aymestrey magazine 1994

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THE

AYMESTREY

MAGAZINE

SUMMER 1994


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OLD AYMESTREY ASSOCIATIONINCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 1993

1992

RECEIPTS 1992

EXPENDITURE

175.00Membership subscriptions (including

renewal of subscriptions and donations to

740.00 Contributions to school magazine for year

1991/1992250.00

Association Funds)

3.00Magazine Appeal Subscriptions

2.49Lloyds Bank Plc - Bank Charges

76.78 Abbey National Building Society - Share 64.02 297.94 Excess of Income over expenditure 1,021.32Account Interest

0.50Lloyds Bank - Deposit Account Interest

45.15 Old Aymestrey Association Appeal Fund -

Lloyds Bank closing balance

Lloyds Bank Plc - closure of Asterley 467.30

Appeal Fund Account

300.43 1,271.32 300.43 1,271.32

BALANCE SHEET FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 1993

1992 1992

1042.67 Balance brought forward to 31st March 1,340.61 Balances with Abbey National Plc--1992 258.95 Treasurers Account No. K1424005 1,228.74

297.94 Excess of income over expenditure 1,021.32 1,081.66 Five Star Account No. X647782 1,133.19

1,340.61 2,361.93 1,340.61 2,361.93

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MINUTES OF THE 50th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

OF THE OLD AYMESTREY ASSOCIATION

HELD AT AYMESTREY SCHOOL

ON SATURDAY 19th J UNE 1993

PRESENT: John Coley, in the Chair; Messrs. John Eyton Coates, John Phipps, Julian Gallimore, Toby

Wise, Andrew Goadby, John Essex, Daniel Taylor, E.J. Rush, G. Rush, Jonathan Edwards,

James Edwards, David Powell and Hugh Griffith.

APOLOGIES were received from:- The President, Air Vice Marshal D.N.K. Blair-Oliphant, Lt. Col. Tony

Claydon, Richard Coates, Oliver Mayfield, Bill Stallard, David Banks, Stephen Beard, Margot

Beard, David Davis, Duncan, Sandy and Seamus MacLaren, James McLeod, Norris Leakey,

Anthony Powell, George Johnson, Edward Lane, Douglas Birks, Norman and Simon Green-

Price, Anthony Thornely, Edward Weaving, Nick Coley, Edward Gallimore, Alan Turner and

Geoffrey Howell.

In the absence of the Chairman Nick Coley, the Chair was taken by John Coley.

The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 20th June 1992 having been previously circulated

were taken as read, confirmed and signed. The accounts for the year ended 31st March 1993 were presented

and unanimously adopted. The meeting wished to record a vote of thanks to Bill Stallard in raising the extra

740 included in the accounts for membership subscriptions and it was agreed that the contribution to the

school magazine for the year 1992 - 1993 should be 350.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:-

CHAIRMAN: Nick Coley

VICE-CHAIRMAN: James Edwards

HONORARY SECRETARY/TREASURER: Bill Stallard

SCHOOL CORRESPONDENT: Dan Asterley

COMMITTEE MEMBERS: The present members were re-elected

There was no further business.John Coley from the Chair thanked Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Griffith once again for their very kind hospitality

and in doing so wished the school every good fortune for the future.

The Annual Dinner was held for the fourth time in the school dining room at Aymestrey and was

attended by twenty four members and their guests.

LEAVERS

July 1993

R.P.L. Alesbury - (Warwick School) Came Autumn 1989. Judo Yellow Belt. Soccer XI, Rugger XV.

Choir.

A. W. Drummond - (Ellesmere) Came Autumn 1990. Rugby XV, Soccer XI, Cricket XI. Judo Yellow Belt.

Choir. Prefect.G. E. Gregg - (King's, Worcester) Came Autumn 1991. Rugger XV. Choir. Colours for Drama..

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this year.

B. Ilsley has just started a job in Bristol with a 2.1 degree in Philosophy at Sheffield. He went to the United

States for a few months.

