. J. S. Copson A. M. Fowle D. J. Galloway R. E. Jamal F. Monro C. J. Plommer M. J. Roscoe I. G. Shaw A. R. Springett M. Usendorff D. I. W. Wait S. T. Williams R. G.

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BERT BICKER After 22 years on the maintenance staff at Sutton Valence, Bert Bicker has retired. He joined the School in April 1960, his previous career including 12 years in the Royal Navy, a time when he was able to add to his already wide repertoire of practical skills — including running up suits on his sewing machine.

At Sutton Valence there was nothing he was not prepared to turn his hand to; his knowledge was encyclopaedic and he was equally at home coping with gas, water, electricity, internal combustion engines, paint, wood and glass. He enjoyed a challenge; the more unusual the task the better, and he was at his best in a crisis. When the Valence House boiler chose Christmas Day to blow up, it was Bert who abandoned his own festivities to ensure that our guests would not be frozen.

On another occasion he was really rather annoyed at not being summoned in the middle of the night to deal with a burst pipe but the time I remember best was Bert's breaking through the woodwork to rescue two boys who had locked themselves in a cupboard; attacks on the lock had achieved nothing (unusual for Bert — locks normally submitted to him) and the prisoners were not far from panic, but Bert took complete control of the situation.

Bert, and equally Kath, will always be remembered as animal lovers. Their house has been a sanctuary for every kind of species, a home for elderly ferrets and a sanatorium for delicate mice who needed building up.

Above all there was Moult, Bert's inseparable shadow; as he grew older Moult tended to lag further behind, but he was never far away.

In recent months Bert himself has been forced to slow down. The two colleagues closest to him at Sutton Valence were first Charlie Haddaway and, more lately, Charlie Harris; both have died and Bert has missed them. He has not been fully fit for the past year and his leg has been giving him a good deal of pain. Our wish is that Bert will quickly regain full health so that he and Kath may really enjoy retirement. Happily, he will not be moving from the village and when the insoluble problems arise it will still be possible to go and 'ask Bert'.

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A. Tyley

MOYA McCURRACH At the end of the Summer Term we said goodbye to Moya McCurrach. Known to everyone as 'Mrs. Mac', she had given loyal service for six years as Cook-Caterer and was a familiar figure to the boys. She leaves a gap which will be hard to fill, and we wish her all good fortune on her return to Scotland to be near her family.

P. Willett

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THE NEW ART CENTRE AT THE GULLAND HALL The new Art Centre was opened by Mr. Joho Gulland O.S. on Monday, 23rd June. It is the result of an extensive conversion programme carried out over the preceding 18 months, and it brings together under one roof art facilities, formerly housed in different parts of the School.

The former 110 year old United Reformed Church in the village was generously donated to the School by Mr. Gulland and the task of planning, designing, building and installing equipment involved the combined efforts of professional craftsmen, staff and boys.

In its original state the interior comprised a large hall with a small balcony. Rebuilding inside has resulted in a new floor being fitted at balcony level, new stairs at the East end and new side windows. The character of the building has, however, been retained and there is now a spacious Art Room with facilities for painting, drawing and silk screen printing, a substantially enlarged Pottery with separate kiln and plaster rooms, a new Typography room, a larger Photographic Dark Room, an area for the display of 2-D and 3-D work and toilets.

Much of the provision of storage space, re-siting of art equipment and interior decorating was the hard work of a small number of boys at the School - the 'building gang' (see separate article).

It is to be hoped that now the School has a substantially improved and enlarged art area that the facilities will be made good use of by as many boys as possible.

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CHAPEL NOTES If a record were to be kept of the subject-matter of the prayers at Morning Chapel, it is inevitable that it would read like a diary of world and national events.

Obviously, we regularly include in our prayers points of special interest to the School or to particular individuals within it; but we try to look as well at events in the wider world and to pray that God's will may be done in each and every circumstance.

1982, and especially the Summer Term, has given us subjects for prayer in profusion. The crisis and conflict over the Falkland Islands; the Pope's visit; the birth of an heir to the throne - these are just some of the more obvious matters. It would be easy to assume that Morning Chapel is simply an empty ritual, designed to satisfy the legal requirements of the 1944 Education Act; and yet I have been frequently very much heartened and encouraged by the attention and the response given by boys to our prayers. I was recently reminded, very politely, by a boy that the prayers concerning the Falklands conflict should clearly include the forces fighting on the Argentinian side as well as the British, 'because God does not take sides in war'. Other boys have told me that they value the brief periods for quiet prayer, when they think of their families or friends or other private matters; and again others have asked me to say a prayer for someone who is seriously ill, or for the family of one who has died.

Those of you who saw on television the incredible scenes in the football grounds at Edinburgh and at Cardiff, when the Pope was welcomed by representative gatherings of young people from Scotland, England and Wales will surely have been as conscious as l was that there is a vast depth of Christian belief and hope among young people today, and this is reflected in many ways here in School. Beneath a thin outward skin of assumed cynicism often lurks a deep and positive faith, and our concern is to scratch away that skin to reveal the true person underneath. I hope the Morning Chapel may assist in some way.

Copy of 13th century drawing - A. Tyley Gifts received We are most grateful to Graham Williams (L: 1977-82) for the ASB Altar Book used in Chapel, and to the Sterry family (David: W: 1978-81, and Richard: W: 1980-82) for the Altar Book stand.

Richard Sterry has been a most conscientious and effici�nt �acristan and Head Server for two years, and we wish him every blessing as he leaves to go to College in Reigate.

East Kent Freedom Coach Mention has previously been made in these pages of the Sponsored Walk undertaken by the School in aid of Disabled People's charities, and on 3rd March the Head of School and I were invited to attend a ceremony in Canterbury at which the East Kent Freedom Coach for the Disabled was officially 'launched'. We were invited because the School's contribution [rom the sponsored walk proceeds had covered almost three-quarters of the conversion costs. The Bishop of Dover blessed the coach, and the Mayor of Canterbury inaugurated its use.

Confirmation At the Confirmation Service held in Chapel on Sunday 23rd May, Bishop Harold Isherwood confirmed: Richard Ashton (H) (M) Akin Maja Paul Bettle (W) (F ) Philip Miles William Carleton (H) David Plommer (W) David Court (C) (W) Andrew Pound Trent Dear ( H) (M) Stuart Reid Bradley Downer (L) (M) Alistair Shaw Robert Forknall (F) Marc Shepherd (W) David Glenister (C) Ashley Straw (L) Ian Grainger (M) David Tarling (C) Mark Jempson (W) David Usendorff (L) Philip Lawton (H) Matthew Warner (F) David Barnes Chaplain

The Reverend David Steven Early in 1982 David Steven, who had been Vicar of the three Suttons since 1977, moved to take up a joint post, as Warden of Readers for the Diocese and as Vicar of Littlebourne, and we send him all good wishes for his new appointments. At the same time we thank him for the help and friendship he has given to the School.

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BRAVE NEW WORLD?

infancy, but we do have test-tube babies.We hear, too, ominous stories about successful cloning experiments in which duplicate human beings can be produced by genetic engineering; and we are all aware of the brain­ washing techniques applied to individuals and to whole nations behind the Iron Curtain. These are dramatic and obvious examples; but there are, I suggest, plenty of danger signs flashing in our so-called free society. Let me suggest a few which I'm sure a lot of you will consider trivial and unimportant.But I would like you to think carefully; a lot of research suggests this may be the thin edge of the wedge.

The whole machinery of market manipulation through advertising - especially in your case, in the realms of teenage fashion and pop music (both huge money spinners) - can have the effect of reducing us to happy puppets. When you feel the inescapable urge to have your trousers shaped to drainpipe style, or to have your hair cut to a certain length, or cqloured in a certain way; when the consumption of heavily marketed alcohol reaches new epidemic proportions among the middle-aged; when the eccentric and dangerous lunacies of a clever Korean gentleman called Mr. Moon can produce a mass marriage of 3,000 identically dressed Moonies who were once normal people; where worried men throughout the western world cry out for a Bill of Rights to protect our individual liberties from those who would cheerfully place all our lives on computer records and file us as 'see-through' human beings ...when all this, and so much more already exists as we are manipulated like puppets to behave and respond as others want us to, Huxley's vision of a mindless, zombie-like society in which the pleasure principle blanks out all other sensations. becomes, chillingly and alarmingly, much less far-fetched.

Where lies our best defence against the danger? Not really in the pages of Huxley or George Orwell - good reading though they may be - but in the teachings of Jesus Christ. The essence of his teaching is that we were born with the greatest gift of all, the gift of FREE WILL.That our greatest capacity is the ability to make choices; and that our greatest responsibility is to make sure that we keep ourselves equipped, by keeping ourselves alert, observant, and well-informed, to make the right choices. Christ teaches us one of the simplest, but most important messages ever to be learnt by man: that you cannot have good without the temptation to evil; that pleasure has to have an opposite: pain; that love must confront its opposite: hate - and that there can be no Heaven if there is no Hell as its counterpart.It is the act of choosing good, not evil, love not hate, which makes us virtuous, and which marks us out as born in the image of Christ.Jesus was himself no pedlar of the easy option, the comfortable solution - after all, he was himself faced with options, choices and temptations, and following him, the New Testament is peopled with characters who are challenged to overcome their frailties, to think, and to choose.

If what I have said today has made any impact at all, I would like to think that it may be for our leavers, because to a certain extent it has been aimed at them.

You are going forth into a world where you will need every bit of your determination and energy to keep your FREE WILL intact, to exercise your options, to make your own choices, to keep your integrity whole. When you leave us next week, take with you not only our good wishes, but our earnest hope that 'thou shalt be thine own man - and unto thyself ever be true'.

(A shortened version of an address given at the Eucharist in Chapel by the Headmaster, on 4th July 1982).

Recently, I re-read a book which I had first read about 25 years ago; it is called Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and it was published as long ago as 1932. The world at that time was in the most dreadful mess.The great dream which had been born out of the bloody shambles of World War I had been of a world of permanent economic growth and prosperity, and of peace and brotherhood between nations. Sadly - but perhaps inevitably - national rivalry had remained intense, and the post-war bubble of prosperity broke in 1929 in what was known as the 'Wall Street Crash', when the bottom fell out of the United States Stock Exchange and world economic activity was virtually brought to a full stop.The ten years after that, leading up to World War II, were years of massive unemployment on both sides of the Atlantic.

The early Thirties were, therefore, a time for really hard thinking amongst the politicians and others who had hoped for a 'Brave New World' to emerge from the ashes of war. If nations still hated other nations, and jealously guarded their own interests, wasn't a single World Order, a single world government, the answer?

Some thought so. If man's nature was so inclined to warfare and disagreement, shouldn't science concentrate on biological engineering to produce a 'better' sort of man? Yet whilst the air buzzed with ideas on how to achieve peace and harmony on earth, a new Utopia, more cautious minds became worried about what they considered the very real catastrophe that might occur if the mad dreams of social and biological engineering ever became a reality.

It was against this setting that Huxley wrote his book.

He tells of a world which has a single world government, a world in which biological engineering has been perfected and where man is no longer born naturally, as we understand it. The whole process of reproduction takes place in people factories 'Hatchery and Conditioning Centres', as they are called - where the male and female cells are united in test tubes, and the resulting embryos are processed as they develop, so that they emerge as babies already graded for their future life and function on earth. The categories are classified according to the first five letters of the Greek alphabet - alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon. The alphas have a high intelligence, and are produced in small quantities; they are destined to be the Upper Management of the New World.At the bottom, the epsilons emerge to performs the boring, routine jobs - labourers, lavatory attendants, and the like. In between, the other grades all have their particular slots in society. After birth until early teenage, an intensive programme of conditioning is undertaken, appropriate to each group, and because everyone is so conditioned, everyone is completely happy with his or her lot in life.

There is no ambition, no jealousy, no rivalry and no conflict, and material conditions for everyone are comfortable and appropriate to their classification.

Now I shan't go on to tell you the story that Huxley has to tell set in this new Society; I hope that some of you may be interested enough to read it for yourselves.I would, however, like to look a little more closely at the make-believe world that Huxley depicts and try to see whether the warnings which the book sounds are valid.

Mercifully, the science of eugenics is still in its 13

HEADMASTER'S SPEECH: SPEECH DAY 28 MAY 1982

you, as I have done in p�evious_ en? _of term letters !O you to consider very senously md1v1dual membership of the Independent Schools Information Service which provides the main fighting fund in the campaign which has been recently launched to present the cause of independence to as wide an audience as possible.

I ask you to do more however than merely to dip into your pockets. You are all consumers and one hopes satisfied consumers of the product: you are people of some influence in many walks of life: above all you are voters whose views matter to your local Member of Parliament. Be bold enough to use the influence which you have to speak up on as many occasions as are appropriate in defence of the education which you have chosen for your sons.

That, therefore, is what I would have you do to help meet this central challenge and you are entitled to expect in return an answer to two separate but connected questions. What are we doing at our end to prepare for our defence and what are we doing in more general terms to continue to prove that we are really worth fighting for? The latter question must be the more important for you as I believe it to be unrealistic to expect people to man the barricades with full enthusi­ asm solely on grounds of some abstract principle. A degree of enlightened self-interest has always been a powerful and respectable motivating force and you will all wish to defend the cause in the light of your own knowledge of our present worth and plans for future progress. It is only right that the acid test for the survival of the Independent Sector and of every school within that sector should be consumer satisfaction and corresponding enthusiasm.

Before I say more on this aspect, let me assure you that the immediate task of letting our school voice be heard is well in hand. I have been asked by the Central Action Committee to organise a local Committee of interested parties to speak on behalf of the Independent Sector and am in the process of gathering together a team for this purpose. I am speaking to you now on the subject in what I hope are appropriately forceful terms and will be using every other suitable occasion to repeat what I am saying to you today.

Let me now pursue the theme that the proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof. Were I to try to catalogue all our achievements in the past year I would only usurp the proper function of the Suttonian Magazine but it is, I believe, important to comment in general terms upon some of the key aspects of our endeavour.

Examination successes are always one of the main yardsticks by which any school is judged but, when presented by themselves as raw statistics, they are entirely meaningless and serve only to create a thorough distortion of the real achievement of any school. They only become useful as indicators when set in the context of the ability level of the school's intake as measured by the, admittedly rough, guide of the IQ test. Even this is generally acknowledged to be a less than fully satisfac­ tory exercise but I attempted it nevertheless this year and was reassured by the picture which emerged. Our reputation for getting the very best from the middle ability boy while stretching the high-flyer was reinforced still further this year by our successes in the Oxford and Cambridge Scholarship and Entrance Examinations in which, out of five candidates, Andrew Copson was awarded an Open Scholarship to read Chemistry at Christ Church, Andrew Charlton was awarded an

Chairman, Lord Coggan, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, members of the School: The writing of this, my second Prize Day speech, has been for me an interesting exercise: a study in contrasts with what I had to say to you at this time last year. In many ways, one's first year in the driving seat is always the easiest: staff and pupils have not yet got round to removing the 'L' plate on one's back and one is still buoyed up by a general sense of euphoria which makes major problems shrink into insignificance, small problems vanish entirely and a general sense of rosy well-being prevail.

In one's second year, the perspective changes significantly: the kaleidoscope which has whizzed its colours and shapes merrily around in year one, settles its component parts into a more fixed pattern where some of the shapes have a less than friendly look and demand positive and hard responses. Let me at once reassure you that this is a perfectly common phenomenon known familiarly in the trade as the 'second year syndrome'. It was perhaps best summarised by the rather malicio�s Chairman of Governors of another well-known Pubhc School who introduced his Headmaster at his second Speech Day with the brief but chilling statement 'It is a well-known fact that in his first year a Headmaster has nothing to do and can therefore do no wrong: in his second year he has everything to do and can therefore do no right'. It is not recorded how, thereafter, the Headmaster managed to cope with his speech!

I should like today to examine with you one of the problems which have presented themselves to me more clearly this year and, as all problems should be seen as challenges and all challenges should be seen only as obstacles to be confronted and overcome, I shall take as the theme of my address 'Challenge and Response'.

Undoubtedly one of the major problems which faces us is one shared by the whole of the Independent Sector: the serious threat to our very existence as the result of political action should the Government change hands at the next General Election. For some time now we have all been aware of the threat but it is only in the last couple of years that the warning signs have been fully heeded and those committed to the destruction of independence have become so articulate and precise in spelling out their intentions. Collectively we could all, rightly I believe, be accused of playing ostrich in the past but one can, to a large extent, understand why this has been so. After all, when one is involved in an operation which seems so self-evidently productive, right and useful and when threats remain clouds on a fairly distant horizon, the temptation is to take note of the problem and get on with the immediate job.

However a day is indeed a long time in politics: situations can change rapidly and dramatically, especially in our present volatile climate and the cloud could be overhead sooner than we think.

While it is certainly no part of my brief today to rehearse the arguments for and against the survival of the Independent Sector - indeed as I am preaching to an audience of the converted, this would be a superfluous exercise - I do believe that the time has come for us all to stand up and be counted on this issue.

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Exhibition to read Engineering at St. Catherine's, and Mark West and Alfred Choy gained places at Exeter and Trinity College respectively. These were notable achievements which deserve every congratulation.

In all our sporting activities we have had another year of substantial success in many fields but I make no apologies whatsoever for repeating what I said on this subject last year. In these days of cut-throat competition where school sport is so often set a shabby example by the professionals as far as the old-fashioned courtesies are concerned, it remains as gratifying for me to note that we continue to play and lose with dignity and good manners as to record our many victories. Credit for this must go in equal measure to the boys and to the staff who, sometimes against many outside pressures, persist in coaching in the true spirit of their sport.

I read recently a late 19th century definition of the perfect vintner. It went as follows: 'He who would regard himself as a well-rounded and competent judge of the products of the vine must learn to sip from many vintages with discretion and discernment: he must take care never to become besotted with any single one to the neglect of the others nor must he enjoy them all so much that he simply becomes a sot'. It struck me on reading this rather sententious definition that, while at first it appeared to be nothing more than a prescription for intelligent dilettantism, when transposed into the con­ text of education it did in fact contain the essence of wise advice for our pupils. Despite, or perhaps because of, the growing competition within the job market and the corresponding pressures for early specialisation, it is becoming increasingly obvious that, for many even of the graduates of the present and future, their qualifica­ tions will in themselves be no guarantee of automatic employment in the career of their choice. In these cir­ cumstances, determination, flexibility and adaptability become the keys to success. The Independent Sector has always prided itself on producing young adults with just these qualities and I believe that the wide variety of demands which we make on our pupils across the full range of extra curricular activities and the opportunities for initiative and leadership which arise, help to produce the sort of boy whose prospects of survival in an un­ certain world are better than most. It is a matter of historical record that our boys tend to be thoroughly competent judges of the wine of opportunity, however it presents itself.

Healthy minds in healthy bodies need an appropriate physical environment in which to flourish and we continue to expand our facilities to meet new demands and keep ourselves thoroughly up to date. Many of you will have had an opportunity this morning to look round the new Arts Centre in the village, the new Computer Room and the just completed new Library in Centre Block and I am sure you will agree that all three are important and attractive additions to the School's existing facilities and I would especially like to record our very real gratitude to Mr. John Gulland for his generosity in giving us the old church building in which the Art Centre is housed. It is to be named The Gulland Hall in recognition of his kindness and is to be formally opened by him later this term.

So far everything I have said to emphasise what I believe to be our worth and importance has lain within the bounds of traditional and familiar territory for you.

In essence we are maintaining and building upon our sound historical foundation of scholarship, good sport, good leadership opportunities and of a congenial

Head of School, Alistair Shaw, proposing the vote of thanks.

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environment in which all these can flourish. We have however taken a decision this year which can be seen as a fairly radical one which deserves some explanation. I speak of course of the Governors' decision to admit Day Girls to the School as from September 1983 at the ages of 11 + , 13 + and at 16 + into the Sixth Form. This step has been taken only after a great deal of careful debate and deliberation - indeed, as I discovered on looking over some old correspondence of the Governing Body not long ago, the idea seems to have been first mooted as long ago as 1913 which would seem to indicate the existence of a very progressive element indeed on the Governing Body of the time.

In drawing up our balance sheet of advantage and dis­ advantage on this matter we found ourselves hard put to identify any of the latter while the list of advantages grew steadily longer. The presence of girls will create a much more natural environment in which both sexes can develop their attitudes towards each other in a com­ paratively uncomplicated way: in a wide range of extra­ curricular activities - in drama, music, debating for example - they will add a new and vital dimension and, possibly most important, my nine years of experience in a Public Co-ed. School convinced me that co-education adds a healthy competitive edge to all academic work.

We are all looking forward with keen anticipation to the beginning of this new chapter in the School's long history and the amount of correspondence which I have had from current and prospective parents and from Old Boys welcoming the move wholeheartedly has been most encouraging.

I have spoken at some considerable length today on what I believe to be a very important theme. I therefore make no apologies to you and can only hope that our guest Lord Coggan, does not feel constrained to act as one of his predecessors as Archbishop of Canterbury did when, after sitting through an inordinately long speech he was called upon to give his address, stood up, said in a loud voice 'Lambeth Palace' and sat down again.

PRIZE WINNERS Form II

M. S. Evenden (and Distinction Prize) Form III

N. A. W. Finlinson (and 2 Distinction Prizes) A. M. Lumsden (and 3 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: D. E. Jeffery A. 0. Abudu J. 0. Miller J. J. Bradburn Form Lower IV

E. De'Ath (and 2 Distinction Prizes) G. M. Smith (and 2 Distinction Prizes) Y. L. Yau (and 2 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: D. G. Plommer P. R. Miles (2) G. J. Nicholass (2) A. Pound Form Upper IV D. T. Paine (and 2 Distinction Prizes)

I. M. Scott A. C. Warren (and 2 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: S. J. Kingsland P. S. K. Chui (2) R. C. Rintoul R. Evans G. A. N. Sturdy D. C. K. Fung D. Van Zwanenberg F. Gedney D. C. H. Wong A. D. Hickman

S. Abudu receiving his prize from Lord Coggan

Sixth Form Prizes

Distinction Prize J. Battle M. R. Bennett Geography Prize F A. C.Harris Geography Project Prize L L. V. T. Dodson Davies Kingdon Prize (Latin) A. M. J. D Ward Prize (Religious Studies) (and Distinction Prize) I. Alshami Wood Prize (Physics) M. R. J. W est J. P. Thorne Clothworkers Prize (Drama) A. J. Tyley D. 0. Machin MacDonald Prize (Current Affairs) D. 0. Machin Angell Prize (Mathematics) A. L. S. Choy F M. J. Plommer Biology Prize L S. T. Wait James Poole Prize (English Short Story) R. E. Galloway F R. G. Williams Music Prize L S. J. Norris Art Prize S. J. Norris Bossom Prize T. J. Craddock (Spoken English) Derrick Prize T. J. Craddock (English Verse Speaking) W. F. Paine Wheeler Prize (French) W. F. Paine Kay Prize (German) W. F. Paine Bloxham Prize (English) L P. C. Hitchman Garside Prize (History) P. C. Hitchman (and 2 Distinction Prizes) P. C. Hitchman Economics Prize Kitchener Prize (Mathematics) A. M. Copson Winstanley Prize (Chemistry) A. M. Copson A. M. Copson Ricketts Prize A. K. Charlton A. R. Shaw Headmaster's Prize

Form V

A. Bovington T. J. Craddock (and Distinction Prize) P. M. Marino (and Distinction Prize) I. West (and 3 Distinction Prizes) Distinction Prize: A. C. Pugh A. Doree H. A. Ripper G. Galstaun P. D. Windsor J. H. L. Garton I. P. O'Grady

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Current Affairs B. J. Scott

G. M. Smith T. J. Craddock Reading Prize

Junior: Intermediate: Lower Sixth Prize

Biology History Geography Economics English French Mathematics Chemistry Physics Distinction Prize

N. A. W. Finlinson A. C. Warren B. W. Gedney D. 0. Machin M. W. Stevens M. W. Stevens L J. P. Thorne J. P. Thorne J. P. Thorne F P. R. Anderson L B. H. Saint F P. R. Anderson L B. H. Saint F P. R. Anderson L B. H. Saint J. E. August L L. P. Lloyd

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MUSIC NOTES 1981-82 In the final paragraph of last year's Music Notes I expressed the hope that the forthcoming production of `The Pirates of Penzance' would feature more boys in solo parts than had `Ruddigore', and that I would be able to make some such comment in this year's Notes. It did and I am. Graham Williams, Finlay Hinde, Mark Derry and Bill Geddes all took important parts and did well in them, particularly Graham Williams. It was hard work for all of us, but most enjoyable and worthwhile, and encouraging for the future. The 'backing' for `Pirates' was provided by the same sort of ensemble as we used for `Ruddigore'. Again parts were specially written during the Summer holidays for a selection of woodwind and brass players with piano, each part tailored to the skill of the particular performer and designed to extend his technique and musicianship. Of all who contributed to the show it was this group which put in most work, rehearsing together for a couple of hours regularly each week for the best part of two terms in addition to normal ensemble and orchestral rehearsals, and often turning up to singing practices to help by putting in accompanying parts. The next production is to be the 'Mikado' next March, and we hope for another enjoyable show.

