In 2011 the U16 team won the UCLAN Northern Schools Floodlit Competition. St Peter's School Boat Club was founded in the 1850s and is one of the oldest school rowing clubs in the world. It has had success at international level with over 28 GB 'vests' earned by Peterites since 1998. On the domestic scene it has won nine medals at The National Schools' Regatta, 12 medals at The National Championships, and 25 appearances at Henley (both Men's and Women's), all since 1991. Music The School Choir averages over 150 members a year, but there is also a more selective Chapel Choir as well as an elite Chamber Choir. Highlights of the choral calendar include the Carol Service at York Minster, as well as visits to the Minster and further afield to sing Evensong. The school has Barbershop Quartets, a Brass Group, Chamber Groups, a Choral Society, a Close Harmony Group, String Orchestras, String Quartets, Swing Band/Traditional Jazz, a Symphony Orchestra, Senior Wind Band, Woodwind, Quintets and Quartets. Headmasters Paulinus 627 James, The Deacon 630–660 Wilfrid I 668 Bosa 691 John of Beverley 705 Wilfrid II 718 Egbert 732 Albert 766 Alcuin 778–782 Laurentius Sirius 1094 Robert 1120 Murdach 1130 Gwydo 1140 Walter de Nessam 1266 Alexander of York 1350 John of York 1368 Walter Heriez 1397 John de Rishton 1400 John Brockholes 1410 John Saxton 1426 John Marshall 1426 W Marshall 1426 Gilbert Pinchbeck 1426 Master Gilbert 1453 Roger Lewsay 1457 John Hamundson 1465 John Gylliott 1484 James Sheffield 1486 Christopher Holdsworth 1531 Master Amler 1535 (Royal Charter) Rev. John Fletcher 1565 Rev. William James 1575 Rev. John Pulleyn 1576 Rev. John Bayles 1590 Rev. Canon William Thomas 1595 Rev. John Johnson 1614 Rev. Christopher Wallis 1638 Rev. W illiam Langley 1660 William Thomlinson 1679 Rev. W Herbert 1711 Rev. Zachariah Blake 1726 Rev. John Blake 1757 Rev. John Robinson 1784 Rev. Isaac Grayson 1793 Rev. Stephen Creyke 1827 Rev. William Hewson 1838 Rev. Archdeacon William Hey 1844 Rev. Richard Elwyn 1864 Rev. Henry M Stephenson 1872 Rev. George T Handford 1887 Rev. Edward C Owen 1900 Samuel M Toyne 1913 Aubrey J Price 1936 John Dronfield 1937 Peter D R Gardiner 1967 Peter Hughes 1980 David Cummin 1984 Robin Pittman 1985 Andrew Trotman 1995 Richard Smyth 2004 Leo Winkley 2010 Jeremy Walker 2019 Houses The school has ten day- and boarding houses, and each house has its own