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ROWING Success at last. The long drought is over and the Brentwood first crew finally showed its true potential in winning the coveted Canadian schools championship in a record time of 4 minutes 25.6 seconds for the 1500 m course. An account of the race appeared in the St. Catharines STANDARD which we reproduce below. The big eight, which climaxed an exciting afternoon of real battles, was a fight from start to finish. All six starters rowed stroke for stroke through the first 300 metres until Holy Spirit and J.E.B. Stuart High School of Fairfax County, Va., forged into a slight lead. Then Brentwood and Ridley moved, only to be immediately challenged by West Park and Liverpool (N.Y.) High School. It was this way, with first one and then another of the crews grabbing the lead, through the first 800 metres. Then the west coast boat moved. Stroke Jeff Allester, who had hardly dropped below 38 from the start, climbed to 40 passing Henley Island and Brentwood had the lead. Holy Spirit came with the British Columbia crew, only to give way to West Park as Ridley 19
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appeared to be laboring. But there was little to choose between any of the six crews. With about 200 metres to go as the packed stands and crowded banks went wild, Brentwood was definitely in command. Holy Spirit was pressing half a length off the pace with Stuart coming and Ridley, suddenly finding itself, showing signs as stroke Fraser MacKay went to 38 and closed water on the leaders. It Was Too Late But it was too late for the Orange and Black. Brentwood hung on grimly, refusing to break, and Ridley forged past Stuart and Spirit to wind up a deck off the winners as Stuart held third and Spirit faded to fourth, another half length back. Liver- pool wound up fifth with West Park, having blown everything in its late challenge, trailing the field. Brentwood clocked a sizzling 4:25.6 for the 1500-metre distance, the fastest time of the day which saw only a whisper of a breeze over most of the Henley Course. I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to these young men who rowed in our first crew. They gave more of themselves to this school than any other group of students before them and they proved that hard work and determination can overcome all barriers and can succeed over superior experience and skill. They were in top physical condition when they raced and applied themselves to the last stroke with the same vigour as the first. It is no secret that we believe in weight training but it takes more than a programme and a plan to produce success. The effort of each individual in the crew was of championship standard and the long hours of winter training and morning rowing paid off that sunny afternoon in June when they sizzled down the St. Catharines course ahead of all the best high school crews in North America. Whatever success or failure the future may bring this crew achieved its stated goal in winning the Canadian Scholastic Championships. The almost forgotten and often neglected junior varsity crew had its share of successes and near misses as well this year. They enjoyed early successes no doubt due to superior conditioning but they lacked the oarsmanship to attain the speed of the late season Shawnigan J.V. VIII. They can look to the future with confidence however, knowing that another year of rowing could turn them into champions. J.V. Squad was G. Foreman, J. Morgan, T. Bryde, C. Heerensperger, T. Smith, G. Drake, T. Russell, D. Levell, R. Eyre, Cox, C. Young. A lightweight squad was formed for the first year in Brentwood and enjoyed a prolonged battle for superiority with Lakeside School from Seattle. We won the early battles in both the eights and fours but once in the regatta season proper the more experienced Lakeside eight won all the encounters. Our four was more successful and won all but the last two races which were close and exciting finishes. The last race will be remembered in that Rob McLean rowed himself to such a state of exhaustion that he had to be helped from the boat. Next year with more coaching and increased effort we hope to send a 145 lb. crew to St. Catharines. Lightweight squad was G. Young, R. McLean, M. Padwick, E. Bapty, S. Muldrew, R. Hugo, G. Hick, T. Burley, M. De Long, J. Hodges, Cox, M. Bestwick. A novice eight was formed and were success- ful only at our home regatta. They are young and very light oarsmen who next year should form the nucleus of the J.V. and hghtweight squads. They showed good spirit but lacked both the strength and skill necessary to win races against what proved to be the first crews of some emergent clubs. To Mr. J. L. Queen a special word of thanks for all his help in managing, assisting with the coaching and for listening to this coach prattle at 6:00 a.m. each morning. Thanks to Joel Cotter for his assistance with the coaching of lightweights and to all the oarsmen for their patience and deter- mination throughout the year. 20
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