The Doreen Yeates Interhouse Play Competition Trophy

The first school magazine to mention an Interhouse Play Competition was in 1971 when a former staff member, Doreen Yeates donated a cup to the winning House, Woolcock. The first official mention of the Doreen Yeates trophy in the 1973 Annual Report detailed that the cup was awarded to Lilley House who had also been victorious in 1972.

Mrs Yeates taught History, Geography, and Mathematics for twenty-one years at BGGS and finished in 1971 as the Second Mistress, the term given to what would be the modern-day Deputy Principal. It is not known who introduced the competition, or even if Mrs Yeates had a special interest in Drama, but certainly House competitions such as choral, debating, and drama attracted enthusiastic participation rates according to School magazine and annual reports.