R. Lane has just had his fourth child. He now has one boy and three girls.

A. Lane has three sons.

W. Lane is enjoying teaching at Charterhouse.

C. Leakey has a second son, born in July last year. Three years after arriving in Inverness he set up a small

bookshop in Grant's Close. From there he moved to Bank Street in 1985, where his business in quality

second hand books expanded to such an extent that he is moving this year to the vacant Greyfriars Free

Church. He will then have the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with a mile-and-a-half of shelving.

S. MacLaren has two daughters. He is working for a pharmaceutical firm.

A. MacLaren is on a law conversion course at Westminster University.

D. MacLaren is working for Chesterton Surveyors, in London. He is playing cricket at Hampstead Cricket


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We have had so much support and help over the past year that it is difficult to list everything, but we

are exceedingly grateful for all that the Friends are doing.

CHESS

Played 6 - Won 4 - Lost t - Drew 1

The Chess Team did well again this year though we havenot quite the strength in depth that we had previously. R.

Williams played strongly throughout. He has learned by

experience to be very careful of the clock. He did well to

win the U14 Championship shield sponsored by Morgans.

Mr. Morgan presented the shield in person, and then took

the Aymestrey party on a most interesting tour of the

factory.

We reached the second round of the Times National

Schools Championship but were beaten by Arden, who

went on to win the zone. In the first round we had our best

win against South Bromsgrove '13' whose average age wasfour years greater than ours.

Crooks and S. Williams are much improved and those

who show promise playing on the lower boards are

Edwards, Micky and Abi.

Williams,R with the Morgan

Motors Shield

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R. Williams, S. Williams and Crooks were invited to play for the County U14 at Leicester..

There is a great deal of chess played in the lower part of the school but the standard is not as good as usual.

It may be of interest to chess players of the past that both O. Heynes and R. Williams can beat DHG & GSG

without much trouble!

Colours were awarded to S. Williams and R. Crooks, R. Williams having his already.

MUSIC

The choir took part in the music festivals at Dean Close and at Malvern College. R. Williams read the


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first lesson at Malvern and was congratulated on his clear diction and sensitive interpretation by the

Director of Music.

At the Worcester Competitive Music Festival our choir was given 79 marks - they sang Five Eyes

which was compulsory and then a Gregorian Chant in Latin for their own choice. The latter was, as the

judge remarked, 'a very brave choice - exceedingly difficult to do well.'

J. Read and A. Davidson sang Pie Jesu - again in Latin and the mark was again 79.

N. Lowe came fourth in the Piano Solo 14 years and under.

R. Williams is to be congratulated on a merit - 80 marks for his vocal solo 14 years and under.

However the star of the afternoon was A. Davidson on the 'cello who won the Hafren Cup for

Violincello or Double Bass Solo I 1 years and Under with a mark of 96 - the highest mark ever given..

J. Read won a place in the I.A.P.S. Choir and sang in a splendid concert at Giggleswick - theculmination of six days hard work in April.

GIGGLESWICK

The drive up to Giggleswick was not very pleasant and

I was beginning to wonder if it was worth it.

When we got there and had unpacked my mum and

brother left and for the next half hour I wanderedaround like a lost lamb. I then thought to myself that I

must join in. I did and made a couple of friends. You

have to make friends quickly or you are lost.

We had an assembly and then a fire practice. Their fire

alarm was like an electric bleeper which was strange to

me because I am used to a fire bell. Their getting up

bell was like a fire bell so when I got up I thought it

was a fire!

The days went fast and I have never done so much

singing in my life! The food was definitely not as good

as our school food. There was a tuck shop twice a day

and you could go to Settle in the afternoons. You could

also go to a hiking spot or ... waterfalls. I recommend

Gordale Scar.

A Davidson winner of the Hafren Cup

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Jonathan Read at Giggleswick

The concert came faster than I imagined. The sound was beautiful - it echoed round the chapel. I was

thrilled to be part of it. At the end of the concert I bought a sweat shirt with I.A.P.S. written on it.