Our recitals in which all the guitarists, string players and woodwind players perform on one afternoon and all the pianists and brass players on another have continued this year in the inspiriting, civilised surroundings of the Music School. The standard of performance has risen, and if one or two of the less expert had to stop and start again, that is all part of the exercise, and those who do stumble in this way learn from the experience, as do those who witness their falterings. Teachers find that an imminent public performance concentrates their pupils' minds wonderfully.

The Orchestra varies in strength and suffers, as always, from having too few string players, and though we are fortunate in being able to augment for concerts, it is a pity to have to do so. The Brass Ensemble played at the Brass and Piano Recital, and with no leavers this Summer should be very expert next year if they are able to find a suitable practice time. An encouraging revival this last term has been that of the Junior Woodwind Group. We have had such groups off and on for many years and there is a body of specially written music, ranging from short pieces for three or four instruments to longer works for a full orchestral woodwind section, composed as more players became skilful enough to join. Some of this music has been dug out, some more has been arranged, and the present six-strong group gave its first, creditable performance within a couple of weeks of being formed.

The Summer Concert was held near the beginning of term to avoid clashing with the plethora of games and examinations with which this time of year is so abundantly endowed. It was gratifyingly well attended, so much so that extra chairs had to be found to accommodate the audience.

The Male Voice Chorus, that select body of tenors and basses, acquires more polish as the years go by. We performed, as usual, at the Summer Concert and on

The Woodwind Ensemble entertaining guests on Speech Day

Speech Day, to an appreciative audience on each occasion. Four of our members, off their own bat, formed a male voice quartet which was coming along nicely when one of its members was struck down by illness and other commitments began to take precedence. One of the quartet will be with us next year and we hope he may find time and kindred spirits to revive the venture and bring it to a more satisfactory outcome.

The Woodwind Ensemble, Andrew Tyley (flute), Stephen Atchinson (oboe), A.G.F., Simon Norris, Graham Williams (clarinets) and Mark Derry (bassoon), had a good and enjoyable year, practising as regularly as possible, though rarely with everyone present. In addition to playing in the Summer Concert and the Woodwind Recital, the group also played on the Lawn during Speech Day tea, thus reviving a pleasant custom which fell into abeyance when tea was served on Upper and the alfresco music was, as it were, left behind. Now that tea has returned to its former site we are able to resume this civilised practice. Next year we hope to incorporate some brass players.

There were the usual Associated Board Practical Examinations throughout the year, and the entry for the Theory Examination was the largest ever, with over 100 candidates. Most of our boys are musically illiterate when they enter the school, but few are so ignorant when they leave.

We say goodbye to some good musicians this year, each of whom has contributed in more ways than one to the musical life of the school. I think particularly of Simon Norris and Graham Williams who shared this year's Music Prize, both of them good clarinettists and both stalwarts of the Male Voice Chorus and Chapel Choir. Their mantle is taken over by Andrew Tyley and Stephen Atchison, Dominic Guy and Bobby Lee, who have already shown their worth, but it has to be said that there is rather a lack of talent in the Middle School and that our hopes rest on some promising young players at present in the Lower School.

Julie Evans and Rosemary Kendall, our string teachers, are also, alas, leaving us and we thank them for their hard work over the last couple of years.

Marion Legg, Helen Lohmueller, Mary Able and Alf Springate continue to devote themselves to the musical welfare of the school, not always a rewarding task, and once again Keith Evans and I thank them.

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SOMA' ALENCE SCHOOL PRESENT

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

By Gilbert & Sullivan

At 7.30pm on Wadi?, Thut18, Fri. 19, Sat 20 Marv.

Programmes available from Mr II E Horn at the School. Tel. Maidstone 842128 Price 00p

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The Pirates of Penzance

by W. S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan

SUMMER CONCERT in the MUSIC SCHOOL

The Cast (in order of appearance)

FRIDAY 7th MAY 1982 at 7.30 p.m.

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The Slave of Duty SAMUEL (the Pirate Lieutenant) William Geddes THE PIRATE KING Finlay Hinde FREDERIC (the Pirate Apprentice) Robert Chance RUTH (the Pirate Maid-of-all-Work) Margaret Horn EDITH Lucy Mayor KATE Sally Rowe Major-General Stanley's Daughters ISABEL Samantha Green MABEL Mary Able MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY Graham Williams SERGEANT OF POLICE Mark Derry CHORUS OF PIRATES: Nicholas Arnold, Mark Beach,Roberto Beruffi, Alastair Court, David Court, Christopher Hunt, Laurence Lloyd, Julian Richardson, Hamish Ripper, Mark Shelley, Robin Thomas, Peter Willett, David Wong.

CHORUS OF DAUGHTERS: Susan Adams, Helene Chance, Veronique Chance, Nicola Dimond, Claire Evans, Daphne Harris, Rebecca Haywood, Sarah Haywood, Susan Hollins, Mary Parkinson, Wendy Payne, Gillian Smith.

CHORUS OF POLICEMEN: George Anderson, Brian Day, Michael Gordon, Michael Haywood, Richard Horn, Christopher King, Christopher Parkinson, Marcus Pettman, Colin Shaw, Keith Smith.

Act I. A Rocky Seashore on the coast of Cornwall Act II. A Ruined Chapel by Moonlight

Recorders Set 3A Two Tunes Set L4A Three Tunes Orchestra Five Waltzes Piango gemo (solo trumpet: Dominic Guy) Minuet from the Linz Symphony Divertimento INTERVAL Woodwind Four Dances (1550) Hornpipe Le Devin du Village Minuet and Rondo Gymnopedie No. 3 We are the Champions Male Voice Chorus King Arthur Now is the month of maying Eileen Aroon Boney was a warrior Slow motion time A-roving The Big Rock Candy Mountain The Erie Canal

The action takes place in 1877

Foulkes Foulkes Schubert arr. Foulkes Vivaldi arr. Foulkes Mozart arr. Gordon Haydn arr. Stone Gervaise arr. Bullard Handel arr. Foulkes Jean-Jacques Rousseau arr. Foulkes Mozart arr. Foulkes Satie arr. Foulkes Foulkes

Dorsetshire song arr. Foulkes Thomas Morley Irish melody arr. Foulkes Sea shanty arr. Foulkes Yale Song Book Yale Song Book American Hobo song arr. Foulkes American song arr. Foulkes

Recorder Players Set 3A Firsts

Ensemble

Seconds

Flute Oboe Clarinet Trumpets

Andrew Tyley Stephen Atchison Simon Norris Dominic Guy, Martin Bennett, Peter Rubin, Marcus Stevens Horns Alf Springate, Jan Mazierski Piano Keith Evans Conducted by Graham Foulkes who also arranged the Instrumental Parts

Set L4A Firsts Seconds

Orchestra Violins

Back-Stage Viola Cello Flute Oboes Clarinets Bassoon Trumpets

Graham Able Stage Manager Russell Allen Assistant Stage Manager Stage Gang: James Bristow, David Curtis, John Mitchell, John Norman, John Richards, Barry Saint, Gavin Sturdy Andrew Swarbrick Property Manager Ivan Ekuza, Richard Sterry, Philip Miles Lighting Set designed by Peter Willett and painted by Andrew Tyley and others under the guidance of William Taylor Make-up: Judith Hockly, Beryl Flint, Emmy Kampenga, Rosa Martin, Christine Pickard Front of House William Piper, Richard Horn and Bookings Properties by the Stage Gang and Bapty Ltd., London Candles by courtesy of East Grinstead Operatic Society Costumes: Girls by Dance Rags, Maidstone also by Peter Regan, Bromley; Beryl Flint and Rosa Martin Programme Design by Simon Norris Produced by Colin Shaw

Sola Abudu, Stephen Clifford, Andrew Finlinson, David Jeffery, Alistair Lumsden, David Martin, Philip Webb.

Simon Dean, Gareth Evans, Michael Dickeson, Edward Ramus, Richard Hattersley-Smith, Nigel Wadeson, Justin Warren, Gary Ramsay (tambourine).

Philip Miles (solo), Stephen Atchison (solo), Matthew Carlisle, Ewan De'Ath, Keiron Mathias, Gary Nicholass, David Plommer, Yinlun Yau. Andrew Bird, Stephen Burrett, Stephen Cawley, Darren Chambers, James Green, Andrew Pound, Gavin Smith, Ashley Straw, Robert Swatland.

Barry Saint (leader), Mary Parkinson, Julian Hewlett, Julian Richardson, Bobby Lee, Gavin Sturdy, Philip Miles, Sola Abudu, Justin Warren.

Rita Norris.

Rosemary Kendall Andrew Tyley Stephen Atchison, Nicola Dimond.

Simon Norris, Graham Williams.

Mark Derry.

Dominic Guy, Peter Rubin, Marcus Stevens, Simon Kingsland.

Alf Springate, Jan Mazierski.

Keith Evans.

Horns Piano Woodwind Flute Andrew Tyley Oboe Stephen Atchison.

Clarinets Simon Norris, Graham Williams, Graham Foulkes.

Bassoon Mark Derry.

Male Voice Chorus Tenors Roberto Beruffi, Christopher Brown, Robert Chance, Keith Evans, Christopher Hunt, Bobby Lee, Colin Shaw, Andrew Tyley, Graham Williams.

Basses Mark Beach, Mark Derry, Bill Geddes, Richard Horn, Laurie Lloyd, Simon Norris, Julian Richardson, Hamish Ripper, David Wong, Angus Young.

Conductor Graham Foulkes, who thanks all who have given of their time and talents in the preparation of this concert.

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OiTION VALENCE SCHOOL MINTS

HAMP The major dramatic production of the year was John Wilson's `Hamp', a play set in the First World War about a case of desertion. It was produced by Mr. Charles Atkinson. After several 'difficult' plays (Six Characters in Search of An Author, Andorra and Waiting for Godot) audiences welcomed and appreciated the relative simplicity of `Hamp'. The clear line taken by the producer and the choice of a number of experienced schoolboy actors together with some intelligent newcomers allowed the play to deliver its own message, but more importantly to ask its own questions, permitting the audience to supply whatever answers conviction or, indeed, experience suggested to them.

No-one can fail to be exercised by the problem of desertion: it is an emotive subject and, naturally, those who have been fortunate to live in an age which has not required them to face the call to arms see such a 'crime' in a far more sceptical light than those who have been subject to the discipline of service life, especially as conscripts, and the morality of warfare. The official line in the play was uncompromising: 'cowardice in the face of the enemy'. The Courtroom scenes were impressive in their conveyance of legalistic ruthlessness and unsentimentality. Ian West as Capt. Midgely, the Prosecuting Officer, was the most talented of the new players. His enunciation was superb and his sustained aggression quite daunting. In fact, this part of the play was the most absorbing and compelling, and all those who took part in it are deserving of commendation. The long First Act did tend to drag, and a little judicious cutting would not have seriously detracted from its dramatic content. Full credit, however, must go to Jonathan Thorne as the pathetic simpleton Hamp, and to David Machin, as Lt. Hargreaves, Hamp's counsel.

Both are 'old hands' and their experience shows in their technical competence, particularly in their use of gesture and their ability to use the stage well. Voice modulation in both, however, can be narrow in range and on occasion lend the characters a certain flatness. Graham Williams was a most convincing Army Chaplain, deftly mixing his personal and official reaction to Hamp's `crime' and sentence.

As usual, the set, lighting and other effects were quite excellent and a tribute to the Stage Manager and his gang, a devoted cohort of carpenters, painters and technicians. The audiences were deservedly good, and Mr. Atkinson in his first play as senior producer showed skill and judgment in bringing together everything so well to achieve a notable success.

P.J.H.

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CAST Private Arthur Hamp Corporal of the Guard Guard Private Lieutenant William Hargreaves Lieutenant Tom Webb President of the Court Members of the Court Captain Prescott Captain Midgley (Prosecuting Officer) Padre Captain O'Sullivan Orderly Officer

Jonathan Thorne Peter Willett Hamish Ripper David Machin Patrick Hamilton Paul Windsor Christopher Hunt Laurie Lloyd Nicholas Hirst Ian West Graham Williams Alistair Court Marcus Stevens

PRODUCTION

Producer Assistant Producer Business Manager Stage Manager Make-Up Stage Gang

Lighting Sound Effects

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C. V. Atkinson C. P. M. King W. K. Piper G. G. Able Mrs. R. E. Horn, Mrs. D. Beaman R. Allen, A. Tyley, A. Swarbrick J. Norman, J. Bristow, D. Curtis, B. Saint, J. Mazierski, G. Sturdy, J. Richards I. Ekuza, R. Sterry N. Arnold, L. Dodson I. O'Grady, T. Allnatt, G. Barrett

HUNTING SOCIETY RETROSPECT Chairman: Laurie Lloyd Guardian of the Gavel: Russell Jackson ('81) and Andy Copson Honorary Secretary: Peter Willett Clerk of the House: Greg Galstaun This past year has seen the Hunting Society grow from strength to strength both in the quality and quantity of its debates. Much of this has been due to a number of changes in its policies; namely a leaning towards a more serious vein in the motions, and secondly the introduction of two debates in an evening instead of one, along with a vast increase in the number of debates held with other schools, (twelve in the past year). This has meant that more members of the school have been given the opportunity to debate, and, as a result, the society has a far larger reservoir of experienced debaters to draw upon.

What of the debates themselves? A notable success was achieved in the Observer Mace Debating Competition, in which Messrs Machin and Copson talked their way through to the National Semi-Finals in which they were runners up. Of the other School debates one can record great diversity. Here are a few examples: Toby Dartnell and David Usendorff valiantly defended the cause of Apartheid in South Africa; Laurie Lloyd and Russell Jackson asserted that Vice was Nice (a motion narrowly cafried); Greg Galstaun and Peter Willett advocated restrictions on the Media and, finally, Andrew Copson and David Machin proposed that debating was a pointless exercise and an insult to the intelligence of an audience (defeated!!). This year also saw a resurrection of the Annual Dinner after a long absence, an event which all who had debated attended, and which was considered a great success.

We bid farewell to three excellent debaters this year: Russell Jackson, Andy Copson and Hugo Williams. We wish them good luck in the future. Thanks go to all who have helped the Society, particularly Mr. Atkinson our `long suffering' Vice-President.

Of the future one can only say that the foundations are firmly laid and it is our job to build a palace instead of just a hut!

Hunting Society Ties were awarded to: Andy Copson, Jonathan Thorne, Toby Dartnell and Julian Richardson.

Laurie Lloyd (Chairman)

LVI PLAY REVIEW `Someone at the Door', a comedy thriller, provided a contrast to the more serious plays, that for the last two years preceding its production, had dominated the School stage. The professed aim of director and cast was to entertain; in this they succeeded admirably.

Aided by sympathetic audiences, the players furnished two fine, amusing performances.

The leading role — that of Ronnie, the impoverished journalist determined to fabricate a headline-grabbing story — was played with great gusto by Jonathan Thorne, whose talent as a comic actor is considerable.

His earnest, and indeed desperate, attempts to persuade his sister and friend to aid him in his foul schemes were very funny, as were his displays of hysterical anger when unforeseen complications arose. David Machin as his accomplice, Bill, was rather disappointing. He delivered his lines without vigour (although with great clarity) and appeared to feel uneasy in what was, admittedly, a rather uninspiring part. Sally Rowe performed competently as Ronnie's affectionate, pliable sister, but occasionally reacted with calmness to situations that really demanded panic. Marcus Stevens played the part of the villainous Capel with great energy, and Ian Hunt was particularly amusing as the morose servant, Price, a creature of indeterminate sex and extremely bad manners. Of the two policemen, Alistair Court as Spedding was rather lacklustre, failing to inject much expression into his lines, but Ben Gedney played the part of the humble, forelock-tugging O'Brien very well.

Great credit, of course, was due to the director, Peter Willett. His interpretation of the play was imaginative, and he succeeded in drawing the optimum amount of humour from each scene.

C.V.A.

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THE BUILDING GANG Since it began about three years ago, the Gang has operated both as a Community Service and as a Wednesday activity.

It has to be admitted that our first effort has not yet succeeded. While we rebuilt the dome of the observatory, it resolutely refuses to revolve in the approved fashion, limiting the astronomers rather arbitrarily to a sector of about 10° of sky.

Fresh from this early defeat, we converted the projection loft, once an unsteady asbestos affair, into a more robust if inelegant platform, with decent stairs, instead of a steep and malevolent old ladder. A sign saying 'Mind your head' has been added — an unnecessary precaution in the case of the author.

Next came demolition, an art-form close to the heart of most boys. An old greenhouse at the back of Lambe's fell in one afternoon and was seen no more.

The greatest task, however, was our work on the Gulland Hall. The builders having put in the joists, the gang removed some of the old balcony and laid all the floorboards to create an upper floor. Then followed a `Wendy House' for Mr. Taylor, many shelves and much decoration. During this the danger area surrounding a junior boy armed with a paintbrush was established. It is about five metres and extends in all directions, including upwards and downwards. Our attention then switched to the old Lambe's kitchens area, where, with the co-operation of Brian Watson, the Lambe's porter, we emptied the old printing room, installed the stage flats in it, emptied the old photography room, and installed Holdgate's trunks in it, cleared out tons of rubbish from the whole area, and finally removed some old furniture, mended and painted it, and installed it in the Gulland Hall. The printing and photography equipment then went up to the Hall and was installed on shelving built largely by the gang.

The next task was to demolish Mr. Taylor's old Wendy House in the old Art Room and to remove equipment to the Gulland Hall and tons of rubbish to make way for work on the new Library.

Tasks this term have been to rebuild a classroom cupboard, create the swimming pool hut, and finally to build a retaining wall, level the ground and prepare a car park surace behind the refectory.

We hope at the end of term once more to attack the observatory with a new idea, enabling it, we hope, to spin like a top, thus removing the only existing monument to the failure of the amateurs to be found around the School.

So many people have helped with the gang at various times, that to list them all would take a lot of space, but mention must be made in their last term, of Mike Plommer and David Fowle, whose skill and hard work have achieved so much.

We have also had a great deal of co-operation from Bert Woosden, the gardener; Ron Leger, the groundsman; Bert Bicker, Reg Turrell and all the Maintenance Staff; the Bursar, and of course from Palmers, the builders, whose workmen have been so friendly, flexible and helpful, and who have helped us with finding materials and with advice.

C.F.G.P.

Hammer — drawn by M. Rayner

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C.C.F. NOTES Being allocated Camp dates after the end of the Summer term combined with the effects of the ASLEF action made for an interesting conclusion to the year.

The Contingent was not quite as strong as in previous years, 135 cadets, which in some ways was helpful, as only four officers remained in the strength.

During the course of the year Lt. Col. Gethin relinquished his post as Quartermaster. Bill had been a great help to me over 31/2 years; without his help and organisation the activities undertaken would have been severely restricted. On a temporary basis Major Hugh Milton (late Gurkhas) took over as Quartermaster for the first five months; his help was much appreciated. I am very pleased that at long last a full-time successor to Capt. Jim Sergison has been appointed. WO1 David Moore joined us in June from 5 Queen's, where he had been RSM. He has already overhauled the Stores, refurbished the Air Rifle Shooting range and turned his expertise to the miniature range. His appointment will bring about an increase in the amount of shooting at the School and a return to the .22 Shooting Competition during the coming year.

We held three Field Days, as usual, during the year, taking out all the 1st Year and Advanced cadets under canvas in May. The weather was awful on all, except in May when the downpour came in the critical last hour.

The Royal Engineer section got under way with a series of lectures given by 36 Regt. RE. Since then the section has built another obstacle on the Assault Course. All the Signallers who took the various tests passed (12 in total) and 20 cadets completed A.P.C. Summer Camp was held at Bellerby Camp, Catterick Garrison, and a small party of cadets (17) attended.

Training was not helped by a shortage of blank ammunition, but the exercises themselves were quite stimulating.

B.J.L.

B.P. LINK SCHEME In spite of the cancellation of all our usual activities with Kent Refinery because of its imminent closure, this has still been a year in which the School has gained much from its link with British Petroleum.

The company sponsored Paul Anderson and Barry Saint to attend a five-day course on computing and robotics, the latter part of which was directly relevant to our Science Department's work on computer interfacing with experiments, and they also paid for Marc Millington-Buck to take part in the International Youth Science Fortnight in London: this latter event is the major international science festival for young people and includes a full social programme as well as an impressive array of lectures by leading scientists.

Undoubtedly the most exciting news from the link scheme this year, however, is B.P.'s grant of ÂŁ500 towards a Link 480Z for the Department's development of computer software for direct interfacing of experiments with the computer. As we go to press, this computer is on order, and the interface has already been tested using one of the School's existing 380Z machines.

Some software has been produced in anticipation, and Wednesday afternoons should produce much activity once the computer arrives. The software we develop will be available to other schools through the link scheme.

G. G. A .

VISIT TO HARLAND & WOLFF SHIPYARD, BELFAST

QUARANTE ANS APRES 'Twas term time late in April '82.

A quick weekend in France? Why, wouldn't you?

The engine raced, the pulses also raced; The map lay there, the route already traced.

'Twas 6 a.m. and Holdgate's far behind.

Already in the Renault do we find The pattern is established at the back: `We're tired, so we're sleeping! Blow you Jack!'

So 'Jack', called Jonathan, doth nobly stay Awake, to help the driver B. R. Day. Pietro, Paul wake up at Portsmouth Dock.

At the suggestion of Dr. Vivien Wadsworth, father of Andrew Wadsworth, a party of boys, accompanied by Mr. Parkinson, flew to Belfast to visit the Harland and Wolff shipyard. We flew from Gatwick and were soon installed in a hostel in the shipyard. That same day we were invited to a superb dinner in the Chairman's flat, also in the precincts of the yard, where Dr. Wadsworth gave us quite an insight into the problems of trying to reverse the habit of years and make the firm show a profit. Although nationalised, the company is independent of British Shipbuilders.

The next morning, after a vast breakfast, we were shown around the design offices, the engine shop, where engines are made for other shipyards as well, the assembly halls, the dry docks and an already launched ship being fitted out, where the enormous number of men on board amazed everyone.

The photograph shows the boys just before their ascent of the largest crane in the U.K. It can be seen behind them. It is difficult to form a real impression of its size, but if it is mentioned that it takes two lift journeys and a lot of stair-climbing to reach the top, then one can gain some idea of its dimensions. From the operator's cab, it was explained to us how the operator descends to earth in the event of a fire: he loops the `silver cord of last resort' around himself and leaps into space, the cord paying out at the right speed.

Unfortunately we were not given the opportunity to interview the operator; his comments about this procedure might have been very pithy.

This tour was followed by a delightful journey around the lovely County Down countryside and an even lovelier pub' for lunch. After this we were shown around the Province's Police Headquarters and its very modern control room.

After having had the chance to assess the job, none of us declared himself envious of Dr. Wadsworth's task, which he faces with an admirable fighting spirit.

Running a shipyard in a world recession, when there is a severe world over-capacity in shipping and when the government of the day has a principle objection to pouring good money after bad, not to mention the existing problems of demarcation disputes, the need to use new technology, over-manning, late delivery dates and problems with suppliers would seem as difficult as selling central heating in the Gobi desert.

For Sixth Form economists this was a rare and very instructive look into a section of the economy usually only read about in the text-books or reviewed in television programmes. It is certainly one which we would like to repeat.

C.F.G.P.

Calm crossing. Cherbourg. Nearly 3 o'clock.

Ste Mere-tglise: we pause, remember those Who gave their lives that freedom we'd not lose.

Next stop: St. LO, and then Mont St. Michel.

(What tales those abbey walls of history tell!)

On via Rennes — the traffic here's no joke.

In rush hour queue. A jolt! Paul must have woke With start! Not so. A woman driver thought She'd zoom down outside lane. Alas, she'd caught Her nearside wing on our offside at back.

She turned and looked, and then thought: `Blow you Jack!'

And onward sped, as we, bemused, just sat.

