Soccer: The Penalty of Success...
Over at the News Pages you can find the report and see the team photos of last season's series against the Old Boys..
Jacobeans Relaunched!
The St. James' School Alumni Association has been relaunched, with attractive benefits and a very special offer for early joiners.
For an annual fee of £10 per year, members will receive an old boys tie on joining and then termly newsletters keeping them up to date with the School's developments and achievements. Once established, we shall also begin arranging annual dinners, to which, members will receive a discount.
Also, for the first 50 members who join, they will receive one of the one-off 125th Anniversary Glass Paperweights.
So to join please send a cheque for £10.00 made payable to St. James' School to Becky Lane, Marketing Manager, St. James' School, 22, Bargate, Grimsby. DN34 4SY. Please ensure that you give your full name, address and contact detail, or simply e-mail Becky with your details.
Sports News
Calling all footballers!
Charles Lumley is currently contacting Old Boys of the School with a view to setting some dates in the Autumn of 2005 for Jacobeans v School matches. If you would like to be considered for selection then please contact John Hampson via email (see above).
Old Boys Fight Back For Deserved Draw
Jacobeans battled out an entertaining 5 – 5 draw when they met the Old Boys
Scoring went as follows:
1 – 0 (Stiff), 2 – 0 (Manley), 2 – 1 (Rouse B.), 2 – 2 (Rouse B, dubious penalty!), 3 – 2 (Stiff), 3 – 3 (Rouse B.), 4 – 3 (Turner), 4 – 4 (Blanchard), 5 – 4 (Hampson), 5 -5 (Stiff o.g.)
We are hoping to arrange an Old Boys cricket match in the summer, as well as some more soccer games in the new academic year. Please contact JDH if you would like to participate.
The undefeated Jacobeans team, made up of Parents, Teachers and Pupils
The equally undefeated Old Boys team, made up of Old Boys
St. James' Athletics Records
The School Athletics Records are now posted on this site.
There are some gaps - can you help to fill any of them?
Contact John Hampson if you can add to the records shown.
Jacobeans Soccer
The Jacobeans are a mixture of parents, teachers and current pupils.
Last year we played 3 matches against the Old Boys team, the results being:
Jacobeans 2 Old Boys 4
Jacobeans 3 Old Boys 1
Jacobeans 2 Old Boys 0
Old Boys Squad
Player manager: Joseph Lumley
Players: Gary Thomas, Paul Hewstone, Paul Christensen, Bruce Fenwick, Paul Price, Matthew Sherren, James Chisholme, Edward Chisholme, Paul Boundry, Andrew Ratchford, Marc Ratchford, Geoff Riden, Sam Dawes, Tim Wong, John Ambler , Tom Rennison plus a couple of ringers!
Jacobeans vs Old Boys Soccer Match
Jacobeans 3 Old Boys 3
Picture shows the Jacobeans side that drew 3-3 with the Old Boys
Match Report
Brendan Rouse, Guy Haxby and Saied Jahanshah were Jacobeans scorers after Boundry and Geoff Riden had given the Old Boys a 2 - 0 lead. In the end a contentious penalty awarded by referee Hampson gave Lumley the chance of salvaging a well earned draw.
Old Boys Team:
Jonathan Riden, Gary Thomas, Julian Barker, Adam Woadden, Andrew Weller, Charles Lumley, Paul Boundry, Geoffrey Riden, Bruce Fenwick (Capt), Ben Coulthurst and Tim Wong.