I was sad to leave all my new friends and the staff. I want to go back next year. Sadly I will not be able to

go the year after that as I will be too old. I hope my brother will be able to go and enjoy himself as much as

I did.

Jonathan Read

CRICKET

The team was captained by Oliver Heynes, who proved an all-rounder of considerable ability; he was our

most consistent bowler and batsman, and also an astute captain. Others, notably Crooks, gave good support,

and there are quite a number of promising younger players coming up.

Although we lost twice to Moffats, Crooks scored an exciting 27 in the first match, and took 3 for 20.

Against The Abbey School, Tewkesbury, Heynes had scored a good 22 not out when heavy rain washed out

any further play. We beat the Old Boys by 4 wickets, Crooks scoring 27, Drummond 17 and Heynes 10. Themost exciting match was the victory by one wicket over the Fathers' XI. Heynes took 5 for 38, and then hit

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which they successfully achieved!

Although the weather was none too kind, it was a most enjoyable season. Colours were awarded to

Heynes, Crooks and Drummond.

ATHLETICS

There were some good performances in the AAA star awards this year and thefollowing

deserve mention:-

5 Star Awards

U 11 J. Aston - 3 Events & Pentathlon

E. Swan - 3 Events, Pentathlon & Decathlon

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U 12 T. Slaughter - 3 Events

A. Hewson - 3 Events, Pentathlon & Decathlon

R. Williams - 3 Events, Pentathlon & Decathlon

U 13 Micky - 3 Events

O. Heynes - 3 Events

J. Griffin - 3 Events, Pentathlon & Decathlon

U 14 T. Wilson -3 Events & Pentathlon

The following took part in the athletics meeting at Denstone:-

J. Griffin, O. Heynes, R. Williams, T. Slaughter, T. Wilson, and E. Swan.

SWIMMING

The swimming pool water was again first class, thanks to Mr. Goodyear's hard work, but the weather was

not. Despite this Heynes and Williams R. gained their 2000m badges, Gregg his 3000m and Edwards is to be

congratulated on swimming 4000m. He is only the third boy at Aymestrey to do this. In the National

Challenge awards Gregg, Griffin J., Read J., Alesbury, Edwards, Williams R., Simpkins, Aston and Ludlow

passed their bronze.

We took part at the Elms in the Inter-Prep. Schools swimming Tournament for the Limb Shield, and,

although we were placed 8th out of 9 teams this was not too bad, as we were competing in only two of the

possible three age groups.

The teams were:- U12 - Simpkins, Aston, Alesbury and Ludlow.


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Some empirical experimentation in the Science Room

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CAMP

Last year, for the first time, camp was different. Instead of going to the Green Price farm, as we have for

many years now, and at which the boys have been most welcome, Mr. Goodyear was anxious to try another

idea. We took the campers to Clifton on Teme and then they walked to Mr. & Mrs. Brown's farm where they

camped for the night. The next day they hiked to Mr. & Mrs. Marriott's farm near Bromyard and the

following day completed the rest of their expedition, arriving at Aymestrey at tea time. We are most grateful

to both families for their help and hospitality.

The following article has been written by Oliver Heynes, nearly a year later:I have a strong memory of Drummond, Richards and me running round and round a tree with Brown's

dog chasing after us. Drummond thought he was the best at this because he managed to turn round and catch

the dog!

At Marriott's farm, I remember us writing our names on a log, hoping that a famous archaeologist wouldfind it in about the year 3000.

The last thing I remember is that I had a great time, even when we got lost, but I won't say any more

about that so as not to embarrass Mr. Goodyear! Thanks to him for the camp.

TADWORTH COURT

As some of you know we have been supporting this childrens' hospital since 1986. We started to do so

because DHG heard our contact - Lady Coleraine - speak about it, at a meeting of headmasters, and the

amazing care and treatment they gave there to children with spastic fibrosis.

