Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

Page 71 text:

FRONT ROW: Reid, D. Benson, Sambrook. BACK ROW: KeU, Mr. Larsen. Pike, J. Piatt. 1st Squash ISAA Champions 2nd Year ( Ai . The team at the beginning of the season was comparatively inexperienced in terms of last year ' s team but by the end it had gained the experience needed for a well rounded team. Many players both on the first and second team levels showed they had gained this valuable experienjiJQ hroughtout the season. OnS fcftdM Jevel Bart Sambrook foundEis ofrt- posure on the court as well as some qfteely rounded ground strokes. Tim Rke powered his way into the number foiu- position as well as showing us the makings of a great squash player in the years to come. Alan Keil showed that he had gained a great deal of confidence in his game and his drive always kept him in the fight for a win. On the second team level, John Piatt showed that he was a consistent if not a flashy player. Bill King remained a competitive player in the crunch and Steve Durst and David Dorion showed vast improvements over previous years. David Holland, Colin Richards and Iain Hueton, although first year members of the team, showed improvement also as the year went by. A special word must be said about Fred Reid. Fred continued (again this year) to be the number one player for the team. He showed that the I.S.A.A. is below his calibre of play for he lost but one game all year in I.S.A.A. competition. Fred also did ex- ceptionally well at individual tournaments, winning the T.C.S. Invitational and coming in the semi-finals of most other tour- naments. For his performance this year he was selected to represent Canada on the under nineteen team which played in the World Jimior Tournament in Sweden last March. Fred will be nationally ranked in the top five in Canada for his age group (this year?]. The highlight of our year had to be winning the I.S.A.A. cham- pionships for the second con- secutive year. They were held at Ridley this year on the first of March. The team seemed to peak

Page 70 text:

FRONT ROW: Faria, Hornick, Gordon, Markley, Ho, Da Re. BACK ROW; Mr. Richardson, Distelmeyer, Robinson, Paletta, Segiiin, Manifould, Forsyth. U15 U16 Basketball The majority of this year ' s team was Grade 9 ' s, so our per- formance was shaky at times. But with the experience we gained this year and with Mr. Richard- son ' s help I am sure that we will be league champions. We found early in the season that most of the other teams we played were under 16 while we were under 15 and this certainly lowered our morale. But nevertheless when Crescent came to Appleby we were prepared for victory. After the opening tip-off we played very well and held them to a tie until half-time. After our pep talk at half-time we could feel victory in our grasp, but Crescent gained the upper hand and won by three points. The highlight of the year was our next game against TCS, the league champions. We played very tight defence and lost only by a stingy six points. Another high point in everyone ' s minds was the two games against SAC, which we won. The guard position was stabilized by John DaRe, Brad Hornick, John Markley and Adam Gordon whom we relied on heavily and who calmly brought the ball down the court even when being pressed. Our defence was the strong point with centres Mark Tex Manifould, David Distelmeyer and guard and captain David Tasi playing well. These three were also the highest scorers. Guard positions were played by Angelo Paletta, Peter Coco Faria and Will Seguin. Peter Ho mastered the fifty-foot set shot while Angle provided the himiour on the team. We had a lot of fun this year and I would like to thank Mr. Richardson for faithfully coming out to every practice and putting up with us and our antics. We shall all remember the look of shock and surprise on Mr. Richardson ' s face when the lady referee at Ridley gave Mr. Richardson a technical. I would also like to thank Mr. Martin who coached us while Mr. Richardson was up north. We did not win many games but I think everyone enjoyed this year ' s season. David Tasi

Page 72 text:

both physically and emotionally for the Championships. We had to contend with the Hkes of U.C.C, T.C.S., and Ridley. Throughout the year we had beaten T.C.S. and U.C.C. consistently but we still reahzed the threat of upset. Ridley had remained our closest competition all year. They had handed us our lone defeat of the year, a close 3-2 decision. Seeking revenge later in the season we managed a win over them in a 3-2 decision also. The I.S.A.A. was to be the decisive match of the season. In the championships we managed wins over both T.C.S. and U.C.C. with respective 4-1 and 5-0 scores. Then we faced our rivals; Ridley. Alan Keil fought hard but lost 3-1 to even things up for us. Bart Sambrook played one of the most exciting matches of his Ufe to beat a determined John Pitfield to whom he had lost earlier in the year. All we needed was a win by Fred Reid to clinch the title again. He beat his op- ponent 3-0 to clinch it and in the end the final score was 4-1 Ap- pleby over Ridley. The wins came when we needed them most. It was a long season and nothing could have been more rewarding than to cap it with the cham- pionship. I expect that next year ' s teams on first and second team levels will continue their vanning ways. With three of the top five returning and a nucleus to grow with on the second team level, a 2nd Squash , - ,JP ' xs. . — FRONT ROW: Durst, King, HoUand. BACK ROW: Richards, Dorion, Hueton. competitive team for next year and years to come will be available. A special word of thanks to our coach, Mr. Larsen, who en- couraged us, trained us and was behind us all the way through. A great season and best of luck for many more to come. Don Benson 4i ' ■1 1 «2