Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Sixths FRONT ROW: Eckert, Bell, Jelinek, Wong, MacLennan, Grant, BACK ROW: Nicholson, Neumann, Mann, Mr. Shorney, Spidle, Cross-Country Hays, Bhar, Washington. McCleary, Ochrym. u n 14 FRONT ROW: Gordon, Nightingale, Bronson, Archer, Krane. BACK ROW: De Josselin De Jong, Mr. Nightingale. By far, this year ' s 6th Soccer Team was the best I ' ve seen in a long time. The players were small in stature but large in determination. Many of the young boys developed their kicking and passing skills very quickly. Our forward lines were very fast in making plays, especially Eckert and Washington - the two Scotts! Our team Captain, Nick Jelinek, played the game very well and demonstrated good team leadership and sportsmanship throughout the season. Our halfbacks, led by Patrick Neumann, were skilled in clearing the ball up the field out of danger. Our fullbacks and two goal keepers had their weak moments, but nevertheless, they worked extremely hard to protect their zone. All in all, I was pleased with the great sportsmanship and total effort displayed by all team members. This has been a vintage year, for our teams have been extremely successful, the general attitude has been determined, and a new event has been inaugurated. We have also been blessed with unusually pleasant fall weather which has helped to make the running a real pleasure. As is now tradition the competitive season was crowded into a short period. In the second week of October a team of seven ran in the Brock High School Meet. There were one huiidred and twenty- five runners, so it was a rare pleasure to see Toby Bronson and Andrew Ross leading the field for the first part of the race. Although they did not maintain this position, they finished fifth and seventh, better by far than any of our runners have done previously. With the arrival of Michael Genereux and Nicholas Nightingale our team finished in third position out of seventeen par- ticipating schools - a notable achievement which will be hard to match and harder to beat. Two days later we held the Independent Schools ' Championship at Appleby. With more teams than usual taking part, we still managed to win convincingly. Toby Bronson broke the course record by six seconds, but he needed the close support of Nicholas Nightingale, Richard Archer and Christian De Josselin De Jong for the team to finish ahead of Hillfield. Our under-12 team also won, but James Mairs, the winner, Scott Washington, Robert Archer and Mark Follows had to push themselves in order to nose our St. George ' s, Vancouver. Then the following week came the tribal meet with every boy in the school running. We were treated to some stout-hearted performances, particularly by Toby Bronson who beat the previous course record by twenty-one seconds.

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FRONT ROW: Willson, Stewart, Henderson, Mull, Williams, Merry, Seferian. BACK ROW: Mr. Boyd, Schuring, Makowy, Bruchal, Sorokolit, Chlebus, Feliciant. FRONT ROW: Milburn, Schneider, Humeniuk, Follows, Mairs, Reid. BACK ROW: Sandford, Jaworski, Anderson, Archer, Kendall, Mann, Mr. Rudgard. Fourths Our season this year was remarkably good for we always presented ourselves on the field as a unit and we worked hard. Our Captain was Stewart Henderson who played centre half with improved skill throughout the season. Our other strong halfs were D. Chlebus and A. Stewart who charged the ball aggressively and played the ball up well. Though our fullbacks and goaltender were somewhat weak at times and allowed several poor goals, it should be noted that they played with spirit and D. Feliciant receives special recognition for noticeable improvement. Our fleet forwards did not have the kicking power and accuracy needed to overpower the opposition but they did score a number of well-earned goals. Special mention must go to Darren Williams who joined the team from ' B ' group and became our striker. He scored over 60% of our goals and initiated many drives. Fifths The Fifth Team enjoyed a successful season, improving its standard of play as the term went on. In September the team depended very much on the skill of one or two individuals, but by November it had developed into a complete TEAM, in the real sense of the word. The strength of the side lay in its ability to pass the ball well, and no players did this better than Mark Follows and Peter Mann. Robbie Milburn showed speed on the right wing; Rob Schneider, George Mann and Geoff Anderson all played well on occasions; and the defence of Paul Jaworski, Chris Humeniuk and Robert Archer coped more than adequately with the forwards of any opposing team, with the possible exception of Crescent. This was altogether an excellent season. RECORD: Played 9, Won 6, Tied 2, Lost 1. Goals For: 45 Goals. Goals Against: 6.

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James Mairs won the Intermediate race convincingly from Robert Archer, and the Junior race was won by Scott Washington with Henry Mann and Cam MacLe nnan close behind. The last meet of the season, the Inter-tribal Team championship, was anti-climatic; it was held after half-term, hockey had started and the bloom was off the rose . However, in spite of the November date it was a glorious afternoon, perfect for running. Although the times were slower, the competition was no less keen. Toby Bronson again won his race by a large margin, and Richard Archer and Nicholas Nightingale had another lung-bursting race for second place. The Cayugas proved to be in the champions with the race winning - help of James Mairs and Scott Washington. The inaugural event this year was the father and son relay held on the last Saturday in October, another glorious Indian-summer day. Twenty family teams took part and, as many had predicted, the Bronson part- nership finished first. It was a happy occasion and with such game fathers and mothers, three of whom ran, it was hardly surprising that the boys do so well. Thus the season which had been so successful drew to a close and the boys turned their minds to other sports for the winter. I was left with an indelible memory of swarms of unbelievably eager grade fours and fives buzzing round the course every Thursday and all asking at once through their panting and spluttering what their times were. The future of the school teams is in good hands with them, and this was no more clearly typified than by George Nicholson ' s amazing feat (feet?) of achieving his centipede. Well run, everyone! Mr. Nightingale Under 12 Mann, MacLennan, Archer, Mairs, Nicholson, Washington. Mr. Nightingale, Follows,