Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Trips to Ashbury and Midland The Grade 8 weekend to Ottawa was both cultural and athletic. On the one hand, we played four soccer games with our generous hosts, Ashbury College, on Saturday afternoon; on the other hand, we visited a number of places that all Canadians should see, the Parliament Buildings, the War Museum and the National Museum of Man. This last museum has 3 beautifully laid out displays of the Iroquois, Plains, and Eskimo peoples. The artificats are not dull collections inside glass cupboards, but they are displayed meaningfully with illustrations and descriptions of their uses so that the visitor can really see something of these lost societies. This was par- ticularly valuable since it is part of the Grade 8 history course. Because we had so little time there was much that we did not see, but next year, we hope to change classes with Ashbury College and spend a week there so that we can learn even more about the National Capital. M.N. Late in October the two Grade 8 classes had a geographical and historical day out visiting the Holland Marsh Muck Research Station, and the Jesuit mission of Ste. Marie at Midland. Before reaching the Holland Marsh with its abundant carrots and celery growing on the cleverly drained fibrous soil, Mr. Berriman direc- ted the bus driver through the glacial morraine to the south where we saw interesting geological features. Then, at the Research Station we saw a slide show explaining the history of agriculture on the marsh. From there we went on to Midland to tread in the footsteps of the Jesuit missionaries of the seven- teenth century. Our tour ex- plained not only how and why the mission was built, but also gave us a glimpse of what the lives of these lonely men were like so far from their own civilization. Our day in the field proved not only interesting, but also thoroughly informative. M.N.

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Paul Sustronk captained the team well. He has some good ideas and is a fairly natural ball player. He did his best to give some direction to the activities of his teammates. In goal, Geoff Benson quickly learned the need for agility and used his excellent skills to smother almost anything that moved in front of him. Without his efforts, the results would have been even more dismal. Fullbacks Mark Gilroy and lUike Mueller played steadily and also helped to keep the flood of goals against down to respec- table proportions. Mark Gilroy had the advantage of being able to kick the ball fairly hard. The half-backs - Paul Stewart, Stephan Bonfield and Kyle O ' Hearn worked hard to produce an effective midfield line. Paul, particularly, ran many miles, of- ten exhausting himself before the end of the game, whereas Stephan, not relishing the run- ning, would prevent the op- position from getting away from him by a variety of means, mostly legal. The forwards were perhaps the most interesting group in the team; they ran everywhere, with and without the ball. Mark Mueller and Carter Powis patrolled the wings with Peter Meredith, Carl Headley and Steve Cockell weaving an in- tricate pattern of play in front of the opposition ' s goal. In times of need, the team was ably supported by Sandy MacKenzie and Dodson Crawford who enthusiastically substituted when regular team members were indisposed. J.B. cessful welding of twelve highly skilled individuals into a cohesive group. Sopinka, very solid in goal, used his size to ad- vantage, becoming more energetic as the season progressed. Good positional play was frequently absent on defence but Fretwell, Gordon and Bates through a combination of individual skill, speed and good fortune managed to keep the wolves from the door on most occasions. The play of the half- backs often lacked authourity but Strucken, Connor, and Mann were excellent on the attack. The forwards proved to be the key to the success of the team. Brillian- tly led by Adam Bronson they were tireless in attack and always quick to follow the play back into their own half. Richard Trupke played a fine left wing, consistently executing the ball control and centering passes which gave nightmares to op- position defenses. Thomson, Rolin and Senst filled out the for- ward line and were responsible for initiating and completing many scoring plays themselves. Haldane proved an able sub- stitute when called upon and himself played an energetic brand of soccer which com- plimented the play of the others. They boys are certainly to be congratulated on a fine season. Consistently, exhibiting the spirit and determination others will choose to model, they played soccer at a standard which gives hope of successful teams for years to come. Young even for under 13 soccer, the team was able to defeat the first team in two friendly exhibitions. While the coach would like to claim credit for the fine season he is all too aware that most of the recognition for the team ' s suc- cess is due to the boys them- selves. We were disappointed when some visiting teams arrived with players that were twice our size, and obviously older than our- selves, but we still played with determination. Perhaps our best game was our second match with U.C.C. which was a terrific contest between two evenly-matched teams. Our victory left us elated at the close of the season, and looking for- ward to next September.

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This has been one of the best cross-country seasons in the last few years, for not only has the general standard been higher, but also there has been more than the usual enthusiasm for training and racing. The competitive season was short, but concentrated. It began with the High School Invitational Meet at Brocl University. This course, which was the site of the Canadian Cross-Country Cham- pionship last year, is beautiful, having undulating meadows, a trail through the woods, and a very steep incline up part of the Niagara Escarpment. Our team, the youngest by far, came 9th out of 13 schools. Individually, An- drew Ross finished 27th, followed by Chucl McNair (37th), Geoff Benson (42nd), Sandy McKenzie (45th) and Don John son, 53rd. Although this does not appear as a major triumph, our twelve and thirteen year olds were competing in the under fif- teen division. Then at the beginning of Novem- ber, we had three races in the space of a weel . Our senior team ran with the Senior School in the Independent Schools Cham- pionship. Again, running in the higher division proved a difficult task. When we finished sixth, we thought that we had really done well. Andrew Ross, Chucl McNair, and Geoff Benson did particularly well. Two days later, we had the In- ter-Tribal races. Since new records were set in the In- termediate Division by Andrew Ross, and the Junior Division by Nicholas Nightingale, it was clear that the standard was high and the competition keen. Seneca, led by Chuck McNair, Andrew Ross, and David Toles were clear winners with the three other tribes scrambling for the next three positions. Holders of the wooden spoon were the Mohawks. The last race of the season was the Junior Schools Cham- Cross-Country pionship held this year on our course. Since we were first in both the under-twelve division and under-fourteen divisions, we emerged victorious ahead of Ridley, Hillfield and Crescent. Andrew Ross was a most worthy winner in the under-fourteen race, followed closely by Geoff Benson, Don Johnson, and Chuck McNari who had the misfortune to trip and fall flat on his face into the creek, but the fortitude to finish very strongly. In the under-twelve race, David Toles in second place was closely followed by Nicholas Nightingale, Adam Bronson, Christian Strucken and Mark Freeman. There is great pleasure to be had in working hard and en- thusiastically in a determined team effort, and I think the boys on both levels can be justifiably satisfied with the season. Cer- tainly, they gave a wonderful example to all boys in the school, FRONT ROW: Ross I, McNair, Johnson, MacKen- zie, Meredith. BACK ROW: Mr. Nightingale, Benson, Stalder, Morgan. SO many of whom tried hard and succeeded in improving their in- dividual performances each week. Congratulations must go to Don Johnson, Captain of the team, for his dogged perseverance in achieving his centipede for the third successive year, and to An- drew Ross for his outstanding performance in every race. Next year promises to be just as good, if not better. M.N.