Lady Coleraine came down here frequently and it was with horror and sadness that we learnt of her death

in a swimming tragedy in Portugal, last year, in which she and her daughter were drowned.


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During the years we have sent her cheques for the amounts we raised from various activities such as

selling daffodils, second hand clothes, fines for swearing (frowned on by the inspectors!,), fetes, etc. and she

was most punctilious about her acknowledgements to boys and staff. This last year, however, the cheque was

double anything we have sent before - 1725 - half the profits from the Promise Auction, run by the Friends

of Aymestrey, and organised by Soozie Williams. Mrs. Houlden, who has taken over from Lady Coleraine,

came to receive the cheque and talk to the boys and parents who could be present.

RUGBY

The weather and injuries combined against us and we did not have a single rugby match this term. This

was sad as the team had worked extremely hard.

CROSS COUNTRY

Cross Country is becoming a more important sport and therefore we are meeting strong opposition from

the larger prep. schools and losing our place in the sun! Despite this the teams did well.

At Malvern we put in a senior team only - as this is a very tough course. They came 6th being beaten by

Winterfold by only 3 points. In the Worcester and District Autumn League at the WRGS we came 5th with J.

Griffin and R. Williams coming 10th and 11th respectively. The other member of the

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team were J. Reed, E. Swan, J. Aston and A. Hewson.

In the league run which we hosted, our team achieved an excellent result, coming second to the WRGS

'A' team.

We also achieved a good result in very poor, muddy conditions at St. Richard's in the spring. Wilson had

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Some members of the Cross Country Team

J. Griffin qualified for a County Trial last year but was unable to run due to an ankle injury. This year the

rules for qualification appear to have changed as, in our eyes he qualified again, but due to some obscure

ruling he was not invited to the trial. We are still trying to find out what has happened but there has been a

change in the organisation and, as usual, no-one will take responsibility. This was extremely hard for him ashe has run consistently well over the last two seasons. He has been keen, willing and doggedly determined

and has been a good example to the younger boys.

As well as the boys already mentioned the following ran in one or two matches:- B. Griffin, A. Davidson,

E. Brown, D. Lewis, S. Read, C. Newton and J. Busby. The following are worthy of special mention for

general improvement: Micky, E. Brown, E.Swan and J. Aston.

T. Wilson and J. Read were awarded their colours, J. Griffin and R. Williams having theirs already.

SOCCER 1994

Although this year's team was not so individually talented as last year's, they worked hard and were

certainly far more successful. Despite losing our opening match, 1-0 to the Abbey School, Tewkesbury, we

then went on to beat St. Richard's 1-0, Moffats 5-2, and then the Abbey School 2-0.

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Wilson, the captain, proved an agile and reliable keeper, and Crooks was our leading scorer, including a

memorable bicycle kick goal in the last match. Read had an excellent season on the right wing, and Slaughter

and Lowe supported well. The defence, with Edwards and J. Griffin in the centre, proved stronger as the term

progressed, and Micky worked tirelessly in midfield, his long throws proving a distinct advantage. Swan was

a tower of strength in the midfield, and he has considerable potential.

Colours were awarded to Wilson, Crooks, Swan, Edwards, Read J., and Micky. Played 4, won 3 lost 1Goals for: 8 Goals against: 3


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JUDO

Judo is an Olympic sport. It is like riding a bicycle - once you

learn how to balance you will never forget. It is the same in

judo. When you step on the judo mats you turn on your judo

and when you finish you turn it off. Judo is one kind of self

defence. There are no punches or kicks.

There are belts which show how good you are. There are three

Mons in each belt in the junior grades, and the belts are white,

yellow, orange, green, blue, and brown. The lowest is 1st Mon

White Belt and the highest grade is 18th Mon Brown Belt.

The adult grades go from the 1st to the 12th Dan five black

belts, six red belts and the twelfth is white because it shows

that you have completed the circuit. When you get to the 10th

belt you can count that as the top belt.

Micky Hiranyasthiti (Green Belt, 10th Mon)


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