Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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30 fell, but only one to the Saltus team. In group ' B ' we won the teonn cup, lorgely through a fine run by the relay team (Moniz, Masters, Petty, Ahem), and first place in the long jump by R. J. Ahern, who cleared 14 ft. 8 ins. In the group ' B ' track events Ahern was well beaten into fourth place in his preliminan heat with a time close to the previous record for 75 yds. This was typical of the high standard of the meeting. M. Barritt had first place in both the triple and high jumps, but his 16 ft. 3 ins. in the long jump was only good enough for third place. Borritt ' s performances this year show very great promise for the future. On the track D. Ranee ran with his usual elegance but showed much more fire. Although he produced his best ever in both 100 yds. and 220 yds. (1 1.8 and 26.8) neither time was good enough to be placed better than 4th in the finals. Marshall worked hard on his hurdles technique in training and after a somewhat shaky preliminary in which he fell over, he came fourth in a very fast final without hitting the ground with anything other than his feet. Group ' D ' again showed some Saltus successes. D. Pantry broke the shot putt record in the qualifying round but although he won the event on the day his 44 ft. 8 ins. was short of the record by nearly a foot. As it was he still won the event by a majestic seven feet or so. Pantry also, rather luckily perhaps, reversed the preliminary javelin result by beating his main rival with a throw of just over 1 50 ft., some ten feet short of the best throw in the preliminaries when Pantry was second. G. Campbell just scraped into the last six in the discus, feebly lobbing the implement a lethargic 100 ft. Then on the Thursday he shook off his paralysis and won the event with a fine throw of 133 ft. In the triple jump R. Dole came second with 39 ft. — a good performance, and his best this season, but his 1 8 ft. 3 ins. in the long jump placed him third, well behind the first two. B. De Couto was outclassed in the 880 yds., but he has another year in the same group and he too produced his best of the season, finishing 5th in 2 mins. 22 sees. The pole vault turned into an endurance test, lasting for two hours, but R. Hillen took third place with a quite respectable 9 ft. After this he had to run in the hurdles, and not surprisingly failed to find his best form. Group ' E ' showed some surprises. Perhaps the greatest was C. Campbell ' s second place in the discus instead of the first he always considered to be rightfully his. Certainly it was no surprise when he won the shot putt in a new record with 43 ft. 11 ins., though this was by no means the best he has done this season. Still he was a good seven feet ahead of the rest. A. Ranee ran a good 100 yds. to qualify for the fina l in 1 0.7 sees., but running the final in borrowed spikes after his had burst under the strain of hurdling, he did not quite moke the places. In the hurdles he had a fast start for a change and held on to take third place in a very fost 15.0 sees. The winner ' s time, incidentally, was 14.5 sees., which is really flying. The mile was an interesting race, run very slowly until the last three hundred yards when there was a terrific fight for places in the run in. Unfortunately Osborne is still not quite fit after breaking his ankle, so the fight included no Saltus runners. Marson also ran. The group ' E ' relay team valiantly fought their way into the final but then they were predictably outrun and managed only 5th place. This does not seem a just reward for the hard work the members of the relay team put in, perhops, but we have only a very small number of seniors to choose from

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29 to do so OS in training he is by no means outclassed by runners in the group above him. The Old Boys provided entertainment with a rather sparsely entered 1 00 yards handicap, won by Bill Cox, and a 4 x 100 yards relay in which the School emerged convincing winners in a good time of 48.5 sees. The Old Boys might have mode it but for an abominable baton change between Messrs, Hunter and Alger. Pantry and Campbell obeyed all the instructions given them by Mr. Hunter, but he himself did not. Consequently Mr. Alger received the baton very un- favourably, and the heroic effort of David Saul to catch Ranee on the last leg was to no avail. The house competition. Senior and Junior, was won by Watlington House. This surprised no one. Mrs. Hallett, with the help of numerous contributions, organised the tea, and although there were not twelve baskets of fragments afterwards, everyone seemed very pleased with their share, particularly those Staff, Old Boys and parents taking a well deserved break from their duties judging track or field. Mr. Gosling presented the prizes, pointing out in his speech that those who lose are contributing as much to a Sports Day as those who win. All the competitors, he said were to be congratulated on the interest they had shown and the time they had spent down on the field. Records ore broken by planned effort, and a fine athletic show for the spectators is not achieved without long group rehearsal beforehand. I look forward to the Inter-Schools meeting. We shan ' t have it all our own way this year. M.H. THE INTER SCHOOLS SPORTS - 1966 The inter-schools sports was a bigger affair than usual this year, for several reasons. First, all schools were competing together for the first time; second the meeting was held at the Prospect National Stadium instead of at Saltus Grammar School, and third the Board of Education supplied the equipment and kept a fatherly eye on the B.S.S.A. ' s handling of things. A large and enthusiastic crowd watched the finals on Thursday, 5th of May, and Saltus provided a respectable number of competitors for the events. The rest of the school was given a half holiday, but those few members who mode their way up to Prospect saw on excellent afternoon ' s athletics. However it did seem a pity that our winners should receive their awards in total silence while the winners of other schools were greeted with cheers. I hope more of the school will be present next year to encourage their team. The standard of performance was remarkably high, comparing well with a good English county meeting for juniors, so it was not surprising that Saltus had fewer wins and places than in previous years. Almost all the old B.S.S.A. records

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31 compared to other schools here. For this reason even qualifying for the final is on achievement worth noting. The team is to be congratulated on their successes, for almost without exception the members of the team worked really hard to achieve them. Athletics Is hard work — harder than softball or any of these other children ' s gomes — but the sense of achievement in winning, or bettering a performance, is also cor- respondingly greater. M.H. BASKETBALL The calibre of ploy at Saltus this year was much better than that of previous years. The shooting has improved as has the passing, guarding of players and especially rebounding. The only thing one regrets is that there is no basketball between schools, which would improve the standard of ploy and give players a chance to play a full game. In the Annual House Basketball Competition the winner was Dorrell House with a 34-10 win over Butterfield, with Rose scoring 26 points for Dorrell. Dorrell had previously beaten Wotlington 20-10 in the semi-final. In the gome for third piece Soltus beat Wotlington in a very close gome. C. E. CAMPBELL, Sr. V SALTUS VOLLEYBALL This relatively new annual competition which started about four years ago is a kind of volleyball but the boll is allowed to touch the floor, the player is allowed to touch the net and the boll con stay on your side of the net as long os you wish. In the competition Dorrell were the winners with Saltus second, Wotlington third and Butterfield fourth. C. E. CAMPBELL, Sr. V. TENNIS REPORT - 1965 The climox of the School ' s tennis activities was as usual, the finals of the Annual Championships and for the second consecutive year, the open champion was dethroned. Prior to the finals however, there were two other interesting events. The first was the annual Staff vs. School motch. An increase in the number of teams provided o total of twenty rubbers. As in previous years, the Staff brought out their greater experience (if using at times, inferior technique) to win the match by sixteen rubbers to four. Ample proof indeed, that good shots alone do not necessarily win tennis matches.