By Jamie
Copyright 2023 by Jamie, all rights reserved
* * * * *Harstons Chapter 13
It was halfway through the new
term and a cold winters day enveloped the school. Inside the warm staff
room Mr. Ben Jennings a new teacher of drama was mulling over an idea.
He had prior to this new role been teaching down in the local town at
the state school, the Grange Academy for boys, an 11-16 senior school
which served the town along with the girls school and a mixed
comprehensive. He was thinking it would be good to do something to
build relations between The Grange and Harstons given his recent work
and especially as the latter was always keen to be involved in the
local community.
Being a drama teacher his thoughts turned
to the idea of a joint production and how that could bring the two
school communities together. As his thoughts developed he shared his
idea with the Headmaster who while interested suggested that perhaps
they try something less ambitious to begin with. The Head was a keen
sportsman suggested a sports event could be easier to set up and then
they could go from there.
The Head also suggested that
rather linking with the whole school maybe it could be established with
one particular House. As Mr. Jennings was the Assistant Housemaster at
Barnards then that would be an obvious place to start. Mr. Taylor liked
the idea and was keen to get his newest staff member involved in the
House.
Later that week Mr. Taylor invited the Captain of
Sport, David Roberts and Andy Johnson, the swim team Captain to join
him and Mr. Jennings in his office. The discussion led to a proposal -
approach The Grange to hold a multi sports event - football, swimming
and a cross country run. The play idea , a historical play about
Cowboys and Indians, would be developed and the prize for the winning
team would be to choose if they did the cowboy or Indian roles!
With 3 sports events, there would be a winner. The event would be held
on a Sunday a quiet day for the boarding house where there was usually
no formally organised activities. The run would have 6 in a team, two
from each year group (3rd to 5th) points would be awarded from 10 to1.
The team with the highest combined score would win that event. The
football would be a six aside game with penalty shootout if still a
draw at the end. Swimming would be the final event, with races for all
years, points scored for the top 3 places in each race.
The
overall winners would be given the Grange Barnards Cup! Mr. Taylor and
Mr. Jennings, through the latter’s close contacts arranged to meet the
Head of The Grange to make the proposal. This was greeted with
enthusiasm and Mr. Pete Ellison the PE lead at The Grange was fully on
board. The plans were agreed and a date set. Grange and Barnards would
each select 15 boys, 5 from each year group who would compete across
the 3 events.
David Roberts called a meeting to discuss team
selection. The 3 year prefects joined him and Andy Johnson to pick the
best team. Harstons didn’t play football, it was a rugby school, but a
lot of boys played kickabouts at weekends, so this could be their weak
point. They already knew who their best runners and swimmers were. But
could they find some good footballers to join them? A trial match was
hastily arranged for the following weekend.
A notice was
posted and the following Sunday morning a good number of boys turned up
and Roberts was pleased to see it included quite a few of his swimmers
and runners. The 6 a side team would need to have 2 from each year so
they ran a number of year group games to spot the talent from each age
group.
Some good players emerged thankfully, and one 5th
year was a good footballer, but he had to be told to go easy a couple
of times with his harsh tackles. Cameron Derbyshire was very
competitive but sometimes rash. And so the 15 were selected and the
Barnards Team was posted on the House noticeboard. The sixth form would
run the tournament under the guidance of Mr. Ellison and Mr. Jennings
The tournament day:
The
15 boys from the Grange arrived at 10am excited for the sporting
competition ahead. They were welcomed by Mr. Jennings who knew most of
the boys and they were shown down to the Barnards House changing rooms
where they met their opponents for the day. Soon the 12 boys for the
cross country were ready. All the boys were similarly attired in white
t shirts and shorts. They were given numbers to pin to their shirts.
Overnight it had been quite wet and as a result the course was fairly
muddy as it took in the paths around the spacious grounds, through a
wooded area, even at one point crossing a small brook. The boys were
going to get muddy! The course was about 2.5 k in length so two laps
were agreed giving about 5 k or 3 miles run.
