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

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The interest increased so quickly in this sport that, before long, a team was going from Shawnigan to play Duncan every Sunday afternoon. During the year the calibre of play rose steadily until on March 12th, the U.B.C. first hockey XI was invited over to play Shawnigan on the Saturday afternoon, and to play Duncan on Sunday afternoon. The U.B.C. students stayed in Cope- man ' s House on Saturday night. On Saturday afternoon U.B.C. won the game 3-0. The game was a very fast, hard-hitting game and it was not very scientific. The Shawnigan members of the team were Mr. Twite, Mr. C. E. Lonsdale, Mr. N. Larsen, Mr. L. Bullen, Mr. D. Hyde-Lay, Mr. F. Duxbury, P. Harrison (2), D. E. Johnson, G. H. S. Parke (1) and the other two were from Duncan. On Sunday afternoon, U.B.C. won again in Duncan with a score of 3-0. Messrs. Bullen, Hyde-Lay and Larsen were the Shawnigan members on the Duncan team. The game was quite a poor one owing to a muddy ground. However, the students returned home quite surprised at the strength of such a small community. As a result of the weekend, the Vancouver All-Star Hockey team chal- lenged an Island team to play a two-game series at Shawnigan for the O. B. Allan Cup. Preliminary trials were held in Duncan on March 26th for the purpose of picking the Island team. Nine Shawnigan players, four of whom were boys, were picked by an independent selection committee. On Saturday, April 2nd, the first game was played against a very powerful Mainland side; notable on the other side were Karnel Singh who played on the Indian Olympic championship team in 1936, and Derek Leader who has played for England. However, our team, which had been practising a good deal, put up a very good game and held the first score to 1-0 against the Island. The game was close and it surprised the visitors a good deal. However, the Sunday game proved to be the best game seen during the whole season, since both sides put forward all their efforts and thus combined science with a great deal of speed. At half time, the Island was ahead 1-0. However, the result ended at 3-2 in favour of Vancouver. This quick enthuiasm for,, a fine game exemplifies the very quick progress the game has made since the turn of the century. If the interest increases at the same rate next year, as it did this year, it will not be out of the question to expect the custody, before long, of the O. B. Allan Cup. Basketball As a result of a severe winter the School put more emphasis on basketball than it has done heretofore. The first team had two matches against the Shawnigan Village team, and the Colts had one match against their Inter- mediates. The first match was played at the S.L.A.A. Hall on January 29th. At half time the score was 26-17 against us and at full time they had beaten us 46-33. Our team was definitely not up to scratch; our passing was feeble and our marking was very poor. Our loss was certainly due to the fact that five School Magazine Page 25

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Featherweight (under 126 lbs.) Edgett Bellm Lightweight (under 135 lbs.) Cowell Loughary Welterweight (under 150 lbs.) Burr Johnson Middleweight (under 170 lbs.) Butt Green Heavyweight Parke 1 Pearkes + + + Squash The game of squash racquets, which has been popular for so long in England and the United States, has at last caught on at the School. The boys are extremely lucky in having two very good courts and this year they have made full use of them. At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term, a ladder, for which thirty-seven boys volunteered, was organized and it continued to function during the year. This was followed up by an open tournament at the end of the term. In the finals, Parke II beat Pearkes two games to none. It is interesting to notice that two middle school boys, who were later to do so well, were, at this time, just getting the hang of the game and were easily put out of this tournament. These boys, Thee and Patrick, became fired with an ardent enthusiasm for the game at about the same time and, as a result, they spent every moment of spare time they had during the Lent Term practising in the squash courts — not together, but each patiently working by himself. Their labour paid dividends when they took everyone by complete surprise in a Handicap Squash Tourna- ment which was held during February. Thee beat Pearkes decisively in the semi-finals 15-8, 15-12; Patrick beat the former winner, Parke II, quite easily in two games, 15-10, 15-9. In the final match their brand of squash improved tremendously and the game was very exciting. Thee won the first two games 17-16, 15-8; Patrick snowed some surprise and managed to win the next two games 15-11, 15-11. Enthusiasm rose to a very high pitch and it became a battle of nerves rather than skill; however, toward the end Patrick managed to remain the cooler and emerged the winner, with a score of 15-12. Squash was rapidly becoming a very popular game among the boys and the staff. Practising became quite intense during the month of March, in preparation for the Annual Tournament for the Squash Challenge Cup. In this tournament Patrick and Thee again met in the finals, having beaten Bellm I and Parke II respectively in the semi-finals. Both boys used their heads more than they had done in the previous match; however, Patrick ' s hard hitting turned the tide in his favour. This type of play does not indicate too much skill but it was apparently enough to baffle Thee who is not yet experienced enough to know what to do with this kind of ball. Patrick won three straight games 15-8, 15-6, 15-11. + + + Grass Hockey Grass Hockey was played at the School this year for the first time. It did not become a recognized school sport but it became a Sunday diversion to be enjoyed by the School and staff alike. Page 24 Shawnigan Lake

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of our best players were not playing. Patrick, who scored 16 points, was the top scorer on the floor. The second match was played at the School on February 9th. It was a very different story; we had our full team and, consequently, we beat them 43-13. The team played surprisingly well and Patrick, Johnson and Green marked their men with considerable skill. The top scorers were Johnson and Patrick, both of whom sunk 15 points. Our Colts team played their Intermediates on the same night. As a result of the efforts of Wilson I and Goodenough, who were both in a class by themselves, we won 3 8-0. Wilson scored 18 points and Goodenough 14 points. The Inter-House basketball was not very close since five of the first six players in the School were in Groves ' House. However, there was an upset in the first round when Ripley ' s beat Lake ' s 24-16. Lake ' s had a better team but Ripley ' s fought doggedly and managed to win. In the final, Groves ' beat Ripley ' s with considerable ease by a score of 54-14. Physical Training and Gymnastics 1948 This year ' s activities culminated in a display held after the Annual Cadet Corps Inspection. It commenced with Group Calisthenics and Swedish Drill performed by two squads of boys, twenty-five in each squad, these squads being led by T. Brooks and G. Parke respectively. No spoken word of command was given and the exercises foll owed one another without a break for about twelve minutes. This was followed by an exhibition of Box Horse work and Tumbling performed by a team of chosen boys. The exercises while not too difficult were performed with precision and smartness. The Display was brought to a close by the boys performing some Pyramids. It is hoped that next year an Inter-House Gymnastics Competition will be held. The House Gymnastics Competition 1949 From a spectator ' s point of view, seeing an exercise performed a dozen or more times consecutively with varying degrees of success and smartness is not what one would call a fascinating pastime, so our audience is to be con- gratulated on its patience. Groves ' House won the Competition. However, the whole performance was rather disappointing. The competitors, obviously nervous, performed their exercises with a sluggish lethargy not usually associated with Gymnastics. No one, it seemed, had a chest to stick out or a head to hold up, and each one moved around as if he personally were heading a funeral march. The exercises them- selves emphasized control but were not at all spectacular to the audience, although performed adequately by the boys. Barring one or two exceptions, the originality of the voluntary exercises chosen by each boy were singularly Page 26 Shawnigan Lake