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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
16; Slaughter scored a valuable 20, Wilson 11, and then it was left to Griffin J. and Swan to secure victory,
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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
the chance to run, and the senior team again came second, this time to Abberley.
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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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Wall H angingVth Form
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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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