Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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in the scrum and the drive that got him many tries; Nick Water- field for his kicking; Rick Wilson for his second effort, that moved the ball extra yards, and John Slattery for his great job at full back - when his health allowed him to play. Without its leaders, the team would not have enjoyed the success that it did. The cap- tains, John Rosseel, Kerry Cantle and Tim Labrie, led the team in ability and enthusiasm. A great deal of the success of the team is due to these three for their guidance, help and leadership. The Rugger team was successful in two ways; we won the league Championship and, more im- portantly, we had fun playing good, clean rugger. The credit for both these successes goes to Mr. Washington. He trained the team (some of whom had never before seen a rugger ball) into a team that could play well. More than just teaching us how to play the game, he taught us how to play it cleanly ' just to have fun - for if we did that, we would win ' . We did that. Thank you, Mr. Washington. D.M.C. 4sF 0?N 112

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an easy one and on one or two occasions only the superb tackling of the backs prevented S.A.C. from travelling the last 10 yards to score. The final result however was an impressive 23-0 win. The long, hot trip to Lakefield did not detract from the drive of the first fifteen. The team played well as the final score, 21-0, indicates. We showed U.C.C. that we had learned a few things since our last meeting when we went there in late May. The backs were able to contain the opposition and the forwards managed to get the ball out to our backs. The score proved to be the best to date 24- 0. As neither Appleby nor Ridley had lost a league game, the match between these two teams would be the championship. This would be the hardest game of the season, we thought. The half time score found us in the lead by a couple of points. At half time we were not very happy with our play. In the second half, the team started to play as they had never played before. Working together, the forwards and backs ran-in four quick tries. Ridley answered with only one. The championship IHHV was ours with a score of 31-10. When a team plays together as closely as the Open Rugger did this year it is difficult to pick out individuals. All gave 100% There are however a few who should be singled out: Scotty Hawthorne, for his performance Wj 111

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The Under 17 Rugger Team FRONT ROW: Wright I, Jackson II, McBride I, Bourne, Crosbie II, Slattery II, Withey, Moffat, McCarter. BACK ROW: Jennings II, Hall, Johnson I, Bloemen I, Keates I, VanTighem II, Graham, Thomson II, Kingsley, Kacan, Mr. Stuart. This season proved to be the toughest experience by the U-17 team since the school started playing fifteen-a-side. The op- position showed that they are im- proving each year and that easy wins are becoming a thing of the past. The opening exhibition game against Ridley took place in a fifty mile an hour wind, but despite a ball which was hard to handle, the side won 20-0. The first real test came in the second game when a much strengthened U.C.C. side allowed only the narrowest of wins to Appleby. It was then that we knew the op- position was stronger! The first league game was against T.C.S. and by this time the team was playing as a cohesive unit with a number of new players setting the pace for some of the old hands. The T.C.S. game was hardly a test as the score of 42-0 for Appleby would indicate. The real test came when we played S.A.C., narrowly losing by a score of 8-6. In this particular game the inex- v r ? % 113