Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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B r e 11 1 w o o d College Magazine Rowing BRENTWOOD ' S introduction to rowing coincided with the arrival of two lap-streak fours purchased from the James Bay Club. These boats, though far from new, proved of great service after some necessary over- hauling. There followed days of splashing and coaching. The Head was often seen balancing on the wash-board in front of stroke, while four would-be oarsmen dipped and tugged with vigour and determination one after the other. Mr. Cocks exercised great patience as a coach, having no satisfactory coach-boat, but event- ually a crew was formed and practised fairly consistently from November to April. Good progress was made, and it was unfortunate Fulton had to drop out of the crew, owing to a sprained wrist. This upset the balance of the boat as Smith, a much lighter man, had to take his place at 2, about three weeks before the first race. The University of British Columbia were kind enough to send over a crew On April 26th. It was a glorious day, the inlet was misty with an enchanting haze and the bay was graced by Mr. Dollar ' s beautiful yacht, the Rio Bonita. Brent- wood was represented by Adamson 153 lbs. at stroke, Reade 177 lbs. at 3, Smith 140 lbs. at 2, and Macaulay 135 lbs. bow. Our opponents were older and more experienced, but averaged the same in weight. Mr. Butchart officiated as umpire and started the race at about 4:15 p.m. Our crew started with a tremendous sprint and pulled a length ahead in the first two minutes. The University settled down to a hard, steady stroke, and when Page Twenty-one

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Brentwood College Magazine Golf Notes HE College has enough and suitable land for making a small nine-hole golf course, but, unfortunately for golf, enough ground to make two Rugby fields has been ploughed up for football. However, there is still sufficient for some six or seven holes. If the College decided to make a small golf course, it would necessitate some means of upkeep, when once completed. Moreover, the cows, which at present are allowed to wander over it at will, must be kept off if we want to have a satisfactory course. There would be for hazards only a few trees, fences and rocks on perhaps four holes, but even without a large number of hazards very good practice would be afforded and all golfers would have a pleasurable pastime, and would be very useful for our golf team. There is no doubt that it would be a popular amusement because before the tennis season began, when the course was in an extremely bad condition, there was always a large number of boys on the links after school. So far we have not been very successful in this branch of sport, for on Thursday, May 22nd, we played the Duncan team, and out of six matches lost all except two, one of which was won and the other drawn. The players said the trouble was the result of lack of practice — as, of course, every golfer does, but in this case I think it was quite truthful. The results were : Scott-Moncrieff ma. played A. D. Redford and won by 3 and 2. Hope played Dan Redford and drew the match. Money played Prevost and lost by 6 and 5. Scott-Mon- c rieft mi. played Duncan and lost by 7 and 6. Head played W. Powel and lost by 5 and 3. Phillips played Dickie and lost by 5 and 4. On Saturday, June 7th, the College golf team played at Uplands, with the following results : Scott-Moncrieff ma. played J. Savident and lost 1 down. Hope played W. A. R. Hadley and lost by 2 and 1. Money played Sheret and lost by 3 and 2. Scott-Moncrieff mi. played P. Austin and won by 1 up. Campbell played H. H. Beck and lost by 2 down. Thurston played A. D. Macdonald and lost by 6 and 4. Once again our golfers suffered defeat, and this time even worse than at Duncan. The only match we did not lose was won by Scott-Moncrieff mi. In this case as in the former, we suffered badly from want of practice, which was probably the chief reason for our failure. Besides, to all but Money, Uplands is a strange course, which makes good play difficult even when one is in the best of form. However, we enjoyed ourselves very much, and hope to be able to have a return match soon. Golf at Uplands Page Twenty

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