School's prize night

FORMER pupil John English returned to Dover Boys' Grammar School last Thursday, to present the records of achievement, GCSE certificates and Year 11 prizes.

He is no stranger to the school. As well as being an old boy, he has also been chairman of the governors and is a parent at the school.

Sixty-three students, the majority now in the sixth form, attended the ceremony with their families and friends.

The programme included music by students, the Brass Ensemble and the Big Band.

Giles Barrett, winner of the, Sydney Clout Music Prize, played a piano solo.

Prize winners: Giles Barrelt, Sydney Clout Music Prize and the Physics Prize; James Ebelein, J E Ellis Geography Prize and the John Talbot Information and Technology Prize; Thomas Freeman, Patrick Elworthy Memorial Prize for French; James Garlick, French and German prizes; Nicholas Hayward, Biology and Geography prizes; Stuart Inglis, Tunnell Memorial Prize for History and the Science Prize; Ben Langley, Thomas Memorial Prize for Chemistry and the Alec Coveney Memorial Prize for Design Technology; Michael Long, the Lewis Robert Kcnnedy memorial Prize for Design Technology; Malcolm Montgomery, the Roy Sutton Memorial Prize for English; Edward Smith. Latin Prize, Stephen Taylor, Art Prize; Gary Thomas, Pfizer Prize for Technology; Paul Witty, Frederick Ashman Memorial Prize for Mathematics. Matthew Ayers and Jonathan De Keyser, prizes for General Academic Achievement; Samuel Cairns, The Nigel Pointer prize for special endeavour, William Swallow, Martin Broom memorial prize for special endeavour and the Ross Arnold and John Carey memorial trophy for cross country running; James Downer, Combined Cadet Force Contingent Commander's Prize for Initiative and Enterprise.

Certificates for outstanding service to music were presented to David Collins, James Garlick, Alistair McPherson, Louis Myers and Paul Savage.