Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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characteristic of his subtle sense of humour. Martin has been a grand colleague, and will be greatly missed. To him and to his wife and family Saltus extends thanks and good wishes for their future on the other side of the Atlantic in the delightful Isle of Man. MAL EVANS Mai Evans came to Saltus in 1968. For three years he successfully ran the P.E. and Games in the Junior School before transferring his talents to the Senior Department. To a constantly increasing and varied sports programme at Saltus, Mai has brought a very efficient, organisational approach, combined with a real sense of dedication to his work, sparing neither himself nor his time. He couples these qualities with a cheerful abundance of good humour and a most genial disposition that will be missed by the boys and staff alike. The triumphs on the games field during Mai ' s reign are to numerous to list but at the heart of all this he has always managed to instill an enjoyment of sports. To his charming wife Ann and the girls, Kerry Kim, farewell too. Ann has lost count of the football shirts she has washed and ironed. In other ways as well she has made her presence felt - Prep School clubs and countless chores concerning the production of ' Oliver ' . Our good wishes to them all in the future. -12-

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P.E. REPORT When Mr. Duncan chased after me at the start of the summer term for a comprehensive report on sport, my first reactions were to seek out a literary ' spokesman ' from each team and have him check all the results and formulate a suitable summary. This has been the way of the past and no doubt will be thw way of the future. On this occasion, however, I had second thoughts. I have spent six years at Saltus and as this is to be my final report I thought it would be a change to add a few thoughts of my own. In a non-examinable subject, a teacher often finds himself asking himself all sorts of questions. What are my aims? Am I doing the right things? Should I be doing more of this and less of that? etc. etc. P.E. is no exception and I often find myself debating such problems. In sport, many P.E. pro- grammes and even teachers are, unfortunately, judged tDy team results and if things don ' t go well for the school teams, people immediately draw conclusions as to the standard of the programme offered within the school. Similarly to onlookers, a school with good results must have a tremendous programme. This could well be so but I ' ll never forget a conversation I had with a fourteen year old student at a secondary school in Essex. The school was notoriously famous for its incredible gymnastics results, yet this fourteen year old had never played a game of basketball, run a cross country race, or even held a javelin, shot or discus. At a recent meeting of F.I.E.P. (The international governing body of P.E.) a plea was made to P.E. teachers the world over to avoid becoming obsessed with good team results and to spend more time encouraging more people to become more interested in more sports. In Bermuda this holds for a great deal as we become more affluent and have more leisure time at our disposal. Throughout my stay, my aim has been first to make P.E. enjoyable and secondly to en- courage as many boys possible to take part. To this end I think we have suc- ceeded and on checking the school list for this year I count only 24 boys who have not taken part in something or other, after-school sport and these are mainly fifth years who chose to work for exams instead. Altogether we offered a total of seventeen sports, being. Soccer, Athletics, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Weight training. Basketball, Volleyball, Golf, Tennis, Rugby, Cricket, Swimming, Archery, Trampolining, Badminton, Hockey and Sailing. This could not have been done of course but for the energies and efforts of my colleagues who always give untiringly of their time to help out with after-school activities. The boys have always been tremendous and my final work to them all must be ' no matter how well you play - enjoy sport ' . M. Evans -14-