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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « FENCING » ON Saturday, January 29th, Shawnigan Lake School entertained the Gardes du Rapier fencing team from Washington Univer- sity to a match with foil and epee. The visitors were successful by 13 wins to 5. In the foil there were several good bouts, three of them going to the last hit. But the greater experience of the Washington team helped them to gain the deciding hit in each fight, and they won comfortably by 8 victories to 1. The School did much better with the epee, and when the last bout commenced the score was 4 all. Silver- man, hoAvever, proved too quick for Milne and soon won this weapon also for his team with two neat hits on the arm. After the match the visitors gave an interesting display of sabre, which was much appre- ciated by the spectators. Scores: Foil — Gardes du Rapier: Silverman and Smith, 3 wins each ; Tryon, 2 wins. Total, 8 wins. Shawnigan Lake School: Pearce, 1 win; Bell and Day. no wins. Total, 1 win. Epee — Gardes du Rapier: Silverman and Tryon, 2 wins each ; Smith, 1 win. Total, 5 wins. Shawnigan Lake School: Gardner and Milne, 2 wins each ; Davis, no win. Total, 4 wins. On Saturday, March 12th, the School fencing team took part in the Pacific North-West Conference meeting in Seattle. Four teams were met with the foil and one with the epee. Although they only succeeded in winning one match, the School team performed credit- ably, and if they had been a little more experienced they might easily have done better. Against Washington State University the School showed their best form and won by 5 bouts to 3. An exciting match with Oregon State was lost only by the odd fight. Bell found his best form in this match and Avas undefeated, winning all his three fights. Idaho and University of Washington defeated us rather easily, in each case by 5 bouts to 1, but with a little luck the score might have been closer, as several fights went to the last hit. School Team : Bell, Pearce, Milne, Gardner, and Davis. On Saturday, March 19th, Shawnigan entertained the Victoria Fencing Club to a match with foil, and were successful by 15 wins to 10. For the School, Bell was undefeated, fencing very well through- out. The whole team showed their best form of the season, being less apt to become wild when pressed. Scores : Shawnigan Lake School — A. E. Bell, 5 wins, no defeat ; A. Gardner, 4 wins, 1 defeat ; R. H. Milne, 3 wins, 2 de- feats ; W. T. S. Pearce, 2 wins, 3 defeats ; F. H. Davis, 1 win, 4 defeats. Total, 15 wins. Victoria Fencing Club — W. J. Farnsworth, 4 wins, 1 de- feat; R. Holstein, 3 wins, 2 defeats; E. G. Robbins, 2 wins, 3 defeats ; F. Ellison, 1 win, 4 defeats ; N. Smith, no win, 5 defeats. Total, 10 wins. 24

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL COLTS XI VS. GLENLYON SCHOOL. Played at Glenlyon on May 21st. Lost by 23 runs. Glenlyon School 64 Shawnigan Lake School 41 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL COLTS XI VS. GLENLYON SCHOOL. Played at Shawnigan on June 4th. Won by 64 runs. Shawnigan Lake School 78 Glenlyon School 14 HOUSE MATCHES First round — Ripley ' s beat Grove ' s. Final — Ripley ' s beat Lake ' s. BADMINTON Senior Tournament — Final : Newton beat Stiell. Junior Tournament — Final : Larsen beat Cavanagh. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL Owing to the comparatively mild weather, Association Football was played far more extensively than in previous years. Among the seniors the standard was not very high, but it is hoped that with the experience gained last year there will be improvement in the future. The best promise was shown by the Colts, Avho seemed much quicker at learning the game. In the only match, against the Staff, the School team showed plenty of spirit, but lacked experience and were defeated by 4 goals to 2. WW BOXING Heavy Weight — Gardner beat Burchard. Light Heavy — Hammond i beat Milne. Middle Weight — Hicks beat Steiwer. Welter Weight — Wace beat Livingston. Fly Weight— Burns beat Stiell. Light Weight — Day ii beat McPherson. Bantam Weight — Rattray beat Wheeler i. Feather Weight — Vaughan beat Hammond ii. Paper Weight — Ballentine beat Stimson. Good Loser ' s Cup — Day i. 23

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine FENCING TEAM 1938 A. E. Bell, A. Gardner, W. T. S. Pearce, F. H. Davis, R. H. Milne. B. C. Championships The fencing season was brought to a successful close with the B. 0. Championships in Vancouver on April 23rd. With the entry restricted to three members from each elnb, our team consisted of Bell, Gardner and Pearce. After the first few rounds it was apparent that Bell Avas fencing in his best form, and at the end of the pool he was tied for first place with one other competitor. The fight-off was most exciting. Hits were level at 1-1. Bell then led 2-1, only to have the score tied at 2-2. The deciding hit took fully five minutes, but finally Bell scored with a quick parry and riposte, thus bringing the championship to Shawnigan for the first time. Gardner placed third and Pearce seventh. Pearce also won the cup for the best stylist in the tournament, an achievement which can rank only second to Bell ' s. 25