Athletics 06 (1962)

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.

The programme for the 2nd Annual Inter-Schools Athletics Meeting 1962 is available on the main Athletics page