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

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THE SECOND XV Standing: (L. to R.) Mr. J. Davies, M. Wooldridge, F. Panjwani, C. Wright, J. Fisher, C. Kramer, A. Weaver, J. McCordic, 1. Kennedy Seated: (L. to R.) G. Templeton, M. Hoath, A. Harke, T. McGovern, D. Williams, D. Beer, S. Zens Front: (L. to R.J R. Kohlen, R. Flaxman The team had the potential to be Independent Schools ' Champions and certainly played at times as if they were. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly the defeat of Brentwood by 37-0, all that had been practiced, worked! Also the team performance in the narrow loss to the S.L.O.B.S. was an excellent display of spirit and skill, each team member gave up at least 20 lbs to his opposite number. The team, most ably captained by Tim McGovern, was not a team of stars but one that believed in a combined team effort. Nine of the squad are in Grade Eleven, a factor which is bound to have a positive impact on next season ' s 1st XV. 26 Hillside W 11-0 SMU D 4-4 St. George ' s W 10-3 Brentwood W 37-0 SMU L 12-14 St. George ' s W 9-8 SLOBS L 14-15 Brentwood L 6-13 i.

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mmm - T3 ' :ja«r-! ■ S ■..■ he played some fine games at scrum-half, was not consistent enough. His fellow half-back our exchange student from New Zealand, Chris Costello, proved to be a very steady fly-back and imparted confidence to the other backs through his sound play in this most difficult of positions to play well. The other backs all ran strongly and defended well, especially Ian McPherson in the centre, while Damian Gough ' s play became consistently reliable by the end of the season. The wings scored some fine tries, particularly Matt Atkinson and Andrew Harke, both of whom are difficult to stop when in full flight. Bud Patel was very steady at full-back, sound under the high punt and ever ready to start a counterattack. This team, therefore, after our unimpressive record of the past two years, played with the style and discipline of some of the more entertaining Shawnigan sides of the past, making all the hard work just that much more worthwhile. D.W. Hyde-Lay 25

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3RD AND 4TH XV THE 3RD XV Standing: (L. to R.) Mr. N. Coghlan, A. Ostler, B. Carson, R. Purcell, J. Nye, T. McKay, Mr. D. Williams Seated: (L. to R.) H. Shinohara, J. Jung, S. Tardif, I. Esmail, G. Seifriet, J. Roberts, S. Tang Front Row: (L. to R.J M. Seguin, D. Howell-Jones WMSTT; THE4THXV Standing: (L. to R.) Mr. N. Coghlan, R. Nelson, C. Borkenhagen, C. Repen, M. McLennan, M. Sharp, R. Greger, Mr. D. Williams Seated: (L. to R.) S. Yates, R. Meekison, D. Thomas, D. Hunter, D. Frankovich, P. Bryden, M. V Wson Front: (L. to R.) Y. Soetaniman, M. Giordano Although our coaches were hesitant about the future, following our first practice the 3rd and 4th XV emerged with a decent record as well as many fine players. Out of a group of fifty hard working souls, Mr. Williams and Mr. Coghlan selected two squads. The 3rd XV were undefeated at St. George ' s and played St. Michael ' s to a loss and a draw. Our last game of the year was no doubt our toughest, as lyaaz Esmail led us into Brentwood territory for the second time this year. A win would have given us a tie for the Independent Schools; a disappointing loss that will be remembered especially by our seniors who were playing their final game for the School. There were many outstanding per- formances on both the 3rd and 4th XV. Newcomers T. McKay, R. Meekison, J. Nye and M. Seguin worked hard and learned quickly to contribute greatly to our success. The experience of B. Carson, R. Nelson, R. Purcell and R. Boehm certainly settled down the forwards, while both back lines were strengthened by the steady play of S. Tang, H. Shinohara, and Y. Soetaniman and G. Seifriet. The positions of scrum-half, on both teams, were admirably filled by D. Howell-Jones and D. Hunter, neither of whom had played the position before this season. One of the highlights of the entire season had to be the combined 3rd and 4th versus the Old Boys. It was an exciting contest with the Old Boys starting out quickly but the School closing the gap in the second half. The boys learned much from the game, and of special interest was the tackling instruction presented by Old Boy and current staff member, Mr. S. Lane. Stephane Tardif 27