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AYMESTREY

M A G A Z I N E

SUMMER 1992


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OLD A Y M E S T R E Y A S S O C I AT I O N IN C O ME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 1991

1990 1990RECEIPTS EXPENDITURE

175.00 Membership subscriptions Contribution to School(including renewal of subscri tions and donations

Magazine for year 1989/90 150.00

to Association Funds) 70.00Contribution to School.

0.25 Magazine Appeal Subscriptions 0.25 Magazine for year 1990/91 200.00

Interest on Abbey National Lloyds Bank Plc -Bank 90.13 Building Society Share Account 86.92 8.78 charges 18.83

133.70 Contribution to 80th

Anniversary CelebrationsInterest on Lloyds Bank Excess of income over

2.06 Deposit Account 1.95 124.96 expenditureExcess of expenditureover income 209.71

267.44 1368.83 267.44 368.83

BA LA NC E S HE ET FO R Y EAR EN DED 3 1st MA RCH 1991

1990 19901,127.42 Balance brought forward

to 31st March 1990 1,252.38 Balances at Lloyds Bank:303.72 Current Account 4.89

Excess of ex enditure 30.31 De osit Account 32.51over income ( 209.71)

Excess of income over Balance on Abbey National124.96 expenditure Building Society Five Star

918.35 Account 1,005.27

1,252.38 1,042.67 11,252.38 1,042.67

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MINUTES OF THE 48th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGOF THE O LD AYMESTRE Y ASSOCIATION

HELD AT AYMESTREY SCHOO LON SATURDAY,15th JUNE 1990

PRESENT Anthony Powell, in the chair; The President Air Vice Marshall D.N.K. Blair Oliphant; Messrs.John Eyton Coates, Edward Lane, Peter Bradshaw, Nick Coley, Anthony Thornely, JamesMcLeod, George Marriott, G.E. Rush, G.G. Rush, Bruce Phipps, John Phipps, EdwardWeaving, Stephen Beard, Jonathan Coates, Malcolm Hughes and Hugh Griffith. AnthonyClaydon deputised as Secretary in the absence of Bill Stallard.

APOLOGIES were received from Brian Massey, David Stratton, Jack Coates, Oliver Mayfield, Stephen Nelson, Edward Tildesley, John and Peter Schilizzi, Lester Steynor, David Davis, DouglasBirks, Bill Stallard, Richard Stallard, Geoffrey Howell, Roger Gorman, Simon McGorman,Jason and Paul Smith, Sam Coley, Nigel Blair Oliphant, Jnr., Simon Patterson, Tom Slade,Philip Powell, Michael Powell, Charles Etty-Leal, Chris Dowson, Donald and Ian McLeod,

Bill Jay, David Powell, Julian Gallimore, Andrew Duncan, Richard Tildesley and JohnPage.

The Minutes of the last A.G.M. held on Saturday, 16th June, 1990 were confirmed and approvedThe Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1991, were presented by the Chairman in Bill Stallard's

absence and were approved.

The following were elected for the ensuing year:CHAIRMAN; Oliver MayfieldVICE CHAIRMAN: Nick ColeyHONORARY SECRETARY/TREASURER: Bill StallardSCHOOL CORRESPONDENT: Dan Asterley NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Stephen Beard

James McLeod

It was proposed by John Phipps, seconded by Edward Lane and agreed by the meeting that the Associationshould contribute 250 towards the cost of producing the 1992 magazine. While it would be the intention tomake a contribution every year, the actual amount would be decided upon at each A.G.M.

The Chairman reminded members that it had been resolved at the last meeting to invite old boys who hadleft more than ten years previously to make a further subscription to the Association. This had not been

pursued by sending out a specific letter to old boys in this category, but the Minutes published in themagazine had notified them of the resolution which had been passed. No voluntary contributions had been

received so far.