The boys
started off and as one group to cheers and clapping from boys from
Barnards and a few supporters from the Grange they were off. As the
first lap ended, it was clear there were two groups of runners
separated by a small distance . What didn’t separate them though was
the fact all 12 were no longer running in pristine white gear, all were
mud spattered and one boy who had clearly fallen ever was completely
muddied!
The second lap saw runners pushing themselves and a
closer race developed between 3 leading boys two from Barnards and one
from the Grange! A final sprint to the end saw the Grange boy come in
second splitting the other 2 boys. The results were added up and
Barnards was declared the winner of the cross country!
The
Barnards boys led the Grange boys down to the changing rooms where
there were big open showers. They were all chatting away and without
care all immediately stripped off to shower away the mud. The Grange
boys were somewhat awkward as taking showers at school rarely happened.
Boys were shy even amongst their peers. They took off their muddy kit
to reveal swimming shorts beneath and they headed to the showers
wearing these shorts. The Harstons boys looked amused but said nothing.
Football
Each
team had 2 form each year - for Barnards - Paul Simpson and Jonny
Carter (3rds) Frankie Graham and David Potter (4ths) and Cam Derbyshire
and Tony Miller (5ths) .The game started, and it was quite rough from
the start. The boys from the Grange were determined to get a win to
even things up and weren't afraid to play hard in order to do so.
The first incident came soon after the start. 2 Grange boys tackled
Simpson together. The boys fell into a plie on the ground and Simpson
felt a pain in his balls as an elbow connected with them and he yelled
out in pain to the referee Eddington shouting he’d been hit in the
balls . As there had been no foul, play continued and the Grange team
taking advantage of the extra player attacked swiftly and scored the
opening goal.
Meanwhile Simpson was still writhing in pain on
the ground. Miss Jessica Bailey the assistant matron was providing the
first aid and referee Eddington signalled for her to come on to the
pitch to check the poor 13 year old boy.
The payers from both
sides gathered round as the poor boy had his shorts pulled down by the
assistant matron in order to get better access . The Grange boys were
astonished to see the 19 year assistant matron treating the boy so
nonchalantly , exposing his little willy and balls in front of
everyone. This provoked some laughter adding embarrassment to the pain
for poor Simpson. The magic sponge did the trick however and soon he
was ready to get up and play on it, but not before his little willy had
got erect from the application of the magic sponge much to everyone’s
amusement except his. Poor Simpson was red in the face as one of the
Grange younger lads giggled “nice boner!” Jessica smiled broadly as she
helped the boy stand up and then pulled up his shorts to cover his
little erection.
“Come and see me after the game Simpson so I can check that everything is still alright.”
The game continued. It was clear that the Grange boys were better at
football and the hosts had to work hard to keep up. Soon it was two nil
and relief came in the form of the half time whistle.
The
Harstons boys were getting desperate to score and the oldest ones
decided to fight fire with fire and started to play rough. Derbyshire
and Miller especially used their physical size to press hard and
committed a number of fouls in the process much to Eddington’s
displeasure. Despite giving away a number of free kicks and having a
talking to, Derbyshire barged one of the smaller Grange boys at a
corner kick causing him to fall badly on to the turf.
Eddington immediately blew his whistle and awarded the clear penalty.
He called Derbyshire over and produced the first yellow card of the
game giving him a stern lecture about playing fairly.
“Look
Derbyshire this is simply not good enough. This isn’t rugby and you’ve
got to play fairly. One more foul like that and you will be off.
Understand. And if I have to send you off there will be consequences.
Now get your act together.”
Derbyshire who wasn’t known for
his compliance for prefectorial orders, merely shrugged his shoulders
replying, “ I’m trying to win the game”.