Arrived 8.30 at our French friends' flat In St. Nazaire, Departement 44.

Jo saw us coming and did haste to pour Muscadet wine of welcome to wash down The mammoth piles of langoustines, and drown Our weariness. Three fifty miles and more!

At dawn the Queen's own piper heard and saw On Royal Yacht Britannia in the lock.

Outside our bedroom window did it dock, And then move on.

At ten the Commandoes (Those who were left who'd fought the Nazi foes) Marched, proud, across the Pont des Souvenirs And many a wife and man shed many a tear As 40 years rolled back. A distant dream!

When Navy, Army, Air Force made a team, Blew up the Dry Dock. Ten years it lay still!

Each man remembered!

Then, we had a thrill!

Our way to British Monument we made, Where Philip, Duke of Edinburgh laid A wreath to mark the forty years gone by Since these brave men had fought. Their comrades lie In cemetery at Escoublac-La Baule.

But first we went to St. Nazaire Town Hall.

We had no tickets, so we'd dressed up smart, Kept talking English just to look the part.

Unchallenged to Reception did we go, Ate caviare, drank wine and got to know All sorts of Frenchmen, English chaps as well, Admired the Campbeltown's big, shiny bell.

Example: we by Stephens were impressed — A prisoner was, in Colditz. (Yes, you've guessed!)

He was one of the first two to escape.

A pity we'd not thought to take a tape To keep a record of the speeches said.

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To Escoublac we drive to honour dead.

We have short service. Philip lays a wreath, He is so near us we can count his teeth!

Tremendous thrill! We chat to many more.

Quick shopping. Back to dinner. What's in store On Sunday? Anticlimax? No, it's not!

We have one ticket for the Royal Yacht.

(Security's too tight, we dare not cheat) So B.R.D., dressed up to look a treat, On board did clamber. Service was Divine!

(Religious and the serving of the wine!)

Now 'Royal treatment' really means something.

For two long hours he really felt a king.

Five brandies later (was it six perhaps?)

He struggled down to join the jealous chaps Who waited patiently in sight of yacht.

Lunch. Yacht departs past us. That little dot Is Eric waving to us from the deck!

A car ride. Pancakes. Cider. 'We'll pay check!' `Oh no!' Our friends would not allow us that.

One last night's sleep in our Nazairien flat.

On Monday, eight o'clock, we hit the trail, Buy morning papers which tell all the tale Of Operation Chariot's success.

But onward up to Vitre did we press.

A forage in the market and pissoir, Then on to Avranches (gallant little car!)

Decision: Bayeux Tapestry or meal?

Decision taken: eat, we all do feel.

A fleeting look at mighty Utah Beach And home, don't spare the horsepower, do we screech.

By midnight all the boys are safely dropped.

By two the driver into bed has flopped.

Spoke French. Ate well. Saw Duke.

Toured round. Calm boat. `Un week-end memorable' all did vote.

Our thanks to many people do we owe: Permission granted from the Head to go; Unselfish welcome from Jo et Armande; Our wish was Jacqueline, Joseph's command; Kind folks back home invigilating class; And Eric de la Torre for the pass To go on board the Royal Yacht — unique Occasion not to miss. Not every week Does it take place.

But most of all we give Our thanks to those who died that we might live, And just as much to those whom we now know, Who into jaws of death for us did go And out again to tell us all the tale How men with courage cannot ever fail.

Impossible is not a word for such As these. We cannot laud these men too much.

Commandoes, sailors, all, we you acclaim, We'll spread abroad the facts that brought you fame.

We here salute you and we thank you. We Will sing your praise through all eternity.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

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rapidly until, with large-scale integration in the near future the first million-unit 'chips' will appear on the market, with a memory capacity of a million switching units. The switching speed of such micro-processors has a potential of about a billion cycles per second, as compared with a switching speed of a hundred cycles per second of the human brain. The switching speed in this context is the computers effective processing speed (e.g. of information).

The advantages of these recent dramatic advances in the universal availability, the miniaturization, and the effectiveness of computers in the form of microprocessors are plainly obvious. The increased capacity of micro-processors means that they may be applied to an enormous diversity of tasks and can now process vast quantities of complex information of a non-numerical, as well as numerical, nature. The cheapness of their production and operation and their extreme portability makes them accessible to a far wider spectrum of people and businesses.

The technology which will make up the Computer Revolution is coming on to the scene at an increasingly fast pace, and it must be fair to assume that this spiralling acceleration is unlikely to slow down at any significant rate. There are, however, forces and technical stumbling blocks which will hinder the rate of advancement. These include the fact that, once calculating (switching) speeds exceed that of light (or electricity), an electronic log jam occurs if the computer is larger in diameter than one metre; political or trade union action and policy could hinder growth; man's psychological fear of the unknown and of the potential mind-boggling concepts which the Revolution could entail; and a lack of software (i.e. programming) knowhow. However, many of these difficulties are only temporary hindrances and will be overcome completely within a short time. For computers are undeniably beneficial as a whole to mankind, and commercial demand, especially in the capitalist Western world, will ultimately see the Revolution through. Progress can very rarely be stopped altogether.

Thus, the picture I have tried to paint of the imminent changes in the whole structure of every level of world affairs is that, far from being a facet of some ScienceFiction movie or some future which everyone can blissfully ignore, the Computer Revolution is happening at this very moment. Indeed, the most drastic of changes should have occurred by the year 2000, only 18 years away. The micro-processor is by far the most important single feature of this revolution, for it widens the prospective scope of both users and uses immensely.

Secondly, having recognised its existence, world authorities and the general public as a whole should plan for its imminent occurrence. Thus, as gradual a transition as possible can be maintained causing as little anguish as possible. For there will undoubtedly be a period of rapid change accompanied by severe turmoil and possible fervent unrest which should be kept under tight control to ensure that the benefits of the Revolution will be reaped by the whole of society and the whole world. For, the wondrous silicon 'chip' and micro-processor will not only affect people's lives in the form of such aids and pastimes as television games, wristwatches and pocket calculators, but will ultimately alter the whole structure of society. Possibilities are a 24-hour working week, retirement at fifty, the end of the printed word, with an average library contained in the space occupied by just one of today's books, the end

PAUL HITCHMAN'S PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY, 1981

THE MICRO-PROCESSOR: Its application to Industry and Commerce and its effect on the Economy and Society.

To most people the concepts of the 'silicon chip' and of computers remain embedded firmly in the realms of Science-Fiction. It is still shrouded in mystery and is dismissed too easily as belonging only to some distant future. Thus the popular view of the computer is that of an enormously expensive device far too complex to be understood by the average mind and an unnecessary piece of technology only to be marvelled at. However, the computer, often described as the most important of Man's inventions, has already had a profound effect on world economics. Indeed, recent advances in technology, of dramatic proportions, have led to the development of powerful and more especially ultracheap minature computers, micro-processors, the cheapness of whose manufacture and operation, is likely to lead to a substantial increase in their use.

Indeed, the Computer Revolution, which will be comparable to the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century, though even more drastic, will involve a transformation of world society at all levels.

The overall aims of this essay will be, first, to outline the basic technical concepts involved without becoming too engrossed in scientific jargon; then, to detail the potential applications of micro-processor technology as concerns both Industry (in the design and manufacturing processes) and Commerce; thirdly, to examine its effects on society as a whole, both on a large scale concerning the economy and on a smaller one concerning the individual; and finally to propose a suitable response from Society which would cope with the demands made upon it.

The most important single step along the road of advancement and progress so far in computer technology has undoubtedly been the invention of the mini-transistor and thus the micro-processor. It is important to grasp the full potential which this invention holds and the vast advancements on previous models and inventions which it represents.

The functions of a modern computer are that it should store information which can then be processed, analysed and resupplied according to its instructions.

The micro-processor's immediate predecessors were enormously cumbersome, expensive to manufacture and, because of the heat required for the electrode, expensive to operate. However, the transistor system which makes up the micro-processor, relies for its actions on particular structures of a minute size which form inside silicon crystals. These 'silicon chips' are powerful 'solid state' amplifiers, but are drastically smaller than the old computers and are, therefore, the most important step in miniaturization. The microprocessor itself, which is also far more reliable and consistent than the old valve computers, usually consists of a display screen and a means of supplying information into the processing system such as a keyboard, which enclose the 'micro-chip'.

The miniaturization of these transistors which are incorporated in electronic circuits etched on to a silicon `chip' of about one centimetre square accelerated 26

of cash money, and vast technological advances in education, medicine and health, industry and in many other fields.

Some of the most important advances in the shortterm future will be in industry and commerce where widespread use of micro-processors will lead to vast increases in efficiency and the scale and complexity of production and design. The potential for the application of micro-processor technology to industry is immense, for it can be used in both design of specialised equipment and can then act on instructions and in turn instruct 'robot' machinery to carry out the actual manufacturing processes.

The micro-processor is, therefore, ideal for controlling all aspects of industry and, indeed, the much heralded 'factory of the future' is now very much a reality and it can be expected that, within the next few years, practically all mass-production and most complex designing will be done largely with the aid of microprocessors. Engineering is especially well suited to the benefits which the new technology offers.

The amazing potential of these systems is likely to revolutionize the whole manufacturing process affecting most, as I have said, industries incorporating complex engineering, with applications both to design (CAD) and manufacture (CAM). The advantages of CAD are mostly concerned with the ease of design and, therefore, speed. For, once a component's rough proportions and engineering requirements are fed into the computer, the computer itself takes over the tedious task of working out the exact trajectories of the component's edges and surfaces. It can rotate the design so it can been seen from different angles, or show a cross-section. In fact, its potential is almost limitless. Revisions of drafts can be made in hours instead of days; improvements and corrections of earlier designs can also be made with ease; it can help engineers to calculate thicknesses of critically loaded parts, for it can calculate and assess stress and it can also calculate wind-flow (Chrysler has used CAD equipment to design the front end of its newest cars and many aircraft designers use it to calculate the flow of air over an aircraft's wing). Then, once a prototype model has been designed and developed, micro-processor technology can be used in testing both to analyse the results of tests and even to carry them out with the help of an operator (prototype jet planes have been tested under flight conditions with the pilot controlling the plane from the ground and micro-processors interpreting his directions and controlling the plane in the air, thus drastically reducing risks to life.) In all it can drastically shorten the time it takes to get a new and also a more advanced product on to the market. Although the industry is in its infancy, more advanced systems are rapidly coming on to the market which can provide multi-coloured images complete with shading and with which portions can be erased and redone without affecting the rest of the drawing, and specific details can be zoomed in on.

Soon, it is predicted, almost all the design of complicated electronic (including micro-processors themselves) and engineering components will be done using the more and more advanced models of CAD which are coming on to the market. Users will also begin to tie their CAD terminals together into networks so that engineers in different offices can work simultaneously on the same design. Also, in this way CAD computers can be connected with more sophisticated computers which are more specifically

designed to calculate, in more detail, things such as stress and wind-flow.

The other equally important aspect of the application of micro-processor technology to industry is CAM (computer aided manufacture). Although CAM lags behind computer-aided design, it is estimated that it will probably take over nearly all mass production, especially of cars and other industries which involve heavy automated machinery and conveyor-belt type systems of manufacture, within the next 6-7 years. There are two main reasons why it lags behind: only a small percentage (5% in America) of metalworking machinery is numerically controlled and the software needed to turn an image in a computer's mind into a full set of instructions for automatically controlling every step of the manufacturing process has as yet remained, on the whole, too complicated to be written. However, old machinery will be replaced by that which can be controlled by computer in the near future, and techniques in writing software are quickly improving. In fact, already Fiat (and B.L. with the Metro) have installed 'robot' manufacturing machinery so that their cars are truly 'designed by computer and built by robots'. Again, the advantages of CAM are obvious and great. For, with just a few operators, once a CAM system has been programmed properly, it can control the whole manufacturing process. The data determining the component's shape is stored in the computer and thus it can control the lathes, drills, milling machines and presses that produce that shape.

Already the industry bringing computer power to the engineer's drawing board has tripled its turnover in the last two years to 510 million dollars. By 1984 this turnover is expected to quadruple yet again to about 2.2

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billion dollars, as the technology becomes cheaper and more able to serve a wider range of requirements. Soon any competitive firm will be forced to employ CAD/CAM equipment in order to remain competitive.

CAD/CAM stands for computer-aided design/computer aided manufacture. Although the equipment is not cheap — that serving about four design engineers costs about 350,000 dollars — it spreads precious engineering expertise three or four times further and can pay for itself within 18 months. The main companies buying CAD/CAM equipment are in the aerospace, motor, electronics and petro-chemical industries. This is because all these industries require complex designing of components which are to be produced on a mass scale.

CAD/CAM can increase efficiency and reduce costs in both these departments.

Originally, the first CAD/CAM technology, which evolved from Second World War radar screens and was first researched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was cumbersome and could only produce crude pictures on television-like displays. However, with the advent of micro-processor technology and the invention of the software necessary mini-computer CAD/CAM systems have been developed. These systems can now 'think' in three dimensions and colour.

The Industry producing CAD/CAM equipment and

the software to programme it is attracting many firms.

Of these Computervision (with 35% of the market), Calma and Applicon (14% each) are the main ones, and it is reckoned that there is a prospective worldwide market of more than 50,000 systems worth 13 billion dollars.

In this way micro-processor technology will affect only heavy producing industries and other industries involving complicated electronic design directly.

However, the Computer Revolution will have a far wider effect on Industry as a whole. Micro-processors will aid the design of more advanced machinery which will then affect such industries as mining, farming and construction. Micro-processors will prove helpful to architects and thus all designers, not only engineers. In all, micro-processor technology will affect and change the whole structure and face of Industry. Goods will be able to be produced more efficiently, will be designed more quickly and at a more advanced level and will come into production more quickly, thus resulting in more goods of a higher standard being produced more cheaply. Therefore, although there will be doubts in many people's minds as to the benefits of microprocessor technology applied to Industry weighed against possible disadvantages, these doubts will, under commercial and capitalist pressure, be forced to be dispelled in favour of a positive approach to modernization. One final effect on Industry will be the emergence of the computer industry and its various offshoots and dependencies as the world's number one industry headed by IBM. The only foreseeable short-term barrier to advancement in micro-processor technology to aid Industry (and Commerce),is a lack of soft-ware programmes. For a computer is only really as good as its program. The more complicated the functions of the computer are, the more difficult it is to write the program. However, there are already plans underway to produce micro-processors capable of aiding soft-ware writers to write the programmes for other microprocessors, so this short-coming is only a temporary stumbling-block.

Probably the area in which micro-processors are being used most extensively at the moment is the world of commerce, business and finance. The functions of the micro-processor are well suited to help both decision-making and the everyday accounting which makes up a large part of the world of finance.

Banks, especially, have made great use of computers and data processing. When referring to banks one also includes similar institutions such as building societies, discount houses, merchant banks and others. With the use of computers banks have been able to expand their business, having the capacity to carry out many more business transactions in the form of short-term loans (e.g. to discount houses) and in the buying and selling of securities, as well as expanding their other business functions. It has also enabled the banks to turn much of their day-to-day accounting over to computers which are more accurate in data processing and, once programmed, can be continually updated. In this way all the necessary figures concerning everything from cash reserves and amounts of money in private accounts can be stored and obtained at the touch of a button.

Once branch offices have been connected to a main office this means that these same figures are then available locally as well, and the main computer can also be continually updated from branch offices.

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Overall, the introduction of data processing into banking has led to a vast increase in efficiency, diversity of interest and speed of transaction as well as an immense saving of manpower. The introduction of micro-processing has also led to the beginning of the end of cash money as we know it and the introduction of credit card payment. For, using computers, accounts can be continually debited or added to using a credit card system.

Thus, micro-processor technology has affected the whole world of finance with its capacity to store and update information. Similarly the various Stock Exchanges (e.g. the Stock Exchange, the Baltic Exchange etc.) have been affected by the new technology. Its application has meant that, as with banks, transactions can be made more frequently and with greater efficiency for micro-processors can keep market prices up to date and record transactions and, when linked up with a main computer, much time is saved in decision making as the brokers are constantly in contact with a head office.

Thus we see that micro-processors, when applied to business and finance, result in a great increase in efficiency and huge savings in both time and manpower which, in turn, allow the freedom and capacity for a larger number of transactions.

Another way in which micro-processors can be applied to business is in decision-making. For with their use in this field there can again be great savings in time and manpower. For a computer can be programmed to interpret the mass of data, statistics and a great variety of information. In this way data concerning market research and other factors involved in decision making can be quickly processed and a computer can then offer options open to the businessman.

All this has already taken place in most major companies and business institutions. However, there is still potential for the application of micro-processor technology to aid those working in the world of commerce and affect their ways of conducting business.

Already pocket calculators have helped businessmen on a small scale for some time. The business office of the future will be dominated by micro-processors which will aid accounting, decision making, the ordinary day-today running of business (e.g. instructions to local offices), and will be connected up to terminals in the homes of businessmen. In this way much of the work can be done from the home through one's personal micro-processor terminal and in the same way business letters may be sent to terminals at other offices or private terminals directly. The whole business process will be speeded up and made immeasurably more efficient.

Having analysed the potential contained within the micro-processor as it applies to Industry and Commerce, it is important to examine the possible effects this new technology will have on society as a whole and also the economy around which the business side of the Computer Revolution is based. I will attempt to look at the possible effects of the micro-processor and suggest the most responsible course which should be followed in order to ensure as easy a transition as possible under the circumstances. First of all, I think it is necessary to examine the closest parallel to the Computer Revolution, which is undoubtedly the Industrial (and its accompanying Agricultural and Commercial) Revolutions which hit Europe, and especially Britain, at the beginning of the 19th Century.

The Industrial Revolution came about when the theory of such men as Newton and Bacon was replaced by practical men such as Cort, Brindley and Macadam, who put their own inventions into practice. The new machinery which was developed enabled man to supplement and amplify his muscle-power to great extents, so that there was a vast increase in the amount of goods produced (at a lower cost). The result was a boom in manufacturing industries which preceded leaps in the general standard of living. The transition was rapid and turbulent, but its eventual outcome was a vast improvement in the lives of almost everyone. The Industrial Revolution, with its wave of creativity, inventiveness and new ideas also sparked off a whole series of revolutionary changes in agriculture, finance, trade etc. Thus, it affected the whole structure of society: Man's environment, clothes, food, leisure-time, political and moral ideals, education, social attitudes, life-span, in short his whole way of life underwent drastic changes. Most important of these was his attitude to life, with emphasis being placed heavily on work. Another aspect of the Industrial Revolution was that it took place quickly with change accelerating steadily. This process of change was in no way likely to be altered by any effort on behalf of man, although some (e.g. the Luddites) tried to stop its course. The Computer Revolution will resemble this predecessor in all these ways. It will occur, however, at an even faster rate (25 years instead of 100) and therefore the extent of turbulence is likely to be greater. For in the same way it will affect our whole lives and attitudes to life.

However, again in a similar way, its imminence and inevitability is all too apparent, and it is extremely unlikely that any forces will emerge great enough to check its already accelerating advance.

One important aspect of the Industrial Revolution should be noted and learnt from: this is that although there was much social turmoil and anguish as a direct result of the changes which took place, much of it was caused by the failure by those in authority to realise or acknowledge the extent of the changes which were taking place, until much later. The signs are that this could repeat itself, although there is a good deal more awareness of the situations and problems which it could cause. What should happen is that the general public itself should be educated to prepare for and accept the inevitable changes in their whole way of life.

In this way, man's attitude to life, expecting a life of work in exchange for pay in order to survive, will have to be changed eventually and so he should prepare to discard this concept as quickly as possible. This, however, is easier said than done. For the attitude to work is ingrained in man on two counts: firstly, it is the attitude which was deemed necessary, even obligatory, especially since the last major social upheaval, the Industrial Revolution. This is because, unless blessed with some outstanding talent, the average person has been forced into a life of hard work in exchange for pay.

This money is only a medium of exchange which is needed in order to obtain the essentials of life, with little to spare, in the form of goods and services needed to survive. In turn the work provided by human effort is needed to provide these very goods and services.

However, following the Computer Revolution and in only a few years time, far fewer 'work hours' by humans will be needed to provide ample goods to keep humanity at a higher standard of living. The other reason for this frame of mind is the Christian 'work 29

ethic' which, despite society's present low level of interest in religion, has been ingrained into the social system through accepted patterns of upbringing and education. This work ethic, originated largely from the teachings of Luther, Calvin, the Puritans and other such, mainly Protestant, doctrines. The sense is that one `ought' to be working in order to justify existence and that 'the Devil finds work for idle hands'.

This attitude of 'living for work' must be changed to read 'living for satisfaction'. This is simply because soon there will be very little in the way of 'work' in the traditional sense, as most of this work will be taken over by computer, and computer-controlled machinery. Jobs lost will therefore include much of those in industry and manufacturing, farming and all those jobs which include the processing, noting and display of data, for instance, bank clerks and accountants, whose job of processing figures can be easily done by microprocessors, and also publishers, estate agents, advertisers and others. Therefore, although the computer industry will produce many new jobs, one can expect the level of unemployment to rise above 10 million within the next 20 years, unless there is a wide expansion in service industries. One might expect, in the same timespan, a working week of between 20 and 25 hours, vast increases in vacation time, and earlier retirement at, say 45. As well as this, education will inevitably be extended until 19 and, with further education at specialised colleges, until 23 or later.

However, manual labour and the other areas already mentioned, will not be the only sufferers, for one may expect a severe decline in the numbers employed in the generally regarded 'safe' professions. After all, how could a machine take the place of a doctor, a lawyer or a teacher? To a certain extent this complacency is not unfounded, for it is true that micro-processor technology will not be able to replace the expertise and the human approach required by doctors and nurses in medicine, lawyers in law, and teachers in education.

However, there will nevertheless be a number of redundancies, especially in the clerical departments of these professions. Computers, for instance, can aid doctors in diagnosis and surgery by storing data and operating machines; similarly, micro-processors will enable lawyers to call upon all the material they require within minutes instead of the previous weeks needed for research; finally, through careful programming, microprocessors can store all the data needed to instruct children in nearly all subjects, especially factual ones (there are already examples on the market). Indeed, computers can often make better teachers than humans with endless patience and able to adjust to the capabilities of the individual. In this way large numbers of pupils can be grouped in one class, each with his own terminal, and supervised by one teacher catering for those with specific problems which the computer cannot handle.

Faced with such a future one might be excused for thinking that the problems which would arise out of such a situation are unsolvable. However this is assuming that, in line with the work ethic, work is necessary and important. Indeed, this attitude is the one which must be changed. Thus, instead of unemployment (involving images of men in cloth caps lining up outside soup kitchens) being considered abhorrent, it should be considered a release from the drudgery involved in most of the jobs which will be scrapped. Freed for what, though, is the most important

question posed. Unless the authorities have a far-sighted view in mind, the initial effects will be large scale unemployment with a large gulf developing between those with a job and those without. For those with a job would cream off all the profits from the boom in the standard of living which should accompany the Computer Revolution, whilst the unemployed would be left to feel like out-casts and would gradually degenerate due to lack of activity. This would indeed lead to a great deal of social and political tension.

Instead, the government should plough back the profits from the inevitable increase in prosperity, into the community as a whole. The major part of this should go towards education and the re-structuring of the education system. Firstly, the main basic alteration in traditional teaching methods should be a broad preparation of each person for the new life-styles they will have to lead. Thus people should be educated to gain the most satisfaction from life by developing any specific interests they might have. In this way those with particular skills which would provide them with employment as, for instance, doctors, engineers, scientists, teachers etc. should be trained in specialised colleges and universities for that purpose. However, those who are unlikely to find employment should try to develop interests which could also be fostered at specialised colleges. These interests could include anything from music and sport to craftwork (such as metalwork, pottery etc.). This is far more practical than remaining learning traditional subjects and is likely to keep young people interested until the minimum school leaving age, which is bound to be raised to at least 18.

Once a person has left school he can keep occupied not by work in the traditional sense but in other more stimulating ways. In this way the social services should be enlarged so that people could work as part-time community workers. Also grants should be given to institutions which carry on interests initiated at school, such as art and craft centres and entertainments such as films and the theatre. Finally, government projects should ensure ample leisure facilities (e.g. for sport) so that, in all, everyone can live a stimulating and satisfying existence.