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A general discussion followed on the interrelated topics of meeting the production costs of the magazine andincreasing the income of the Association. With the Headmaster's agreement, two resolutions were then

passed. The first, proposed by John Phipps and seconded by Edward Weaving, resolved that a Banker's Order form in favour of the O.A.A. should he incorporated in future magazines, for the particular attention of thosewho had left the school more than ten years previously. Although the sum would not he fixed, a note would

be included showing that a repeat of the 10 original joining subscription every ten years would be theminimum needed to cover the cost of a member's copy of the magazine. The second resolution, proposed byJames McLeod with Stephen Beard seconding, recommended the insertion of an editorial note in themagazine offering sponsorship to any O.A.A. member who might care to make use of it as anadvertising medium. The subscription payable for school leavers who wished to join the Association wasa matter for the School, which would be considering whether any change could or should be made. Finally anumber of members made donations to the O.A.A. on the spot, to a total of 85.

Hugh Griffith gave details of the new relief road. Although the timing was not yet known, the route wasnow settled and would run very close to the dam, which would have to be rebuilt. Details would be given inthe next issue of the magazine, together with a map of the alignment.

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The meeting recorded a warm vote of thanks to Bill Stallard for his work as Honorary Secretary andTreasurer over the years and for his willingness to continue.

The Meeting expressed its thanks to Hugh and Gill Griffith for their hospitality and for arranging to hold theAnnual Dinner at the School for a second time. The President drew attention both to the condition of the

buildings and particularly to the grounds, which were looking really beautiful - the latter were all the moreappreciated as the members learned that no one was employed to do the work, which was carried out


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entirely by the staff and the boys. Although the cricket match against the School had been rained off, the"Wet Weather Programme" of snooker, chess and table tennis put on in its stead had been much enjoyed.

After the meeting, 34 members and their guests sat down to a sumptuous dinner, at which John EytonCoates was once more prevailed upon to sing his traditional song - rounding off an evening greatly enjoyed

by everyone present.

LEAVERSJuly 1991J.A. Alexander - (Worcester Royal Grammar School) Came Summer 1987. Cricket XI. Choir.Chess. Colours for Cricket and Chess.P.R. Jolley - (Nunnery Wood) Came Autumn 1987. Rugger XV. Choir. Colours for Rugby.Abbas Kazerooni - (King's, Worcester) Came Autumn 1987. Rugger XV, Cricket XI, Soccer XI.Choir. Colours for Soccer and Cricket (Capt.). Gold in National Challenge Awards. Head Boy.Ogden Cup.D. Painter - (Hanley Swan) Came September 1986. Rugger XV.P.J. Price - (Rendcomb) Came September 1987. Rugger XV, Soccer XI, Cricket XI, Cross Countryand Athletics. Colours for Rugby, Soccer, Cross Country and Chess. Choir. Prefect.

P.D. Smith - (Lucton) Came Spring 1989. Rugger XV, Cricke t Xl, Cross Country, Athletics.Colours for Cross Country. Prefect.A. Tomlins - (Malvern College) Came Autumn 1986. Choir.W. Tomlins - (Beaudesert) Came Autumn 1989. Choir.E.Williams - (Hereford Cathedral) Came Autumn 1988. Chess. Choir. Colours for Chess.December 1991R. Heigh - (Bedstone) Came Autumn 1987. Rugger XV. Choir.

NEW BOYSSummer 1991T.R. Wilson

Autumn 1991G.E. Gregg, E.R. Brown, E.T. Swan, A.D. Hewson.

NEWS of OLD BOYSR. Bader is in Philadelphia and enjoying life at the university. He is hoping to go to France as the universityoffers a Semester in Lyons where he can study French, Contemporary France, International Marketing andInternational Relations in Europe. He can also continue his rowing interest.

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M. Bartlett, at Worcester Royal Grammar School, is in the Sixth Form and hoping to read Architecturenext year. He is playing rugby for the 2nd XV.J. Bewley won the the Boys Singles of the Worcester Junior Table Tennis Championship. His first match

was against Brett Brining who won the first game but lost the next two.R. Cummins is in his second year at Bath University, studying Mechanical Engineering, having achieved70% in his first year exams. This helped him get a place in Daventry, with a firm making large dieselengines, for his third year. There were two places and one hundred and forty seven applicants.


