Benefits of experience

APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE: Some of the Prize Winners at the Dover Boys' Grammar School

A FORMER pupil of the Dover Boys' Grammar School who holds a top job in the Benefits Agency returned to the school on Friday to present the prizes.

Chris McDonald is the London and South England area director of the Department of Social Security, Benefits Agency and was guest speaker at, the school's guest evening,

Prizewinners were: Haydon-Watt Prize for innovation, Meng Sim Chuah; Martin Broom prize for special endeavour, Nathan Hook; Whitehouse memorial prize for RE, Glenn Ford; Jubilee prize for endeavour, Matthew Ridley; Nigel Pointer prize for "special endeavour", Paul Edwards; Headmaster's prize, Richard Blown; Town Mayor of Dover's prize, Philip Marshall,

CCF Contingent Commanders Prize for Initiative and enterprise, Christopher Hughes; Old Boys' CCF prize David Hughes; Ian Wallace Bird Cup for outstanding service to school sport, Grant Sanders; House Challenge Shield, Port House; Ross Arnold and John Carey memorial trophy, for cross country running, Jonathan, Evett.

Upper school, John Tomlinson memorial prize for maths, Darryl Heath; Pflzer prizes, maths Paul Hearn, physics, Christopher Birt, chemistry, Stuart Deveson, biology, Rebecca Steele, technology, Michael Johns; AE Coulson Memorial Prize for computing, Paul Lee; EC, Large Memorial Prize for design and technology, Lee Davison; Computer science, David Huges.

English Literature, Andrew Norman; French, Mario Del  Duca economics, Russell Thompson; Clatworthy prize for classics, Elizabeth Archbold; Bulow music prize, Paul Hearn; senior music prize, Daniel Wilkinson; history, Greg Harris; art, Dean Pressnell; sports studles, Grant Saunders; Hubert Hopkins prize for physics, Daniel Crush; maths, Allan  Hickie.

Middle school, Roy Button memorial prize for English, Jonathan Spence; Patrick Elworthy Memorial prize, for French, Tim Courtney and Paul Tutthill; German, Mitu Islam; history, David Mannall; art, Matthew Borl; Sidney Clout music prize, James Parker; Frederick Ashman memorial prize for maths and the Physics prize, Tom Marsh.

Thomas memorial prize for chemistry, Tim Courtney; biology, Richard Berridge; Alec Coveney memorial prize for design and technology,
Jonathan Slaughter; Lewis Robert Kennedy memorial prize for design technology, Michael Goodbun; certificate for outstanding service to music, Chris Brown; J E Ellis prize for geography, Stuart Whitewood.