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

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develop something special. Webster is another runner who has great ability, but as he is yet young there is still plenty of time. SENIORS Groves ' Ripley ' s Lake ' s 100 yards relay 6 4 2 220 yards relay 6 4 2 440 yards relay 6 2 4 880 yards relay 4 2 6 Trail Race 4 2 6 High Jump 13 2 Broad Jump 2 13 Cricket Ball Throw 3 2 1 Shot Putt 2 3 1 Discus Throw 3 12 Tug O ' War 6 2 4 INTERMEDIATES 100 yard Relay 6 4 2 220 yard Relay 6 4 2 440 yard Relay 6 4 2 Trail Race ■ 6 4 2 High Jump 3 2 1 Broad Jump 3 2 1 Cricket Ball Throw 2 3 1 Under 13 ' s 4 2 Under 10 ' s 10 10 4 Boxing 12 4 8 Swimming 16 16 16 TOTAL 113 83 74 + + + Swimming 1949 The competition this year was very evenly contested, so evenly in fact, that the final standings left the three Houses locked in a tie, all with 16 points. Groves ' House definitely proved themselves to be Dark Horses . They were not thought to have much of a chance as they were not supposed to have any good swimmers. However, they soon showed one and all that, although their Seniors might not be as strong as those in the other two Houses, their Junior swimmmers were stronger and it was here that they raked up most of their points. Lake ' s on the other hand gained almost all their points through their Seniors and, in particular, through Maclnnes 1 who, without a doubt, proved himself to be the most accomplished swimmer in the School. He won the 250 yards Open by 40 yards from the next boy, Riley. The first ten boys home received points for their House; as five Ripley boys followed Maclnnes home, they won the event rather handily. The Senior Diving resulted in a close race between all three Houses and, individually, between Green, Maclnnes 1 and School Magazine Pag e 29

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Inter-House team basis, with the results that all events were very keenly con- tested. Groves ' House emerged victorious with Lake ' s House second and Rip- ley ' s third. 1949 Groves ' House proved to be fairly easy winners, by virtue of the fine showing of their Intermediates, who won every event except one. However, it was not all due to them, the Seniors did well too. This year more events were included, and the whole meet was spread over four days. This accounted for better performances as each boy rarely had more than one race a day. Perhaps the highlight of the whole affair was the Senior 100-yard relay, which was won by Groves ' from Ripley ' s by the closest of margins. The two final leg runners breasted the tape inches apart, Parke 2 just ahead of Butt. There was also a keen tussle between Lake ' s and Groves ' in the Senior 440 and 8 80 relays. The same four boys ran the two races for their House, so the rivalry was quite keen. Groves ' won the 440 and Lake ' s the 8 80. The longer races seemed to suit the Lake ' s House runners better, for in the Trail Race, Berry, Burr and Birch occupied the first three positions with Loughary fourth. Other perform- ances worth mentioning were: Green ' s prodigious heave of the Cricket Ball of 103 yards, 1 foot; Gordon Parke ' s standing throw of 110 feet, 9 l 2 inches in the Discus Throw; Butt ' s double victory in the High Jump and Shot Putt, coming in as a last minute entry in the latter event. Grove ' s Intermediates swept all before them and many of their fine performances would not have disgraced their Seniors. They had a fine quartet of runners in Edgett, Bellm 1, Webster and Tutin. In the under 13 events, Casselman romped home first in all the races, while in the under 10 ' s, Vandersluys, another Ripley ' s boy, won easily. He accomplished a fine leap in the Broad Jump, covering 1 1 feet 6 inches, a good effort for a boy of eight. The last event, as usual, was the Tug O ' War. Once again Groves ' were victorious pulling Ripley ' s two straight pulls to none, and then repeating the dose against Lake ' s House. It was decided that, as there were no School Records available, we would make some this year, so five open events were arranged. Considering the fact that the track here at the School is a grass one, and the boys ran in running shoes, and not track shoes, the times set were good. R. T. Berry won the Mile from four other runners in the time of five minutes, 4.4 seconds. He was followed by Burr the whole way, but managed to keep ahead of him to the tape. A. A. Parke pulled a surprise in the 880 yards coming from behind to win by two yards from Burr. He was lying third one hundred yards from the tape but just had enough in him to pull out and overtake Burr and Berry. His time of two minutes 10.6 seconds is a good one. The 440 yards was a two-man race between Parke 2 and Birch, the latter winning in the time of 56.0 seconds. D. G. Butt was a double winner in the 100 yards and the 220 yards, in 10.8 seconds and 24.6 seconds, respectively. In both races he was followed home by Birch. The running in the School is not keen, in fact boys have had to be coaxed to run. However, the present crop of sprinters and middle distance men in the School is promising and one or two boys, if they bothered to do any training, would be good; particularly Berry and Birch. Neither of these two did any training whatsoever, yet managed to do well in the actual races. Berry is a very graceful runner and if he decided to take things seriously next year, could Page 28 Shawnigan Lake

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Harrison 2. Green and Maclnnes tied for first place, and the former won the dive off. Parkinson was the winner in the Junior Diving. We experimented this year with a water Tug O ' War, which proved to be more tiring than suc- cessful, the pull between Groves ' and Ripley ' s lasting some minutes and ending in a stale-mate, although Groves ' were awarded the decision. The standard of swimming in the School is not high, the boys far prefer- ring to bathe and to frolic than to swim lengths in a serious effort to get into training. However, the competition amongst themselves is keen and there are many boys who swim well and only need coaching to become good. Groves ' Ripley ' s Lake ' s 50 yard Relay 1 3 2 50 yard Board Relay 2 1 3 250 yards Open j 1 3 2 Diving 2 13 Tug O ' War 2 1 3 50 yard Relay 3 2 1 50 yard Board Relay 2 3 1 Diving 3 2 1 Total : 16 16 16 Position 1st 1st 1st t + + Cricket Notes 1948 The cricket fortunes of Shawnigan Lake School were at a low ebb during 1948. However, although the 1st XI never won a match, and the Colts won only one, some promising young cricketers were revealed, raising our hopes for the future. During the early part of the term, practice was greatly hampered by bad weather, but once the summer days arrived, the nets were continually busy, and the sounds of bat on ball echoed pleasantly about our fields. Cricketing interest was greatly heightened by the arrival of three new members of the staff — real cricket enthusiasts all. These three, Mr. C. E. Lonsdale, Mr. E. R. Larsen and Mr. E. L. Bullen were able to give valuable aid to Mr. Twite, who has for so long carried on the coaching duties unaided, and with such tireless energy. By the end of the term, many boys who had at first rather looked down on cricket, were finding great enjoyment in the game, and were beginning to appreciate its true beauty and greatness; its moments of pure thrill, its sights and sounds and smells, and its wonderful tradition of sports- manship and fair play. FIRST XI — The First XI were very unfortunate in losing their Captain, Pearkes, who was put out of commission with a broken collar-bone sustained in the Gym towards the end of the Lent Term. Clive Randall was chosen as Captain in his stead, and did a creditable job throughout a difficult season. The first match of the season was played on May 1st, against the Cowichan Cricket Club. A very close game it was — 50-56 for Cowichan. Shawnigan ' s batting was woefully weak, Parke II being top scorer with 2. Butt, 2 for 3, and Page 30 Shawnigan Lake