Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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31 compared to other schools here. For this reason even qualifying for the final is on achievement worth noting. The team is to be congratulated on their successes, for almost without exception the members of the team worked really hard to achieve them. Athletics Is hard work — harder than softball or any of these other children ' s gomes — but the sense of achievement in winning, or bettering a performance, is also cor- respondingly greater. M.H. BASKETBALL The calibre of ploy at Saltus this year was much better than that of previous years. The shooting has improved as has the passing, guarding of players and especially rebounding. The only thing one regrets is that there is no basketball between schools, which would improve the standard of ploy and give players a chance to play a full game. In the Annual House Basketball Competition the winner was Dorrell House with a 34-10 win over Butterfield, with Rose scoring 26 points for Dorrell. Dorrell had previously beaten Wotlington 20-10 in the semi-final. In the gome for third piece Soltus beat Wotlington in a very close gome. C. E. CAMPBELL, Sr. V SALTUS VOLLEYBALL This relatively new annual competition which started about four years ago is a kind of volleyball but the boll is allowed to touch the floor, the player is allowed to touch the net and the boll con stay on your side of the net as long os you wish. In the competition Dorrell were the winners with Saltus second, Wotlington third and Butterfield fourth. C. E. CAMPBELL, Sr. V. TENNIS REPORT - 1965 The climox of the School ' s tennis activities was as usual, the finals of the Annual Championships and for the second consecutive year, the open champion was dethroned. Prior to the finals however, there were two other interesting events. The first was the annual Staff vs. School motch. An increase in the number of teams provided o total of twenty rubbers. As in previous years, the Staff brought out their greater experience (if using at times, inferior technique) to win the match by sixteen rubbers to four. Ample proof indeed, that good shots alone do not necessarily win tennis matches.

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30 fell, but only one to the Saltus team. In group ' B ' we won the teonn cup, lorgely through a fine run by the relay team (Moniz, Masters, Petty, Ahem), and first place in the long jump by R. J. Ahern, who cleared 14 ft. 8 ins. In the group ' B ' track events Ahern was well beaten into fourth place in his preliminan heat with a time close to the previous record for 75 yds. This was typical of the high standard of the meeting. M. Barritt had first place in both the triple and high jumps, but his 16 ft. 3 ins. in the long jump was only good enough for third place. Borritt ' s performances this year show very great promise for the future. On the track D. Ranee ran with his usual elegance but showed much more fire. Although he produced his best ever in both 100 yds. and 220 yds. (1 1.8 and 26.8) neither time was good enough to be placed better than 4th in the finals. Marshall worked hard on his hurdles technique in training and after a somewhat shaky preliminary in which he fell over, he came fourth in a very fast final without hitting the ground with anything other than his feet. Group ' D ' again showed some Saltus successes. D. Pantry broke the shot putt record in the qualifying round but although he won the event on the day his 44 ft. 8 ins. was short of the record by nearly a foot. As it was he still won the event by a majestic seven feet or so. Pantry also, rather luckily perhaps, reversed the preliminary javelin result by beating his main rival with a throw of just over 1 50 ft., some ten feet short of the best throw in the preliminaries when Pantry was second. G. Campbell just scraped into the last six in the discus, feebly lobbing the implement a lethargic 100 ft. Then on the Thursday he shook off his paralysis and won the event with a fine throw of 133 ft. In the triple jump R. Dole came second with 39 ft. — a good performance, and his best this season, but his 1 8 ft. 3 ins. in the long jump placed him third, well behind the first two. B. De Couto was outclassed in the 880 yds., but he has another year in the same group and he too produced his best of the season, finishing 5th in 2 mins. 22 sees. The pole vault turned into an endurance test, lasting for two hours, but R. Hillen took third place with a quite respectable 9 ft. After this he had to run in the hurdles, and not surprisingly failed to find his best form. Group ' E ' showed some surprises. Perhaps the greatest was C. Campbell ' s second place in the discus instead of the first he always considered to be rightfully his. Certainly it was no surprise when he won the shot putt in a new record with 43 ft. 11 ins., though this was by no means the best he has done this season. Still he was a good seven feet ahead of the rest. A. Ranee ran a good 100 yds. to qualify for the fina l in 1 0.7 sees., but running the final in borrowed spikes after his had burst under the strain of hurdling, he did not quite moke the places. In the hurdles he had a fast start for a change and held on to take third place in a very fost 15.0 sees. The winner ' s time, incidentally, was 14.5 sees., which is really flying. The mile was an interesting race, run very slowly until the last three hundred yards when there was a terrific fight for places in the run in. Unfortunately Osborne is still not quite fit after breaking his ankle, so the fight included no Saltus runners. Marson also ran. The group ' E ' relay team valiantly fought their way into the final but then they were predictably outrun and managed only 5th place. This does not seem a just reward for the hard work the members of the relay team put in, perhops, but we have only a very small number of seniors to choose from

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32 The second event was the Invitation Tournament held at Kindley High School. SaJtus connpetitors always do well in this event, and yet again, we were well represented in the finals. In the Open Singles, Robert Dale played strongly to reach the final, losing eventually to Gosling of Mt. St. Agnes. Gosling is a powerful player, being two years older, and considerably more experienced In tournament tennis than Dal e. Ross Hillen won the Under 15 Singles class, with Bruce Sims reaching the semi-final round. In the School ' s championships, there was, as always, considerable reluctance on the part of many competitors, to play early round matches, which to say the least, is frustrating, and a puzzlement. Ultimately however, the finals were reached, after many weeks — and very good finals they were. In the Under 1 1 Singles, Chris Trott played very steady tennis, beating Trevor Moniz 6-1, 6-1, not by over-powering shots, but by keeping the ball in play, and forcing errors. Trott has an excellent competitive spirit, and really gets down to business. However, Moniz shows great promise, and should become a fine player. The Under 1 3 Singles was won by Mark Barritt. For a long time, his forehand drive was badly cut with underspin, but it seems he has finally learned to hit through, and over the ball. Combining this with a good service, a fair backhand, he proved too strong for Martin Counsell, who like Moniz has good shots, but needs experience in tournament play. Ross Hillen retained the Under 1 5 Singles Championship hitting the ball with classical style. He beat John Casling 6-2, 6-1. Ross has been playing for several years (in spite of his youth) and has a variety of good looking shots. In this match he served consistently, and was smart enough to keep the ball in play, waiting patiently for his opponent to make errors. The big surprise in the Open Singles, was the defeat of the defending champion David Dodwell, by Robert Dale, in the semi-final. Dale, of course, has improved tremendously in the past two year , and uses his shots very intelligently. He has a fine top-spin service and forehand drive, and if his backhand is a bit cramped at times, he can perform adequately on this wing. By attacking his opponent ' s backhand, and hitting crisp volleys, he won a close match 8-6, 6-4. In the final, Dale played Roddie Ferguson, who had arrived there unseeded. Here was an unknown quantity — as this was the first School tennis tournament in which he hod competed. In fact, he had only been playing tennis for a year, but his natural ball-sense, and dedicated practice had brought him through to the last round. Ultimately, of course, he must be beaten, and in opposing Dale, he encountered a player with too many good shots, and too much experience. This was a most entertaining match, which Dale won 6-4, 6-3, The Open Doubles was won by Dale and Forge who beat Ferguson and Dodwell 10-8 (pro-set). The Under 15 Doubles was won by Sims and Hillen against Casling and John Barritt 10-6 (pro-set). The Under 13 Doubles was won by Mark Barritt and Gamble, against French and Selley 10-5 (pro-set). Yet again, we were most grateful to the Bermuda Lawn Tennis Club, who, through the courtesy of Mr. Colin Selley, provided the handsome prizes. R. S. ALGER.