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

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Unicorns and Butt ' s Sureshots . Individual scoring honours resulted in a very even struggle between Butt and Patrick with Osvold not far in arrears. With each House capable of producing a good team, the inter- House Basketball was looked forward to with some interest. In the first round, Lake ' s House played Groves ' in a most exciting game in which Groves ' emerged victorious by the score of 33-30. Unfortun- ately, Groves ' House were minus the services of Johnson for the finals against Ripley ' s and went down to defeat 44-30. Basketball is fairly popular amongst the boys and there are several boys who are more than useful. However, there is little opportunity for them to exploit their skill as the amount of Basketball is controlled by the weather. GYMNASTICS 1950 Out of a possible 385 points, Groves ' House and Lake ' s House ended in a first place tie, both with 318 1 points each. After the first day ' s exercises, Groves ' House held a slim lead of 1% points which was gradually whittled down by Lake ' s House on the second da; . A very close affair. In Loughary, Groves ' House had by far the best individual per- former. He managed to obtain 54M marks out of a total of 60. His short arm backlift over the long horse was especially well done. The standard this year was a big improvement over last year, the exercises not only being more difficult but were performed better. The Juniors 29

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SQUASH The enthusiasm for squash in the School has never been so high as it has been during the past year. As many as forty boys have shown a keen interest in this sport. We had our first tournament in February and the two finalists, Thee and Patrick, were sent to Vancouver to play in the B. C. Open Squash Championships. They both won their first matches and were beaten in the second round. However, the trip was excellent experience for them as they came up against veteran players who were able to show them different styles of p-ay. In May, we had a junior tournament for all boys aged fourteen and under. The keenness shown in this tournament looks well for the future. In the finals, Bick defeated Lutener 15-8, 15-9, 10-15, 15-8. Also, during the Summer Term, we have had two Senior Tourna- ments, both of which were won by Thee. In the latter, the official School Tournament, Thee beat Patrick in the finals 15-8, 11-15, 15-8, 15-6. They have only been playing for two years and have a great deal to learn about position playing and placing. However, they are very enthusiastic, as are many other boys, and the standard of play is undoubtedly going to make gigantic strides during the next season. It is interesting to remember that Patrick beat Thee last year. Who will win next year — Patrick, Thee or — someone else? BASKETBALL Due to the unusually severe winter experienced at the School this year, the boys were confined to the Gymnasium for their athletic activities for the whole of January and February. This naturally led to the boom of Basketball in the School, consequently the standard throughout improved considerably. The only opponents that we en- gaged outside the School were the Village and one Saturday evening we journeyed to the S.L.A.A. Hall to engage our neighbours in a quadruple header. The School ' s under 14 and under 16 teams won their matches handily, but the Seniors were narrowly beaten 27-25 in a very interesting and close game. Finally, the Village Old Men trounced the School staff team by a disgustingly large margin. A league was formed in the School consisting of five teams and the local talent was as evenly distributed as possible with the result that there was some extremely keen and energetic Basketball played. It became almost impossible to predict a winner. Johnson ' s! team, the Cadavers , finally emerged as winners closely followed by Patrick ' s 28

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showed that they had mastered all of their exercises in a more confident manner than their Senior counterparts and gave a sound display. Maclnnes 2 was the best of them with 51 2 marks, although he had only a very small margin over the two runners-up, Parkinson and McDonagh who each were given 50 4. The final event was a voluntary Pyramid, one of their own creation, performed by each of the Houses. Here it was easy to see that a certain amount of thought had been given to the subject and all three Pyramids deserve praise, Ripley ' s being particularly good. Final scores: 1. Groves ' House 318% points 2. Lake ' s House 318M points 3. Ripley ' s House 302 points PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY The display was divided roughly into two portions, the Physical Training and the apparatus work. The first Physical Training class, which consisted of practically every boy in the School, put on a very- creditable performance considering the great difference in the ages of the youngest and oldest boys. There were mistakes, it is true, but no startling ones and none of such great magnitude that the whole rhythm was upset. They were followed by a selected group of sixteen senior boys who were supposed to give a demonstration of advanced Physical Training. However, they got off to a bad start and consequently did not do themselves justice although they did settle down towards the end and were able to show that, under ideal conditions, they were able to be precise and smart in their movements. As soon as the Physical Training was over, the Tumbling and Box- Horse team put on a display of their work. It was soon obvious that here was a team of boys who had practised diligently until a reasonably high standard had been obtained. All the exercises were done neatly and in a well coordinated manner, no boy showing at any time any sign of difficulty or strain. The display was brought to a close by the con- struction of two Pyramids neither of which would stay erected because of a gusty breeze which most inopportunely chose those few moments to blow. However, the Pyramids did take shape long enough for the spectators to grasp their form. It was a good display and what was equally good to see was the apparent enjoyment that the participants seemed to get out of their work. 30