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THE SCHOOL MAGAZINESummer 1964 |
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<<<<< Previous pageSCHOOL SPORTSFOOTBALLFor the school Football Teams, the season was basically one of stagnation. The first XI finished with a reasonably good record, but only three players stand out: STAPLETON, who captained the side very well; EVEREST, who at times played brilliant football; and FARBER. All three were awarded their colours. The -15 XI finished 6th in the League; the -14 XI whilst enjoying its football won very few matches. The -13 XI are a very talented side and the highlights of the season was their grim fight to hang on to a two-to-one lead and become the first Downhills side for many seasons to defeat Rowland Hill School in a league match. This side is the hope of the future, unless it too, deteriorates like the rest of the school, which appears content with its mediocre level of performance and happy to copy the worst mannerisms of its illustrious professional neighbours without learning the basic skills of the game. "Duty, Courage, and Success". It is up to each member of the school to give 100% effort. ATHLETICSA magnificent May day brought 15 new records at the Athletic Sports held at Finsbury Park. Roberts' House, against all expectations and as a result of hard work by Mr. FRANCIS, brought off a splendid victory from Wilson House. J. Hillier (Roberts) was Victor Ludorum and S. Judd (Mandall) Victrix Ludorum. At the Tottenham Sports held at Broomfield Park, Hillier was our only champion (in the intermediate 440yds.) but despite poor support from several entries who failed to appear, the team finished fifth. Hillier, Farber and Capell represented Tottenham in the Middlesex championships at the White City and the outstanding moment for Downhills was Hillier's gallant 2nd. place in the Intermediate 440 yds. in a magnificent time of 47.1 sees. CONGRATULATIONS! CRICKETFarber, the captain of the side, had the difficult task of leading a team that has little experience of competitive cricket. An athletics injury kept him out of the side till half-term, up to which time the record was disappointing. Thereafter however, sustained by good bowling from Smith and Stroud and steady batting, in particular by Oakley and Barnard, results improved. Weather robbed the side of victory against Mount Grace, but a splendid day brought splendid victory against a weak staff XI. The league side, managed by Mr. Kekwick did well to finish third in the Tottenham league. Their success is undoubtedly a result of his constant interest. Stroud, Kesby, Oakley, Barnard and Nyman to mention only the names that are recorded in statistics, all played their parts in victories against Down Lane, Parkhurst, Belmont and South Grove. Oakley and Barnard are both to be congratulated on their selection for Tottenham Schools. SWIMMINGPoor support thwarted our chances in the Tottenham Gala, but several good performances took us into fifth place. Gordon and Howell were chosen to represent Tottenham in the Middlesex championships. SPORTS DAY by Theresa Miles (3J)This year sports day was held on a Tuesday afternoon, fortunately it was fine and everybody was feeling rather hot. It was held at Finsbury Park track, which meant catching buses from the school to get there. All the houses had entered most of the events and Roberts came top. Gary Beauchamp, a Roberts boy, set a new record for the under-15 boys' high jump. Mandall came second, about ten points behind, then came Wilson and last Semmons. John Hillier, also a Roberts boy, set some new running records and was named Victor Ludorum. Out of the girls Susan Judd did best and was Victrix Ludorum. The day ended with the relays at about 4.30 and then school was dismissed. HOUSE COMPETITIONS (BOYS)The House Cup is awarded on the following basis:- 1. MANDALL (270 points) TENCH by R. Few (3S)A tench is a fish which is found mainly in deep muddy waters and also they are found in weedy waters. There are two different species of tench the ordinary tench and the Golden tench. The tench is a greeny colour with red eyes. The tench usually come on the feed at dawn and feed up to about nine o'clock in the morning. The best time to catch tench is when it is very hot. The tench has two sensitive barbules on it's mouth, and when it's hunting around the bottom for food the sensitive barbules find the scent of the food and guide the tench to it. The main food tenches eat are worms and maggots, grubs, larvae, bread flake and bread paste. The Golden Tench is very rare in British Waters and it is not often that you hear of an angler who has caught one. It is a yellow-greeny colour with red eyes and is a very beautiful fish. The golden tench has the same feeding habits as the ordinary tench. The British record for a tench ever being caught in British Waters is 9lb. 1oz. HMS PINAFOREThere are some pictures of this production in the photos section of this site. Click here to see them. Use the browser 'Back' button to return to this page. Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic opera was performed on March 19th, 20th and 21st. The opera was produced by Mr. Learner (who also designed and built the set), and conducted by Miss Flowers. Both are to be congratulated on the extremely successful results of two terms' very hard work. Many other members of the staff assisted in various ways. The following are those who took part:
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