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

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Brentwood College Magazine Rowing THIS year rowing has had an excellent season in spite of the poor weather conditions and the rough rowing ' weather. We were lucky enough to have three members of last year ' s first crew back with us again this year and the vacant place at bow was capably filled by F. Angus. Regular practice was started late in the Easter term and continued during the summer months culminating in the decision to enter a crew in the N.P.A.A.O. regatta to be held this year on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd at Elk Lake, near Victoria. In our annual race against St. George ' s School, held this year in Van- couver on June 5th, at 11 o ' clock in the morning we were once again successful. The race was rowed in good weather conditions over a mile course. Brentwood started at a faster stroke than St. George ' s and had established a lead of just over a length at the end of the first minute. Settling down to a long, steady stroke they continued to increase their lead all over the course. St. George ' s rowed hard, but the heavyweights in the middle of the boat got very short and were not using their strength effectively. Brentwood finally finished about six lengths ahead, covering the course in 4 minutes and 58 seconds. Our warmest thanks are due to St. George ' s for all their kindness to us during our visit : to Vancouver Rowing Club and its Skipper for lending us their boats : and to the Skipper ' s son for his excellent coxing during the race. The crew consisted of: — Brentwood : St. George s : Stroke — Symons Stroke — Walls No. 3 — Asselstine No. 3 — Street No. 2— Mitchell No. 2— Bell Bow— Angus Bow — Nation Cox — Jaggard. Cox — Woodward CHARACTERS OF THE CREW F. ANGUS (Bow) — Must learn to get control of his body; swings straight and keeps his head up at the finish. A hard worker and a very valuable craftsman in the boat house. A. H. MITCHELL (Two) — Inclined to shoot his slide and rely too much on his arm at the finish. Works hard and races well. J. W. ASSELSTINE (Three) — A very effective oarsman, who has improved consider- ably. Races well. C. M. B. SYMONS (Stroke) — If he can control his slide and combine it effectively with his body swing during the stroke, he will make a neat and effective oarsman. Has a good sense of rhythm, but must learn to drive his crew all the time in practice rows. • . Page Twenty

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Brentwood College Magazine INTER-HOUSE MATCH Played on June 14th. Upper House — Field, b Bassett = - 0 Chadwick, c Wilby, G., b Bassett .... 2 Johnston, c Holmes, D., b Bassett.... 56 Ross, c Gist, b Wells 4 Mitchell, b Wells 0 Izard, A., b Wells : 16 Rogers, b Wells 6 Clarke, c Hotham, b Wells 5 Harvey, not . out 2 Sunderland, c Symons, b Wells 0 Dennison, c b Wells 0 Extras 14 Total 102 Won by the Upper House. Lower House — Bassett, b Johnston 21 Wells, b Johnston 4 Holmes, D., c Ross, b Field 1 Wilby, G., b Johnston 0 Cooke, b Field 11 Hotham, st. b Johnston 0 ■Symons, c Izard, 1) Johnston 0 Asselstine, c Field, 1) Johnston 0 . Porter, not out 8 Clist, c Clarke, b Johnston 3 Hav, b Field 0 Extras 8 Total 56 Bowling: Wells, 7 for 42; Bassett, 3 for 46; Field, 3 for 22; Johnston, 7 for 26. 1st XI. AVERAGES Batting Runs Innings Times Not Out Highest Score Average Field 96 Johnston 111 Wilby, D 74 Bassett 98 Wilby, G 36 Overs Johnston 70.5 Field 71 Bassett 6.7 Bowling Maidens 10 Runs 233 248 34 53 59 35 29 29 W r ickets 26 25 1 19.2 18.5 14.8 14 7.2 Coverage 8.9 9.9 34 Badminton - Squash - Tennis These games were played during the year with considerable enthusiasm but with no outstanding skill. During the summer term the demands of cricket and rowing, together with unfavourable weather conditions, mitigated against much serious practise on the tennis courts. BADMINTON FOUR— A. Izard, H. Mitchell, R. Bassett, D. Wilby. TENNIS FOUR— A. Izard, D.. Holmes, D. Wilby, G. Milligan. RESULTS OF SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS WERE: BADMINTON— Singles: A. Izard; Doubles, A. Izard, H. Mitchell. TENNIS— Singles: I. Ross; Doubles: C. M. Symons, 11. Mitchell. Page Nineteen

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Brentwood College Magazine N.P.A.A.O. REGATTA The Brentwood crew entered for the Junior Fours in this regatta, which was held at Elk Lake on July 1st. There was a strong westerly wind which made the water rough. Brentwood had as their opponents a strong crew from the Vancouver Rowing Club and a fairly experienced J.B.A.A. four. Vancouver took the lead early in the race, with Brentwood ahead of James Bay. These positions were maintained up to the mile point, though by this time V ancouver had increased their lead and Brentwood had lost ground through faulty steering and by rowing rather too slow a stroke. At the critical moment Brentwood faltered for 4 or 5 strokes, while James Bay started to spurt and went ahead. Symons answering spurt came too late. Vancouver finished about 12 seconds ahead of James Bay, with Brentwood another 10 seconds behind. The winner ' s time was 7 minutes 23 seconds. Track and Sport ' s Day ALTHOUGH the track season was very short owing to the fact that Sport ' s Day was held on May 1st, this year saw far greater enthus- iasm and much competition was offered to all runners. Our track team is being built up, year by year, and it is hoped that next year., we shall be strong enough to enter inter-school track meets. The finish of this year ' s Steeplechase, held April 22nd, was very close, Ross winning the race by a few yards from Field. Holmes, D., won the Inter- mediate Class, and Clist, the Junior. On Sport ' s Day there was again a great deal of competition, especially for the Victor Ludorum Cup, which was won by Field with 14 points, only y 2 more points than Asselstine. Holmes, D., took the Intermediate Cup and Clist, the Junior. Page Twenty-one