Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Grade 2. C. Popper, S. Popper, D. Anfossi, P. Goggin Grode 1. S. Standley, K. Hendrikson, R. Petty, J. Keyes, 0. Andrade, K. Vickers, J. Vickers, I. Bickley, R. McKittrick. PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS Grade 6. A Pitman (Trumpet), D. Binns (Flute with Merit). Grade 5. D. Pedro (Flute with Merit), D. Binns (Piano) W. Cox (French Horn) Grade 4. P. Bacon (Flute), G. Redford (Flute), D. DeSousa (Flute) T. Stephens (P.IANO(, P. Scott (Clarinet), S. Mayne (Clarinet with Merit) Grade 3. R. Gibbons (Trumpet with Distinction) G. Jack (Trumpet) S. Steynor (Trumpet) S. Popper (Clarinet with Merit) J. Cooke (Clarinet with Merit), P. Maddern (Clarinet) B. Cook (Clarinet), N. Stempel (Clarinet), T. Hodgson (Clarinet), J. Woolridge (Piano) Grade 1. J. Riihiluoma (Piano with Distinction) THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME Following a couple of dormant years, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme re- ceived a tremendous boost at the beginning of the year, when Adrian Poole, a Gold Award winner himself, took charge of the organization, and immediately revised a tremendous enthusiasm among the boys. His initial publicity campaign, many training sessions and practice expeditions soon attracted 35-40 boys to become seriously in- volved in the scheme. They all soon discovered that qualification, even at Bronze State was not easy, as their 15 mile expeditions became 23 and one or two found themselves temporarily disqualified through some minor infringement of the rules. At any rate, the Scheme was thriving when Adrian died and such was the job he had done in three short months, that the momentum generated was a major factor throughout the rest of the year. In February, Kevin Dill, Richard Bean, Alan Pitman, John Swainson, John Green- slade, Stephen Steynor, Chris Shanks and Malcolm Smith were presented to the Duke of Edinburgh and received their Bronze Awards, while at the time of writing another 12 or so had completed all four sections of Bronze and would probably be presented during the summer or at the beginning of next term. Adrian was very directly involved with all the boys in the scheme and assumed re- sponsibility for them as regards arrangements for services, hobbies and expeditions, but those who have not yet succeeded incompleting the Bronze Award must ask them- selves if a little more initiative would not have taken them to Government House in the near future. Mr. Galea will be organizing the Scheme next year, and it is hoped that he can produce the first Silver Award at Saltus. L.G.C. 20

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SALTUS CHESS CLUB. 1974-1975 41 boys joined the Chess Club this year and of these some two dozen played regu- larly. Lunch time recess was the most popular time for practice and for the numerous competitive games. There were five competitions held over the year. Johnston beat Butterfield I in the Senior t4th and 5th years) Knockout Competition, while Collis 2 beat De Souso in the Junior equivalent. In the Round Robin competitions Johnston and Collis 2 again won with Madeiros 2 and Butterfield 2 runners up respectively. The House Competition never really got off the ground, many games being declared void, but for the record Saltus beat Watlington with Butterfield third. The disappointing aspect of these internal competitions was the decline in en- thusiasm despite the prizes totalling 40 dollars being at stake. A reluctance to play competitive games by the more senior players certainly had a dampening effect and spoilt the House competition. I trust that this negative feature can be eradicated next year. Fortunately this internal problem did not affect the performance of the School Chess team, made up this year of Johnston, Bezant, Skinner, Saynor, Simmons 2 and Madeiros 2. They were all members of the team which won the InterSchool Chess Knock-Out Competition in 1974, and thus had the experience to compete against strong opposition. Saltus drew Sandys Secondory, o new entry to this competition, in the preliminary round, and big match temperament was certainly needed to defeat Sandys 4 games to 2, for after an hour ' s play it seemed that Saltus was heading for elimination, the perseverance of Johnston and Simmons being needed to ensure victory ... and squash signs of over-confidence. In the next round Warwick Secondary were beaten 5-1 and this put Saltus into a semi-final with Northlands, a fixture which was never played, Saltus winning by default following administrative problems at Northlands and lack of time. Thus Saltus reached the final for the fifth time in six years. Berkeley, with ex-Saltus Latin master Mr. Pettit in charge, were our opponents this year having won their way to the final with convincing victories over Warwick Acade- my and the Department of Academic Studies. They had a strong team but only four of them were available for the D-Day June 6th final which Saltus won 4-2, ' 0 ' level ex- aminations interfering with the playing arrangements. The patience of the Saltus players was the critical factor in this game as it had been against Sandys. Saltus has now won this competition four times. With four of this year ' s team still at Saltus next year, and with some strong re- serves pushing them for their places, I look forward to hearing in twelve months time that Saltus has completed a hat-trick of wins in this increasingly competitive inter- school competition. I hand over the administration of the Club to Mr. Galea and predict with confidence a successful future for chess in the School. PM.B.W, 22