Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Chris Zahovskis who played our inside right acquired skills for not heading the ball. He was, however, very adept when it came to taking corners. His foot seemed to do a better job. The right wing position was con- tested by Peter Taylor, Greg- Marsh and Jim Wetmore. Peter ran very quickly, usually forget- ting the ball, whilst Jim showed us his dazzling footwork, only once in a while. The halfbacks consisted of Graham Johnson, Tomas Vieira and myself, John Morgan, at cen- tre back. Tomas played the left side rather well, and the right side too, to the consternation of Graham. Both Graham and Tomas were the backbone of our team and showed good potential for next year. Although Graham was not the tallest guy on the team, he was excellent in the air, and scored good goals from cor- ner kicks. We had a truly united trio at the back, with Rob Maslon or John VanTighem at leftback, Barry Durrant at centre and Howie Klymas at right back. These players worked together well. 10 with Howie shouting ice it and Rob, well I am not too sure what he said. Maarten Bleomen, our goalkeeper was a credit to our side, a courageous and depen- dable member of our team. He should do well as a regular mem- ber of our team in the next few years. If this team had been together for a few more months, we could have achieved greater success. In fact we did improve as the season progressed, not being beaten heavily at all throughout the season. I think that we sur- prised many of the teams we played, for we were praised on more than one occasion for our drive and sportsmanship. Throughout the short season we learned a lot about the game, and had fun doing it. Victories were hard to come by, and our defeats were hard to accept, but we did in a sporting fashion. On behalf of the team, I would like to thank Mr. Revill for a pleasant soccer season. Appleby had to start soccer some time, and we were all pleased that we were the ones to start this great sport on its way. I hope that the boys who play next year learn as much as we did, enjoy it, and have better success. Rr-.5f - APPLEBY ' S RECORD k ' vBMRRG t ' ' • ■• Games Played 8 feWP f Games Won 2 Games Lost 5 Games Tied 1 vV Points 5 Position (of 8) 6th

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Firsts S o c c e r FRONT ROW; Durrant, Bloemen II, Zahorvskis. Morgan I, Slattery I, Johnson I. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Revill, Roloff, Taylor I, Peart I, Marsh, Klymas, Maslon. BACK ROW: Wetmore, Vieira, VanTighem II, Mr. Larsen. The creek field took on a com- pletely new look in September 1975, where we were playing organized soccer at a Senior Level for the first time. We were all quite apprehensive of the standard of the league we were joining, but I venture to say that our spirit and enthusiasm over- came (to some extent) our lack of basic skills. Soccer is not a sport in which one can put a group of people together and expect them to play with any real skill. It takes mon- ths of coaching and effort to get anywhere at all. Our Coach, Mr. Revill, had only a couple of weeks to weld the team together before the first game. His job was momentous, but we had to start somewhere. During our first few practices, we seemed quickly to dwindle in numbers, due to castoffs and later injuries, so our tactics had to be modified. Finally, we had a squad of fifteen. Let me tell you a bit about some of our players. Our forwards, I believe, were very strong and fast, although not always working together. Few teams are blessed with a good left winger, and we were no ex- ception. We experimented with Jim Wetmore, of the dazzling footwork, and Bruce Peart who had the amazing skill of running into our inside forward John Slat- tery. Slatts is one of those few players who create a breakthrough out of nothing - maybe because of his low centre of gravity.

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Seconds FRONT ROW: Etherington. Jackson II, Gudewill, Kell, Burke I. CENTRE ROW: Mah ood I. McLaughlin, Bloemen I, Kacan, Large, Mr. Day. BACK ROW: Wood I. Looking back on the debut of soccer as an official School Sport in the Senior School at Ap- pleby, one cannot help admitting that it got off to a stupendous start. At the second team level, we had great spirit and enthusiasm for a game that was new to many of us, despite the stiff competition which we were up against. Most of the schools in the I.S.A.A. league had had several years of previous experience behind them, whereas this, for Appleby, was a first. Choosing the team of eleven players sometimes proved dif- ficult with the wide ranges of age, ability and size within the group of twenty-four players, who faithfully turned out for practice each day. However, we tried to give as many of them, as possible, a place on the team at one time or another, as they all could be counted on to go their best lick. We played a total of ten games, winning 3, tying 3, and losing 4. The two leading scorers were Al Keil and Stu McLaughlin, at inside right and left positions. They were fed by the wings - Nick Jackson on the right, and Ross Large on the left. The half- back line, consisting of Chris Wood, at centre, flanked by Dave Kacan and Des Burke, was indeed the backbone of the team. They could be counted on to rein force the defense as well as assist the forwards, by scoring the odd goal for them. Behind them, we had our fearless defen- seman, Rob Strudwick, Paul Etherington and myself. Steve Roloff and Peter Bloemen provided our last line of defense, as goalies, stopping many breakaways. Chris Bramall and Brad Mahfood were our backups, as some players were going to be going up to the Northern Campus, and others were injured during the course of the season. The relatively low scores in many of our games indicated that perhaps our main weakness was the lack of accuracy in shooting on the forward line. This, hopefully will come with practice in future years. Lastly, the team would like to thank Mr. Day for his unfailing patience, both as a coach, and as a referee. We look forward to another successful season with him next year. G. Gudewill