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

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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

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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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unimaginative. Each House finished by forming a Pyramid, the only one of any consequence being that built up by Lake ' s House. Loughary is to be con- gratulated on obtaining the highest individual marks, closely followed by Alan Parke, McKay I and Green in that order. Parkinson was the best Junior, with Bellm II and McAlpine I next in order. PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY — May 28 th, 1949 The Physical Training Display was held in the afternoon, after the Cadet Corps Inspection. The weather was rather ominous looking, with many rain clouds hovering too near for comfort. There were three classes on display, Junior, Intermediate and Senior. The Junior class with Coates as leader, took the field first to perform a group of eight exercises to run concurrently with only the briefest pause between each exercise. The boys were obviously very nervous, but managed to overcome this in a commendable manner and they gave a good performance. Their errors were not too noticeable and, compared to some of the bizarre and uncoordinated efforts made in practices, were remarkably few. It was a pleasant surprise. This class was followed by the Intermediates under the leadership of David Bellm. Their group of exercises was more advanced although they took no longer to do. Quite naturally this class was smarter than their younger pre- decessors and did its exercises with good effect, except for a slight difference of opinion as to the timing at the beginning and a rather careless error at the very end. The Senior Class now came onto the scene and took up their positions with better dressing than either of the two classes that had gone before The exercises that followed were performed smartly and, it would appear to the lay observer, correctly. However, to the Hyde-Lay observer, there were one or two positional errors that lowered what would have been a very good performance to just a good one. Alan Parke, who led this class, must be congratulated on his smart- ness and his excellent positions on all movements of each exercise. The Box Horse and Tumbling Squad were now on display. This squad consisted of Green, Johnson, Loughary, Parke 2, Cowell, Edgett, Maclnnes I and McKay I. As soon as they started, the weather, which had hitherto done its best, broke, and it started to rain softly at firs: but ever increasing. This ruined the Box Horse work as the spring board became slippery and dangerous to use; so it was cut short and the boys turned to their Tumbling exercises. However, they seemed to have lost their zip, and while they performed ade- quately, each one individually was disappointed with his own showing. How- ever, Johnson did a fine swallow dive over the Horse and followed this up by doing his somersault over, so perhaps it is an ill wind that does not blow some- body some good. On reflection, one might say that the Display was a success and as good as one thought it would be, but not quite so good as one hoped it might be. Track and Field 1948 The Annual Track and Field Competitions were held on two afternoons near the end of the Summer Term. As usual, the events were run off on an School Magazine Page 27