Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 11 ANOTHER school year is nearly over and so we take this opportunity once again to thank Miss Snell, our Games Mistress, for making our gym and sports so enjoyable. Miss Snell has given much time to both Juniors and Seniors, and we certainly ap- preciate it. The junior members of the houses have taken a greater share than usual in Inter-house Sports. There have been both Junior Basket-ball and Junior Volley-ball teams, and at least one junior has been included in the House Badminton teams. Sports Day, last year, was held on a beauti- ful June morning. Nightingale proved herself the best house in the line of sport by capturing the Sports Shield. We con- gratulate the winners, who are as follows: Senior Sports Cup — Helen Christie Intermediate Sports Cup — Paula Peters Junior Sports Cup — Elizabeth Patterson Preparatory Sports Cup — Ann Maynard Inter-house Relay — Nightingale Inter-house Obstacle - — Fry We were very grateful to Mr. Archdale for letting us use the Ashbury gym on two occasions when we had energetic games with the Old Girls. The first of these ended in a tie. At half time the Old Girls seemed to be definitely winning, but with the arrival of Mrs. Buck, who seems to be the mascot of the Elmwood team, we greatly improved and managed to tie up the game. Excited shouts and shrieks resounded from the gym during this game and also during the next, which Elmwood again managed to win. Although we were not able to play basket- ball at Elmwood during the winter, we enjoyed our games in the autumn and spring. Fry was fortunate in winning the Inter- house Basket-ball, with Keller a close second. Elmwood again entered a tennis team in the Ottawa Inter-scholastic Tournament. We first played Lisgar Collegiate and were successful in all sets. By beating the Gloucester Street Convent, Elmwood was able to retain the shield. Some very good games were played with the latter team, and Elmwood managed to beat them in all but one encounter. The team was as follows: Noreen Haney (Captain), Anne Powell, Mary Wurtele, Janet Edwards, Anne Mac- Kinnon. Last year, Noreen Haney was the school tennis champion; Joyce and Noreen Haney together were victorious in Senior Doubles. The Intermediate tennis title was captured by Janet Edwards; Paula Peters and Janet Edwards won the Intermediate tennis doubles. Keller won the Badminton tournament this year. Miss Snell has been busy coaching many enthusiastic badminton lovers, among whom are many juniors. As a result we have guite a number of promising players. The results of the badminton tournament are as follows: Senior Badminton Singles — Noreen Haney Senior Badminton Doubles — Noreen Haney — Mary Wurtele Junior Badminton Singles — Gretchen Mathers Intermediate Badminton Singles — • — Gretchen Mathers Intermediate Badminton Doubles — — Gretchen Mathers — Margot Peters