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E. Edmonds (1976) is a civil engineer and has been working for Lilley Construction for three and half years.G. Edmonds (1978) is in the News Room at Radio Wyvern. He reads the local news and is gaining greatexperience in many walks of life.T. Edwards (1974) is farming near Woodton in Suffolk. He is Chairman of the Harleston Young Farmersthis year.A. Gosling(1956) is the Chief Librarian, East Asia Collection, at the National Library of Australia inCanberra, having read Asian languages at university followed by four years attached to the AustralianEmbassy in Jakarta, Indonesia as Indonesian Acquisition Officer. He there collected Indonesian

publications for research libraries in Australia and New Zealand.A. Johnson (1970) is married and working in the family building firm in North Wales makingconservatories.G. Johnson (1971) has acquired an 18th Century Double Bass and is continuing his Orchestral Work.R. Johnson (1971) is married and living in Saxlingham, Nr Holt, Norfolk where he is a farm manager.J. Jones (1966), after a career in the Merchant Navy, has a degree - 2.2 - in Mechanical Engineering andstarted with BP at Grangemouth last September.M. & C. Jones (1970) are farming with their parents near Penrith.C. Knappett has a Class 1 in the first part of his Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos at St. John's,Cambridge.D. Knox (1966) is living in St. Albans and working at Hatfield Polytechnic.Kazu Kojima at the WRGS, passed Maths at grade A a year early. He is taking the bulk of his GCSEs thisyear. He is playing Rugby for the school and runs for the School in cross-country and athletics.R. Lane (1963) has three children and farms at Bosbury.A. Lane (1965) takes his Law Finals in July. He and Elizabeth are expecting their second child in June.W. Lane is finishing his year at Emory University, Atlanta, U.S.A. He has a Bobby Jones Scholarship andtogether with three other scholars has travelled widely in a caravan camper provided by the university. All

petrol is paid and each of them has $1000 travel expenses. He is singing with the Emory University choir inParis, this summer.J. Maughan (1965) is living in Powys. He was in publishing but now works for Barclays.F. Miles is in the Gulf selling carpets to the Arabs.S.J.D. MacLaren (1969) is trout farming near Chepstow.A. MacLaren (1970) is in his second year at York reading Politics.

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D.B. MacLaren (1978) is at Leicester reading Land Management.A.P. Moore (1972) is married and is in the police force in Worcester.J. Nicholas (1966) is married and has a child. He has emigrated to New Zealand where he has bought a smallfarm.

S. Patterson has a place at King's, Cambridge, in September after gaining 3 'A' levels, one at Scholarshiplevel. He is now having a year out. He has visited Thailand, Malaysia and is going to Indonesia beforereturning to Worcester in August.


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M. Patterson is at King's, Worcester, after gaining 7 GCSEs at Dean Close. He is taking Social Biology,English and Classical Civilisation at A level.A. Perryman (1976) is married and is the manager of Great Mills at Witney.C. Rawlings has a Class 2.2 in Zoology at Durham and has now been offered a career in the British Council.There were over five thousand applicants for thirty-five vacancies.W. Rankin is in his second year at Manchester, reading Law. He had the misfortune to be mugged after Christmas and his ankle was broken in two places. He represented the university at a Moot at GlasgowUniversityM. Richardson, at King's, Worcester, has nine GCSEs, is in the Lower V I and is studying Social Biology,Geography and Economics for A level. He plays cricket and Rugger for King's llnds and has played Rugger for Worcester in the U17s and U19s.

