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| Ivor Glyn 'Taffy' Evans : Maths, P.E. & Rugby 50-70 - Asst. Hm. Hansons 50-53 - Hm. Halls 53-65 |
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Chris Snuggs: "Woolverstone gave great opportunities to anyone with talent and motivation. But it's true that sport had a special place in the school, and rugger was the king of sports. And rugger at Woolverstone was and always will be associated with "Taffy" Evans. The ethos had been established from the early days, and year after year saw great teams run out onto Church Field on a Saturday afternoon to play hard, open, attacking rugby. The players were fit and tough, well-trained, techically-correct, tactically-aware and highly-motivated, and this was down to Taffy's influence - supported of course by many of his colleagues over the years. We loved the game, even though some of us missed the football (soccer!) we'd known at primary school in London and elsewhere, but which at Woolverstone (till the 1966 RODEO at least!) was limited to Sunday afternoon kick-abouts on Orwell Side.
Taffy was hard, and this wasn't always appreciated, but then so was his game. He was tough, but he forced us to be tough, too. Woolverstone wouldn't have been the same without him.
PS There was a rumour that he had served on convoys to Russia during WWII, but he never spoke about it (and nobody dared ask), and I never heard or saw any corroboration of that." |
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