Thus micro-processor technology will also provide a fuller life as well as an increased standard of living as more wealth is produced. Indeed micro-processors will affect everyone's lives directly as well as indirectly for they will provide many new facilities which will be available cheaply and on a large scale, and this too will add to the general material standard of living. Most of these luxuries will be concerned with communications and information and will be largely labour-space-andtime-saving, the most important of which will be terminals connected to a television set. This will provide information up till now supplied by newspapers, books, estate agents etc. and can , also serve as a terminal for messages (i.e. letters) sent to other users. This revolutionary facility is already being introduced all over the world, and in France the government is committed to putting a terminal in every telephone user's home at the rate of 3,000,000 per year. Thus the picture is formed in one's mind of a society with a far higher standard of living and with lives being much more fulfilling and satisfying generally.

Finally, why bother to create such a society to benefit all when it might be easier to keep the same system and just push the unemployed to the back of our minds? The answer is simply that, in a democratic country, the 30

situation is vastly different from when, say, the car replaced the horse. For the horse didn't have the vote!

The main effects on the economy of a country using micro-processor technology have already been mentioned. Firstly, there will be a general increase in prosperity and in the general standard of living as more goods are produced of a higher quality and more cheaply. Secondly, there will be widespread unemployment and, finally, the government should start to spend a lot more in the public sector on social services. One possible short-term side effect will be increased inflation especially in countries most immediately concerned with the introduction of new technology. This will be caused by vast investments which will be necessary in order to finance the Computer Revolution. Another facet will be the growing political importance, in economic terms, of those nations which take most advantage of the new technology (as with the Industrial Revolution). The main countries in this respect will be Japan and the U.S.A. In Japan the government has an investment programme, between 1975-85, of 70 billion dollars to be injected into the computer industry, and this will lead to the emergence of Japan as the leading computer power.

Computer companies will also take over as the most important industries in most countries, IBM in America being the most notable example, and will therefore wield considerable political power against any forces wishing to halt the progress of the Computer Revolution.

The main opposition to micro-processor technology will obviously tend to come from the Trades Unions, and the Computer Revolution may cause a communist backlash promising a return to work for all. However, capitalist pressure and the ultimate promise of a generally more comfortable life should prevail and, indeed, ultimately cause the fall of communism. For the leading communist state, Russia, is years behind the West in computer development and the benefits it will ultimately bring.

To summarize: It is easily apparent that the Computer Revolution will affect all walks of life, both directly and indirectly, perhaps even more drastically than the Industrial Revolution. It will certainly revolutionize industry (both design and manufacture) and the Communication Revolution plus the great processing ability which will be available to commerce is already revolutionizing the world of business and finance. Similarly, patterns of life will change, with far more leisure time for everyone, and much work in the traditional sense will become obsolete. Finally, the advent of this new technology will mean, ultimately, a higher standard of living generally and on the whole fuller and more stimulating lives for all.

Two things must come about in order that the transition is kept as free as possible from the turmoil which consistently accompanies such 'Revolutions': firstly, people should be educated not to fear unemployment and instead to make the most of their lives under the changed circumstances; secondly, the Government must anticipate the changes which will inevitably come and provide facilities which will ensure that the benefits of the Computer Revolution are enjoyed by everyone.

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Back row (left to right): J. Ruxton; B. Hart; S. Hills; R. Coate; M. Derry; A. Wadsworth; I. Grundy; M. Springett; D. Usendorff; R. Thomas; G. H. Anderson, Esq. Front row (left to right): M. Russell-Vick; I. Ekusa; M. Seifoori; I. Roscoe; M. Bennett; S. Kirkaldie; P. Heron.

1st XV RUGBY This was a side which enjoyed its rugby, and its success was largely due to its committed, enthusiastic qualities. Much of the credit must be due to Ian Roscoe and Massoud Seifoori who led by example. Roscoe often gave opposing props a hard time whilst Seifoori's hard running and support play in the back row was a feature of the latter stages of the season. Russell-Vick's move from centre to stand-off proved a successful venture, as he was better situated to control the game.

Ekusa (the Dummy King!) was one of the most improved players in the side. As a scrum-half he made useful contributions in attack and defence. Bennett developed into a very useful lock-forward. His aggressive mauling and line-out work gained valuable possession throughout the season. Derry, the other lock, was also a much improved player. Grundy grew in confidence as the season progressed and should be a useful asset next year; as should Hills, who always gave one hundred per cent. Heron's 'suicide' runs on several occasions proved successful. Norris and Thomas in the centre improved significantly over the season. Both had good hands and the ability to time a pass. Coate and Ruxton were wings that tackled well, and though lacking genuine pace did a sound job. Springett played as a centre and as a wing and on several occasions demonstrated his speed, but rather lacked in technical skill. Hart at full-back played best when he was under pressure. However, he tended to lose concentration and make silly mistakes. Usendorff at full-back and at stand-off played a useful role for the side.

My thanks go to R.D.C., once again, for his help in the coaching of the side throughout the season.

After the opening victory over the Old Suttonians, the school went down 3-8 in a close encounter with Kent College. A disappointing game against Duke of York's RMS produced a dull 0-0 draw. The side gained in confidence following, a useful 17-3 victory over Dover College. Two penalties by Russell-Vick were just enough to beat Sir Roger Manwood's on a very wet day at Sandwich. The last game before half-term produced a good victory over Hurstpierpoint, largely as a result of the pack's dominance of the game. Some entertaining rugby was played in the King's Rochester match, after half-term. The dominance of the Valence pack was always obvious, and we ended the game worthy winners. Against Brighton College the territorial advantage by the school was not translated into points, and the game ended with a narrow 4-3 win. In one of the most disappointing matches of the season, we were lucky to beat St. Lawrence 7-3 at Ramsgate. A penalty and a drop goal by the Eltham College stand-off was enough to give them a 6-0 victory in a very even contest.

The Cranbrook game was certainly not a classic, but it provided a great deal of excitement. Some opportunist scoring gave us a 21-0 lead at half time; but Cranbrook rallied in the second half and the final score was 21-16.

The injury in this game to Russell-Vick was to mean that he would not play in the remaining three games.

Caterham tackled ferociously and, against the run of play, ran out 6-4 victors. In both this game, and the one against Denstone college, the kicking talents of RussellVick were to be missed. In these games numerous opportunities were missed, and Denstone, with the last kick of the game, won 10-7. The Emanuel match was played on a snow-covered pitch and the visitors deservedly won 15-12.

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with an admirable combination of firmness, humour and advantage. All three referees (the other two from the Devon Society) we came across were absolutely first class.

On the Tuesday, with the weather alternating between sunshine and heavy rain, we made an early start to Kelly College, Tavistock. While some of the party were absorbed in wondering which route GHA would take next, others were able to take in the countryside, especially the beautiful rolling landscapes between Tiverton and Crediton and latterly the attractive wildness of the moorland south of Okehampton.

The hospitality of our hosts at Kelly reached its usual high standard and we were indebted to Peter Williams and Mike Bishop for the extent of their kindness. We left the selection of the side until half an hour before the kick-off because of the unsettled weather, finally electing to play Hart at full-back, Seifoori at insidecentre and to give Andrew Wadsworth a chance to regain his place at flanker, unfortunately having to leave after 20 minutes with a hand injury.

Unfortunately we were hopelessly out-played, especially in the first half, by a very efficient Kelly unit. Their back row, including Paul Roberts, the Welsh schoolboy No. 8, were very quick to the ball with the result that they not only dominated possession but also put us under extreme pressure whenever we had it. Kelly added two tries that severely stretched our defence with Mark Russell-Vick replying with a single penalty goal, but apart from one solo effort by David Usendorff right at the end of the game, we did not really come near to scoring and were a well beaten side at the finish (3-16).

Last night celebrations were marred somewhat by GHA having to stay at the Exeter General Hospital (shades of the West Kent!) for some three hours with Blair Hart who had suffered a rib injury during the course of the Kelly match. Fed up with having to wait for so long, they eventually walked out and arrived back at 'The White Hart' at about 10.00 p.m.!

And thus the third and, perhaps, most enjoyable tour of the West Country was concluded on the following day with the drive back to Sutton Valence, but not before RDC had given GHA palpitations when reversing his mini-bus within an inch of the other, following a brief stop for refreshment at the charming little town of Mere!

R. D. Chance

RUGBY TOUR 1981 The fourth rugby tour of recent years — and the third to the West Country — took place in October at the start of the half-term break. The party of 17 boys, 2 masters, was again superbly accommodated by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nichols at 'The White Hart Hotel', Wiveliscombe. Their elder son, Richard, was a member of the 1977 touring side that recorded one of the largest away victories in the history of school rugby football 42-0 against Exeter School, who gained their revenge (15-10) in 1979 and who provided the opposition in the first of our two fixtures in 1981.

On the morning of this game, the team were prevented from 'enjoying' the traditional opening training session on the local `Wivvy' ground by torrential rain, but, by arriving early at the Exeter pitch, GHA was able to put the party through its paces just prior to the kick-off. David Usendorff, our new 'boy' from South Africa, made his debut for Sutton Valence at inside centre, with Massoud Seifoori returning to his favoured position at flank forward in place of Andrew Wadsworth, who was substitute.

There was a dramatic start to the game when, Ruxton went over in the corner; within minutes Seifoori made the score 8-0. Naturally Sutton visibly grew in confidence and, throwing the ball about in enterprising fashion, it was no surprise when Kirkaldie scored an opportunist flanker's try, converted by Russell-Vick. At this point, with Exeter School quite bemused, various Old Suttonians, who had met together earlier expecting a slightly later kick-off, arrived to find their old school 14-0 up! Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Sagar, parents of Graham, Skipper in 1977, Tim Pain (Captain in 1966 and my first captain as Master i/c Rugby) and Roger Craddock, master here between 1964 and 1968, and now teaching at Taunton Junior School. As if to prove to their delighted supporters that they had scored three tries, Sutton went further ahead, when Simon Norris caught a rebound off the opposing full-back and scored beneath the posts. Penalties were exchanged just before half-time, but in the second half Exeter found their form and put Sutton under constant pressure. They scored a g000d try from a line-out and were denied further points by some superb tackling by the back row and full-back Blair Hart. A game of two halves thus ended with Sutton ultimately triumphing by 23 points to 7.

On the day off, we were able to have our promised `work-out' on the `Wivvy' pitch in the morning; needless to say, it took a while before the cool morning breeze took its effect on players who had celebrated the previous night! Most boys then preferred to sample the delights (or was it the `delytes) of Taunton while just three of us enjoyed a fascinating encounter between Taunton School and the touring Oakham School.

Taunton's backs provided the most impressive threequarter line we saw during the season, and they deservedly won the match for their side. Another impressive feature of this game was the refereeing of a Somerset Society official, who controlled a close affair

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2nd XV 1981 Played 13 Won 9 Drawn 0 Lost 4 When a Rugby Football match ends the referee calls `No Side' and this is traditionally taken to mean that neither side has won, whatever the score, but that the game itself has triumphed. Similarly barristers are exhorted to 'strive mightily but eat and drink as friends when the contest is over'. The 2nd XV followed these precepts and as a result had a successful and enjoyable season. They certainly strove mightily, for I have rarely seen a side who played so hard and in such a good spirit as was illustrated by the complimentary remarks of several referees.

They began under the captaincy of Andrew Wadsworth, but promotion and injury robbed us of him until the last match when he led the side to a good victory over Emanuel. Richard Orpin thus led the team for most of the season and he did very well in addition to playing soundly in the centre and on the wing. The basis for the success of the side lay in the good half-back combination of Peter Willett, at scrum-half, and David Curtis at both scrum and fly-half, but mostly at the latter. He played really well and often kicked effectively.

We had many sound centres during the season such as David Usendorff, Robin Thomas and Simon Norris, but when they went up to the 1st XV no-one seemed to come down, except Richard Coate now and then, when he played well.

The other factor which gave a basis for success was the light, but effective back row of Alistair Pollock, Paddy Hamilton and Gary Jones. When any of them was absent it was most noticeable. The rest of the pack became an effective unit with Russ Allen improving a good deal as a hooker and well propped by Peyman Khodabandelou and Gary Smith. Ian Hunt showed promising form in Allen's place in the last two matches.

David Fowle and David Machin pushed well in the second row and Machin scored a memorable try against Emanuel. Full-back was a problem, but William Paine regained his enthusiasm during the season and played well against Caterham and Emanuel, in particular.

The matches one remembers are the good wins against Kent College, Hurstpierpoint and Eltham while Duke of York's and Cranbrook were clearly too good for us. Many points were run up against King's Rochester following sage advice from the Chairman of the Governors at half-time.

This was a good side which it was a pleasure to watch.

The following gained their Colours: R. R. Orpin, D. J. Fowle, P. Khodabandelou, A. M. T. Pollock, A. 0. M. Wadsworth, D. G. Curtis, P. J. Hamilton, G. P. Jones, E. P. Willett, G. M. B. Smith, R. W. Anderson.

The following also played: R. M. Allen, C. S. Monro, S. J. Norris, W. F. Paine, M. Springett, N. A. Brake, R. D. Coate, B. C. Hart, L. S. Henderson, I. M. Hunt, D. 0. Machin, J. F. W. Richardson, R. J. H. Thomas, D. I. W. Usendorff, J. R. Piper, S. R. Townsend, K. J. Adams.

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M. Rayner

3rd XV Played 6 Won 4 Lost 2 The season started with a game in which the gentlemen of King's, Canterbury, 5th XV, sportingly offered us a few chances which we gratefully accepted without offering anything in return. The result was a convincing 58-0 win. This was followed by two more good wins against Dover (32-0) and Brighton (24-0).

The Dover game was reminiscent of a scene from the Somme at times with injured opponents littering a very muddy field.

Mass kidnapping by the 2nd XV weakened the side for the St. Lawrence match and we went down fighting by the narrowest of margins (4-3). The season finished with two tough games in which we beat Cranbrook (6-0) and lost to Caterham (13-4).

I am sure that everyone who played in this year's gentlemen's XV enjoyed his rugby, which is, of course, the most important thing. In our ordinary games we generally managed to generate sufficient competitiveness for the practices to be useful without ever taking ourselves too seriously. We never tried anything too sophisticated because we were never sure until the last moment which of our key players would be snatched from us to play for the 2nd XV. Particularly memorable features of our season were Lee Henderson's ram-like head butts which were a constant source of amusement to those on his side; then there was Chris Monro's insistence on going on a hackand-chase every match; and we mustn't forget `Meatloar Adams's bone-crunching bursts in the centre (a number of Dover players certainly won't!) and Toby Dartnell's helpful explanations of the laws to those referees who seemed, in his opinion, in need of correction.

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Under 16 XV Played 9 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 5 A frequently cited cliche in professional sporting circles is that winning is everything and that to be second is to be nowhere. The extent to which one agrees with this will largely shape one's opinion of this team's performances. The members of the team which finished the season were players who had largely had to follow the tradition of gaining their enjoyment from 'playing the game' rather than from winning. The team always competed well, but certainly up to half-term they had found themselves consistently second in competition against other schools. It was so much sweeter for them when the last three matches brought success.

A number of players who lacked the necessary will and maturity to apply themselves to the task of improving their game lost their place in the team. They were replaced by others who, given the opportunity, gained in confidence and ability at a rapid rate.

The one player of outstanding ability was the captain, Paul Anderson, who led the team by example throughout the season. The back row, of Rayner and Norman, competed well on match days and combined well as a threesome. The locks, Beech and Catchpole, were sound, but only really applied themselves in an effective and aggressive style in the final match against Caterham when the team won 13-10. The front row of Henry, Gray and Warner at least held their own and at best outplayed their opposite numbers. Sunnucks was sound at scrum-half and Rice, at outside-half, settled down well after injury to claim a place at a position which earlier in the season had been a problem. The backs came together well, if not spectacularly, as the season progressed. Glenister, Williams, Dor& and Piper (the top try scorer) all earned their colours. Hirst did well as both scrum-half and later full-back. team which played This year's group also fielded a with great enthusiasm, and several players represented the school at 2nd XV and 3rd XV level. The individual ability of players in this group, with a few notable exceptions, was not of a high standard. If, however, they remember in the future that rugby is above all a team game requiring the effective application of individual skills to the team's benefit, then I am sure many in this group will go on to represent the School at a higher level.

C.P.M.K.

Under 15 XV This was a season of two very distinct halves. The team began with a very scratchy 0-0 draw away at Purley — a game which is usually won. Without exception the standard of the play was poor. The main difficulties seemed to be in the rather specialised positions of scrum-half and full-back. Hickman, at scrum-half, was quite an accomplished little player and surprisingly tough. Too much 'going it alone', however, reduced service to a good three-quarter line. Evans, looking firm at full-back, unfortunately broke his arm and was unable to play for the rest of the term. The forwards lacked bite as a unit, but Bristow and Ward played consistently and Price proved to be a durable and reliable prop. The team appeared well-equipped in the three-quarter line, led by P. Sunnucks, with Rowley, Haynes and Sturdy showing pace and penetration.

After an indifferent opening to the fixtures there was an improvement, and at half-term the team was undefeated, with good wins against Kent College (10-8), Duke of York's (26-4), Dover College (16-8) and Sir Roger Manwood's (30-4). Of the remaining six games after half-term five were lost and one only narrowly won against St. Lawrence College (8-4). The game against Eltham (8-12) was an ill-tempered affair and the final game a rout by Caterham (4-38), redeemed only by a truly sparkling try by Sturdy.

Sturdy, Rowley, Haynes, Sunnucks P., Price, Bristow and Ward were awarded Colours J.B.H.

Underl4 XV Played 10 Won 3 Lost 7 Points For: 114 Against: 222 As the playing record suggests, this was a disappointing season. The total number of boys available from which to choose the XV was again low, and the resulting lack of good opposition for team members in games periods and practices meant that team work never really developed over the season. Good individual players expected to be able to repeat their games period performances in matches and did not seem to improve their level of skill at all. The pack, in particular, never played as a unit. Despite their considerable bulk, they seldom pushed their weight and the supply of good ball from set pieces was limited.

Slowness to the breakdown, particularly by the front five, similarly reduced the amount of good ball won from ruck and maul, and any good possession was often wasted by a rather static three-quarter line.

On a brighter note, the play of the back row — Jenner, the captain, Grainger and Chambers — showed promise, with Chambers being particularly outstanding.

Mathias, at scrum-half, had some good games, but is still very inconsistent, and Moll, who has obvious potential at fly-half, did not always receive the service he deserved. In the centre, Brady was an outstanding runner with the ball, although he relies almost entirely on the outside break, and Williams improved greatly over the term, developing into a very sound defensive player.

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Awards Lallyett Cup The most improved Chantler runner Bentley Cup Winner of Senior Steeple- Kirkaldie chase Nation Cup Overall winners of House Cornwallis Race The Baton Winning house of Cornwallis Baton Race Full Colours J. Hickman, C. Williams Half Colours R. Anderson, A. McGinty, A. Pollock P. Willett, A. Williamson.

U. 16 Colours S. Brady, T. Burton, T. Chantler, C. Jones.

U. 14 Colours D. Chambers, H. Dawkins, M. Williams.

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING This season promised to be our most successful until it was marred by the failure of many good runners to return to school at the beginning of the academic year, especially that of the secretary, N. Janani. Despite this set-back, most boys worked hard to attain peak fitness, and we were rewarded with another very commendable season of running in which a number of victories were obtained against traditionally strong schools.

As usual, the season began early in the term with the Knole Run at Sevenoaks, and again, in spite of the boys' lack of fitness, we improved our position in the field over the previous year. In the Maidstone Area Championships our Intermediate team again won their event, for the second year, though the other two squads fared less well. As a result of these qualifying matches the following boys were selected to run in the County Championships:- S. Brady (Junior); T. Burton, T. Chantler, C. Jones and C. Williams (Intermediate); S. Kirkaldie (Senior). In the County Championships, also held at Maidstone, the fierce competition eliminated all except Stephen Brady, who has since run for Kent on a number of occasions.

The Five Schools match was held at Sutton Valence this year but, because of illness, King's Canterbury withdrew. However, our Junior side commendably came first equal with Skinners', and the Intermediate side were narrowly pushed into second place after a last half mile battle between six boys from rival schools.

The most exciting match of the season was probably the Dunorlan Relay. In this 11/4 mile lap event, which attracted a record number of entries from Southern England, our 'A' team held second or third position for most of the race but eventually the talent from traditionally strong schools took its toll and we came fifth overall. Another event worthy of special attention was the field relay at Rochester, when we came second; this was the highest position we have held in this event.

Other notable successes were against Bethany (Junior and Senior); Judd (Intermediate); St. Edmunds (Intermediate and Senior); Kent College (Senior) and King's Rochester (Intermediate and Senior).

The final plaudit in this season's running must go to Adrian Williamson, who broke the 51/4 mile senior steeplechase record in a time of 31 minutes 56 seconds in the last match of the term; the previous record had stood for at least six years.

My warmest thanks are extended to C.F.G.P., M.A.G., Sean Kirkaldie (Captain) and James Hickman (Secretary) for their co-operation, support and advice during a long season which had many tough fixtures. I am also indebted to the boys who patiently lent their support to marking the courses during home fixtures.

C.I.K.L.

CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Saturday 16th January. KNOLE RUN. Junior: 1980: 32/35 Intermediate: An Open Event 1981: 26/35 Senior: 1982: 26/37 Saturday 23rd January. BETHANY SCHOOL Junior: Won (S.V.) 27 (B) 58 Senior: Won (S.V.) 21 (B) 64 Thursday 28th January. HOUSE RACE (Overall Winners — Cornwallis) Junior: Lambes Intermediate: Cornwallis Senior: Founders Saturday 3rd February.

MAIDSTONE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP Junior: Winning School 4 of 4 with 99 pts 8/10 (233 pts).

Intermediate: Won 1/7 66 pts.Our second year as the Maidstone Area Champions.

Tuesday 9th February. JUDD SCHOOL Intermediate: Won (S.V.) 36 (J) 42 Saturday 13th February. FIVE SCHOOLS Junior: Won 1 = with Skinners Intermediate: 2/3 (S) 31, (S.V.) 48, (Dover) 115 Senior: 2/3 (5) 24, (S.V.) 63, (D) 105 Thursday 18th February. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL Intermediate: Won (S.V.) 32. (St. E) 51 Senior: Won (S.V.) 27, (St. E) 54 Thursday 9th March. JUDD SCHOOL Junior: Lost (J) 35, (S.V.) 44 Saturday 27th February. DUKE OF YORKS Senior: 2/3 (D.Y. 'A') 39, (S.V.) 47, (D.Y. T') 152 Saturday 6 March. DUNORLAN RELAY Intermediate: 'A' 5/18, 'Et' 16/18 Thursday 1 1 th March. KENT COLLEGE Senior: Won (S.V.) 22, (K.C.) 66 Saturday 13th March. KING'S ROCHESTER Intermediate: Won (S.V.) 15, (K.R.) 40 Senior: Won (S.V.) 15, (K.R.) 44 Tuesday 16 March. ROCHESTER MATH Intermediate: 'A' 2/10, 'Et' 8/10 Saturday 20th March. CRANBROOK and JUDD Intermediate: Lost (C) 39, (S.V.) 40 Senior: Lost 3/3 (C) 45, (J) 56, (S.V.) 88 Monday 22nd March. BATON RACE Winner: Cornwallis House 36

SQUASH Captain: A. R. Shaw

Squash: (left to right): A. Court; J. McCormick, Esq.; R. Thomas; A. Zia; A. Shaw; D. Siewert.

for this disappointment. We must wait for another opportunity — not too long, I hope.

In our other, now customary inter-schools fixtures we accounted for St. Lawrence College (twice), Sevenoaks School and Eastbourne College, with little difficulty. In the Kent League, having been relegated to Division 5 West, we could hope for a successful campaign and, indeed, we beat all the sides in our division, bar Hawkhurst S.C. 3, many of them in both away and tetut _ ....., 5th in the home fixtures, ending up a most msuagia Division. These testing, regular, m-it-Che-s –alainst club players, I am sure, brought the improvement in our lower-order players, especially in the ability to absorb pressure, that proved vital in the tighter inter-school matches.

This season for our 1st V was the most successful in the School's short squash history. Last year's reports expressed an expectation of better things, one mit which seen justified as the entire side was to return for this season; it turned out to be amply fulfilled. All the members of the team improved, at different stages of the season, and although I would not count this as good a side in depth as that of 1977-78, we proved too strong for most of the schools on our circuit, recording firstever wins over Ardingly College, Hurstpierpoint College (at their full strength), by emphatic scores of 4-1 and 5-0 respectively, and, most pleasingly, King's School, Canterbury: the latter (whom we came so close to beating last season) we defeated twice, first in the Premiere National Tournament 1st Round, by 3-2 on their courts, and later in the season in the 3rd place match in the Kent Schools' Cup by 4-1 on our courts.

