St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Back Row: Mr. Glegg, Schluderman, Rankin, Swan, Fox, Mr. Ainley. Middle Row: James, Folinsbee, Macbeth, Graham, Sheen, Dodd. Front Row: Colquhoun, Naiman, Graham. The first game of the season was played at S.J.R. against last year’s city champs and although the game was not as bad as the score would indicate, we had our worse moments, and lost 8-0. In our second game we came up against a rough Westwood team who beat us 6-0 in a hard-fought and hardly friendly game. In our third game, played at Silver Heights, we played much better, but seemed to fall off badly in the last minutes of the game and lost 6-0. Our last league game saw us at home, against Glenlawn, where we played by far our best game, and had it not been for a few unfortunate breaks, we might even have won. Sheen scored once for S.J.R., while Glenlawn scored five times. On the Father and Son’s Weekend, we played the Old Boys. An early goal by Graham and one for the Old Boys ended the half 1-1, but two later goals by Graham, one unanswered, led the school team to its first victory, 3-2. A game was arranged between the Masters, confident of victory, and the school team, and after a hard-fought and rather humorous game, the Masters managed to gain a 0-0 tie, due mainly to the efforts of Mr. Sheperd who refereed. Thanks to both Mr. Glegg and Mr. Ainley who coached us, and also to Jack, whose balancing acts entertained all. 36

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ienior J Cc ouse In the hard-fought post season inter-House football league, Young House emerged victorious. It was evident that Young would beat Hamber even before the kick-off, and despite the opposi¬ tion from “Battering Raam”, Hamber’s star player, and Bill “Stan” Gardner, who managed to baffle both teams with his running of a Power 50, Young shut down Hamber 6-0 to confirm this belief. The next game Young played was against the highly overrated Richardson squad. A1 Graham proved he was no tenderfoot when it came to football by pulling an old Indian trick on the first play, leaving the Richardson boys flat- footed. Aided by “Bashful By”, “Dazzling Der”, and “Moving Rand”, the rambling ends, Ian “Shadow” Hartley, and the “Man.Mountain” Hammond, “Y.A.” Read pivoted the team to a 14-13 victory, and Young’s most successful season. Back Row: Mr. Ainley, McDonald, Toy, Read, Graham, Wal¬ ton, Freed, Honeyman. Middle Row: Neal, Hammond, Hunter, Funnell, Arnett, Hartley. Front Row: Meredith, Gray. intermediate J Cc ouse The Junior House Football teams consisted of the players who played Six-Man Football during the Fall. Each House played the other Houses once each; Hamber was highly favored to win. Young and Hamber played the first game, and Hamber won by a large margin. The next game, between Richardson and Hamber, was important in deciding whether or not Hamber would be the champs. Although Hamber was once again favored to win, Richardson managed to score a converted touchdown in the last half, gaining a narrow 7-6 victory. Richardson then went on to beat Young, gain¬ ing itself the Junior House Football title. Another enjoyable and exciting House Football season was played this year with Hamber topping the league. After not having been scored upon in Soccer, Hamber pulled through without having a point scored against them in Football. Despite the fact that Richardson and Young House played well, Hamber proved itself the best of the three teams. Everyone on the teams had a good time even though the games were played in mostly cold weather. There were the usual complaints, of the refereeing by the boys of the Senior Team, etc., but we must thank them for their hard work, and for their sometimes disputed decisions. All dis¬ agreements were forgiven and forgotten at the end of the games, and we all hope next year’s season will be just as much fun, when Hamber House will return to defend its title. Back Row: Colson, Willis, McCreath, Dodds, Thomas. Front Row: Gemmell, Andison. 35

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Back Row: Dunstan, Rankin, Graham, Dodd, Mr. Ainley. Front Row: Graham, Kiddel!, Schluderman, Kirby. This year the school once again entered a team in the Clover Leaf Cross Country League, running every Wednesday, and scoring on a team basis, adding up the first five places on each team, the lowest score winning. In the first race the team finished 4th over a 31 2 mile course at St. James, Graham coming 7th, Schluderman 14th, and Jackman 19th. We ran well over a 3 V 2 mile course at St. Vital on an extremely cold day, Graham coming first, Dunstan 4th, and Jackman 11th, and the team finished in second place. Our next race was over a 4 mile course at Charleswood, where the team came in 3rd with Dunstan 8th and Graham 18th. The last Clover Leaf race was over a 4 mile course at S.J.R. where we finished 2nd, Graham coming 3rd and Dunstan 7th, with Schluderman, Kiddell, Jackman, Kirby, Dodd, and Alastair Graham also running well. Overall we came 3rd in the league standing, narrowly missing 2nd place by four points. At the end of October we ran at Neepawa, competing against schools from all over Manitoba as well as the city of Winnipeg. The day was cold, and the 3 mile course rough, being through bush, rivers, ploughed fields, and various other obstacles such as barbed wire fences. Graham came 14th, Dunstan 23rd, and the team finished 7th out of 17 teams. Thanks go to Mr. Ainley for coaching and transportation, and particularly for the scenic drive to Neepawa.