Eccles
Grammar School
SAXON HOUSE REPORT
The year began well, not
with a sporting event, but with the victory in the debating contest, admirably
led by Lunness. In contrast, the house suffered defeats in cricket and
football, but the junior girls played well and were victorious, being placed
first in netball and second in hockey, with the senior netball a very unlucky
third and a sad defeat in hockey. Although the badminton team was a close third
there are higher hopes of victory this year. The traditionally high standard of
athletics was maintained with many notable individual efforts, and until the
last events, a draw for first was ominous, but we were narrowly pushed into
second place by Normans.
Although results were not
as good as hoped, promise for the future has been shown in the junior half of
the house this year. We therefore look forward to regaining our over-all
success of previous years.
I.F.,V.N.
NORMAN HOUSE REPORT
This has been a very
successful year for the Norman House, in both academic and athletic fields, and
we deservedly gained an over-all victory. As a result of great efforts and
splendid team work, Sports Day saw us victorious after being the runners-up for
several years. Congratulations go to Anna Puzylo, Barbara Dolan and Mary
Edwards, who managed to gain the junior, middle and senior championships
respectively.
Unfortunately, our efforts
were not great enough at Badminton and the House Debate, where a lot more
support is needed.
The boys did very well for
us, winning the Cross Country Championship and the Junior Football, and
reaching the finals of the House Cricket, in which they were unfortunately
defeated by Tudors. Some credit must also go to the girls, who came first in
the House Netball last term and were runners-up in last year's House Hockey.
1967
promises to be another successful year for our house, and, if we can retain the
team spirit which is now prevalent, we should manage to remain at the top where
we belong.
L.H..
STUART HOUSE REPORT
Games, as usual, were not Stuarts' strong point and
results in House Netball, Cricket, Cross Country and on Sports Day were not as
good as we had hoped. However, the girls won the Senior House Hockey and we had
hopes, too, of the Senior Football, which was, unfortunately, cancelled.
Stuarts also won the House Badminton. In the House Points Competition Stuarts'
did well, coming first on two occasions, but this success was not repeated in
the House Debates when we were knocked out in the first round.
We should like to
thank all those who took part in any activity on behalf of Stuarts last year
and to wish everyone the best of luck in the future.
H.B., A.P.
TUDOR HOUSE
On the whole, 1966 was a disappointing year for
Tudors.
The new system of House Points was the major reason
for our downfall, but luckily this has been abolished. It did show, however, a
general indifference to school work, which will have to be improved if we want
to see Tudor House at the top.
We hope to keep up the
enthusiasm which was shown in last year's House Debates, Tudors coming second
to Saxons in the finals.
As far as House Matches are
concerned, the Tudor teams did very well; we came second in House Badminton,
and first in House Cricket. Just before Christmas, our Junior Hockey Team came
first, and the Senior Hockey and Netball teams both came second. Tudors also
won the Junior House Soccer before Christmas.
Athletics were not our
strong point, and Sports Day proved rather a disappointment for Tudors.
However, we should like to thank all those people who took part in House
activities, and hope that everyone will do their best to raise the standard
this year.
C.L.
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