N. Richardson at Loughborough, has a place at Cambridge, in the autumn, to read Land Management. Hewas 'on the bench' at Twickenham for the England U21s for the match against the French Armed Services.O. Saunders is at King's College, London, reading Physics.J. Sawtell, at Rendcomb, has nine GCSEs, including As for Art and Biology.He is going to take Biology,Geography and Art at 'A' level. He is also working for the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.P.D. Smith, at Lucton, came in the first six for the county and went on to run in the U14 England trial.R. Stallard (1974) qualified as a solicitor last September and then spent three months touring CentralAmerica. He is now serving, as a Lieutenant, on a Short Service Commission with the 1st Battalion TheKing's Own Border Regiment in Kenya.Sven Taylor, after leaving Shebbear and Plymouth College of Further Education, applied to join the Marines.After a gruelling three days he was one of ten accepted out of twenty four applicants.J. Taylor(1982) is teaching piano.C. Taylor (1983) is going to study agriculture.J. Tomsett left Rendcomb with three A levels, including Art Grade A. In his final year he played for theSchool in Rugby and Tennis.T. Wellspring is taking a degree course in Photographic and Electronic Imaging Sciences at the University of Westminster.R. Yeoward (1963) is married with two children. He runs an agricultural engineering business.

A. Yeoward (1966) is married with one child. He lives in Swindon, is a civil engineer and is working on theSevern Bridge.

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GIFTSWe are extremely grateful to the following for their generous gifts to the school:

Mr. & Mrs. Henderson - A marvellous selection of encyclopaedias and books.Mr. & Mrs. Tomlins - Croquet Set.Mr. & Mrs. Griffin - Apples and pears.Mr. & Mrs. P. Edwards - Apples.Mr. & Mrs. Richardson - Potatoes for November 5th (ready for the oven).Mr. & Mrs. White - Apples and pears.


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G. Johnson - C.D. Player. N. Blair Oliphant, Sen. - A generous cheque spent on gardening equipment.Mr. & Mrs. Hunter for the loan of an organ.Mr. & Mrs. Goodyear - Games and books.G. Rush - A generous cheque spent on games equipment.J. Eyton Coates - Books for the library.

CHESSThe Chess Team again did well. Played 7, won 4, lost 1, drew 2.We drew a bye in the first round of the Times National Schools Competition, beat Redhill, Birmingham inthe nest round and were white washed in the zonal semi finals by King Edward V1, Camphill, who went onto win the Birmingham zone.There has been a great deal of chess played in the school this year and the standard has been improving allthe time. We are grateful to Mr. Murray Watson, who runs the junior county chess and who has coached andencouraged some of our better players.As for the team it was a bit of a curate's egg - very good at the top, indeed the first three boards Heynes,Williams R. and Murphy are equal to anybody we have had in the past. Further down the school the standardwas a little lower than of late although Hunter D. is very promising.Williams R. won the shield for U 11 Hereford and Worcester Junior Chess.Heynes, Williams R. and Murphy played in a sponsored simultaneous display against a grand master inMalvern. Williams R. did particularly well to be in the last five to be beaten out of twenty-five starters.Williams R. played for the county twice and Heynes five times - on two occasions he was captain.In the Easter holidays Heynes, Williams R. and Hunter D. joined the four day chess congress at MillfieldJunior, Edgarley Hall. Hunter D. did well to get into the B Group and won a prize for coming third.

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Heynes and Williams R. played in the Championship and came 5th and 32nd respectively. In thesimultaneous game against a grand master Williams lasted more than two hours and Heynes did brilliantly todraw. He was also 'runner up' in the Best Game competition.

Oliver Heynes will have his trial for the U11 England Chess Team in May.

National Prep. Schools Chess CongressGenerally a good and enjoyable time. On Wednesday and Thursday we were allowed a couple of

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right, except for the cheesecake which tasted like rotten cardboard put into a cement mixer. In betweenmatches we could play football or have our games analysed. I owe a lot to my dad for coming because Ithink I would not have done well if he wasn't there to cheer me up. Thanks.

