Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Sai ing This year marked the second year that Appleby has fielded a Sailing Team; a practice I hope will continue. Because of the graduation of several of last year ' s team, this year ' s squad was composed of several ' greenhorns ' . In spite of this, we managed to do fairly well in the regattas we attended. The season got off to a good start when Andrew Newell and myself came second out of a fleet of ten schools in the ISAA Senior Albacore Regatta. Unfortunately, the wind was too strong for Laser sailor Adam Gordon to compete effectively. In the Oakville and District High Schools Regatta we also came second. Here we had a superb performance from helmsman Chris Thompson and his crew Geoff Benson in a Code 40 dinghy. In the Lakefield Open Laser Regatta we placed a disap- pointing fourth out of eight schools. Special mention should go to Brad Hornick who, with his excellent starts, had some good races. The time between these few competitions was spent racing against each other, practising starts- a crucial factor in racing- and discussing rules and strategy with our coaches, Stuart Smith and Alan Ryder. Of these two special mention should be made. Stu and Al came down each day during the Spring term to coach us and impart some of their ex- tensive sailing experience.- all without reward, save that of a job well done. Thanks are also due to Mr. Washington and Mr. Bailey, the two staff members who each did a great deal to aid us this year, despite their other coaching responsibilities. i Martin Baggaley Tennis FRONT ROW: Myers, Hayward, Dorion. BACK ROW: Mr. Larsen, Reid, Sambrook, Keil, Mr. Abbott. With two veterans, Dan Yustin and Graham Stuart, and two rookies on the team, Dave Green and Charlie Lindsay, the A.G.C.T. (Appleby College Golf Team), after four weeks of hard practice, headed off to the ISAA golf tournament. With the lead of the tournament changing after each hole between the different schools involved, the team managed to return to Appleby with second place. The members of the team to express thanks to Mr. Smith for providing transportation to the tournament, and to the Wyldewood Golf Club for the use of their facilities. Dave Green

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i ;]■)!: —31... ' - i i- ' tai FRONT ROW: Bolt, Withey 2, Ryan, Bates, Gregory, Trupke. BACK ROW; Mr. Large, Lloyd, Distelmeyer, Husebye, Fretwell, Hughes 3, Mr. Singer. Third Cricket The Under- 15 Cricket team this year had a very successful season, suffering only one loss and this in a very close match against Saint Andrew ' s. There were many strong points about this team, but the most outstanding was our fielding. We played aggressively in the field, which resulted in many runouts and some spectacular catches and stops. Our fielding was so strong that not one team managed to score over 60 runs against us. In fact, in one game we kept the opposing team to twelve runs. So, thanks go to Mr. Large and Mr. Singer for drilling us on fielding practice. The team also got strong bowling especially from our co- captains, Pat Bates and Joey Ryan, who kept the runs down by taking many wickets. Batting was probably our weakest point, although at times we got some good iimings from a few batsmen. Rich Withey and Joey Ryan helped put on many rims for us. However we lacked depth in our batting order. We had a strong team, but most important of all, we had a good team morale and spirit. The two co-captains, Joey Ryan and Pat Bates, and the rest of the Under- 15 squad would like sincerely to thank Mr. Large and Mr. Singer for their time and efforts. Pat Bates and Joe Eyan P.S. This was a wonderful group of U-15 ' s to work with. Seldom have I enjoyed a team more- they were great in victory and gen- tlemen in defeat. Mr. Large

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• ' ? » Cross-Country For me, the cross-country race was a particularly gruelling experience. I have come to the conclusion that these hot minimarathons are no fun, not even if one is in the best of con- dition, which I was not. This is not to say, however, that I did not obtain great satisfaction in finishing such a race. I must confess that about half way around the third and final lap my finishing was becoming a bit doubtful, and yet crossing that finish line was like entering the Pearly Gates, crossing the Styx from purgatory into bliss, ascending to Nirvana, etc. In any case it felt good, if you catch my drift. Of course, the achievement was made even sweeter by the thought that I had gone for the gusto and won- it does not always happen that way, after all. Ian Giroday and those others who finished at the top are to be deeply congratulated on what seems to this writer, at least, a superhuman achievement. CoJin Richards 86