Gordon Bell High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Speed Skating G ARNERING fresh honors for Gordon Bell, Purple and Gold speedsters dazzled a capacity crowd at the Amphitheatre Rink on the evening of March 23rd, by widely outstriding their rivals. Mr. Lamont’s excellent coaching was largely responsible for this success, but too much praise can¬ not be given to the diligent skaters, who practiced faithfully for the meet. Their efforts were bountifully rewarded when both the Grade XI boys’ and girls’ pennants were captured. Although failing to place, the Grade IX girls displayed excellent ma¬ terial. The team was composed of Margaret Lamont, Rene Walters, Joey Petrie, and Pat Loutit, all of whom acquited themselves admirably. The Grade X girls did better than their less experienced sisters, and managed to gain second place. Marj. Brown secured an early lead, and Marg. Hastings held her own against speedy skaters. Mona Skead skated nicely to hand the baton to Doris Laidler on the heels of the leaders, but she was beaten out in a close finish. The Grade XI girls, with more experience and training, went one better than the X’s and copped first place. From the crack of the gun, Alma John¬ son, skating steadily and surely, established the lead, which Grace Mc¬ Dowell and Alexine McGarroll increased, giving Olive Laing a command¬ ing lead, which enabled her to lap the other schools to win. With a gallant effort, the Grade X boys won their first heat in fine time, but faced with the obstacles of a three-team final, they slowed up, and lost in a heart-breaking finish. The team, composed of Bob Shepherd, W. Wilkinson, B. Beattie, and F. Eadie, will make an imposing Grade XI entry next year. In a thrilling heat, in which falls caused much suspense, the Grade XI boys came through first, largely due to Fred Wood’s excellent recovery. In the final heat, B. Kennedy slipped through an opening with rare judgment to gain the lead which Alf Sprange, showing fine stability, increased. Alf Crookes and Woods, holding true to form, finished a lap to the good. Fine work, Gordon Bell skaters! This is an outstanding achievement.

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Back Row-Jack Meredith, Harold Hurst, Ted Lamont, Bill McArthur, Bill Williamson, Syd. White, Arthur Hanson, Orville Marty, Gordon Wallace. Front Row—Avard Fryer, Jeff Baker, Jack Cowan, Archie Whiteford, Guth. Hiley, Norman Christie, Eddie Bloomer. Inter-Room Curling Notes T HE newly-formed Gordon Bell Curling Club has proved to be a very successful venture. Under the supervision of Mr. Gow, some forty mem¬ bers started out this year and completed a fine schedule of games at the Fort Garry Curling Rink. As the season got under way, we again witnessed the rinks skipped by Mr. Jewett and Mr. Lamont forge their way ahead; but the “kid rink” skipped alternately by A. Whiteford, G. Allan, N. Christie, and G. Hiley, began a series of brilliant victories that carried it along until it annexed the school honors. Congratulations, boys! Yours was a well-deserved victory. Inter-High Notes Eager to repeat the colorful victories of our last year’s colleagues, Les Cohen and Claude Brereton, we entered four strong rinks into the Inter- High Bonspiel. The games were very strongly contested and in many cases the winners were not decided until the last rock had been thrown. Special mention should be made of G. Hiley’s rink, which stayed right in the run¬ ning only to be eliminated in the finals. The rinks which put up such fine exhibitions were skipped by A. Whiteford, G. Hiley, J. Baker, and J. Cowan. Well played, boys; you showed the real spirit of the wearers of the Purple and Gold. Congratulations to Daniel McIntyre for winning the Inter-High Bon¬ spiel. The NR A (no repeaters allowed) eliminated Glenn Allan, one of our leading curlers, from the Inter-High ’spiel. We take this opportunity to thank the teachers for their kind co-opera¬ tion and help which undoubtedly proved beneficial to the members of the club.

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26 GORDON BELL HIGH SCHOOL 2 VN»aVast. t ssui ske Basketball rpHE 1933-34 season ushered in a new deal as far as Inter-High Basketball in Gordon Bell was concerned. A new coaching staff consisting of Gil¬ bert Johnson, Senior coach, and Harry Tucker, Junior coach, worked hard to produce the encouraging results. Although the Seniors did not appear often in the win column all their games were hard-fought contests in which the outcome was undecided until the last whistle. Daniel McIntyre, this year’s champions, just managed to eke out two wins, as did St. John’s, while Kelvin and Gordon Bell broke even in their two meetings. In their lone encounter with Isaac Newton our boys showed a great fighting spirit to capture a hard-fought win. The Senior team entered the Winnipeg Junior Basketball Tournament and in their first game were drawn against the strong Varsity team which later advanced to the finals. Although our team was defeated, Varsity was quite aware that they had been in a basketball game when the final whistle sounded. Increasing the number of wins from none for the previous year to four this year, the Junior team played heads-up basketball all season. Isaac Newton, who captured the championship in their first attempt at inter-high basketball, defeated Gordon Bell twice. They were, however, the only team capable of taking two wins from our boys. Kelvin and Daniel McIntyre each bowed once, and St. John’s twice to a hard-working purple-clad team. Owing to an unfortunate accident, Jack Wann, one of the star players, had to retire from the team in the middle of the season. Senior team line-up.—McCaughey (captain), Frankling, Lingwood, Whitley, Noble, Didman, Pink, Worthington, Fargey, Fenton, Johnson (coach). Junior team line-up—Laing, Lowgh, Guest, Robertson (captain), Brown, Williams, Craig, Turner, Thornburn, Bruce, Wann, Tucker (coach).