This last was, perhaps, our best result of the se s n. we However, unfortunately, between these two lost in the league stages of the Kent Schools' Cup to King's by the odd tie, a loss which meant that, as runners-up in our group, we had to meet Tonbridge School in the semi-final rather than Cranbrook School, whom we had earlier beaten in the Premiere 2nd Round.

This, our second encounter with Tonbridge — they had finished our Premiere run, 3-2 — produced the third and last disappointment of our season: at several stages of the match we were close, tantalisingly close, to a notable win, but early morning play did not suit some of our players and we failed by 2-3 again to go through to the Final, where we would have met Cranbrook, who most surprisingly beat King's in the other semi-final. So what must have been our best chance yet to win the William Lambe Trophy (which Sutton Valence presented for this competition) slipped from us: even the stirring win over King's failed to compensate fully

Alistair Shaw, Captain and No. 1 for his second season, enjoyed out-standing success. He was undefeated all season and was rarely stretched — as was to be expected since he played for the Kent Under 19 team in the National Inter-County matches and was awarded his County Under 19 colours. With another year as an Under 19, and no longer (by S.R.A. regulations) available for Kent, having left school, he could gain representative honours for another county, perhaps Berkshire, where he will be at university. He proved an even better captain than last season, both in devoting much time to coaching and encouraging the other members of the team, and in off-court contact with our opponents, especially those from clubs.

Naturally, he won the trophy for the most successful player in our Kent League division, following in the footsteps of brother Nick and Richard Bedford before him. 'Ally' has made an outstanding contribution to Sutton Valence Squash and in his career at School established a record of 141 1st V appearances between 37

1978 and 1982, one likely to stand for some time!

Season '82-83 will see Sutton Valence without a Shaw in its 1st V for the first time since 1975!

Asad Zia, again at No. 2, had another very good season: when everything in his game is working correctly he is a delight to watch, even for those who can, from experience of him, guess what will happen next, for both his superb winners and his ability to get the ball out from the moss restricted positions at the back of the court are seldom to be seen in a schoolboy player. But he is still suspect, on temperament and can lose unworthily, through an?bility to steady himself under pressure.

No. 3 for his second season, Dirk Siewert, was the most improved member of the team. To his already fine range of attacking and defensive shots he had added some considerable power by the time the season began and this, combined with his athletic speed of movement and reaction, brought the confidence in himself which had been absent hitherto. He was, therefore, a very strong No. 3 who rarely lost against boys or men and he continued to improve throughout the season. His best performance was in the 3rd place Kent Cup match against King's, when he beat Paul BroMiley, who had twice previously beaten him, by 3-2.

Alistair Court and 'Bert' Thomas, this season usually in that order, again completed the 1st V. Alistair quickened up a little as the season progressed and began to develop some wristy drop-shots, which surprised many opponents. Although this year he gained the vital victory against King's which gave us success in the fir.st,. encounter, towards the end of the season he was Ito become disheartened too easily and lose his determinatioqte improved most of his shots, especially the smash and volley as the season went on, although I the drop-shot is still usually a distinct weakness.

Although he can 'tighten up' when victory seems sure, and sometimes lost a match he had virtually won, paradoxically he often stayed cool under great pressure and retrieved a match in which he appeared well beaten.

He, too, played his best match against King's in the third encounter, defeating Simon Bayley, (who had previously dispatched him in 3) by 9/6 in the 5th after being 1-2 down.

The Junior sides played several matches: since we had no regular Under 16 players of quality, the Under 15 team of David Ward, Richard Ward (no relation), Paul Cooke, David Plommer (still Under 14) and Angus Young, a determined, but stylistically idiosyncratic lefthander, also functioned as the Colts V. They played, with varying success, against King's, St. Lawrence and Cranbrook, and the prep' schools Holmewood House (no longer the standard they once were) and Wellesley House, who included the diminutive John Boddington, aged 10, but ranked No. 3 Under 12 nationally, an opponent of depressing class for those unfortunate enough to have to face him. All these Juniors are improving, but will need to do so even more if they are to step into the gaps which will be left in a year's time.

An Under 14 team appeared on two occasions, without success.

In the internal competitions, Westminster cruised to a hat-trick of victories in the Senior Inter-House competition, beating Lambe's 4-1 in the Final again, and also took the Junior title with a 2-1 victory over Cornwallis in the Final. The individual Championships went to A. R. Shaw (Open), D. Ward (Under 16) and D. G. Plommer (Under 14).

Colours Full Colours to: A. Zia; D. Siewert Half Colours to: A. Court; R. Thomas Individual Championship Results: Open: A. R. Shaw beat A. Zia 3-0 Under 16: D. Ward beat R. Ward 3-1 Under 14: D. Plommer beat K. Matthias 3-0 1st V Results Played 31 Won 23 v J. McCormick's V 3-2 v Sevenoaks School 3-2 v Ardingly College 4-1 v Eastbourne College 4-1 v St. Lawrence College* 5-0 v King's School, Canterbury 3-2 (K.O. 1st Round) v King's School, Canterbury* 2-3 v Hurstpierpoint College 5-0 v Cranbrook School 3-2 (K.O. 2nd Round) v Tonbridge School 2-3 (K.O. 3rd Round) v St. Lawrence College 4-1 v Tonbridge School 2-3 (Kent Schools' Cup Semi-final) v King's School, Canterbury 4-1 (Kent Schools' Cup 3rd place match) *Kent Schools' Cup: Divisional Match Kent League: Division 5 West (10 Teams) 1 Poultwood S.C. W.15 P.18 2 Hawkhurst S.C. 3 W.14 P.18 3 Tun. Wells S.C. 2 W.14 P.18 4 Sheppey S.C. 3 W.14 P.18 5 Sutton Valence School P.18 W.13

81 points 80 points 78 points 76 points 73 points J. McC.

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Hockey 1st XI Back row (left to right): G. G. Able, Esq.; A. Harris; D. Swarbrick; W. Paine; M. Hagan; R. Allen; T. Sunnucks.

Front row (left to right): R. Thomas; M. Russell-Vick; S. Norris; B. Hart; A. Shaw.

HOCKEY RETROSPECT 1982 Captain: S. J. Norris Vice-captain: M. T. Russell-Vick Secretary: R. J. H. Thomas during his three seasons in the XI. There was also the determined running and good control of Simon Norris who crowned his achievements with his first hat-trick for the School in his very last match, — an exciting victory over Skinners; Simon's positional switch with Robin Thomas certainly allowed both players to use their particular skills more effectively in the second half of the season.

Hagan, the most consistent defender, Sunnucks and Harris all did enough to suggest that they will give a sound foundation to next year's team.

Team from: K. J. Adams, R. M. Allen*, D. J. Fowle, D. C. Glenister, M. Hagan*, B. C. HartB, A. C. Harris, R. J. Mee, S. J. NorrisB, W. K. PaineB, M. T. Russell-VickB, A. R. ShawB, T. R. Sunnucks, A. J. Swarbrick* R. H. J. ThomasB. BFull Colours *Half Colours For the record, Westminster took the senior House match trophy for the first time in several years, Founders won the junior competition and St. Margaret's triumphed in the leagues. Paul Sunnucks

1st XI v Schools Won 6 Drawn 3 Lost 4 v Clubs Lost 4 At its best, this season's XI has played some fine Hockey, but a rather fragile defence tended to let us down in all the club games and some of the school ones.

The results are thus less consistent than one would wish.

The mid-field trio of Norris, Russell-Vick and Thomas was our greatest strength, and they often combined to produce some superb moves; Shaw worked tirelessly, and he proved to be a most effective striker with ten goals in his 17 games, whilst Hart did his best — albeit an unconventional best at times — to keep the opposition out at the other end. Despite their periodic lapses, the defence had some good games, too, and their performances at St. Lawrence and Chatham House were certainly pleasing; they also excelled in the Frank Mason Tournament when a goal by Tonbridge a few seconds from the end of our last group match put them into the final rather than Sutton Valence, — a great disappointment as the team had played so well throughout the day.

The season's highlights included Russell-Vick's excellent dribbling and his four hat-tricks: only Benson (59 goals) has bettered the 44 goals that Mark has scored 39

played for the Kent Under 15XI, who lost 1-0 in the County Championship Final, and Tony Sunnucks, David Glenister and Greg Galstaun were all unlucky enough to be selected to play for Kent Under 16s against London . . . who then failed to turn up!

G.G.A. 1st XI Results King's Rochester drawn 0-0 Cranbrook 1-3 lost Sir Roger Manwood's won 6-1 Chatham House won 2-1 St. Lawrence drawn 2-2 St. Edmund's won 4-3 Caterham lost 0-3 Sutton Valence HC lost 0-1 Maidstone GS won 9-2 Artists HC lost 2-7 Tonbridge lost 3-6 King's Canterbury drawn 2-2 Eastbourne won 3-0 Old Suttonians lost 2-4 Kent College 1-3 lost Maidstone HC lost 2-8 Skinners won 4-3 Frank Mason Tournament: Won 3; Drawn 2; Lost 1 4-2 2nd in group

Jack Nicklaus. In general there was a great deal of determined play with good support and plenty of passing about. Unfortunately though, the one thing that the thirds lacked was the ability to slot the ball into the three inch wide goal mouth; had we conquered this problem we would indeed have won most, or all, of our matches as the number of missed shots far outnumbered those of our opponents. It must be said, though, that we more than made up for this with our enthusiasm.

Indeed, the game was based not so much on skill and tactics as on the accepted thirds method of 'Go out and enjoy yourselves lads'.

Despite the disappointing season's results I would say that great fun was had by all, and it should be remembered that participation and enjoyment are the most important factors in playing any sport.

I. M. Hunt Under 16 XI Played 9 Won 6 Drawn 3 Goals for 31 against 11 An unbeaten season is always highly satisfying, and this year's team thoroughly deserved its success. What is more, it was truly a team effort, with plenty of endeavour and a little skill throughout the side.

A good second-half performance put paid to Cranbrook in the opening match and this was followed by a comprehensive win over Sir Roger Manwood. St. Lawrence, as always, provided tough opposition, and we escaped with a draw thanks to a late goal. Another comfortable win over St. Edmund's was followed by the best recovery of the term. We rapidly went three goals down against Tonbridge, but with great determination we fought back in the second half to win by the odd goal in nine. The team's least convincing game was a goalless draw at King's Canterbury, another draw followed against Eastbourne in a game we might have won. Kent College were beaten when the team played its best hockey of the term, and the term ended with a victory over a determined Skinner's side.

Hollins in goal played well in almost all the matches; T. Sunnucks, and Daniel were both skilful full-backs and when the former was promoted to the 1st XI Prosser made a more than adequate replacement. The half-back trio played together in every match, Anderson was always calm and thoughtful, Orpin, slightly erratic at times, had some very good moments, whilst Beech at centre-half led the side by example and at times seemed to be everywhere. On the wings Rice did not see enough of the ball, but had some good games, whilst Morton did well on the left. Galstaun with his quick turns and an eye for the opening laid on many goals, Glenister had the individual skill to split for most defences and Bowcock put away almost all his chances, scoring 13 goals in all. Catchpole came in as a reserve forward and scored 4 goals in 4 matches, and Jamal had two useful games as well.

The main feature of the team was the determination not to lose coupled with the ability to score goals. My thanks go to a group who played good hockey and also enjoyed their matches. Well done!

C. R. G. S. Team: C. F. Beech (captain); P. R. Anderson; T. J. Bowcock; W. R. J. Daniel; G. Galstaun; D. C. Glenister; D. S. Hollins; R. Morton; S. G. Orpin; M. D. Rice; T. R. Sunnucks.(All Colours) Also played: E. L. Catchpole, F. Jamal; D. J. Prosser

2nd XI This was a season of mixed fortunes with some good wins against strong teams. The team inevitably suffers through players being injured or being required for the 1st Team. Our 'regular' goal-keeper, Stuart Hills, was injured early in the season, and a satisfactory replacement was never found. Mark Derry performed in the role creditably but was often let down by poor defensive work at the back.

Mid-field errors only compounded the problems, and on too many occasions it was poor clearance work that set up goals for the opposition.

Our main strength lay in the forward line and there was much good work and some excellent moves resulting in goals, coming from Siewert, King, Town, Mee, Seifoori and Wadsworth.

By the end of the season illness and injury had badly depleted the side, and the final game against Skinners' was a scrappy affair.

Our best result came away against St. Edmund's, where we really looked a class side.

W.R.A.T. 3rd XI `Their style of playing hockey was irregular and rash, They had mighty little science and a mighty lot of dash . .

As far as the results go, the less said the better. Under the captaincy of Andrew Copson, the thirds played as a well organised unit. Defensively, we were very strong, G. Jones being the focal point with his strong tackling and with many of his clearances reaching white heat. D. Machin in goal was very consistent; indeed on several occasions he produced saves that would have put Peter Shilton to shame. It must be said, though, that when he was hard pressed, the panic button was rapidly pressed.

Mid-field and forward play was organised and well linked. However it seemed that T. Dartnell, I. Hunt and N. Brake produced shots remarkably similar to those of 40

In fact they came back with some character to win 3 of their last 5 games, showing they had learnt a great deal about the basic skills; I predict, with some confidence that they will continue to improve as Under 15s.

The team probably played its best hockey in the games against Holmwood House (1-2), Tonbridge (1-7) who had led 5-0 at half time, and Eastbourne (2-6) and did reasonably well in the Kent Under 14 Tournament (an event we have won twice in the past 4 years),finishing 5th out of 8 and winning 2 of their 4 ten minutes each-way matches.

Simon Jenner, at centre-half, played consistently well, though he must learn to hit the ball to the right more often. Nicholass, an awkward-looking player, improved throughout the season at full-back, while Plommer and De'Ath began to combine quite effectively on the right wing. Maylam showed some deft touches at inside-left but must increase his work-rate if he is to make his mark next year, and Atchison played with increasing tenacity at right-half. In three of the matches, Sunnucks trts. and Abudu mi., from the Under 13s, were introduced into the side, the former, in particular, catching the eye in attack by scoring five goals, including a hat-trick against Friar School. In the final match of the season versus Skinners', it was most encouraging to witness the team, without skipper Jenner, fighting back to win 3-1 after conceding an early goal.

Team from: A. Akoni, A. 0. Abudu, S. P. Atchison, M. J. Carlisle, E. De'Ath, M. Exon, I. A. Grainger, R. J. Harrison, S. J. Jenner, S. B. Jones, K. A. Mathias, W. J. R. Maylam, P. R. Miles, J. A. Montero, C. J. Nathan, G. J. Nicholass, D. G. Plommer, A. M. Pound, S. C. Sunnucks.

Under 15 XI

Played 11 Won 6 Drawn 1 Lost 4.

Goals for 32, against 17.

At the beginning this looked like being a record season. We had some big wins (6-1; 7-2; 6-0) against King's Rochester, Sir Roger Manwood's and St. Edmund's, and we beat Chatham House convincingly.

The inside-forwards, Bristow, Rowley and Haynes, combined well. Bristow was often in the right position at the right time, Rowley controlled his temper and the ball well and Haynes was almost too unselfish, especially in the D. Then we slipped from grace. Three of our losses were only by the odd goal (2-3; 1-2; 1-2) against Caterham, Eastbourne and Kent College. We came out badly in a test of character at Skinners', where, having led 2-0, we eventually crumbled to a 2-5 defeat. Here a couple of goalkeeping errors at crucial moments from Proud, who played well during the rest of the season, helped by the state of the pitch, tested and found wanting the character of many players. It was sad to see a player of the calibre of Sunnucks giving up and resorting to welting the leather off the ball in the second half. Full marks to Rowley who kept going and trying to the very end. Full-backs Ward and Galvin-Wright played very well when called upon, but seemed to have acquired a mysterious philosophy of lying back with the goalkeeper instead of keeping in touch with the team and the game all the time.

Sunnucks captained well, and it was a pleasure to have a captain at this level who is capable of giving the half-time talk and willing to do so. Our congratulations to him, too, on all his representative matches for the County and above.

A mixed A and B team had a very good new fixture on the all-weather pitch against Hayesbrook and managed to hang on to a 2-1 lead until the final whistle brought relief.

Again the '13' team, ably captained by Kingsland, had nearly all its fixtures cancelled. The one match they did play (lost 1-4 to Kent College) they enjoyed and they did not disgrace themselves in it.

This was a very successful and enjoyable season.

Much good hockey was played.

Team from: J. L. Bristow, P. R. Cook, R. M. Evans D. J. Galvin-Wright, J. H. C. Haynes*, D. T. Paine*, S. G. Proud, A. P. C. Rowley*, J. M. Stone, J. P. Sunnucks*, R. K. Ward*, A. C. Waters.

B.R.D.

Under 14 XI

Played 10 Won 3 Lost 7 A somewhat physically small team that possessed fairly limited skills had to learn the hard way: they suffered five substantial defeats that would have disheartened most groups of young players but, to their credit, they stuck resolutely to their tasks with the result that only two of the matches (those against St. Lawrence and Kent College) were hopelessly one-sided.

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Under 13 XI Played 5 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 1 Goals for: 24. Goals against: all saved except 6.

Hythe Tournament: for the 'Brockhill' Trophy.

Won by Sutton Valence: Matches played: 5, Won 4, Drawn 1.

Goals for: 12, against: 0.

Defeated Chatham House (1-0) and Simon Langton School (2-0) in the semi-final and final respectively.

BASKETBALL Captain: Massoud Seifoori The Senior squad played nine matches, winning just three, but meeting some high-class opposition in the North and Mid-Kent Cup Competition. The games against Cranbrook were hard fought, losing 37-44 away and 30-46 at home. In the cup competition, in another closely contested match against Maidstone School for Boys, they lost 43-50, then were outclassed by Norton Knatchbull, losing 45-87. In the spring term they began to show their true potential, losing only narrowly to Northfleet Grammar 52-55, then producing a sparkling performance in beating Howard 66-56. Gravesend, with an outstanding squad, won 80-56, but, despite an injury to Seifoori, Sutton Valence finished on a high note, beating Maidstone Grammar 46-32, with Ekusa scoring 32 points, then defeated a Masters' Common Room side 38-34. When playing at their best they were a delight to watch, with their rapid, accurate passing, high percentage shooting and excellent defensive checking.

Massoud Seifoori captained the team well, taking his responsibilities seriously and assisting with the development of the game in the School. He and Ivan Ekusa, whose individual skills developed considerably during the season, were both awarded their Full Colours, while Adams, Muwanga and Russell-Vick received their Half Colours.

The Under 16 team, captained by Greg Galstaun, rarely lived up to their full potential, winning just half of their 16 matches, losing two by the narrowest of margins, and finishing third in the Maidstone Schools' Under 16 League. In the North and Mid-Kent Cup Competition they, too, were outclassed by Norton Knatchbull, and Howard, but beat Gordon School well.

Several of the squad will be eligible for the team next season, which bodes well for its success in the Maidstone League. At pivot, Warren improved considerably during the season, while the rebounding and shooting skills of Haynes and Hviid were a great asset to the team. Glenister, too, scored frequently on the fast break, and Galstaun was fairly reliable with his set shooting. All the above-mentioned first five players, plus Beech, were awarded their Junior Colours.

For the first time, the Inter-House Competition was held in the form of a Tournament on a Sunday afternoon. It proved to be a popular and successful arrangement. In the Senior Final Westminster deservedly beat Cornwallis 20-15, while Cornwallis beat St. Margaret's 18-14 in the Junior competition.

Once again, some matches were inevitably cancelled due to influences beyond our control. However, this year the tournament at Brockhill and St. Leonard's School was not cancelled. Sutton Valence had a reasonably easy passage through the 'league' part of the competition - winning this section of the league. The semi-final and final provided sturdier opposition but the School did well to win through. Akoni (ma) as goalkeeper was good: his presence in goal was sufficient for the only penalty flick attempt to miss the goal area completely.

Colours were awarded to S. C. Sunnucks, as the leading goal scorer for the term and to S. D. Clifford for his dependability in defence. R. J. Harrison and S. R. Palmer deserve mention for their solid contribution in the side. Palmer's speed from the goal line in `snuffing out' King's Rochester's short corner attempts had to be seen to be believed. Well done to all those involved!

The following boys represented the School in one match or another during the season, with numbers in brackets representing the number of goals he scored.

A. 0. Abudu, S. D. Clifford, G. T. Evans R. J. Harrison, D. J. Plommer (2), R. J. Proud (2), J. M. Warren, W. J. Carelton, S. R. Palmer, E. J. Ramus (6), S. C. Sunnucks (8), R. J. Yorke, J. G. V. Worsfold, S. A. Maja, A. Akoni (ma), A. C. Dodman, J. M. Generowicz (4), N. J. L. G. Griva, P. D. Heine, P. R. Kingsland, T. J. Moll, A. S. Reid (3), B. J. Scott (1), D. J. Sturdy (2), J. A. Ward.

M.E.F.P.

Team records: Seniors: Played 9, Won 3, Lost 6. Points for 413, points against 484. Leading scorers: Ekusa 117, Adams 88, Muwanga 64, Russell-Vick 51, Grundy 41, Seifoori 30.

Juniors: Played 16, Won 8, Lost 8. Points for 535, points against 604. Leading scorers: Haynes 111, Hviid 98, Warren 92, Glenister 81, Galstaun 72, Beech 50.

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CRICKET RETROSPECT 1982 Captain: M. T. Russell-Vick Vice-Captain: A. R. Shaw Hon. Secretary: B. C. Hart

Cricket 1st XI Back row (left to right): T. Sunnucks; D. Curtis; R. Mee; R. Coate; S. Norris; R. Thomas.

Front row (left to right): D. Usendorff; B. Hart; M. Russell-Vick; A. Shaw; D. Fowle.

This has been a record-breaking year for the 1st XI 12 matches won, often by huge margins, and no defeats.

The team was never bowled out, and the only team to score 200 against our bowling was the Band of Brothers, and they were defeated by three wickets; indeed, all five adult XIs were vanquished this season, a unique feat for a Sutton Valence XI. The only teams to escape with a draw were five of the school sides, who batted second and managed to hold out. Three of these matches were half day games, but in the other two Woodridge defended well to earn their draw, whereas Cranbrook has to thank the best innings played against the School by a school-boy — John Gurney's 72 — plus a rare dropped stop-catch as they survived at 99 for 9 chasing over 200. The nearest we came to disaster was at King's School, Rochester, where we slumped to 86 for 6 at lunch before Norris and Sunnucks got us off the hook and we declared at 189 for 9, whereupon our bowlers rapidly earned us a 107-run victory. The most challenging match, however, was at Canterbury where our bowlers dismissed the previously unbeaten King's team for 140 on a hot day, and we lowered their colours by six wickets.

Mark Russell-Vick proved to be an outstanding captain as well as an exceptional schoolboy cricketer: in the end easy victories and wet weather deprived him of Benson's LVI record number of runs (achieved in the glorious Summer of 1976), but he ended only seven short of this target, with a far superior average, and his 36 wickets (at 6.97 each) showed what a marvellous allround cricketer he is, thoroughly deserving of his selection for the H.M.C. Schools Trial. Alistair Shaw, too, is an outstanding schoolboy all-rounder, and narrowly failed to achieve the double (1,000 runs and 100 wickets) in three seasons in the XI when the wetter wickets took the sting out of his bowling in June; like his captain, he played representative cricket both for Kent Schools and the A.K.C.C. In spite of those two 'giants', this was very much an

XI (or even XII!) man season: Robin Thomas with over 300 runs, David Usendorff, Simon Norris, Tony Sunnucks and — when fit — Ivan Ekuza all played several valuable innings during the term, and Usendorff's big six at King's will long be remembered.

The Festival saw the return of the loyal servant, David Fowle, who scored a vital undefeated 41 against William Hulme's G.S., and it also allowed David Curtis to blossom out at last with a fine innings against Culford.

On the bowling front Shaw and Russell-Vick were ably supported by the considerable pace of Richard Coate, the beautifully controlled seam bowling of Richard Mee and the left-arm guiles of Tony Sunnucks.

All our opponents agreed that this must be one of the strongest school bowling attacks in the country, and they were fortunate in being supported by some excellent fielding. Blair Hart kept wicket with panache (at least until he fell off his motor-cycle just before the Festival!), and there were no weak links in the field at all: the slip-catching of Russell-Vick and Coate was very sure, Usendorff was like a panther in the covers and both Sunnucks and Ekuza took some fine close catches.

Pride of place, however, must go to Robin Thomas, who missed nothing all season and who set a new school record of catches by a non-wicket-keeper.

