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

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PLAYGROUND B Under the guidance of Mr. Cowie and Mr. Jackson, the “B’s” got off to a roaring start this season. Four wins out of the first five games put them near the top of the league but in the remaining five games this engine began to sputter: five games—five losses. The sour ending can be attributed to their inept second defense—inept because there was none. Allan Beech and Doug Clark averaged 60 minutes per game as our only defense. Had it not been for their Herculean feats back there, poor Kurt Barkman, the goalie would have looked like a chunk of cheddar cheese after the games. However, the team played many strong games, but there were many strong teams in the league. A very eager bunch they are and are anxiously awaiting the first face-off next year. It will be a good one! BACK ROW: Mr. Cowie, Bennett, Miller, Clews, Matthews, Kiddell, Gillis, Hjartarson, Mr. Jackson. FRONT ROW: Beech, Capt.; Jacob, Rosenblat, Barkman, Christie, Clark, Haworth. PLAYGROUND C BACK ROW: Barrit, Prall, Christie, Fast, Reimer, Edwards, Dyke, Mr. Kiddell, Coach. CENTRE ROW: Guest, Bredin, Ramsay D., Capt.; Ramsay B., Corner, Wood, Layng. FRONT ROW: Freedy, Rosenblat. The Playground “C” Team, put up a creditable performance, coming second in their league and forcing the league leaders, Tuxedo, to a one all tie in the last league game. David Ramsey played a sound game in goal with some very good defensive play to support him by Brian Ramsay, Captain; Mark Bredin, and Graeme Barrit. Andrew Corner was outstanding at center, ably backed by Peter Wood and Arthur Fast on the wing. Cary Rosenblat showed a good turn of speed, but must keep his head up next year, he with Blaine Freedy, Eric Prall, Jim Reimer, Rhos Dyke, Donald Guest and Stephen Brandy provided the necessary depth for the team to be vigorously successful. With a shorter Christmas holiday and less Christmas pudding the team might have had an even better chance of becoming City champions. They are a power to reckon with! pint-sized though some of them maybe! RAVENS BACK ROW: Mr. Beare, Woodhead, Breer, Nanton, Morriss, Gillespie, Speers, Mikolajewski, Macdonald, Wallace, Mr. Bevis. MIDDLE ROW: Scarth, Gellman, Harding, Roulston, Beaumont, Fraser, Erans, Andruchuck. FRONT ROW: Bevis, Shaddy, McKeag, Hay, Krueger, Phillips, Ainley. This year the Ravens Hockey team was re-introduced into o u t s i d e - school competition. Although the team ended top of the league with an 8 win 2 loss record, they did not win the playoff at the end of the season. However, they are to be warmly congratulated on such a fine first-year performance, especially in spirit and sportsmanship. Our thanks to Richard Woodhead who was our faithful referee in those frightfully early Saturday morning hours. And our special thanks to all those parents who gave up their Saturday morning lie-ins to have their boys at school at 7:30 a.m.!

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SENIOR B BACK ROW: Mr. Bredin, Kiddell, McMurray, Bredin, McGregor, Bell, Woodhead, Hutchings, Thornton, Noble, Gardiner, Styffe, Mr. Thomas. FRONT ROW: Bigelow, Barnes, Boult, Hammond, Stewart. The Senior “B” team this year is composed of boys who have played together for two years, plus boys that have joined the school since then. The league this year is made up of five teams and in the eight game season the team won five, tied two, and lost one. Unfortunately we lost out to Assiniboia in a best of three Final. The team lost several players due to injuries this year, but our numbers were swelled by the addition of players from the Bantan “A” team. Thanks are extended to Mr. Bredin who spent a great deal of time with the team trying to improve the basic skills and techniques. The Bantams did not play in the G.W.M.H.A. league, but still played over ten exhibition games. The team played well, but was hampered by injuries to some key players. The team members are too numerous to mention individually, but potentially this is a very good group, whose passing and positional play underwent a marked improvement during the season. Our thanks go to Mr. Bredin who ran the practices for the season, and who is thus responsible for the real coaching of the team. BANTAM B 4 : 14 . ' f§ WJg % ys ' A =“ i i yygi tSk BACK ROW: Mr. Glegg, Coach; Saunders, Kruegar, Kernahan, Dickson, Harris, Longstaffe, Clews, Riley, Balfour, Mathews, Whittaker, Gibbons, Myers, Forsythe, Rowand. FRONT ROW: Harrison, Lansky, Briggs, Daunt, Balfour, McGillivray, Beech, Capt.; McMorris. PLAYGROUND A In the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey League, we placed fifth in a league of six teams. Our play in exhibition games was considerably more promising as we won three out of six games. The losses in league competition were hard fought and the final record was not indicative of the effort contributed by our boys. The team nucleus, centred on fine goaltending, promises to supply an improved squad in future years. BACK ROW: Hutchison, Nicol, Goldring, Gordon, Reimer, Cruikshank, d’Agincourt, Bottomley, Anand, Burns. FRONT ROW: Wallace, Captain;Mr. Laidlaw, Coach. 54 MISSING: Quinton, Sutherland, Ross.

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Gerald Schwartz Randy Bowman, Rob Rolfe, Doug Spaith Don Quinte SKIING A small but dedicated group skied for the school this year. Before Christmas, they worked out in the new weight room, following a training course based loosely on that of the Canadian National Ski Team. After Christmas, the cross-country skis were brought out and the team began the many miles they were to cover in training for the Manitoba Junior Cross-Country Ski Championships. The gold, silver, and bronze medals were easily won by the strong S.J.R. contingent which dominated the competition at La Riviere. There was little emphasis on Alpine skiing this year, but Quinte, Rolf and Bowman were able to make a good showing in the Manitoba Junior Slalom. They did not place, but all were in the top half of the field. Derek Riley Rodney Briggs Lloyd Simmons