Athletics (1962)
By VA Kerton, Mr P Cahill
INTER-SCHOOL MATCHES
The successes of last year were emulated and improved on, as was expected with a largely unchanged team.
The Seniors, suffering as usual from the lack of a really good sprinter, were only defeated once, at the hands of Thames Valley and Hampton in an enjoyable match at Twickenham, and this lapse was amply compensated for later on in the season. The St. Nicholas Trophy remains on our sideboard after an exciting contest in which our Triple Jumpers enabled us to overhaul Queen Elizabeth School in the final event, compensating for earlier deficiencies on the track.
Colours were awarded to the following boys: E. Cardy, J. Gibson, R. Lake, C. Sanderson, A. Speller and P. Strange.
Pole vaulting was introduced on a limited scale and a sufficiently high standard was produced to enable two boys. K. Bryer and I. Jones, to compete for the Area in the County Schools' Championships.
Amongst the more Junior members, mention must be niade of the four boys, N. Sharp. D. Miller, P. Davies and G. Curd, who, throughout the season, made up the "Minors" team, were only defeated once, and formed the relay team which finished second in the County Grammar Schools' Championships.
Junior Colours were awarded to: R. Green, G. Horn, I Jones, C. Knight, J. Ward and A. Westray.
The Athletics Club owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Brian Ridge who has always interested himself in the Athletics of the School, and this year was responsible for training the team of officials who, largely unsupervised, organised all our evening meetings. Our loss is Abbotsfield School's gain.
V. A. KERTON.
MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS
Four boys from the School, Harris (Shot). Bulgin (Hurdles). Strange (High Jump), and Butterfield (Triple Jump) won Senior County titles at the finals' Meeting held at Hayes Stadium. This would almost certainly have beer five had not Kerton broken down with a bad leg injury during his heat of the mile.
Harris, Bulgin and Butterfield represented the County in the All-England Championships at Hull: all were placed in the first six and thus helped Middlesex to win the Senior Trophy.
MIDDLESEX GRAMMAR SCHOOLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION :
N.W. GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP AT KINGSBURY, JULY 11TH.
N.W. GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP AT KINGSBURY, JULY 11TH.
Although the School easily won the Senior section of the competition, we were just five points short (236 to 241) of wresting the Group Trophy from the holders, Harrow County School, although second place was a much more satisfactory performance than that of preceding years.
RESULTS
SENIOR
100 Yards : R. Lake 8th
220 Yards : J. Gibson 5th
440 Yards : A. Speller 2nd
880 Yards : M. Owen 2nd
1 Mile : B. Sparks 3rd
120 Yards Hurdles : J. Bulgin 1st
Shot : A. Harris 1st
Discus : A. Harris 1st
Javelin : I. Marsh 1st
High jump : R. Lake 6th
Long Jump : R. Butterfield 1st
Triple Jump : R. Butterfield 1st
Pole Vault : K. Bryer 1st
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Lake, Bulgin, Gibson, Speller 2nd
MIDDLE
100 Yards : M. Diskin 7th
220 Yards : T. Burrells 5th
440 Yards : A. Muxlow 4th
880 Yards : J. Hooper 2nd
1 Mile : R. Skinner 4th
110 Yards Hurdles : D. Wallis 3rd
Shot : C. Wall 1st
Discus : C. Wall 3rd
Javelin : R. Bolsover 8th
High Jump : A. Knott 3th
Long Jump : C. Coles 2nd
Triple Jump : C. Coles 2nd
Pole Vault : T. Jones 1st
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Burrells, Wall, Hooper, Wallis 5th
JUNIOR
100 Yards : N. Kohl 3rd
220 Yards : B. Cassidy 1st
440 Yards : A. Westray 5th
880 Yards : R. Green 3rd
1 Mile : D. Roy 1st
100 Yards Hurdles : A. Clements 4th
Shot : G. Horn 5th
Discus : A. Westray 3rd
Javelin : J. Ward 4th
High Jump : B. Cassidy 2nd
Long Jump : C. Knight 4th
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Kohl, Cassidy, Westray, Cook 2nd
MINOR
100 Yards : D. Miller 5th
High Jump : G. Curd 1st
Long Jump : P. Davies 3rd
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Davies, Miller, Curd, Sharp 2nd
In the finals meeting at Chiswick, the Seniors won the Bowles Cup by a large margin, and Harris and Butterfield joined Dothie as Middlesex Grammar Schools' record holders.
Other highlights came in the Middle 80 yards and the Junior Mile in which Hooper and Roy were runners-up after really determined runs, both in personal best times, and in the performances of the three relay teams, all of whom reached the finals through good baton changing rather than individual speed.
In the unofficial overall team result, the school was placed second to Hampton G.S., out of the forty-eight schools which make up the Association.
RESULTS
SENIOR
440 Yards : A. Speller 5th
88O Yards : M. Owen 5th
120 Yards Hurdles : J. Bulgin 2nd
Shot : A. Harris 1st
Discus : A. Harris 4th
Javelin : I. Marsh 4th
Long Jump : R. Butterfield 1st
Triple Jump : R. Butterfield 1st
Pole Vault : K. Bryer 4th
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Lake, Bulgin, Gibson, Speller 4th
MIDDLE
880 Yards : J. Hooper 2nd
Shot : C. Wall 3rd
Long Jump : C. Coles 6th
Triple Jump : C. Coles 8th
JUNIOR
220 Yards : B. Cassidy 4th (in heat)
1 Mile : D. Roy 2nd
High Jump : B. Cassidy 6th
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Kohl, Cassidy, Westray, Cook 3rd
MINOR
High Jump : G. Curd 5th
Relay (4x110 Yards) : Davies, Miller, Curd, Sharp 2nd
PJC (Cahill)
The programme for the 2nd Annual Inter-Schools Athletics Meeting 1962 is available on the main Athletics page
Suggested:
Dr. Watson's Retirement
Photos of Staff
Hockey
Junior Common Room (1963)