It has been a great season, and although only three regulars return next year, I hope that the tremendous spirit of the '82 XI will stay with our cricket in the years to come.

Team from: T. J. Bowcock, R. D. Coate*, D. G. CurtisB, I. S. Ekuza*, D. J. Fowlel3, B. C. Hart*, M. C. King, R. J. Mee*, R. Morton, S. J. Norris*, M. T. Russell-Vick*, A. R. Shaw*, J. P. Sunnucks, T. R. Sunnucks*, R. J. H. Thomas*, D. I. W. Usendorff*, R. K. Ward. *Colours BHalf Colours.

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St. Edmund's 94 for 4 St. Dunstan's College S.V.S. 206 for 4 declared. (Shaw 71, Russell-Vick 60, Sunnucks 37 n.o.).

St. Dunstan's 20 for 0.

Abandoned — Rain.

Masters' C.R. S.V.S. 223 for 3 declared. (Shaw 113 n.o., RussellVick 68).

Masters' C.R. 59 (Mee 6 for 17 ).

Won by 164 runs.

King's School, Canterbury K.S.C. 140 all out.

S.V.S. 141 for 4 (Usendorff 41 n.o., Norris 36, Thomas 28 n.o.).

Won by 6 wickets.

William Hulme's G.S. W.H. G.S. 149 all out (Russell-Vick 6 for 47) S.V.S. 153 for 6 (Fowle 41 n.o., Norris 37, Shaw 21).

Won by 4 wickets.

Culford School Culford 159 for 8 declared.

S.V.S. 163 for 5 (Curtis 47, Sunnucks 34, Russell-Vick 30 n.o., Shaw 23).

Won by 5 wickets.

1st XI Results 1982 H.M.'s, XI S.V.S. 204 for 8 declared. (Shaw 100, Russell-Vick 68).

H.M.'s XI 151 all out (Russell-Vick 5 for 43, Sunnucks 4 for 34).

Won by 53 runs.

St. Lawrence College St. Lawrence College 93 all out (Shaw 5 for 35, Mee 3 for 13).

S.V.S. 97 for 1 (Thomas 40 n.o., Russell-Vick 35 n.o.)

Won by 9 wickets.

Sevenoaks School S.V.S. 145 for 5 declared. (Russell-Vick 57 n.o., Thomas 26).

Sevenoaks 64 for 5.

Drawn.

Cranbrook School S.V.S. 202 for 6 declared. (Shaw 82, Sunnucks 39 n.o., Thomas 20).

Cranbrook 99 for 9 (Shaw 5 for 16, Coate 3 for 34).

Drawn.

Kent College S.V.S. 161 for 2 declared. (Usendorff 77, Thomas 50, Russell-Vick 23 n.o.).

Kent College 122 for 4.

Drawn.

King's School, Rochester S.V.S. 189 for 9 declared. (Norris 50 n.o., Sunnucks 29, Shaw 20).

K.S.R. 82 all out (Coate 4 for 18, Russell-Vick 3 for 4) Won by 107 runs.

Woodridge College S.V.S. 172 for 6 declared. (Russell-Vick 44, Usendorff 37, Shaw 27).

Woodridge 54 for 5 (Shaw 5 for 12).

Drawn.

Dover College S.V.S. 184 for 4 declared. (Russell-Vick 114 n.o., Sunnucks 37).

Dover 54 (Shaw 6 for 13, Coate 4 for 28).

Won by 130 runs.

XL Club XL Club 114 all out (Russell-Vick 5 for 16).

S.V.S. 116 for 2 (Usendorff 49, Russell-Vick 36 n.o., Thomas 21).

Won by 8 wickets.

Band of Brothers B.B. 203 for 9 declared.

S.V.S. 205 for 7 (Norris 56, Ekuza 49, Thomas 31, Russell-Vick 25).

Won by 3 wickets.

M.C.C. M.C.C. 94 all out (Russell-Vick 5-21, Mee 3 for 20).

S.V.S. 96 for 4 (Ekuza 22, Shaw 20 n.o.).

Won by 6 wickets.

St. Edmund's School S.V.S. 152 for 2 (Russell-Vick 68 n.o., Ekuza 43, Shaw 29 n.o.).

Cricket Trophies and Prizes:

Inter-House Cup Junior League Competition Individual Cricket Cup Master i/c's Prize Fielding Cup R. L. Kay Prize

Cornwallis House Founder's House M. T. Russell-Vick A. R. Shaw M. T. Russell-Vick R. J. H. Thomas J. P. Sunnucks

Leading 1st XI Averages Innings Not Out Highest Batting Score M. T. Russell-Vick 18 114* 8 A. R. Shaw 17 5 113* T. R. Sunnucks 11 6 39* 49 I. S. Ekuza 5 0 12 3 S. J. Norris 56 R. J. H. Thomas 17 3 50 15 2 77 D. I. W. Usendorff

Bowling M. T. Russell-Vick A. R. Shaw R. J. Mee R. D. Coate T. R. Sunnucks

Overs Maidens Runs 125.3 251 43 200.4 66 381 142.0 47 307 149.4 45 384 188 93.0 29

Runs

Average

739 560 208 131 215 315 283

73.90 46.66 41.60 26.20 23.88 22.50 21.76

Wickets Average 6.79 36 38 10.02 23 13.34 23 16.69 10 18.80

Under 17 Barclays Bank Cup

This new, national competition, played over 45 overs, saw us drawn against the highly fancied Tonbridge in our first match. After a close encounter we edged through by eight runs and went through the next four rounds with increasing ease to reach the regional final against Forest School. This was a superb match, and good batting by Mark Russell-Vick and David 44

Usendorff saw us to a four-wicket victory after our accurate bowling restricted the talented Forest side to 140 runs. At this stage the team members were presented wiith copies of Barclay's 'World of Cricket' and some Bank sweatshirts, the School was the grateful recipient of considerable cricket equipment, and we were the invited guests of Barclays for two nights at the Post House in Bayswater for the national semi-finals.

Here we finally met our Waterloo at the hands of a Bablake side who fielded brilliantly — we merely fielded well — and who, on the day, showed slightly fewer nerves than poor David Usendorff who ran out his captain and was then too distressed to use his own considerable talent to its fullest advantage. Suffice it to say that Bablake won the final easily: We all enjoyed our stay in London, — particularly the younger Sunnucks — and we look forward to competing again in future years.

Team from: M. T. Russell-Vick (captain), T. R. Sunnucks, R. J. H. Thomas, D. I. W. Usendorff, D. G. Curtis, B. C. Hart, J. P. Sunnucks, R. K. Ward, R. Morton, R. D. Cooke, R. J. Mee, B. Gedney, J. P. Thorne, P. Marino.

Results: S.V.S. 161 all out.

Tonbridge 153 for 8. — Won by 8 runs.

Borden 93 all out.

S.V.S. 94 for 5. — Won by 5 wickets.

Kentwood 96 all out.

S.V.S. 99 for 2 — Won by 8 wickets.

Thomas Peacock 68 all out.

S.V.S. 70 for 2. — Won by 8 wickets.

Wimbledon College 63 all out.

S.V.S. 65 for 0. — Won by 10 wickets.

Forest School 140 for 8.

S.V.S. 141 for 6. — Won by 4 wickets.

Bablake School 164 for 8.

S.V.S. 112 all out. — Lost by 52 runs.

Cricket Presentation: Colin Cowdrey presenting Mark RussellVick and the Bablake School captain with their prizes in the Barclay's Bank Tournament.

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2nd XI Played 7 Won 2 Drawn 3 Lost 2 The team this year, captained by Andrew Copson, sought to entertain both the opposition and themselves by their novel, somewhat cavalier approach to the game. Sporting declarations were the order of the day, and consequently we frequently managed to produce a result.

Collectively the side, as ever, dropped too many catches and lost concentration too easily when batting.

Individually, Matthews scored a lot of runs early in the term and A. C. Harris always attempted to put bat to ball; Thorne bowled well and steadily, and if we missed the added pace of King for too much of the season, there was always Morton to test the opposition.

Bowcock kept wicket well, and although Marino was often slow in starting, he scored some valuable runs in games played in the latter part of the season.

The results show us all square on the season as a whole. Victories over Cranbrook with the last ball of the day and against Dover were achieved. We lost to Kent College when Copson, declared at a somewhat low figure. The rest of the matches were either drawn or affected by rain and only enlivened by double centuries against King's School, Canterbury, when we played on a postage stamp pitch. The season, as ever, produced its potential 1st XI players, and several of the regulars were `blooded' during the season. There are others who know their level and place, and the 2nd XI welcomes them, for we play cricket as it used to be played.

C.P.M.K.

with averages in double figures were Prosser, who shows promise as an opening bat, and Dartnell, who sadly was only available for two games.

Sevenoaks proved to be too strong, their pace bowlers dismissing us for 78, in spite of a sound innings of 31 by Machin, and their batsmen knocked off the runs for the loss of four wickets.

Fine bowling by Henderson and Saint, with 5 for 22 and 3 for 25 respectively, helped to dismiss Cranbrook for 92, but in spite of passing 50 for the loss of just three wickets, we allowed their two opening bowlers to tie us down and we finished with 80 for 7.

We played King's Rochester at home and away and in the first match Henderson and Saint again bowled well, helping to dismiss them for 94, but we once more got behind the clock, reaching 92 for 8 at the close. At Rochester, we batted first and totalled 115, due mainly to an enterprising 48 by Dartnell. Sadly, Henderson never found his rhythm again, and despite accurate bowling performances from Saint and Jamal the opposition reached 117 for 5.

Both St. Dunstan's and Bethany cried off, so our game against King's Canterbury proved to be the last , and on a fine batting wicket, runs came quite easily.

King's totalled 164 for 8 — when they should have been dismissed for under 100 — but we failed to realise how poor their bowling was until too late, finishing at 135 for 4, with a fine guest performance of 49 from Thorne, 41 from Beech, who sadly wasn't available for selection earlier in the season, and a sound — (but too defensive) 28 from Harris.

With most of the team available for next season, we should be able to achieve greater success in 1983.

Team from: M. J. H. Ainsworth, G. J. S. Barrett, C. F. Beech, T. A. Chantler, T. Dartnell, S. P. Harris, L. S. Henderson, F. Jamal, D. 0. Machin, D. J. Prosser, B. H. Saint, A. J. Tyley, M. R. J. West and H. M. Williams.

D.W.T.

3rd XI Played 5 Won 0 Drawn 3 Lost 2 A disappointing season. The match analysis might well have read Won 3 Lost 2, had the batting been a little more enterprising and fewer of the catches not gone West.

Saint, as captain, set a good example in the field and with some fine, accurate bowling, ably supported by Machin behind the stumps. The only batsmen to finish

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U13 XI Played 6 Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 4 A disappointing season again. On paper the team never looked a strong one, and on too many occasions a lack of real ability was evident.

Our one victory against Eylesden Court was, however, a deserved one after a good bowling spell by Sunnucks (Captain). A solid, if not particularly sound batting performance from Harrison brought us through triumphant.

Against Friar's School we managed to hold on for a draw after pushing for victory from a strong position.

Some of our tail-end-batsmen seemed determined to throw their wickets away.

King's School, Rochester, proved far too strong, scoring 231 for 4, and sorely tested our fielding skills.

We lost by 206 runs.

We failed to hold a D.C.P.S. 2nd XI to a draw and lost, when greater commitment might have seen us through.

In the main, our bowling in all matches lacked pace and penetration and often our better bowlers were under-used. The best performance came from the Captain, 5 for 14, against Eylesden Court.

If our bowlers struggled, then our batsmen were completely at sea, failing to stand up to fast bowling and usually offering poor strokes to bad deliveries. Our fielding was generally good, though, and there were some splendid catches.

Harrison and Smith shared the wicket-keeping duties and Sunnucks captained adequately, though was not

able to provide the sort of encouragement needed in times of pressure.

We hope for better things next season.

W.R.A.T. Under 15 XI Played 8 Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 2 What a strange team we had this year! In few seasons do we have any real competition for the last two or three places in the team and this year was no exception. This year, in fact, we probably had the weakest tail for some time, but we also had the best potential match winner in the captain, Paul Sunnucks. He is a remarkably uninhibited and fluent striker of the ball and finished the term with an average 84.8.

In the field we were decidedly mediocre and clearly our best chance of winning lay in batting second.

However, when in the last two matches of the season we were put in first, we managed so to demoralise Dover College with our score of 210 for 4 (Richard Ward 101 not out) that we shot them out for 76, and we nearly managed a repeat performance against St. Dunstan's two days later. In that match we made 187 for 3 (Sunnucks 104 not out), but could not get the final St. Dunstan's wicket. (They were 86 for 9 at the close).

Sunnucks and Ward, the only two colours, finished first and second in the batting averages, and also, in the reverse order, topped the bowling averages. David Paine finished third in both and will, I am sure, mature in time into quite a useful all-rounder.

M.F.B.

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ATHLETICS REPORT 1982 With the departure of some of the 'star' athletes last year one would have expected this to be a fairly mediocre season; in fact, it turned out to be every bit as successful.

The Senior Team remained undefeated until the last match, when, unfortunately, King's School, Canterbury were too good on the day, though we did narrowly defeat them earlier in the season. The highlight for me came in the Sevenoaks Relays when the School recorded its first ever win. This match followed an impressive win at Open and Under 17 levels against Dover College and Kent College.

The home match against King's School, Canterbury and St. Edmund's School provided some good competition, with the Seniors finishing first and the Under 17 team second to King's.

The Foundation Match was held at Sutton Valence for the first time in many years. Westminster City and Emanuel Schools proved to be no match, however, and the School won all but two events.

A very exciting competition took place at Sevenoaks between Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sutton Valence and the home side. All three matches were closely contested, but the School's Senior Team's unbeaten record remained intact, thanks to a splendid relay performance. The School relay record was broken on that day only to be bettered later at Brighton (44.3). In the same meeting the Under 17 team broke the agegroup record. Brighton College acted as hosts at the Withdean Stadium (Steve Ovett's base). It was decided to make the meeting a non team-scoring match owing to absentees involved in public examinations. Mark Springett's 50.7 in the 400m broke the School record and James Hickman's 4mins. 16sec. in the 1500 were notable performances.

The Seniors won an enjoyable competition in the rain at Tonbridge, thanks largely to some fine sprinting.

Ruxton recorded 11.2 in the 100m, Kirkaldie 23.0 and Springett 22.8 in the 200m. A rare non-appearance by a Warren's coach meant disappointment for the Under 17 team who were unable, therefore, to compete.

The Duke of York's Cup was the last match of the season. Quietly confident of winning, with the only threat coming from a recently beaten King's Canterbury, we nevertheless turned in a below par performance, and King's were able to avenge their defeat.

The relay team went undefeated through the season, thanks mainly to a superior take-over technique and the growing determination to remain unbeaten.

Many of the athletes in the Senior team leave this year and will be missed. 34 wins out of 36 at Senior level in the last few years is a fine achievement and Mark Springett, Jonathan Ruxton, Edwin Wang, Mark Derry, Massoud Seifoori, Robert Anderson and James Hickman can be proud of their contributions to this success. Those that remain (Ted Ho, James Piper,

Simon Kingsland, Andrew Rowley and Steven Brady), all promising athletes, have a formidable reputation to uphold.

In the Kent Championships this year Simon Kingsland finished second in the High Jump and in the Southern Championships Steven Brady turned in a fine 2min. 3.2sec. in the 800m.

I should like to thank all those colleagues, especially Brian Hughes, who helped with training and acted as officials in the home matches.

G.H.A. Full Colours: Kirkaldie, Hickman, Derry, Anderson.

Half Colours: Ho, Wang, Ruxton.

Athletics Match Scores S.V.S. v Dover College v Kent College Over 17

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd Kent College; 3rd Dover College.

Under 17

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd Kent College; 3rd Dover College.

Sevenoaks Relay

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd Sevenoaks; 3rd Skinner's School; 4th King's School, Canterbury; 5th Cranbrook School; 6th Judd School; 7th Maidstone G.S. S.V.S. v King's, Canterbury v St. Edmund's School Over 17

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd King's School, Canterbury.

Under 17

1st King's School, Canterbury; 2nd Sutton Valence; 3rd St. Edmund's School.

S.V.S. v Sevenoaks v Christ's Hospital Over 17

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd Sevenoaks; 3rd Christ's Hos. Under 17

1st Sevenoaks; 2nd Christ's Hos.; 3rd Sutton Valence.

Under 15

1st Sevenoaks; 2nd Christ's Hos.; 3rd Sutton Valence.

S.V.S. v Tonbridge School v Cranbrook School v Skinner's School v Judd School Over 17

1st Sutton Valence; 2nd Tonbridge; 3rd Cranbrook; 4th Skinner's; 5th Judd.

Duke of York's Cup

1st King's School, Canterbury; 2nd Sutton Valence; 3rd Duke of York's; 4th Dover College; 5th Cranbrook School; 6th St. Lawrence College.

House Athletics

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Interhouse Swimming Cup: Westminster Senior Relay Cup: Cornwallis Penguin Trophy: Westminster Water Polo Cup: Westminster Junior Swimming Cup: Holdgate Junior Relay Cup: Holdgate

THE SWIMMING YEAR 1982

Note: This year the Junior Swimming Finals were held separately from the Senior Competition, and a team from Underhill participated for the first time.

Compared with other years, the weather this season has been exceptional, so swimming started at the beginning of term instead of two or three weeks into it.

We entered again in the Bath Cup in London, where against the elite of England we came 51st out of 60. Our first real match was against King's, Canterbury: they had a very strong team and we lost in all three divisions, though there were good individual performances from Andrew Koster, Jose Montero and Philip Chui.

The major event of the year was the triangular against Eastbourne College and St. Lawrence School. The team as a whole swam well and with enthusiasm and style, but unfortunately we lacked strength and stamina and so lost, except in the Under 16s where we beat St. Lawrence.

We thought that Tonbridge would be very strong, but we matched them quite well and the seniors lost by only one point. There were good performances from Dirk Siewert, Nick Ward, Martin Bennett and James August.

The last match was against King's, Rochester and with an excellent team performance it turned into a classic victory. Team spirit has been our strength this season; our main weakness has been lack of depth in the team. I hope that in the near future the school will be able to acquire an indoor swimming pool as the increase in general fitness will mean that the level of our aquatic sports will be improved out of all proportion.

J. E. August

New Records: 400 yards Freestyle (A Div.): 5:11.4 D. Siewert.

(5:20.8 P. Burton 1977).

100 yards Backstroke (C Div.): 72.0 A. Koster (72.6 J. Allison 1976) 50 yards Breaststroke (A Div.): 31.3 J. August (33.2 S. Licence 1980) 4 x 25 Individual Medley (C Div.):69.5 A. Koster (71.4 J. Allison 1976)

FENCING RETROSPECT Captain: Mark Derry Vice-Captain: Mark West Secretary: Laurie Lloyd This year has been an extremely successful one for the Fencing Club. We have had an enthusiastic team, under the capable leadership of Mark Derry and Mark West.

Of the twelve matches fenced only two were lost. This was due largely to a formidable Senior Team comprising Mark Derry, Mark West, Tim Bowcock and Richard Epps, all four experienced fencers. The Intermediate team, although not perhaps blessed with the same level of skill as the Seniors, fought with passion and determination, credits going to David Hollins, Bill Geddes and Adrian Davies. The Junior team was largely made up of newcomers, Simon Baldwin, Nigel Grey and Stephen Atchison showing a promise which bodes well for the future.

Notable achievements have been just failing to win the Ken Russel Trophy by two hits in a tie-break; Tim Bowcock and Richard Epps gaining Second and Fourth place, respectively, in the Kent Under 17 Foil Competition; an excellent showing by a combined team of S.V.S. and Ashford School in the Kent Open Mixed Double Foil event.

Colours were awarded this year to: Mark Derry and Mark West, who received Half Colours and Richard Epps Under 16 Colours.

Thanks go to John Chorley, our enthusiastic coach, Laurie Lloyd, for his diligent organisation of matches, and G.H.A. for putting up with us for another year!

Looking to the future, one hopes that the enthusiasm which has been generated this year will continue, and that Tim Bowcock, the new Captain, will be able to inspire his team to greater things.

L. Lloyd

Colours Full: Martin Bennett, Andrew Swarbrick, James August, Dirk Siewart.

Half: Andrew Millar, Ian Grundy, Nick Ward U16: Philip Chui, Simon Nagy, Gavin Trotter U15: Andrew Koster, David Ward, Simon Jenner Results ✓ King's Canterbury ✓ Eltham College ✓ Duke of York's ✓ Brighton College ✓ Eastbourne & St. Lawrence ✓ Westminster ✓ Tonbridge ✓ King's Rochester ✓ Bethany

Seniors U16 U15 Seniors U16 Seniors U16 Seniors U16 U15 Seniors U16 U15 Seniors U16 Seniors U16 U15 Seniors U16 U16 U15

lost lost lost won lost won lost lost lost lost 3rd 2nd lost won won lost narrowly lost lost won lost lost won 49

In the final of the House match competition a rather ill-prepared Westminster team were taken apart by a very determined Founder's team, who thoroughly deserved their success. Court beat Grundy in the Open Singles final, and together they defeated Dean and Ruxton in the Open Doubles final.

Half colours were awarded to all members of the 1st IV. M.F.B.

FIVES The weather was a good deal kinder to us this year and no fixtures were cancelled because of sweating courts. It must be admitted, though, that conditions were decidedly hazardous when the 1st IV played the Jesters, and the floors were far too slippery for any singles to be attempted on that occasion .

This year we were able to arrange fixtures with three schools (St. Dunstan's, St. Paul's and Whitgift) with whom we have had little or no contact in recent years and this gave our junior players, in particular, valuable match experience — something they have been all too short of in recent years. Next year I hope that Alleyn's will also be able to fit us into their fixture list.

The 1st IV — Ian Grundy (W), Alistair Court (W), Owen Martin (F) and Mark Millington-Buck (F) improved considerably as the term progressed, even though it was early in the season that they gained their only two victories (against Tonbridge and the O.S.). All four should be back again next year and so we are hoping for a good season in 1983.

The success of the 2nd IV — four wins in five matches — was due in no small measure to Robin Dean (F) and John Ruxton (F), both of whom have served the game well in their years at Sutton Valence.

The Under 16s had an undistinguished season, which was particularly disappointing as they had seemed to be so promising a group as Under 15s the previous year.

Let's hope they are late developers.

Very few Under 1 5 s played fives this season, but one who did, Christopher Brown (W), worked hard to improve his game and thoroughly deserved his success not only in the Under 15 singles competition, but also in the Under 16 competition. In the final of the Under 15 competition he beat another boy who had worked hard to improve during the term — Adrian Moll (B), the Under 14 captain.

THE OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP March 9th was probably a little soon for the greens after the heavy winter dressing they had received but the head greenkeeper heard no more complaints than usual and had to admit that his own bout of three-putting was the result of gross cowardice and failure to strike firmly.

Mr. Marchant struck the first drive (has he done so in all five championships?) and was the early leader with a commendable 34 until C.R.G.S. chipped in from off the green to chalk up 32. Two of our governors were in the field, the Chairman finishing only just out of the prize money. The weather was a long way from the warm, spring sunshine which was envisaged when the competition was planned; it was still better than in previous years and this was reflected in the scoring.

David Usendorff set the pace, coming home in 14 for a total of 30 but it was Mark Russell-Vick who won the championship, holing from half the width of the green, downhill for his second 14 and establishing a score which is unlikely to be equalled for a number of years. I am most grateful to the O.S. Golfing Society who provided the golf balls for prizes.

A.R.D.

SUPERSTARS The fifth Superstars Tournament for the Fetherston Trophy proved an extremely exciting affair with Simon Norris, the runner-up in the previous year, scoring a total of 104 points and winning by just 1'h points from Martin Bennett with Alistair Shaw a further 2 points back in 3rd place.

At the end of the first day's events Norris had established a useful lead thanks to gaining first place in the Hockey Dribbling and finishing a good runner-up to Shaw in the Tennis. Grundy was second at this stage, earning twenty of his points in the Swimming section of the tournament. The second and third day began with Shaw predictably defeating Norris in the final of the Cricket Single Wicket event, while later on Massoud Seifoori (5th eventually) made a late challenge for victory by winning both the Athletics and Basketball sections. At the end there were a mere nine points separating the winner and the competitor who finished 7th — excitement indeed!

The only disappointment of the tournament this year was the withdrawal of some 5 competitors; in addition to causing inconvenience to the organisers, these withdrawals lowered the overall standard of the Tournament. It is hoped that this thoughtlessness is not repeated next year.

