Scientific Society Report, 1962
President: Mr. Higson.
Chairman: Mr. Kent.
Secretary: M. Russell.
Treasurer: G. Burdock.
This year's programme of events organised by the Scientific Society has been a successful one. The popular Physics Lab. "Open Night", when the more spectacular and highly dangerous pieces of Physics apparatus are displayed on the benches for the amusement of members, attracted a bigger than usual audience. There was also a lecture given by a member of the Weights & Measures Department on his work.
At Easter we ran a particularly good society trip to Cheshire Sterilised Milk Ltd. in Stockport, but this was rather poorly attended. Those who went, however, found the tour of the garden dairy very interesting and the refreshments excellent.
The Annual Dance was a great success, about 150 people turning up. In all, the year's proceedings have met with considerable success and an even better year is expected in the future.
Athletic Club Report, 1962
President: Mr. Higson.
Chairman: Mr. Stanley.
Secretary: M. Russell.
Treasurer: D. Cook.
Committee: A. Dray, R. Worthington, T. Davies, P. Bamford.
The sixth year of the G.G.S. Athletic Club has been a highly successful one. In the cross-country field (especially in the senior team, who won all but one of the races in which they competed), a general improvement on previous years was realised. M. A. Russell, D. Cook, R. Worthington and R. Dobson were selected to run for the town in the County Championships at Wigan, Dobson securing 32nd position and Russell 4th. Russell subsequently represented Lancashire in the All England Championships and finished again 4th.
The track season was also more successful than ever before. The match between Greenhill, Rochdale and Counthill went off very well and Greenhill finished in second position, but with a narrower margin than at the same event last season. In the County Championships great success was achieved in our field events. Brown won the intermediate high jump with a personal best of 5ft. 5in. (He has subsequently bettered this). A. Dray vaulted confidently to win the intermediate pole vault and D. Cook was very narrowly pushed into 2nd place in the senior pole vault (with a vault of 11ft., equalling the county record!). All three will represent Lancashire in a match at Warrington, and Cook will vault again for Lancashire in the All England Championships at Hull. In the junior pole vault Thompson was 3rd and Russell was 3rd in the intermediate mile.
Since the Society was founded its members have gained no less than ten county badges. None came to Greenhill before. This is a demonstration of the success of the society and should be a spur to younger members to try to gain even more honours in the future.