Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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SWIMMING AND SYNCRO Lots of hard work and practising certainly payed off for the Junior School Swim teams and Syn- chronized teams! Besides participating in several mini swim-meets , the Swim teams came 2nd overall in the year ' s major swim-meet, the Bishop ' s Cup. Havergal managed to beat us, but we ' ll get them next year! The Synchro teams participated in a synchro meet with many other Toronto schools, and placed 1st overall. A great achievement! Although all of Branksome ' s swimmers are fantastic, Maria Sherman, Heather O ' Connor, Carolyn Kitchen and Sally Robertson were outstanding! Thanks must go to Mrs. Lumsden, who lead the teams to victory! Top: Syncro team. Middle: Syncro club. Bottom: Swim team. 23

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SPORTS CAPTAIN The Junior School Sports Program this year was terrific. The school teams as well as the clan and class Tournaments were very successful. Everyone showed enthusiasm in the sports ac- tivities such as basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis and baseball. Student referees were trained by Miss Tropea and did a great job. The Clan Gatherings were all very exciting. The races were fun and there were always many laughs. I think one of the funniest races was Dress the Chieftain. All the clans picked up points at gatherings. The Clan Basketball Tournament was great fun. Some games were close and ended in ties. Everyone cheered and shouted while the referees tried to control the game. A lot of thanks must go to Miss Tropea. She put much of her time into making this sports year possible and FUN. She made my job easier. I ' d also like to thank the people who timed and kept score during games and the Chieftains and Subs who did a great deal of work too. Thanks for a great year. Betsy Junior School Sports Captain BASKETBALL By Olivia Sampson This was a superb season for our basketball team. The team was absolutely magnificent! At every game I went to, they simply trotted down the court and sunk the ball almost every time. Most of the time they simply overwhelmed the opposition. All went well until it came time for the official showdown between the two winning school teams - St. Clement ' s and Branksome. The game rallied back and forth in points until that final whistle blew - we were defeated by three points! Overall, our team really played its best all season. And we sure won in spirit! The team could not have made it to the finals and played so well with out the aid of Miss Tropea, or without the expertise of our B.H.S. team players: M. Mathers, G. Perron, A. Shorter, S. Buchanan, B. Britnell, C. Needham, C. Hood, A. Huycke, L. Nichols, H. Shaw, and their manager K. Fullerton. Every Tuesday and Thursday these girls and Miss Tropea worked hard at training, and developing their skills. Look out Senior School, here we come! 22

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BADMINTON Laurie Nichols Branksome Hall had a super, great, peerless, supreme, unrivaled, second to none 13 ' s badminton team this year. We practised at St. Paul ' s, and a thoughtful mother arranged for us to practise at the Badminton and Racquet Club - thanks Mrs. Hackett! All our hard work and toil payed off in the end when we soundly defeated St. Mildred ' s, St. Clements, B.S.S., and Havergal, winning the overall tournament. Although we had superb players, we did require a tiny bit of help: we had a super coach, Miss Tropea, and a great manager, Catherine Needham! VOLLEYBALL Olivia Sampson The 1980 junior volleyball team had an outstanding season. We were victorious in every game - thanks to our powerful serves, super returns, and close team- work. In one of our more exciting matches we were losing 14-7, when all of a sudden we came back to win the game! We could not have done so consistently well without the help and organization of Mrs. Harrison, our coach. The combined work of H. O ' Connor, A. Shorter, S. Buchanan, M. Mathers, C. Mitchell, C. McDougall, C. Swinden, V. Zorilla, C. Padmore, E. Steeds, 0. Sampson, (and of course our coach) made the junior volleyball team unbeatable!! 24