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

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Rugby 1st xv The 1963-64 season was one of mixed fortunes. Up to Christmas the School did quite well, after losing somewhat ingloriously to St. George ' s in the first game of the season. The highlight was undoubtedly holding the Shawnigan Lake School to a 6-6 draw immediately prior to Christmas. With a little more poise this game could have been won. After Christmas the combination of poor weather, leading to the cancellation of a number of games, plus injuries showed the weaknesses of the team. In our first Season of competition against the 1st XV ' s of the other Private Schools our lack of experience, particularly in the forwards, showed itself all too plainly. The inability of the pack, apart from in the Set Scrums, to give the ball clearly and quickly to the Scrum- half prevented a sound three-quarter line from being exploited to the full. With more experience and the maturing of younger players, this weakness should be much less evident in coming seasons. 25

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Note: The ' Activities ' section of this magazine has dealt with only those school enterprises which involved a definite number of boys, and which were carried on for most of the school year. However, there was a vast number of other activities which will never be fully recorded. Swimming off the school dock involved almost all of the boys, both during the early part of the first term, and during the summer term. An Art Club flourished; the quality of some of the paintings hung in exhibition at the end of the year must have surprised even their creators. A Science Club was born. Stray notes from piano lessons trickled down the main hall most afternoons, and two of the youngest boys once set a regular pattern of cooking a T-bone steak on an open fire, down the shore from the school. The picture above shows one of the enthusiastic water skiers, a group which suffered many an unscheduled and sudden dip in the waters of Mill Bay. The picture below shows another school activity — tenting amid some of the wilder portions of British Columbia. The group shown began this particular activity one fine weekend in the summer term. They had a bus, a fire,hot dogs, magnificent rain forest specimens, some of them many centuries old, and, beginning about two o ' clock in the morning, rain. This particular school activity ended the following day, and we understand its initiators wish to remain anonymous. To any groups who contemplate similar outings in 1964-65, we strongly recommend a battery- less,plug-less, automatic, invisible bus-opener; one which will open a bus door at two o ' clock in the morning. — Ed 24

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Date Opponent Venue Result For Against Sat 19th Oct St. George ' s Home Lost Q O 9fi ZD Tues 29th Oct Gowichan H. S. A wav Won ZO Q 0 Sat 2nd Nov Shawnigan L. S. Home Lost Q O 90 ZU Thurs 14th Nov JL 11 LA X } 1 1111 XI V • Victoria H. S. Away Won 1 8 D Moil., 18th Nov. Claremont H. S. Home Won 1 D Mon., 25th Nov. Qualicum College Home Won 9fi ZU Q O Thurs., 28th Nov. Oak Bay H. S. Home Won 1 ft io D Sat., 30th Nov. North Shore Jrs. A wav Won O Sat. ' , 7th Dec. Shawnigan L. S. Awav X X. VV UJ Draw u a u Mon., 10th Feb. Chernainus H. S. Awav Won 1 A 1 1 1 1 Tues 18th Feb Nanaimo H. S. Awav X X vv LA y Draw A U Sat., 22nd Feb. St. George ' s A WAV X x vv la y Lost Q O 1 ft Thurs 27th Feb J- XX LAX k- . y fcJ 1 111 JL V— K- ■ University School A wav x x VV G. y Lost 3 17 Thurs., 5th March Victoria H. S. Home Won 9 6 Mon. 9th March Cowichan H. S. Home Won 14 « u Sat., 14th March Shawnigan L. S. Home Lost o 30 Mon., 16th March Staff XV Home Lost 6 17 WON LOST DREW FOR AGAINST 9 6 2 207 188 SCORERS TRIES PENALTIES DROP G. CONVERSION Evans 12 Greenhalgh 15 Morris 6 18 Pottschmidt 5 Martin, J. 6 Naphtali 2 Kirby 2 Hobbs, Reppun, Carlson, Hutchins, Cooke, Thorns, Killy and Keefe also scored tries. EVANS — Colours. Captain. Wing % or outside centre. A strong runner with the ball and good at taking half chances. Unfortunately injury forced him to miss a number of important games. NAPHTALI— Colours. Vice-Captain. A utility forward who led the pack with vigour. More attention should be paid to covering from the set plays. DAY — Colours, Wing forward. A good destructive wing forward whose attacking potential was not seen to its full advantage. THOMS— Colours. Centre %. A player of intelligence, but lack of pace through the gap often led to his downfall. A player admired by Wing % ' s. HAMILTON— Colours. Hooker. A good striker who fell on the loose ball unflinchingly. More mobility would be of an advantage to him. MORRIS— Colours. Full back. A good kicker of the ball who was responsible, for many points. Prone to injury. 26