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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine HOUSE NOTES RIPLEY ' S— Mackie is still the revered Head of the House, he is assisted by Niven I and Tupper I as Prefects, and Reynolds I, Oakes, Newton, and Paterson as House Prefects. We produced the best crop of flanneled fools last year, easily defeating Lake ' s and Groves ' . Our muddied oafs were not quite so successful, being stopped by Groves ' in a close game. House colours in cricket were awarded to Niven 2 and Moore. Niven I is Captain of the House Rugger and Vice-captain of the School team. This year First Fifteen colours have been awarded to Reynolds I, Mackie, Tupper I, and Newton. Besides these we have Moore, and Smith I, in the First Fifteen. We have hopes that, with this talent available, the House Rugger Cup might change hands. We did well in the sports, Mackie winning the Senior Sports Cup, and Spencer I the Junior Cup. In the Boxing we met with success, members of the House winning four weights and the Good Loser ' s Cup. It was in Fencing that we shone especially, for Yuill won the Junior Pool and Tryon the Senior Pool, neither of them los- ing an encounter. We were rather at sea on the Lake, and our only win was in the shell races, when we beat Lake ' s, only to lose to Groves ' in the finals. The death of Kerby, who was drowned in Active Pass last Christmas Eve and who was one of the older members of the House, was keenly felt by us. We still have a carving of the House crest, which he did, in our Senior Dor- mitory. It is with gr eat pleasure that we have seen that Steve Covernton has played very well for the Occasionals in Vancouver, also that he played for Vancouver against the U.B.C. and was the only outside mentioned on the Vancouver side as having played well. Desmond Bradford is playing Canadian football at the R.M.C. and is in the 1st team. He also held a temporary com- mission in the Royal Canadian Engineers this summer and hopes to get a com- mission in the Royal Engineers. It was very good to see an old member, in Bobbie Douglas, here during the Armistice week-end, and he is to be con- gratulated on being again elected President of the Old Boys ' Club. LAKE ' S— Cross and Dawson left us at the end of last term, leaving the management of the House to Davis i, our only School Prefect. He is ably assisted by five House prefects, Wilson i, Gregory, Smith ii, Holland and Crofton. Although our fifteen made a gallant fight we were badly defeated by Ripley ' s in the inter-house rugby. After the match and during the season, Smith ii, Corbett, Oliver, Kerr, and Pearce i were awarded their colours. With two stable members on the first XV and a generally stronger team this term we are optimistic about the future although we feel the loss of Dawson and Motherwell considerably. — 15 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine minutes they were eight points up through tries by Wilson and Whittle. Brentwood then fought back well and play was even until in the closing minutes of the half Mackie scored an unconverted try. At the beginning of the second half Burchard scored two quick tries close to the corner flag by determined running, Reynolds converting one with a good kick. The attack then veered from one end of the ground to the other, in the course of which the Shawnigan outsides carried out one magnificent movement. Their attack then faded away, and Brentwood, playing with great determination for the last ten minutes, scored two tries through Allan and Mitchell, the first of which was converted. Shawnigan Lake School: Niven i; Burchard, Smith i, Mackie, Moore; Whittle, Newton; Budd; Reynolds i, Tupper i, Wilson i, Mackintosh, Smith ii, Gardner, Oakes. Shawnigan Lake School 2nd XV vs. Brentwood College 2nd XV — Draw, 6-6 The match was played at Brentwood on Saturday, November 30th, and resulted in an even draw 6-6. To begin with, play was almost confined to the School ' s 2 5, and Brentwood several times nearly scored, but sound tackling kept them out. After that play evened out, and from a passing movement in mid-field Hicks ran over for an unconverted try. At half-time the School was leading 3-0. Early in the second half the Brentwood right wing just got over in the corner, though half-tackled, and with the score level play moved quickly from one end to the other. Eventually Hicks was given the ball from a loose scrum and ran round the defence to score in the corner; this again was not