The penalty was
quickly taken, and the goal scored and so The Grange was now 3 nil up
with only 10 minutes to go. The win was clearly going to be for them.
With 5 minutes left Barnards managed to break free for the first time
that half and as they attacked the opposition goal the prospect of
actually scoring looked a possibility. Potter ran down the wing, with
Derbyshire and Carter running into the box, he put a good cross in. It
sailed over Carter and the defenders heads to land near Derbyshire and
the goalkeeper. Derbyshire pushed the goalie to the ground, poked the
ball into the back of the net to score, and running away wildly to
whoop and celebrate and so did not immediately hear the loud blast of
the whistle as Eddington gave a free kick to the Gange and disallowed
the goal.
Eddington blew again and all went quiet amongst
the players and watching boys as he shouted at Derbyshire to come over.
He produced the yellow card and then reached into his back pocket drew
out the red and sent the boy off!
Derbyshire was not happy, “what the fuck is that for,” he shouted, “it was fair fight for the ball.”
“I’m not arguing Derbyshire, now get off and wait for me in the changing room. I will deal with you after the game.”
The boy trudged off angrily, consoled by a few of his mates though most
thought he was a roughhouse idiot. The game continued and shortly after
Eddington blew the whistle full time declaring the Grange the winner
3-0. The score for the Cup was now 1-1, all would be decided by the
Swimming which would start after everyone had some mid-morning snacks
and drinks in the hall.
Eddington was furious with Derbyshire
and spoke with Phil Davis, David Roberts and Mr. Jennings. Mr. Jennings
was embarrassed by the behaviour and apologised to his former
colleague, “ I’m really sorry about that, not the kind of behaviour we
expect here at Harstons. I’m sure the prefects will deal with boy rest
assured. We leave them to deal with house discipline and they have
corporal punishment powers”. Mr. Ellison nodded approvingly.
Davis, “yes we will indeed deal with Derbyshire Sir. I think we need to
set an example.” He outlined his decision. Along with Roberts and
Eddington, they made their way to the changing rooms along with the
players.
The
prefects entered the changing room where the 11 boys were chatting
whilst a sulking Derbyshire sat down on one of the benches. There was
quiet as the 3 prefects entered.
Davis spoke, “Right lads. A
good game there. Well down you Grange lads you really beat us well.
Maybe next time we can play our game , rugby! I am sorry about the bad
behaviour by Derbyshire though, his foul play was not the way we do
things here at Harstons School. I don’t know how things work at The
Grange but here the prefects are in charge of discipline and Derbyshire
is going to be punished.”
“Derbyshire stand up and came over
here” he ordered. There was total silence as the boys looked on and The
Grange lads exchanged glances, with that quizzical look, “wonder what’s
going to happen” This could be interesting!
“You’ve let the
school and Barnards House down and your violent behavior on the pitch
was simply unacceptable. You have a choice I can report you to Mr.
Taylor or we deal with you now.”
There was no way Derbyshire
wanted to end up in the Housemaster’s study because as every Barnards
boy knew that would result in a painful caning especially given his
record.
“You can deal with me Davis” he replied.
“ A wise decision Derbyshire.”
Davis nodded to Roberts and Eddington who moved a small old pommel
horse into the centre of the changing room. Derbyshire stepped forward
and bent over the horse. Davis had by now an old gym plimsoll in his
hand.
The Grange lads looked astonished. “Are you really going
to slipper him then?” asked Freddy Giles their goalkeeper
incredulously.
“Do you think he deserves it?” asked Davis to the 16 year old boy.
The boy rubbed his bare shoulder where it was still painful from where
he had landed badly on it after being pushed to the ground by
Derbyshire. “Yeah my shoulder really hurts and it’s going to be bruised
”.
Davis looked closely, nodded, “ yes I can see that. I am
sorry it happened. But I don’t think I can slipper Derbyshire like that
even though he does deserve it. Stand up Derbyshire.”
