George Band reaches new heights

Alan Ward has sent us these pictures of George Band winning the High Jump on Sports Day 1946, with a new record height of 5 feet 6 inches.  This beat the previous record of 5' 3¾" set by AC Elder on Sports Day 1932.  In the late 1920s Mervyn Peake held the school record with 5' 1½".

We believe that the current school record is 1.81 metres, or 5' 11¼", set by Duncan Linscott, son of John, in the mid-1970s.