Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Thirds FRONT ROW; Washington. Spencer, Leggat, Wannamaker, Gray II. BACK ROW: Hewitt, Newell, Manifould, Ellery, Chapman I, Baggaley, Mr. Richardson. This year was a learning year for the majority of players on the third team. It is hoped that the players who are staying with Mr. Richardson again next year will have the game experience necessary to turn out a strong performance in the League. This year ' s team played ex- tremely well despite its inex- perience and would probably have finished much better had it not been for the absence of the team ' s co-captain Graham Leggat and centre Peter Ellery through injury. The team put up extremely good competition and losing (sometimes narrowly) to all the Schools, except for Ridley and Crescent. The highlights of the season, in everyone ' s mind were the games against Ridley and U.C.C. We played at full strength at home to Ridley; having lost to them at the beginning of the season we were determined to avenge our loss. From the opening tip-off, we scored and then, went from strength to strength, winning by 9 points. The second highlight was the game against U.C.C. Although we did not win, we fought back to almost achieve a tie. The score was 34 - 22 with a minute left to play. We started a full court press, and after Paul Manifould blocked a pass with his face, scored. We kept them bottled up in their own end, until the final buzzer sounded, scoring four more times, to bring the score to with two points. Thanks to Mr. Richardson, and good luck next season.

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David Josselyn and Timmy French also played well and provided comic relief. And of course, there is our coach, Mr. Martin, who was always patient and who played to win under all circumstances. On the more inexperienced players, especially, he imparted a fuller understanding of the game and for his time and efforts, we ex- tend our grateful thanks. V? An outsider might remark that this is a very, glowing report for a team who won only five games, and lost the same number, but it was a season of fun , for if we had had less injuries, and a little more offense, I am eure that the chanripionship would have been ours. 3k ikt f j

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Firsts FRONT ROW: Harnden, Mckenzie I, Raid. BACK ROW: Benson I, Mr. Larsen, Gudewill. This past Squash Season was a most promising one for Appleby. The School was well represented by F. Reid, P. Harnden, I. Mackenzie (Capt.), D. Benson, G. Gudewill. Although this team was the youngest in the league, we had better results than in any previous year. For the first time since squash began at Appleby, we won the league Cham- pionship. Including exhibition matches, we lost only once, to our closest rivals, U.C.C. A great deal of credit for this success goes to our coach, Mr. Larsen. The I.S.A.A. Tournament, held on March 6th, the climax of the season, was disappointing, con- sidering our good league record. Unfortunately, two days before the tournament, Fred Reid, our number one player, came down with the flu. We were forced to play without him. Despite this setbacl , everyone played their best and enjoyed a good day of hard, competitive squash. Individually, each team member had a successful year with respect to the achievement of personal goals. With such a high standard of squash in the School, it was a goal in itself to stay on the first team. Fred Reid played well enough this year to attend the National Squash Tournament in Vancouver and was in fact among the top four in the Under 16 category. He and Paul Harn- den won School Colours. Don Benson represented Appleby very well at the RCYC and Toronto Cricket Club in- vitationals at the U16 category. Geoff Gudewill, although he made a slow start to the season, came on very well and, playing his usual steady game, was a great asset to the team. With all our team members retur- ning next year we can certainly look forward to another excellent season. With everyone improving their squash and, more im- portant, enjoying themselves, I consider the past season of great benefit to all concerned. RESULTS vs UCC 5-C vs Nichols 6-0 vs RPdley 3-2 vs TCS 3-2 vs Old Boys 5-0 vs UCC 1-4 vs Ridley 3-2 vs BCS 5-0 s q u a s h ISAA RESULTS Appleby UCC TCS Ridley 10 pts. 8 pts. 6 pts. pts.