George Anderson is to be warmly thanked for his organisation of the two evenings sport.

R.D.C.

Fives Back row (left to right): M. F. Beaman, Esq.; G. Smith; J. Ruxton; R. Coate; D. Ward; C. P. M. King.

Front row (left to right): M. Millington-Buck; A. Court; I. Grundy; 0. Martin; R. Dean.

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Under 16 VI Captain: P. R. Cook By winning the last match of the season this year's Under 16 team made history: they were the first to record a victory outside the Inter-Schools Cup Competition!

With other players affected by injury or illness or away on weekend expeditions, only Cook and Young were ever-present. The rest of the squad had to be shuffled around each match according to availability on the day. In spite of two heavy defeats, morale was high throughout.

Williams played steadily and effectively and was often the best player on the court. Cook showed flair and ability at times, and Young gave of his best to quite good effect. Others who played were: Evans, Jackson, Gray, Beruffi, Bell, Catchpole and Beech. Plommer was `lent' to us for one match from cricket. Although ability was lacking, enthusiasm was not, and with several squad members available again next year a little optimism remains for the 1983 season.

St. Margaret's 2nd Team, usually by walk-overs, won this year's disappointing League competition. In contrast Lambe's won an exciting, narrow victory over Westminster in the House competition. The Singles competition was won by Alistair Court.

M.A.G.

Captain: A. R. Court The results speak for themselves. This was a sad season for the 1st VI, and what made it particularly disappointing was that there were few signs of lessons being learnt and progress made. From time to time there were glimmers of better things, but these were not sustained.

Apart from one experiment, Court and Adams played as first pair and finished with twice as many wins as losses, even though they seldom dominated their opponents. August played well at times, but lacked consistency; with the Swimming Team having first call on his services it was not easy to field a regular second pair. G. M. B. Smith injured himself in the first practice and missed five matches; on his return he injected a measure of determination into the team's performance, which had been noticeably bad.

Others who played in the first VI were: Cattell, Dean, Dodson, Hitchman, Hunt and Muwanga. Adams was awarded his half-colours.

A.R.D. Results 2 1/2-5 1/2 lost ✓St. Lawrence College 4-5 lost ✓Sevenoaks 2nd VI 3-6 lost v Cranbrook School lost 3-6 v Kent College 41/2-41/2 drawn v King's School, Rochester '/z-8'h lost v Dover College '/z-8'h lost v Eastbourne College 'A' VI lost 3-6 ✓Bethany School 4 1/2-4 1/2 drawn v King's School, Canterbury 1-3 lost ✓Old Suttonians

Results v Cranbrook School v St. Lawrence v Dover College v Eastbourne College v King's School, Rochester

lost lost lost lost won

31/2-51/2 2-4 1-7 1-8 6-3

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NEWS OF OLD SUTTONIANS also for the boost it gives to all the naval aircraft engineering people, particularly when they have contributed so much to the success in the South Atlantic. The timing of the award was most opportune'.

Another O.S. was mentioned in the Honours List: Lt. Col. G. B. Bateman (1956-M) of the Queen's Regiment, was made an O.B.E. Mr. L. A. Lidstone, a Governor of the School since 1976 also became an O.B.E. in the same Honours List.

Congratulations to them all!

Lt. Col. M. P. Groves, RAOC, (1958-F) has been posted from Cmd. 11th Ordnance Battalion (E.O.D.), of which he was the first C.O. and is now on the Directing Staff at the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham. His younger brother, T. J. Groves, (1965-F) still works for Tate and Lyle Ltd. and lives in Orpington.

R. C. Barham (1980-F) who is at Hatfield College, Durham University has been Awarded a 'Baxter Prize' on the basis of his achievement and promise during the 1980-81 academic year. He was also awarded the Bennett — Hunting Memorial Scholarship by the Old Suttonians Association for 1981-2. Congratulations.

Col. C. M. Jefferies, M.B.E., (1950-F) retired from the R.A.O.C. in July. His last job whilst in the Army was providing all the ammunition for the Falkland Islands Task Force. He has now retired to the peace of Ballater where he runs a Sports Shop specialising in the needs of those who 'Hunt, Shoot or Fish' on Deeside.

P. J. Sheldon (1967-M) has worked for one of the firms in the Rank, Hovis Group since he came down from Oxford in 1970. His brother, R. J. Sheldon,(1974M) has qualified as an accountant and works for the firm to which he was articled — Spicer, Pegler and Co. Father, N. G. Sheldon, (1937-M) is contemplating retirement to 1 Oakfield, Hawkhurst, Kent.

We had a visit visit during June from P. M. MackayJames, (1930-W), older son of late Headmaster James, who was on a trip to Europe from Florida, where he now lives. He was able to bring his mother to the School from Benenden to see the new Library, which has been named after his father. He told us that he was now an American citizen, but denied that he talked like one.

R. J. Bedford (1980-M) is at Leicester University, where he is Captain of Squash Rackets. J. M. Wheeler (1978-M) is Captain of Cricket at London University.

Another visitor during the same week was R. A. T. Dick (1936-W). He is now a leading architect in Toronto, Canada. We hope that he approved of some of the many changes that have taken place at Sutton Valence since he was last here.

S. N. Harding (1969-F) has been at sea with the P. & 0. Line since he left the School and is now Second Officer in the cargo division of that company. He now holds his Master's Certificate but owing to the recession in the shipping world, as in other trades, promotion is slow He is now married and his wife has been on three trips. Recently he moved to Woodchurch from Robertsbridge and his address is TN26 3QJ.

H. G. Sherrin (1926-M) has returned to the United Kingdom after many years service in the legal and administrative services in Central Africa. He now lives at Wendover, The Avenue, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AH. We learned at the O.S. Dinner, from his father, F. L. Nunn (1933-W), that P. G. F. Nunn (1969-W) was also a member of the South Atlantic Task Force in the Falkland Islands. He was a member of the Cable Laying and Repair ship s.s 'Iris' and volunteered to stay in the ship when she was used to transfer stores and personnel from base and larger ships to the fleet itself.

We would very much like to hear for the record purposes of any other O.S. who were involved in the Falkland Islands expedition.

M. P. Dodson (1978-M) is in The Gordon Highlanders and since he has been commissioned saw six months operational service in Belize until 1981. He then went on a Jungle Training Course in Brunei and a Platoon Commander's Course at Warminster. He was commander of the Gordons' Recruiting team and travelled much of Scotland. That appointment completed, he is now in Aberdeen in charge of No. 22 Cadet Training Team which is responsible for the training of C.C.F. Units in North East Scotland. He expects to be there until about 15 months hence when he will join the Battalion at Herne, West Germany.

C. M. T. Ricketts (1979-F) son of former Headmaster M. R. Ricketts (1967-1980) passed his Final Examinations at Nottingham University this Summer and gained an honours degree in Geography, being placed in Class II, Div. 1. His younger brother J. R. E. Ricketts, (1975-1980-F) was a successful bowler in the Bradfield College Cricket XI this year.

Replying to a letter congratulating him on the Award of C.B. in the Queen's Birthday Honours, Rear Admiral A. P. Comrie, (1942-W) said that he was `thrilled and delighted, not only on his own account, but 52

Lieut R. G. Stewart, R.N., (1975-F) was serving as a hydrographer in H.M.S. at the start of the Falkland Islands operations. His ship was diverted to other duties and he found himself Medical Officer in his ship. This may be because his father, Dr. J. G. Stewart is one of the doctors practising in Sutton Valence. It must seem a far cry from the 'Mary Rose' at Spithead to being an M.O. in the South Atlantic.

Adrian told us that his brother, Nicholas, (1976-C) is working on an oil rig in the North Sea, having completed successfully his examinations on Ultra-sonic Testing. Next year he will continue with his deep sea work and eventually be able to descend to great depths testing for weaknesses in pipe lines.

The third member of the Dickens trio, Simon, (1973-C), worked for a time with Mappin and Webb in Johannesburgh and has now return to Garrard's in London, as a salesman.

I. M. Haigh (1973-L) passed his Institute of Bankers Examination early in the year and has gone to Johannesburgh — The Neobank Ltd. for a period of about three years.

The formal opening of the School's new library, to be called THE JAMES LIBRARY, by Mrs. H. J. James, wife of the late Headmaster T. M. James took place on Saturday, 9th October 1982.

Old Suttonians who subscribed to the Book Fund will be interested to learn that the total subscribed from all sources had reached £2,000 by 1st September 1982. A number of gift books have also been presented to the Library. The Fund is not yet closed. . . .

In sending a gift to the New Library, David McCargo (1961-L) (Box 767, Anchorage, Alaska, 99510) told us that on his trip to Europe last year he had met or stayed with a number of his Sutton friends. Now that he is back at home he continues his work for the U.S. Wildlife Trust. In August he embarks on a kayak journey in the Yukon and North West Territories.

Recently he took a couple of courses in Oil Field Equipment at the University of Alaska.

BIRTHS LOVELOCK. On 30th June 1981 in Yeovil to Anthea wife of Lt.-Cdr. D. C. Lovelock, R.N. (1964-W), a daughter — Emma Jane.

Another donor to the Library is Geoffrey Pember (1926-W), who has once again — this is the 37th successive year — given two books to widen the scope of the 'Railways' section. This year's gifts were 'Southern Remembered' by J. S. Whiteleigh,which is profusely illustrated, and 'Model Locomotive Construction' by Martin Evans, — A book for those who wish to make their own models. Those who know Geoffrey will remember that he is an expert model maker himself.

VOELCKER. On 23rd November 1981 in Bangor, Gwynedd, to Frances (nee Laman) and J. Adam Voelcker (1970-F), a son — Jacob.

BUGGE. On 29th May 1981 at Canberra, Australia, to Lili and Michael Bugge, (1963-F), a daughter Natasha Jean.

Mark Benson (1977-L) has been enjoying a successful season with Kent County Cricket Club. After a good start, during which he made a century and several 50s, he had the misfortune to break a bone in his hand which took him away from county cricket for about a month.

During this period he took the opportunity of helping the O.S. in one game, at Ellesmere, in the Brewers' Company cup. Despite his 26 runs O.S. lost. We were very pleased to have his help and example. On his return to the first class game he had a lean spell, but form returned at the end of July and he made 9 scores of 50 or more in 11 innings, including a century.

GRIEVE. On 18th August 1981 to Jane wife of Rev. D. C. Grieve a son — Christopher — a brother for Katie (27/12/1979).

MARRIAGES EATON-BARBER. On 20th December 1979 at Folkestone Registry Office, Richard Mark Cooper Eaton (1972-C) to Marion Louise Barber.

PARTRIDGE-WILLIAMS. On 3rd June 1978 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Ian Alexander Partridge (1965-M), son of C. H. Partridge (1936-M) to Catherine Fitzgerald Williams of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

D. C. F. High (1973-F) has emigrated to Australia (c/o 60, Margaret St., Sydney, N.S.W.), but is due to return for his wedding during the autumn. He will be missed in the O.S. Cricket teams. During his first week or two he met Richard Fetherston (1976-W) and Dr. E. G. Capon (1958-L), Curator of the Sydney Museum and Art Gallery and armed with a list of O.S. in the Antipodes, hopes to meet many others. There are 19 in New South Wales at the latest count.

FORD-KNIGHT. On 1 1 th July 1981, at Slinfold, Sussex, Adrian Howard Ford (1964-L), brother of A. R. Ford (1974-L), to Mary Elizabeth Knight.

SHELDON-GARDNER. In May 1981, Philip James Sheldon (1967-M), son of N. G. Sheldon (1937-M) and brother of J. R. Sheldon (1974-M) to Jill Gardner of Lancaster.

Adrian Dickens (1978-C) has completed 4 years' study of Gemology with a firm in Lewes and was waiting for the results of his examination for the Diploma of the Gemological Association. He is now going to Australia for a couple of years to study mineral and gold deposits to complete his work for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

SHELDON-STAPLES. In August 1978, John Richard Sheldon (1974-M) son of N. G. Sheldon (1937-M) and brother of P. J. Sheldon (1967-M) to Helen France Staples, of Beckenham.

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LAY-RETTIE. In October 1981 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Richard J. Quine Lay (1965-W) son of late R. A. Q. Lay (1926-W), and nephew of Prof. G. Q. Lay (1926-W), now living in South Africa, to Clare Rettie of Winnipeg. David Pares (1959-F) (brother in law) attended the wedding.

WHATMAN. On Sunday, 29th November 1981 at his home in Headcorn, Thomas (Tom) Whatman assistant groundsman at Sutton Valence for the last dozen years.

He had previously had experience at the Mote and Kent County and he used his experience, mainly on playing pitches, when he came to Sutton, but he could turn his hand to the many tasks which fall to the groundsman's lot. His funeral at Charing was attended by many Suttonians, past and present. We shall miss him and his quiet humour on the School ground in future summers.

RICARDSON-JERSTICE-FISHER. On 3rd July 1982 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Nr. Sittingbourne, Kent, Brian Anthony Richardson (1974-M) to Sharon JersticeFisher. The following school friends of Brian were present at the service: S. J. Bottomley (1972-W), Roy Taylor (1974-L), Ian Robinson (1974-M), Douglas Mather (1974-M), William Westacott (1974-L), Mark Benson (1977-M) and Paul Latham (1973-C).

POWELL. On 30th August 1981 at his home in Yorkshire, John Wilson Powell (1926-M) at the age of 73 years. He was the father of C. S. Powell (1954-M).

John Powell was the third generation of the Powell family to work for Hammond's, the large Departmental store in Hull and became a director in 1934, Managing Director in 1947 and Chairman in 1959 when he had the honour of meeting the Queen Mother when the store celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 1971. During the War he served in India and Burma with R.A.O.C. in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He had been for many years a member of 'Rotary' and was a past Chairman of the Independant Stores Association.

DODD-BIGNAMY. On 27th February at Chelsea Registry Office, David Cousland Dodd (1957-L & M) to Joyce Bignamy, followed by a Service of Blessing at Chelsea Old Church.

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

HUMPHERUS. On 6th July 1981 E. H. C. P. Humpherus (1912-L) in his 85th year.

Elton Henry Charles Proctor Humpherus (1912-L) was a member of the School Cricket XI of 1912 and then went to Caius College, Cambridge to read History and Economics, completing his course after the 1914-18 War in which he served in the Buffs and the Indian Army with the rank of Major. In the 1939 War he became a Captain in the Queen's Own R. W. Kent Regiment. He married Vivien Kathleen Calvert on 25th June 1925 at Budleigh Salterton and retired as Managing Director of his own firm some years ago. He occasionally played for Old Suttonians both before the First War and also in the 1920s when the O.S. Cricket Week was revived by R. L. Kay, also a student of Caius College.

BLOOR. On 23rd September 1981, in hospital, Reginald Frank Bloor, (1932-M), in his 68th year.

Reggie Bloor came to Sutton Valence in 1928 from Kilcott School. He gained his colours for Cricket and was in the Ashburton VIII at Bisley in 1932 when he went to London University and graduated in 1935 as Bachelor of Commerce, when he joined the Calico Printers Association.

He was a keen Territorial and reached the rank of Lt.Col. in R.A.O.C. (T.A.).His war service took him to France in 1939, India in 1942 and then to P.A.I. Force (1943). Before demobilisation he had been a G. II. in Austria and a member of the Economics Division of A.M.G.O.T. (1945). He then returned to his pre-war work in London. He had been a keen member of O.S.A.until we lost touch with him about a score of years ago.

ALLNUTT. On 7th July 1981 Sydney Gerald Everard Allnutt (`Sam') (1922-L & W) after a long illness borne with cheerfulness and great bravery in his 77th year. `Sam' Allnutt was one of the many fine athletes who were at Sutton Valence between the wars and he was an International Cross Country Runner. He ran for England in the International Championships in 1924/5 and finished 4th, the third to score in the winning team.

He was only 20 at the time. He became Captain of South London Harriers in 1927, in which year he was Southern Counties Champion and again ran for England. He then left Westminster Bank and joined the South African Police in Rhodesia. He returned to England to join the Inspectorate of Naval Ordnance in 1935 and became a Director of the Atlas Stone Co. until his retirement. He was a regular attendant at Old Suttonian Functions even in later years when he had become gravely ill. Sadly he lost both his legs in his later years in successive operations but still kept in touch with his many friends. He married Elizabeth Scraggs at Newcastle in 1932 and they had two daughters, Anne Maud and Valerie.

GRINSTEAD. On 16th January 1981 after a long illness, David W. Grinstead (1932-W).

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COWLEY. On Friday, 12th February 1982, in hospital after a long illness, Mrs. Eirene Cowley, (formerly Boorman-nee Giles). Mrs. Cowley was a member of a large family who had all worked at the School during the last four or five decades. She must also have been known to many Old Suttonians by sight if not by actual name. In recent years she had been a 'helper' with lunches.

SMEDLEY. On 9th October 1981 at his home near Horsham, Wallace Venables Smedley (1924-W) at the age of 74 years. Wallace Smedley was the oldest of three brothers who were Suttonians, the others being G. P. Smedley (1931-W) and J. G. Smedley (1931-W). He had been well-known commercially and internationally as the Founder and Life President of Smedley's National Canning Company.

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RICHARDS. On Friday, 22nd January 1982 in Gillingham, Joseph Herbert Richards in his 96th year.

Mr. Richards came to Sutton Valence in 1925 as an instructor in Woodworking and Carpentry. Straightway he was involved by Headmaster Holdgate as Clerk of Works in the building of the Chapel in addition to his ordinary work in the 'Chip Shop'. It is in the Chapel that we find his memorial. As well as supervising the building work he made with his own hands and skill much of the furniture therein. These were listed in the News Letter of May 1981 and included The Altar, The Altar. Rails, The Lectern and the Font. He also made the tall oak Candle stands, now used for flowers. He taught himself how to beat metal sheet and the results are seen in the Cross, the Altar candlesticks and the plate. He also had much to do with the building of the Fives Courts and the Swimming Bath.

Less permanent were his 'Stage Props'. and he was always consulted in any constructional work in the School. He was always ready to help any D.I.Y. member of the Staff in making bookshelves, bookcases, picture frames and the like, particularly those contemplating matrimony and wanting to do some furnishing of their own. `Chippy' came daily to the School from Gillingham for about 27 years and rarely missed a day's work, no matter what the state of the road over Blue Bell Hill. His transport was at first a Sunbeam Motor Cycle and later he had a Standard car, both of which he maintained personally. These two machines are now owned by Douglas White (1940-M) who has restored them to `showroom' condition as can be seen in the Muniments Room.

His comments on the work of 'amateurs' at the School were often long and critical but always kindly and he invariably helped to finish the many jobs they had started. His own work could always be looked at from both sides. He was a perfectionist.

HINTON-EAST. On 16th August 1982 at his home, Holt End, Bentworth, Hants, Alan John Hinton-East (1940-W), formerly of Wembley, Middlesex.

WATHEN. On 3rd August 1982 in Margate Hospital from cancer, Edward Peter Wathen (1926-W), brother of J. G. Wathen (1924-W), at the age of 74 years.

HODGSON. On 28th May 1982, Charles Roland Hodgson, O.B.E. (Mil.), (1923-L & W), in his 78th year.

Charles Hodgson was the second son of Gerald Hodgson (1879 to 1885), the oldest of a family of five Hodgson brothers, (Gerald, Frederick, Percy, Reginald and. John Christopher), who were all at Sutton Valence during Headmaster Bennett's time. Gerald's own sons, Charles' brothers, also came to Sutton Valence. They were Gerald (1920), Charles himself (1923), John (1925), Frederick (1928) and Eric (1931), who was killed at St. Nazaire. They were one of a number of large families who came to Sutton Valence towards the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Others being the Champions and the Thornhills.

After leaving Sutton Valence Charles became a Solicitor and joined the Legal Department of the L.M.S. Railway under his uncle H. L. Thornhill (1887-1894), where he stayed till 1934 when he went to the L.N.E.R. until 1947 when he became Legal Advisor to the National Coal Board (Manchester) till 1953. He then became, in succession Chairman of the Traffic Commissioners in South. Wales (1953-1958), East Midlands (1958-1965) and the North Western Traffic area in 1965.

During the War (1939-1945) he was on the Military Staff of the Judge Advocate General serving in France, West Africa, North Africa and Italy. He became a Lieut. Col. and was made an O.B.E. (Mil.), was mentioned in Despatches and received The J.A.G's Certificate of Good Service. He retired in 1975.

In 1938 he married Elizabeth Seymour of Newcastle on Tyne and they had two sons.

A major highlight of Charles' career was as Chairman of the Transport Committee which organised all the travel in connection with The Investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon in 1968-9. The work for this took Charles and his Committee 18 months preparation. He had been a member of the School Cricket and Rugby teams during the 1920s.

STEVENS. On Friday, 27th January 1982, suddenly, at his home in Blackheath, Air Commodore Kenneth Stevens (1943-F), aged 58 years. On leaving Sutton Valence in 1943 Kenneth Stevens joined the Royal Air Force for general duties as a pilot. He went to Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1947 on the termination of hostilities. He rejoined the R.A.F. after taking his degree in 1947. After retiring from the R.A.F in 1979 he became Bursar and Secretary to the Governing Body at Westminster School. A Service in his memory was held in Westminster Abbey on 29th April 1982. His son, Jeremy Stevens (1971-W) was also at Sutton Valence and now lives in Australia. (6/4, Blenheim St., Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales). 2031.

HOLNESS. On 4th April 1982 suddenly, in Brighton, Herbert Reginald Holness (`Bertie'), (1914-1917-W).

EARLY NUMBERS OF SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL MAGAZINE

JONES. On 2nd May 1981, in Brussells, Richard Stewart Jones, (1969-C), as a result of an accident in his home.

If any senior members of O.S.A. have copies of the Magazine, now called 'The Suttonian', from 1881 (No. 1) to 1914 and who has no further use for them and would give them to the School to replace the rather worn copies in the Muniments Room and the School Library, they should get in touch with E. A. Craven, c/o the Muniments Room, Sutton Valence School, ME17 3LN. This request is mainly addressed to sons and grandsons of Old Boys of the era mentioned.

SURFLEET. In 1982 in Grimsby, Charles Peter Surfleet, (1937-M).

KEMSLEY. On 7th February 1980, Henry Hugh Kemsley (1926-W), brother of A. B. Kemsley (1928-W), aged 69 years.

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all the work they did, both before and during, the week.

To Jim Shewbridge in the kitchen and to Ron Ledger and his cohorts on the ground. Finally, we thank the Headmaster for putting the School and its amenities at our disposal once again.

HOCKEY Brian Richardson, (1974-M), 6 Livingstone Road, Gillingham, ME7 2EH. (Medway 572555 and 01-377 3665) tells us that he has taken over the organisation of Old Suttonian Hockey from N. G. Swaffer (1972-F), whom we thank for his work over the last few years.

Brian will be assisted by Roy Taylor (1969- ), Stephen Bottomley (1972-W) and A. R. Rutherford (1972-F).

They hope to arrange several games to be played on Sundays and would very much like to have names and addresses of hockey playing former members of the School, particularly recent leavers. These are asked to write to Brian giving present Clubs, positions on the field, et cetera, so that the list can be kept up to date.

For a start, the matches against the School will be played on Sunday, 6th March 1983.

Letters addressed to any of the above, c/o The School, will be forwarded, particularly those of any O.S. who will be prepared to organise and manage games against their own clubs.

OLD SUTTONIAN DINNER, 1982 Returning to its normal routine this year, the Dinner was taken at the School on Saturday, 26th June 1982 under the Chairmanship of I. N. Wilcockson (1951-M), whose health was proposed by his schoolfriend, Peter Long (1951-M). Fifty-eight members and friends responded to this proposition.

The attendance may have been affected by the cancellation of the cricket matches against the School and also by the fact that owing to club and other commitments the turn out of O.S. who had left in the last 20 years was very disappointing, even when one considers that there was no 'Free Show' this year.

The O.S. Dinner, Cricket matches against the School and the Annual General Meeting of the O.S.A. will take place on 25th June 1983 at the SCHOOL. Please put a note in your diary for 1983, NOW.

CRICKET Mangers: E. D. G. Bunker, Tattlebury, Headcorn, Kent. (Headcorn 890497 and 01-709 0744) and P. R. Latham, 29 Ingleside Close, Park Road, Beckenham.

(01-658 3692).

The matches against the School, fixed for Saturday, 26th June were abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Next year's games, to coincide with the O.S. Dinner and A.G.M., will take place on Saturday, 25th June 1983.