Oliver Heynes

MUSICDuring the year the following Associated Board Exams were passed:-

Grade 3A. Davidson - Cello with Merit.Grade 5O. Heynes- TheoryJ. Williams -Theory with distinction (95%)

A. Davidson, aged 9, is to be congratulated on winning the H. Sybil Russell Shield - Open Class Strings -Cello - 11 years and under, in the Worcestershire Orchestral Society's Competitive Festival.The choir, and the choir master, are to be congratulated on coming third out of nine schools. A parentwrites:-

The Choir 1991

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The 1st May, 1992 was one of those lovely spring days. The Aymestrey choir were participating in thesecond Elgar Choral Festival. This is a national choral competition and the choirs were all singing in the

beautiful old College Hall of King's School, Worcester - an ideal setting for the occasion.

There were nine choirs competing in their section; seven of the choirs were local and two came from asfar afield as Oldham and East Grinstead. The choirs also varied in age and size and on the whole tended tohave more girls than boys.


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Mr. Gowland had only eight days to teach the choir the set piece - Elgar's The Woodland Stream.Aymestrey was the last choir to perform. Needless to say the boys' rendering of the Elgar was extremelygood and a wonderful sound. However, it was surpassed for us all by their own choice of music - The Litanyto the Holy Spirit by Peter Hurford. It is such a moving piece of music and was sung to perfection, making alovely end to the morning.

We waited with nervous anticipation to hear the critical views of the lady adjudicator which were both

constructive and amusing. You can imagine how absolutely thrilled we were when Aymestrey wasawarded third prize, beaten only by the two choirs who had come the furthest. Our congratulations go toMr. Gowland and the choir, on their superb performance. Well done.

CRICKET

The cricket season this year was frustrating in the extreme. Most of the time it was cold and wet. Only fivematches were played and of these one was washed out before tea and one was badly affected by athunderstorm during tea. This was a great pity as we had a very respectable side. Alexander and Abbas madea good pair of opening bowlers, well backed up by Edwards B., Gawler and Heynes. Peel was a useful, if

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mercurial, wicket keeper and the fielding was brisk and mostly efficient.

Smith P. and Alexander opened the batting effectively. Neither has much style but they both play straight - acardinal virtue in any cricketer. In the game against Moffats they made a stand of 61. How often their eldersand betters are seen on T.V. playing across the line! Peel was potentially the best batsman but until the

Abberley game impatience was his undoing. At Abberley he played quietly for twenty minutes until the lastman, Smith J., came in and then cut loose, raising the score from 45 for 9 to 73 all out. Abbas, Gawler andHeynes all contributed runs from time to time.


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The highlight of the year was a cliff-hanger of a draw against the best Fathers' team we have seen for years.Admirably captained by Mr. Peel they were nevertheless bowled out for less than 100 by tea time. All

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bowlers took wickets but of the three that Heynes took the caught and bowled of his own Father was themost memorable. Peel did a good stumping and there were two smart run outs.Against some excellent bowling and first rate wicket-keeping our batting looked a bit precarious butBurton and Smith J. held on and stumps were drawn at 62 for 9. Six of the team will be here this year

so prospects are reasonably bright.

ATHLETICSOnce again, despite the weather, we enjoyed an excellent season of athletics.In the AAA award scheme we set several new school records with every boy gaining a minimum of two

badges. Thirty of these were five star awards. Price, Gawler, Camozzi M., Le Galloudec, Peel, Griffin J.,Cartwright and Hunter D., managed to achieve five star awards in all three categories: Three Events,Pentathlon and Decathlon. Smith P.D. and Williams R. gained five star awards in two categories, andMurphy and Fraser in one. Twenty-eight four star badges were awarded, twenty-eight three star, twenty-four two star and four one star.With such a solid base we sent a party of athletes to the area prep. schools' meeting at Denstone. All seven,Price, Smith P.D., Hunter M., Gawler, Peel, Murphy and Hunter D. acquitted themselves well in the face of a very high standard of competition. The best results were Price coming third in the U14 800m. and Hunter D. winning the U11 400m. As the latter achieved this while in the second form and four of the other winnersof all three categories, five star awards, are in the same age group, our prospects for the future of athleticsseem to be very encouraging.

