Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE in OR some years past we have been looking forward to the - time when we should have the land sports on our own ground, in the Lent Term. We thought it would simplify thing-s. We thought it would be easier to run and more con- venient for all concerned. Looking back on the accomplished fact, we feel like heroes who have come through a trying ordeal with colours tattered but still flying. The weather was the di fficulty. Did we decide to run off some heats, the ground was under water; if we thought of finishing the hurdles, the surface was like a skating rink. But in spite of these and other little difficulties, most of the land events were finished in the Lent Term. The hurdles were run at the beginning of the Summer Term, while we were compelled to scratch the quarter mile. The half mile was probably the best race, Lake ii. putting up a great fight with Larsen for first place. Hurdling, at the best, is a branch requiring much train- ing and skill. When you have little of either, a slippery sur- face to run on and no spiked shoes, the running time is not likely to rival that of Lord Burg ' hley. However, we have made a start and the result was quite encouraging. Larsen, who made a clean sweep of the land events, with the exception of throwing the cricket ball, is to be congratu- lated on winning the Senior Sports Cup. Rochfort i. had bad luck in spraining his wrist at the beginning of the heats, but was sufficiently recovered by the Summer Term to win two 24

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Drawing — Senior, N. Best ; Junior, G. Oakes. Music — (1) Harcourt ; (2) Piddington i. ; (3) Norie. General Progress— (1) J. H. R. Larsen ; (2) F. H. T. Bar- nard; (3) D. Southard. Dormitory Shields — Ripley ' s Senior — Malkin i. Lake ' s No. 1 — Graham. Groves ' No. 4 — Cooke. Prizes were kindly donated by: The Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Stanton, Miss Lonsdale, Mrs. Ripley, Mr. C. E. Rose, Miss Long, Miss Belson, Oscar Bass, Esq., The Rev. E. M. Willis, Mrs. Doherty. SPORTS PRIZE LIST Senior Sports Cup — (1) Larsen; (2) Best i. ; (3) Rochfort. Junior Sports Cup — (1) Hunter; (2) Bradford; Douty. Swimming, under 11 — Rogers. Non-swimmers — Barker. Old Boys — Ferguson. The following took the Departmental Examinations suc- cessfully :- Senior Matric. — D. R. L. Johnston, T. A. Piddington. Junior Matric. — J. T. Skrimshire, W. S. Ferguson, H. J. Lake. Grade 10— F. H. Barnard, G. C. Draesake, D. H. Green, P. H. Malkin, F. A. Riddell, R. Sherlock, A. E. Stew- ard. Grade 9— C. J. A. Powlett. 23

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE swimming races, which, added to his other points, gave him third place. The Junior Sports Cup was a very closely contested affair. Hunter won by one point, Bradford ii. and Douty being tied for second place. The final day of the water sports was held on July 2, in glorious weather, some 500 visitors being present. The diving was good, and the events were well up to our usual standard. The results of events were as follows : (3 points for 1st; 2 for 2nd; 1 for 3rd) Eyent Winner Senior Championship Larsen (17 points) Junior Championship Hunter (12 points) 100 yards, open Larsen 100 yards, junior Hunter- rj ir •, j Larsen Half-mile, open j Lake » Half-mile, junior Douty 120 yds., hurdles, junior Larsen 120 yds., hurdles, junior.... Bradford ii. ■j- , ■ i Larsen High jump, open ( Begt { High jump, junior Douty Long jump, open Larsen Long jump, junior ....Hunter Throw ' g cricket ball, open.-Rochfort i. Throw ' g cricket ball, jun... Douty Diving, open . Maclaren Diving, junior Bradford ii. 50 yards swim, open Rochfort i. 50 yards swim, junior..... Cotton Life-saving Rochfort i. ( ' Larsen Double sculls JMerritt (Maxwell ii. 40 yards swim, under 10 Rogers Non-swimmers ' race .....Barker Second Third Best i. Rochfort i. (11 points) ( 10 points) 1 Bradford ii. I Doutv (11 points) Best i. Piddington i. Bradford ii. Barclay ii. Barclay i. Hunter Bradford ii. Lake ii. Piddington i. Doutv Redden Rochfort i. Graham Redden Best i. Motherwell Bradford ii. Graham Best i. Playfair Hunter Taylor iv. Whellams Taylor i. Bunton Robertson ii. Plavfair Johnston Hunter Redden Best i. Merritt (Sherlock Elliott ( Norie (Lake i. Best i. (Bradford ii. Rowntree Browm Cross Carter 25