Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Bantam Rugby FRONT ROW: J. B. Dineen, Steifenhofer, Follows 1, Mollenhauer. Follows 2, Mull 2. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Day, Sutton, Smith, Stott, Alton, Sopinka, Wilson. BACK ROW; RisUc, O ' Hearn, Locke. Paletta, Cobham, Scott, Kelly. This year the Bantam rugby team had an excellent side. At the start, the team was generally an inexperienced one. However, as the season wore on, the en- thousiasm and hard work of all the players resulted in several victories over many of our op- ponents. Throughout the season, minor injuries disrupted team organization. Many players found themselves in a new position each game! No doubt, a large nimiber of players became widely ex- perienced with several aspects of the game. David Tasi, Angelo Paletta, Randy Sopinka, and David Roberts all provided outstanding drive to the scrimis and lineouts. The backs, led by the Follows connection , and supported by O ' Hearne, Locke, Cobham, and Dineen, formed an attacking line which just couldn ' t be stopped. Thanks must also go to Aiigelo and Peter for their accurate and indeed game- saving kicks. In closing, a special thanks goes to Mr. Day, our indefatigable coach, who, through his hard work, and patience, most cer- tainly led us to many of our vic- tories. Finally, a special word must be said about our rookie bystanders who, though, they got in one or two games only this year, definitely promise well for next year - good luck! Keith Stott

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John Pollen, both of whose skills helped pull us through many tight situations, as well as Jim Coxon and Rob Cartotto. the power behind the scrum. It is safe to say that when the stakes were set everyone gave equally of their best. In conclusion let it be said that although the season was more than acceptable as far as results were concerned, the one outstanding quality was the fun everyone had. Thanks, of course, must go to Mr. Stuart for his patience and semi-divine wisdom as well as to all who participated on the squad. CoJin Richards -ItC. - J Jf}mi Li jj 78

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FRONT ROW; Seereeram. Astwood, [osselyn. Suchanek, Caskin, Chin. BACK ROW: Mr. Larsen, Lewis, Forsyth. Durst, Hickling. MacDonald, Hueton, Wright, Mr. Dickens. First Cricket The 1978 cricket team at first looked very promising. There was a very strong group of batters coupled with four devastating bowlers to form one of the best sides the school has had in recent years. With Dave Josselyn as captain we looked forward to a highly successful season. But such was not to be the case. We had all the potential talent that could be asked for. The problem was we were rarely able to put it all together and therefore had a disappointing season, but quite enjoyable nonetheless. In our first game, against U.C.C., we faced a weak team and an apparently easy victory. But, our batting game was marred by five run-outs as we fell flat for ninety-two runs. Our fielding display wasn ' t much better as we allowed twenty runs in the four overs before tea and then succeeded in getting seven vdckets before they got their ninety-three runs. Our next match was against T.C.S. at home. The team ' s batting display was probably the finest the school has ever seen. We scored two hundred and twenty runs for three wickets, led by Dave Suchanek ' s ninety-seven and Dave Josselyn ' s seventy runs. But, despite our superb batting we only managed a draw. Our bowling was weak and T.C.S. stayed in until time ran out. The first win of the year came against S.A.C. on a scorching day. Finally we won a toss and decided to field. Our bowling was just superb. Iain Hueton bowled terrifically and S.A.C. were all out for seventy-one. The story was the same as it had been in previous games. We couldn ' t back up good bowling with good batting or vice-versa. We were lucky to pull out a win with out number six and seven batsmen hitting the winning runs against those wild Jamaicans. Next came the tournament at Inshalla. The team this year was determined to make a better showing than last year where we deliberately lost in the first round to Ridley. On Saturday we drew U.C.C. which gave the team a big lift because we wanted revenge, and we got it. U.C.C. batted first and we retired them for a meager seventy-two runs in twenty-six.