SPORTS DAY In the 200m I felt like I was a motor bike but at the end I was like a dead rat. I was glad wehad a swim afterwards. I went under a tree in the shade. Just as I was lying against the tree Mr. Driver calledfor the 800m. After all the running was over we went up to the house to get ready for swimming. I was in alot of things. The best thing was the funny act. Then we said good bye to our parents and waited for the

big tea. R. Peel aged 10

SWIMMINGLast year we had trouble with the quality of water in the pool and that held up the start of swimming, but,thanks to Mr. Goodyear, the problem has been solved so we hope we shall be able to start as soon as the

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water is warm enough.Despite the latish start all but two could swim at least ten metres and most very much more. Price,Drummond, Edwards M, Symonds O. and White swam 1000m, Heigh 2000m and Abbas, Painter, Edwards

B., Williams J. and Auty 3000m. In the National Challenge Awards Camozzi M. has his Bronze, Williams J.and Edwards B. Silver and Abbas Gold. Williams J.,Edwards B., White,Gregg, Auty and Camozzi M. swamin a sponsored Swimarathon at the Worcester pool organised by the Rotary Club to make money for


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Ronkswood Hospital and our own charity - Tadworth Court Children's Hospital.They had 30 minutes toswim, as a relay, as many lengths as possible. We were advised that 40-45 lengths might be achieved in thattime by an adult. In fact they swam 68 and made 152.60.

MACBETH at LUDLOWThe part I enjoyed most was where Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were holding a banquet for all the Lords

and Ladies coming to visit the new crowned King Macbeth, who had brutally killed Duncan, the old king.They gathered round the oak table to eat and drink, but Macbeth couldn't find a chair to sit on.There in his own chair sat Banquo, who Macbeth had killed the day before, by hiring two mercenaries tocarry out the foul murder. Banquo's face was covered with blood and he stared at Macbeth with his wideopen eyes. This sent a shiver down my spine because he actually looked like a ghost. Only Macbeth couldsee the ghost of Banquo and he began to shout and scream. The lords and ladies thought that Macbeth wasmad. Banquo left the stage and the feast carried on.Another part of Macbeth I enjoyed was the three witches who kept appearing and disappearing.The whole play was extremely well acted and it was a pleasure to watch.

Matthew Hunter aged 12

Our grateful thanks to Mrs. P. Williams for taking a large party of us to see Macbeth at Ludlow Castle. Notonly did we all enjoy the play but also the sumptuous meal she provided afterwards. Thank you.

Editor.

CAMPWhen we arrived at Mr. & Mrs. Green Price's farm in Wales we put up the store tent and got some water.After that we made a wall round the toilet so it was private. The sitting down toilet was very simple - itwas a flat piece of stone hammered in vertically on a hill. The next morning everyone got up very earlyexcept for Mr. Goodyear. We gave him tea in bed. After breakfast we went for a six mile walk to Mr.Goodyear's favourite spot. Tall trees sheltered it from the sun. Bluebells covered the banks and at the bottomwas a stream. I won the prize for the first into the water and managed to stay under for ten seconds. Inthe evening Alexander built us some luxurious tables and benches.

After breakfast on Friday we went for a short walk when Price tried to bull bait but the bulls wouldn't takeany notice of him!

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On Saturday we couldn't do anything because of heavy rain. Then Price remembered that he had left hiscagoule on the hill so Alexander and I went and fetched it for him. The high lights of camp were: Frying

eggs but not washing up the pan; Price virtually grass skiing when pulled along by Duffle on the lead,chasing a stick; but best of all the cake so kindly made for us by Mrs. Green Price.

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RUGBYWith so much good rugby being played in games it was extremely frustrating to have team selectiondominated by who was, or was not, ill. As a consequence the real Aymestrey XV never took the fieldtogether in a match. Had they done so in the last scheduled game at Abberley - it was cancelled because of illness - there can be little doubt that the hard work they had done throughout the term to make themselvesinto an entertaining side would have resulted in an impressive display.