In the Brewers' Company Cup Competition we had a walk-over in Round 1 and then travelled to Ellesmere, in Shropshire, where our hopes were dashed. It was a tribute to David Bunker's organisation and keenness of O.S. Cricketers that we were able to field 11 cricketers, an umpire and a scorer to undertake the long journey to the N.W. Midlands. The team included Mark Benson, recovering from a broken finger injured in a County match about three weeks earlier. The scores were Ellesmere Old Boys — 146 — beat Old Suttonians 126 — by 20 runs In the O.S. Cricket Week we played 8 games, winning 2, losing 3, and drawing 3. The match against Dragons was abandoned.

There were 32 names on the list sent out by David Bunker before the Week started and the majority actually played in one or more games. It was nice to have the Harrison family with us from Gosforth and Henry Macdonald came from Peru to join us, and Caroline Kay came to do the scoring.

We started by being well beaten by 0. M. Taylors and had an exciting drawn game with Scorpions. Marden beat us comfortably on the Monday. Then came two wins, against Cranbrook Lynxes and Ashford, where we won the annual match for the Palmar Cup. On Thursday Sidcup resumed their winning ways and a return to the Neville Ground at Tonbridge Wells for the game with Bluemantles, under J. M. Davies (1946- ) was abandoned in mid-afternoon with the game evenly poised. We had much the worse of a drawn game against the Village followed by the wash-out on the Sunday.

The thanks of all go to David and Janet Bunker for

OLD SUTTONIANS RUGBY 1983 The match against the School will take place on Sunday, 18th September 1983 and the team will be organised by this year's captain, I. H. Grundy, at present in Westminster House. His home address is 24 Beresford Avenue, East Twickenham, Middlesex. Mr. R. D. Chance, Westminster House, Sutton Valence School will forward letters addressed to him.

Bearing in mind the advice given by the Rugby Union on matches between boys and men it is hoped that enough O.S. aged below 20 years will be available to raise two teams to play against the School. There is no age limit as far as spectators are concerned.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS OF OLD SUTTONIANS OVERSEAS K. J. Downing, 20, Avenida 3-44, Zona 15 Guatemala.

And c/o Officina C. Olimpico Guatemaleco, Palacio de les Desportes, Guatemala.

H. A. Shogbola, 68, Forsythe St., Lagos, Nigeria.

F. Atchinson, Millermatstrasse 5C., CH 5200, Brugg, Switzerland.

Dr. R. C. G. Smith, 7, Konoa St., Griffiths, N.S.W., 2860 Australia.

D. K. Case, Add. Plimoth Foundation, Box 1260, Plymouth, Mass., 02360. U.S.A. R. D. Bentley, 169, Windcrest Ave., Box 1152, Hudson, Quebec,JOP 1HO. Canada.

M. A. H. Ayres, c/o Gray-Mackenzie and Co., Box 247, Abu Dhabi, Arabian Gulf.

C. L. Bazzard, Maracaibo Estates Ltd., R.R.1., Mansell Rd., Ganges, B.C., VOS 1E0, Canada.

F. W. P. Bentley, Box 162, The Hague, Holland. And in U.K. c/o ME17 3LJ. Mrs. Jean Newbury, 19, Malba Crescent, Daniella, Western Australia.

Rev. S. R. Beesley, Box 189, Embu, Kenya, East Africa.

P. A. Aisher, Mortixt, Ap. No. 7., Pollena, Majorca.

R. C. Molyneux, c/o Harrison Partnership, P.M.B. 5178, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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A. G. Brown, (master 1967). Rockhampton Grammar School, Archer St., Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 4700.

C. V. Hyde, Ave. Ioluca 536, Casa 12, San Angel, Mexico 20 DF, Mexico City, J. C. Hardy, 63, Glen Rd., Rosedale, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. A. J. Barnard, Add. N.Z. Admin. Staff Coll., Box 12-059, Wellington, N.Z. E. T. Grimwade, 7 Lynton Place, Salisbury East, South Australia, 5109.

P. M. Jansen, Camp 19, Site 11, R.Rte. H.8., Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 5W5.

R. M. Biggs, 415, Bryant Cresc., Burlington, Ontario, L7L 3Z4, Canada.

R. A. Nation, 8 Ulundra Drive, Castle Hill, N.S.W., Australia, 2154.

J. A. Jolis, 240, East 82nd St., Apt. F., New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 10028.

C. R. A. Welch, Box 70545, Bryanston, 2021, Transvaal, R.S.A. I. M. Haigh c/o Neobank Ltd., 81, Main St., Johannesburgh, R.S.A. M. T. Poole, 14, Darlington Ave., Wheeler's Hill, Melbourne, 3150, Victoria, Australia.

H. R. Tidby, 86, Niagara St., River Heights, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

P. M. McKay-James, P.O. Box 1028, Lake Alfred, Fla., 33850, U.S.A. R. A. Dick, FRAIC., ARIBA., 12, Merton St., Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 2Z9, Canada. and 319, Inglewood Drive, Toronto 7, Ontario, Canada.

R. J. Q. Lay, c/o Mr. Rettie, 41, Cordova St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

J. C. C. Stevens, 6/4, Blenheim St., Randwick, Sydney, N.S.W., 2031, Australia.

D. C. F. High, c/o Ernst and Whinney, Chartered Accountants, 60 Margaret St., Sydney N.S.W., 2000, Australia.

Rev. D. F. Edwards, c/o Mrs. Hitchcock, 13, Pendennis Rd., Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.

H. G. Sherrin, has returned to U.K. from Central Africa (Address in U.K. Known).

Prof. C. B. Kerr, 18, Battle Boulevarde, Seaforth, 2092, New South Wales, Australia.

News-Letters, etc., returned from overseas. If any resident in these countries can give addresses for these O.S. it will be much appreciated at Sutton Valence.

J. D. Webster, (Colombia and/or Iran) C. P. Berlin, (U.S.A.) A. K. M. Sanei (Iran) C. P. Cheung (Hong Kong) K. R. and P. B. Van der Vlught, (Spain and/or Holland).

P. J. T. Herbert, (Johannesburg).

Universities and Places of Higher Education The following boys who left Sutton Valence at the end of Summer Term 1982 are going to centres of Higher Education.

S. T. Wait Durham University Chemistry and Geology S. Kirkaldie Reading University Horticulture R. E. Galloway London School of Economics Economics A. R. Shaw Reading University Land Management M. J. Plommer Wye College Agriculture Mahsoud Seifoori Sussex University Electrical Engineering W. F. Paine Surrey University Russian and Law S. A. Aboul Hosn University College, London Chemical Engineering Mohammed Seifoori Royal Dental College Dentistry M. R. Bennett Queen Mary College, London Geography D. J. Fowle Birmingham University Metallurgy K-H. Choy Trinity College, Cambridge Medicine A. K. Charlton St. Catherine's College, Cambridge Engineering A. M. Copson Christ Church, Oxford Chemistry M. West Exeter College, Oxford Chemistry J. Battle Leicester Polytechnic Business Studies P. B. Glenister Brighton Polytechnic Mechanical Engineering R. J. Mee North London Polytechnic International Relations A. M. T. Pollock Central London Polytechnic Urban Planning N. C. B. Gray University College, London or Reading University Computer Studies G. S. Hewlett Kingston Polytechnic Quantity St.rveying R. M. Allen South Bank Polytechnic Geography T. C. Risby N. E. London Polytechnic Business Studies A. M. J. Davies Kent University History and Geography J. Ruxton Brighton Polytechnic Engineering

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VALETE

SWARBRICK A. J. (1975-W); 0 and A levels; School Prefect; Rugby 3rd; Hockey 1st; Swimming Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Colours Swimming, Half colours Hockey. Going to polytechnic in 1983.

Address: c/o Johnson & Higgins (Arabia) Ltd., P.O. Box 106, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

ABOUL-HOSN S. (1976-L); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Cpl.; Rugby 3rd, U16A, U15A; Athletics Intermediate; Basketball U16. Going to University College, London to study chemical engineering .

Address: 33 Hangleton Road, Hove, East Sussex.

ADAMS K. J. (1980-L); 0 levels; Capt. U16 Tennis; Rugby 2nd, 3rd; Hockey 1st, U16A; Tennis 1st VI; Basketball Senior, U16; Half-colours Tennis and Basketball.

Address: 33 Gates Green Road, West Wickham, Kent.

BARRETT G. J. S. (1979-L); 0 levels; L/Cpl. CCF; Cricket 3rd XI; House Shooting; House Play. Going to Davies' (Tutors), Brighton.

BATTLE J. (1978-St.M); 0 and A levels; 2 Distinction Prizes and 0 level Prize; House Prefect; Squash U14; D.o.E. Bronze Award; Librarian. Going to University.

Address: Meadowstream Cottage, Agates Lane, Ashtead, Surrey.

BECKETT S. M. (1979-C); 0 and A levels; CCF Cpl.; D.o.E. Bronze Award; House Play.

Address: 38 Lambardes, New Ash Green, Dartford, Kent.

BJERNER N. P. (1982-St.M); Choir Going to study in Vasteras, Sweden.

CHAMBERS A. P. (1979-F); 0 levels; CCF Cpl.; X-Country Intermediate; Swimming Intermediate.

Going to Maidstone G.S. to study A levels.

Address: 200 Loose Road, Maidstone, Kent.

COPSON A. M. (1975-H & L); 0, A and S levels; Junior Scholar, Form and Distinction Prizes, James Poole Prize, Derrick Prize, Bossom Prize, Winstanley Prize, Kitchener Prize, Drama Prize, Current Affairs Prize, Rickett's Prize, School Prefect; Rugby 3rd, U14A, U13; Cricket 2nd; Hockey 3rd; Senior Play, Junior Play, House Play, Hunting Society; Bridge.

Going to Christ Church College, Oxford to study chemistry (Scholarship) Address: 23 Stoneham Park, Petersfield, Hants.

DAVIES A. M. J. (1975-H & F); 0 and A levels; 2 Distinction Prizes, VIth Form Prize; Librarian; Fencing Team. Going to Kent University to study history and geography.

Address: 2 Downsfarm Cottages, Shinglebarn Lane, West Farleigh, Kent.

DERRY A. M. (1977-C); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Capt. of Fencing; Rugby 1st; Hockey 2nd; Athletics Senior; Full colours for Athletics, Half colours for Fencing and Rugby; Senior Play, House Play; Choir; Orchestra; Male Voice Choir; Woodwind Group. Taking a year off before going to college.

Address: Coombewood House, Coombewood Road, Kingston Hill, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.

ALLEN R. M. (1977-W); 0 and A levels; School Prefect; Head of House; Stage Gang; Hockey 1st; Rugby 2nd; Half colours Hockey. Going to polytechnic.

Address: 10 Burntwood Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.

BENNETT M. R. (1977-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Sgt.; Rugby 1st; Swimming Capt.; Full colours Rugby, Swimming. Going to Queen Mary College, London to read geography.

Address: 4 Roseneath Close, Chelsfield Park, Orpington, Kent.

CHOY A. C. S. (1977-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect. Going to Trinity College, Cambridge to read medicine.

Address: 8-14 Yee Wo Street, Flat A, 3rd Floor, Causeway Way, Hong Kong.

CATTELL S. J. (1977-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Sgt.; Rugby 3rd; Cricket 2nd; Tennis 1st VI. Possibly joining the Army.

Address: Little Cheveney, Yalding, Maidstone, Kent.

EKUZA I. (1977-W); 0 levels; House Prefect; Rugby 1st; Hockey 2nd; Cricket 1st; Full colours Rugby, Cricket and Basketball; Basketball Senior. Going into business.

Address: 78 Boydell Court, St. John's Wood Park, Swiss Cottage, NW8.

PLUMMER B. C. M. (1975-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Sgt.; Sec of History Society.Going to polytechnic in 1983 Address: 51 Downs Hill, Beckenham, Kent.

SIEWERT R. (1977-W); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Hockey 2nd. Doing National Service in Western Germany.

Address: Lerchenstr. 2, 4130 Moers 1, West Germany.

HOMAYOUNFAR B. (1979-W); 0 levels. Going to Hayward's Heath SFC. Address: 29 Savill Road, Lindfield, Sussex.

TOLER J. (1979-W); 0 levels. Going to West Kent College.

Address: Ardres', 33 High Street, Pembury., Kent.

SO S. Y. K. (1979-W); 0 levels. Going to technical college in London.

Address: Block 19, Flat 9C, Fu Wing House, Chi Fu Ya Yuen, Hong Kong.

STERRY R. M. (1979-W); 0 levels; Senior Sacristan.

Going to Reigate SFC. Address: 1 The Close, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey.

MONTERO J. A. (1982-W); Returning to Tenerife.

Address: c/o Calvo Sotelo No 10, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.

BURTON (1977-W); 0 levels; Athletics Senior. Going to SFC in Cornwall.

Address: The Cuillins, 34 The Grove, North Cray, Kent.

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FOWLE D. J. (1975-H & L); 0 and A levels; Exhibitioner, Distinction Prizes; House prefect; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A. U14A, Cricket 1st, 2nd, U15A, U14A, U13; Half colours Cricket; Choir. Going to University.

Address: Dalbury, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent.

GALLOWAY R. E. (1976-L); 0 and A levels; Grizelle Prize, James Poole Prize; CCF Cpl.; Swimming Intermediate. Going to University.

Address: Nine Oaks, Kingswood, Harrietsham, Kent.

GLENISTER P. B. (1977-C); 0 and A levels; School Prefect, House Prefect; Rugby U16A, U14A, U13; Hockey U15A; Cricket U15A; Swimming Intermediate; House Play; Life Saving Bronze Award. Going to university/business.

Address: Coombe Cross, Saint Hill Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex.

GRAY N. C. B. (1977-F); 0 and A levels; Exhibitioner; Choir. Going to university.

Address: 2 The Platt, Sutton Valence, Kent.

HART B. C. (1977-C); 0 levels; Religious Knowledge Prize; Hon. Sec. Cricket; Capt. U13, U14 Cricket; Rugby 1st, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 1st, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st, U15A, U14A, U13; Full colours Hockey and Cricket, Half colours Judo; House Play; Hunting Society. Going into farming.

Address: Ellenden Farm, Fox's Cross Road, Whitstable, Kent.

HENRY C. J. (1979-F); 0 levels; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey U14A. HEWLETT G. S. H. (1977-C & F); 0 and A levels; Choir. Going to polytechnic to study quantity surveying.

Address: 4 Hammer Way, Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent.

HICKMAN J. G. (1977-F); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; House Prefect; Hon. Sec. of X-Country, Capt. of House Athletics and X-Country; Rugby 2nd, 3rd, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cross-Country Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Full colours X-Country and Athletics.

Studying to become a chartered surveyor.

Address: Homefield, Chartway Street, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent.

HOLE P. H. C. (1975-B & F) 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF CSM; X-Country Seniors; Senior Play Going into merchant banking.

Address: The Limes, Ulcombe, Maidstone, Kent.

HVIID L. (1981-C); Athletics Senior; Basketball U16; U16 Colours Basketball. Going to College in Denmark.

Address: Groningen 24, 8700 Horsens, Denmark.

JAMAL F. (1979-L); 0 levels; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A; Hockey U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 3rd; House Play.

Address: 57 Springfield, Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

JONES P. M. (1979-F); 0 levels; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A; X-Country Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Intermediate; Swimming Intermediate, Junior; Fives U14; Junior Play. Going to Cranbrook School to study A levels.

Address: Snowhill, Little Dale Farm, Colliers Green, Cranbrook, Kent.

KHODABANDELOU P. (1978-St.M); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby 2nd, U16A; Athletics Intermediate; Basketball Senior, U16; Life Saving Bronze Award. Going to university.

Address: 30 Lambton Court, Lambton Road, Rayners Park, London, SW20.

KIRKALDIE S. (1975-H & C); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, LVI Design Prize, Feltwell Prize; School and House Prefect; Capt. X-Country; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; X-Country Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Swimming Intermediate, Junior; Full colours Rugby, X-Country, Athletics.

Possibly going into horticulture.

Address: Lauriston Cottage, Yester Drive, Chislehurst, Kent.

LI B. L.-P. (1981-St.M); Athletics Junior. Going to college in Hong Kong.

Address: 7C Broadway Street, 13th Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Kowloon, H.K. LORD J. G. A. (1977-H & C); 0 levels; D.o.E. Bronze Award; Senior Play; House Play; Choir; Judo and Fencing. Going into horticulture.

MEE R. J. (1977-St.M); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby U13; Hockey 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st, 2nd, U15A, U14A, U13; Athletics Intermediate, Junior; Squash Set, U16, U15, U14; Full colours Cricket. Going to university, polytechnic or business.

Address: Manor Farm, Ockendon Road, Upminster, Essex.

MONRO C. J. (1977-L); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Cpl.; Rugby 1st, 2nd, 3rd; Hockey 3rd. Joining Fleet Air Arm. Address: 55 King's Road, Horsham, Sussex.

NIGHTINGALE A. J. D. (1977-F); 0 and A levels.

Going to polytechnic.

Address: Greenstone, 66, Oak Lane, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent.

NORRIS S. J. (1975-B & F); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, Music and Art Prizes; Head of House, School Prefect; CCF Sgt.; Capt. of Hockey; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 1st, U16A, U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st, 2nd, U15A, U14A, U13; X-Country Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Intermediate, Junior; Full colours Hockey, Cricket; Half colours Rugby; Choir, Orchestra, Male Voice Choir, Senior Woodwind. Going into business.

Address: The Quest, West Street, Harrietsham, Kent.

PAINE W. F. (1977-F); 0 and A levels; Scholar; House Prefect; CCF Cpl.; Rugby 2nd, U16A, U14A; Hockey 1st, U16A, U15A, U14A; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Full colours Hockey; D.o.E. Silver and Bronze Awards; House Play; Choir. Going to Surrey University to study languages and law Address: Parsonage Farm, East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent.

PARRIS M. C. (1979-St.M); 0 levels. Going into farming after Hadlow College.

PLOMMER M. J. (1975-H & L); 0 and A levels; Junior Entrance Scholar; Distinction Prizes, LVI and UVI Biology Prizes; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd; Hockey 3rd; Choir. Going to university.

Address: Maydensole Farm, Whitfield, Dover, Kent.

POLLOCK A. M. T. (1977-C); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes; House Prefect; Rugby 1st, 2nd, 59

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U16A, U15A; X-Country Senior, Intermediate; Athletics Senior, Intermediate; Half colours X-Country; House Play. Going to Oxford Polytechnic to study urban planning.

Address: The Malthouse, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent.

POPAY D. M. (1977-F); 0 levels; Choir. Going to college.

Address: 8 The Platt, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent.

PROUD S. G. (1980-St.M); Rugby U15A; Hockey U15A, U14A; Cricket U14A; House Play. Going to another school (family moving).

Address: 113 Woodlands Avenue, Eastcote, Middx.

ROSCOE I. G. (1978-L); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; CCF Sgt.; Capt. of Rugby; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A; Cricket 3rd; Fives 1st IV; Full colours Rugby; House Play. Returning to South Africa to go into mining.

Address: The Rand Club, P.O. Box 1032, Johannesburg, Transvaal, S.A. RUSSELL-VICK M. T. (1978-C); 0 levels; Capt.

Cricket; Rugby 1st, U16A, U14A; Hockey 1st, U16A, U14A; Cricket 1st, U14A; Squash U14; Basketball Senior, U16; Full colours Rugby, Hockey, Cricket; House Play. Going into professional cricket.

Address: Ameroak, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent.

RIPPER H. A. (1979-St.M); 0 levels; Distinction Prize; Rugby U15A, U14A; Swimming Intermediate, Junior; Senior Play, Choir; Life Saving Bronze Award; Fencing. Going to become engineer in the Merchant Navy.

Address: Le Carenage St. Louis, Rue de Port, 30220 Aigues-Mortes, France.

RUXTON J. A. (1975-B & F); 0 and A levels; House Prefect, CCF Cpl.; Rugby 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U14A, U13; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Fives 1st IV, 2nd, U16, U15, U14; Full colours Fives, Half colours Athletics; D.o.E. Silver and Bronze. Going to polytechnic.

Address: Little Chippings, Kingswood, Harrietsham, Kent.

SEIFOORI M. (1978-C); 0 levels; 0 level Prize; Head of House, School Prefect, CCF Sgt.; Hon. Sec. of Rugby, Capt. of Basketball; Rugby 1st, U16A, U15A; Hockey 2nd, U16A, U15A; Athletics Senior; Basketball Senior, U16; Full colours Rugby and Basketball; Half colours Athletics; House Play.

Going to university.

Address: 4 Mulberry Close, Brighton, East Sussex.

SEIFOORI Me (1978-St.M); 0 and A levels. Going to university.

Address: 81 Third Golestan, Saltanat-Abad, Tehrat.

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SHAW A. J. R. (1976-L); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize, Headmaster's Prize, 0 level Prize; Head of School; Capt. of Squash; Rugby U15A U14A, U13; Hockey 1st, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Cricket 1st, U15A, U14A; Squash 1st, U16, U15, U14; Full colours Squash, Hockey, Cricket. Going to Reading University to study land management.

Address: 20 Wheeler Avenue, Oxted, Surrey.

SHELLEY L. M. (1977-St.M.); 0 and A levels; House Prefect, CCF Cpl.; House Play; Choir, Orchestra; Librarian. Going to Art College.

Address: Furzecombe, Brasted Hill Road, Near Westerham, Kent.

SPRINGETT M. (1976-L); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize; House Prefect, CCF Cpl.; Capt. of Athletics, Shooting; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; X-Country Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Full colours Athletics, Half colours X-Country, Individual Shooting Cup, 1981, 1982. Joining the Army after a 'year off'.

Address: 83 Lees Gardens, Maidenhead, Berks.

SUNNUCKS T. R. (1977-B & F); 0 levels; CCF Cpl.; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, U13; Hockey 1st, U16A. U15A, U14A; Cricket 1st, U15A, U14A, U13; Half Colours Cricket. Going into farming.

Address: Rankins Farm, Linton, Maidstone, Kent USENDORFF D. I. W. (1981-L); 0 levels; Rugby 1st, 2nd; Cricket 1st; Full colours Cricket; House Play, Hunting Society. Returning to South Africa for further education.

Address: 116 Bagley Terrace, Valeriedene, Northcliff, Johannesburg, R.S.A. WADSWORTH A. M. 0. (1978-St.M); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes; Head of House, School Prefect, CCF Cpl.; Rugby 1st, 2nd, U16A, U15A; Hockey U14A; X-Country Junior; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; House Play. Going into the Army or business after 'year off'.

Address: The Old Orchard, Rectory Lane, Ightham, Kent.

WAIT S. T. (1975-H & L); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prize, Biology Prize; House Prefect; Choir. Going to University.

Address: 10 Batts Hill, Redhill, Surrey.

WANG E. S. C. (1979-C); 0 and A levels; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd; Hockey 3rd; Athletics Senior; Half colours Athletics. Going to university or polytechnic.

Address: 37a, 17/F, Tin Hau Temple Road, Hong Kong.

WEST M. R. J. (1980-C); 0 and A levels; Wood Prize; House Prefect; Rugby 3rd; Cricket 3rd; Half colours Fencing. Going to Exeter College, Oxford University to study chemistry.

Address: 15 Walsham Road, Fostington Wood, Chatham, Kent.

WILLIAMS C. C. (1979-C); 0 levels; Rugby U16A, U15A, U14A, Cricket U14A; X-Country Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Athletics Senior, Intermediate, Junior; Full colours X-Country; House Play. Going to college.

Address: 18 Filmer Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent.

WILLIAMS H. M. (1980-C); 0 levels; CCF Cpl., Hon. Sec. of Hunting Society; Rugby U16A; Cricket 3rd; Senior Play, House Play, Hunting Society. Going to college in Ipswich.

Address: Marie Place, Brenchley, Kent.

WILLIAMS R. G. (1977-L); 0 and A levels; Music Prize; House Prefect; Senior Play, House Play, Choir, Orchestra, Male Voice Choir. Going into business.

Address: Norton's Farm, Sedlescombe, East Sussex.

WILLIAMS S. R. D. (1979-St.M & F); 0 levels; Cross-Country Intermediate, Junior. Going to Hastings College of Arts and Technology.

Address: Thirk's Place, Harrey, Cranbrook, Kent.

WONG K. (1977-C); 0 and A levels; Distinction Prizes, O level Prize; Swimming Senior, Intermediate, Junior. Going to university.

Address: 20 Persiaran Batu Bungkal, Ipon, Perak, West Malaysia.

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