converted. Brentwood tried hard to equalise, and at last after a forward rush down to our line, our forwards got off-side en masse, and Brentwood kicked a goal with the last kick of the game. The main feature of the game was the excellent tackling. Shawnigan Lake School: Fleck; Rhodes, Murphy, Hicks, Paterson; Hay ward, Milne; Day ii; Davis i, Hartnell, Littlewood, Taylor, Kerr, Mat- thews i, Oakes. Shawnigan Lake School 2nd XV vs. Brentwood 2nd XV On December 1 1th Shawnigan 2nd XV played a return match with Brent- wood at Shawnigan and won by 19 points to nil. The first half was fairly even; although Shawnigan were getting the ball from most of the scrums and line out, good tackling by Brentwood prevented the three-quarters from making much headway. The only score was a try by Hicks which was not converted. In the second half the Shawnigan forwards took charge of the game and gave their backs many opportunities. After a good three-quarter movement Griffiths scored. Good tackling prevented the Brentwood backs from ever becoming dangerous when they got the ball and most of the play was in the Brentwood half. Holland cut through the centre well to score Shawnigan ' s third try, and with Brentwood tiring, further tries were scored before the end by Hicks and Cooper. These last two were both converted by Hayward. Shawnigan Lake School: Fleck; Hicks, Murphy, Holland, Griffiths; Milne, Hayward; Day; Davis, Cooper, Gregory, Kerr, Hartnell, Taylor and Rhodes.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Dawson and Holland won their respective weights in the boxing; Dawson was also in the senior fencing finals. Dawson and Pearce i won nearly all our points in the land sports, but in the water sports we only added eleven more which placed us third with a total of 57. In cricket we drew a bye and played Ripley ' s in the finals, but were again defeated. Wilson i was awarded his colours after the match, and Day ii and Smith ii were awarded their colours while playing on different teams for the School. We were beaten by Groves ' in the rowing. Motherwell being unable to row in the finals, the crew comprised Dawson, Wilson i, Smith ii, Lake i, and the Cox, Day ii. In return for six of our more prominent members who left last term we have eight new boys. Our ranks will be thinned by one more at Christmas when Wace ii goes aboard the training ship Conway. The House again showed itself mightier with the pen than the cricket bat, making up in brain what it lacked in brawn by collecting fifty per cent of the handsomely bound volumes on Speech Day. GROVES ' — We have become rather a small house this term, having lost nine members and only having received one in return. However, we hope that what we have lost in quantity we shall make up in quality. Whittle has, to our great satisfaction, become head of the house, ably assisted by Torland and Day i as house prefects. In the Easter term we were at last enabled to regain the Rugby Cup which had been away from us for so long. As a matter of fact it looks as if we shall never see it even so, as it has been aBsent for the greater part of the term and. as far as we can find out, will be absent for the rest of it. As a consequence of their great show of prowess in the match, House Colours were awarded to Hayward and Gardner. Gardner also gained laurels by winning his weight in the boxing tournament. We congratulate Mcintosh on winning his 1st XV colours. In the land sports, our relay team ran its way to the glory that it had missed the year before through a very unfortunate accident. We contgratulate Bu - chard and Budd on winning so many points in the Middle land sports. In th? water sports we were equally successful, almost entirely monopolising each place in each senior event. In the House Cricket matches we were rather unsuccessful, being beaten by Ripley ' s in the first round by four wickets. Harris, Day i and Seaton were awarded their House Colours. In the shell race we came home in a blaze of glory, beating Ripley ' s in the final by a full length. In the cutter races also, our crew brought home the bacon, losing sight of our competitors in both cases. We congratulate Reed on winning the Efficiency Cup, Whittle on winning the Sportsmanship Cup, and Burchard on winning the Middle Sports Cup. Our one worry this year is that we have no juniors to represent us in the sports. Charleson was a great boon to us last year, but he, unfortunately, has passed the junior stage and we are left without anyone. — 16 —