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ICTHUS

Every Friday dinnertime, Icthus meets in room 64. Anyone from thefirst, second or third years is welcome to come along. Everyoneenjoys the various activities we arrange. We watch film strips,have drama sessions, play games and we have had talks by mission-aries. In February, we dressed up in newspaper armour, as de-scribed in Ephesians.In March, we raised seventy pounds to buy bibles for EasternEurope. Icthus members, who wished to, participated in a spon-sored verse memorization. We had to remember a few verses of thebible and get sponsored for doing that. This proved to be asuccessfulevent - and it was not as hard as it sounds!In the summer, we will be going on the annual Icthus weekend toSnowdonia. We stay at a very comfortable house called Plas-y-Nant, which is situated at the foot of Snowdon. There are verypicturesque mountains nearby. We all will have a great time,especiallytrying to abseil and canoe.So if you want to join ~CTHUS come along on Friday.

Victoria Smith

Strin.9: orchestra

Every Tuesday without fail, ( this rule does not apply to tldouble bass player) the String orchestra gather after school, Ipractise diligently under Mr Moon's strict regime. Around fift~of us go to this treat. However, some weeks there has been kMto be only eight. Nevertheless, even on occasions when our nwbers have dwindled, we have continued missing many del ights ~the T.V. Our favourite excuses for not attendingare: - I've ~a paper round, I've got to go to the dentists, or not to have aexcuse and just go home!

After roughly 11 violinists, 2 cellists, a viola player anddouble bass player have all had their injuries seen to, such abroken strings and the like, it is time to play music; the greaWaltz and pieces by Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf!

This rehearsal concludes at around quarter to five with Mr MooImoaning to go home with a bad headache.

Emma Gauntlet 4S

Chess Club

The Chess Club meet on Tuesday lunch hours in room nine ucontains approximately twenty players, ranging from the experienced players who have played for Lancashire to the members whare learning how to play. First to third years are welcome tjoin the ladder. The ladder consists of a list of the memberwith the best at the top down to the weakest of the players. ~move up the ladder the players must challenge someone above themIf a challenger wins, he will take his opponent's place and tlopponent is forced to move one step down the ladder.

This year's chess-team consists of Mark Bury on board one, Mar!Ormerod on board two, NigeI Helm on board three and Mark Water'house on board four, with Rafiqur Rahman acting as reserve. 11the Under 14 chess league, the team has managed to beat Stoney'hurst, st. Christopher'sand st. Augustine's and have drawn witlTownley. They then met Q.E.6.S. in the final and won three boariagainst one. The chess team will play Q.E.G.S. again in the finalof the Telstar Cup.

During this chess season, the chess club has attended five congresses. Rafiqur Rahman has competed in the "C" Section on onloccasion, as have Alison Helm, John Ormered and Ben Bailey, allhaving competed in the "B" Section. Mark Ormerod and Mark Burjhave held their positions in the "A" Section against strOll!opposition. Mark Bury has played for the county Under 18, 18 ani14 "A" teams this season and Mark Waterhouse has played in th!Under 14 "B" team.

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Public Speaking

On October loth, 1989, three very nervous sixth formers arrivedat Rossendale Groundwork for the Business and Professional Wom-

I en's Association Public Speaking Contest. After a few minorhiccups, like losing a speech and getting locked in the toilet,the contest was on. B.R.G.S. went first, with Claire Barnes asChairperson, Vikki Taylor as Speaker and Liz Rate Iiffe as Voter

I of Thanks. Vikki is to be congratulated on the deft way in whichI she handled (very) awkward questions. Haslingden High, our onlyrival, went next and are to be applauded on a fine effort and forproviding the catchphrase of the evening - "Kirsty can be diffi-

I cult". All too soon, the results were announced and B.R.G.S. hadwon the Rossendale Free Press Trophy. (What a pity the fi lm

J didn't come out Mrs. Ashworth!)I

At Burnley, a month later, the team did very well, especiallyI with precision timing, but unfortunately didn't make it to LondonI for the National Final s. Our thanks must go to Mrs. A. and ourI co-speech writers, Marcus, Flip, Dawn and Lesley, for their time

and effort and who probably knew the speeches as well as we didby the night of the event.

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I The fifth years have also done well in the Rotary Club Public

rSpeaking Contest. Graham He lm was Chairperson, Tara Cannon wasthe Speaker and Amanda Thorburn acted as Voter of Thanks. Once

I again, Mrs. A. is to be thanked for her time and effort.

More recently, Vikki Taylor and Omar Rahman took part in theBritish Junior Chamber of Commerce Public Speaking. Vikki gave anoutstandingperformance, only to be pipped at the post by Omar.Omar then went on to come third in the finals. Congratulations!

Well done to everyone who took part in the public speaking and abig thanks to Mrs. Ashworth.

Elizabeth Ratcliffe, LVI

Young Enterprise

Young Enterprise was set up in September by Howard Jackson, theschool's Financial Manager. Within about three weeks, the companywas up and running, hitting the market with its wide range ofcosmetics. Since that day, it has been downhill all the way!

Over £100 worth of shares were actually sold in order to generatecapital for the company to use and it was a long slog to regainthat money. However, the company is now looking forward to prof-its galore! Getting this done was not all plain sailing; it tooksome hard work and determination from the members:-

T. Phillips, Managing directorA. Smith, Financial ManagerC. Pollock, Sales ManagerD. Greenwood, Production ManagerH. Millin, SecretaryL. Chew, Personnel Manager

At the start, we were all enthusiastic and tried to sell inmany places as possible. However, after Christmas, this enthusasm lapsed a little and, although the public did not hear fromlfor a period, we are still going strong. This has not been helpby bickering in the ranks. For some strange reason, everyastarted to "get at" the people who were doing all the work a.creating tension in the camp.

At the moment, we are concentrating on the more everyday cometics such as lipsticks, eyeliners, etc., but for Christmas ~Mothers' Day the sales were more geared up for gifts apresents. Our stall usually sets up in the hall over the Iuncitime period but we did once try a stall on the local marbHowever, some narrow minded market stall holders felt threateruby our competition and threw us off, so a lot of probable sabwere lost there. Another great opportunity that was ruined Wiwhen the Young Enterprise companies from all around the area SIup a stall in the Arndale Centre, Manchester. Someone had daub!!booked us and we were put around the back and only given halfstall. We felt a lot of sales were lost because of this. So,:anyone wants to buy top quality cosmetics for a cheaper prilthan BODYSENSE is the company to choose.

We chose the name BODYSENSE after an idea struck Chris PolIo!suddenly, with a lot prompting from Mrs. Phillips (Timmyl.mummy). We thought it was original and catchy. We made our 01cards and pre-printed stationery. We also have had a Iat Icorrespondence with all the top companies like Liberty, Insi~and some place over in France that does really posh perfumes.

A little later on in the year, we all took an examination for tiYoung Enterprise in which we told of our experiences and d!scribed how we tackled problems. There is a prize for the belexamination paper of a trip to Disney World, so we are all ke~ing our fingers crossed. If we just simply pass the exam then Irecei ve a certi ficate and an award which wi 11 count towards 01qualifications when we start applying for jobs.

The Young Enterprise has been a very enjoyable experience andpersonally hope to take part in the scheme again next year. i

would like to thank Mr. J. for advising us so well, Mrs. Cunni!for photocopying so well, Mr. Wild for allowing us to invade Wroom and any other people who tolerated us.

Andrew Smith

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