As it is the team that might have been has to be pieced together from the sturdy performances the playersgave against a very powerful St. Richard's side, and the three nine a-side games with two teams from theDowns and one from the Abbey School. At the heart of the team was the half back pairing of Peel at scrumhalf and Gawler at fly half. Peel's strength, speed and - by the end of the season - satisfyingly consistentsupply of good ball was matched by Gawler's safe hands, neat passing and fine judgment of when andwhere to kick. With Edwards B. and Richards as a powerful pair of centres in both attack and defence, thethree quarters always looked solid - particularly with Murphy at fullback providing his familiar ruthlessefficiency at tackling. Once Hunter M. on the wing learnt to run into space he provided a useful addition; sotoo did the two novices, Wilson and Crooks. The best front row combination proved to be Heynes at hooker,with Heigh and Hawkes as his props. Williams J., who once again gave his all, and Gordon made a solidsecond row. Dimond C. provided noble support wherever he was asked to play - flanker, winger or secondrow, and Auty, Le Galloudec, and Symmonds willingly made up the remaining numbers.

It was a pity all these players never had a chance to work together in a school match with the same skill andflair they showed in practice, but the convincing win over the Abbey with some excellent tries involving allnine players who did play, the staunch defence against the Downs A - a game lost only to a kicked penalty -and the first ferocious ten minutes against St. Richard's, when they looked likely to upset a far stronger andmore skillful side, gave some hint of how they might have fared had fate been kinder.

SOCCER

The one word description for this soccer season is 'patchy'. As individuals some team members showed thatthey could be quite skillful at times; unfortunately the advantage gained on these occasions was all too oftensquandered by poor passing. If one element of the game epitomised our performances it was the inability to

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cancelled out by a poor pass. On the rare occasions when we were able to string two or three passes together the result was a goal, or at least, a shot.The first match of the season at home to St. Richard's resulted in a loss (4-2), despite some spirited play, and

perhaps the match that produced out best football. In the following game at home to Moffats the result was a2-2 draw - a match that we should have won, and indeed were winning until very near the final whistle.When we played away to St. Richard's on a bitterly cold day we hung on gamely until the last twentyminutes when the conditions seemed to overcome us and the better team won 5-1. The highlight of the


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The U13 team did well in the District Trials to come second. Gawler finished second and Peel third. As aresult of this Gawler was given the chance to move up an age group and run in the U15 County Trial wherehe ran well again.At the Aymestrey race the U11 team finished third, to Cheltenham and Moffats, Peel coming in third.Cartwright made an encouraging debut, finishing twentieth. The seniors finished in second place equal withClifton College. Gawler come second and Symonds had one of his better runs coming in tenth. AtBromsgrove this success was continued, both the senior and the junior teams finishing second.These runs, and the opportunity to train undisturbed by any really severe bad weather, meant that the teamwas well prepared for the experience of running in the first ever National Prep. Schools' Championships, atMarlborough College under the control of the ex-international runner Bruce Tulloh. (The fact that this cameunder the guidance of Bruce Tulloh was due to Mr. Driver. Ed.) There was only one race for boys at U14level so, once again, Peel and Griffin J. were running against boys at least two years older. Almost twohundred runners started from twenty-nine schools. The conditions were atrocious, as wet as any we haveever experienced, but it proved to be a good inaugural event. Gawler finished a creditable twenty third, Peelseventy fourth and Griffin J. seventy-eighth. The team finished seventeenth. At the Cheltenham relay three

juniors, Peel, Griffin J. and Le Galloudec joined the three most reliable seniors - Gawler, Murphy andWilliams J. and helped the team to a reasonable halfway placingAs the Dean Close race has eight runners in a team with the first six counting, it has always been an event

where larger schools have had more chance of success. This year our junior team not only won the shield for the first time but did it in such style that all eight finished in the top half of the field. Peel was first, Griffin J.third, Le Galloudec sixth, Heynes seventh, Williams R. eleventh and Cartwright seventeenth.

