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

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TRACK AND FIELD Senior The standards of Senior Track and Field were considerably better than in previous seasons. This was due in part to the fol- lowing reasons. The nucleus of last year ' s Junior team had now moved up a division, and there were still a few senior mem- bers from the previous year. In addition the school now had a recognised track and good pits, which gave them facilities needed for an organised training programme. The season opened with a short tour to Seattle in the last week in April, the school competing against Lakeside School and King ' s Garden School. The team acquitted themselves well winning comfortably against Lakeside, and losing by 1 point to Ki ngs. Outstanding individual performances were given by Barry Greenhalgh who recorded sprint doubles; Roddy Garbutt who recorded 19 ' 10 in the Broad Jump; David Owen who won the 2 Miles at his first attempt over this distance; Kirby who won the Javelin, and Pat Hutchins who won the 180 yds Low Hurdles. On resumption after the Easter holidays, matches were won against Cowichan H.S. and Shawnigan L.S. in a convincing manner, but the team failed against University School in Vic- toria. Despite this loss they travelled to St. George ' s School, Van- 30

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JUNIOR COLTS The Junior Colts had a very lean season but by the end of it were coming to terms with the opposition. Their principal weaknesses were in lack of determination to gain and keep pos- session of the ball, incisiveness and, of course, experience. The forwards often played well together and gave a good account of themselves against heavier packs; there was certainly a fair share of the ball from tight scrums. But outside, apart from Mc- Martin there was very little punch, except for the spasmodic solo effort. This points to another common fault, no backing up; with correction of the latter and a sense of urgency in going for the loose ball the balance could have been tipped in our favour in the last two games of the season. It is to be hoped that with the change of rule, allowing anybody under 15, whatever weight, to play, and with several members of the side remaining next year, the team will emerge from the doldrums. The following played for the team: McMartin, Stewart, T., Pinch, Pocock, Boulton, D., Mutter, Maxam, Winter, Boyd, Grundy, Arnoldi, P., Williams, G., Liggett, Angus, MacLennan, Peter, Wilkinson, R., Pite, Wallick, Barnsley. B. K. Clark 29

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couver, to compete in the Independent Schools Championship. Brentwood finished second, again having to concede first place to a very strong University side. This result was a great improve- ment on the previous year where the school finished last. The final meet was in the Mid-Island Championships held in Duncan, and the team gained a fitting reward for their dedication over the year by winning the Senior Boys Aggregate Trophy. This com- pleted a successful season which had seen most of the school records broken. Barry Greenhalgh was the outstanding performer recording sprint doubles at both Championships and breaking both the 100 yds and 220 yds records in the Mid-Island with times of 10.3 and 23.5 seconds respectively. Arne Dahl won the Javelin in Vancouver with an excellent throw of 155 ' 9 ; Jim O ' Donnell won the Mile at the same meeting and was closely followed by Derek Harkema in second place. The friendly duels between these boys has been an exciting feature of the season, with vic- tory in the first few matches going to Harkema and the final victories to O ' Donnell — both recorded under 4:50.0 for this event. Harry Ragsdale was a much improved pole vaulter who slowly got to terms with the fibre glass pole, and will no doubt record over IT next year. The field event representatives were disappointing particularly in the Shot and Discuss, although the transition from Junior to Senior is probably more difficult in these events. Roddy Garbutt was again the decathlon athlete who was invaluable to the team. Ian Scott-Moncrieff was handi- capped at the start of the season with a shoulder injury, but worked hard to record many respectable times. Rick Rollins was disappointing in view of his excellent performances as a Junior, but his dedication is such that he will surely record a sub 2 mins. for the 880 yds. next year. George Sisley was the most con- sistent High Jumper and probably the most improved performer. David Lamb equalled the school record in this event, but never fulfilled his earlier promise, although with more experience he is capable of 5 ' 9 or more. Jim Crowe arrived on the scene having never competed in Track Field before, and proceeded to confound everyone, in- cluding himself, with some very respectable sprint times. Tom Whiffen and Jamie Martin were loyal relay men who were as responsible as any for team success. Pat Hutchins and Bruce Spankie deserve special mention for their performances in the Hurdles. Having to train with 4 home made hurdles was ex- 31