Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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Back Row: (L. to R.) Mr. D.W. Hyde-Lay (Coach), R. Goody, S. Gault, P. Fenton, D. Coalman, P. McKenzie,J. Keate M. Collver, R. Dawson Middle Row: (L. to R.) C. Crossfield, R. Drassinower, E. Evans, D. Torrie (Captain), P. Tucker, S. Soutberland, R. Dyson Front Row: (L. to R.) A. Girotto, D. Hyde-Lay 15

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THE RUGBY J ' 4 1

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There is no doubt that the 1st XV had a disappointing season. The material was there for an excellent side with powerful forwards and strong running backs. However, discipline and team work were both missing and by the time the side realised this a number of matches had been lost that ought not to have been. It did not help to be without the services of three of our backs for the first half of the season as this caused constant change as first one combination was tried and then another. Nevertheless, a really good side overcomes adversity of this sort and almost plays the better because of it; something this team early on was not able to manage. We opened the season on an encouraging note beating Hillside 24-10 in a fairly typical beginning of the season match. We were not ready for the better prepared St. George ' s team who beat us 16-0, and who took their chan- ces while we did not. One lesson we failed to realise from this game was that we were not yet match fit, something really brought home with a vengeance in a drawn encounter with Brentwood. In fact Doug Torrie, the captain, who had to leave the game because of injury could not believe after- wards that we had allowed Brentwood to score two tries in the last seven minutes to tie the game. Fortunately their final try was scored well out and the conversion attempt that could have won the match was missed. Unfortunately we were missing seven regulars for our game against George Watson ' s College of Edinburgh who were out in B.C. on tour and we were no match for them losing 39-3. This must be one of the feeblest efforts by a Shawnigan side in many, many years. However, this drub- bing served as a catalyst in bringing the team together and from this point on we really began to improve and to look something like the team we hoped to become. Magee were narrow winners over us by a 16-12 score with each side kicking 4 penalties and then we drew 10-10 with Point Grey, scoring two tries to their one. These two schools were the two leading sides in Vancouver. We made hard work of beating St. George ' s 14-12 on our return fixture although we scored 3 tries to their none, largely because their kicking game was on and ours was off. It was the same kind of story, but this time both kickers were off as we won 3-0 over St. Michael ' s University School. Redmond Goody, the third kicker we tried kicked, the vital goal, after six other attempts, many of them easy, were missed. St. Michael ' s University School missed all five of their attempts. As for the match itself we had the better of things but failed to make the most of our chances. We now realised that by winning our match with Brentwood we would keep alive our chances of becoming the Independent Schools Cham- pion, an unlikely prospect earlier for a team that had opened its campaign with a loss and a draw. However, with no school able to win consistently we were still in the hunt. In this match the side played its finest rugby of the season. Spearheaded by a powerful pack we drove relentlessly for- ward and established a clear territorial dominance. The backs ran strongly when the opportunities came and by 16