The Grange boys then thought that it had just been a joke that he would be slippered and began to mumble amongst themselves.
“Quiet. “ said Davis in a stern voice. “I can’t slipper Derbyshire like
that because he is over dressed. Here at Banards boys are often
slippered bare especially when they have behaved really badly or as in
this case let the house down. Strip off Derbyshire and then get
yourself back over that horse.”
14 pairs of eyes
watched as the boy took off his shirt and shorts to stand there naked
in front of them. They noticed how well developed he was for 15 year
old boy. His penis was almost 4 inches long and quite thick and his
good sized testicles hung quite low. They were surprised that he didn't
appear to have any pubic hair but as at least one of the boys was
staring at his groin, he could see faint signs of stubble, suggesting
that he had shaved his pubic hair.
“Give your shorts to the Captain to look after whilst you are punished.”
Derbyshire now looking thoroughly ashamed and embarrassed walked over
and presented his shorts to Dave Sharpe the Grange captain who looked
amused by the spectacle of the naked boy his own age. He then returned
to the horse and bent over it, legs wide apart.
There was a
hushed expectation in the room as Davis stepped forward and
administered in rapid succession four hard whacks on his bottom. The
noise of the crack of each one caused some of the boys to wince though
that didn’t stop them enjoying the show!
“Don’t move” ordered
Davis after the fourth one. He turned to Freddy Giles. “I think in the
circumstances it would only be right to offer you the chance to even
the score so to speak. If you are happy to do so, please give him his
final two whacks.”
Freddy was astonished by the request but
looking over at his best friend and Captain who nodded ever so
slightly, he knew it would be churlish to refuse and anyway he was
quite excited by it. He hoped it he would do it justice.
“Thank you yes on behalf of my team I will. We enjoyed the game, and the rest of you guys were great.”
He took the plimsoll and stepped forward, tapping the bottom and then
swung back and delivered a resounding hard whack on the bottom which
elicited a grunting of pain from Derbyshire who up until this point had
taken his punishment stoically in silence. This is fun thought Freddy.
He swung his arm back and down came number two just as hard which on
the back of the other five now got the satisfying sound of a yelp from
the bare red bottomed boy. He was allowed to stand up and immediately
started to vigorously rub his buttocks, giving the assembled boys a
display of his penis flopping up and down as he rubbed.
Whilst
being beaten Derbyshire had reflected and thought it wise not to
aggravate the situation any further, so after giving his bottom a good
rub he held out his hand to Giles and apologised. The boys shook hands.
Davis nodded approvingly.
“Right lads. Show over. Take a
shower and then come up to the hall for food and drink.” He turned to
Dave Sharpe and Freddy Giles, “ and thank you for your cooperation and
participation in this matter which hopefully be the last display of
unsportsmanlike behavior today.
The prefects left the 12 boys
and the hosts of course immediately stripped off and soon were naked. A
couple of the Grange football team had been in the cross country team
so were not shocked but the other 4 were. This was of course presented
a dilemma for each boy .
The two eldest Freddy Giles and Dave
Sharpe were sitting next to each other and Freddy raised his eyebrows
at his mate. Dave leant over and said “ I will, if you will” laughing.
“You’re on” said Freddy much to Dave’s surprise! Freddy stood up and
pulled down his shorts to stand there naked. He was a tall boy and was
equally well endowed, everything in proportion. His willy was long but
thin a bit like Freddy and measured a good 5 inches soft.
One of the 13 year olds on his team, nudged his fellow 3rd year saying, “wow Freddy is huge”! Freddy laughed and said “thanks Bobby”.
He grabbed his towel and turned to Dave, “what’s keeping you mate “ as
he headed into the showers to join the other boys. Dave sighed, removed
his kit and looked down at his average sized willy, nestled amongst the
pubic hair, shrugged his shoulders and headed into the mass of the
naked boys along with the 4 younger Grange boys still wearing their
swim shorts.