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It was a fitting end to our longest ever season of cross country running. What was particularly impressivewas how the younger boys in the school proved to the seniors that determination and hard work, and a

selfless rather than a selfish attitude, achieves real success. If this year's juniors can carry the same attributesforward to next season when they will have to meet the challenge of being a young senior team then theyshould have two very enjoyable years.


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EXAM at KINGSSuddenly I found myself with an exam. paper in front of me and a pen. I looked through it. It wasn't exactlyinviting! I'd never heard of this chap John, who drank the polluted water of the Thames in a wine glass. Ilooked at the others sitting the exam, all busily writing. I found, though, I could write something, but I wasstill glad when it was over and someone said, "It's time for lunch!"

ARTOnce again, due to the highly professional way in which Mrs. Wales presents our Art, Aymestrey wasawarded pride of place at the Malvern Prep. Schools Art Festival, so that visitors saw it first on arrival. Weare most grateful to Mr. & Mrs. Davidson for the loan of an electrically driven potters' wheel which hasadded to the techniques the boys learn in the Art Department.Several boys submitted work to the Cadbury's

National Exhibition of Children's Art and Thomas Murphy was awarded a certificate to say that his work was passed by the Preliminary Panel Art and Design. Oliver Heynes, however, won a place in the exhibitionwhich is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of art, design and poetry in the world. Theexhibition attracted over 40,000 entries and is open to anyone under 18. It opened at The Barbican Centreand runs until August 1992, touring major towns. Oliver and his parents were invited to the opening

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when it arrived in Wolverhampton. Unfortunately Cadbury's are not able to sponsor the exhibition this year

but they hope an alternative sponsor will be found for future years.

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It was with great excitement that on 26th March, 1992, my husband and I flew from Heathrow toJapan on a visit to our daughter, who is there teaching English. We were dutifully met at Tokyo andfor two days Rebekah whisked us at speed sightseeing this exciting capital. Here we had our firstviewing of unforgettable temples, imperial palaces, castles, museums and traditional sculptured gardens thatwe were to see in abundance during our three weeks holiday.Onwards to Nara, the original capital of Japan, travelling by the famous "Bullet Train", beingtransported through the countryside at over 100 mph, in sheer luxury, to our daughter's home. Thewhole network of railways in this country is based on precision timing - if any train is a minute late, it isquite an event! The workers take pride in their own particular jobs, always smartly dressed, eager to servethe customer and to work long hours. It is quite normal for employees not to take the whole of their annualholiday, so important is their work. We visited the school where Rebekah teaches and were enchanted by thechildren, not only by the natural orderliness but by their eagerness to learn and to communicate with us.After only a few hours in Japan we had experienced this several times: it was not unusual whensightseeing to be stopped by a group of polite young students requesting to speak to us and have our

photographs taken with them. During the three weeks of our visit, and we travelled extensively, we didn'tsee any graffiti, vandalism or rubbish, and because there is no crime, there is no evidence of the police forcein public places. We visited many places of interest, one of which was Hiroshima Peace Park, which wefound most moving. In the south we sampled the delights of bathing in natural hot springs - a Japanese

tradition.We were privileged to be invited into some Japanese homes and were made very welcome. The Japanese areso kind and generous that it was here that we really met face-on the problem of the food! Although thediet is enormously healthy and very prett ily and artistically presented, the tastes were not to our palates.We were very embarrassed that we couldn't do justice to the meals - we prefer our fish cooked! It must besaid that we were seen sneaking into McDonalds one day during our second week. We were very shamefaced but those French fries tasted good!It was with a very sad heart and a tear in the eye that we flew from Tokyo, leaving our daughter, but wewere happy in the knowledge that she was with kind, generous and trustworthy people in a fascinatingcountry. We feel we have a lot to learn from the Japanese of today, and we are not referring to their technology.

Norma Barnett - Assistant Matron since 1975

We are most grateful, once again, for all the time, hard work and help given to us by Mr. P.J. Wellspringover the production of this magazine.

Editor

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STOP PRESS

Congratulations to Justin Williams who has been awarded a Major Scholarship at

Shrewsbury School

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