Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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SOCCER 1st XI PIO W4 D2 L4 It has been an extremely good season, particularly with regard to the standard of football played. A very small squad worked very hard to produce a very hard-working team. Possibly the best game of the season was a 0-0 draw against Warwick Secondary, which was a splendid example of disciplined teamwork. Another good game was the cup quarter final against Berkeley which we won 6-1 . Unfortunately, for the second successive year, we lost in the semi-final of the Cup. Donald Moniz and George Daniels helped keep out many a goal in their vastly different sides. Defensively, we improved all season. David Mocklow emerged as a fine full-back, as did Patrick Bean who was promoted a year early. Few forwards got past centre back Ellwood Fox, and those who did found Carl Clift gave little away. A hard-working mid-field of Gene Pascoe, Troy Harvey, and Danny Stovell used their various strength and covered each other ' s few weaknesses in fine style, and proved to be the powerhouse of the team. In the front line Vincent Chaves and Romano Ramirez tormented most defences, with Lyndon Smith always giving a dependable, hard-working performance. Substitutes, Paul Handsley and Tim McKittrick were always prepared to come on and play anywhere and as such they were invaluable. Leading goalscorer was vice- captain Eugene Pascoe. Captain Danny Stovell is to be congratulated on doing such an excellent job. Colours: Re-awarded: Moniz, Mocklow, Stovell, Pascoe, Ramirez, Chaves. New: Daniels, Bean, Fox, Harvey, Smith (L), Handsley. Intermediate As so often happens this age group often feel they know it all, and it is this attitude that lets them down early on. Luckily, Mr. Morrison was able to sort this out, but his hard work was not evident until the final few games. Possibly the best example of this was when we were defeated by Berkeley 6-0 in the league, and then later beat them 3-1 in the Cup. Andrew Dias did a very good job as captain. Junior A physically small side that really had to battle to compete with bigger teams. Although not successful in results, the lessons taught by Messrs. Durrant and Palmer will, I am sure, stand them in good stead for future years. SENIOR SOCCER TEAM Back Row; Mr. J. Beard (coach), Smith (L), Mocklouu. Pascoe. Fox. Moniz (D), Clift, Handsle} . Front Row: Ramirez, Harvey, Stovell, Bean, Chaves. INTERMEDIATE SOCCER TEAM Back Row: Mouchette, Farias, Smith (R), Moniz (M), Amott. Mansi. Symons, Swan, Mr D. Morrison (coach). Front Row: O ' Brien, Morhey, Chambers. Dias (Capt ). Boyle. Morris. Pitcher JUNIOR SOCCER TEAM Back Row: Ingham. Boyle. Mason. Robinson. Zanol. DeSilva (J). Brackstone. Dill. Front Row: Chew. McPhee. Clarke. Dey (Capt.). Francis. Hodgkins. Lightboum.

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SENIOR SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT 1980-81 has been another very successful year in the Senior School sports programme. It has been successful, in terms of results, but, more importantly, it proved to be successful in terms of pupil participa- tion and attitude. Approximately 85% of the school participated in the sf)orts programme either at inter-school or inter- house level. This is an excellent percentage and says a lot for the enthusiasm of the staff and the willingness of the pupils. I have been very lucky to watch the Saltus atti- tude excellently exhibited many times this year. On many occasions when other groups have been some- what disorderly, our boys have been able to exhibit a maturity that in some cases was well ahead of their years. I was also very lucky to accompany the soccer team to England at Easter. I am convinced Bermuda and Saltus could not have had better ambassadors, but more of that on other pages. Obviously, not all has been a bed of roses, but this year has seen fewer problems with attitude and application. Hopefully, if this teamwork continues our future in all areas, not just the games field, must be a certain one. Jon Beard

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Season 1981 For the boys involved in the U-17 Rugby season it was a frustra- ting and disappointing one in that they achieved only one win. We had a large pack of forwards who won plenty of possession but unfortu- nately it took until the last game before the correct blend of selection and passing skills gave us our one well deserved win. This league had been won by an undefeated M.S. A. side to whom we offered a sporting challenge of a final friendly game but unfortunately this challenge was not accepted, leaving us only with a moral victory! In the U-i7 sevens both our teams narrowly lost to the Whitney team which went on to win the U-17 Cup in their own competition. Patrick Bryan ' s report shows how he saw the games played. Having beaten Warwick Academy ' B ' 18-0 at the preliminaries, the Saltus Under- 15 team were feeling confident of putting on a good game at the finals. In the semi-finals we were scheduled to play Mt. Saint Agnes and after a cautious kick-off we dominated the game, with good running from Gareth Cooper and Bobby Soares and sound support from the rest of the team. We beat them 10-3 thus ensuring our place in the finals; Warwick Academy ' A ' put down Whitney and so we had our work cut out for us. In the finals we won the toss and elected to receive in order to gain possession and hopefully to get the first score. After the first few minutes, it became clear that Warwick ' s weight was helping them in the scrums. We held on, however, and got the first points. The rest of the first half and the start of the second were in Warwick ' s favour but most of the second half was spent with Saltus slowly pushing forward and we were only 5 or 6 yards from a try when the final whistle went giving Warwick the cup, 10-3. For such an inexperienced and small team we really put all ou ' ' effort into the final and it was a disappointment not to come away with another victory. As far as the U-14 league and U-13 Cup Competition was con- cerned this was the season for the ' B ' teams in both age groups. The U- 14 B ' s won their league and the U-13 B ' s won their way through to the U-13 7 ' s cup final only to be beaten by their own schools ' A ' team. ' A ' team captain Michael Klein sums up the boys feelings best. When the teams arrived at Whitney we all had a feeling of confidence. When assembled we went down to the Whitney field. Hundreds of spectators from Whitney were around the field. We walked across the field to where the teams from Saltus were sitting. Knowing we were playing the first two games, we started to do some exercises. A whistle went and the ' B ' team played Warwick Academy. In five minutes ' Butch ' Robinson ran the field for a try and a few minutes later he did it again. Andrew Clarke made the conversion twice and we won the game 12-0. The next game was our ' A ' team against the favourites, the Whitney team. Being the captain, 1 went out to the middle of the field to meet the other captain. We chose to receive. The game was moving from end to end when we made a break and Corin Smith made a try; it wasn ' t converted. Then came half time. Everyone was tense, but we still played well and we succeeded in reaching the finals. V. Evans(Coach) INTERMEDIATE 7 ' s TEAM: 1st Day Back Row: Fitch, Mouchette, Dias, Soares (RL), Mr. B. Toms (coach). Front Row: Cooper, McKittrick, Bn an (P). REVISED INTERMEDIATE 7 ' s TEAM: Back Row: Fitch, Bn an (P), Cullimore, Lotherington Middle Row: Cooper, Soares (RL), Mouchette. Front Row: Swan, McKittrick (L). JUNIOR 7 ' s SQUAD Back Row: Dowling, Smith (C), DeSilva (J), Klein, Young, Di son, Hammond, Mr. V. Evans (coach) Front Row: Munro, Dill, Mason, Robinson, Harrison, Petti;, Gringley, Dey, Clarke.