Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 GYM NOTES THIS school year has been a very successful and gratifying one in the sphere of physical training and gymnastics and when one remembers the physical condition of the boys in general at com- mencement and compares it with the present standard the value of this training is emphasized. For the last couple of years P.T. as a formal activity had lapsed due to the difficulty of getting instructors in war-time so that train- ing in this work started literally from scratch in September, but once started the progress made was remarkable. Work was planned and carried out as follows:— Forms I and II. P.T. and organized games; Forms Transitus and III, P.T., boxing, mat work and some elementary vaulting horsework; Form Shell, P.T., elementary gym on all apparatus, boxing and club-swinging; Forms IV and V, Advanced P.T., gymnastics on all apparatus, and indoor training on field sports events. In the Junior school the classes were very enthusiastic and the small boys worked and played hard, with each boy without ex- ception being given the opportunity to take control of the class and organize, teach and conduct a game of his own choosing. The boxing in Transitus and III uncovered some very promis- ing material and a good foundation was laid for further training in succeeding years. Forms IV and V with a few additions from Shell made up the school gym teams for the show during cadet inspection and school closing and their standard of work on the horse, parallel bar and groundwork was surprisingly high. Voluntary gym in the evening was very well attended and some of the outstanding performers put in lots of time and effort per- fecting their work; certain evenings were allotted to games only and lots of practice matches in basketball and volleyball were held. The VI Form syllabus did not allow for any P.T. this year with the result that only a few of this form were included in the gym teams but it is hoped that in the not too distant future all classes will take gym. In that event there is no doubt that in a couple of years Ash- bury will have excellent gym teams on all apparatus quite capable of competing with any in the province if the same spirit and en- thusiasm is shown in the future as in the year just : nished.

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THE ASHBURIAN 25 BOXING TTN URING the year there was little boxing but in the annual tour- nament on May 13th there was a considerable amount of ability and gameness shown. Eight bouts were fought and Woollcombe House won a fairly comfortable majority to take the 15 points awarded for boxing in the competition for the Wilson Shield. To this writer, the most interesting bout of the evening was that between Scott and Paterson in the Intermediate Middleweight divi- sion. It was a thriUing hard-hitting fight all the way with Paterson emerging the winner of the Ashbury College Cup, and also the E. C. Grant Cup for ringcraft. In the first fight of the evening MacCordick outpointed Finlay II, but the latter although considerably smaller put up a good fight and the decision was fairly close. This fight was in the Junior Light- weight for the Chester Master Cup. In the Intermediate Lightweight class, Kenny eked out a nar- row win over Grant II in a cleverly fought bout to take the Edwards Cup. For the Ashbury College and Fauquier Cups, both awarded to Senior Lightweights, Brownlee gained a well-earned win over Nay- lor I to take the former, while Van der Voot gained the latter by vir- tue of a T.K.O. over Dreyfus, whose teeth band split, cutting his lip badly. . . , . j In the Junior Heavyweight class for Ashbury College Cup, Mul- ligan showed too much hitting power for Cotter and gained a fairly easy decision. Thomas outlasted Hamilton in the Intermediate Heavyweight class to win the Evans Cup for the second time. In the final bout of the evening Clark gained a unanimous de- cision over his heavier opponent, de Sosa, punishing him with hard blows to the body, and managing to avoid the latter ' s vicious rights. It was a good evening ' s entertainment and our thanks go to Major Woods, who was coach and referee, the boxers themselves, and last, but not least, the other officials.